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Chris deaton

Monday night background noise was pretty good this week

Wheels

I’ve never really connected with Je'Von Evans’ character or in ring work until tonight hell of a match. I just wish they didn’t the angle after the match and given us a finish

Matt Adams

This show is ridiculous! Let's start with Dom has a dude wipes brand logo on his shirt now? Bron Breakker needs help to NOT beat Jevon? The bloodline, minus Roman, look like a bunch of Morons. Their brother gets ABDUCTED, and what do they do, stand there and bicker with Jacob and LA Knight. But what does WWE do after this crime? Continue the show, throw Penta out there to replace the abducted party. Ridiculous!

Lily Petal

Iyo, La Catalina, and Roxy absolutely had the match of the night! LA Knight FINALLY has hit title match against Roman! So at MITB we get to see Knight lose. Again. Oba went from winning KOTR and having a championship match against Roman to feuding with the Vision. It's going to be a long 7 months until WM. 945 beat down the Usos so bad they were back the next week looking fine, they kinda blew up the Usos rental car, and now they kidnapped Solo. Bored. Penta won MITB match! And?

Sean Steez

WWE has answered the masses complaints of Raw’s lack of star power, by using the absence to build some new stars. Which sounds great, except, they’re just NOT good at it (unlike wasting and abusing Iyo, they’re great at that) The surprise Je’von and Bron spat was very welcomed, especially with some character evolution for Bron. However, they made Bron look SO WEAK. He got wrecked start to finish. Even with interference he couldn’t out Je’von down. THEN they made him look like such a dork, bragging to Paul about tonight’s exploits. Next, we are being force fed luchadore match and promos in Spanish on repeat. As if TV execs will see this mediocre product and give AAA a big money deal. As good as Penta is, he’s one dimensional and will never be a top draw. Stephanie V, even while speaking Spanish got 70% of her promo, has ANTI CHARISMA. Past that, several solid matches. Loved Lyra and Bayley (although, could Lyra really not have benefitted from a MITB appearance?). An above average low consequence show. 3.25 Ollies out of 5

Mr. Grimes

I have to admit, I was surprised to see Roxanne get the win. I don't really know who in the Women's Money in the Bank match is winning out of the participants so far but I'm tempted to favorite Perez. Would like to see this continued trend of "upstarts" qualify for the Women's match. Of course Raw had nothing on Turbo. Iyo Sky vs Fallon Henley was way better than it had any right to be, and how crazy was it that The Hardy's got to face The Creed Brothers. That hesitant tag for Brutus to get in there after the Julius beatdown was excellent story telling. I don't know, but I feel Brutus might turn soon and I. Am. Here. For. It. You guys rule, keep up the good work, Jam that Jam!

Sean Steez

I wonder what they’ll do for him in 2 years, when they can’t add “youngest to do X” to every accolade. I love his in ring work, however his character is insufferable. Bad move having him completely dismantle Bron imo.

CDE

It started well, bayley Lyra was decent and the main event was brilliant. But the je’von Bron match annoyed me so much. Bron is meant to be a world championship contender and currently feuding with Oba but he can’t beat a guy who isn’t even next up for the mid card belt? And Oba getting involved in a midcard fued hurts him more than it helps him. Bron was feuding with Seth Rollins and cm punk for the world championship and now he is struggling against midcarders, how the mighty have fallen! Also “SAY HIS NAME AND HE APPEARS” it’s the easiest gimmick in the world but they are bad at booking and don’t care!

Wheels

I’m finding it hard to get excited about Breakker anymore i’ve thought this for a while, but after tonight it’s obvious that they’re building him up to feed him to Oba Femi. I agree about Je'Von’s character still not into it

Don

Decent episode of Raw highlighted by the women's qualifier. However, can they just get rid of the Vision already? They look like 5 dorks who can't win even with the numbers advantage. Same with the Judgement Day, but it looks like women's War Games will be them against Lynch, Vaquer, and Vice with a random assortment of others. I'm hoping Knight beats Roman so we don't have to suffer through the latter's month long hiatuses even if Knight only holds it until Survivor Series, but I'm not holding my breath. Penta should've already won it. Zack Sabre Jr. is still going strong on his world tour and put up an 8 star match against Chad Gable on Turbo. Easily match of the year

Brett A

Great palette cleanser raw. We had mexico city and hopes were up for WWE. Now they reminded us that was an exception, not an expectation

Tomás Santos

Good raw One Good opener with iyo vs catalina vs roxy and an amazing main event Raw is clearly trying to build new stars with Penta, Je’von and Roxy having multiple segments on this show and thats a very good thing imo

James H.

