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WWE Raw Reviews recaps and reactions Well everyone, it finally happened. Raw was… good. Why? Well when you make matches matter, make things make sense, and don’t rely on the typical boring and uninspiring tropes to end matches, you actually make an entertaining show! SmackDown for the most part does this. It makes Fridays much more appealing. Give me this more on Mondays, please! Obviously not a gauntlet match because you just can’t do that every week, but do the other stuff. I didn’t even mind the Alexa Bliss stuff on the show! It fit with the progression of the storyline and they used the ThunderDome screens in a really cool way. I’m not a hard person to entertain, y’all. Months ago when a lot of you were poo-pooing on Raw and I was finding the good stuff and highlighting them, even giving higher grades, it’s because I was entertained! I haven’t been lately, and that’s why I crap on much of it. Third hour gauntlet There was a Miz TV segment. You know how those go. My first thought as Miz introduced McIntyre was “Why should Drew even in kayfabe entertain Miz TV right now when this dude is going to be fighting him tonight AND at Elimination Chamber?”. But then after being attacked by Drew, Miz said he was taking himself out of the Chamber match. Props for WWE to call an audible here (no I’ll never believe that this was the plan all along) because my goodness was it silly to include the Money in the Bank holder in this. So Kofi Kingston and AJ Styles started this gauntlet off (I’ll talk about how Kofi Kingston got this spot in a bit) and the biggest moment was when Omos chokeslammed Xavier Woods to oblivion and got himself ejected. Styles took advantage and took Kingston out by attacking an already injured knee from the previous match. Kofi did the SOS but was in too much pain to cover. Styles set up the Phenomenal Forearm and connected to advance. Drew McIntyre was next and rag dolled Styles around the ring. McIntyre really dominated Styles. He wore Styles down with limb work and held it when Styles got to the ropes. So then he gave Styles a reverse Alabama slam and set up the Claymore, but AJ drop kicked him out of the ring. Styles fumbled around with Drew’s leg for the Calf Crusher and locked it in, but Drew head-butted him to get out of it. Drew got the Claymore to advance. Jeff Hardy was next and attacked Drew immediately. Hardy had a dominant outing until Drew was able to clothesline and toss Jeff all around the ring. McIntyre gave Hardy a neckbreaker and futureshock DDT for a near fall. A superplex off the TOP ROPE which looked brutal but Jeff kicked out. He did not kick out of the Claymore. Randy Orton came out, and then Randy Orton got counted out thanks to ThunderDome Bliss. Seriously the use of every ThunderDome screen to distract Orton with Bliss was a great visual. And then Sheamus attacked McIntyre from behind and wore him down. McIntyre got back into it and gave Sheamus the futureshock DDT and a spinebuster. Drew went for a Claymore and missed and Sheamus did the Brogue Kick to win and be the final entrant in the Chamber on Sunday. I was pleasantly surprised to see the finish be clean, without any interference or good heavens, a disqualification. Yo I would have been pissed off. The match took up the whole third hour so that was much welcomed and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t find myself looking at the clock. We’ll see if Braun Strowman has any type of Chamber shenanigans and I’m betting we may see a few of those. Wicca Bliss I was not even going to put this in my recap, but then all of a sudden Alexa Bliss summoned The First. Oh sorry no that’s the Buffy fandom talking. She summoned The Fiend. At least… I