Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Let's Talk About | WWE RAW | Day One

Day One was LIVE from San Diego, California. 

Wade Barrett and Michael Cole were in the ring to preview what will be happening over the next three hours.

Nia Jax made a statement by defeating Becky Lynch via pin fall. This was Five years in the making, we saw an excellent video package prior to the match, shoutout to both for a putting on a fantastic performance. 

Cody Rhodes challenged Shinsuke Nakamura to a match, however, the offer was declined, this story has not finished yet.

Kofi Kingston and Jey Uso defeated Imperium's Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci, via referee stoppage, due to Vinci suffering an unfortunate injury during the match. 

The Judgment Day were the guests on Miz TV, however, before the faction could appear, R-Truth interrupted with more comedy gold. JD McDonagh and Dominik Mysterio stopped the conversations, which led to a tag team match, an Awesome Truth reunion and victory for Miz and Truth. 

Rhea Ripley successfully defended the Women's World Championship against Ivy Nile. 

A former WWE Champion was rumored to appear on this episode of RAW, there was the usual speculation on social media as to who it could be, the wait was over, it was Jinder Mahal, the crowds reaction was hilarious.
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The Modern Day Maharaja was interrupted by The Great One, The People's Champion, The Rock! 

This was your standard Rock segment, making fun of the other person in the ring and to be honest with you, these type of segments are very stale and boring, it's 2024 now, give us fans something original to watch, I will say, from a personal standpoint for Jinder, it must have been a great moment him to share the ring with Rock. 

In the closing moments of the segment, Rock asked the crowd if he should sit at the booth, at the bar or at the head of the Table? which was met with loud cheers. 

We can all acknowledge, they were interesting words, let's see how things play out over the next weeks and months. 

Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler defeated Tegan Nox and Natalya.

The Day One main event was Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre for the World Heavyweight Championship, Damian Priest attempted to cash in, the plan was quickly stopped, Drew almost won after hitting the Claymore Kick, however, the champions foot was on the rope, Seth hit the pedigree on Drew, on the announce table, along with the Stomp to pick up the win, closing out a newsworthy show. .
 
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