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Raw Season 28
Season Analysis

Raw

Season 28 Analysis

Season Woke Score
2.2
out of 10

Season Overview

2020 season of WWE Raw

Season Review

Season 28 of WWE Raw (2020) existed primarily as a sports-entertainment product focused on competition, personal feuds, and championship pursuit, largely unaffected by overt political narratives. The show’s inherent melodrama and competitive structure—where characters win or lose based on in-ring ability or storyline momentum—enforces a functional, if fictional, meritocracy. The women's division continues to be a major selling point, presenting females as strong, autonomous champions, a feature of the long-running 'Women's Evolution.' A key moment involved a major female star voluntarily stepping away due to pregnancy, which runs directly counter to anti-natalist messaging. Outside of the typical melodrama and diverse casting standard for the company, the season did not dedicate its plot to lecturing on intersectionality, deconstructing Western culture, or pushing sexual ideology, keeping the content in a traditional, low-score range.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

Characters succeed or fail based on storyline performance, not a lecture on systemic oppression or privilege. The cast features a natural diversity standard for a global brand, but this is not the focus of conflict or character motivation. There is no consistent vilification of 'whiteness' in the narrative.

Oikophobia1/10

The television product is fundamentally detached from commentary on Western civilization, home culture, or ancestral deconstruction. Content focuses entirely on in-ring drama, with patriotic segments occasionally appearing, which serves as a shield against chaos.

Feminism4/10

The 'Women's Evolution' ensures female characters are dominant, skilled, and pursue their careers aggressively, fitting the 'Girl Boss' trope. However, one of the biggest stars gave up her championship to embrace motherhood, providing a strong counter-signal against anti-natalism and preventing a higher score.

LGBTQ+2/10

Alternative sexual or gender ideology is not a part of the major storylines. On-screen narratives maintain a normative structure, with the rare instances of alternative sexuality being external to the season's central conflicts. Sexuality is not treated as a primary character trait.

Anti-Theism2/10

Religious themes are almost non-existent beyond the use of vague religious imagery—such as a heel character referring to himself as a 'Messiah'—which is typical professional wrestling melodrama used to establish arrogance, not a philosophical attack on Christianity or faith. Morality is judged by clear face/heel alignments.