So, how was the visual Nyquil that was Monday Night RAW at least for this week? It's still a mediocre show but I didn't completely hate it (the keyword is "completely" guys).
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Asuka, Mandy Rose And Dana Brooke vs Charlotte Flair, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax.
A match that I've seen a gazillion times but the "difference" is that Charlotte Flair is in the mix with the bad guys instead of Rhea Ripley.
Alexa Bliss randomly showed up and controlled Shayna's leg as if Bliss had the powers of Magneto by controlling Shayna's iron in her blood or something.
Because of that, Asuka nailed a roundhouse kick to the queen of spades to win the match only for Asuka to take a kick from Charlotte Flair mere minutes later.
What on Omni Man's power did I just witness? I think Bliss has done a good job in terms of her performance.
But, the current angle that Bliss got going on to quote Randy Jackson on American Idol, is a no for me dawg.
Riddle had a chat with The New Day and after Randy Orton joined in the conversation, Orton made the conversation so damn weird by claiming that the things that Orton finds joy in are ending careers, destroying legends and setting things on fire.
It's as if WWE is trying to parody Randy Orton's current portrayal on television and I'm not gonna lie, it is by far, the most clever yet hilarious thing WWE has ever done with this program.
As far as my brief thoughts on RKBro, it's probably the best thing about the red brand.
Randy's seriousness adds to the chemistry he has with Riddle's sheer goofiness.
MVP had a talk with Braun Strowman about business. Cool. This main event storyline is such a dud. There's literally no stakes or plot twists that are worth my investment.
Jinder Mahal vs Jeff Hardy.
The modern-day maharajah is back and with an upgrade in recruiting Indus Sher. The dude defeated Hardy with ease.
It's unfortunate to see Jeff Hardy in an underutilized, losing position.
Elias, Jaxson Ryker, AJ Styles And Omos vs The New Day, Riddle And Randall Keith Orton.
This match and the matches before, REALLY exposed Adnan Vik's lack of the play by play side of his commentary.
Bryon Saxton and Corey Graves were calling the action as if they were two play by play guys with one mediocre colour commentator.
In other words, Adnan Vik sucks at his job.
The 8 man tag team match was aight. The good guys win with an RKO to Elias.
That led to Randy delivering an RKO to both members of the New Day and Riddle wasn't happy.
Sheamus vs Humberto Carrillo.
Speaking of matches that I've seen a gazillion times. Carrillo landed pretty horribly on the outside with that sunset flip on the outside which led to the referee stopping the match.
The Dong Lord himself, Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful said on Twitter that the ending of this encounter wasn't intentional.
Thankfully, Humberto is okay according to PWInsider and Mikey Johnson.
Drew Gulak was mad at Angel Garza for shoving a rose onto Gulak's you know where.
If you've read this sentence out of context, it sounds like an angle that you would hear from a TDW game.
Cedric Alexander vs Shelton Benjamin.
Those two talented guys will definitely be stuck in the underutilized purgatory aka catering next week.
I will say, this match was pretty good. That roundhouse kick from Cedric Alexander will never get tiresome.
Alexander's trash talk cost him the match as he was defeated with the rarely used T-bone suplex from Shelton Benjamin.
Damian Priest vs John Morrison.
Yet another tease at a possible breakup between Johnny Drip Drip and Mz M. I. Z. How 2009 of you, WWE.
Priest defeated Morrison with the reckoning and that was followed by another one from Priest. Cool.
Asuka vs Rhea Ripley.
Despite some outside tension between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair, Ripley picked up the victory with the riptide in an alright exhibition.
The only thing that makes this feud somewhat interesting is Charlotte Flair herself.
I know it's too early to judge but Ripley's reign as champion has been botched terribly and the dialogue that she's working with isn't enhancing her character.
If anything, it's diminishing the Rhea Ripley character that I know and appreciate.
More vignettes were played for the woman that was once known as "all red everything", Eva Marie. I CANNOT wait to sh*t all over her millionth re-debut because why not?
If she indeed proves me wrong, I'll be the first person to give credit where credit is due. Until then, I'll continue slandering Eva Marie like a bad Comedy Central roasting session because like Pete Davidson, I am an unfunny piece of sh*t.
Drew McIntyre vs Bob Lashley.
A decent match yet I've not witnessed anything that was different or noteworthy.
Braun Strowman ended the match via a DQ and destroyed both guys, standing tall in the process.
As I've mentioned earlier, this feud is basically a total BORE but at least they made a somewhat of an effort to build Strowman as a legitimate threat going into the triple threat match despite the fact that the big man ain't winning the match and walking out the PPV as WWE champion.
So, to recap for all of you slow mofos.
Like: Cedric Alexander vs Shelton Benjamin, the backstage segment involving Riddle and Randy Orton.
Didn't like: The character building of Rhea Ripley, the weird sh*t from Alexa Bliss controlling Shayna Baszler's legs, the main event feud lacks any intrigue or investment, Adnan Vik sucks at his job (that line made me laugh for some reason), Jeff Hardy's current utilization.
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