5 botches and outrageous moments from WWE Raw (March 5, 2018)
Being in the thick of WrestleMania season, the action in WWE should be heating up more and more. Instead, Raw felt like it was just a little below average this week. Even though there was some Ronda Rousey physicality, a Symphony of Destruction involving Elias and Braun Strowman, as well as the announcement of an upcoming match on the Hardy Compound, everything was a little bland. The blame could lie in the fact that there were no strong matches. Overall, this was merely an okay three hours.
With not much in the way of praises to dish out, jumping into the heart of this article is that much easier. There were a few botches worth highlighting, including Ronda Rousey's unamusement of drum rolls to Asuka's headscissor transition into an octopus hold that didn't quite work out. Also, there was the issue of the USA Network cutting off Paul Heyman, which may or may not have been a spiteful move in lieu of a recent visit by FOX execs.
#5 Ronda's Samoan Drop draws criticism
Ronda Rousey showed off slightly more of her arsenal in the opening segment of Raw. After it was decided that she and Kurt Angle would take on the McMahon-Helmsly Regime in a mixed tag match at WrestleMania, a scuffle broke out that ending with a Samoan Drop onto Stephanie.
The move looked fine enough for the untrained eye, but ECW legend Tommy Dreamer noticed a big problem. On Twitter, he kindly pointed out that she trapped her arm on this manoeuvre. In the long run, that could cause some unnecessary damage. Dreamer even mentioned Samoan Drop-connoisseurs like Roman Reigns and Nia Jax that she could ask for help.