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Godzilladreamer

Tonight was Triple H's chance to show if he was Man or Mouse. All I can say after that main event is he's a mouse.

Wheels

Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed the matches tonight. But watching a show like this where I feel each match was given the time to tell a story or further a story kinda annoys me because it shows that WWE is able to give matches enough time, but they decide not to because that’s means more room for sponsorships

Brent

Even though there was some great matches between Dragon Lee and Gable along with Penta and Roman, the Mexican/AAA talent weren't allowed to get over. You had the Judgment Day cause a DQ and then beat down the current AAA Mega Champion along with Vaquer. Both Dragon Lee and Penta were strong in defeat but one of them needed to win for the Mexico City crowd. But the most frustrating part is that Roman Reigns showed off what he can do for TV but doesn't want to wrestle on TV unless it's something really special. He was selling his right arm so well and even took 2 Mexican Destroyers. I'm not the biggest fan of Roman but I can't deny that he's talented in the ring. It's stuff like that is why I can see a great WWE product that can exist but the booking wants to be awful and boring all the time. Jacob Fatu must plays DnD since he knows the first rule of adventuring: DON'T SPLIT UP THE PARTY. I'll leave with a recommendation. I watched both nights of Triplemania 34 and if there's one match you must watch, it's the Fatal 4 Way for the AAA Cruiserweight Championship between Rey Fenix, Jack Cartwheel, Nathan Frasier, and Mini-Vikingo (he's a normal sized wrestler, don't let the Mini name fool you). It's the best match of the entire show and Mini-Vikingo is going to be a generational talent and he's only 18. He can out air Je'Von Evans.

Chris deaton

Monday night background noise was great tonight. I’d love to see penta/roman run it back. Dragon Lee and Chad too. And looks like the beginning of Rey v Dom one more time. Shame that Jesus Christ himself came to watch penta win the world titlebut leaving disappointed. 8/10

Jshawn Johnson

The wrestling was good to great but I couldn’t get past the reason for this title shot . Penta is Mexican so we’re gonna give you a title shot .

Edward Economous

Will Oli Davis burp in tonights review? Stay tuned to find out😅😅😅

Nick Kowal

Really fun show...so nobody in the entire world cares about Ethan Page apparently, same reaction in America and Mexico. I wish Penta won, but great match, never thought I would see Roman eat the destroyer. 4.5 out of 5

call me mark davis the way i close my eyes and FUK

Hot take: Roman winning is one of the worst decisions of the year. You can completely justify a short Penta reign while Roman deals with the 946. The crowd was red-hot and this could have put WWE in the right direction. But instead we are getting reheated nachos until Mania

Roy Wickiser

Never did I think I'd see Roman vs. Penta. I'm grateful that they're giving the luchadores a chance to shine. Also, what the heck is up with Big Cass? It's almost like he's missing something, or someone? Hmmm..

Sebastian Garcia

You just can't trust Triple H to make the interesting choice anymore :(

oldsaucebauce

can we add Penta to the Smackdown Main Event? He showed he's a main eventer and Penta v. any of Punk/Sammy/Gunther and especially KO would be incredible. Honestly best Raw in a while, what a crowd. bummer basically all the hometown heroes lost but still an absolute blast.

Ben

Pardon my language but fuck you wwe. I don’t watch weekly, I enjoy listening to you guys each week instead but I decided to watch the commercial I mean match between penta and Roman. At no point did I think penta was going to win and Roman selling the sacrifice for like 2 moves then magically being able to punch and throw penta with his right arm was just the cherry on top of the cake. If you can give Stephanie vaquer a title win on a house show then you can give penta one as well. Roman will beat la knight and keep it until wrestlemania where he “may” lose to oba but remember he’s like 21 in their eyes he’s got time!

ManeyThePenguin

Wwe could have really shocked more people here and put a cherry on top for the whole weekend with a penta win tonight but instead they decided to throw that cake into the trash because Lol Roman wins

Graff

They had a chance to do something special tonight. But they choose the boring option. Don’t get me wrong it was a good match but I’m just over Roman. But honestly I blame myself for getting excited. It’s July 5th all over again 💔

Frank PerezIII

1st time commenting on patreon just gotta say love all your work fellas for many years. For me its Rare WWE gives you a great feeling ill say it has a lot to do to the Mexican crowed they killed it. We all Know Roman wasnt losing but that 2nd Mexican destroyer got me. Great match! WWE needs to see Penta as a main event player! Like you fellas use to say IT SHOULD BE PENTA!

