WWE RAW 3/2/20 | My Coherent Review.

I thought I would never say this but so far, I'm actually looking forward to Super showdown 2020 and this episode further explains why. 

The red brand did a great job on building two upcoming shows and WWE should be applauded for that in my opinion (also, the crowd tonight was on fire. Shout out to Salt Lake City). 

Randy Orton Respond About His Actions Last Week. 

Following a brutal attack from the viper last week and a video package to open this very show, Randy explains his actions by not explaining much saying that he can't do this with a storm of boos that rivalled Salt Lake City's snowstorm earlier that day. 

This was a brilliant segment. He continues to show emotion about what he did last week despite not saying much. It was short but sweet. 

Liv Morgan vs Lana.  

After the second victory in a row for Liv Morgan, Riott Squad leader Ruby Riott returned to betray her best friend and Lana used that attack from Ruby to further attack Morgan. 

Will see if her betrayal made sense in the coming week but for now, I don't like this. It was really random for Ruby to beat up Liv Morgan. 

Drew McIntyre vs Mojo Rawley. 

Drew said in a promo before this match that he'll kick Mojo's head off and he fulfilled his promise. Mojo lost the match in less than a few seconds. 

Seth Rollins mentioned in an interview with Charly Caruso that he beat Bork Laser twice last year and he'll do it again once he wins the triple threat match in order to face Lesnar at Super showdown (spoilers, he didn't). 

Kevin Owens And The Viking Raiders vs Buddy Murphy And AOP. 

I wanna first speak on Samoa Joe's supposed suspension and I say that because one, he's part of this whole saga and I thought it was appropriate for me to talk about it on this section of the review. Two, Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp stated in a tweet quote... 

In regards to the rumors of possible suspensions coming in WWE, top staff within the company have vehemently denied to https://t.co/mWs3QF7zUn and https://t.co/jy8u4a7WDa that Samoa Joe is suspended

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) February 4, 2020

His reporting from what I've seen over the years is accurate so I trust the guy on this piece of news. 

As far as my thoughts on the 6 man tag team elimination match, it was okay. The Viking Raiders were wiped out thanks to a stomp from Rollins without the ref's knowledge and Ivar's shoulder first hit on the LED board which means that Kevin is all alone. 

He did get rid of Razzar with a stunner but he ate two brutal-looking spinebusters from Akam leading to a win for the heels. 

Aleister Black vs Eric Young. 

Black continues his undefeated streak with a black mass to which he stated in a promo that he'll kick every member of the RAW locker room's head off. Maybe AJ Styles is his next challenger? I hope so. 

Angel Garza Destroys His Own Cousin In His First Main Roster Showing.  

Yes, Carrillo interacts with his cousin Angel Garza who by the way I'm a fan of so it's nice to see him in a bigger stage. 

Garza delivers the winged clipper and tried to hit Carrillo with the DDT on the exposed concrete floor but that didn't happen because Rey Mysterio showed up and that led to a match between Mysterio and Garza which was decent. 

Jerry Lawler calling Angel Garza "Angel Garcia," tells you if the dude is still a good colour commentator or not. 

The match ends in a DQ because Garza successfully delivers the DDT on the concrete floor and the way Mysterio sold it was top-notch acting. 

Charlotte Flair Chooses Whether She Faces The RAW Or Smackdown Women's Championship At Wrestlemania. 

Flair says that she's held all the gold even the WWE championship (joking of course) to which the NXT champion herself Rhea Ripley came out to say that Charlotte has beaten Bayley and Becky but not Rhea.

Ripley went on to mention that she pinned Charlotte back at Survivor Series last year. Charlotte eventually left the ring and grabbed the microphone to shout "WOOOOOO!". 

Don't know what Charlotte meant in the end but Rhea facing Charlotte at Wrestlemania is the reason why I stayed patient and not crap on Charlotte's women's Royal Rumble win. 

I'm definitely intrigued as to how this simmers out and this segment was a great start for a possible better build going into Tampa. Will have to wait and see what the queen responds to Rhea's challenge on NXT TV tomorrow. 

Natalya vs Asuka. 

Natalya at one point delivered a beautiful sitout powerbomb and Asuka kicked out. Asuka locked in the armbar but the queen of hearts somehow got out of the hold and turned it into a suplex. 

The empress of tomorrow got the Asuka lock applied to Natalya after a distraction by Kairi Sane and won the match. Asuka then grabbed the microphone to challenge Becky Lynch for the RAW women's championship and then, out came Becky herself to accept the challenge for next week's episode. 

Why do I have a feeling that Shayna Baszler will show up next week to either cost Becky the title leading to a one on one match at Wrestlemania or wait for Becky to win so that Shayna will challenge her for the title at Wrestlemania? Either way, I would be surprised if none of those scenarios ever happen. Oh, and I approve Becky's shades. 

Seth Rollins vs Ricochet vs Bobby Lashley. Winner Faces Brock Lesnar For The WWE Championship at Super Showdown. 

Rollins cut a short promo thanking the audience on crucifying him. Geez, I wonder where I heard that promo before? Anywho, Bobby Lashley was attacked by AOP on the outside during this match while Seth and Ricochet were countering each other's moves.

Ricochet hits the 630 splash on Bobby Lashley and wins an opportunity to face the beast for the WWE title but as soon as he tried to celebrate his big win, Brock Lesnar quickly came to the ring and hit the F5. 

From a storytelling point, this makes sense but I actually thought that WWE would pull the spectacle card and have Bobby Lashley win. I'm just thinking of how this match will be crafted in a way that amazes me. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos. 

Like: Rey's selling after his match with Angel Garza, the opening segment, Charlotte Flair interacts with Rhea Ripley, Natalya vs Asuka. 

Didn't like: Ruby Riott betraying Liv Morgan in Riott's return to TV (I'm hopeful that his Ruby's actions made sense). 

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