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

1. Poochie Flair

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On The Simpsons, there was an episode with a cartoon (within the cartoon) character named Poochie who the creators thought would save Itchy & Scratchy, but was hated by the fans. Homer’s bright idea to make him better? Make him louder and angrier, and whenever he wasn’t on-screen, other characters would ask, “Where’s Poochie?”

WWE’s version of Poochie today is Charlotte Flair.

Flair is a Raw superstar holding the NXT Women’s Championship who is challenging SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley this Friday. Got all that?

Oh, and Charlotte trounced Ruby Riott Monday night. That’s not to say that she shouldn’t have defeated Riott, but she’s now beaten Liv Morgan, Io Shirai, Riott and likely will come out looking superior to Bayley later this week.

The answer to WWE’s ratings woes isn’t MORE CHARLOTTE. But don’t expect the company to get that memo. They’ll just continue to oversaturate their programming with her until everyone is sick of Flair.

And now to the positives...

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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.