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Victor Oceguera

Luke was right Seth offered up his back 😭

FJC Racing

I like Joe Hendry. I like Danhausen. I hope they never do anything like that stupid concert again, I could feel my brain falling out my ears

Jon

I always suspected for a little while that WWE didn’t get Danhausen and that’s never been more clear than tonight. HHH booked Danhausen to do WWE comedy and it sucked because that’s not why Danhausens funny. Also why is Ryan Garcia involved with the JD? The only pro I will give them is a human monies on a pole match is funny and is very Danhausen. Plz just let Danhausen be Danhausen and don’t turn him into another Santino or R-Truth.

Jamaal Ellison

Solo Sikoa has the most Rock-like potential out of all of the Bloodline. He sounded so comfortable on the mic. I was so proud.

Don

Another week, another superstar made to look like a dork. Can't believe Sol Ruca did nothing with the title. My excitement for Summerslam is tepid at best. On another note, besides the booking, could the fact that no one knew where Minnebota was be why ticket sales were sluggish before the discounted pricing?

Bdazzle

I officially am done with danhausen, he's so unfunny and just annoying now

Brody Allsep

Happy for Raquel winning the IC Title. If not for the JD Vortex, heel or face I could see her being a real workhorse to establish it with some meaning. Becky has most reigns, but Raquel could easily have a long reign. And hey! She already has as many title defenses as Liv has had in the Women's World Championship reign!

Jamaal Ellison

This was a terrible go-home show, by the way. They had one job with Danhausen, and that was not to overexpose him. They jumped the shark tonight.

Harry Burke

I'm so bored with the Shield re-runs. Absolute Dave Ja Vu type booking, it's all just crap we've seen before and way too often.

Mr. Grimes

Be honest Luke, did you forget to post? It's alright, I'm sure Oli remembered and reminded you to do it. Aren't you glad you have someone like him to watch your back?! I'm so proud of Oli, he really is the best of us! I think you should thank him!

MeekCandy4

The Joe Hendry and Danhausen concert segment and Raquel beating Sol Ruca for the women’s IC title automatically makes this episode one of the worst episodes of the year.

Rob Dragon

This was.... not good. The best thing on the show was Solo Sikoa making fun of the warning shot

Findlay

Slophausen

Rhine Kemplin

Man this Raw felt like 2022 Vince, all repeat matches and segments. The summerslam card looks good on paper, but I am getting fatigue and its another 2 night show. Considering I usually get hammered during wwe PLEs, Im going to be exhausted Monday. Happy to have your live reactions on!

Blake Whitehouse

Remember when Liv was injured and Raquel was actually starting to get over? I’m hoping we get back on that path soon.

DennyDorko

I believe that...that was lame.

Peter Siddorn

Raw was garbage as usual but since you don't do a Smackdown recap, I got to ask this here. Priest on the show said that there needs to be new blood on top of that show because it all about Punk and Cody and it got me wondering. With all the talk of Punk or Cody turning heel, do you think they could turn both and do a 2026 version of the Austin-HHH two-man power trip?

CDE

I don’t think I’ve laughed as much in an episode since HHH took over, and not in a good way. Brock locked OBA and his boss HHH in a cage, his boss seemingly didn’t care and then allowed OBA to take out 8 policemen without repercussions. We then had the vision injure Otis and cut a promo on him where the plot is Haha he’s fat! How funny! Danhausen and Joe hendry sang a song which was so bad it was comical, the yeet brothers came out and we were told “they meant business”, they proceeded to yeet and run it back. Liv and Iyo continue to fued in the background of other peoples fights, because we wouldn’t want the women’s world champion to take centre stage, AEW redemption was long, but Romans entrance remains longer! The actual fights were decent but the stuff surrounding it is filled with so many plot holes and problems that it would make Vince proud! What a lead in to summerslam!

