Monday Night Raw came and went, and honestly, I was surprised by some of it. I actually invested in watching it through the whole show, and stayed up very late afterwards too. Here are my thoughts regarding the night of wrestling and talking overall.
Becky Lynch defeated Sonya Deville
This match went over ten minutes, and it told a good story.
Lynch didn’t win this without a fight, and Deville did a good job fighting back
against Lynch’s push. I was impressed that this was the opening bout, and the
WWE actually let it play out. Lynch was distracted by Trish Stratus at one
point, but that didn’t matter, because she was able to get the win here.
Gunther defeated Kevin Owens
One of the best matches I’ve seen on RAW in a long time. This
was a fight overall, and both men went back and forth fighting one another.
Gunter hit hard, and Owens didn’t back down, the two exchanged near falls, and
some heavy hits, power moves, and more. Gunter would end up getting the win,
but this match got some decent time, and was definitely one of the matches of
the night for me.
Ronda Rousey and Shayna Bayzler defeated Katana Chance
and Kayden Carter
These new women were quite amazing. They are high flyers,
and they work so well in tandem. Ronda and Shayna had their hands full in this
one, and it wasn’t a straight beat down. Yes, they would win, but they had to
sell for some high flying offense, and fast paced movements. I was impressed by
the newcomers to RAW, and you should be too.
Ricochet vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
This was a fun back and forth match, but it was interrupted by
Bronson Reed and the match was thrown out. This was good though, I loved the
back and forth from the two heavy hitters. Ricochet is impressive as always and
Nakamura was great too, I liked this a lot even though it was interrupted by Nakamura.
Zoey Stark defeated Natalya
Well, this wasn’t even given 5 minutes, and once again
Natalya gets buried. Ok, not a complete burial, but she is definitely not
getting long matches, and well, I don’t know what they are doing with her. I
expected more, but Stark won this in a barely ok match.
Seth Rollins defeated Damian Priest in the WWE World
Heavyweight Title Match
This was a star of a match overall. It featured some high
flying, fast paced action, and Priest was looking like a star here. Rollins did
a great deal of work, but Priest was throwing everything at him overall. Finn Balor
showed up at one point, and got knocked down for his trouble. Priest was mad at
him though, and that could be a sign of cracks in the Judgment Day. Seth gets
the win after a 20 minute match, which was a frenetic, good overall match.
Overall Thoughts
This was a good overall RAW. I was excited for it, and watched
the whole thing, through to the end without watching the replay on HULU. I was
thrilled with some of the matches, and loved two of them very much. This was a
great night of wrestling if you ask me, even though there was MIZ TV, and talking
in the opening segment. Miz got knocked out for his troubles, lol, good night
of wrestling if you ask me.
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