Je'Von looked great tonight. Giving him a little extra fire to go along with his fun moveset worked well. I get people being upset with Bron looking weak, but Je'Von will be in the same MITB match. This gives a little more spice to it and makes Je'Von look strong. And special shout out to Dom for some unique 619s in the main event.

Brett A

i think jevon and roxy were just to set up beef for the mitb match

Blake Whitehouse

I genuinely love how Penta still seems to be treated like a lower-main eventer. Could he be on the same level as Punk or Roman? No. Could he be on the same level as Seth or Drew? Yes.

Graff

If the Solo kidnap plot doesn't lead to Roman & The Usos invading 946 clubhouse Aces & Eights style to set up War Games then I don't even want it!

Sedin Magic15

I'm not convinced about this women's MITB match. I like that they're clearly trying to push new talent but Roxanne was the wrong winner. You have to have a couple vets in there or no one is going to care about this match. For no other reason than WWE hasn't given us a reason to care about any of these women. Plus, I just feel bad for Iyo Sky. She was the only one the crowd cared about, too bad WWE don't give a damn about her. She deserves better than taking the pin here.

Alex Denny

Iyo, Roxanne and Catalina was easily match of the night for me. I'm really hoping that Roxanne gets the MITB briefcase and gets the hell away from the Judgement Day as soon as possible because whenever she is by herself she truly stands out as The Prodigy she's supposed to be

Tomás Santos

Roxy is being positioned as the winner of MITB and to turn on liv soon imo And its tottaly deserved, should have gotten there sooner if anything

Brandon

these are some really damn good MitB lineups so far. the women's match is all younger stars who could all use major pushes and the mens is the same to a degree in avoiding talent who don't NEED the briefcase to get over (besides pentagon and whoever wins the qualifier between Punk, Finn and Gunther on Friday but I guess they would rather die then give Melo or fraxiom tv time). Je'von and Oba doing some tag stuff while we wait for mania will be really great fun and help build their relationship to main roster audiences before the inevitable respect based feud to reignite that NXT spark. Lyra beat Bailey again which was surprising but awesome, solo did prop comedy and was kidnapped, 946 genuinely feel like they are outsiders who don't work here which is impressive to me at least and all the matches were pretty good. overall great episode and I am actually excited for Money in the Bank. can't wait to be disappointed!

Harry Burke

I thought the show was pretty solid. The MITB matches are taking shape, and the qualifiers on this show at least we're pretty fun - the women's one especially. The women's title three-way fued is actually pretty interesting too. My fantasy booking is the women's title gets hot potatoed around for a little while until the MITB winner (hopefully Roxanne) cashes in when Liv looks to have it won, finally setting up that judgment day civil war storyline (but only Roxanne, Liv and Raquel, because this is a women's segment etc etc). Btw, did you see Nicholas, as in "former WWE Tag Champ partner with Braun Strowman" Nicholas is facing Akira Tozawa on Turbo next week? Should be a big one. Longitudinal.

Eric#13

Second week in a row where I have noticed that WWE say "Royce Keys and Company" in their Youtube-titles instead of 946, which I honestly find hilarious.

Harry Burke

My fantasy booking is Roxanne wins MITB and cashes in right when Liv looks set to win back the women's title. That might finally start the wheels in motion for the inevitable Judgment Day civil war (but only Roxanne, Liv and Raquel because this is a women's segment)

Jess W

Your discussion of what happens if the MITB holder cashes in during the crown jewel match reminded me of a discussion me and my partner had a couple of weeks ago. What would happen if the MITB holder cashed in during war games? At the time it was pre LA Knights title match announcement and working on the assumption he would win MITB, take in the briefcase as a weapon and then cash it in on Roman while everyone is laid out. Does it become a 10 man match? Is everyone still in their teams so if anyone on Romans team pinned the other, Roman would retain? Does it just void war games all together? Presumably if they actually did this they would just have the cash in post match, but would be interested to know what you guys think

kyle McAllister

Hey Luke, how did we do getting you up the leaderboard for your charity???

