There’s been some new developments to some Raw storylines with The Judgment Day, Nikki
Cross, The Miz, and more.
So we’ll see what’s going on in each of those stories
Starting off with the WWE Raw women’s division and Nikki Cross
Damage Control has quietly been taking out all of Bianca Belair’s allies on Raw
When Damage Control first came onto the scene at Summerslam, Becky was the one individual
to back Bianca up
But Becky was of course dealing with that separated shoulder and was still taken out
by Damage Control a few nights after Summerslam on Raw
Then Bianca Belair was backed up by Alexa Bliss and Aus-ka, two multiple times women’s
champions, so they served as great backup to Bianca Belair to fight off Damage Control
But Damage Control took out Alexa and Aus-ka several weeks ago and they haven’t been
seen at all ever since
So it looks like Alexa and Aus-ka have been written off indefinitely with no return for
them in sight
So that left Candice LeRae.
Candice was also against Damage Control, so she was the last big babyface ally left for
Bianca Belair
That was until Damage Control also took out Candice on the October 24th edition of Raw
So now the story becomes that Bianca Belair has absolutely no friends left at all to help
her
And usually when WWE sets up a story in that sort of direction, it usually results in an
unexpected return for someone to help that babyface that’s all alone
But this case was a little different with the return of Nikki Cross
Nikki returned in the closing moments of Raw to take out both Bianca Belair and Bayley
So everyone was expecting a babyface to return and align with Bianca Belair, but Nikki obviously
doesn’t fall under the babyface category, at least going by her return right there in
that spot
Nikki attacked both Bianca and Bayley, basically implying that she’s a threat to everyone
and isn’t favoring one side over the other
The obvious thing to point out here is that Nikki is back to her original character
This unstable and insane character that you can’t predict at all
She’s absolutely crazy and is capable of doing anything
There’s no more superhero Nikki A.S.H., she’s back to her original NXT character,
which became popular for her insanity and unpredictability
Nikki didn’t say a single word, but her message was still loud and clear
She returned right back into the main event scene of the women’s division, taking out
the champion and the number one contender, basically implying that she’s after the
title and putting the entire roster on notice
Nikki had a very short raw women’s title reign in 2021, but never got a chance to win
the title back
So maybe this is Nikki taking matters into her own hands, one full year later after her
last title reign
Fans have started to slowly complain more and more that nothing in the Raw women’s
division really gets showcased outside of the Bianca and Bayley feud
And that’s sort of true, Bianca versus Bayley has been the only thing really showcased and
highly featured in the entire women’s division since July, so fans were starting to get a
little burnt out on that story
But at least Nikki Cross’ return adds a little spark of new life to what the Raw women’s
division has been featuring over the last few months
And if Nikki is gonna be a wildcard and tweener sort of character, that means Bianca’s issue
or being alone is still very much there
So maybe we see another big return of someone that will actually help Bianca Belair
Someone like Becky Lynch for example
Becky was ready to defend Bianca at Summerslam and was even taken out by Damage Control,
so it lines up perfectly for Becky to return at Bianca’s side to take revenge on Damage
Control
But that’s the latest going on right now in the Raw women’s division
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When The O.C.
versus Judgment Day feud first started, we talked about the idea of how The O.C.
needed to add a woman to the group to cancel out Rhea Ripley
And it looks like the start of that little sub-story started on the October 24th edition
of Raw as well
Rhea Ripley picked up Gallows at ringside and gave him a full body slam, which was one
of the biggest moments of the night
The O.C.
was seen talking about the Rhea Ripley bodyslam and they once again hinted at the idea of
adding a woman to the group
So similar to what we said the first time around with this idea, The O.C.
can maybe add someone that has a long history with Rhea Ripley.
Someone that has a reason to come back after her
Or they can go in a completely different direction and maybe call someone up from NXT
Or maybe someone that’s just as strong as Rhea Ripley, someone who will have no problem
picking up Finn Balor, Dominik, or Damian Priest for a bodyslam
Dana Brooke is a good name that’s floating around out there that falls under most of
those categories and could really match the vibe of The O.C.
So just someone like that who can just step in and basically work as a complete counter
to everything Rhea Ripley is current doing against The O.C.
So that’s a little side storyline to keep an eye on, The O.C.
appears to be on a mission to add someone to take care of Rhea Ripley for them
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There were also several developments done in The Miz and Dexter’s storyline
The Miz goes up to Johnny Gargano backstage and questions him on what he knows
Johnny responded by telling The Miz that he’s fully aware about what he knows
The Miz says that there’s nothing to know and gets frustrated
Miz then goes to the ring where he appears to try and change the narrative about his
on going lie
The Miz brings up Tommaso Ciampa and how Tommaso has been mysteriously missing and how no one
is talking about it
Johnny Gargano comes out and says that he just texted Tommaso backstage and how he’s
only away because of an injury
So that moment there likely tells us that The Miz wanted to get some attention off of
him about this big secret, so he attempted to spin the narrative that Dexter Lumis had
captured Tommaso
And that’s something that The Miz’s character would do.
If there’s heat on him, he’s gonna spin everything and try to shift the attention
elsewhere, just seems like a very ‘Miz’ thing to do
But Johnny gives The Miz another chance to come clean with the truth about the secret
or that he’ll blow the whistle himself
The Miz says he’s been telling nothing but the truth
Johnny Gargano would end up going in the crowd and dressing like Dexter Lumis to throw the
Miz off and cost him the match against R-Truth
The Miz then goes to Johnny backstage and talks to him about how he deceived him by
dressing as Dexter, Johnny says that The Miz was deceiving everyone with the secret, and
the Miz walks away
So it was a nice way to actively keep the storyline moving without doing another repetitive
segment of Dexter just stalking The Miz
This week was a nice change of pace for the storyline and kept it going in that unique
way
Johnny Gargano adds a lot to the story and is basically serving as Dexter Lumis’ mouthpiece
right now
Johnny is explaining what Dexter is after and why he’s coming after The Miz
It’s now fully known that The Miz is deceiving everyone with this big secret that he’s
hiding
Dexter Lumis is so bothered by what The Miz is hiding that he’s made it his sole mission
to come after The Miz to expose it
And the more they keep that secret going, the more the fans are going to expect a big
reveal from this secret
Obviously, we’re most likely to see that match that we were supposed to see on Raw
a few weeks ago
The Miz and Dexter will eventually meet in the ring for a high stakes match
If Dexter wins, he officially gets a contract and maybe The Miz will have to reveal the
secret to everyone
If The Miz wins, Dexter leaves WWE for good and the secret will stay intact
Obviously, The Miz will have no shot of winning a match with those stipulations, it appears
that Dexter would win a match like that and the storyline could close out with that secret
being revealed
How big will the secret be?
We won’t know until they make that big reveal later in the story
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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