think she did! Orton talked about how because of Sheamus, his business with McIntyre isn’t over yet. He said that he’ll be the last to enter the Chamber and hit the most deadliest letters, R- K- and then we were transported into the Fire Fly Fun House, where Alexa Bliss knelt in a pentagram. She said in the fire He was destroyed, but He will be reborn and cackled while looking into the camera. Some sinister stuff here. Alright! It was nice to see this off TV for a few weeks so I’m okay with the new little thing thrown in here of some sort of witchcraft I guess. Let’s see where this goes. Perhaps The Fiend returns at Elimination Chamber? Bad Bunny is European 7-11 I-95 South Champion Damian Priest and Bad Bunny were about to be interviewed backstage. All of a sudden, Akira Tozawa pinned R-Truth for the 24/7 Championship. And then he bumped into Priest, who knocked him down. Priest told Bunny to pin him for the title, and Bunny did! Bad Bunny will be on Saturday Night Live this coming weekend as a champion. Would be interesting to see if he shows it off. I’m just loving Bad Bunny and Damian Priest in all of this. The Rest Kofi Kingston defeated Miz Miz and Kingston actually had a great match. Miz was impressed by Kingston’s resiliency. He wore him down and then Kofi powered up and slammed Miz into the mat. Kofi did the Boom Drop and set up the Trouble in Paradise but Miz rolled him up, and then Kofi did the SOS for a near fall. Miz put him in the Figure Four and Kofi got to the bottom rope. Kofi hit the Trouble in Paradise again for the win! I had a thought that Ali would interfere tonight, but now I know when it’s going to happen. You know too if you really think about it. Riddle and Lucha House Party defeated The Hurt Business Benjamin started off with Dorado just pummeling the poor adorable luchador. They did the break down early with Benjamin and Alexander taking out the babyfaces. Benjamin tackled Metalik like…. my God. It looked brutal and awesome. Benjamin, Alexander, and MVP isolated Metalik and wore him down in their corner. Metalik finally got to his corner and Riddle was lit on fire. MVP looked like he may have injured his knee and Riddle pinned him for the victory. The babyfaces celebrated, Lashley cleaned house and put the Hurt Lock on Riddle again. I love Lashley’s violence as of late and I hope MVP is okay! Charlotte Flair and Asuka vs. Lacey Evans and Peyton Royce ends in pregnancy A nice touch in this match was when Asuka was the legal woman, Evans was on the apron ready to tag in. But when Charlotte was the legal woman, Evans would hide behind the ring post. And then when it was going to be Charlotte and Lacey, Lacey revealed that she’s pregnant and she and an elated Ric Flair walked up the ramp. Um… but the Women’s title match on Sunday? (She may be legitimately pregnant. If that is so, congrats!) That does potentially make Ric the father in this storyline though. Uh… ugh. Something happened with Lana and Shayna Baszler Y’all, totally tuned out for this and I don’t care. I don’t want this to go on anymore. Seen this way too many times already |
Nickshrapnel:From Joss whedons Malicious A-hole |
Progenix:Just small ![]() |
TheHulk616:Atleast you've admitted to being on twitter... |
TheHulk616:Cos you chose to deactivate all of them for some reason... |
TheHulk616:You follow me on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat bro...no dey whine yourself |
TheHulk616:young man please Let's not attract curses to eachother....
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Karleb:Ofcourse now...after reading spoilers here and there for months ofcourse the movie won't be all that confusing |
TheCreatorVerse:Then your nose is faulty bruh |
Kaycee7:Should we argue?
