WWE RAW 24/8/20 | A Bit Late Coherent Review.

Monday Night RAW is going back. By that, I mean, back to back dull episodes.

By the way, I'm not going to write about everything that happened on this show but rather the things that were eye-opening.

The reason being is that the show wasn't engaging as a whole.

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Drew McIntyre Opens The Show.

He indeed did and in it, a promo was cut pretty much saying that he's ready for new challenges but if he encounters Randy Orton again, unlike SummerSlam, he will kick his head off.

Speaking of the viper, Orton attacked McIntyre from THE behind as the champion was in the entrance stage area.

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The beating continued in the gorilla position and the segment ended with a punt kick from Randy Orton.

By far, the best thing about this show. Started off hot and it stayed that way until the very next segment.

Keith Lee Debuts On RAW But With A Twist??

Keith Lee interrupted a Randy Orton in-ring promo.

Lee came out with a terrible theme song as well as a skirt and a vest ring gear.

Keith's debut is an example of "if it ain't broke, don't fix" because they really tried to add something that didn't need adding.

Keith Lee faced Randy Orton later in the night but it ended via a DQ due to interference by Drew McIntyre.

Because of the way Drew was attacked backstage moments later, Keith Lee is scheduled to face the legend killer himself at Payback this Sunday.

The fact that Lee is in the main event program is cool.

Just bring back the theme music and some decent ring attire but I'm just nitpicking at the end of the day.

However, it should be noted whether his position in that main event scene lasts for a while or not.

Apollo Crews' Final Confrontation With Bobby Lashley Before Their Match At Payback.

Mark Henry moderated an arm-wrestling contest between Lashley and Apollo Crews.

That is interesting because back in 2007, Bobby Lashley took part in an arm-wrestling contest from the moderator himself, Mark Henry.

By far, THE best thing about this segment or even this show is when Henry mistakenly called Cedric Alexander, "Cedric the entertainer".

A laugh out loud moment right there.

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I don't know how the match between Lashley and Crews at Payback will be booked or how Lashley loses the match (which is my prediction).

Considering that Bobby has been written like a destroyer for the past 5 or so months.

Retribution Strikes Again!?

The masked group interrupted a fun tag match between Dominik and Rey Mysterio vs Seth Rollins and Murphy.

They beat the living hell out of Rey and Dominik. Seth Rollins and Murphy?

Well, they escaped as soon as they showed up.

The ending was surprisingly okay but as I said earlier, at least the match itself was fun.

Aleister Black Turns Heel!?

Aleister Black was the recent guest on the Kevin Owens show and the discussion centred around one man, the Monday Night Messiah, Seth Rollins.

Black took his frustrations that he had for Rollins and Murphy on to Kevin Owens with the black mass.

While I didn't completely hate his "white knight" phase for Rey Mysterio earlier in the summer, I do believe that his momentum as a top player slowed down quite a bit.

This is something different for Black to play with aka a heel run so I'm interested.

Some things that happened on this show that wasn't really memorable like:

The Natalya/Lana and Mickie James segment.

A decent rematch between Asuka and Sasha Banks but in a lumberjack match for the RAW women's title.

RAW Underground that saw Lashley, MVP and Shelton putting the hurt in Hurt Business.

Montez Ford vs Angel Garza. It was meh.

Akira Tozawa won back the 24/7 championship. Cool.

Another meh match in the Riott Squad (except for Sarah Logan) and Bianca Belair vs The IIconics and Zelina Vega.

Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax are a unit? Huh?

So, to recap for all of you slow mofos.

Like: The opening segment, Dominik and Rey Mysterio vs Seth Rollins and Murphy.

Didn't like: The confusing alliance between Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax, a boring second half.

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.

NXT Takeover: 30 | A Coherent Review.

NXT Takeovers have delivered greatly throughout the "30 years" of Takeover shows. This one, in my opinion, wasn't it. For a Takeover program, this was disappointing. All of the Takeovers are A's or B's and Takeover 30 was a C at best. At least, I like the stage production set. pictures via WWE.com PRESHOW: Breezango vs Legado De La Fantasma vs Oney Lorcan And Danny Burch. Winner Faces Imperium For The NXT Tag Team Championship. It was a fine match. Joaquin Wilde's ring gear was really cool even though it took a bit out of the seriousness from the Legado De La Fantasma stable. I'm just nitpicking though. Breezango actually won the match and will go on to face Imperium for the tag belts. MAIN SHOW: Finn Balor vs Timothy Thatcher. Timothy Thatcher started off this match with a series of punches which he then later transitioned into various submission moves. Pretty much, Finn has no choice but to adapt to...

WWE RAW 28/2/22 | A Coherent Review.

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Top 3 BEST Distraction Finishes EVER!

Distraction endings to a wrestling match in WWE depend on one another if you think about it. It's like the peanut butter and jelly or the chicken and the basmati biryani rice or Dan Lambert and sexism. "Why top 3", you may ask? Because one, I'm different and two, well, I'm different, so be gone to the mofos that think it's shorter than Brock Lesnar's bout with Kofi Kingston. (WARNING: This piece is mostly sarcasm). Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus. Wrestlemania 28. I know this made your eyebrows raise as high as Rocky Maivia but think about this. The kiss from AJ Lee that led to a brogue kick from Sheamus, has in some way, led to the general audience seeing how Daniel Bryan should be WAY higher in the overall arc than where he was at that time. Also, this was also the year where Bryan showed off his comedic chops with his "NO" catchphrase and his tag team run with the big red conservative, Kane. If anything, this distraction finish was a great chara...

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