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AMZ2

Sooooo… is the Bron Breakker push just over? It seems so pointless having Seth beat him.

George

Predicting chad cables returns to save Otis from the vision

Eric#13

I have a feeling that Oba will win KOTR only to challenge Brock once more instead of going for Romans Title

Fraser McMinigal

If Seth Rollins ever gets a character he might be remembered as one of the greats. Don’t think the WWE have much interest in doing that however as they have to focused on making sure Braun never gets over. Good main event, in a show that had 20 minutes of wrestling.

Vectron44

The sad thing about the Bloodline is that there is always indicators when Roman goes away that the other characters may be moving forward. But rather than get Roman to try and evolve to meet their new circumstances, they all have to go back to pointing to the sky because apparently Roman can't adapt. Wouldn't it be more interesting for Roman to come back after a few months, and have to offer something to the Usos to be part of the Bloodline again to change the dynamic?

Chris Jones

Least the bloodline “ceremony” was at the start of the show to get the disappointment out of the way of Jacob Fatu getting his balls snipped.

Harry Weir

bottom rope strikes again

RowdyRoutyPiper

With Oba advancing and his promo after it looks like we are heading for another Brock match, so heres hoping they can course correct for the final match, but I have been thinking wouldnt the better visual at Mania have been Brock having to be strechered out of the arena after the first Oba match similar to Undertaker at Wrestlemania 27. This would put Oba over massively while also not muddying the waters with this silly retirement deal, then the likely Summerslam retirment match would be a bigger deal because you havent done any retirment things in the story until you need to.

Don

I'm afraid Seth will beat Oba in the final so Seth and the Profits can feud with the Bloodline at Summerslam and clears up Oba to challenge Brock for round 3. Is it me, or did MJF/Darby do a better version of the "I'm not ready" story than Brock/Oba? Liv competing in QotR is laughably bad booking. Such a skippable show with only 4 matches

Pogo is here

putting the AAA mask vs mask match at the end of the show is a great idea to help promo AAA seeing as i and a lot of people are saying it's a match of the year contender is cool. But if reports* come out saying Trpple H has a """hand""" in AAA booking i would not be shocked lol. also havn't watched wwe in a few weeks but it wouldn't let me skip the add break bits is this new?.

Jamie Brown

Breakker does not look happy being a tag team champion!! A massive fall from First Raw of 2026 to this. Enjoyed the bloodline opener, Loved how Oba mid entrance takes out all 3 opponents then continues the entrance. Question for Oli and Luke, Who are your picks to win KOTR and QOTR and which champion will they face?

James Markin

Try to guess the Bloodline member I'm describing. "Challenged Roman, lost all the time, and fell in line" is it Jacob? Jey? Jimmy? or Solo? correct answer is all of the above

cc

So is Brock Lesnar still retired, or?

Dr Jiff

Best thing about Raw was the AAA match

Sid Harrison

I enjoyed raw but still feels like they haven’t truly built anyone if u dig deeper. Rollins beats breakker in I suppose the final match of the feud and I don’t feel like bron is anywhere near a world title now. Oba is in the king of the ring which I can’t suspend my disbelief to the point that he will win because I know the Brock match is at summerslam so since mania he won’t have moved anywhere either. And what the hell is the women’s world champ doing in qotr

Morgan Leggett

I genuinely don't trust WWE not to have Oba win King of the Ring and just challenge Brock instead of go for a title at SummerSlam.

KidCutty

Whole show was some fire 🔥 great matches all around. Thank goodness Oba still looks like a beast. And Jacob in the Bloodline is like KD going to the Warriors (NBA reference since i know you guys wont get it) 😂 but yeah...Great show ☝🏿👍🏿

Wahab Fares

I’m sure Oli will NOT overreact to the fact Roman was watching the broadcast backstage and his screen didn’t switch to the shot of Roman watching the broadcast backstage. In all seriousness, that spot where Heyman put Bron’s foot on the ropes to force a break was just so unique and creative!

