WWE RAW 25/3/19 | My Coherent Review.

This episode of RAW was filled with boredom for the most part but it had good segments here and there. However, At least it was better than last week's show. 

Opening Segment. 

The show kicked off with WWE repeating their announcement from yesterday I believe that for the first time ever, the RAW Women's championship will main event WrestleMania 35. Obviously, this is a HUGE and I've nothing but positive things about this. 

After that, a beat the clock challenge was announced for tonight between Becky Lynch vs Liv Morgan, Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Logan and Charlotte vs Ruby Riott. Ronda Rousey then cut a promo basically saying that she will tap out both Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. 

She then made fun of the beat the clock challenge and the first beat the clock challenge match has started between Ronda Rousey and Sarah Logan. Out came Becky Lynch and she called Ronda a weirdo which made me laugh. 

Charlotte Flair came out and the queen said that she's the reason why she, Ronda and Becky are in the main event at Wrestlemania. Decent segment but it was paced better than most RAW opening segments. 

Ronda Rousey vs Sarah Logan. 

The match ended quickly with Ronda Rousey delivered the armbar submission to Sarah Logan. Now Flair must beat Riott in 1:25. 

Charlotte Flair vs Ruby Riott. 

Did Charlotte beat Ruby Riott in 1:25? *Dean Ambrose's voice* nope. The match ended with a tie. 

Becky Lynch vs Liv Morgan. 

However, Becky Lynch did beat the clock by putting Liv Morgan in the disarmher. I'm all about pacing but I feel like WWE is complicating themselves creatively with this beat the clock challenge like can they just put those women in a standard one on one match separately to increase their usual length time of Monday Night RAW instead of “which superstar can beat the clock?” It's really an odd decision. 

Finn Balor vs Jinder Mahal and Bobby Lashley.

Finn Balor obviously won the match by pinning Jinder Mahal. So the match between Balor and Lashley for the Intercontinental championship is official. 

Aleister Black and Ricochet vs The Revival. 

I'm not surprised that The Revival lost this match. It's honestly predictable at this point considering that The Revival lost a match on Main Event against the team of Titus O'Neil and The Lucha House Party. 

They lost the match with the black mass from Aleister Black then a 630 from Ricochet. Man, The Revival hasn't looked good as champions and I hope that win some matches for a change.

Drew McIntyre Gets Personal With Roman Reigns. 

Drew cut a promo about how Roman Reigns should say no to a match between himself and Reigns because Drew will give Reigns the beating of his life. 

Roman Reigns came out and he accepts Drew's challenge which led to him beating the crap out of Drew McIntyre until a low blow and a claymore from Drew McIntyre saved him from a devastating beating. I’m not a fan of how WWE usually implement a real-life tragedy to further a storyline but this feud is an example of how they implemented that storyline the right way. 

Backstage segment happened where Dean Ambrose challenged Drew McIntyre to a last man standing match to which Drew accepted. 

Natalya vs Sasha Banks. 

The match ended in a DQ because Nia Jax and Tamina came out and laid waste until Beth Phoenix did an awful looking glam slam to Tamina. 

A backstage happened this time it was between Kurt Angle and his opponent at Wrestlemania, Baron Corbin and in it, Corbin called Angle old and a has been. Another backstage interview where Sasha Banks announced that she and her partner will defend their titles against Nia Jax and Tamina and the Divas of Doom. 

A Moment of Bliss. 

This is the first time that the moment of Bliss segment happened in the ring instead of the stage area. Bliss them introduced her guest in Braun Strowman and she asked if the guys over at Saturday Night Live tried to mess with Strowman? Braun then replied by saying that he wants to smash Colin Jost's face. 

Alexa Bliss introduced the guys over at Saturday Night Live “via satellite” and they said that Braun is kind of the reason why Braun is angry. 

They wanted an apology and Braun Strowman offered Colin Jost to be in the Battle Royal at Wrestlemania to which Alexa Bliss made it official. I'm still not interested in this feud. Last year, Braun was feuding with the Bar for the RAW Tag team championship now he's feuding with two comedians. Will Braun Strowman finally get a big Wrestlemania moment? I'm hoping but you know WWE.  

Baron Corbin vs Apollo Crews. 

Corey Graves at one point was basically stereotyping the wrestling fan base like how a wrestling fan is overweight and eats Cheetos which I mean that supposed to be insulting? Anyways, Corbin won the match with the end of days to Apollo Crews. 

Seth Rollins Fights Brock Lesnar For The People. 

Seth Rollins cut a promo about how guys like Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Ric Flair inspires people but not Brock Lesnar. Seth Rollins also said that Brock Lesnar shouldn't define the universal championship anymore. 

Out came Paul Heyman and he said that the chances that Seth Rollins beats Brock Lesnar are ZERO. Seth Rollins then chased Paul Heyman to the stage area and Seth said that he along with the WWE universe will burn it down. Surprisingly this was a good segment, especially when Paul Heyman opened his mouth. 

Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe. 

Obviously, those two men had a rivalry but was this match any good? It was okay but that missile dropkick from Angle looked awful. Kurt Angle won the match with a roll-up of some sort to Samoa Joe. 

A Major Stipulation Was Added In Triple H's Match With Batista. 

The game came out and he said that Batista was held back because of Triple H which he said that was obviously not true. Hunter read Batista’s letter by making fun of their segment a couple of weeks ago. In the letter, it says that if Triple H loses then his career is over to which Triple H accepted. A very good segment and I appreciate Triple H’s humour in this. 

Forgot to put this but there was a bunch of segments of Elias in New York city which it was basically like the Elias Concert but outside. 

Dean Ambrose vs Drew McIntyre. Last man standing match. 

Well, that was the quickest last man standing match I've ever seen. Drew McIntyre won the match with the claymore kick to which the ref counted to 10. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos: 

Like: Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman segment, Triple H promo. 

Didn’t like: The addition of the beat the clock challenge between the first three matches of this show was odd and kinda useless. 

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