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WWE Raw - Your Thoughts (Patreon)

Published:
2026-08-18 03:00:03
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2026-08

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LUKE: The best ones will be read out on the WrestleTalk Podcast

Comments

Brent

Another decent episode of Raw. For once the show opened up with the women instead of Bloodline, the Vision, or any other man. Chad vs Rey was great. I thought for a second that Rey was about to win but Chad retains which is the correct decision. That Bloodline segment had its moments. Both Jey and Jimmy have leveled up to comical lackeys of Roman. Jacob is super conflicted about everything. LA Knight finally decided to help Solo when the previous 2 weeks, he didn't help Solo or Royce. Solo still confirming that the PEW PEW is the best thing ever. That video package was awful. Also I'm pretty sure this confirms Roman is a heel but he still will get his chants because WWE crowds are mere sheep.

Chris deaton

Monday night background noise was pretty good tonight

Bob

Evening gents. Cutscene time, onto Age of Ultron podcast. I can’t help but think Whedon is Marvel HHH, high spots just for a pop with no true payoff or buildup to earn the pop. Do you think we could ever get an episode of cutscene that has questions from the Patreon, maybe before DD( no not DareDevil haha). And Solo to the moon

James H.

"Oh, what a crowd." Seriously though. Great job Buffalo. They were even in to the Sol/Lyra match.

Mohammed Albanai

I just wanted to say thank you to Oli for pronouncing my last name correctly. I know foreign names can be hard and I appreciate the effort.

Wheels

Is it just me or was the bloodline segment was especially predictable? As soon as the action started I was able to call it spot by spot

Moses

I felt Raw was a mixed bag - Really enjoyed Lyra/Sol and Rey/Chad. However doesn’t Michael Cole screaming “the balls on Solo Sikoa” for attacking Roman feel a bit redundant when literally every member of the bloodline has turned on Roman and (as seen tonight) the reward for attacking Roman is to eventually end up back in his faction with Black Ula Fala’s. Ps interesting that in the recap package of Roman/Solo from the Netflix debut there was no mention of The Rock.

FlacoBoyDom

i have been watching this channel since they very early days when it was just Oli on screen , then later came Luke and then Lauri & etc i finally pulled the trigger in patreon and i’m glad i did . i’ll never forget i started watching for broken hardy updates and rumors of them joining back to wwe as jeff hardy was my superhero growing up and i just stayed listening to you guys . i was about 16 then & i am 25 now with a family lol but anyways this weeks raw was good same story different week , decent episode overall , really into bron vs oba , the bloodline segment i actually really liked i agreed with oil and felt like solo and LA needed more time together and possibly a little tag run before solo does the inevitable turn so no complaints from me there . im happy javon is racking singles wins on tv every week , however raw overall is just not touching smackdown at the moment . have a great day lads my first message on patreon so sorry for the long message !

Jag

I think Paul Heyman summed up how WWE is run now perfectly. Its not for the fans, its all for the shareholders. Solo continues to be a bright spot in another bloodline drama before they creatively bury him like all those who organically get over. Pew Pew. Oba vs bron is gonna be good. But i reckon they doing a contract signing next week so that HHH can stick his big nose in it. And we actually got a decent match with rey n chad.

Wahab Fares

I’m enjoying Oba/Bron but I think this would’ve been a perfect story if Oba won the title at SummerSlam. Bron’s jealousy over everyone calling Oba the future would make so much more sense if Oba had actually beaten him to the world title and given Bron a real reason to feel like he was being left behind. At the moment, it’s all because Oba beat a guy he already beat in five minutes at Mania and won a tournament that now feels completely meaningless Also what was the point of the Solo segment? He was forced to be there because he lost the match, and we already knew he was against the Bloodline before the segment. It was a cool moment, but nothing actually changed because of it. They’ll probably do something around Fatu not helping Roman, but Roman literally told him not to help

Matthew Brinck

Been watching Wrestletalk for 6 years but this is my first chat!!! Loved the Sol Lyra match and I’m cautiously optimistic about the Oba Bron SNME match!!! P.S. thank you both for all the years of entertainment, seriously don’t know where I’d be without my wrestling family from across the pond!!!!!

