Why WWE Has Finally Fixed THIS Historic Flaw

At the time, the April 3rd 2023 Monday Night Raw felt like one of those episodes of the former flagship that would live in infamy.

24 hours removed from one of the most damaging defeats in company history, Cody Rhodes was detached from the title picture via eight-minute long beatdown by perennial Vince McMahon go-to guy Brock Lesnar. The savaging felt multifariously depressing to those with an idea of the machinations taking place on the other side of the lens. More of the same occurred elsewhere. Matt Riddle returned not to get revenge on Solo Sikoa and The Bloodline for trying to end his career, but as the douchebag stoner bantering about with The Miz. Fresh off a hugely well-received showcase win at WrestleMania, The Street Profits were booked to lose against new Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn after being frozen out of the title scene for months. Omos defeated Elias apropos of nothing, and Seth Rollins was sent out to "party" with the live crowd by doing and saying absolutely nothing before leaving. When fan footage showed Rollins being fed information from a staffer during the commercials, people jumped to the conclusion that McMahon was back to shifting things on the fly, and it wasn't that bizarre an assumption.

There was but one flash of magic across the entire broadcast that effectively saved WWE from itself that night, and it unsurprisingly revolved around one of the biggest company success stories while McMahon was away as well as one of the last great celebrity performers to enter his orbit. Damian Priest blasted Bad Bunny through a table for having the temerity to stick his nose in The Judgment Day’s feud with Rey Mysterio.

The dead hard and the deadbeat collided with the dead famous, and a decaying edition of Raw showed new signs of life.

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