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WWE RAW 4/2/19 | My Coherent Review.

This episode of Monday Night RAW like the past few weeks, was decent with some redeemable qualities and here's why. 

Opening segment. 

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The show started off with Both Stephaine McMahon and Becky Lynch (loved the fact that she's still selling her injured left leg). Becky with a smile on her face then cut a promo basically saying that she's going to beat Ronda at Wrestlemania. McMahon asked her if Becky's okay and Becky said: "I'm fine". 

After that, Stephanie showed what happened to Becky at the Royal Rumble last week and said that she understands why Becky refuses medical treatment but she needs to get checked out otherwise Stephanie wouldn't let her compete. 

Becky replied by saying that she worked so hard to get this opportunity and Stephanie doesn't understand what it's like to struggle. Stephanie said that this is the biggest match in WWE today and she's not gonna let that go otherwise Stephanie will suspend Becky Lynch. All Becky needs to do is to see a doctor. 

Becky said "Do it" and then McMahon did suspend her which made Becky Lynch angry and took her frustrations on Stephanie by beating her along with some WWE officials. After that, Ronda cut a promo on Lynch backstage basically angry that Becky robbed a Wrestlemania main event. 

I absolutely love this segment and yes suspending Becky Lynch was a bit odd but I understand where WWE is going with this. I'm interested as to how this storyline concludes. 

Ronda Rousey vs Liv Morgan.

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This was a quick one. Ronda won the match with the armbar submission. Ronda was furious that fans were booing her and she decided to challenge one of the members of the Riott Squad to which Sarah Logan accepted and she lost the match with the armbar. This was a waste to be honest and I get that they're building up Ronda but this at least could've gone a bit longer.

Heavy Machinery vs Lucha House Party vs The B Team. 

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This surprisingly was a decent match. The right team in The Revival won the match with the shatter machine. 

After that, there was a backstage segment between Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkin basically frustrated about how they're handled as of late and Zack promised him that will not happen again. 

Kurt Angle Talks about His Future With The WWE. 

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Kurt Angle cut a promo basically describing his accomplishments in WWE. Then he went on how he lately he's living with three Ds and that's doubt, defeat and depression. After that, Baron Corbin came out and he said that why do Kurt what to make the people feel sorry for himself? 

He also said that Kurt is a former shell of himself. Kurt replied with that he can break Corbin's ankle in 2 and invited Corbin to the ring. Out came Drew Mcintyre and Drew said that he saw fear rather than a warrior from Kurt. 

Drew and Corbin walked around the ring to beat Kurt Angle. Braun Strowman rushed to the ring and beat Drew while Angle threw Baron outta the ring. That led to a match between Drew and Corbin vs Strowman and Angle. This segment was fine. 

Sasha Banks and Bayley vs Nikki Cross and Alicia Fox. 

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Before the match, both Cross and Fox were beating Sasha and Bayley. Giving Nikki Cross and Alicia Fox a bit of an advantage in this match. Match itself was okay. The team of Bayley and Sasha Banks won the match with a roll up to Alicia Fox from Bayley. 

Elias vs Jeff Jarrett. 

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Was this terrible? Not the match just the ending. Elias won the match with the Drift Away to Jarrett and then both Dogg and Jarrett decided to beat up Elias and that's exactly what happened. Don't know why they treated Elias like that but that was bad. This is one of the reasons why Elias doesn't have gold on his waist and that's unfortunately not gonna change. 

Finn Balor vs Lio Rush. 

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The match itself was okay. Balor won the match with the coup de grace to Lio Rush. 

A Moment of Bliss.

Suddenly, Dean Ambrose interrupts “A Moment of Bliss.”
Alexa Bliss introduces EC3 to the stage and Bliss was kinda flirting with the dude which led to her asking him if you wanna go RAW or Smackdown? Out came Nia Jax and she said that this is Nia's moment. Nia also said that she could fill in for Becky Lynch at Wrestlemania. 

Dean Ambrose came out and basically talked crap about EC3 which made EC3 pissed. That led to a match between EC3 and Dean Ambrose. The match was rather quick. EC3 won the match with the jackknife pin. Really liked this segment but I wished that EC3 actually said something. 

Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle vs Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin.

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This was a boring main event in my opinion. There was a moment in the match where Baron Corbin botched the selling of the suplex and looked like he sold a neckbreaker instead. The match ended in a DQ because of Braun not being the legal man for his team in this match. After the match, both teams destroyed each other however Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle stood tall in this. Whatever. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos: 
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Like: opening segment, The moment of Bliss segment overall.

Didn’t like: Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle vs Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin, the ending for the Elias vs Jeff Jarrett match. 

Sound off in the comments on what do you think about RAW this week? Follow the blog for honest pro wrestling opinions and stay safe smarks.

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