Acon22

I believe this was a 5/5 show from start to finish. I loved all the Luchador matches. The Gable and Mysterio match was a banger. I also really liked JD versus Evans. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I also really liked the Big Cass and Javon Evans segment maybe because I am an early 2000s kid and saw a lot of Rey Mysterio going up against these giants, but that segment gave me a lot of nostalgia. And the main event segment was probably the best bloodline segment since WrestleMania 40! I think we can all agree that the bloodline is a full-on heel act, right? Also, have a question. I’m getting married on New Year’s Eve, and I know you both are married. Also, congrats, Mr. Oil Davis! But if you had a pick-5 groomsmen, but they’re wrestlers, who would they be and who is your guy’s best man? BM- Stone Cold GM- Taker, Orton, Hangman, and JBL Love your work JAM THAT JAM

Lily Petal

Rey "I am 51 Years Old, Can You Do This" Mysterio and Chad "Give Me Room To Work I Will Show You What You Have Been Ignoring" Gable! Where has this match been for the past 13 f*cking bloody damn years of my life????

Don

Decent show. Happy for Sol Ruca to get a win, but Lyra has fallen into the abyss of obscurity since she turned heel. It's absolutely annoying that creative can't pivot for anyone, in this case waiting for Bayley's decision regarding her future before giving Lyra, or anyone, something to do. If WWE is the Premier League, then creative is making AAA look like at best the EFL League One as those wrestlers aren't able to compete with main roster. Also feels like creative is speed running The Bloodline's greatest hits with Solo and LA Knight being this version's Sami Zayn/KO. Solo was associated with Roman, but betrayed them when he was supposed to attack his friend. Jacob is also playing the part of Jey by wanting out. It's too soon for nostalgia. I'm done with that story already 3/5

Daniel Kennedy

What was the point of that Solo vs Jey match last week if Solo could just...say no?

Blake Whitehouse

Jacked Bronson Reed returning is going to hit like crack, but I worry that his jackedness is going to overshadow Bron Breakker

Raymond Mc Mahon

Enjoyed Raw, the build to an inevitable Triple Threat for Liv's belt was good and Solo staying face was the right choice despite how predictable it was but the Jacob Roman stuff off the back of it could have potential and of course Oba and Bron are the highlight can't wait to see Trips at the contract signing next week

Sam

A good episode of Raw. I thought that most of the matches were pretty good and loved Rey vs. Chad. The closing angle was great, and Solo has that dawg in him.

Finn

Thought this was another 3 out of 5 show. Matches were mostly decent with Sol Lyra and Gable Rey being pretty good but thought Lyra definitely should have won to try give her some momentum considering this was somehow her first match since beating bayley a month ago. Super excited for Oba Breakker and it might actually get more than 8 minutes being on SNME instead of an actual PPV

Figment

Show was decent. The "Bring back Rodney Mack" sign made me laugh. The Bloodline stuff is so boring at this point. I legit just don't care about Roman or the Usos. Solo has stepped up to be one of the funniest people on the show, and his interactions with the Usos is even funnier when you remember it's basically brothers trying to make each other laugh.

David Daul

Pretty good episode this week...Oba got me with his Bron impression! Solid Rey/Gable match, Bloodline segment was predictable but decent enough. Interesting they are doing Oba vs Bron so soon....unfortunately I sense a screwy finish on the first match

James H.

The Oba/Bronn build is very exciting, but there is no way that match gets a clean finish. Also, if Oba does still have the title shot (and who knows at this point), and doesn't use it until Mania, what does that mean for Elimination Chamber? Oba goes for one title and the Rumble winner goes for the other. And petition to change the name of the belts to the "Big W" and "little w."

Gavin Leonard

I really wanna know Dans thoughts considering how much he loves Rey vs Angle at SummerSlam

Gavin Leonard

On the gable v rey match I mean lol

Joe Gleeson

Solo Sikoa has been so fun to watch for weeks but I have Bloodline fatigue. It's more "are you with us or against us" type stuff that's been going on for years. Regardless of how good it is, I really just feel like I'm over all of it now

DennyDorko

I'm 85% sure most of the WWE writers have been replaced by A.I. Maybe that's why we barely see them on "Unreal."

