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Mohammed Albanai

This raw felt more like the raw after mania than the actual raw after mania.

Jon

Is RAS really becoming a thing kinda like RAM already is. Becky, Vaquer, Big Cass and a street fight main event. For sure a bigger RAW then I expected.

Chris

Was that a good show? Because that felt like a pretty good show. I know Luke isn't the Biggest LA fan right now but if we're going to be getting these 4th wall breaking promos he's been doing then at the very least that'll be fun, Bron going full Dolph Ziggler "it should have been me" is exciting, liv going from no challengers to 2 main eventers and roman vs El Grande Americano??? Take my money!

Sid Harrison

Why are they incapable of striking while the iron is hot, I’m happy for a Oba vs bron feud but that feels like it could be done for a world title down the road. They should’ve had Roman vs Oba at MITB, Oba wins but Jacob beats him down and cashes in. Then we have Jacob ordering roman in war games until Roman snaps and takes out Jacob for Oba to pin him. Triple threat at the rumble, Roman steals the win from Oba leading to Oba vs Roman with a stip for the rematch at mania. It really isn’t that hard but they are too scared to put big moments on what they view as B tier shows.

Don

Pretty good show. Women's division got a much needed boost. Sad to see The Judgement Day turn back heel so quickly after saving everyone from last week's concert. Joe Hendry has been buried, but I'm sure the important thing is his exposure. Also, can Evens and Page please wrestle other people? IC scene feels stale. Overall, I'm interested to see where Raw is headed. On a different note, I guess an annual Wrestlepalooza in September is, in fact, not as big as Wrestlemania like Nick Khan promised

Blake Whitehouse

I can’t believe that, in one segment, the RAW Women’s Division doubled the amount of active babyfaces they have on the roster

Lily Petal

LA Knight cut his promo to show why he should be the #1 contender against Roman. 4 letters 1 word. Nope. Why, you ask? Because Roman answered with three sentences and buried Knight, Jey, Jimmy, AND Jacob. "What have you done? Oh, you beat my cousins. I'm happy for you." Then just to bury Knight more he added "You haven't won a tournament, you haven't won a battle royal, you haven't won a big match." LA Knight, yeah. Sorry, it is LA Knight nope.

Aanish

1/5 Bron and Oba should have kissed. Other than that great show.

Jake Miller

I'd be more excited for a potential Oba-Bron feud if Bron was a main eventer and not having most recently been stuck in the lower midcard with Logan Paul and Theory. Oba's promo about being the future felt like an immense waste of time. This episode of Raw felt up to their standard as of late. Milquetoast

Brett A

I wanted to think of something clever or witty to say about the first raw of August, but nah it can wait till Wrestlemania.

Ryan Firth

I liked it quite alot! Evans is a pleasure to watch and this "agressive" shift is atleast something with his "character". I like the penta gable vs dom and JD angle! Plz make Dom AAA Dom! Stephanie and becky are back to finaly have some world title stakes! I really hope they dont fumble the oba vs breaker thing i feel like it could be great making those guys rise together! Altough i was not feeling the paul heyman angle... time will tell! Knight is so fun to hear ramble and hes getting a fued with Roman so... finaly? Something?? Now do something with Roxanne plz! All in all great upgrade from last week! I want to see more!

Eric#13

As much as they have misbooked Vaqeur since her call up and as much as I dont wanna see her feud with Liv again, when she came out my mind just went: God damn she is so cool (I guess Aura or sth Idk)

ScottJDev

WWE Turbo Review - 03/08/26 * Montez Ford beats Rayo Americano in 6 mins by pinfall * The Bad Hair Days (Lyra Valkyria and Zaria) team to beat Candice LeRae and Jaida Parka in 8 mins * Nathan Frazer goes over Tavion Heights in a stunning 15 minute barn-burner to become #1 contender to The Turbo World Title! * Turbo GM Bubba Ray Dudley approaches Roman Reigns with an idea, but gets prefaced, so speak to the TRUE right hand man, Jimmy Uso instead.

Vectron44

"Hey Roman. I'm Rey Mysterio, the GM of AAA. I've just seen you send your henchmen to break another wrestler's neck for no real reason and I think you're just the guy to talk business with".

