The show under the head of Paul Heyman as executive director but did it enhance the show in any way? In certain aspects but I can't really tell factually if it was Heyman or not.
What I can tell is that this show was decent and I'm curious as to how WWE puts together in the go home show next week (man, time passes by so quick).
Braun Strowman vs Bobby Lashley. Falls Count Anywhere Match.
When it comes to those types of matches, you expect some brawling in the ring, outside the ring, in the stage area and a shoulder tackle onto the LED board (not typically but you get it).
That spot was so brutal that Corey Graves started to curse on a PG show. If they went a bit longer then I would've enjoyed this match a ton but overall it was decent. Another thing to add, the commentary team did a great job of selling that incident.
The Viking Raiders vs The New Day in Xavier Woods and Big E.
Xavier Woods was looking for a tag until Samoa Joe came out and choked out Woods with the Kokina Clutch. Kofi Kingston ran to Joe and started to brawl with Samoa Joe to which The Viking Raiders makes the save. You know what that means?
The Viking Raiders and Samoa Joe vs The New Day.
The heel team won the match with the kokina clutch from Samoa Joe. This is the first time or his second if you count his pin on SmackDown Live last week in a two out of three falls match that Kofi actually lost clean by submission and I kinda get that they want to build a destroyer in Samoa Joe but I know for a fact that it's not gonna pay off.
Drake Maverick bought his wife to RAW and she told Maverick either choose her or the 24/7 championship. Minutes after that, AJ Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows had a chat about Ricochet and Anderson's hot Asian wife.
No Way Jose vs Cesaro.
The match hasn't started because of the 24/7 championship shenanigans. A frustrated Cesaro however, delivered the neutralizer to Jose on the outside. If I was Drake Maverick then I'm probably choosing his wife because SHE'S YOUR WIFE FOR GOD SAKE!!!
Charly Caruso interviewed The Street Profits (yes, The Street Profits) and they did what they do best and that's being entertaining af.
Another backstage interview and this time it was Sarah Schreiber and she interviewed The Miz about what Shane McMahon did to him last week on SmackDown Live. Such a shame that Miz has to take so many Ls because he's so good at what he does.
Shane McMahon And Drew McIntyre Talks About The Returning Undertaker.
After Mike Rome introduced Shane McMahon with passion (which is getting really old), McMahon talked about how he and McIntyre beat Roman Reigns up and showed footage of them doing that.
Shane said that Undertaker returning was surprising but there will be no surprises at Extreme Rules and Drew McIntyre later said that he's a hybrid and he came to fight.
The Reaper also said that Shane got his respect until he was eaten by greed and ego. He ended the promo by telling those guys to rest in peace. Considering that Shane McMahon is in this segment (no shit, Omar), this was surprisingly okay. Taker made this segment A LOT better and Shane didn't have a 20/25 minute promo so that's nice.
Lacey Evans vs Natalya.
I know that announcement was leaked but isn't Lacey supposed to face Becky Lynch for the RAW Women's championship?
Now, the mixed tag team match at Extreme Rules is getting an extreme rules match (finally, something that I pitched last week and now I'm gonna brag about it). Lacey Evans won the match with the women's right.
Backstage interview.
Ricochet was interviewed by Charly Caruso about his loss to AJ until The Club came out and they said that Ricochet might be in trouble with someone else.
Meanwhile, Anderson and Gallows were psychologically manipulating Styles and they were successful at it. Styles went to Ricochet, told him that he's gonna face him for the title tonight and slapped him to which Ricochet slapped him back.
The Miz vs Elias. 2 out of 3 falls match.
The Miz won the first fall with the skull crushing finale making the 2 out of 3 falls match completely meaningless. Elias was awarded the second fall with the drift away. The Miz won the final fall with the figure 4 leg lock.
This match was very good surprisingly. I wish that they didn't end the first fall quickly but again, it was a pretty good encounter.
Seth Rollins And Becky Lynch Interview.
Charly Caruso interviewed The Man couple (that was awful) and she asked if Seth was implosive with his decision last week? Obviously, he said no and they went back and forth with some banter.
Maria Kanellis came out with Mike Kallenis and she asked the champions a mixed tag match to which Seth and Becky Lynch accepted.
Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch vs Maria and Mike Kanellis.
Mike and Maria got a full entrance after the champions. Maria was tagged by her husband and she grabbed the microphone saying that she's pregnant.
That got Mike distracted and Becky put the disarmher on him and won the match. Then, Maria told him that she'll rather have Becky impregnate her. This is something I would see from TNA back in the early 2010s. God, that was bad. Congrats to Maria though.
The Moment of Bliss And Her Guest Is None Other Than Nikki Cross.
Alexa was verbally putting over Nikki Cross until Carmella came out to say that Bliss is using her. Verbal back and forth later and Bliss and Carmella had a match.
The match ended in seconds with a roll-up from Carmella and she won the match. After the commercial break, Carmella is having another impromptu match against Nikki Cross. Nikki Cross won the match with the swinging neckbreaker.
Wait. Wait. Isn't Carmella supposed to get a championship match considering that she pinned Bliss in seconds? I mean I get it they're trying to tell a story but this makes no complete sense whatsoever.
Ricochet vs AJ Styles for the United States Championship.
Alrighty. We went from Drake Maverick winning the 24/7 championship by hitting Truth with his travel bag to this match. The match was restarted because AJ won the title but one of Ricochet's legs was on the rope.
A decent back and forth later and Ricochet won the match with a roll up. AJ Styles' mind turned the other way and he beats up Ricochet along with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. We all saw that coming from a mile away and a heel Styles is a nice change of scenery and The Club actually looked great in this too.
Hoping that they can restart Karl and Luke's momentum as a tag team because they never recovered ever since they were fed to Roman Reigns in 2016 even though I loved Roman's run as WWE champion.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos:
Like: The ending, The Street Profits' banter backstage, The Miz vs Elias.
Didn't like: Isn't Carmella supposed to get a title shot after she pinned Alexa Bliss in seconds?, Maria Kanellis' promo after that mixed tag team match.
What do you guys think about RAW yesterday? Sound off in the comments below. Follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy and follow this very blog for honest pro wrestling opinions. Anyway, stay safe smarks.
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