James Paine

The Main Event for WrestleMania 43 Night 2 continues to take shape. The Bloodline Vortex vs. The Judgment Day Vortex. God help us all….. Solo Sikoa though. Pew!

GRAVY

There's an alternate timeline where Solo hit Roman with the Shield Chair and I'm thankful we don't live in it.

CDE

Tonight was basically a really long advert for AAA, thankfully AAA is really good right now so it was an excellent advert, the rey gable match being the highlight. The tournament being very predictable is a shame, but the matches have been decent enough. Solo is a star, but the bloodline feels like it is rinse and repeat to ever diminishing returns.

Brandon

Bron is gonna win either the Rumble or EC and it will be a triple threat for the title

Brandon

good enough Raw. its very funny to me that Heyman spent a minute talking about how Bron vs Oba needs to be a big match only to announce it will be on a D level PLE though its not gonna end clean and will likely lead to bronsons return (did you SEE how ripped he was now? holy SHIT). rest of the show was good too, despite the wrong winner I thought Lyra and Sol put on a great match. Je'von was excellent as always and I am glad we are finally truly enforcing the "refuses to stay down against the big guy"part of his NXT character. the tournament of roman losers had an great match with Wagner 3 and Lee (though I wish roman had any interest in it) and the main event between Chad and Rey was electrifying, I genuinely thought Rey was gonna win a few times there and I loved that rey is immune to Ankle Locks thanks to Kurt. so yeah, a good episode of wrestling. don't know why Netflix autoplayed a boring soap opera afterwards though, really deflated me.

Sean Steez

How many times can we say “they’re just dialing it” before we accept that there’s little incentive to watch the weekly show? I’ll start with the three high-ish points: 1.) Lyra and Sol put on a more than solid match. They had good chemistry and both wrestled to their roles as face/heel. I especially liked Lyra’s style. If this leads to a triple threat for the IC title, I’m for it. If not? Another wasted heel turn. 2.) We got movement with Oba and Bron. Paul Heyman played his role masterfully, playing both sides. Not openly supporting either. 3.) SOLO WASNT NEUTERED LIKE JACOB. I didn’t think he’d alike Roman, no matter how much I wanted him to, j didn’t think Nose would let solo shine. Now, the biggest issues: 1.) the actual wrestling was strictly MIDDLE mid card and low card. Not a single stat wrestled. That’s getting old. Not to be that “the attitude era was much better” guy, but we would have seen OBA AND BRON wrestle tonight. It doesn’t have to be a 1 on 1, but they’d be on the card. Same with Solo. Why couldn’t we have had him squash someone with that dork Jey barking orders from the corner. Building tension for the Roman face to face ? 2.) why does it feel like Dom pushing Je’von for Cass wasn’t just a heel move? Could the judgment day vortex be looking for their new Damien priest ? Hopefully im overthinking this one. 3.) A COMPLETE LACK OF STARPOWER. Sure, we got the same Roman promo we’ve got for years and the Bron and Oba promo….but where was the marquee match ? Not a single upper mid Carder wrestled. It’s getting old. Bottom line, TKO has shown that they’re not willing to consistently let top talent wrestle on non-PLE events. When we don’t get to see top talent wrestle, why should we care about the product at all?

Daniel James Baker

Good opening from Steph and Becky, continuing to eat that up. Solo getting paraded in the hallway made Jey Uso look like a massive goon, far funnier when solo does it because he actually has charisma, was nice to see LA shut them up for solo. Je'von's whimpering little "that all you got big cass?" Felt like listening to a crying nerd being bullied in a school playground, Dom aiding big cass = New JD member? (Hope not, group needs to disintegrate at this point not disband). But what's this? Adds? On my netflix? At least they were skippable, but I felt vomit in my mouth seeing them, not like TKO or netflix at this point will care. Rey Fenix was fine but the match felt like watching the recent Monday night war booking of a jobber for the night, was Triple H and Rey Mysterio blindfolded? Lyra's promos feel like they're getting better but maybe it's her look that's selling it more? Her 'heel' entrance music is growing on me a bit admittedly, enjoyed the match more than the previous for sure, but it did feel like the crowd was a bit silent for points. Jey continuing to look like the biggest knob thinking he has Solo (spoilers, he doesn't) bro is just huffing straight copium like he's huffing from his own shitty entrance. Blimey did it get hot in here? I suddenly felt awake for the fact that Bron and Iba is continuing to be pushed and done well via ignoring the visions presence (thank you Paul) it does feel a little bit like Paul is setting Bron up to fail, overall great promo, he looked so stunned to see Paul shake obas hand haha. Very much felt the you've still got it chants for rey vs gable, great match on the show. The crowd turning to support solo after the package Roman had was brilliant and hilarious seeing how stunned Roman was, idiots thought they were humiliating solo, the bloodline just looked like massive goons. Proof that delivering someone and joining someone aren't the same thing JEY fuckin doofus

