Greg DeMarco’s Three Stars Of The Night for WWE Raw, July 23, 2018

A look at the Three Stars Of The Night for the July 23 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw!

The Road to SummerSlam becomes more clear on Raw–was that enough to earn someone the First Star? Read on and find out!

The Third Star:
Mojo Rawley

There was a time when Mojo Rawley and Baron Corbin would “compete” for the right to be called my least favorite NXT star.

Now we’re here–with both men competing to be the Third Star. This week the nod goes to Mojo Rawley, for entertaining me (and the entire WWE Universe) on this week’s Raw.

The Second Star:
Roman Reigns

You don’t love Roman Reigns? That’s wonderful. WWE wants you to feel that emotion.

You DO love Roman Reigns? That’s awesome! WWE wants you to feel that emotion.

Either way, you are supporting the business objectives of Roman Reigns’ character, and thus helping advance this amazing business. Thank you, each and every one of you.

Truth be told, you shouldn’t care if it’s Roman Reigns, Bob Lashley, Jinder Mahal or James Freaking Ellsworth. It’s time for Brock Lesnar’s “story” to come to an end, and that end comes at SummerSlam.

So please, hate “Roman Reigns, WWE Universal Champion” after the biggest party of the summer. That’s a good thing, because he’ll be there for you to hate.

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And now… a distinction usually reserved
for the top performer of the night …the first star!

The First Star:
The Women’s Division

This announcement is huge. there isn’t a bigger moment for the women of WWE–then, now, and forever–than the announcement that they will have their own PPV event.

What does it mean? It doesn’t mean “they earned it,” or “they finally got it.” It doesn’t even mean “they deserve it.”

It means they’ve taken the WWE Women’s Division to an exceptional height: it’s good business.

Don’t kid yourself. If this wasn’t a good business decision, it wouldn’t be happening. But also don’t kid yourself: that’s a bigger compliment than any of the mini-quotes I’ve placed above. WWE is a business, and businesses exist to make money. The women’s division is good business.

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In hockey, a game’s “Three Stars Of The Night” represent the top three performers of the night. For more clarification, I defer to this Pittsburgh Gazette explanation:

“The tradition dates to the 1936-37 season, when Imperial Oil became the principal sponsor of Hockey Night in Canada radio broadcasts and was seeking a way to promote one of its products, Three Star gasoline. The idea of doing so by selecting the top three performers in a particular game purportedly came from a Canadian advertising agency.

Many clubs do recognize the player with the most three-star selections with an award or trophy, usually in conjunction with a corporate sponsorship, at the end of the season (or sometimes, each month). All six Canadian franchises, for example, have an affiliation with a well-known brewery.

The NHL keeps track of its own Three Stars Of The Night selections, but that is done on a league-wide basis. The league employs a system that awards 30 points to a first star, 20 to a second star and 10 to a third – a running total can be found on the league’s website – but it does not present an award based on them.”

In hockey tradition, the first star represents the best of the three, but all three are considered to be receiving a high honor.