9 Ups And 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (May 18)

4. That’s Not How To Win People Over

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Why was Liv Morgan crying so much?

These backstage promos are taped, right? If so, then what aired Monday night was inexcusable. If it was live, then the agents didn’t practice it enough with Morgan. During Raw, Liv talked about how mother is her hero, how she’s full of determination and never quits. She sounded like she was about to cry as she said this, transitioning to her match against Charlotte Flair last week, and how Liv is just like her mother – full of determination.

It was a pedestrian promo at best, but the delivery was awful. There’s “plucky underdog,” and then there’s “whiny weakling.” “I might be small and outmatched, but I try my hardest!” That’s not the promo of someone you want to see wrestle.

Look, Liv Morgan has improved in the ring, and this writer is rooting for her. But that was a dud of a promo.

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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.