8 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (19 June - Review)

Earlier in the day Monday, the WWE on Fox Twitter account shared a graphic of the past five men’s Money in the Bank match winners, asking who was the fans’ favorite.

That open-ended question revealed just how dire overall the past five years have been for male briefcase-holders, with Austin Theory, Otis and Braun Strowman all failing to win a title after their big MITB moments. It also informed the big talking point from Monday Night Raw this week, with Logan Paul announcing he had been added to next weekend’s men’s MITB match.

Paul easily becomes one of the favorites, or at least the guy everyone freaks out about every time he climbs the ladder and gets his fingers on the briefcase. But his appearance Monday in a godawful segment made nearly every other MITB participant look like a geek, which might have been by design.

Raw on the whole produced its usual blend of decent to solid in-ring action, including a returning superstar who spent nine months on the shelf, with a white-hot main event. A better-than-usual WWE crowd really helped this week’s show, elevating the material and keeping the energy level up for the bulk of the three hours. As a result, some stuff that really was on the margins got passing marks, such as the aforementioned return and the women's tag match.

Still, despite being an overall breezy watch, you can’t help but feel like if you could cherry-pick 3-4 segments and watch recaps for the rest, you wouldn’t be missing much. That feels like the norm these days with Raw.

Let’s get to it…