They almost never win feuds or get PLE matches, but Alpha Academy have consistently been the MVPs of “Raw” for months now, and that trend continued this week in not one but two matches. Maxxine Dupri vs. Valhalla wasn’t anyone’s idea of a classic, but it was a lot of fun and served as a nice showcase for Dupri in her first-ever singles match. She’s clearly still green, but she has potential, and we love the idea of a Chad Gable-esque technical star in the division — if she can believably pull it off. But it seems like WWE believes in Dupri, especially because she defeated Valhalla with a motherf***ing Ocean Cyclone Suplex, aka the primary finisher of perhaps the greatest wrestler to ever walk the face of the earth, Manami Toyota. That is a choice.

Following Dupri’s victory, Gable himself ended up in a five-minute challenge against GUNTHER. It was a frustrating booking decision, since WWE was only giving five minutes to a match that could main event any show on the planet if given enough time — and then it ended up going significantly longer and was assuredly the best match on this week’s episode. We love that Gable survived the first five minutes and looked like he belonged in the ring with the Intercontinental Champion, we love that GUNTHER’s embarrassment at failing to back up his boasts led to him demanding the match get more time, and we loved the contest being competitive from that point on, to the extent that even though GUNTHER won, the entire encounter was clearly a loss for him and a win for Gable.

At some point, we’re going to need WWE to reward the incredible work that Gable, Otis, and now Dupri have been putting in over the past … year? More than a year? They’re legitimately funny and can do all the silly stuff you want them to do, and then they can get in the ring and put on great matches — in Gable’s case, pretty much every single time.