Sedin Magic15

I thought this week's episode was really good! Even had a bit of a PLE feel to it! I was pissed off at the lame DQ finish of the opening match. All that crowd wanted was to see Stephanie and El Grande Americano win, and WWE couldn't even give them that. I'm sorry but I don't think Dom taking another pin, at this point, is going make hus year any worse than it already is. 4/5 show for me!

CDE

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Don

Great show tonight. The biggest issue I have right now is how WWE can put on shows like this, but for one reason or another opt not to. Annoyed at the opening match ending and shows how much they respect the AAA brand. Hopefully Penta and Dragon start getting bigger pushes than they have, but Dom is proof of the opposite. He went from having nuclear heat to being a glorified enhancement talent. Also guess this means Roman won't be around until Survivor Series starts being set up. Finally, I guess Big Cass can only stack bodies 2 high. At least Turbo has the real killers with their 50 match win streaks

Jaws 24

Best Raw of the year. I know everyone is going to hate Roman winning, but the match was still awesome. I love Roman is winning his matches alone not with bloodline run in. Sidenote sorry Oli, but the crowds were great

Dominic Walls

I think Bayley is going to lose the feud to Lyra, by the end of the year she'll sign with AEW and fight Mercedes Móne at Double Or Nothing. Lyra could go back to fighting for the intercontinental champion hopefully with this new edge.

Apesh 07

Hello. Penta and Roman had a really good match, so much so, it has given me hope to think maybe WWE will finally put Penta in the Upper Mid Card, fueding with guys like McIntyre & Gunther, if the guys in the back saw the reaction Penta was getting for those near falls this can finally pull him out of the IC title scene and into the bigger World title picture. My only problem is that the man has to have a good enough story put him on the same level. I think penta has the charisma to get the crowd behind him as the big Lucha Babyface WWE always strived for. But then again, there is always the thought in the back of my head, it’s WWE, so let’s wait and see.

AZIZ

There were two title changes this past weekend. Stop crying

Blake Whitehouse

I think Chad Gable should have a lengthy banger of a match each week

AZIZ

An all timer PLE-level RAW. you guys better delay that enshittification video for a week when WWE sucks because since Friday they’ve been firing on all cylinders.

Bob

Great show in isolation, but am I the only getting extremely tired of Joe Tess’s commentary? Also just got my doomsday/dune tickets! hoping for a quick cutscene predictions right before Doomsday releases. Have a good one gents!

AZIZ

Ahhh so Sami being a 2X champ wasn’t interesting enough for you? lol

Lily Petal

Drew lost in Scotland "cough Wales", Sami lost in Canada, and now Penta lost in Mexico. What's next? Shinsuke loses in Japan, Gunther loses in Austria, and Bronson loses in Australia? Let's really round it out and Finn can lose again in Ireland "cough Northern" but this time against Roman. I hate being this negative because it was the best RAW in ages but DAMNIT!!

Godzilladreamer

I wouldn't have hurt them to give Pemta a 2 month title reign. I think it's fine to wish that they did something surprising and fresh instead of taking the safe route.

Mr. Grimes

I find it a bit funny that you guys review the third best show WWE puts on. Monday Night Raw just doesn't seem to have much going on for it The second being Smackdown, which has a great WWE Championship scene right now (despite it's flaws elsewhere on the card) and atleast it trying to have some interesting hooks And the best show, obviously being Turbo. Bayley vs Blake Monroe was one of the best 4 star matches I've ever seen, and the Creeds telling a story of their undefeated streak on Turbo while also having it tie into to their NXT return is just phenomenonal story telling. Regardless, Raw was what it normally was, predictable, stagnant, and uninteresting. Your reviews are always awesome though, jam that jam!

James H.

These past couple months featuring luchadores has given us some fantastic matches. I'm going to miss them when WWE goes back to ignoring them. They should have listened to the crowd and gone with a Penta win. At the very least let Dragon Lee take the IC belt.

