7 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE Raw (1 December - Results & Review)

1. An "Epic" Raw

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Coming out of a woefully dismal Survivor Series, the perpetual rose-colored glasses-wearing Triple H praised the event, then declared that the upcoming episode of Raw was going to be “epic.”

Cut to that scene from The Princess Bride, and Inigo Montoya’s legendary line.

Facts: Raw was a marked improvement from Saturday’s PLE, with better wrestling, better stories, better booking, a better crowd, and a more energetic product. But if anyone outside of the most ardent Liv Morgan fan agreed that Raw was epic, they probably should get a CT scan immediately.

“Good” does not equal epic. Even “great” does not equal epic. This was deflection or sleight of hand, salvaging a huge disappointment by promising something that would generate a buzz, and then kinda sorta delivering it comparatively by being competent two days later.

2025 has undeniably been a down year for WWE quality-wise. All the platitudes, ledger sheets, glossy video packages, and pantomiming fans can’t paper over that reality. Constantly promising fans that something truly remarkable is just around the corner is eventually going to catch up to them, and when it does, it’s going to be an “epic” collapse.

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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.