Wednesday, July 21, 2021

WWE Monday Night RAW Review-ish | John Cena Returns To RAW | NEW Champion Crowned

The post Money In The Bank episode of Monday Night RAW was broadcast LIVE from Dallas, Texas. A day or so has passed since it aired on television, below are the match results followed by the review-ish of the key events that took place on the night..

Match Results
The Viking Raiders & Riddle defeated RAW Tag Team Champions. AJ Styles & Omos & John Morrison. 

Jaxson Ryket defeated Elias in a Symphony of Destruction Match.

Women;s Tag Team Champions. Natalya & Tamina defeated Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax.

United Champion. Sheamus defeated Humberto Carrillo in a Non-Title Championship Contenders Match.

WWE Champion. Bobby Lashley defeated Keith Lee in a Open Challenge.

Jeff Hardy defeated NXT Champion. Karrion Kross. 

Rhea Ripley defeated RAW Women's Champion Charlotte Flair via Disqualification.

Nikki Cross cashed in her Money In The Bank Contract on Charlotte to become the NEW RAW Women's Champion. 

RAW Review-ish
John Cena kicked off Monday Night RAW, admittedly the crowd reaction wan not as loud as Money In The Bank from the the previous night. Cena mentioned he will be on SmackDown this Friday to supposedly confront Roman Reigns, the build up for their match at SummerSlam begins there.

Riddle's music hit for a comedy promo with Cena, ahead of the six man tag, which he and the Viking Raiders won. Jaxson Ryker and Elias continued their feud in a Symphony Of Destruction Match as you can see by the results above.

There was storyline devlopment on Monday Night. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler turned their back on Reginald, who then won the 24/7 title, so he had a decent night overall. Sheamus defeated Humberto Carrillo, can we please move these guys on to different opponents? thank you.

Keith Lee returned to WWE TV after a long unexplained absence, he was a former NXT Champion by the way in case people have forgotten, more on NXT in a moment or two in this review-ish. Lee lost to Bobby Lashley, yes they want to keep Bobby strong for the Summer, but to hand Keith a loss is very strange booking, they probably should have put in s 24/7 title chaser in with "The Almighty" instead, speaking of him, the rumor of Goldberg facing Lashley is true, in terms of what we saw on Monday. 

NXT is one hell of a show on Tuesday nights, Karrion Kross is the champion and great to watch, it's a shame the writers on the main roster etc, do not see it that way, we know he has been on Main Event (the show) in recent weeks. he lost to Jeff Hardy, the social media reaction to it was crazy. The future for Kross doesn't look bright for him if things continue to go this way for him on RAW, likewise for Keith Lee also.

There may very well be content released soon, about why NXT stars struggle on the main roster, be sure to look out for that.

The main event of the evening ended in a disqualification win for Rhea Ripley against RAW Women's Champion. Charlotte Flair. Rhea got some sort of revenge by hitting Flair with "Riptide" outside the ring before she sent her opponent back in to the ring, Nikki Cross then ran down to cash in the Money In The Bank briefcase successfully and celebrated with the crowd in attendance. Congratulations to Nikki for winning her first title, hopefully it is the first of many in her career, she is underrated by many fans that watch week in, week out, all of her hardwork and determination to succeeed has finally been recognised.