Kevin Fleuriot

You can have Oba win KOTR, then Brock faces him at SNME in MSG for the rubber match before moving to SummerSlam against Roman. Meanwhile, Brock can face Gunther and finally f--- off into the sunset.

Kevin Fleuriot

Also, to the point of Oba looking "too strong" beating Brock, I think this should be the purpose. Oba has everything to be an unstoppable champion for a while with a babyface or underdog rising up the card to finally put an end to his reign of dominance. It's not that hard, but WWE have conditioned some fans that you can't have a dominant champion with how they booked the previous ones.

Steveo Mac

WWE have a massive problem because they are too scared to push their top heels. Gunther, Jacob, Bron, all get cheered whenever they are in front of a crowd. Everyone has become a Babyface apart from wrestlers that people have zero interest in, they get booed because they are pointless. At the end of the Gunther v Cody match, Gunther should have lost his shit and Cody should have left on a stretcher. Jacob Fatu should have become the new tribal chief but an even more diabolical one to get him some heat. Seth beating Bron (although the finish was a little creative) was just pointless, where does Bron go from here. Top talent, always going over, where have we seen this before? WCW all over again.

B3nasaurusR3x

I don’t want to seem racist or xenophobic. I love every color of the rainbow. That being said, the Italian announce team looked like a couple of rejects from the island of lost toys. Woof, talk about faces for radio!

StormyBeanz

Is it just me or did Sol Rucas promo have the same type of cadence as a liv morgan one. Also Sol, the IC champ, in Queen of the ring is fine. But wtf Liv is the world champion. Why is the IC champion in it, but not the US champion. More importantly the world champion is in it instead of their US champion, who is a former world champion themselves.

Miguel Rodrigues

Not a good Raw in my opinion. Why is Bron losing? Why are they doing the same Bloodline story? ​The only good thing was how Oba was presented. ​Also, I think its time to talk about Solo. ​Solo Sikoa has the potential to be the most compelling character in WWE. He was left on his own in NXT, he was then called up to the Bloodline, reunited with his brothers, became the most dominant member of the faction, and even when everybody betrayed Roman, Solo stayed loyal to him. On the SmackDown before WrestleMania 40, he was officially named the Tribal Heir. Then, Roman vanished, Solo becomes the Tribal Chief and builds his own version of the Bloodline. ​ But what happens next? His own brothers team up with Roman, the guy that treat them like shit for years, just to bring Solo's Bloodline down. ​Solo could this guy that hates Roman for dividing their family, because all Sikoa wants is to stop being "Solo." ​But WWE is bad at booking and they don't care, so Solo will probably have an 8-month feud with Enzo and Big Cass

Miguel Rodrigues

Her voice is very similar to Liv, I also felt that

Miguel Rodrigues

Watching Raw live is probably top 3 worst things a human can experience.

Joe Gleeson

I'm having a hard time listening to Micheal Cole on commentary at the minute. I just caught the ending to the Rollins Breaker match on YouTube and Cole sounds so disinterested and it really seems like he's not even trying to add emotion......he's just raising his voice for the barricade spot and the spear/title spot. It's been a real low point for me as a viewer lately

Florian Groß

The main event was great, but why does Bron lose here? And couldn't we somehow have worked this into the KotR tournament they are both participating in? Oba winning surprised me. Now I am quite intrigued how they get to the Brock match at SummerSlam. Or maybe they do it in Saudi or at the Madison Square Garden SNME instead? Otherwise I kinda liked this Raw and was more entertained than most of the past weeks of the weekly shows... but god I am so tired of the Bloodline stuff dragging on and on and somehow repeating over and over...

Ben Kind

Seeing Bronn with the Tag Titles is such a step down from the RAW where he held the Heavyweight championship I’m really pleased with how they presented Oba though - but they now have booked themselves into a bit of a corner with the King of the Ring tournament, because Oba is presenter so strongly, the only feasible challenger to him on the bracket is Seth, so we can write off all the other matches.

