Skip to main content

WWE RAW 4/3/19 | My Coherent Review.

This go home show episode of RAW was decent actually. It made me wanna watch a waste of a PPV called Fastlane with higher expectations. 

Opening Segment. 


WWE Photo
The show kicked off with the Big Dog for the second week in a row. Roman Reigns cut a promo basically saying that this is the fan's yard now and calls out Seth Rollins to the ring. Seth Rollins said that he's gonna take Roman's fight with leukaemia and use it as motivation to beat Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. 

Roman Reigns replied by telling Seth “good luck” and Roman's wants the band to get back together. Seth Rollins was conflicted at first but later accepted it. Dean Ambrose comes out and he was hit by Elias with a guitar. Decent segment and I was expecting for Drew, Lashley and Corbin to come out but I'm glad that didn't happen.

Finn Balor, Braun Strowman and Kurt Angle vs Baron Corbin, Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre. 

WWE Photo
This match was boring three weeks ago and this match was surprisingly okay. By the end of the match, Braun Strowman ran through the barricade and Lashley delivered Finn Balor with the spear, winning the match in the process. After the match, Finn Balor got physically dismantled by Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley. Meh. 

Backstage Interview with Charly Caruso showing Heavy Machinery a locker room footage about The Ascension basically crapping on Otis. Otis then was offended in a way that he looks like he's about to tear up. I'm sure Otis gonna tear up when he and his partner are gonna sit in catering for the rest of their main roster careers, barely utilized. 

Natalya vs Ruby Riott. 

WWE Photo
This was a quick one. Natalya won the match with a small package. Then, Lacy Evans shows up and leaves. I don't where WWE is going with this honestly. 

After that, Stephanie McMahon meets with the guys over at Saturday Night Live in her office. Whatever. 

Triple H Addresses The Attack From Batista To Ric Flair Last Week. 

WWE Photo
Triple H cut a promo about how he's known Richard Flier for years and how he's been with Ric at his best and worst times. Hunter then called Batista a quitter, a piece of crap and basically called him generic for not showing up which I thought it was funny. 

Triple H ended the promo by saying that Batista is facing not the game but rather the man. This segment was fantastic and this is a great example of how you can create magic even with no concrete plans ahead if you know what I mean? 

After that, Charly Caruso asked Stephanie McMahon about the RAW Women's championship. Stephanie McMahon said that Becky's suspension has been lifted and Becky Lynch will face Charlotte Flair for the Vacant RAW Women's championship. Interesting. 

Heavy Machinery vs The B Team vs The Ascension vs Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder In A Gauntlet Match. 

WWE Photo
The shortest gauntlet match I've ever seen. The Heavy Machinery won the match with the caterpillar from Otis. I really don't get why are they making fun of Otis' weight considering that it's NOT. FUNNY. However, this match did make Heavy Machinery look good as a fighting team and that's a positive.  

Backstage segment after backstage segment after god damn backstage segment later and we got a match between Elias and Dean Ambrose. Speaking of which….

Dean Ambrose vs Elias. 

WWE Photo
Before this, there was an Elias concert and he was no surprise, crapping on Philadelphia. The match itself was fine. Elias won the match with the drift away. 

After the match, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins came out to get Dean Ambrose on the same page and Ambrose decided to leave Reigns and Rollins with nothing. 

Then, Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley came out to beat The Big Dog and The King Slayer to which Dean Ambrose ran to the rescue and the trio did the shield pose. 

Sasha Banks vs Tamina. 

WWE Photo
This was okay. Tamina won the match with the superkick. 

Aleister Black and Ricochet vs The Revival. 

WWE Photo
After a waste of a segment between Braun Strowman and the guys over at Saturday Night Live, this match happened and it was meh. The match ended with a DQ because Bobby Roode and Chad Gable were beating up The Revival and then, both teams in Aleister Black, Ricochet, Bobby Roode and Chad Gable had a physical interaction. This is not a good look for The Revival but at least they didn't lose clean this time. 

Becky Lynch Signs A Hold Harmless Contract.  

WWE Photo
Stephanie McMahon came out with the championship and the contract. McMahon then called out Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. Becky then signed the legal agreement and Ronda Rousey marches to the ring (get it, because we're in the month of March). 

Ronda Rousey wants the RAW women's championship back to which Stephanie McMahon gave her the championship. Ronda then craps on the fans because of them booing her for the past months and attacks Becky Lynch. So, Ronda Rousey is now a heel and I ABSOLUTELY love it. No more Ms. nice bitch indeed. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos: 

Like: End segment, Heavy Machinery looking good in that Gauntlet match, Triple H promo. 

Didn’t like: Too many backstage segments. 

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

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

WWE NXT Takeover: Toronto | My Coherent Review.

Another month or so, another great NXT Takeover event courtesy of the NXT creative team filled with top-notch in-ring action and storytelling. I know it feels tiresome when you heard people praise highly talk about the Takeover shows but trust me they are that good.  The Street Profits vs The Undisputed Era for the NXT Tag Team Championship. During the match, Montez Ford delivered the people's elbow after hitting a spinebuster on Bobby Fish. The match ended with a frog splash from Montez Ford and The Street Profits continues to celebrate as tag team champions.  I'm very conflicted with this decision mainly because I don't want to see more okay matches between The Forgotten Sons and Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan but I'm going to be optimistic hoping that it's not the case.  Io Shirai vs Candice Lerae.  Io's theme song is simple yet badass at the same time (no shit, Omar). The match started off with Candice rushing to the ring and brawled on the outs...

WWE RAW 13/7/20 | A Coherent Review.

I didn't like this show. Thankfully, this episode didn't pull a Smackdown but because of how well last week's show went, I felt really underwhelmed watching that.   MVP Lounge. Special Guest, Dolph Ziggler.  Montel Von Porter welcomed his guest that shares a common hatred for Drew McIntyre and that guest is, of course, Dolph Ziggler.  Ziggler compliments the new United States championship design to which MVP let him know that he'll talk to his people and get a new WWE championship design once the show-off, wins the championship (and honestly, Ziggler's got a point, the WWE Title needs a new design).  Dolph further tells MVP that he's the reason why Drew defeated Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania for the WWE title.  Out came the Scotsmen himself and he basically said that he'll beat the crap out of him and Dolph got a bit of that with a punch. An enjoyable segment.  The thing I kind of appreciate about this feud is that Dolph...

Finn Balor Is Indeed Out Of Action.

A couple of days ago, WWE announced that Finn Balor suffered an injury and didn't specify on what the injury was. His last match, by the way, was a triple threat match at a house show last Wednesday in Santiago, Chile against Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre to which McIntrye won.  It turns out that Finn wasn't dealing with an injury at all, at least according to Mike Johnson over at  PWinsider . Instead, Balor is dealing with an illness and couldn't continue the Latin America tour. Finn is also unable to compete on the Mixed Match Challenge, replacing him with Apollo Crews. But the powers that be believe that he's 100% ready for TLC next week. Here's what he had to say about that via Twitter:  I am sorry I could not preform in #WWEBuenosAires Lo siento no pude competir en #WWEBuenosAires — Finn Bálor forEVERYone (@FinnBalor) December 7, 2018   I wish him nothing but a speedy recovery.  By the way, I report on the 5 major or minor news of ...