WWE Monday Night Raw 6/13/23 Results and Review

Well, once again I stayed up late to watch the Monday Night show. I wasn’t reviewing as I saw it, so my review only talks about the wrestling. There was some good promos, and back and forth too, but I didn’t mention it, instead let’s talk about the night of wrestling.

Cody Rhodes defeated The Miz

A competition was had here, and it was a lot of back and forth overall. Rhodes didn’t really dominate this one, The Miz really had a great deal of offense. Though he wasn’t wrestling like his life depended on it like he did a few weeks ago. Rhodes would eventually pull off his finisher, and get the win, but it was a good opener overall.

Becky Lynch defeated Chelsea Green

Another competitive back and forth match! I was surprised that Green lasted so long here, with a little over 7 minutes of action. This was a fun little match, with Lynch getting the submission win. A fun match, but you knew the outcome from the starting point.

Damian Priest defeated Matt Riddle

Holy crap, another good match! I was surprised that Riddle didn’t lose this one sooner. Priest and Riddle put on a good back and forth match, with a lot of action. There was a decent balance here, and Priest would eventually get the win. This was fun, and roughly 14 minutes or so, but wow, a decent showing from both competitors.

Bronson Reed defeated Ricochet via DQ

This wasn’t much of a match, Ricochet would eventually get in a little trouble cause Nakamura came out and interfered with the match. This is going to lead to a triple threat I’m sure. We’ll see what happens next week in Cleveland.

Shayna Baszler defeated Raquel Rodriguez

This was a terrible two minute match, with nothing really to write home about. It wasn’t great.

Chad Gable defeated Erik

Another less than 2 minute match and was terrible. Gable wins, nothing to write home about.

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated Imperium in a WWE Raw Tag Team Title match

This was a fun back and forth match with a great deal of action. Imperium wasn’t bad here, and they really put on a show against Owens and Zayn. This was fun, with a lot of action. Owens and Zayn would get the big win, and the match was nearly 20 minutes. It sent the fans home happy. It was really good.

Overall Thoughts

I didn’t think this night of Raw was that good at all. Sure, there were a few good matches, but it also had a lot of talking, and some matches that were less than 2 minutes in length. Next week, we will be seeing Raw from Cleveland, and maybe it will showcase a little more action.

Speaking of which, I will be there live! I will be at WWE Cleveland live! So no review next week.

WWE Monday Night Raw 6/6/23 Results and Review

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.

WWE Monday Night Raw 5/29/23 Results and Review

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.

WWE Monday Night Raw 5/22/2023 Results and Review

We are once again seeing what WWE has to offer with their Monday Night Raw show. They were in Hershey, PA and I was sold out. The show started with Cody Rhodes getting assaulted by Brock Lesnar backstage. He got a beat down and it started the show with a bang. This would be an ongoing story throughout the night as we move into the show with Paul Heyman in the ring.

I don’t know why I expected wrestling on a wrestling show to start. Paul Heyman showed up, cut a promo and then Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn showed up to cut a promo as well. Imperium showed up, but didn’t come inside the ring because Matt Riddle showed up, so they walked away and waited for the end of the show for the six man tag that was scheduled.

Or did they?

Nope, the Imperium ran inside and started to fight the trio of Owens, Zayn and Riddle, and they were thrown over the top rope, and that was it. Opening done, and we get into the crux of the action.

Bronson Reed defeated Ricochet

Ricochet is impressive as always, and he really threw down with Bronson. The big man would be reeling a lot here, and it was a good match overall, under ten minutes, but one of the better matches that WWE has thrown together for RAW. I liked this one a lot, and Ricochet is just awesome in ring. Bronson Reed got the big win here, after a splash from the top, which looked brutal.

Seth Rollins had an interview segment, and it was ok. We also had other interview stuff, but nothing to write home about, unless you’re really into interview segments.

Zoey Stark defeated Candice LeRae

This match was less than 3 minutes long folks, and it is sad to see such a limited time given to women’s wrestling. The match was adequate, nothing crazy, just short and Zoey Stark winning. I can’t really say much about this one, it wasn’t a complete squash, but it certainly wasn’t a good match either. LaRae did get a little offense, so there’s that, and there was a Nikki Cross cameo, so maybe there’s something to that for the future.

Brock Lesnar beat down Cody Rhodes

Brock went into the ring and called anyone out, Cody Rhodes answered and got a beat down for his troubles. Brock left smiling with his hat on, and Cody was left with what appeared to be a broken arm, so there’s that. Not sure what will happen this weekend, but this is interesting.

Alpha Academy defeated The Viking Raiders

This was a short and sweet match. Less than 5 minutes overall, but it was a fast tag team match. Alpha Academy got the win, and the Viking Raiders were chumps here. Ok, so it wasn’t a complete squash, but it was so short, that you didn’t get a lot of action from both teams. The Viking Raiders seemed to get a lot of the action but it was Chad Gable’s quickness that would get his team a victory. Not a great match, but it served for filler I guess.

Raquel Rodriguez defeated Sonya Deville

Well, if you’re a fan of women’s wrestling, you’ll be saddened by this one yet again. It was about 2 minutes long, and that was it. A quick women’s match, nothing to write home about, and Sonya Deville loses. That’s not without having a post match beatdown, and Shotzi ran out to save her, the two will team up next week for the women’s title four way match.

Trisha Stratus and Becky Lynch Contract Signing

This was ok, but it wasn’t wrestling, just a lot of talk. I just like looking at Trish, so I guess it gets a thumbs up just to see her in the ring, looking good.

Dominik Mysterio defeated Apollo Crews

Apollo Crews was firmly in control for a good portion of this match, but eventually Dominik would get some shots in. Rhea Ripley would get involved on the outside, and after rolling Crews in, Dom hit one hell of a frog splash. This was an ok match, but the frog splash, wow, epic one from Dom. Crews loses here, in a 5 minute match, which wasn’t half bad, but not necessarily grand either. I liked it.

Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and Matt Riddle defeated Imperium

A strong contender for match of the night was found here. The six men put together a good match with Riddle, Owens, and Zayn doing a good job at isolating the ring, throwing down some great power moves, lariats ,and more. Both teams worked together well, and a swanton and pinfall got this one to end with a nice finishing point. Imperium stared back at the winners from he top of the ramp, and that was it. The show was all about done.

Cody Rhodes got a visit from Triple H.

They ended the show with a visit from Triple H, and he was going to try and cajole Rhodes into getting medical attention and getting an upgrade for his arm. Cody refused, and Triple H left, and that’s when the show ended.

Overall Thoughts

I’m tired. So tired that I almost didn’t write this review. The show was ok, not great, but just ok. I liked the matches somewhat, although some were shorter than others. I wish the WWE gave women’s wrestling more respect on the main roster, and let stories come out, rather than just giving them 2 minutes or so. That’s just my two cents. Raw was ok at best, you could miss it, and read results and you’d be relatively caught up with the goings on.