7 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (May 25)

4. A Pointless Talk Show Brawl

It’s a pretty standard wrestling trope that opponents appearing on a talk show together are going to end up brawling at some point. And while it can sometimes further an angle, it doesn’t always add up.

Take Monday’s KO Show, with Asuka as the announced guest, but the three women battling later for the #1 contender’s spot for her Raw Women’s Championship interrupted, one-by-one. Each got to deliver a line or two before the next came down, with Nia Jax getting off a couple lines before Asuka attacked her, triggering a short brawl that ended with her standing in the ring alone.

It was the kind of paint-by-numbers scene that only really works if it accomplishes something, advances the story. It didn’t. All three women were already scheduled for a triple threat. Asuka already had put Nia down last week – twice.

They could have had Kevin Owens out there vamping for five minutes if they needed to fill the time, or just sell the triple threat with him and Asuka.