Jack Wilkes

For the love of God wwe, forget the Lesnar rubber match for now. Have oba win king of the ring and then beat roman at summerslam. You can then pick up the rubber match at survivor series I'm sure you throw enough money at lesnar he will hold off a bit longer and then you've got the comparison of both femi and lesnar in their first year winning King of the ring and then world title at sunmerslam. After clash I thought that's oba done but wow they saved him with that raw appearance. You only get so many recoveries though so you really need to strap the rocket to him now.

LoryK98

Hi Oli and Sick Luke! Local Italian fan and first time messager here! I'll try to be concise: - the only way I could have renewed interest in the Bloodline is if they truly were equal like they said they were, none of this kneeling BS; - I was very scared Oba was gonna lose here, but based on his promo I'm still afraid Lesnar might cost him down the line; - why pin Giulia in Italy when Roxanne is right there; - great main event, apart from that doofus Austin Theory, he's not cool and will never be cool 😁 P.S. since Luke was asking about it; I watched Maxxine's posts about the pasta making lessons, and I saw Green Shirt Guy there. Don't know anyone else

Jake Miller

The bloodline story feels like the NWO in WCW back when the NWO storyline started to get stale. Real dry spell of booking unfolding in front of our very eyes with live event tickets 3x more expensive than live tickets to an AEW PPV.

CDE

It's the year 2033 Roman Reigns has finally completed his long, slow walk to the ring. Fighting Champion Sol Ruca is about to begin her first feud against a newly packaged Heel Dupri. Roxanne Perez has finally slapped Liv to walk out of The Judgment Day. Liv and Dom have realised that the things around their waists are actually championship belts and have promised to defend them at some point in 2034. Austin Theory has recently celebrated taking his 100th pin for The Vision. The crowd is Yeeting, but the audience at home are shouting "DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING"! I'm being facetious, but my god, is this show slow!

Vikrish-Ingi

I think liv and becky will cost each other the win in Qotr match and there's the fued for that title. And the qotr winner goes against rhea.

Zac Silk

The Bret Hart homage with the title from Seth to counter the spear was fantastic.

PineJohn

I feel like HHH can do good booking when he's put against a corner, like at WM 40, we had one of the best stories in the past years, only so he could put the belt on Cody like he always wanted. But, after that, it seemed like he just got too comfortable, or didn't cared enough, like with Cena's retirement, Gunther's career killer gimmick or Oba's push. It feels like he's a kid that loves playing with his favorite toy but doesn't really care for the new ones he gets

Harry Burke

WWE need to hit the reset button I think. All of their stories are boring and have gone on too long, all of their characters are stagnant and uninteresting. Case in point, does anyone actually think this is the end of the Bron/Rollins storyline? A storyline that started in October, when we thought it'd be a great opportunity to catapult Bron into the WHC picture. Instead, they're still squabbling and it's done nothing to elevate anyone involved. If anything, the Vision midcard vortex has been a negative for not just these characters, but Raw as a whole. And it's been going on since before Halloween. Rubbish

Dean Brereton

The Bron spear to Heyman made me laugh out loud, so bad

Christopher Cade

Nothing to do with Raw, but the shirt Oli was wearing yesterday made him look like he was the special guest referee of the podcast.

Jack McEwen-Quy

So glad it took 30 mins for a special handshake. Jacob Fatu is late for the ceremony well why hasn't HHH suspended him for two weeks then so Adam Pearce can optionally fire him and recoup the funds?

Liam Ednie

Seth winning makes no sense to me UNLESS They want to keep him strong to face Roman at SS after winning KOTR. That is just predictable on boring imo. Bron feels back to square one now. Actually lower than where he started cause noelw hes stuck in a tag team with Theory. Oh i do hope they get to face R-Rruth and Priest! 🥱 And for Bron to get out of the tag with Theory hed have to lose a big match again

TLC

I honestly think they could’ve made a better story of the bloodline by having Jacob win. Make Roman acknowledge him, and that would cause Jey to become Jealous because Jacob did something he couldn’t do. And also Roman would be on the same level as the Usos. Just something different

Drew Vincent Curwood

This feels very mid 90s WWE, stuck in the new generation reliant on old tropes and bringing in older talent from 80s because they don't trust the new talent of being overand when they get over when they are not planned to they cut them off at the knees, nothing will change until they are forced to by events that are out of there control or threatened by substantial monetary loss

KayfabeKyle

Oba Femi won.... Oli owes WWE a grovelling apology

Yash Agrawal

Pretty decent Raw with a surprising amount of in-ring action. Oba seems like a mega star! His entrance, where everyone attacked him and he beat them up and continued on like nothing happened, was awesome! I am almost certain that brock will cost him somewhere "down the line" in the KOTR tournament. Maybe Oba wins and brock costs him the title for a rematch at summerslam.