Peter Siddorn

I just can't get excited about Oba and Bron because it just feels like WWE is doing it while pointing at Netflix saying, "See we are using Unreal to do storylines, We promise!"

Brett A

Oba femi doing the bron breakker impression makes me wonder...is oba femi just doing a voice for his character. I just assumed he had an accent

RedHood93

I'm coming around to Oba/Bron. I really need Bron to leave the vision though. Chad and Rey stole the show. And while I'm happy Solo didn't rejoin the Bloodline, I really am at a point where much like the judgement Day I just want them to end this story and stable

Jamie Brown

So my question is a long one but go with me. Firstly Raw is mostly mid, some good weeks. Smackdown however has been awesome since it went to 2 hours. The roster is stacked and it looks like more are on the way. I was happy to see Corbin return, if booked right the first time he could have been a star. Second time lucky was my hope and when he won the US title I thought we were cooking, but my question is this. WHY THE F*** IS HE STILL CARRYING A FLUFFY TITLE!!!!! His tron and music say “I cause the pain” however the visuals of him with a fluffy belt scream hells angel soft play centre. He is called the nomad and with that belt I see why as the only home he would be welcome to live is a pillow factory or perhaps with the person who makes hats for Jamiroquai. Rant over, Jam that Jam

Andrew H

Im glad la knight didn't go out there just to look weak which I feared was a possibility before solo spiked Roman.

JJ Bittenbinder

The main even scene on Raw is BAD. It's Roman and...uhm, I guess total midcarder LA Knight and that's it. Oba won't be allowed until Mania. Smackdown has Punk, Orton, Owens, Rhodes, Zayn & Gunther. Bunch of stuff that can overlap too. Meanwhile Raw is treading water with a totally played out Bloodline story.

James Markin

6 years since Roman's heel turn and we are STILL doing this 20 minute BL stuff instead of pushing new talent. It's getting ridiculous when you start making the nWo look like a 3 week push.

king.j

im begging you guys, please give at least 5 minutes of the episode to talk about smackdown !!

NerfPablo

As a younger brother myself, I absolutely love Solo and how he acts with the Usos. He made me look forward towards another inning of the bloodline saga, so props to him. The tag titles mean nothing so why not put them on Solo and LA Knight, yeah!

Findlay

cinema unfortunately (caveat: i only watched the bloodline segment via Instagram reels as Raw is intended to be watched)

Chris Jones

Did WWE really do a video package in the middle of an active segment last night just to show the beef between Roman and Solo?

Harry Burke

I know we criticise WWE a lot for being a "moments" promotion, but the moments where Solo Sikoa is being a bit of a goofy but endearing knobhead will always get a pop from me. Stopping mid beatdown on his brother to take the piss out of that brother is, as Oli Davies would say, Cinema.

Jack McEwen-Quy

Triple H booking a Lucha Libre Tournament at the same time as Lucha Underground is released on Amazon Prime UK. WWE's counter programming truly knows no bounds.

Pogo is here

Raw was fine there was nothing that really stood out to me as great but nothing made me mad other then ray vs chad being great and oba vs born was great. Can't wait for born to murder paul i for see it. TBH i just want to talk about the G1 final. Match of the year IDK if anything is on the lavel of Owia vs yuya. it was just aarmdrags and headlocks but 5 stars.

