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Big decline in quality. And WWE's social media team really needs to sort their content out. I'm used to one or two clips being out of order when uploaded to YouTube, but last night's RAW was a jumbled mess, with almost every single one of the clips out of place.

Honestly, there's very little I can say positively about last night's RAW. As somebody has already said, they've made this Becky/Ronda/Charlotte story way too overcomplicated, and what was a surefire WrestleMania main event has now become a jumbled mess. It should have been so simple, yet they feel the need to make it as overly complex as they possibly can, for no good reason. Becky is just being presented as relatively unimportant and surplus to requirements, compared to Charlotte and Ronda. Becky is the Royal Rumble winner. If anything, she should be the only one who's WrestleMania spot is guaranteed. Yet on last night's RAW, she was presented as "if you can win at Fastlane with an injured leg, I guess we'll add you". No, her spot should be written in stone, not a maybe. This angle started as fantastic storytelling, but my interest has dipped considerably after how horrendously it's been booked for the past week. It's a good thing Becky has such strong Twitter game to keep me interested when TV writing lets me down.

What the are they doing with Lacey Evans?! What on earth is the point? So dumb, so so dumb. And Natalya winning in 2019? Why?! Why is Tamina even still in WWE, despite never connecting with the audience at any point in her career?

At least they're building Heavy Machinery up. Although unexpected, it's refreshing to see Otis speaking like a normal human being. At least they had the sense to keep his lines short, because his character is not meant to be a talker.

Shield being back together is nice, I guess. Though by this point they've really run it into the ground with reunions in the past year and a half.

No #DIY again! Talent should be utilised. Gargano and Ciampa are two of the most talented superstars in the whole company right now. And they just don't want to use them? Ciampa's injury shouldn't stop him from at least appearing.

Aleister Black and Ricochet are actually making a pretty good tag team. Although I'm still seeing them as far more stronger singles stars, I'm beginning to think they make a good duo.

One thing I really didn't like was Triple H's promo. There's just too much kayfabe breaking going on in WWE right now. That's fine when it's done on very rare occasions, but now we have two ongoing storylines breaking kayfabe. Triple H talking about Richard Fliehr and Ronda Rousey addressing Rebecca Quinn and talking about "scripts" and "fake" is just way too much.

FFS, Liv Morgan is a US exclusive?! Really frustrated at that news. Why does Mattel hate international buyers so much? I was really looking forward to purchasing this figure, but now it looks like I'll never get the chance to own it. If they don't think a figure will sell well at mass retail at Smyths (like for example, if Smyths doesn't want to order it in significant enough numbers), surely they could at least ship a small number of them to a warehouse somewhere in Europe and sell it for retail price online. I assume that must be the only thing limiting these from mass distribution, because otherwise it's ludicrous to limit distribution to one store in one country.

It seems like half of the line now is US exclusive, and that is pissing me off. Walgreens, Fan Central, Target exclusives, etc. It really should not be that way, and shame on Mattel for making it so! I don't have a large amount of disposable income, and I refuse to pay £45+ for a single lump of plastic. The only chance I have of ever getting any of these US exclusives is if someone who did pay the ridiculous price later sells it loose on eBay, and I'm lucky enough to buy it at a reasonable price. That's a rarity, and I should not be forced to do that. I should be able to order all of their product online, but I can't. And that's really dumb.

Looking forward to Smyths getting Elite 65 in (if they do end up doing so). Only interested in Nia Jax and Ronda Rousey (though still undecided on whether to go for this one or wait for Ultimate Edition).

Based on their recent stocking tactics, won't believe they'll end up with them until I see them in stock.

£26 for US exclusive Sasha Banks Walgreens figure loose with accessories. Really not looking forward to trying to get the Paige US exclusive Walgreens figure for a sensible price after it releases. And the Carmella US exclusive Fan Central figure on eBay seems to only be a myth at this point.

This was a really puzzling episode of SmackDown Live. So many superstars missing who you'd expect to have been there.

Where was Becky Lynch? Where was Johnny Gargano? Where was Ciampa? Where was Asuka? Where was Mandy Rose?

Becky Lynch being arrested on RAW is not a good enough excuse. One day should be enough in kayfabe for Becky to get out of jail. We're on the road to WrestleMania, and I'd expect the main eventers to be on every single episode of their brand. Why didn't they have her crash Charlotte's promo?

Gargano and Ciampa were advertised, so there is simply no excuse for not having them turn up at all.

Asuka is the SmackDown Women's Champion, she should be there every single week. Mandy Rose beat her last week and therefore should be #1 contender, so she should have been there too. Appearing on a YouTube exclusive backstage interview is not good enough.

So some truly bizarre exclusions. On the other hand, it was fantastic to see Kevin Owens return, and it was nice to see Matt Hardy too (even if I'd rather have been Gargano and Ciampa).

