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WWE RAW 4/11/19 | My Coherent Review.

A very good show in my opinion. Great promos and very decent matches happened on this episode of Monday Night RAW. 

Before the intro that I can't stop rewinding, Triple H came out of a Cadillac 4x4 along with other 4x4s that were following the car that Hunter was in. 

Brock And Heyman Start Off RAW Looking For Rey Mysterio. 

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Heyman at one point during his promo mentioned the draft trade of Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross to the blue brand. 

Paul Heyman basically insinuated that Rey will be eaten alive by the beast incarnate and the beast's name is Brock Lesnar. 

After witnessing a promo that was so hot, the temperature of Long Island actually increased (which is something they've probably never experienced in quite some time), Brock Lesnar backstage shouted "REY! AMIGO!" and proceeds to ask a person standing near a wall with a bad cop attitude (meaning that he basically hits this poor guy hard).

That promo from Heyman was no shocker, great and I'm now interested how this storyline unravels. 

Charlotte Flair and Natalya vs The Kabuki Warriors. 

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Charlotte Flair looked unimpressed the moment they played the video package for the Natalya and Lacey Evans match at Crown Jewel (which you can click here to read the whole thing). 

Kairi Sane did a cat pose while pinning Natalya with one of Sane's legs which was funny. Flair then delivered a moonsault on both Sane and Asuka which was great as an idea but not great in execution. 

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The match ended with a sharpshooter from Natalya to Asuka and Natalya won her tag team match. Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman approached the commentary desk and Paul asked Jerry Lawler where's Rey Mysterio? 

Lawler was star struck and Dio Maddin tried to defend Lawler's honour, however, Maddin got an F5 courtesy of Brock Lesnar through the announce table. 

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Brock got his wish but he had to deal with Rey's beating with a steel pipe on Lesnar's legs and a title belt on Lesnar's face.

Mysterio in a backstage promo, wanted to take the title away from Brock after what the beast did to his son. Like I said earlier, I'm very interested in this storyline. Not excited but interested. 

Buddy Murphy vs Cedric Alexander. 

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A few suicide dives later from Cedric Alexander and it wasn't enough for Alexander to win this match because he lost it with the Murphy's Law. 

A very quick-paced match. Probably the closest thing on seeing a  cruiserweight match on RAW and I really like it. 

Seth Rollins' RAW Appearance Since Crown Jewel (No shit, Omar). 

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Seth Rollins speaks his mind about what happened at Crown Jewel but he also spoke his mind about how he doesn't give a damn about how the fans cheered when Wyatt took the universal championship away from the beast slayer. 

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However, it wasn't executed as a heel promo even though it sure does sound like it. Out came Triple H and he gave him a simple choice, either he's with him or against him while The Undisputed Era stormed to the ring to which The O.C came out to do business but they got attacked from behind by Dominic Djakovic, Damian Priest and the rest of NXT. 
As soon as the rest of RAW came, the NXT guys ran like a pack of hyenas in a National Geographic segment. 

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The O.C and Undisputed Era squaring up is something that every professional wrestling fan will watch out. Seth Rollins approaches to Triple H and demanded an NXT title match and the boss (not Sasha Banks) said yes. Ooh, It's heating up. 

The only disappointing thing about this is that Seth didn't turn heel on the crowd but I'm sure Seth will walk the path of darkness once more in due time. 

Sin Cara and Carolina vs Andrade and Zelina Vega. 

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Zelina Vega actually led her team to victory with a basement hurricanrana. That's a nice change of pace. 

Rusev Challenges Bobby Lashley To A Match On RAW.  

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Rusev said that he and everybody can agree that this nonsense must end and calls out Bobby Lashley to a fight. Bobby Lashley's music hits and Lashley came out with crutches because he basically "injured his groin" during his time in bed with Lana (huh? I thought she didn't want to make love all the time and yet she's doing that with Bobby Lashley. By the way, me saying the sentence "making love" sounds like how a person from the 1800s described sex). 

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Lana told Rusev that there's someone else that wants to beat him and Drew McIntyre marches to the ring. Apparently, Drew is now going back to playing the role of being a second right-hand man. 

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The match ended in a DQ because Bobby Lashley hits Rusev from behind hence the air quoting the word "injured". Rusev got his comeback however, he got an RKO from outta nowhere by the viper and then, Rusev's partner in Team Hogan Ricochet rushed to the rescue. Whatever.  

Becky Lynch Sit Down Interview. 

Becky Lynch was asked by Charly Caruso about what happened on Smackdown and she basically said that she'll beat Shayna Baszler just like how she beat Ronda Rousey. 

Speaking of the Queen Of Spades, Shayna Baszler asked Caruso to leave her seat so that the NXT champion will sit and have a short chat with The Man. 

Baszler states her friendship with Rousey but she is no Rousey. The Man verbally retaliated back saying that at Survivor Series, she'll show Baszler who's the baddest woman on the planet. Great stuff. Can't wait for the triple threat match between all major WWE women's champions. 

The O.C vs The Street Profits and Humberto Carrillo.

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The O.C won the match with the powerbomb with a roll-up from Styles to Carrillo. It was okay. 

The Viking Raiders vs Local Jobbers. 

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The jobbers looked like a how a reboot mean street posse will look like. The Viking Raiders cut a promo saying that The O.C may won one match but they haven't won the raid. 

Seth Rollins vs Adam Cole For The NXT Championship. 

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Rollins reversed the Panama sunrise from Adam and turned in immediately into a buckle bomb. 

Thanks to The Undisputed Era, Adam Cole bay bay retained his championship via a DQ and they ganged up on Rollins to which the rest of the RAW roster and The NXT roster came out and a big brawl happened. 

In other words, the show ended in how we usually see a brand vs brand supremacy so yeah. The match was very good though. Would've been better if the DQ didn't happen but I get it and again, a very enjoyable match nevertheless. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos. 

Like: opening segment, Adam Cole vs Seth Rollins, Shayna Baszler and Becky Lynch sit down talk, Buddy Murphy vs Cedric Alexander, Vega actually pinned somebody clean. 

Didn't like: nitpick but the crowd in Long Island was as silent as the empty arena match 20 years ago, Lana contradicted herself by doing the same thing that she hates to Bobby Lashley. 

Sorry for the late review, I actually overslept today (which was the best sleep I've ever gotten all year). But now, the review is now up and I'm very happy and I hope you guys are too.

What do you guys think about this episode of RAW? 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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