Rob Steedley

So like I feel like I've seen this one before. Oba should of ripped the door off the hinges. And Sol got beat by 3 people But I'm glad Raquel finally got a belt But she took way too many shots to the face. And I'm over Roman and Seth. Seth says something wild, Roman loses it and kicks Seth's ass then gets obsessed with a chair and gets stomped. Week after week all the same. I'm just now realizing that's the go home show. I'm not really looking forward to anything Thanks to this show.

Rob Steedley

Totally agree, and most peeps in the states know where it is. They have multiple teams in major sports in that city. The product is stale

mike wolfe

For the love of God can WWE stop with the interference spots!!! It's nauseating to see most if not all matches have some kind of run in. Happy for Raquel but not at the expense of Sol. Terrible episode.

RagingM0ng00se

So I know it’s often said that no matter how bad it gets these days, Raw cannot be as bad as 2019 Raw. I don’t know if that’s actually true anymore, because some of the segments on this show and even on other recent shows have been on that level. But there’s also an extra twist with HHH-run Raw, because in between the really bad stuff, everything else is BORING!

LewisLC 27

I’m still thinking about that fan oli met in the Sistine Chapel, feeling bad for him

Kevin Fleuriot

My thoughts are: that was an episode of Raw that sure happened. We got Solo chants before GTA6

Sedin Magic15

I would really appreciate it if WWE wouldn't insult my intelligence by having the Usos come out as babyfaces, with all the yeeting, after clearly establishing them as the heels in this feud last week. I'm not just going to forget what I saw!

Brett A

Its great to see Judgment day actually win a match when they outnumbered the babyfaces. This is going to make for great Cinema when they split up in 8 months.

Vectron44

I am dreading the idea of Roman having this title AAAAAALLL the way to Mania next year. Any justification of the Bloodline elevating new talent has long since passed and having him come out each week he's here and say how he's so much better than everyone else is going to get diminishing returns- particularly when creative can't flog the dead horse of some betrayal.

Real One's Georgie Tuffs

For everyone moaning about the amount of wrestling they had to sit through on AEW, Trips gave you a concert instead of a wrestling show to help you detox.

Brett A

if it makes you feel better. she will probably get the sami treatment and lose it on Rass

Brett A

wrestlemania is only 9 months away.

Josh F

Still pretty interested in summer slam but this show…. This show was awful and tried to kill any hype for the weekend. This raw was lame, lifeless, boring. Full of boring , repetitive promo’s and video packages. The only good thing on this show was human money’s on a pole and Solo exposing little Jay’s dumb childish catchphrases. Also just wanted to say thanks Luke and oli for all the work you’re going to put in over the next week.

Marlo Ramirez

Did anyone else see that Hell in a Cell video promo and get the same vibes as the Painmaker Jericho from 2 weeks ago?

Mr Mamba

I’m going to need Drunklehead soon lads

Felixious Zheng

The Vision/Alpha Academy feud really shows how far Bron has fallen and how little confidence they have him and Theory. He went from being top heel facing CM Punk, to to facing the second worst comedy faction. The Maxxine bit is just not it, especially when Chad is doing something far more interesting and getting as far away from them as he can

Joe Gleeson

Fashion Police, R-Truth, Danhausen. Every time WWE has someone who is actually funny and make the crowd laugh they do what they always do and put them on every show and in every segment they can, or have them just do the same joke week after week.

Joe Gleeson

Did you guys see Creed Brothers vs Dragunov in a Handicap match on WWE Turbo?!? Potential match of the year contendor. If you're not watching WWE Turbo, you're missing out!

James Markin

I hate when people call a company "WCW 2000". But Raw just had a celebrity swerve on comedy midcarders with a guitar to set up an "on a pole match".

Harry peach

A mild go home show for summerslam the only match that im interested in is going to set a record for shortest hell in a cell match in history one of the few young stars there interested in just lost her ic title in a nothing fued and im left with the question outside of Oba who is going to be the main event stars in the next few years and even oba feels like he's lost a little momentum

Jamie Stidiford

So who thinks Sol Ruca is going to cost Livbher Title at SummerSlam as payback for tonight's Judgement Day interference.