Ryan Firth

I love to see Roman putting over younger tallent... YEAH! Im happy with the bloodline development tonight (wich i never thought i would say) Excited to see Jacobs next move. Chad and Rey had a great fun match. "We finaly got story for the great talent that is J'evon! Oh... its getting squached by big Cass... yay?" Lyras is also finaly back after her big win againts her former mentor! Hopefully this loss isnt the start of a JUDGEMENT DAY VORTEX WOOOOWWWW! (storm noises) for her as well. The build to Oba vs Breaker is very exiting! Oh hey look! The penta loosing to Roman pre shows! Cool! All in all prety fun. Is this the first raw to have 3 lucha vs lucha matches in one night? Ill catch ya on turbo!

Rhine Kemplin

Was just thinking about Dom. Do you think HHH crapped all over his Momentum and career just because Rey Mysterio couldn't have his retirement match against Gunther at Wrestlemania? I wouldn't put it passed him!

Rory Swaine

Call me cynical but I feel like WWE/TKO are trying really hard to recreate the Sami Face turn from Royal Rumble 2023 with the Solo face turn bc they saw it work then so it must work now but I fear they’ll have a match and Solo will lose and fall back in line and we’re back to square one again

Jack McEwen-Quy

Not sure how I feel about Solo Sikoa drawing a deadly weapon during this episode of Raw. Maybe that segment was made for the true sickos.

Nathan Lopez

Main Event Solo Sikoa let’s go! Also off topic but I highly recommend the G1 final from Saturday. A genuinely beautiful match and one of the best examples of training your audience over a period of time to get a move over. Oiwa had sumo hall going nuts every time he even attempted one of his headlocks. Top 3 match of the year. New Japan have themselves a really good butch of young talent to carry them for many years .

jasong316

Anyone else keep getting adverts during WWE whilst being on the ad free tier of Netflix, it's happened to me with NXT, Smackdown, and now Raw.

Slinky with a Cup of Coffee

I think I’m at the age where people just fall out of love with wwe product as a whole: not just because TKO sucks but because we have come off the boom period — it’s a wild thing to say that I honestly say I would rather watch 2009-1018 raw because it was so insanely dumb that it almost made up for itself. The circle repeats itself and thank god their is a second company to watch to fill the void of bad wwe content

Chris

I enjoyed the sol and lyra match itself, but it feels like the new lyra character has really stalled before it ever got started. It was, what, a month before her next match after the turn and she just loses clean? Hopefully they have something planned but I just have so little faith in wwe creative these days

Sedin Magic15

I'm just gonna say it....the main event segment was possibly the best segment of 2026 so far. The bloodline really needed some comeupance. The only thing missing was Jakub turning on them and siding with LA and Solo, which I really thought was about to happen. My only question is, what match at Sunday night's main event is this leading to?

Homerstar

Why can’t Netflix decide if it wants to skip ads or leave them in. It’s so inconsistent and it really does hurt the viewing experience.

Florian Groß

I am quite tired of the endless Bloodline saga by now, Oba/Bron would have felt bigger had Oba won the title at SummerSlam and I just hope that the Liv/Becky/Stephanie story can move beyond beatdowns and staredowns quickly from now on. And still, this was a fun episode - most fun I have had in a long while with a main roster WWE show - with a really good main event segment, fun tournament matches and a great IC title match. Overall not perfect, but way more entertaining to me than the last few weeks.

Dean Brereton

The Bloodline segment was essentially the Sami Uso/KO one from the rumble wasn't it? worked well and crowd were popping for Knight, unfortunately the build has been about 3 weeks, so the impact was good not great. Rest of show was alright, decent enough just feels like we are plate spinning with alot of wrestlers.

ItalianJosh

That's it. Solo Sikoa is my Stone Cold.

stephen costa

No no no no. Netflix raw doesnt have adverts why we starting that. I want byron.... apart from that yea pretty decent. Curious what will happen with jacob fatu.... oh wait you know its building up to a war games match.. roman loves a wargames. And ill guess zilla fatu being too recent in nxt wont be apart. So who do you think the teams are

Shae

That Heyman line was a chef's kiss of a line. Just openly admit we don't give a damn about the fans its about their investors as we head to AAA trying to get a network deal. Solid episode, Great crowd with very weird pacing. The bloodline segment was actually Good; Jacob not being acknowledged then sitting back was great. Bron was best actor of the night. Chad vs Rey was motn. HOWEVER wtf is Code Raw? Where did Jevon and JD spawn out of nowhere from😂? AND Are we just ignoring the fact that we have been directly told that we are being ignored?