Jack McEwen-Quy

Really like the money in the bank lineups especially the women's as they are midcarders but starting to worry they'll put one or two big names in there (Charlotte Flair) because then there's no genuine surprise at who could win the briefcase.

Peter Siddorn

Well, WWE RAW is mainly consistent right now! Consistently mid!

Jack McEwen-Quy

Omg they finally announced it! The John Cena Classic will be in November on Sunday Night's Main Event Turbo! I think Jordynne Grace has a great chance of winning.

George

There’s something embarrassing about watching 40 year old men pretending to be serious street gangs 🤣 this bloodline storyline needs to switch it up soon for me

Daniel James Baker

Not a terrible start to RAW, Penta already shrugging off Dominick and JD as a ME Star, Womens MITB Quals match was pretty fine, good addition of La Cattalina, love Iyo Sky but Roxanne was the right winner here with the current line up, i'm even more excited to watch the match to come. Now I'm sure the crowd and some of us are huffing LA Knight copium, but promo had some heat behind it! Bloody hell Je'von! I was about to fall asleep to him but christ alive he's disrespecting Bron Breakker like that?? Colour me intrigued, good match set up and shitting on the Vision? Fair enough. Je'von had a great showing with the match, lovely save by Oba to keep the tension going. Becky presenting a JD break away from Judgemeny Day angle? (Copium I know), As much as I like Lyra's new gimick, I'm a bit bothered we're re-heating the Bayley feud because in the same way Liv and Steph have been at it for a year (Injuries in mind), I don't want another year of Lyra and Bayley, I think it's quite stale. Don't care for Chad Gable. Oh hello Mr Heyman, seems Bron caught his attention with a good verbal reversal of "Everyone" as opposed to "Oba". Bron's got his sights on a bigger picture perhaps. Fun angle for 946 kidnapping Solo Sikoa, love that, adds more stakes to something the honestly lacked it. Main event was insane!

Jimic

I appreciate RAW and its efforts in trying to build new stars, but at the same time you still kinda need the old guys to be around to put the new guys over right? I think Triple H forgot about that part of the business 🙃

Harry peach

I cant get over the fact a man was kidnapped live on air and there attitude was well that happened here's PENTA

Homerstar

I don’t usually like saying this, but man that felt like a burial for Bron. He got battered by Je’von and needed a DQ to not lose. I like Je’von, but Bron should be the one in control for a match like that, not the other way around. The booking of that match was just wrong.

V - true Long Island story

Fine enough episode of Raw but what’s really to say about it? We’re in waiting mode mode for wrestlemania because for some reason that’s the only place they can push big stars

Kevin Fleuriot

Well at least, Penta is still in the World Title picture (for now) and not just back in the abyss of the mid card (although I was scared when I heard Dom's music interrupt him)

Sam Fonseca

I thought this episode was very mid, but I must admit I do very much enjoy the 946 at the moment. I do have a theory though, LA Knight has been with 946 this entire time. He realised Solo was quietly working his way back into The Bloodline, which would’ve shifted the balance of power against him. So Knight had Solo taken out of the equation to make sure the numbers stayed on his side. It’s all building towards MITB 946 are going to be the reason LA Knight walks out as champion. I’m convinced. (Or delusional, who knows)

JonoabboFE

If you told me Roxanne was winning that match, I would have bet my house that it would be a roll up, or Iyo hits the moonsault on Catalina and Roxanne kicks her away and steals the pin, or judgement day interference. Having her win because she hit her own finisher onto Iyo and pinned her for 3 gives her the strongest looking ending.

JonoabboFE

Bayley vs Lyra was outstanding. Lyra realizing she bit off more than she can chew with Bayley starting out red hot and only firing up more as the match went on, so she ends it the same way she turned heel with the hit into the rope, stealing the pin, was great. Feels like an intentionally unsatisfying ending to contrast the physicality and intensity of the match, which I really hope this leads to some sort of Last Woman Standing or something.

