7 Ups And 9 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 16)

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9. Out Of Her League

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Apologies upfront to Dana Brooke for the title, but the newest member of the roster looked lost out there Monday night. And you cant entirely blame her. Brooke was called up to the main roster in part to augment a womens division hit with injuries to Naomi and Tamina. Then over the weekend, Danas tag team partner Emma was injured, leaving her alone.

So Brooke now has to go it alone, taking over Emmas feud with Becky Lynch. And she got her chance Monday in just her second televised match since last October in NXT. Unfortunately, Dana seemed out of sorts, with Becky having to carry things along until Brooke reversed a sunset flip for a pin.

Youve got to imagine that the plan originally was to have Brooke in tag matches with Emma for a while until she got her feet under her, rather than just throwing her out there in a singles match on Raw. Well see in the coming weeks if Dana Brooke can adapt and grow as a performer.

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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.