“Burly” Rob Burwell

What a croooooowd! Seriously Triple H take your balls out of Stephanie’s purse and pull the trigger on doing a title change for someone who the crowd wants and tell Roman to put someone over! That roof would’ve exploded for a Penta win

NerfPablo

¡Triple H chíngate guey! If there ever was a time to SPRINT, it was tonight! The only other wrestler more over than El Grande Americano tonight was Penta, and I think Triple H should have pulled the trigger on him. The crowd was going rabid for Penta and booed Roman to the point where he grabbed the mic mid match, so they can acknowledge him. Still it was a great match, and overall a fantastic episode of Raw.

oak_slaney

This was a much much much improved episode of raw from the last few weeks, however knowing WWE at the moment, raw will go back to delay delay delay again until Oba vs Roman at wrestlemania next year. Smackdown feels fresh and exciting at the moment, and while the matches today were mostly excellent, raw is really suffering with Roman as champion. If you're trying to get Royce Keys or LA Knight over as a real threat to that championship, why are they doing absolutely nothing?

Vectron44

Boneheaded move by WWE. At a time when they were wearing bad press for the New Level and Ilja wouldn't it be a smart idea to maybe give the former AEW worker who never got a fair shake of a singles run during his time there a world title win in his home crowd? Wouldn't that have been a great feel good moment? Roman has become the wet blanket in chief, smothering any fun out of the main event scene of Raw., as opposed to the dynamic scene of SD

mike wolfe

Yes, I know Roman was not loosing but man what a great match. Gable v Dragon was phenomenal and I really loved seeing how emotional both men were afterwards. Overall a very fun night. And I hope you guys watched Triplemania Night 2 because it was fantastic. Maybe talk about it.

JJ Bittenbinder

The Raw men's world title scene is SO BORING. Roman and...who? Freaking total midcarder LA Knight? That's it? Oba won't be till Mania... And you just know Reigns ain't losing the title until then, which is still 7 MONTHS AWAYS. It desperately NEEDS a shot in the arm. What harm would there have been done if Penta won? Give em a 3 week reign, do a triple treat with Roman & LA Knight at MITB, have Roman win it back there. Or screw it, have LA Knight win it & Roman wins it back in November at Survivor Series or December at WrestlePalooza. You can have em be champ again come Mania, what harm would it do? It would certaintly make the next HALF FUCKING YEAR more bearable. Do something exciting for once like Smackdown.

JJ Bittenbinder

That's Smackdown, Raw is BOOOOORING. We're getting another 7 months of Roman till Mania, zzzzzzzzzz just kill me

Ryan Firth

WHAT A SHOW WhAT A CROWD! I told my AEW friends to watch Raw tonight because of the Chad/Lee fight and oh boy where they happy they tuned in! What an absolute classic. I know chads gimmick sucks but man can he wrestle!!! Absolutely loved this Episode! Is RAT (Raw after triplemania) a new thing? After this weekends multiple title changes we get a 2 new champs VS 2 losing champs! I did not expect this at all and it was great! What i did expect was a DQ by the JD vortex! Atleast the whole team was there for once. Evans is always a pleasure and im very happy he won! Big cass actualy did stuff too! The penta and Roman match was very good as well, althought seeing Penta Win in mexico would have been a pop i would have heard here in canada, ofcourse roman had to retain... atleast he got booed to death that made me happy! 4.5 out of 5 PENTA IS A SUPERSTAR

AZIZ

That wasn’t the convo. We’re talking about WWE making interesting choices

Chief The Original

For a second, I thought it was a short episode but I realized it was simply better. Very pleased

Brett A

I am glad they gave the main event an ending which has been the thing for roman match this year. But i really wish they gave us an ending for the Lovers tag match instead of Whats their name standing tall at the end after ruining another match.

bryan tellez

I'm just really happy that there's a AltErnativeW

Scott Adams

I know I’m the not the first person to bring this up, but why do you guys think international crowds tend to be more invested than most US crowds?

Brent

It's basically they actually go to a live show for once. So it's special to them while Americans experienced it all the time.

