WWE Raw Results: An Uninspired Show and Biggest Takeaways from November 26

The November 26 episode of WWE Raw was the uninspired the company has ever produced. Flat angles, unexciting storyline developments and a void of star power dragged the show down into mediocrity.

Considering the 25-year history of the flagship show, that is a damning statement.

Why was it so uninteresting and lethargic? Why did it fail to excite?

Find out now with these takeaways from Monday's broadcast.

WWE Creative Building a Heel Stable Without a Babyface to Vanquish It

Raw general manager Baron Corbin, "The Almighty" Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre have formed a threesome at the top of the red brand's roster that should be a valuable asset to the show.

"Should" being the keyword.

Unfortunately, the lack of a credible babyface to fight back against them and provide fans with hope that the bad guys will get their comeuppance leaves the brand with a stagnant story with no foreseeable payoff.

It is not like Elias or Finn Balor are suddenly going to receive the push their popularity deserves. Braun Strowman is still weeks away from returning. Seth Rollins is wrapped up in his feud with Dean Ambrose. Even a returning Bray Wyatt, unless he fights back against "the machine," seems unlikely to spark excitement for the program.

That neither Corbin, Lashley nor McIntyre are remarkable characters only enhances the issues surrounding their reign of dominance on Monday nights.

One-dimensional villains and no dynamic hero to save the day? Sounds like a Superman Returns sequel this writer has no interest in revisiting.

Toilet Humor Still Isn't Funny

The minute Drake Maverick peed himself at Survivor Series, the fear of being caught in the vise-like grip of Big Show too much for him to bear, the WWE Universe should have known it was in big trouble. After all, the company has a long and confusing history of toilet humor that is rarely funny but always overstays its welcome.

History has repeated itself in the form of a rivalry between AOP and the team of Bobby Roode and Chad Gable, in which the babyfaces repeatedly poke fun at Maverick for his weak bladder. Monday night on Raw, a tag team title match between the teams was soiled (pun intended) when Maverick again wet himself, this time ruining one of Roode's robes.

The distraction helped AOP successfully retain their titles.

Allow that to sink in for a moment.

Akam and Rezar—two of the biggest badasses in NXT history and tag team champions who rose through the Raw ranks by obliterating the competition—now have to rely on their manager to piss himself in order to capitalize on the distraction and win a match.

The jokes are not funny, the booking makes no sense and the Raw Tag Team Championships are being devalued to such a point that they are now second fiddle to pee puns. It is insulting to the viewers' intelligence and less than one percent as funny as the writing team thinks it is.

Raw Has a Star Power Problem

Watching Raw on Monday night, it became abundantly clear the show has a star power problem.

Aside from Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, Ronda Rousey is easily the red brand's biggest star. While all three of them were represented well enough Monday night, there is zero depth beyond them.

Finn Balor should be an enormous star on Monday nights, but his booking has been so underwhelming that he feels like just another guy. Ditto Elias, who has lost considerable momentum following his babyface turn.

When No Way Jose returned for a match against the now-irrelevant Jinder Mahal, it became apparent the writing team was grasping at straws trying to fill out the show's three-hour runtime.

There simply are not enough Superstars who fans care about, and the result is a lethargic journey through mediocrity.

WWE Creative can change that.

It has time to make stars out of Balor and Elias, to push the likes of Apollo Crews, Jinder Mahal and any of the underutilized women on the roster. If not, it will face scrutiny and backlash from fans who demand better of the flagship show in sports entertainment. 

Alexa Bliss Is Perfect for Female Authority-Figure Role

After a month spent on the sidelines following injury, Alexa Bliss has a new role on Monday nights: head of the women's division, as revealed by general manager Baron Corbin Monday night.

Bliss' first duty? Hosting a promo segment with Sasha Banks and Bayley that descended into a three-on-two beatdown when Alicia Fox, Mickie James and Dana Brooke (making her 9,000th heel turn this year) attacked the popular tandem.

While her first segment as the head woman in charge may not have been the most original, it is a role she was born to play. Bliss is an exceptional talker. Her character helped her break out of the pack in 2016 and become a star. If she can't be mixing it up for championship gold, utilizing her in a way that keeps her at the forefront and in a role she excels in is exactly what WWE Creative should be doing.

On a night that exposed all of the issues facing the writing team, the decision on Bliss was a bright spot.