WrestleTalk Roundtable – WWE Raw – December 10, 2018

What was the worst part of last night’s episode?

Brian Eseppi

For me, the Nia Jax / Ronda Rousey segment was the lowest point of the show. Hyped up as a Q&A session, with Alexa Bliss as moderator, it boiled down to a longwinded Nia promo, Ronda running out to confront her, and then ended with an Ember Moon vs Tamina match.

Even the Raw preview on the WWE website wanted fans to tweet in questions, and I don’t even think Alexa said a word while being out there. It was a segment promoting a match that I don’t think many people are looking forward to, and the climax of the segment was a match that didn’t involve either participant.

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— WWE (@WWE) December 11, 2018

JP Wood

Nia Jax, if you screech into that microphone and wake my daughter up at 11:30 PM, my TV is going to be muted when you are on it. That isn’t creating good heat. It is making me seethe with anger at the performer rather than the character. There’s no need for it. It isn’t working. Please stop.

Someone get this woman a manager as quickly as possible.

Eric Stites

My least favorite moment of the show was the Mixed Match Challenge promo disguised as a match between Bayley and Alicia Fox. This was clearly just meant to be a way to make us all want to watch the MMC Playoffs tomorrow but it did not do that for me. I only watched the first few episodes and this segment did nothing to make me regret my decision.

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Kyle Payne

I’ll never understand WWE‘s fascination with using real life tragedies in an attempt to get cheap heat. Natalya came out and cut an emotional promo on how she dedicates her TLC match to her late father. This brought out Ruby Riott who, I’ll admit, creatively put Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart’s picture on a table and cut the classic line “when I put you through this table, you and your daddy are going to be closer than ever”.

As a whole, I didn’t like the segment but I’ll be alright with it if Natalya does in fact go over at TLC, even though Ruby is the one who should be built up and win the match.

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