Crystal

The pandemic has taken a toll but I'm still keeping up. The Bella Twins are going to be HOFers, Alexa is doing more character work despite it being OTT campy (I miss normal Alexa), Sasha is finally getting the championship run she deserves, and Bianca is poised for future excellence. I miss HB but it does feel like a ghost town recently. I'll promise to pop-in again during the Live Chats!

Well...Sasha vs Bayley should be a classic.

Exactly. They are stalling so hard and it's not for her sake but for Charlotte's (long awaited!) return. Maybe they'll toss a Asuka vs Lana rematch on the HIAC kickoff or something.

Alexa's outfit and hair looked cute at the beginning of Raw. The Playhouse version of Alexa not being Blue Fairy Alexa or even a Mrs. Rodgers type was sort of disappointing though. We'll see how their story unfolds. This episode felt like Smackdown with so many of the Blue Brand storylines continuing and being mentioned. Also, Nia and Shayna are the ones that can float between brands, not their challengers. No need for the brand-to-brand invitational. Lastly, no HIAC match for Asuka?

The New Day promo was kind of sad even though they put a positive spin to it. That Bianca promo was FIRE.

HIAC being sponsored by Skittles.

We love a Daniel Bryan return! Unless it's against Lars Sullivan.

Bayley must be happy that Nikki Cross is gone and that Smackdown only has 3 women so far. Still crackling at The New Day snatching one more SD Tag Title reign for good measure. Pad those stats!

The way Alexa does everything better than Bray!

I love how the WWE is basically forcing my fellow "storyline completion-ists" to watch both shows. So Elias still thinks Jeff ran him over when it was Shaemus? Funny. The Artist Collective getting drafted to Smackdown on the same round was cute. Lacey needs a reset on Raw. No clue why they turned her back to a basic heel.

Okay. So The New Day's SD Tag Team reign and The Street Profits RAW Tag Team reign ended tonight and now they start NEW reigns as RAW and SD Tag Team Champions? Did I get that right?

KO to Smackdown? Interesting twist.

The RAW roster isn't safe! GOOD. Alexa AND Charlotte are coming!

Team RAW reporting for duty. Asuka better watch out. Main Event Bliss is coming!