#2 Exhaustion was obviously setting in
Paul Heyman has been the executive director of Raw for a number of months now and it's become clear that many stars have been working with The Beast's Advocate on promos, whilst it's also become clear that many others haven't.
Promos have always been the weakest part of Raw's arsenal and this week was no different since a number of stars tripped over their words on the mic. Seth Rollins kicked off the show by delivering a speech to a deflated locker room, where he repeated himself whilst berating Authors of Pain.
Charly Caruso later caught the bug when she interviewed Rollins backstage about his upcoming match with Kevin Owens where she tripped over her lines and Rollins then got tongue-tied when issuing the challenge to Rollins.
AJ Styles cut a promo after he attacked Humberto Carrillo, and he managed to botch his lines as well. Either it was a long weekend for all the stars involved which is why the promos this week were not at a good standard, or Paul Heyman needs to book all his stars in promo class as soon as possible.