Kali Roberson

1. Should’ve watched TripleMania 2. Amazing matches! 3. I’m ooooovvvvveeeerrrrr Roman

Brandon

I liked the episode a lot but what was the point of the uso/946 storyline during it. felt like we were setting up for interference with 946 even SAYING they were in Mexico in the building and were gonna cause chaos but then just nothing. were they afraid the crowd would boo the Usos and tell Jey to suck a dick like the live show? what was the point of those filler segments that could have gone to other more relevant stuff like seeing chad and el grande talk backstage before chads match

Daniel James Baker

Here I thought RAW was off to a fun start only to be let down with the interference spot, Judgement day involvement is seriously stale. Je'von in mitb was the best choice of the three but the match felt a bit meh. I thank WWE for giving me a drinks break while they download the next AI upgrade for Chad Gable during his entrance, good match though. Excuse me corey graves, Lola Vice booty bumps and Ample Assets? Somebody needs to calm down. Alright showing for Vice but she'll sit in the mid card, gives a different feud for Raquelle and Sol Ruca. Ethan Page is a nice breath of fresh air, The silence from the crowd at rey being washed up was a laugh. Also, were just no sell a Mexican destroyer so Roman can do a spear, fuck off WWE. The match was good but fml. Here's hoping penta is now in the upper card title matches.

Jag

Great matches. All i can say is what a difference a crowd makes. We knew roman was winning so the should have opened with Americano n Vaquer winning. Not much in terms of progressing any stories but hey not like they do that weekly anyway.

Vikrish-Ingi

So you have to have a club wwe membership to watch title changes now 🤔. Wwes newest shakedown . Guess you need a club wrestletalk membership to see the world championship title change review also 😅

Wahab Fares

For a company that doesn’t really care about wins and losses, they’re sure terrified of people losing on TV. Not letting your new champions Stephanie and El Grande win is absurd, so lame Hot take: Roman should’ve never won a world title after mania 40

DustyMill

While Penta and Roman or 'what a crowd' I want to bring attention to the fact that for some reason Austin Theory's back looked kind of green for some reason. I'm not sure if it was his gear and the camera lens or what but I spent the whole match wondering if he was about to Hulk out

chrisg146

Mexican Mania Mexican Raw On a Mexican Holiday. Best current Mexican Wrestler on the current roster. Romans still going over…….brother.

Jack McEwen-Quy

Rewatched Penta's entrance just to see how that amazing crown stayed on his head going into the ring. 4/5 good show

Drew Vincent Curwood

Those WWE expects were clearly taking notes at the AEW show they went to a couple of weeks ago

Peter Siddorn

Very good RAW tonight, and I know that most people are moaning about Roman retaining, but other than a nice moment for Mexico Penta being world champion would have the same problem. No real challengers face of notes to go after the belt once it's switched. Same with Cody turning Heel on Smackdown what babyface outside the ones in the world title picture would he face and have it feel like it matters?

Kevin Fleuriot

Rey Mysterio introducing two video packages ? What a pr*ck

kyle McAllister

Hey look, penta won the “who gets to lose to Roman Reigns in Mexico” tournament and then lost to Roman reigns in Mexico. I’m shocked. That said, the smackdown title change was awesome. Would you guys consider doing a SD podcast on Mondays? Maybe on Patreon if the algorithm is the holdup? I know I’m dreaming big here, I just want to hear you guys chat about it!

Jack McEwen-Quy

Agree but Jordynne Grace has done more than enough to earn a Women's European Turbo title match against Ivy Nile but they keep giving shots to Candice Lerae and Nattie whom i respect but they ain't no Jordynne.

Racetrack Chris

Wait, is Club WWE like their own personal Patreon? With perks and exclusive content? Next thing you know, it’ll have tiers! 🤣

Harry Burke

My biggest criticism with RAW is it's lack of main event talent and lack of willingness to elevate anyone. It's not 2015, you don't need to protect Roman at the expense of everyone else any more. Smackdown has what, 7 legit world title contenders? Raw has 0. Penta is going straight back to the mid card, Knight will do the same when he inevitably loses and Oba is in a holding pattern because "we have time". Add in the copy-paste nature of all the Judgment Day bollocks too and it makes for a bad wrestling show. In better news, I heard that kid who tagged with Braun Strowman at Wrestlemania 34 had his first match on Turbo last week, I'll need to check that out.

Harry Burke

Otis' reign as Reese's Southeastern Continental Heavyweight Champion was GOATed too, his Turbo Rules best of 7 falls double reverse battle royal match Vs Rusev got 5.25* in the newsletter, and deservedly so.

Homerstar

I’m baffled that people are shocked that Penta didn’t win tonight. He was never going to win and hot take, he shouldn’t have won. You can’t just do shocking title changes for the sake of it. They’re clearly setting up Romans next challenges. Penta winning would have screwed up the plans and thought what reason, so he can have a moment that’s taken away in like a week. Is that really what you want. People complain that WWE don’t have a plan. Then complain when they don’t just do something random.

cc

What a crowd!