Homerstar

I’m impressed WWE. You managed to make Joe Hendry and Danhausen annoying.

book__wyrm

Oli, I was rewatching some of your old 3 counts, and I want to remind you that you thought Jerico was at one point going to team with a Smallico and a Tallico. Now that we've seen what that kind of gimmick looks like, do you think this timeline, where Danhausen came out of the box and has mini me's, is overall better or worse than if Jericho was doing this shit?

Phil Scully

Much like all other things in WWE, Raquel getting recognised with a title is a year late, exposing WWE’s inability to pivot when fan mood changes.

Edward Economous

What an nothing burger of an IC title run for Sol. I don't like bitching about booking either so must be bad booking. Luke Oli enjoy your week ahead🙂🙂🙂

Phil Scully

I think what Triple H doesn’t understand is that story is what the fans want, and what the promotion is sorely lacking. CM Punk v Rhodes is a dream match, but if we aren’t even going to have a storyline that I can buy into and back somebody on, I’d rather see Otis get his hands on Theory as the headliner. Carmelo Hayes, Trick and Saints is a great example of having stories replaced with thin air.

Jimic

May the Jericho Painmaker give me death or give me liberty after having to go through that concert segment. I mean seriously, WWE would rather run a gimmick into the ground instead of giving it some breathing space to continue long-term. Overall I thought it was a very mid episode of RAW and a poor go home show, but I did enjoy the Ethan/Rey match. My main worry right now is that Oba becomes stale after SummerSlam since WWE don't know what to do with him until the Royal Rumble for the build to Wrestlemania, hopefully I'm wrong but what do you guys think? (P.S. The yeeting still sucks and Cena was more bearable than this)

RealDoubleJ

Oli is the driving force of the two. Without him, Mentally Weak Sprint would just be...mentally weak **sowing seeds of discord to help team serene/the windivividuals/the mid-show/pissboys**

Scott Adams

Outside of 2-3 matches, this Summerslam build has been poorly executed. Even the bad years usually had exciting Mania/Summerslam builds. This shows feels like a B-show with a few outliers. Also, I think I actively lost brain cells during that concert.

JJ Bittenbinder

WWE desperately NEEDS a shot in the arm & SummerSlam would be the time to do it. Like Dan said, biggest PLE of the summer AND in the USA. Do something of importance, something that will make us interested/excited & tune in the next week. I fear if Roman wins with the old formula, ref bump-visual pin on him-bloodline interference/new Bloodline member debuts (perhaps Zilla Fatu) would have the opposite effect. Would feel like a DOWNGRADE. This isn't 2023 no more. Would you agree that either CM Punk or Cody Rhodes turning heel would be the best move? I badly NEED something BIG to happen because I'm BARELY holding on. Also, if Oba Femi waits until WrestleMania to go for the title, which he will cuz of course, just kill me. This fucking company.

JJ Bittenbinder

Watch them turn him heel & rejoin the bloodline lmfao

Drew Vincent Curwood

I hope this is the LAST TIME we ever have to endure Seth x Roman, this is a feud that has no gas left, it's repeat after repeat constantly banging the point over again, there is something there for a Shield feud but it requires ALL 3 members

Fin Brennan

Couldn’t tell you what happened wrestling-wise, but I am still very much looking forward to this weekend 😆

Nick Kowal

I'll take the "Human Monies on a pole match"....but it should be a "Custody of Dominic's Money" ladder match

Morgan Leggett

I don't think I've ever seen a worse attempt creating a star than WWEs handling of Sol Ruca. I'm glad Raquel got some flowers for her great work since her return, even if its about 7 months too late.

Semy

Don't see what the fuss is about. It's the go-home show for SummerSlam and after seeing the writing, the writers definitely need to go home.

