7 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE Raw (2 March - Results & Review)

4. Fare Thee Well To Rhiyo

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Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky effectively said their goodbyes for WrestleMania Season on Monday night, with Rhea announcing she was headed over to SmackDown this week to confront her 'Mania 42 opponent, Jade Cargill.

The pairing of Ripley and Sky was a big deal when it happened because it felt like a Mega Powers-type event, bringing together two huge superstars to eventually fall apart and feud. But the pair became a saccharine-filled act, hugging each other and mimicking each other’s signature poses, finally separating amicably on Monday night.

It’s disappointing to see their story seemingly just fade away with no friction, no conflict, no resolution. They lost the tag titles and Ripley won the Elimination Chamber, so Rhea is off to the blue brand, sticking Rhiyo in the deep freeze for now.

Ripley’s promo was decent, but she spent about 80% of it talking about Iyo rather than firing up on her WrestleMania opponent. That’s not exactly a great sign when you consider that they have a pathway to main-event the first night of WrestleMania 42. (Look at CM Punk and Roman Reigns, throwing bombs at each other six-plus weeks out.)

All in all, this felt like a wasted segment, like it was missing a second half of the promo on Jade, or an interruption, or anything to liven it up a bit more.

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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.