L3 Productions

The bron and oba back and forth was quite cool but hayman's promo was bad Public traded company blah blah blah Shareholders blah blah blah people are still learning blah blah blah. I actively rolled my eyes The bloodline segment was copy and paste of what we have seen before. No one is getting anything out of it really Jacob looks newered the usos look like chumps Roman is basically heel They didn't need solo anywhere near this he's better away from this He should have just won last week.

Sam Fonseca

The Solo/bloodline segement was great! But I felt like I had seen it before… oh wait, I have seen the exact thing with Sami Zayn 2 years ago. What is the point of rehashing the exact same story just with different characters? It feels lazy and uninspiring, as much as things like Jey Uso’s title run didn’t work out, at least they tried something new…

cc

People will say things like "Best Bloodline segment in years", and it definitely was a good segment tonight. The issue is, the hit rate for a good Bloodline segment is so insanely low. Realistically, we need to remember that it seems like only one in 20 Bloodline segments are actually good, while the rest are just meandering, wheel spinning that leads nowhere. 1 in 20 are terrible, terrible odds.

Fin Brennan

Seems like they are trying old tricks to get some reactions with all the new bloodline stuff. You could say they are…running it back

Jimic

I know Oli introduced a rating system for the amount of wrestling on PLE shows, but by any chance can we have a rating system for how annoying Michael Cole can be? I'm thinking the scale can be from "Mild nuisance" to "Unbearable agony". I definitely feel like we've had to deal with a worse version of Michael Cole for a while now. Cool to see Lyra wrestling again but as someone from the UK, today was the first time I got shown ads on the replay show, even though I'm on the 'ad-free' plan for Netflix. I feel like this change is only going to push people away in the long-term but I guess the line has to go up for the shareholders......

Kevin Fleuriot

If we needed anymore proof that the Bloodline, they introduced their video package. Full heel turn confirmed.

Benn Waller

do we know what’s going on with WWE shows on Netflix? I pay for the ad free version but not getting ads. had them on Smackdown & now Raw.

Shirpee

Petition to change the name of the Somoan Spike to the Somoan Pew Pew, I’d buy that t shirt

Callum Harris

Got another advert on ad free Netflix (I got one last week too) This episode of AAA wasn’t too bad, bit strange that there was a bloodline segment at the end

Vikrish-Ingi

I wouldn't say WWE is hot right now but someone has been to the petrol station and bought some fuel and a lighter at least. First time in a long time I can say I've really enjoyed smackdown and raw back to back . Am very confused why lyra has had all the vid packages on top of the heel turn to lose but Sol losing would also make no sense seemed like a bad at booking and not caring moment . Great match though. Have to say Bron and Jacobs character work was brilliant this week . Solo , LA , Oba, heyman , Becky and Stephanie were all excellent Enjoyed ever match such a welcome surprise .

FJC Racing

Late to the party but I LOVED the Rey/Chad match. Yes I’m a Rey mark and watching him do anything is amazing to me, but it really gripped me even though I knew there was no way Rey was winning, it was an excellent moment in a slightly average RAW

Brent

The ads are primarily on the live version and when it's immediately on VOD. It takes a day or two to remove the ads.

“Burly” Rob Burwell

Rey Mysterio is a mythical creature and he’ll forever be my favorite wrestler! Still can f’ing go in his 50s

FJC Racing

Now I’ve had chance to stew on it it was not an average raw, it was good. I was just tired

KFizzle4

If Solo is gonna be a babyface now, how is Drew gonna join his team for War Games?

KidCutty

🔥 🔥 🔥

Benn Waller

I usually watch the morning after & until Friday hadn’t had any other than the usual WWE stuff you can skip. these are like 4OD or ITVX with the ad 1 of 3 unskipable ads

Isaac Glover

My favorite part of Raw recently is when Roman comes out and I have 15 minutes to look at my phone before I miss anything