BalorFigs UK

Joe Hendry just screams of we wish you best in your future endeavours

Sam Fonseca

This is one of the worst raw’s for a while. And that’s saying something, because last weeks show had that title. Very happy for Raquel winning the belt as she’s improved, but at the same time, they’ve shown they’ve not cared about the women’s IC title, so why should I. Genuinely everything with Oba and Brock, Ryan Garcia, Roman and Seth, felt like a Vince Raw from 2019…

Mark Robertson

I think just over 40 minutes of wrestling, awful segments with Obi Brock then the concert. Summerslam has a lot of work to do in order to make up for months of malaise from WWE, just a lazy program from start to finish. Smackdown had some good segments, wish raw could do the same

Heiko

There was plenty to be annoyed by on this Raw, but it all would have gone down much easier for me if Oba had broken out of the cell. That's obviously what they were teasing. They already set themselves up to fail doing a weigh in, but to tease something cool like a cell break out and not follow through is so rude, but on brand at this point.

DomJHalton692

First Raw I watched live in months and I won’t be doing it again for the foreseeable. Product feels so lifeless with endless adverts and the stories are just flat/make no sense. Think I was truly fed up when Michael Cole stated how Ethan Page was having a “meteoric rise”. He’s in the same position he was in when he debuted MONTHS AGO.

James H.

A bad opening segment, botchy wrestling, the terrible concert and a boring closing angle. Not a good Raw. So let's find some positives. Jevon is so much fun to watch. Ethan Page and Rey really blend styles well. I like Raquel with the belt (but not in Judgment Day). And we get a Human Monnies on a Poll match. Step aside Judy Bagwell.

Gregg Murphy

Same problem as always, not enough wrestling and the segments without wrestling aren’t strong enough to make you forget you’re not watching wrestling

Matt

I understand people being upset about Sol having a nothing title run… but she’s so inconsistent in the ring, I totally get not having her hold the mid card title that has had stretches of being a “workhorse” belt

Sean Keaney

One of the worst episodes of RAW in a long time (and that’s saying something) - the one positive out of this show is that it was so bad that I purchased AEW All In tickets!

Lucas Viola

Having seen the summerslam lineups I'm a bit surprised punk vs cody is night 1. That would suggest to me something big, or at least what wwe think is big, Will happen in the Roman vs Seth match. And less chance of any heel turn happening night 1

Sean Keaney

Does anyone else’s Netflix feed go black for the last 30-40 seconds of the show? It’s happened repeatedly the last few weeks for raw, nxt and SmackDown

Lawrence

Do you think part of the reason Triple H's booking is the way it is that he's never really had to build for a "pay per view"? NXT was on the network and when he took the book it had moved past the PPV model a long time ago. You look at AEW and the stories feel so much more satisfying where as WWE they just never end. Why would I invest in a story if 2 years after it started we are still in the first act.

Justin Edelheit

I really like Joe hendry but his gimmick doesn’t really work in wwe. He makes fun of his opponents through song. It worked during his feud with Logan Paul and the Miz. Also I feel like wwe doesn’t understand the gimmick. He doesn’t even get a full entrance. I’m disappointed because I thought he would be a perfect fit for wwe but I’ve been let down so far. What do you guys think?

RedHood93

I'm so disappointed because until the Judgement Day interfereance AGAIN the Sol and Raquel match was really good in my opinion

Ben Cotton

Turbo was awesome this week! Jordynne Grace with the Women’s Turbo Championship is gonna be amazing! 🔥🔥🔥

Brent

I imagine he doesn't get the full entrance because he doesn't have WWE graphics along with a song not made by Def Rebel. Also he can't really use other licensed songs to make fun of opponents.

Brent

I didn't mind the Hendry/Danhausen concert until Ryan Garcia became part of the segment. I'm glad that Raquel finally has a main roster singles title but at the same time, the women's IC title got swallowed into the Judgement Day Black Hole. If Solo turns heel, he's going to revert back into the enforcer character when he came up to the main roster. That will be horrible.

Wheels

I really try not to compare the two shows but I feel like this episode of raw didn’t give me a choice while the C2 was telegraphed from the beginning that Will was going to win it was a brilliant story.. The tournament to lose a Roman reigns was predictable and boring.