8 Ups & 3 Downs From WWE Raw (16 Sept - Results & Review)

2. Women’s Bathroom Break Match

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It’s rare to see WWE agent a bathroom break match so obviously that it might as well have had a toilet flush sound effect blaring from bell to bell, but that was how Natalya versus Zoey Stark went down on Raw.

Both women are incredibly talented and capable of having a good, competitive match. Their contest Monday night consisted of reversals, back-and-forth exchanges, countered finishers, and a series of rollups, until Nattie ended up with the pin for the victory.

There was nothing to write home about, nothing to get excited about, and nothing to even care about. There was nothing wrong with the match on its face, but this time-filler match existed for one reason, and it wasn’t to advance the compelling story of Pure Fusion Collective and its dominance over the Raw women’s division.

For a sharp contrast, watch the first three minutes of Bianca Belair versus Iyo Sky.

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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.