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Nickshrapnel:Na Cyborg and Darkseid I carry for mind when I clicked that trailer so I was watching with keen eyes ![]() |
Kaycee7:Last year he wanted to go back just like Finn but Vince said NO |
Kaycee7:your boys MSK did the thing ![]() But wandavision is still trash ![]() |
Kaycee7:This Alistair just made me remember Aleister Black...been wasted soofar |
Skseries:He isn't forcing anybody to like the movie he is just letting yall know that the points you guys are making about the flaws of movie are not factual and that it's either you didn't pay attention while watching or that you just ant to join the hate bandwagon That's all he is saying |
Minemrys:If wonder woman was filled with the mindless action they are asking for they would have still come here to bash it... |
Skseries:Kaycee7 is not even a DC fanboy make Una rest abeg...I've noticed that anytime someone defends something that you bash you end up accusing the person of fanboyism...thats lazy writing bro |
Nickshrapnel:Sighted him in the first watch ![]() |
Minemrys:Bruh, that was me trying my possible best not to be harsh on someone else's "opinion" tbh |
TheCreatorVerse:you think you did something here but you only making a fool of yourself bruh..peace |
TheCreatorVerse:I'm sorry but this is trash... thainkz |
WWE NXT vengeance reviews recaps and reactions Finn Bálor def. Pete Dunne to retain the NXT championship Finn Bálor doesn’t have matches any more. He has wars. This match with Pete Dunne was along the same lines as the ones he had with Kyle O’Reilly. Bouts that he has to survive. He walks out of the match with the hell beat from him, but the strap is still over his shoulder. It’s the type of match we expected with Pete Dunne standing on the other side of the ring. That man is all about hurting his opponent - targeting limbs and fingers to inflict as much pain as possible. And we’ve learned Finn can dish it back out. He couldn’t move his fingers by the end of the match. His previously broken jaw was continuously targeted. He could barely move his arm. But he was able to dish it as well as Pete can and earned his championship retention. This has almost become his style of match, but that has a lot to do with his opponent. He’s not going to have this type of match with Adam Cole or Johnny Gargano. But he can certainly excel in the role when he’s against someone like Kyle O’Reilly or Dunne. Speaking of O’Reilly and Cole... NXT closed with a big post main event angle. It’s something they haven’t done in awhile and I’ve missed it. They’re usually very good at teasing the next chapter to get us pumped for the next episode. But the last few shows didn’t have something big, which felt like a bit of a let down. At Vengeance Day, they returned to form. After Bálor retained, Pete Dunne, alongside Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch, attacked the retaining champ. Undisputed ERA made the save and it looked like they were almost recruited him as an ally if not a member. But then Adam Cole kicked Finn in the face. This wasn’t a group plan. Kyle was floored by the action. His protesting earned him a kick in the face as well. Was that premeditated? Was Cole just unhappy with O’Reilly’s protest? We’ll have to tune in on Wednesday to possibly get an answer. Either way, it looks like we’re finally getting that Cole vs. O’Reilly program. And I am ready for it. Io Shirai def. Mercedes Martinez & Toni Storm to retain the Women’s championship It is very rare to say an NXT women’s title match is the weakest on the card. But I believe that’s a fair claim for this show. Now, let’s be clear. The other action on this card was superb. They had a lineup of some killer bouts. This match was definitely not bad. In general, it was pretty good. But it didn’t deliver like the rest of the card did. Io Shirai retained, but in an opportunistic way. In fact, she spent the last portion of the match on the outside of the ring, recovering from a dive off the scaffolding and an attack from Martinez. This left Mercedes and Toni in the ring to really take the match home. And the babyface champ got damn lucky that both of those women kicked out of the others’ finisher. Otherwise, she wouldn’t be the champ. After the two heels wore themselves down enough, Io Shirai climbed back in to deliver a moonsault and that was that. The babyface kind of stole one here. It’s a Triple Threat so there’s something to be said about surviving it, but it didn’t feel like an accomplishment for Shirai. It was a good match, but also felt like a match used to buy time until the next real feud for Shirai, whether it be one of her competitors here or someone else entirely. Johnny Gargano def. Kushida to retain the North American title This was a real banger. The idea behind this bout was how evenly matched these dudes were. There were no moments of prolonged offense from either man. Kushida would come up with something, Johnny would find a way to reverse it. Then Kushida would find a way to take the control back. Honestly, this style isn’t always one I love. I usually enjoy the story of the babyface overcoming the heel’s villainous tactics to fire up at the end. But these guys are so good that this match hit for me. There were