Sedin Magic15

All in all, I enjoyed this Raw after Summerslam. Just one question, where were Solo Sikoa or LA Knight to save Royce Keys? I feel bad for Royce, he always comes out to crickets because they always have him lose. People aren't going to cheer for someone they know isn't going to win. That's how you get Dolph Ziggler

Matt

I guess The Vision can keep Oba busy for a few months 🤷‍♂️ but overall I enjoyed RAS especially the no heat all meat main event. Also I love that you guys are reviewing Turbo, I enjoyed the early 2000’s short lived initial run it had, I had the episode from 2003 with that banger Billy Gunn vs Mike Awesome match, what a find it was on LimeWire back in the day.

cc

Its wild how a 'surprise return' here and a 'feel-good win' there can negate the countless glaring negatives of a grossly capitalistic TKO money grab like Summerslam for so many wrestling fans. I understand the value of wanting to be positive, but sometimes it really does feel like some of you would let Triple H take a crap on your lawn and you'd thank him for the fertilizer. I beg you: Demand. More. From. Your. Wrestling. Shoot for the stars - worst case, you land on a cloud. Wanting better doesn't make someone a hater trying to kill the vibe. it means they actually care about the product. Because settling for a mediocre WWE is how you get a more mediocre WWE.

L3 Productions

It was a not bad show but there was a predictable element to it. As for "L3 doesn't know wrestling" my redemption will be this Thursday on the ass index. If I get it right Oli Davis you must say L3 knows wrestling.

CDE

It was a good show but it is easy to be good with so many returns. It's concerning that despite the vignettes big Cass return felt underwhelming and the weakest of the returns in the episode. I don't see how they are gonna keep Oba hot if they wait till wrestlemania, how does a fued with Bron help him? He already feels less hot than 3 months ago.

Brandon

the Roman AAA post credits scene here got me more excited then the one in Brand New Day. I know its to counter program all out (worlds collide is the same day) but man, Roman vs either EGA or Penta will be WILD

Hok

Bronn vs Oba. Don't delay this months. Give it to me now!

Daniel James Baker

Not sure that Becky's come back as a face but she sure got in Stephanie's when she return, between the two of them I feel they bodied Liv. Where was this during her 100 days! First time I've heard someone on raw tell the truth in Becky's promo. LA making Jey Uso flinch was hilarious, Oba and Paul having a respectful encounter was nice and Bron seemingly angering Paul has me excited for what may come next, his match spelled out for me that he's going to leave the vision as it's showing his in ring unhappiness with where he's at and has set up a jealousy angle for what Oba has taken from Bron in being the future of WWE. Matches were alright but wish the street fight did a little more. The Sol Rica disrespect continues unfortunately

Madz B

As Oli would say cuz he gets it, Bron's got that "Dawg" in him.

Isaac hansel

I wonder what this company could have been if they struck while the iron was hot. Oba and Bron as world champions with the older stars trying to keep up with them. Roman and punk becoming increasingly more desperate to re gain the main event spot from the younger guys. But then I remember the voice of Oli Davis, they don’t care and they’re bad at booking. This company is an embarrassment of what wrestling can and should be.

RedHood93

I want to say that I'm excited for Oba vs Bron but really WWE/TKO have ruined Bron to the point that I in no way believe he's going to beat Oba, because immediately after the intense staredown they reminded me that he's teamed up with Austin Theory one of the biggest dorks on the roster right now.

KFizzle4

After almost a year and a half of being heel, Becky turns face by commenting on how bad Liv's booking has been. This happened because WWE is bad at booking and they don't care.

Jack MacPherson

It's bad when my first thought is "2 hours 37 minutes I wonder how many adverts they can pack into that "

Ally Bell

The women’s title segment was the best thing on raw by far. Becky Lynch is the best asset WWE have right now. The women’s title finally has a set up a decent story and competition. It’s a pity it’s at the expense of pretty much every other segment, because WWE can only ever seem to have one hot storyline at any one time.

Rido

How can that be called a street fight if none of them were wearing jeans? Also Vaquer and Becky Lynch returning and it feels like the women’s top title means something again.

FJC Racing

Great raw. What the follow up will be… I’m not confident on it being good. BUT, Becky back and as a face? Stephanie Vaquer’s back? Cass looked good and that he actually fit in that picture? L.A Knight looked really good and set up a loss with Roman at MITB? Hell yeah! I would’ve liked more wrestling on the wrestling show, but at least the promos were very good when skipping the entrances

James Markin

I find it werid that people are calling this "Raw of the year" and saying "we are so back". I mean yes a Oba and Bron fued is going be a banger. but they should be in the main event title picture mixing with Roman by now. Especially when we already know LA isnt beating Roman. There is absolutely zero reason Oba in real life wouldnt walk out to challenge Roman now that his Brock beef is over if he still has a title match in his pocket. Why wouldnt he go for Roman instead of a cold Breakker?

