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WWE RAW 29/7/19 | My Coherent Review.

There were decisions being made on this show that I would've done it differently if I was on their spot but as a whole, this show was decent and unlike last week's episode, it actually made some progress going into Summerslam. 

Drake Maverick and Renee Michelle vs R Truth and Carmella. 24/7 championship. Lumberjack Match. 

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First off, that intro about the 24/7 title was great. Shout out to the production guys for that. Also, mosh pit? Isn't this a lumberjack match? Anyways, the match ends quickly with a reverse suplex from Truth and then, The rest of the roster (yes, all of them) pinned R Truth to which Mike Kanellis of all people won the match. 

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He then went inside the WWE officials' room and Maria Kanellis knocked on that door. Maria Kanellis said that if he doesn't open that door then she'll kick him in his "vagina". That line was random yet funny. As far as the 24/7 championship shenanigans are concerned, it was not offensive but it wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. 

A Gauntlet Match To Determine The Number One Contender For The United States Championship. 

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Rey Mysterio and Cesaro kicked off that match and I wonder if Cesaro actually hits a 619 of his own? No, he didn't but Cesaro did deliver something I'll never get tired of seeing and that's the European uppercut. 

Rey Mysterio eliminated Cesaro with the 619 and also eliminated a fresh Sami Zayn quickly with a small package. Out came the third opponent of this decent gauntlet match so far and that's Andrade. 

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Andrade got his victory with the hammerlock DDT and ripped off Rey's mask. Ricochet rushed to the ring and hits Andrade with a springboard clothesline before the match started.

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Ricochet at one point, delivered a reverse hurricanrana after he ate an elbow strike from "The Idol". The match ends with a 630 splash from Ricochet and he's going to Summerslam. That was an enjoyable gauntlet. Happy that we're getting a rematch between Ricochet and AJ Styles. 

Mike Kanellis let his wife Maria pin him for the 24/7 championship and the rest of the RAW roster doesn't want to defeat her for the championship for obvious reasons. The question is, who has the audacity to actually pin a pregnant woman? 

A Moment Of Bliss. No Special Guest This Time. 

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Alexa Bliss showed a video earlier that night in which Natalya was training someone and Becky came out to delivered a disarmher.  Becky Lynch on the Titantron, basically said she's gonna beat Bliss and also told Nikki Cross that where's Nikki's Celtic pride? Whatever. 

The Revival vs The Usos vs The O.C For The RAW Tag team championship.

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Which tag team name that starts with "the" wins the titles? This match was very slow overall. I say overall because the last several minutes was very decent to watch. 

Jimmy Uso delivered the superplex into a sea of humans as Micheal Cole would like to put it. The O.C won the titles with the magical killer. I thought the win was way too early and I would've had The Usos win the titles as transitional champions and save that win for Summerslam but considering what happened to Jimmy Uso, I don't think that's going to happen nor it shouldn't. In other words, did I contradict myself? Yes, I did. 

The Viking Raiders vs Local Jobbers. 

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I'm not gonna say anything because you know what happens when I put the word "jobber" or "jobbers" in this case. 

Becky Lynch vs Alexa Bliss. 

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Before this, Becky's boyfriend in Seth Rollins had a verbal interaction with the Street Profits which was aight. Becky Lynch won the match because Becky delivered the t bone suplex and Alexa hit her ankle which led to the match ending in I'm assuming a forfeit?

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After the match, Becky accepted Nikki's challenge and the champ won the match with the Rock Bottom of some sort. Alexa Bliss injury was all a lie and assaulted Lynch. Out came Natalya and immediately hooked on the sharpshooter to Becky Lynch.

 The short "injury" angle was an unnecessary tactic to increase RAW's airtime. Maybe they could add more time in the Becky vs Alexa match instead of what we actually got? Just a suggestion. Also, we're getting a submission match between the champ and the challengers which is odd if they want to extend the feud. 

Seth Rollins vs Dolph Ziggler. 

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After Braun Strowman looked at the new 24/7 champion with no consideration whatsoever, Seth Rollins had a short encounter with Ziggler and I say short because Brock Lesnar came out and destroyed his Summerslam ending the match in a DQ.

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I will say this, Brock Lesnar looked great in this and I gotta give kudos to Seth for selling Brock's vicious beating like that.

The Samoan Summit. 

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Well, there wasn't any summit because Samoa Joe wanted a fight with Roman and that's exactly what happened until Drew McIntyre came out and turned into a 2 on 1 assault. Cedric Alexander made the save but he got a beating from Drew. 

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McIntyre and Joe wanted to do something with Roman on that announce table to which The Usos came to the rescue and outta nowhere, The O.C came in assistance for Drew and Samoa Joe. 

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Minutes later, Roman Reigns finally got some payback by delivering the spear to Samoa Joe. Cedric Alexander and The Usos coming out made sense because The Usos are Roman's cousin and Cedric has his issues with Drew McIntyre but The O.C showing up made no sense like didn't you guys pin The Usos for the gold? Like the same guys you have quote "bad blood" with?

I'll give a pass in Drew showing up because I'm going to assume that Samoa asked Drew a favour on beating the big dog up. The only good thing about this was that Cedric got some time to shine. In conclusion, the brawl from a logically perspective was a mess. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos: 

Like: Gauntlet Match, Brock's beatdown on Seth Rollins, Cedric Alexander in the end segment. 

Didn't Like: The Logic gap of who did or didn't show up in the end segment, the short "injury" angle. 

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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