4 Mistakes WWE made on RAW before WrestleMania 42

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Roman Reigns and CM Punk had another verbal exchange, while Stephanie Vaquer and Liv Morgan wanted to rip each other apart. With a lot on the line, WWE made the next four mistakes on RAW before WrestleMania 42.

#4. Why are Solo Sikoa and the MFTs on RAW?

WWE cross-promoting WrestleMania on RAW and SmackDown is nothing new. They want to make sure everyone knows what’s going on. One massive issue with the build, however, has been loading up RAW with SmackDown stars.

Flair faced Valkyria after Bayley fought Alexa Bliss on Friday. There are four teams embroiled in the WWE Women’s Tag Team match, so of course, that feud spills onto both brands.

However, the MFTs aren’t booked for The Show of Shows, but have an eight-man street fight on the go-home episode of SmackDown. Why do they need to be featured on RAW when they’ll have a massive showcase on the blue brand?

Are they doing away with the brand split yet again? The excuse was so that LA Knight and the Usos could get a tune-up before Saturday. They couldn’t have faced Kofi Kingston, Grayson Waller, or the Creeds?

#3. Is the WWE Women’s Tag Title match now just one-on-one?

Flair/Bliss and the duo of Bayley and Lyra Valkyria are the only two teams that have shown up on the last episodes of RAW and SmackDown.

The four-team feud went from interference every week to two teams completely disappearing. The Bellas and the Irresistible Forces haven’t appeared lately.

They don’t have to utilize interference every week, but the absences are strange so close to the PLE. They could have even shown up backstage or cut pre-taped promos.

#2. AJ Lee and Becky Lynch don’t show up live on RAW

Last week’s RAW saw Lee and Lynch have a sit-down interview confrontation. It was pre-taped, so the two competitors didn’t appear live. That was fine so other feuds could be spotlighted.

Since it was the final RAW before WrestleMania, however, the two stars should have appeared live in Sacramento. The feud is big, so just having a video package recapping the chapters of their rivalry isn’t good enough.

They could have cut promos or appeared in backstage segments. The MFT match wasn’t necessary on the red brand. Not having RAW stars on the final episode before WWE’s biggest PLE is a weird call.

#1. A flat final showdown for ‘the biggest match of WrestleMania 42’

WWE boasts every time CM Punk and Roman Reigns have been under the same roof. They’re fighting at WrestleMania, so it shouldn’t be news. Having the feud start with Reigns winning the Royal Rumble hurt the build.

He showed up one week, made his choice, and then took off for a month. After Elimination Chamber, he came back so they could trade promos and beatdowns.

Punk’s final promo was calm and reflective, which is something that fans aren’t used to seeing from him. Instead of being loud, brash, and confrontational, he mentioned his envy of Roman’s journey to WWE compared to his.

It was the opposite of every other promo these two shared. Roman’s answer was brief but more of the same. He said he envied Punk’s connection with the crowd, but that he’d still win at WrestleMania.

The placement of this exchange as the final showing before their heated clash was a mistake. The pull-apart brawl would have been better served for this episode. The reflective promo would have landed better halfway through.