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This week's Monday Night RAW was tasked with following what had been a strong two weeks of programming for the red brand. Unfortunately, it couldn't quite live up to the last two shows.
However, there are definitely some positives to take away from this week's Monday Night RAW. Riddle continues to be effortlessly entertaining at everything he does, Kofi Kingston is getting his 'Kofimania' mojo back and R-Truth remains a national treasure.
The biggest takeaway from this week's RAW is the renewed effort to showcase wrestlers that have previously been brushed aside, or forgotten.
Here are five WWE Superstars who are finally getting some of the red brand's spotlight after being mistreated or forgotten.
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#5. WWE's Lucha House Party
Lucha House Party are such a talented pairing that have never ever been treated with the respect their in-ring ability deserves in the company. Now it looks like Monday Night RAW is prepared to give them some of the momentum that's evaded them this entire time.
Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik took on Mace and T-Bar in tag-team action and ended up securing themselves what many considered to be an upset victory over the former Retribution stable members.
While I wouldn't go that far given that Mace and T-Bar (and Retribution for that matter) have very rarely, if at all, been given the booking results, they need to be taken seriously in WWE. It's still nice to see Dorado and Metalik win matches in WWE.
Dorado and Metalik are probably one of WWE's longest-tenured tag teams to have never won a tag team championship. I'd personally love for them to get to the stage where they can finally capture some tag team gold. Hopefully their performance on this week's RAW is the start of that.
#4. WWE RAW Superstar Jinder Mahal
Jinder Mahal was WWE World Champion for SmackDown, who used to have two Indian wrestlers as his lackeys. Now he's a former WWE World Champion for Monday Night RAW with two bigger Indian wrestlers as his lackeys.
He finally got to begin the feud with Drew McIntyre that should've happened a while back until he was injured. Now he has a cool custom motorbike and Veer and Shanky which is a lot of resources to invest in someone if you're not going to push them.
I've always been a big fan of Mahal and I'm excited to see what he can do with all these new character elements, especially in a feud with his former 3 Man Band teammate Drew McIntyre, who also shares a very similar career journey to Mahal.
Mahal's main event title reign is often looked down upon, but I think the WWE Superstar executed his job perfectly, which is why I'm glad to see Monday Night RAW finally giving the Modern Day Maharajah more of the spotlight.
#3. WWE RAW Superstar Humberto Carrillo
Humberto Carrillo is definitely in the running for most stop-stars in his main roster career so far, with it seemingly being around once a month that he gets a little mini-push before disappearing again, or worse, joining the 24/7 title crowd.
To give WWE some credit, Carrillo was involved in a fairly prominent feud against United States Champion Sheamus and even recorded two non-title pinfall victories over the Irishman. But when Sheamus was injured, Carrillo very quickly started fading into the background.
They've now announced that Carrillo will finally get the United States title shot that he deserves on next week's RAW as Sheamus is finally returning from injury, but given that Carrillo has been featured so poorly between then and now it seems almost a given that he isn't going to win the title.
But there's a chance that WWE decided to just pay off the feud like nothing has happened and if they do that, there's a chance that Carrillo will become United States Champion, which would then mean that he has to feature on RAW more by default. I hope that happens.
#2. WWE RAW Superstar Nikki Cross
Nikki Cross did not feature AT ALL on Monday Night RAW for three months, between February and May, and that is inexcusable. Thankfully Cross has featured slightly more since the end of May and is now a major part of RAW going forward.
This was partly due to a, now over, undefeated streak that started with Cross beating both the RAW Women's Champion Rhea Ripley and the #1 contender to that title Charlotte Cross and partly because she has debuted a new gimmick.
We first saw Nikki ASH (almost a superhero) a couple of weeks ago and since then Nikki Cross has been delivering an insane amount of wholesomeness, excitement and positivity. Whilst the reaction to his new gimmick has been mixed, she is considered by many to be the favorite to win the Women's Money in the Bank Ladder match.
This kind of spotlight is exactly what Nikki Cross should be receiving and I'm hoping that she eventually goes on to become RAW Women's Champion.
#1. WWE RAW Superstar Ricochet
I've said WWE RAW Superstar Ricochet in my heading, but it would probably be more accurate if I wrote 'WWE Main Event Superstar Ricochet' because the high-flying star has spent far too long competing on WWE's least important weekly show.
However, in recent weeks, Ricochet has been able to showcase a little bit more of what he's capable of after being paired with the likes of Humberto Carrillo and John Morrison who are able to match him in the ring.
Ricochet, who is cutting his own promos on social media, is entering the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder match and he's also slowly starting to get back to being as over as he was when he first hit WWE's main roster.
I'm hoping that Ricochet's feud with The Miz and Morrison will help propel former Prince Puma back to where he rightfully should be in terms of the standings on Monday Night RAW and that a good performance, if not a win, at Money in the Bank will cement it.
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