WWE Raw – January 28, 2019 (Review)

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

Eric Stites

My least favorite moment was Dana Brooke’s promo. Is she a heel? Is she a face? Who the hell knows at this point? It really irritates me when WWE just have people come out as a heel or a face suddenly without a proper turn. It doesn’t happen too often thankfully but it’s often enough that it’s getting annoying. That and flipping back and forth in mere months is just confusing.

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Emma Heeley

I can’t be the only one who felt bad for Ronda. That crowd was brutal. My heart literally went out to her during that first promo. And the match against Bayley which followed didn’t really help her cause either.

She has got the potential to be a badass heel, and I seriously hope the WWE capitalize on that going into ‘Mania. Going up against Lynch, that girl is going to get serious Roman Reigns levels of heat up from that New Jersey crowd.

Kyle Payne

Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins. Again. Their feud not too long ago was a dud, and Ambrose’s character is all over the place. I know the intention of the segment was to lead to the match we got, but Ambrose’s promo didn’t make any sense. I just don’t care about his character and this upsets me most about this show, considering how great he is and the rumor he is leaving the company.

Another moment that was absolute trash was Kurt Angle losing. Again. His loss to Drew McIntyre made sense and was even his idea, but Corbin doesn’t have the momentum or crowd support that Drew does. Asinine booking. Speaking of Drew McIntyre, what a boring match he had with Braun Strowman. This was a match, at one point, we all wanted to see but Strowman is damaged goods at this point and desperately needs to be rehabilitated. This match, however, did him no favors.

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Nicholas Holicki

Tamina. She’s just the Bermuda Triangle of charisma. Any wrestler who spends too much time caught in her vortex loses the ability to be interesting.

As shocking as it sounds, Nia Jax’s foray into the men’s division was starting to make her somewhat intriguing. I enjoyed her standoff with Dean Ambrose last night. However, just as she builds any kind of momentum, we got a cruel reminder that she still forms one half of a team with the scarecrow come to life, Tamina. The pair sadly defeated Alexa Bliss and Mickie James in an Elimination Chamber qualifier on Raw, which robbed us on two counts. 

First, Nia is so much better as a solo act. And second, I’d much rather see the team of Bliss and James compete for the tag team straps at Elimination Chamber.

A very, very close second to that moment has to be Finn Bálor’s relegation from a Universal Title match against Brock Lesnar to a feud with Bobby Lashley inside of 24 hours. But should this really surprise us anymore?

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