8 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 17)

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8. Stay Tuned For Next Week

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Sasha Banks versus Bayley. Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose versus Miz and the Miztourage. Finn Balor versus Elias Samson.

Three matches announced a full week in advance for Monday Night Raw. There was a time in the not-too-distant past when we wouldn’t have any matches announced when Raw started and the main event wouldn’t be known until halfway through the program. But now, we know three bouts for next week’s Raw, one of which has SummerSlam implications (women’s #1 contender’s bout).

It’s smart booking that gives fans something to look forward to and builds a foundation for next week. It’s good to see the writers trying to plan at least a week ahead like this so there’s structure heading into an episode rather than haphazard booking.

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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.