Chris

Is it just me wondering if Roman is on a gentle early retirement tour? A load of the feuds have been talking him up about being a legend, he seems to be capping off the Shield, and now the AAA thing... I wonder if he might be starting to gradually slow it down

Dean Brereton

Some elements of this Raw worked well however I feel that it masked the same issues Raw normally has, and will have next week etc. Would have been good to see Solo? is he now on Smackdown! because that's a huge plus along with KO, Randy etc. if we are doing Oba vs. Bron at either Sunday's nights main event or MITB, that's at least 4 weeks of build. Roman and LA will face off at MITB, as Roman will work the PLE. Oba vs. Roman at Survivor Series, Jacob wins MITB and cashes in during match is my prediction.

Ally Bell

In saying that both, SummerSlam and RAS exceeded my expectations, and felt like a good reset, with some exciting returns. Great to see KO back in the ring!

KayfabeKyle

Weak RAS if you ask me, Knight promo was fine, Oba promo did nothing, Bron cannot escape mid card vortex, JeVon vs Page again lol, women's main event scene got some much needed stars, but No Seth, No Solo, this show was Monday Night Meh, 2/5

Florian Groß

My first reaction was the same as it was for both nights of SummerSlam: meh, okay I guess. Still an enjoyable show, I am excited by some of the returns. However, Big Cass going after Je'von felt absolutely random (and them pointing it out on the show and not giving him any good reason in his promo didn't help). Also I don't believe Becky will beat Liv for the title, but man am I tired of her reign and the "greatest of aaaaaaaaaaaaaall time" shtick. The Street Fight was fun. But why oh why does Oba get dragged into the Vision vortex now? And why isn't Chad Gable there? Looks like a few more months of "meh" programming ahead.

Machinepanda

big cass returning felt very flat without enzo feel it was a missed opportunity to start to try revive a completely dead tag division while another division felt like it was revived on this show the women's world title scene on raw has needed to get going again about time -just subbed to the patreon for the first time newer fan love all the work the the wrestletalk crew do

Andy R

Really enjoyed Raw this week. Particularly enjoyed Bron V Oba tease BUT! they really should have made Bron look like a bigger threat if this was a plan

Wahab Fares

Roman saying Knight hasn’t won a tournament to earn an opportunity at his title a day after defending his title against Seth, who lost in the first round of a tournament I think it shows how badly they’ve handled Bron that an Oba program feels like a downgrade for Oba. Personally would’ve gone Oba vs Fatu/bloodline and Oba beats them before his Roman match….in 2036

Jack McEwen-Quy

What's next for Oba? It ain't a title match that's for sure. Now if this turns into a young guard(Oba, Bron etc) vs old guard (Punk, Cody, Rollins Reigns etc) at wargames then maybe it'll be worth it but we can't keep plugging he has a title match in the mean time.

Joe Manns

I haven’t said this in a while about RAW, but that women’s segment was fantastic! A Becky face turn is exactly what her character needed after elevating the IC title and she was becoming slightly stale and now Stephanie is back, it feels like the women’s main event scene is good again!

Jack Ellitson

Whey we’ve got a women’s division again 😅 Also it should be Oba not Knight

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

Ya know those weeks in My GM mode where you've blown off all your level 4 grivalries on the previous week and now you gotta set up 4 new top grivalries back to back to back? Yeah that was Raw tonight. Which I find strange. Cause didn't Summerslam use to be a show to set up a bunch of top stories rather then just end them?

Darren Lloyd

Oba vs Bron would have been a great feud after mania, now it’s just Busy work for the King of the Ring winner, by the way I don’t think they ever mentioned he has a title shot on commentary. They are trying hard to raise Bron back up after the months of directionless damage, a stare down and killing Hendry isn’t erasing the last few months that fast

Tom Storrie

I feel very conflicted about raw this week. I thought the show was good, they did a lot of very interesting angles that I would of been very interested in seeing.... 3 years ago when wwe didn't ruin everything

Cory Graham

I overall enjoyed it. Personally I hope they go into Obs getting everything that Bron was supposed to get with Brock Lesnar.

Brent

Actually a good quality Raw this week. I can't wait for a tournament so LA Knight can be the number 1 contender to Roman's title. I really did love LA Knight's promo. Speaking of excellent promos, The Man has made her return to challenge for Liv's title. Looks like they are keeping Becky as a tweener which I don't mind since Vaquer also made her return. The Raw's Women Division needed some bodies and star power and got them. Oba's promo was a lot of nothing but at least it lit a fire under Bron. I wish he didn't squashed Joe Hendry in the process but it looks like Bron might be looking to split away from the Vision and rejoin up with Heyman. When Bron and Heyman were talking backstage, I noticed Lyra and Pierce were in the background talking about something. I really hope it's about her going to Smackdown since there's nothing for her on Raw. I was hoping for good things for Lyra after the match against Bayley but WWE stall her as usual. Royce Keys took a beating to the point where he was spitting out blood from his mouth. A while back, Roman said that he went away and was hoping someone would step up while he was gone but discovers no one did. Tonight he was kinda saying the same thing. With HHH's comments about talent not working hard enough to get the top spots, I wonder if Roman is being HHH's mouthpiece telling everyone that you aren't good enough now. Who is hoping for Roman vs Dom for Triple Mania?

