Several Wrestlers Not Used At Last Night's WWE RAW

[Buffy]

Several WWE Superstars were backstage for last night's RAW but not used.

As noted, WWE had multiple Superstars pulling double duty on last night's RAW. Jeff Hardy, Riddle, Sheamus, and Keith Lee all worked twice this week. There had been some speculation on WWE being short-handed last night because of the reported COVID-19 outbreak that is affecting WWE, AEW and Impact Wrestling right now. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre missed last night's show after WWE announced that he was in quarantine due to a positive COVID-19 test. McIntyre did appear in two pre-recorded video segments from his home, but he did not appear live, and was replaced by Triple H in the main event against Randy Orton.

In an update, PWInsider reports that several RAW regulars were backstage last night but not used. RAW Women's Champion Asuka, RAW Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander, Ricochet and Nikki Cross were among the wrestlers at Tropicana Field but not used on the RAW broadcast.

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As noted before, last night's WWE Main Event tapings featured Slapjack vs. Humberto Carrillo and Angel Garza vs. Akira Tozawa. These wrestlers were also not used on RAW, although Garza appeared on RAW Talk later in the night. Main Event spoilers can be found at this link.

It will be interesting to see if WWE uses a similar format for Friday's SmackDown on FOX episode.

You can click here for the latest on the COVID-19 outbreak in WWE.

Stay tuned for further updates.

Source: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/01/several-wrestlers-not-used-at-last-night-wwe-raw-679969/

So Instead of doing something with the talent weren't used. Vince decided it was a good idea for a few wrestlers to pull double duty. That's a laughable to me.

Here is something I would have done withe rest of the talent in back:
Asuka cut a Royal Rumble promo stating whoever wins the rumble, they are not ready for Asuka.
Have Nikki Cross cut a Royal Rumble match entering. Or better yet have a number one contenders match with Nikki vs Peyton to see who would face Asuka the Royal Rumble. Winner would be Nikki Cross since Peyton is going to be gunning for the tag titles.
Shelton and Benjamin say they are entering the Royal Rumble backstage promo and Rico do the same plus have a match.
There were many things that they could have done last night but they didn't do it with these guys. Shame.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Haha, like this is anythin' new.

 

[Deezy]

They never use Nikki Cross anyways