RATE RAW 24TH OF JULY 2017
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I’m a bit late to the party this week but unfortunately had plenty on my plate the last couple of days that really prevented me from posting any thoughts. Anyway, being it’s Wednesday already and both shows have obviously aired, my overall thought is that after an abysmal showing this past Sunday, it seems to me that WWE tried to perhaps avenge themselves by delivering a couple of very decent (to say the least) shows in both RAW and Smackdown so here’s a thumbs up for the effort from my part.
Keeping things RAW, I’m glad the rumors came true and they indeed announced the monster Fatal 4-Way for Summerslam between Joe, Reigns, Strowman and Lesnar for the Universal Championship. It really can’t go any bigger than that and as I mentioned in a recent post, perhaps the most intriguing part of it is that all four individuals have an equal chance of winning this, thus meaning one of the most unpredictable main events in recent memory, thus meaning a lot more fun for us to watch. I’m sure the various websites and dirt sheets will have several stories and rumors about the possible winner but regardless, this will awesome.
In my view, the second biggest story of the evening involved the Sasha Banks/Bailey match which would determine who would face Alexa Bliss at Summerslam. Now, while I did pitch the idea of a Bliss/Banks one on one as the money match, I honestly can’t say I’m surprised with the outcome here because in my view it’s clear as day where this is going: Bailey will defeat Bliss at Summerslam, Sasha will come out to seemingly congratulate her “best friend” only to eventually turn on her, thus your next big feud. If it wasn’t already a plan set in stone already, I think they made a pretty god job in planting the seeds this past Monday and it was just a simple matter of reading between the lines.
Elsewhere:
- I think I’ve had just about enough of Enzo being squashed by Big Cass. I understand the storyline but can we please just move the fuck on?
- Are we to assume that they are looking to turn the Club faces?
- Jason Jordan’s promo: ouch…
- I'm giving it two weeks till Stephanie and HHH show up on RAW...
- Very cool main event and I found it particularly interesting that they shows Sheamus and Cesaro backstage watching, which makes me wonder if perhaps they are considering a temporary partnership of Ambrose and Rollins and even a shot at the tag belts. They obviously made it a big deal being that it was the first time in 3 years that those two paired and there were of course several mentions of the Shield on commentary (which will eventually happen) so, sure, why not? It ain't like Ambrose and Rollins have anything else to do at this point and God forbid we've had enough of Ambrose and Miz. Unless they do a triple threat at SS for the Ic strap, I'm more then ok for a partial Shield reunion and a stint in the tag team division...
Overall rating: 6/10
Keeping things RAW, I’m glad the rumors came true and they indeed announced the monster Fatal 4-Way for Summerslam between Joe, Reigns, Strowman and Lesnar for the Universal Championship. It really can’t go any bigger than that and as I mentioned in a recent post, perhaps the most intriguing part of it is that all four individuals have an equal chance of winning this, thus meaning one of the most unpredictable main events in recent memory, thus meaning a lot more fun for us to watch. I’m sure the various websites and dirt sheets will have several stories and rumors about the possible winner but regardless, this will awesome.
In my view, the second biggest story of the evening involved the Sasha Banks/Bailey match which would determine who would face Alexa Bliss at Summerslam. Now, while I did pitch the idea of a Bliss/Banks one on one as the money match, I honestly can’t say I’m surprised with the outcome here because in my view it’s clear as day where this is going: Bailey will defeat Bliss at Summerslam, Sasha will come out to seemingly congratulate her “best friend” only to eventually turn on her, thus your next big feud. If it wasn’t already a plan set in stone already, I think they made a pretty god job in planting the seeds this past Monday and it was just a simple matter of reading between the lines.
Elsewhere:
- I think I’ve had just about enough of Enzo being squashed by Big Cass. I understand the storyline but can we please just move the fuck on?
- Are we to assume that they are looking to turn the Club faces?
- Jason Jordan’s promo: ouch…
- I'm giving it two weeks till Stephanie and HHH show up on RAW...
- Very cool main event and I found it particularly interesting that they shows Sheamus and Cesaro backstage watching, which makes me wonder if perhaps they are considering a temporary partnership of Ambrose and Rollins and even a shot at the tag belts. They obviously made it a big deal being that it was the first time in 3 years that those two paired and there were of course several mentions of the Shield on commentary (which will eventually happen) so, sure, why not? It ain't like Ambrose and Rollins have anything else to do at this point and God forbid we've had enough of Ambrose and Miz. Unless they do a triple threat at SS for the Ic strap, I'm more then ok for a partial Shield reunion and a stint in the tag team division...
Overall rating: 6/10