7 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (April 9)

3. Another Lackluster Absolution Match

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How many times does WWE have to send Mandy Rose out there to “wrestle” before they realize she’s not ready?

Sasha Banks is pretty damn good in the ring (not as good as Charlotte, but pretty damn good), and she had to dial it way down to grapple at Rose’s speed. Everything looked like it was in slow motion and sloppy, which is standard for Mandy’s matches.

With Paige done as an in-ring competitor, Rose really has been exposed, whereas before she could hide as one of three. WWE needs to bring someone else up to join Absolution or send Mandy back down for some “seasoning.”

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.