5 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Raw (27 Jan – Results & Review) – WhatCulture

Cody Rhodes and CM Punk torch the mic in a talk-heavy WWE Raw.WWE is fortunate that they are an extremely hot product currently,
that everything they touch seems to turn to gold. It also helped heading into
Monday that they had laid a solid foundation for Saturday’s Royal Rumble PLE, because
Raw was not the best closing argument they could have made for the weekend
show.The heavy lifting in the Undisputed WWE Championship match
already has been done, so a simple 20-second brawl between Cody Rhodes and
Kevin Owens was enough to keep that fire burning on Monday night. So many major
stars have announced for the men’s Rumble match that simply trotting a few of
them out there to make the case for why they want to win and continuing to make
connections between everyone worked well to remind everyone why this is a
must-see Rumble match.But the women’s Royal Rumble match has been treated as an afterthought,
a joke by comparison. The only mention of the women’s Rumble by the wrestlers
was confined to two backstage segments, a disappointing and disproportionate
sell job by WWE when they have strived for parity in recent years.As with many go-home shows, WWE unleashed more talking
segments than usual on Monday night, but most of them were uneventful time-fillers.
The show-opening promo train left a lot to be desired. And then there’s the New Day, whose heel run feels stalled
and stuck on repeat lately, which is a serious shame after such a promising
start. While we wouldn’t suggest selling stock just yet, it’s definitely not
the hot property it was six weeks ago.Regardless, the Royal Rumble should be a fun and potentially incredible
show. As mentioned, when you’re hot, a mediocre show like this is just a small
bump in the road.Let’s get to it…

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But the women’s Royal Rumble match has been treated as an afterthought,
a joke by comparison. The only mention of the women’s Rumble by the wrestlers
was confined to two backstage segments, a disappointing and disproportionate
sell job by WWE when they have strived for parity in recent years.As with many go-home shows, WWE unleashed more talking
segments than usual on Monday night, but most of them were uneventful time-fillers.
The show-opening promo train left a lot to be desired. And then there’s the New Day, whose heel run feels stalled
and stuck on repeat lately, which is a serious shame after such a promising
start. While we wouldn’t suggest selling stock just yet, it’s definitely not
the hot property it was six weeks ago.Regardless, the Royal Rumble should be a fun and potentially incredible
show. As mentioned, when you’re hot, a mediocre show like this is just a small
bump in the road.Let’s get to it…

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As with many go-home shows, WWE unleashed more talking
segments than usual on Monday night, but most of them were uneventful time-fillers.
The show-opening promo train left a lot to be desired. And then there’s the New Day, whose heel run feels stalled
and stuck on repeat lately, which is a serious shame after such a promising
start. While we wouldn’t suggest selling stock just yet, it’s definitely not
the hot property it was six weeks ago.Regardless, the Royal Rumble should be a fun and potentially incredible
show. As mentioned, when you’re hot, a mediocre show like this is just a small
bump in the road.Let’s get to it…

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Regardless, the Royal Rumble should be a fun and potentially incredible
show. As mentioned, when you’re hot, a mediocre show like this is just a small
bump in the road.Let’s get to it…

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Let’s get to it…

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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. 10 WWE Innovations That Nobody Wanted

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