8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (Aug 22)

by Scott Carlson

1. It’s Bayley!

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Oh Hallelujah, WWE finally pulled the trigger on bringing Bayley up to the main roster!

Despite Charlotte’s awesome dig at Bayley being the one of the Four Horsewomen left behind in NXT last year, it didn’t diminish her arrival Monday night at exactly the right time. Sasha Banks landed on the injured list, and Paige is out with a wellness policy suspension, so the women’s division is probably at its thinnest.

Bayley has been ready for some time now, and with her loss to Asuka at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II on Saturday, it was only logical that she show up on Raw ready to challenge Charlotte for the WWE Women’s Championship.

Hopefully, this will be a shot in the arm for the division and keep things going while Sasha recovers. And let’s also hope that Vince McMahon doesn’t tinker with Bayley’s character too much. She already is more “over” than half the roster, so let her connect the same way she has in NXT.

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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.