Kevin Owens using the Stunner as his finisher now is...ehhh. The Pop-Up Powerbomb is a far superior move, I don't know why he would stop using it.

I know I'm in the minority, but despite some shocking and thrilling returns, the bad parts of both RAW and SmackDown Live this week have cancelled out the good parts to make it the same level of quality as previous weeks, rather than a big improvement as most people seem to be seeing it, at least in my opinion.

If it turned out to be a good one that told the stories of the guests without rambling too much like Lilian Garcia's, sure. If it was one that told some okay stories but with a lot of rambling before and during, like E & C's, JR's, then nope. It's all dependant on quality. Though to be honest, I just cannot imagine the Undertaker doing a podcast.

I'm fairly certain they've taken Collections off the Network in the past. I remember one of the 2015 or 2016 PPVs advertised a Canadian collection featuring matches from Canada, including Trish and Warrior, but I was never able to find it when I went back to the Network in 2017. They also remove the Match of the Year collections when it's time for the next one. They did remove the Four Horsewomen of NXT collection last year, but it's since come back.

Wow, last night's RAW was INSANE! Overjoyed to see Black, Ciampa, Gargano & Ricochet debut. Shame how quiet the crowd was.

A pretty good PPV in my opinion, which isn't something I can usually say about PPVs, excluding the big four of course. Although none of the matches were anything special, sensible booking decisions throughout (with only one exception).

Starting off, the absolute highlight of the show for me at least, was the Boss and Hug Connection becoming the first ever Women's Tag Team Champions! Honestly, any other team winning would have been a travesty. Sasha and Bayley have both been instrumental in the entire women's evolution, so much so that I'd argue there probably wouldn't have been one without them. They've been handled very poorly over the past couple of years, so it was long overdue for creative to finally do something meaningful with them again. They make such a fantastic team, and have the potential to go down as the greatest female tag team of all time. I think this is just the start. I really cannot wait to see how their reign progresses, and I sincerely hope they spam (really??) of WrestleMania still holding the titles. I'm a big fan of women's wrestling, I think women's tag team titles was a no-brainer, and I'm thrilled that WWE finally has them once again.

Maryse coming out was a nice surprise. I wouldn't have thought so, but I could really get used to Miz as a babyface. I fully expected Miz to turn on Shane after the match. Because that didn't happen, I'm intrigued as to what will happen next.

Finn Balor is champion again! I'm thrilled with Balor finally being rewarded after a couple of years of being without a title, especially with the Intercontinental Championship. I hope he has a long and entertaining reign, which continues long past WrestleMania. And now Bobby Lashley has finally got rid of the dead weight in Lio Rush! Honestly, Lio Rush's horrendous screeching voice has put me off Lashley since he got paired with him, to the point I've just avoided watching anything with Lashley in, unless he was facing someone like Balor. Now that Rush is gone, I can start trying to appreciate Lashley.

While I obviously agree with the decision to have Ruby Riott lose to Ronda Rousey, I'm not a fan of the fact that Rousey squashed Riott in less than 2 minutes. I'm not really a fan of Ruby, but I think she should still have had a solid match with Rousey instead of being treated like a jobber.

Regardless of the match that preceded it, the Charlotte/Ronda/Becky segment was amazing! Loved it all, made it clear that Becky is still the priority, as she should be. Though I do question why Cole was enraged at her actions, considering he's supposed to support the faces.

Baron Corbin VS Braun Strowman was just kind of there. I feel like we've seen these two face off so many times recently. This feud just feels like it's been going on forever. I'm okay with McIntyre and Lashley helping Corbin. Though because we've already seen these three beat the hell out of Strowman before, I was waiting throughout for someone to make a shock return to help Strowman, and I felt a bit disappointed when nobody did. We've already seen this beatdown before, I'm not sure we needed to see it again. The biggest problem I have though: why is Corbin still wrestling in business attire?! Has nobody told him he's a wrestler again? He just looks very silly and out of place.

Lacey Evans coming down the ramp and back up the ramp was a bit pointless. There was a little bit of point to it in reminding the audience that she exists, but surely they could have had her do something?

Main event was okay, but I'm quite disappointed that Daniel Bryan retained. Bryan does not engage me or entertain me anymore, and I definitely don't think he should be the World Champion. Some gimmicks just don't work in pro wrestling in my opinion. Eco warrior is one of those. To be honest though, I'm not sure I would have been thrilled with anyone else in the Chamber walking out champion. The main event scene on SmackDown Live just feels incredibly stale to me. They need new talent in there, and I'm not talking Mustafa Ali either. While Ali is very talented and exciting to watch in the ring, I've still yet to work out if he actually has a character. They should bump Andrade up to the main event and call Aleister Black up. I don't think I could talk about this match without mentioning how great Kofi Kingston really is. It's just such a shame that they never gave him a serious consistent solo push, and by now he's too ingrained with the New Day for me to see him as a solo competitor again.