8 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (July 15)

2. ‘This Is Awful!’

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We haven’t heard that chant from fans in a little while, but we heard it loud and clear Monday night during the women’s four-way elimination match, where the most popular wrestler was sitting on the outside watching, Becky Lynch.

Natalya, Naomi, Alexa Bliss and Carmella duked it out in a 20+ minute match that just dragged on and on and on. The bout really showed how shallow the women’s division is right now with several wrestlers sidelined for various reasons. The “highlight” of the match was Nikki Cross getting on the mic and telling fans they had to cheer for Bliss, which drew huge boos. At least they weren’t silent.

Bliss did have a cute moment where she snuck into the ring while Nattie had Naomi in an inverted surfboard, and she tried to cover Natalya. But beyond that, this really was a forgettable match that slowed the show to a screeching halt.

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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.