Bro, this is an emotional story and stripper wouldn't work there, bro.

I was most surprised that the finish was completely clean and that Dar didn't interfere at all in the match. Don't get me wrong, I'm also happy to see Fox winning, but they haven't really given us promos to flesh out this feud, so I'm at the moment struggling with where this is heading.

That women's promo segment was, for me, both revealing and weird. First, they spent two episodes showing Bayley fuming at Bliss and barely being able to be in her presence, and here she is coming out to give Bliss her normal 'aw shucks' promo? I don't enjoy Bayley at all, but at least they were finally getting…

The Ambrose/Miz match was really good, while keeping things basic. And while the finish was odd, I think they actually established a really good potential story with it, especially as shown by the Raw Fallout Ambrose interview here: https://www.youtube.com/wat….

I hope there is a future episode of Raw where Kurt Angle finds out who keeps leaving kendo sticks beneath the ring and why they are there.

I was pleasantly surprised with Ziggler in this episode as it felt like they finally wrote him as Ziggler instead Miz stand-in and that really allowed him to add his own sense to the mix. For example that NXT response was just classic. Even on the Talking Smack, I was initially groaning when it felt like he was going…

While I somewhat loathe them doing a six woman tag at Backlash instead of having a title match, that 'Whatever. I'm the greatest…. at bonding,' line almost makes it worth it. There was also a pretty good 'Are you going to glow at me' dig before that. I recently realized that Raw didn't really allow Charlotte to be…

I don't quite understand. Why would Lesnar not being around prevent them for having a feud for the WWE title as Lesnar is on the other show? I just assumed the current Jinder feud is because they were planning to continue the Orton/Bray program, and writing that just gave me the worst kind of shivers, before Bray was…

That Usos promo was ridiculously dope and just what this feud needed. As much as I really like the Breezango weirdness, I've been wanting to see it clash with the Usos seriousness and did they ever deliver with that promo.

While I thought the Bliss/Nia backstage interaction was effective even if I don't know why Nia would care about who is the champion, I thought the Bliss/Mickie match had so many weird moments starting from the fact that they sent Bayley out there in front of an UK audience to draw attention from the match. They also…

No it doesn't, the only thing it indicated was that they were still pushing Reigns as the face. They put him over big before Payback, where Roman still lost.

Doubtful as there have been numerous reports, as well as narrative indications, that they were building Braun up to challenge Brock for the title. And in that case there is no way in hell he was losing to Reigns at ER.

Sheasaro were so very, very good in this episode and it almost feel like they've managed to switch to another gear after their heel turn. They are finally able to just be the monsters now and just are relishing in it.

Unfortunately, turns out that Braun has a legit elbow injury and is expected to be sidelined for 4-8 weeks. I'm not quite certain how that will affect Raw's plans for Extreme Rules, but it has to be a big hit for them. So that Roman beatdown is to write Braun off TV for some while.

There this great visual of Becky facing the Committee while standing between them and fallen Charlotte just before she started shaking hands with them. That was the moment I realized both Becky wasn't going to turn and that they were doing something really good with it.

It's a difficult question because Jericho has apparently previously stated that if he retires, he doesn't want to make a big deal out of it. Instead he just wants to leave, so from that point of view, this feels like it could be it. Then again, with Jericho, who knows.

Yeah, that Balor/Wyatt feud is weird as both men basically desperately need a convincing win right now.

I'm not going to lie, after this episode I was thrilled to turn on to Talking Smack and see the continuation there. But then when it started and I saw that Shane was there, I just closed the browser window and sighed.

I continue to really dig what they are doing with the women on SDL and tying them all together for a larger, coherent story at the moment while managing to elevate a lot of them. Naomi feels like a badass champion for not backing down in a handicap match and even holding up her own, Nattie is given prominence as the…

I absolutely love how they handled Jericho tonight. They gave him a big entrance on SDL, some good banter in ring and backstage to get him across as this lovable, oddball veteran before having that brutal end to the main event. Don't know if this was the final Jericho in-ring appearance, but at least WWE gave him a…