Mems92

Penta losing gave me Mexico vs England flashbacks it still hurts damnit! 😂

RealDoubleJ

Pero deja eso de lado: ¡qué multituuuuuuuuud!

Liam Rogers

Now this is the kind of crowd we want week to week. They were super hot for almost everything. A solid show, good to see evens get to do what he does best, Stephanie as champ is something the raw division desperately needed and watching penta v Roman was a bit odd but in a good way, because I never thought Roman would look right taking a Mexican destroyer. Overall, a good show

Ally Bell

Reigns was always going to win, but WWE could have respected Mexico just a little bit more by doing something special and different and let Penta win. The whole of Raw had a bit of PLE feel with limited backstage moments (or maybe I was just skipping too much). Crowd were awesome. Can Sami hold onto WWE belt long enough to face Roman at Crown Jewel? Champion vs Champion.

Florian Groß

Did I expect Dragon Lee or Penta to win their title matches? No. Would it still have been a great moment to elevate at least one of them? Or have at least one of the Mexican/Latin American wrestlers get a big win other than Lola? Hell yes. The matches were enjoyable, there was some good action. But WWE's refusal to make new stars (especially on Raw) is frustrating. Also Roman selling the Sacrifice for what felt like ages only to then proceed to use his arm normally for the rest of the match was a bit dumb.

RayneAlenko

I thought this episode of RAW showcased Mexican and AAA talent very well. Competitive matches, especially the main event. They're making the AAA talent look more equal than the WCW talent did during the Invasion angle, which isn't saying much, but it's something. And in this WWE climate, at least something is better than nothing.

Daniel James Baker

Not when it is likely to be the pathway for Randy to get title no.15. I'm not particularly a fan of Sami's current character, it feels like rehashed Kevin Owens, of the 4 in that feud for the title, any of the other 3, technically 4 with Johnny Gargano now, would've been a better choice than Sami Zayn. Surely he's just a transitional champ

Kevin Fleuriot

I agree that I've not been that distant from the general opinion in a while. I really enjoyed the show (except for the lame DQ in the opener). I think WWE has been so bland that people are looking for excitement and change. But unpredictable doesn't mean good. Because I had no expectations, I reeeeaally enjoyed the match, especially with the Springboard Destroyer nearfall. I think fans shouldn't have been expecting Penta to win, but WWE also needs to shake things up to fix this sentiment.

Tyler Arthur

Not gonna lie I did not expect Roman to actually take a Mexican destroyer

Blake

It’s so frustrating watching Breakker and Femi feud over who the “future” of WWE is when Oba has a world title “opportunity,” but refuses to do anything with it. What a pointless feud.

Vectron44

Not to worry folks! Everyone remembers how Roman beat Sami and then bingo! Only a short 1,225 days later he became champion! Put over huge!!!

Brent

Nearly everyone wasn't thinking Penta was going to win. What you seeing as shock is more like disappointment and frustration. It would have easier to accept if Dragon Lee won the IC or even Vaquer and El Grande Americano standing tall over the Judgment Day. It was the first time in over a decade that Raw was in Mexico City and WWE couldn't throw them a bone. HHH has slowly becoming more like his father-in-law in the past year.

Sage

Amazing raw until the finish of the reigns penta match where 946 set up like they would show up at some point… and never did? We don’t need “long term storytelling” for everything and can pay things off in a same episode.

Isaac Glover

This would have been one of the best episodes of Raw I’ve ever seen… if Penta won lol

Witty Comeback

Watching Roman Reigns be champion in 2026 is like being a fan of the Terminator franchise. There's nothing left for me to invest in and his gimmick is essentially just facial expressions and a 6 year old catchphrase. Thought at the start of the main event that if you really wanted to get over the new faction, they'd cost Roman the title here and you'd have a really fun Penta reign.

Sir Fudds Pennyworth

Sometimes ya juat need two guys to go out there and put on an absolute banger. I went in knowing Penta would lose, but their were moments that made be believe "Just maybe...". Penta more then proves he can hang in the main event and I hope this is not the end of his chase for that title. Part of me even hopes Penta is the one to dethrone Roman over Oba. He's the perfect "never give up", firey babyface Roman works with best. Great main event and a decent rest of show to boot. Haven't watched live in months, and I'm glad the one I decided to tune back into was good.