5 Takeaways From Monday Night Raw - 6/4/18

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Since The Miz was drafted over to SmackdownLive, the Miztourage has gone to both Seth Rollins and Finn Balor, looking to recreate the Shield and the Balor Club, respectively. Since being rejected by both, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel have stuck together, calling themselves the "B-Team".
Since the new name change, Dallas and Axel have won a few matches on Raw, and just won a tag team battle royal to challenge for the Raw tag team titles.
It's an exciting prospect to imagine the pair as champions, although if it were to happen it likely wouldn't be a long run. In fact, that might be when the Authors of Pain return (re-debut?) to Raw and demolish the duo to put the entire Raw tag division on notice.

WWE's most impressive streak continues, as Curt Hawkins lost his 200th consecutive match by disqualification. During his bout jobber James Harden, Baron Corbin interfered with an End of Days on Harden, extending the incredible losing streak once again.
I'm guessing this will lead to Hawkins finally getting a win over the Lone Wolf, but I sincerely hope that doesn't happen. I'm a fan of Corbin, and losing to Hawkins (whether clean, via dq, or countout) would make for a huge obstacle to overcome if he wants to return to the main event scene.

In a tag team match to open the show, the former brothers of the Shield, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns were defeated by the team of Elias and Jinder Mahal, when the IC champ was DDT'd on a chair (not sure why it wasn't a disqualification) and hit with a Drift Away by Elias. It wasn't the cleanest of wins, but any pinfall over Rollins is a big deal.
This does wonders for the challenger's momentum, as the guitar player has some legitimate bragging rights. Only time will tell if this will be the beginning of something big, or just another missed opportunity for the WWE.

During the Natalya vs Nia Jax match, the former appeared to injure her knee (in kayfabe, of course), before the women's champ finished her off to win the match.
The scene afterward, where both Ronda Rousey and Jax went to make sure she was okay is where things got interesting. With her injury, it's a possibility she may not be able to go at Money in the Bank, therefore she would need a replacement. Personally, I would have Ruby Riott beat Bayley next week on Raw, possibly with an attempted assist from Sasha Banks, accidentally costing Bayley the match. Although it's very possible WWE has Bayley win this match, and her and Banks end up costing each other the win in the upcoming ladder match.

I hate writing this - when we first heard about Lashley returning to the WWE, everybody was excited at the prospect of another big-time main eventer, squaring off against the likes of Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe, and Braun Strowman. What we witnessed instead was a beatdown of Elias, a couple of pointless tag team matches, a dumb interview, and quite possibly the worst segment in Raw history.
Lashley is not being used even close to how he should be. By now, the powerhouse should have been built up as an unstoppable machine searching for Brock Lesnar and the Univeral title. Instead, he's an absolute joke.