Well, we are catching up to all things wrestling, and here we go, another crowded Raw. We go forward with a review of the happenings on Monday Night Raw. A recap of Night of Champions starts the show, and we are greeted by our announcers, and we go forward with another night of wrestling. For those few readers that are looking at seeing Raw live, I’ll be watching it live in Cleveland, as I have floor seats, so that will be awesome. Until then, let’s take a look at how things went down on this night for RAW.
Seth Rollins opened the show as champion and came through
the crowd. After so much wrestling, I forgot how a lot of WWE starts, and it is
with talking segments. I’m a wrestling purist at times, and enjoy watching
wrestling, more than the talking segments.
AJ Styles came out and talked some with Seth Rollins. The
Judgment Day came out and challenged AJ Styles and Seth Rollins to a tag match
for later on RAW. This set up the main event, and I guess for that, I give the
night a few plus signs.
Ricochet defeated The Miz in a Money in the Bank
Qualifying Match
A good back and forth affair from these two. The Miz was
wrestling like he had a sense of urgency, and was actually putting on a good
show. Ricochet countered and did his thing too, pulling off some nice reversals
and high flying maneuvers as well. The crowd was into this one as well, which
made the match a lot of fun to watch. Ricochet got some serious air on a
shooting star press and the victory was his.
Trish Stratus came out to talk, and she cut another promo
about being the best. Becky Lynch came out and the two start to fight, with
Zoey Stark getting dropped at one point. The numbers game was too much, and
Becky got a beat down from the two women.
Indus Sher defeated Javier Bernal and Kevin Ventura-Cortes
The jobbers got buried here. It was a boring thing to me.
Meh.
Imperium defeated Alpha Academy
Not much of a match, it was about 5 minutes long, and that
was it. Imperium looked good, Alpha Academy was good, and well this was a
little fun. Valhala was out at ringside with the Tag Champions on commentary.
Fun stuff for how short it was. I like Alpha Academy personally, but this
wasn’t a great match, just a little distraction of fun.
Ronda Rousey and Shayna Bayzler defeated Chelsea Green
and Sonya Deville, and Damage Control, and Raquel Rodriguez and Shotzi for the
WWE Women’s tag team titles
Not a bad match at all, but just a little over 10 minutes,
it wasn’t epic, but it was fun for what it was. Everyone got a little offense
in, but it was Ronda Rousey with an armbar that would secure the win for her
team. A little back and forth, some high flying moves, and some submissions
were had before the end with Rousey getting the armbar on Shotzi. I had fun,
hope you enjoyed it too.
Dolph Ziggler vs. jD McDonagh went to a double countout
This was another boring moment, at around a minute or so,
and it was just a beat down for the most part. Dolph got a beat down, Mcdonagh
kept trying to beat up Ziggler and well that was it. Nothing to see here, just
a waste of time for me.
Cody Rhodes came out and basically wanted to challenge Brock
Lesnar again, which was ok I guess. I don’t care to see them wrestle again, if
you want my opinion regarding that.
Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Bronson Reed in a Money In The
Bank Qualifying Match
A good back and forth match with Nakamura taking some good
offense from Reed. Reed was able to get in a beating before eventually getting
hit with the strong style showing of Nakamura. There was some smart psychology
at times with Nakamura working on Reed with kicks here and there. Nakamura
would hit his finisher a couple of times to get the win, in this match that
didn’t seem too long, but it was fun none the less.
AJ Styles and Seth Rollins defeated The Judgment Day
Overall a fun match again, with some back and forth action
throughout. AJ and Rollins make a great team overall, and it showed in this
one. It wasn’t a squash though, both teams had a lot of offense, and within 13
minutes or so, things unraveled and we got a win from the good guys. Of course
Dominik and Rhea were at ringside and they were a factor, but it didn’t matter,
because Styles and Rollins get the win.
Overall Thoughts
At the end of the day, things went well overall. I liked
this night of Raw. It had some good back and forth action, a little bit of
talking thrown in, and some good matches. The crowd had a lot of fun with this,
and I enjoyed it too. It was fun, that’s all I can say. A fun amount of
wrestling and some good moments that we are going to no doubt get followed up
on in the near future.
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