Why WWE Has Finally Fixed THIS Historic Flaw

Triple H has held on to SOME power on Monday Night Raw, and lots of people are about to benefit...

The Judgment Day The Bloodline
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The April 17th Monday Night Raw main event kind of kicked ass, and you'd be forgiven for not knowing it or believing it if you didn't watch.

In the evening's headline attraction, WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn teamed up with Matt Riddle to take on The Judgment Day's Finn Bálor, Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio in a ripper of a six-man that begat post-match carnage also featuring The Bloodline and the recently-reimagined LWO.

The typically quiet and polite WWE crowd was nowhere to be found from opening bell to closing copyright graphic. An atypical furnace atmosphere greeted the multiple competitors in the match, the chaos that followed and presumably all the ramifications and permutations that could spin off from a scene that included upwards of 12 people and others - including Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Backlash host Bad Bunny - that could yet enter the fray.

The whole thing emerged out of show-opening segment that saw the two heel groups agree to a business arrangement in order to take out their respective rivals. The Bloodline's Solo Sikoa held up his end of the deal with a victory over Hall-Of-Famer Rey Mysterio in another awesome TV affair, and Rhea Ripley's monster clothesline to Kevin Owens on the outside was a brutal reminder of who exactly posed the real threat in The Judgment Day. Which could prove problematic for Zelina Vega ahead of her impending SmackDown Title match against 'The Nightmare'.

Three formalised stables. One additional collection of babyfaces working on their chemistry every week for a cause greater than their own. Multiple - loads and loads in fact - of matches for TV shows and Premium Live Events set up with countless wrestlers that are, for the most part, brand new performers in the top spot.

It's all very Un-WWE-In-April, this. Why?

CONT'D...

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