For years Vince hated the idea of Rusev and Lana being a legit couple and finally pulled the trigger on embarrassing Rusev out of pure spite.
Also
at there now being two of those terrible storylines going on at the same time.
Ending to RAW stunk but the show itself was pretty good overall in terms of entertainment. New commentary team already a lot more enjoyable than Cole & Graves ever were as a team.
In terms of being the go-home for the Cell PPV, it did a pretty bad job building stuff for that upcoming show.