WWE RAW 17/8/20 | A Bit Late Coherent Review.

This episode was A. S. S. Probably one of the most boring episodes I've seen all year. 

The show was basically the Christmas episode/ the new year episode that came 4 months early. 

And yes, I did post the Monday Night RAW review last Wednesday just like today (which is Wednesday) but it isn't going to be permanent though. 

The reason why I posted the review a day late is that, life. Just life. 

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Drew Talks About What Randy Did To The Nature Boy Last Week. 

McIntyre's reaction to what Randy did to Ric Flair was a feeling of disgust saying that Orton without question, heinously attacked a friend, a mentor and a father figure.

As Drew continues to talk about how he'll beat the sh*t out of the legend killer, there were some technical issues that plagued the entire segment. 

And who was responsible for that? Well, it was none other than Retribution. 

Drew saw the verbal chaos going on from the rest of the RAW locker room however, a familiar foe in Seth Rollins was laughing at the notion of Drew as the leader of Monday Night RAW. 

The Drew promo was good but the rest of the segment with Retribution was bleh. 

MVP Says That Apollo Is Behind Retribution.

Montel was talking sh*t about the "catering squad" in Ricochet, Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali and Apollo Crews. 

He then brought up a theory that ever since Apollo came back, the Retribution showed up and that is no coincidence. 

Pretty much accusing him of leading the masked group. 

Apollo responded to the accusation saying that it's pretty low coming from MVP. 

The champ made an offer to MVP that if he beats Shelton Benjamin then the rest of the Hurt Business will watch the match in catering because they'll be banned from ringside. 

Damn, the Hurt Business sure does hate catering for some reason. 

It's probably because they're serving a stale potato salad drizzled with *ugh* ranch (by the way, for those who took it seriously, this is not true). 

Crews beat Shelton thanks to some distraction from R Truth and the Ninjas. 

That good old 50/50 booking that really rendered Shelton's win last week useless

The United States champion was saved from a Hurt Business beat down. 

The Hurt Business was so angry as to what just happened that Shelton picked up the 24/7 championship victory. 

The stable also challenged Crews and his buddies to a 6 man elimination tag match later in the night. 

I have a question about that decision, why? 

Angel Garza vs Ivar

In a backstage segment, Ivar pulled out a Thor by calling up that turkey drumstick with his right hand and gave it to Demi Burnett aka that Bachelor star who was talking to Angel Garza earlier. 

I thought that was f'ing hilarious. 

One of the number one contenders for the RAW tag team championship won the match with a dropkick. 

That win was due to a distraction from Andrade. 

Angelo Dawkins via the titantron was messing with Garza. 

Meanwhile, Samoa Joe saw a video that was later shown that Vega was behind Montez Ford getting sick in a backstage segment. 

That segment also saw the return of the aforementioned Montez Ford. Wow, I'm so surprised (sarcasm of course). 

What's the use of the "who did it tease" if the audience knew that it was Zelina Vega who planned the poisoning? 

Like, who would do it besides Vega, Allen from the sound department? 

She should've just admitted to her actions early on. 

Mickie James vs Natalya. 

James didn't get an entrance. The disrespect. 

During the match, Seth Rollins confronted Joe asking about who's the source that is feeding the information regarding the return of Rey Mysterio. 

Oh, and Natalya won via count-out. Why can't the confrontation from Seth Rollins happen after the match? 

That decision literally made me not care about the Lana/ Natalya/ Mickie James feud. 

Thanks, world wrestling entertainment. 

Asuka And Shayna Baszler vs Sasha Banks And Bayley. 

There were promos being cut from both teams before the team which was okay.

Nia Jax returns by attacking Shayna Baszler that led to a brawl. 

The match turned into a 2 on 1 handicap match for a bit aka the two SummerSlam matches that happened at once on free TV.  

Asuka has nothing to worry about because Shayna came back like nothing happened. 

The babyface team won the match with the kirifuda clutch. 

Titus O'Neil got an award of some kind. Cool. 

What is really cool was the backstage interaction Drew got from HBK himself, Shawn Michaels. 

Peyton Royce vs Ruby Riott. 

A match that I've seen before and I don't wanna see it again besides seeing Royce's finisher, Deja Vu. 

RAW Underground. 

It's time for RAW to begin underground once again. 

In it, the showcase saw: 

• Erik from the Viking Raiders tapped out to Ziggler's sleeper hold after Erik took down Colby Corino.

• An Arturo Ruas and Riddick Moss fight that ended pretty awkwardly, 

• The return of Shayna's gang, Marina Shafir and Jessymin Duke. 

• A tease from Nia Jax fighting in RAW Underground against Shayna Baszler but immediately walked out. 

A decent edition of RAW Underground. 

Rey Mysterio And Dominik Reunites. 

Rey was so proud of his son for defending himself and the family. Mysterio wishes to see his Hijo kick Seth Rollins' a** at SummerSlam. 

Seth Rollins and Murphy via the titantron called Rey selfish for putting his son in danger. 

The Messiah and his disciple eventually came to the ring and the Mysterio family beat the living hell out of Seth Rollins and Murphy with the kendo stick. 

This was fine. It is interesting to witness how Dominik will wrestle inside the squared circle this Sunday. 

MVP told Cedric Alexander that the offer he gave to Cedric months back is still open or he could be stuck in catering purgatory. 

What's with the Hurt Business and catering, bruh? 

The Hurt Business vs Apollo Crews, Mustafa Ali And Ricochet In An Elimination Tag Team Match. 

So, Ali was eliminated in less than a few minutes by Lashley with the dominator (thanks for coming, Mustafa Ali. I'm sure you're going to be utilised greatly). 

Benjamin took out Ricochet to which Apollo got rid of Benjamin with the sitout powerbomb.

Cedric Alexander pinned an unconscious Shelton Benjamin to become the 24/7 champion. 

Apollo pinned the number one contender for the US title with ease but Apollo himself was later pinned by Lashley with the spear, giving the Hurt Business the W. 

Not only did the challenger was booked weak in this outcome but as well as the champion himself. 

How is that possible, WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT!? 

Akira Tozawa vs Cedric Alexander For The 24/7 Championship. 

We got an impromptu title match and Alexander prevailed with the lumbar check. 

All over sudden, a fresh Shelton Benjamin pinned Alexander to become the 24/7 champion once again. 

What a cluster f**k and you know what's not surprising about this? 

I. Didn't. Care. About. All. Of. This. It did NOTHING for either man. 

Montez Ford vs Andr………

Who cares? Let's talk about the end segment. 

So, Shawn Michaels cut a promo about none other than his Survivor Series 2007 foe, Randy Orton and how Orton will see the beating from McIntyre at SummerSlam coming. 

Randy Orton from outta nowhere, delivered the RKO along with the punt kick and Drew McIntyre stormed to the ring for the rescue. 

Was it as great as last week's segment? No, but it was better than most of the show I'll tell ya that much. 

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos. 

Like: The ending and opening segment, the Ivar/Thor reference, the Shawn and Drew backstage talk. 

Didn't like: a lot of distraction finishes, some of the segments and matches felt meaningless, how both Apollo Crews and MVP looked weak after the 6 man tag match, the mess that is the 24/7 championship writing. 

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.