Kevin Simpson

Was overall a good Raw, most segments ad matches where good ad moved or started storyline along, the L.A Knight/Roman stuff is a filler feud bt i don't want to see it, what brought it down for me was the crowd who where mostly dead for a good Raw, last point Roman In AAA, didn't see that coming bt see what comes from that

Josh F

After tonight with Oba not staking a claim to a top title I’m convinced I know WWE path to get him to WrestleMania. Oba wins MITB, cashes in but blood line or breaker costs him the match. Then Oba win rumble To Beat Roman at WM. Thus having Oba be the first person even to win King of the ring , MITB and RR in his first year.

BenNeviz93

Overall a good episode. I enjoyed Roman and LA and I'm very happy to see LA back in the main event picture. Stephanie's back so we can get going with that. Looking forward to see what happens with Oba. End sequence showing the Bloodline back to their ruthless selves and interested to see what Rey and Roman talking leads to. A breath of fresh air after recent weeks I think

stephen costa

It was good. Big cass attacking je'von wasnt expected. A fued between becky liv and Stephanie sounds good. Yes I know it was Stephanie and liv before. But im a fan of it and having becky involved makes it more interesting, bron staring at the entrance I thought was a little silly, okay he initially started staring at oba... but then oba left leaving brob staring at what??? Little silly. Was expecting to see a IC open challenge but seems like we are getting AAA for the IC picture. LA Knight ( Yeah!!) Involved with roman seems okay. But im hoping big cass will have a some involvement with roman

Sam Harris

I kind of hate myself. I know that things won't go anywhere, I know that Liv Vs Stephanie will go on and on with not much content, I don't see why Bron Vs Oba has to be lengthened out so much and why we have to bury Joe Hendry to do it...but watching the show my brain just loves to see it and gets excited at the possibility of everything. Also LA Knight was great...he has that DAWG in him, keep it up.

Patrick Kanieski

Not a bad episode. I actually didn’t mind the big cass debut. The guy looks like a monster size bulging out of his head and by the end of the segment do you think now that Paul Heyman does not have a client he may go with Big Cass. He could use a mouth piece that isn’t Enzo

Patrick Kanieski

Do you think Roman reigns will pop up on the AAA show that goes against all in?

Ben Craven

One of the best WWE shows in ages, setting up stories all over the show with great matches and good promos to go with it.

Brent

They show LA Knight leaving the arena. But Solo should have done something I agree.

Lawrence

Stephanie: I made spaghetti for dinner. Triple H: I'll reheat that tomorrow for dinner. Can reheat the curry from yesterday for dinner. Assuming that's how Triple H eats dinner based on his booking.

GRAVY

Roman Reigns working Triple A will certainly be interesting. I hope its a match with El Grande but it's probably something with Penta even though he's consistently on the Main Roster.

Daniel Frost

So on their second biggest show on the calendar you have a random short 6 man tag with zero build and zero stakes, filled with Gears of War advertising which gets no one over except Solo “Pew Pew” Sikoa (who has arguably gotten himself over). Then on the following night on a Raw you take two of those wrestlers, give them time and tell a story of how Jacob has to take out his “long time best friend” to prove himself to his tribal chief and does so in devastating fashion whilst also getting over Royce Keys as a big deal… How was this not a match on Summerslam?! Make it make sense!

Daniel Kennedy

As much as I can be happy for LA Knight, this isn't his story. Roman is going through and beating all the people he couldn't beat/couldn't beat without help.

Michael Trayner

A much better show than I was expecting. I'm excited for Oba vs Bron the tease for becky vs stephanie, and the little twists in the blood line story. Actually makes me want to turn in next week to see what's going to happen.

JJ Bittenbinder

WHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IS OBA FEMI STILL NOT GOING FOR THE TITLE?! LA KNIGHT? SERIOUSLY? TOTAL MIDCARDER, FOREVER THE BRIDESMAID NEVER THE BRIDE, LA KNIGHT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! THIS FREAKING COMPANY, JUST PULL THE TRIGGER ALREADY GODDAMNIT

Rhine Kemplin

I like how Big Cass basically said, "Nothing personal Javon, I'm just a giant and you're a cruiser"

“Big” Willy D

Truth be told, Mania and Summerslam both ended with the best match of the weekend. After years of terrible main events aiming for casual fans, Old Man v. Roman and Roman v Seth both felt like a big deal. Earned false finishes, no obvious conclusion…good stuff.