Marcus Fossett

Luke and Oli start every show like it’s raw, you boys talking about anything but wrestling is the equivalent of watching the wrestlers walk in to the arena

Brent

We should give Corey Graves props for covering the AAA show Saturday night and then fly to Italy to cover 2 worse shows while still having the same energy throughout. Having Fatal 4- Ways for the first round is dumb because the heels should just cheat immediately and win. It would have worked for Sola but Oba is just a beast so normal cheat methods don't work on him. There's a lot said for having a straight singles match compared a 4-way. But the ad machine prefers 4-ways since they put in more ads and have less wrestling. Also enough of the teasing of Maxxine joining the Vision. Just do it already, HHH.

Antuan

I think that the Bloodline should be getting ambushed every single Monday. There’s no way the locker room saw what happened last time and aren’t trying to do everything in their power to stop it. It would also open up so many avenues for interesting storytelling by mixing new character interactions together. Or even making Jey and Jimmy question what they’re doing. Honestly anything would be better than what we have now

chrisg146

The King and Queen of the Ring brackets make no sense to me. We may get some incredible 4 Ways but then we’re not becomes single matches I feel like we’re going to burn some great matches that would be much better served with a story or angle than a tournament match. Oba vs Bron? Seth vs Royce Keyes or even worse LA Knight? We’re gonna have Bron keep losing? When is LA Knight going to be deemed “over enough.” The women’s matches are going to be a popularity contest. They’re bad at booking and don’t care.

Fhat Guy Taylor

Just because a crowd is loud doesn’t make them a 5-star. The random chants of You Can’t See Me and the naff lady standing too close to the mic at the end made the Seth-Bron match a total turnoff. A loud crowd can save a bad wrestling show if they care about the product instead of just doing a cheer.

Brody Allsep

Was hoping Oba would win KOTR and a title in his first year, ("The Ruler is The King!") but it looks like Brock will probably cost him leading to the rubber match. Unless, darkest timeline, Lesnar wins another world title before Summerslam.

Godd Rugal

I hate to say it, and in the grand scheme of things, WWE is still WWE. But Oba performance in the KOTR four-way dragged me back in. That's what makes this company so damn frustrating. They can book wrestlers correctly, but instead, they choose to set their standards at mediocrity. So being ass for ass sakes.

E Madden

Well the only thing I learned over the weekend is that Oli hates a hot crowd! Being facetious of course, but for real though this booking is far from exciting. Such an interesting path to take with Jacob as OTC and making Roman stand in the back of those long, plodding segments. It would have felt so new and put Jacob over huge but now all we're doing is leading up to a "I HATE YOU ROMAN!" after months of servitude, for another match (which Jacob will probably lose again)

The UndiesTaker

Main even was a banger, but why is Bron losing? And why are they ending with a visual of the loser Bron and victorious Seth, I mean, who does this benefit? I guess it's true, Bron does have a lot to learn!!!🤦

Or'Rin Stinson

I know plenty of people would say CM Punk politicked his way into the match, but besides Papa H, TKO has the final say so. It’s Chicago. It’s Atlanta. It’s London. CM Punk vs anyone is main event status. They did have a chance to do something great though. Picture this instead. Hot Chicago crowd, chanting CM Punk, music hits and it’s Randy Orton. Disappointed but not upset, Randy wins, and as he’s celebrating, CM Punk comes out, mirroring Survivor Series. You set that up for Summer Slam. Got to get that young talent over somehow.