drama spots with submissions from both men that I bit on (especially when Kushida had the champ in an armbar that it looked like Gargano wouldn’t escape from). The issue that I had, and it didn’t detract from how great the match was, was this didn’t fit the story they were telling in the build. Johnny was playing the true chickenshit heel, making up an injury to try to avoid having to fight Kushida. Johnny has his own faction that he uses to help win matches (he had like eight people in Scream masks to help defend his title one time). So walking out and having a clean match with no heel tactics and no outside interference was a disconnect. Austin Theory was kidnapped prior to kind of explain it, but he’s not the only member of The Way. The ending was really puzzling. A Johnny Gargano retention was a perfectly reasonable option. He’s doing great work as a heel. But to win clean? That doesn’t make sense because they don’t have to do that. Gargano is a heel. He could have used an underhanded tactic to aid his victory. It’s an opportunity to protect Kushida a bit in the loss. Instead the Japanese star just lost to the coward who was ducking him for weeks. The match itself was fantastic, but it feels like it didn’t fit in to the angle’s narrative prior. Raquel González & Dakota Kai def. Ember Moon & Shotzi Blackheart to win the Women’s Dusty Classic TakeOver opened with a wild tag match. The women of this division don’t hold back. That’s nothing new, but it remains true. That almost seems especially the case when Shotzi Blackheart is involved because that woman always brings it. Not that the rest don’t, but Blackheart has a certain devil-may-care style. While this match was wild, it never got to the point where they completely lost the thread. Action spilled outside the ring and there were plenty of times all the women were fighting inside it, but then they’d have a soft reset and re-establish some tags before it got nuts again. Tag bouts should normally maintain that structure to some degree or else it just becomes a free for all. NXT continues to present Raquel González like a powerhouse, but have found the sweet spot where she’s not invincible. A tag match is a good place to display her as a threat while allowing her to sell offense from double teams or high impact moves. It’s quite amazing how well they’ve built her in just a year (she debuted at TakeOver: Portland in Feb. 17 last year). At one point, Raquel & Dakota will get a shot at the Women’s tag titles, though it may be awhile. It feels like Lana & Naomi and Sasha Banks & Bianca Belair also may be in line. It’ll be good when it happens, no matter who it happens against. MSK def. the Grizzled Young Veterans to win the Men’s Dusty Classic Prior to this match, I was very excited about the mix of styles between these guys. MSK wrestles a bit unorthodox as a tag team, such as when Wes Lee shoves Nash Carter mid-moonsault. It’s high risk. It’s a bit out of the box. It’s as if a wrestling style were an energy drink. Meanwhile, the Grizzled Young Vets are more of a grounded team that can certainly keep up with a high flying duo if it’s called for. But they’re purposely not flashy because they’re the bad guys. I’m happy to report the styles mixed as hoped. That’s not always the case. There are plenty of cases where people are looking forward to a match and the chemistry just isn’t there. If that happened in the finals of the Dusty with a new tag team in MSK, it would have been disappointing. Lucky for us, the chemistry was very evident. There was a spot in this match that I really appreciated where Nash Carter showed an angry side. Goofy characters who get pissed is a wrestling trope that I quite enjoy. And a team like MSK are extremely goofy so you almost need that other side to continue to take them seriously. I’m glad they planted that seed. Either team could have won. There was no wrong outcome here. Choosing the newcomers to cap off their initial push is quite exciting. Their match against Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch should be stellar. My feeling about this show prior to its air was that on paper, it was good. There were no angles that were popping but all the matches could deliver. And they pretty much did. The women’s title match was probably the weakest on the card, but that was still a fine match that certainly had its moments. Then they closed the night on a high note, with an exciting new angle. They’re finally breaking up the Undisputed ERA, and this should lead to a feud between Kyle O’Reilly & Adam Cole that could be their next big thing |
Progenix:Bro can you see Cyborg in all his glory? Man e go pain me if they remove him from all DC films permanently |
TheKingIsHere:tbh I don't know why Joker always give me goosebumps
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Minemrys:no it's not..it's not clear |
Minemrys:You people should stop with the comparisons please |
Kaycee7:Chilllzzz |
It's finally here that Jokers part gave me huge goosebumps geezhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM-Bja2Gy04 |
Zyxzzzz:Our badluck this season is overwhelming |
Vasquez doing Keepy uppies with his head during a game Lord Vasquez with the balls of steel |
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