Tuesday, September 14, 2021

WWE RAW | Review-ish Special

It's very rare that a RAW Review-ish is written as not much of note happens during the three hours we see on TV every Monday Night (Tuesday Morning here in the U.K) was it the same as usual? you will find out right now.  

Match Results
Charlotte Flair defeated Shayna Baszler. 

Drew McIntyre & The Viking Raiders defeated Jinder Mahal, Veer & Shanky.

Damian Priest defeated Jeff Hardy to remain United States Champion.

Nikki Cross defeated Tamina.

Rhea Ripley defeated Natalya.

Omos & AJ Styles & Mace & T-Bar defeated New Day & Mansoor & Mustafa Ali.

Doudrop defeated Eva Marie. 

Bobby Lashley defeated Randy Orton to remain WWE Champion. 

RAW Review-ish
The show kicked off with a in ring promo with Big E saying he was going cash in his Money In The Bank, he was interrupted by Riddle & Randy Orton and Bobby Lashley and MVP. This was an entertaining segment to hype up the main event with interesting words exchanged between Orton and Lashley. 

Charlotte defeated Shayna Baszler, after Nia Jax cost her tag partner the match as payback from last week, they will face each next week on RAW, not much to say about the six man tag match where Drew pinned Shanky for the win via the Claymore Kick.

The United States Championship Match between Damian Priest and Jeff Hardy was probably the match of the night, Priest continues to impress, in regards to Jeff Hardy, it's good to see him compete in a top level match instead of chasing the 24/7 title. 

Nikki and Rhea picked up wins in singles competition against the Women's Tag Team Champions, which technically puts them in line for a title match in the future, maybe at Extreme Rules in a couple of weeks, we shall see, Tegan Nox and Shotzi Blackheart will also have a say in this as they picked a win against Tamina and Natalya, weeks ago on SmackDown. 

Omos, like Damian Preist, continues to impress in the ring, he picked up the win in the eight man tag, the Royal Rumble is months away, however, he could be a contender to win, if he is booked correctly creatively. 

Doudrop defeated Eva Marie in what was a decent match, it's been said before and is going to be said again, hopefully this the end of the feud, move them on to other opponents.

Bobby Lashley defeated Randy Orton in the main event, he looked to have injured his knee after he put Orton through the announce table ringside, that was good story telling on his part, which is where Big E's music hit, he was true to his word, he cashed in successfully to become the NEW WWE Champion. Congratulations to him, well deserved, hopefully he will have a great run with the title.

During the show, it was announced the WWE Draft will be returning on October 1st on Friday Night SmackDown and concluding on October 4th on RAW. That is it for the review-ish, be sure to check back here for more content. 

Saturday, September 11, 2021

WWE SmackDown From Madison Square Garden | Review-ish

Friday Night SmackDown was LIVE! from the iconic Madison Square Garden. 

Roman Reigns kicked off the show, walking out to the ring with The Usos and Paul Heyman. Reigns was interrupted mid promo by Brock Lesnar, Heyman asked Brock why was he targeting the Universal Championship? In response to that, Brock asked why didn't Heyman tell Roman he knew Brock was going to show up at SummerSlam? 

Roman and The Usos left the ring in disgust. Heyman cut his old promo with Brock in the ring. Brock went on to challenge Roman for the title via Heyman, who was close to receiving an F5, until he was saved by the Usos and Roman. Brock stood tall when all was said and done here. 

Backstage. Heyman said to Kayla Braxton that Roman will answer the challenge when he is ready. 

Big E, Rick Boogs, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey & Dominik Mysterio defeated Sami Zayn, Apollo Crews, Robert Roode, Dolph Ziggler and Otis in a Ten-Man Tag Team Match. 

After the match. Mr. Money In The Bank. Big E sent a message to The Universal Champion. Roman Reigns and WWE Champion. Bobby Lashley for a possible cash in at any time. 

Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch met in the ring for the contract signing to make their match for the SmackDown Women's Championship official in two weeks at Extreme Rules, Becky's attitude change since her return has been interesting, something which should've started in 2018. 

Seth Rollins defeated Edge in a rematch from SummerSlam, this contest was billed as "One Last Dance" after the match. Edge was put on a stretcher and into a waiting ambulance backstage. Rollins appeared to show sympathy for what happened. 

It's worth noting that during commercial break between the Rollins vs. Edge match, Bobby Lashley was advertised to defend the WWE Championship against Randy Orton on RAW, look out for Big E as he may cash in.  

Prior to the main event, Roman talked to The Usos backstage and then asked Heyman about Brock appearing at SummerSlam, no response was given.  

The Street Profits defeated The Usos by disqualification, after Roman interrupted and put the Guillotine on Montez Ford. Roman accepted Brock's challenge from earlier on, he was interrupted and confronted by his opponent at Extreme Rules "The Demon" Finn Balor, as SmackDown went off the air. 

This episode was very entertaining and 
centred around the dissension in The Bloodline, looking forward to seeing how this story develops next week and more, on Friday Night SmackDown. 

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