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

5. Missing The Little Things

Natalya Alexa Bliss Raw
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This was going to be an easy thumbs-up, until something happened. Or better yet, something didn’t happen.

The tag match between Nia Jax & Natalya and Alexa Bliss & Mickie James was just getting started when Nia grabbed Mickie, and Nattie ran the ropes, delivering a perfect Hart Attack. And the announcers… completely ignored it.

Seriously, what the actual hell? It wasn’t hard to spot, and the only member of the Hart family on the roster hit the Hart Foundation’s signature finisher and none of the three guys on commentary could be bothered to break away from their talking points to call the move.

The announcers’ mindless prattle often gets a pass in this column (mainly because it’s so constant), but when you miss something like that, you’re going to get called on it.

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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.