Jamezie

This is the straw that broke the camels back for me. For months Netflix has been inserting adverts into the show, despite paying for ad-free viewing (which is a ridiculous concept in itself). It started as one or two ads per show, but this week I had over ten. I will be cancelling my Netflix subscription because what is the point? The show itself was bland and uneventful, minus the kidnapping of Solo, which I suspect won't be paid off or will be extremely underwhelming. The main event was awful. It felt slow, sloppy and looked like a collaborative performance, not a fight. The crowd was terrible, which made the whole show seem worse, but I can't blame them when WWE isn't giving them much of a reason to make noise. When the show ended, I thought to myself "I'm glad that's over."

Darren Lloyd

Can the judgment day just be flown into the sun

Brent

When I saw 946 driving behind Solo as he was making his way to the arena, I knew he was going to be jumped. On the nose foreshadowing yes but I like that part of it. Liv saying Judgment Day is still running Raw is completely incorrect. Roman is running Raw right into the ground. Wade trying to imply that being with Bayley makes them go insane which is why Mone ended up leaving WWE because she couldn't stand Bayley anymore is WWE controlling the narrative. I was a bit scared that Oba would come out to replace Solo but was glad that Penta replaced him instead. I knew he was winning and probably will win MiTB.

G the B (Greg the Bastard)

Average episode of Raw then a banger main event! Je'von v Bron was surprisingly good until the expected lame DQ finish. Lyra v Bayley was boring, like they were on 0.5 speed?! The main event was great though, feel like Dragon Lee needs a push and actually get a win occasionally? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Felixious Zheng

Out of curiosity. Does the WrestleTalk Patreon Scholarship apply to the Cuck Chair tier?

Witty Comeback

Great LA Knight Promo, really enjoyed the Womens MITB qualifier, the crowd started quiet and honestly was fairly quiet all night but they got really into it by the end. I liked how everything felt natural and not contrived. No Roman always hurts the show and whilst my interest in LA Knight has cooled from a few years ago, the show would be a lot better if there was a world champion on it and I liked the slight tension between Solo and LA Knight if they were to win their respective matches at MITB. The Jevon-Bron match felt like a misstep as it didn't put over Bron's story with Oba at all if he's struggling to beat Evans, the Vision looked like mugs. However I wouldn't mind as much if over the next few weeks we see more and more MITB participants feuding. So often the briefcase matches are spotfests so I wouldn't mind if these type of matches bring more heat to it.

Brent

It's the 60 pound tier.

Brent

I always been into Je'Von as a wrestler even though he's going to hurt after doing a barricade spot where he lands wrong but I don't like his character at all. He amps up all the current memes to 11 which makes him very unlikable to me.

jad_ofalltrades

Im literally still 10 mins into raw but I had to write this It's fucking insane that Dom's merch has a Dude Wipes sponsorship on it, everytime I think this company can't stoop lower it fucking always finds a way

Brent

I was thinking what vortex is worse to be in: Judgment Day or the Vision? A while ago it would have been Judgment Day but recently, it's definitely the Vision. Nothing is good about the Vision while the Judgment Day at least you don't automatically become worse immediately from being trapped in the vortex.

Wheels

I’ve been able to appreciate the fact that he’s just not my cup of tea but it’s disappointing because I do think my dislike of his character is due to the booking. He started to get over with me back when he was in the storyline with Kofi

Harry Weir

The Judgement Day vortex will swallowed this entire show.

Tenkeep Crafts

War Games will not be 3 teams, It will be a 2 teams of the Usos, Fatu, LA Knight, and Solo against 946. 946 will probs work with either Dom or JD or (if the vision break up happens soon) theory and Logan. If they want the babyfaces to win then putting bronbron with 946 creates an issue of who gets pinned

Andrew Gronek

Did anyone else notice that Dom's tee shirt was sponsored by Dude Wipes?

Danny Button

Jackie Redman’s face listening to Stephanie Vacquer was priceless. She didn’t understand a word she was saying