3 Interesting observations from this week's RAW (April 15, 2019)

This week's edition of WWE Monday Night RAW (15th April 2019) saw a lot of contrasting moments. Right from AJ Styles arriving at RAW to The Miz finally earning his WrestleMania payback against Shane McMahon, last night's episode had it all.

For a Superstar Shake Up episode of RAW, there were plenty of new faces on the RAW Brand, however, something felt missing throughout the show's runtime. There were some questionable booking decisions, but in the end, the episode did not feel as grand as it should have been.

Let us take a look at some interesting observations from this week's episode of Monday Night RAW...

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#3 Why AJ Styles moved over to Monday Night RAW

Plenty of worthy opponents await The Phenomenal One on Monday Night RAW

SmackDown Live is 'the house that AJ Styles built'. Almost every modern WWE fan is aware of that catchphrase.

Now that Styles has finally arrived on Monday Night RAW, it seems quite obvious why he would leave SmackDown Live, a show that was synonymous with his name in the past few years.

AJ Styles had reached to the top of the SmackDown Live roster, and having experienced it all, there was simply nothing much left for him to achieve on the Blue brand. Hence, AJ Styles' move over to Monday Night RAW is a fresh start for his career.

Imagine the numerous top-class opponents that he could face every week. Even though RAW is WWE's staple weekly show, the quality of episodes throughout the past few years have been questionable.

So this also presents a unique opportunity for Styles to bring some flair to the Red brand. Perhaps it will only be a matter of time until Rollins and Styles clash against each other for the Universal Title. Wouldn't that be a great feud?

#2 The Braun Strowman-EC3 segment made no sense

EC3 has had a confusing run on the main roster so far

While EC3 might be staying on Monday Night RAW for a while, last night's segment that involved Braun Strowman manhandling him without a strong reason didn't really make sense.

Of course, Strowman is a superstar that likes to beat people around for fun, but without EC3 having done anything concrete in the first place, it is hard to justify why The Monster Among Men would chokeslam EC3 through the stage.

EC3 has an impressive personality, but so far, WWE has not capitalized on him completely. Maybe there are too many superstars on the main roster, and backstage officials simply do not have a clear idea of what to do with EC3, hence the segment. What do you think?

#1 The Shane McMahon-Miz feud belongs on Monday Night RAW

The Miz earned his WrestleMania payback against Shane McMahon by returning to RAW!

This rivalry between Shane McMahon and The Miz has been heating up week after week.

Arguably, their biggest moment so far has been the match itself at WrestleMania 35. But since then, it felt that the only way to get more people hooked on to this feud was for The Miz to switch brands.

That is what exactly happened. The Miz pulverized Shane McMahon on RAW last night, and to be quite honest, this feud checks all the boxes when it comes to a classic Monday Night RAW feud.

It is commercial. The feud has a hooking central premise, and it also involves a McMahon as the heel, and we all know that RAW has seen its fair share of feuds with McMahons as antagonists.

Let us hope that the upcoming few RAW episodes benefit from The Miz and Shane McMahon's ongoing rivalry.

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