Whatever Vince McMahon had planned for Finn Balor on WWE Raw and beyond as the first universal champion had to have burned in Brooklyn, New York.
A shoulder injury forced Balor to give up the brand-new Universal Championship and WWE to rewrite its script surrounding the title picture. With that in mind, one has to be impressed with how taut and compelling the show was. High stakes and in-ring drama made for a successful night.
In the process of setting up a Fatal 4-Way match for the now-vacant Universal Championship for next week's Raw, the show had a narrative foundation to build on—a spine that ran through the episode.
Elsewhere, the women's division welcomed a potential megastar in Bayley. Her arrival helped...
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