5 botches and outrageous moments from WWE Raw (January 30, 2018)
WWE offered three straight days of wrestling in the town of Philadelphia, which is a lot. Looking back at the stretch, that town got a solid stretch of wrestling. Raw capped off the long weekend and ended up being a good night of in-ring competition. John Cena faced off against Finn Balor, The Miz defended his IC Title against Roman Reigns, and Asuka competed against Sasha Banks. All were above-average matches, so no complaints about the show overall.
What will be complained about are a few specific spots, especially those that made the viewers fear for the lives of the competitors. Both Apollo Crews and Sasha Banks had scary mishaps during their matches, with one of them even receiving a plea from Mick Foley to remove a spot from their moveset. In addition to those two moments that are early contenders for botch of the year, a couple of outrageous moments fill out this list of some of the cringe-worthy moments from Raw.
#5 Slightly bloody Braun
Braun Strowman finding new things to flip over has yet to get old and WWE should be applauded for their decision to repeat the tactic over and over again. Not every instance can be 'ambulance-flipping' good, but each moment is a surefire crowd pop. This week, Braun flipped the announce stand and everything on top of it. All of the announcers were absent, which in hindsight would've made it the best Braun flip spot yet.
In the aftermath, the camera showed Strowman surmising the damage at the top of the entrance ramp and he was strangely bleeding from his left shoulder. It's an unexplained injury that had to have happened during the Kane attempted murder. This served as the only instance of bloodletting on this night.