WWE RAW 1/4/19 | My Coherent Review.

Was this a good go home show? I would say so. This episode of Monday Night RAW was a good show and did a pretty good job at building anticipation for Wrestlemania 35. However, this ain't RAW without questionable booking decisions.  

Stephanie McMahon Has A Big Announcement. 

The go home show for RAW kicked off with Stephanie McMahon and apparently, she has a BIG announcement. That announcement is McMahon is in the RAW Women's championship match At Wrestlemania which was probably the lamest April fools joke I've ever heard. 

The real announcement is that the RAW Women's championship and the SmackDown Live women's championship are all on the line. In other words, it's winner takes all. Short segment but I saw that coming. If you hate Stephanie then I'm sure that this segment doesn't bother you all that much considering that it's not a typical Stephanie McMahon segment you know what I mean? 

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman Are On This Episode of RAW (No shit, Omar). 

Paul Heyman said that Brock Lesnar will take all that Seth Rollins has to offer at Wrestlemania. “Seth Rollins didn't offer you a prediction. Seth Rollins gave you a spoiler.” Paul Heyman said and minutes later, out came Seth Rollins himself. Seth Rollins cut a promo about how nobody wants Brock Lesnar and are sick of seeing him. 

Seth Rollins ended the promo by saying that he's gonna beat Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania which led to Seth hitting Brock with 2 low blows and a stomp. I'm not gonna lie, I like this segment and the best part about this segment is that it made Seth Rollins look like a worthy challenger. 

Sasha Banks, Bayley, Natalya and Beth Phoenix vs The IIconics, Nia Jax and Tamina. 

I would've saved Beth Phoenix’s in-ring return for this Sunday but this was an okay match. The team of Sasha banks, Bayley, Natalya and Beth Phoenix won the match with the glam slam to Peyton Royce. 

Batista Told Triple H What? 

Batista came out with his great theme song and the animal said three words and that's “ kiss my ass”. Another short segment but considering that Batista said in a promo package that Triple H has never beaten him, you know who's gonna win that no holds barred match. 

After that, there was a segment in which Elias was near the entrance of Metlife stadium and he basically said that Elias’ Concert at Wrestlemania is bigger than any Concert ever. 

Apollo Crews vs Jinder Mahal. 

After Apollo Crews won the match with a splash, a brawl happened between all the rest of the competitors in the Battle Royal and Apollo Crews threw almost everybody on the top rope which made Apollo Crews look good for the first time in years and you know what? I like it but I don't think that he's gonna win the whole thing, unfortunately. 

Kurt Angle’s final RAW appearance I think. 

Kurt Angle came out and after that, a great promo package was played in the titantron about his career. Out came Baron Corbin and he said that the video should've been black and white because that's ancient history. Kurt Angle told him that if you wanna face him then let's do it right now and Corbin backed out. Rey Mysterio came out and he wants to teach Corbin a lesson. This was okay however like I said, that promo package was awesome. 

Aleister Black and Aleister Black vs The Revival for the RAW Tag team championship. 

This was a good match actually. Love the series of pins by Ricochet. The match, unfortunately, ended in a count out victory. So, at this point, a rematch is coming, right? RIGHT? 

Ronda Rousey was interviewed by Charly Caruso and Rousey said that Sunday will be Judgement for Becky and Charlotte. 

Also, something that happened backstage, Alexa Bliss, Tyler Breeze and EC3 were talking to each other until Braun Strowman showed up and EC3 stopped laughing. Braun then saw two guys that look like the guys over at Saturday Night Live according to Braun Strowman and told them that he's gonna meet them in the ring. 

Another backstage interview. This time it was conducted by Dasha and she asked Roman Reigns if he's 100% ready for Wrestlemania which led to Drew McIntyre beating the crap out of Roman Reigns. 

Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs The Riott Squad. 

Love the stipulation that the first women in the team of Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch to betray one another in this tag match will be out of WrestleMania main event. The team of Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch won the match with the armbar to Liv Morgan and then a brawl between the participants in the main event of Wrestlemania which led to law enforcement handcuffed Charlotte, Becky and Ronda. Look, I cannot wait to see this match and I love the fact that all of those women had intensity. This was an attitude era segment in a PG show basically. 

Heavy Machinery vs Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. 

During the match, Lacy Evans shows up and leaves as usual. Heavy Machinery won with a double team manoeuvre to Chad Gable. 

Braun Strowman vs Local Jobbers. 

 

If you read the “local jobbers” part of the title above then you'll know what happened in this match. Braun Strowman won the match with the running slam. 

Bobby Lashley’s Interview with Charly Caruso.  

Bobby Lashley was asked by Charly Caruso if Bobby can beat the demon to which Finn Balor showed up in the titantron with the demon face paint. This was a good way to show the demon on RAW and I like it. 

Baron Corbin vs Rey Mysterio. 

At one point in this match, Baron Corbin was giving Rey Mysterio a mugging. The match ended with Baron Corbin hitting a deep six to Rey Mysterio and just like that, he won the match. After the match, Kurt Angle came out and delivered an ankle lock to Corbin. You know, Rey has a title match at Wrestlemania, right? So, why did Rey lose the match like that? I don't get it but maybe Rey will gain some momentum tomorrow night on SmackDown Live? We shall see. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos: 

Like: Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins interacting before their match at Wrestlemania, Apollo Crews looking good going into the Battle Royal at Wrestlemania (but we all know that he's not gonna win it but anything is possible), The RAW Tag Team Title match, the ending to the Ronda Rousey? Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch vs The Riott Squad match, The Demon showed up via the titantron. 

Didn't like: Rey losing before his title match with Samoa Joe. 

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