Rate Raw 4/30/2018

[Jacob Fox]

Rate Raw and then leave a comment or two to let us know what you thought of the show!

Spoiler: Raw Results

Opening

Roman Reigns came out and claimed he is the real Universal champion and he will never lose faith in himself because he technically should have won the cage match with Brock Lesnar. Samoa Joe interrupted and told Roman that no one could lose faith in Roman because no one had faith in him. Then, Jinder Mahal came out and accused Roman of making excuses even though he lost fairly to Lesnar, will lose to Samoa Joe at Backlash and also lose to Mahal tonight on Raw.

Mahal was then interrupted by Sami Zayn who got a great ovation. He said he missed the Greatest Royal Rumble because of vertigo but was feeling better tonight and wanted to take on Roman Reigns. He was then interrupted by Kevin Owens. He told Zayn that he knew he could beat Roman but the crowd wanted to see Roman vs KO. He proposed the crowd decide who gets to face Roman.

The crowd chose KO and Roman punched him.The others attacked Roman. Bobby Lashley came to help but was beaten down until Braun Strowman came in and together they removed the others out of the ring.

Elias vs Bobby Roode

Roode got hurt when he was hit in the ring post with his neck and the matched was called for Elias

The Authors of Pain vs Francois and Jean-Paul

The AOP quickly won by pin fall

Seth Rollins

Rollins came out to an amazing ovation and said he wanted to be a fighting champion, unlike Brock Lesnar. Finn Balor came out and challenged him. Rollins accepted when the crowd approved. The Miztourage then came out and presented the four join together and become the new four horsemen. Balor and Rollins rejected them. The Miztourage tried to attack but were easily beaten down. Once the Miztourage were gone, Balor hit Rollins from behind. Rollins recovered and looked slightly amused as if to say "Yeah, you got me."

Sasha Banks vs Ruby Riott

Riott won by pin fall after interference from the Riott Squad

Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley vs Kevin Owens Sami Zayn and Jinder Mahal

Braun Strowman pinned KO to give his team the victory

Baron Corbin vs No Way Jose

Titus O'Neil came in the ring, parodying his trip at the GRR and distracted Corbin and Jose rolled him up for the pinfall victory.

Mickie James w/Alexa Bliss vs Natalya w/Ronda Rousey

Natalya defeated Mickie by pin fall

Intercontinental Championship: Champion Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor

Rollins retained the title by pin fall

 

[Just Kevin]

7/10 simply for the main event.

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Overall, the whole show was average, but the main event saved it. Seth and Finn can always put on a great match.

 

[Nikki Nitro]

I soo totally thought Balor was gonna win that. So close, Finn, U were soo close!.
Over all, I thought it was a good show, For not seeing it in sooo long

 

[Jacob Fox]

I ended up giving the show a 7. The chat was good, the show was decent despite some bizarre booking choices. But I was not really bored. Maybe WWE can benefit from the WWE Forums being often more entertaining than their flagship show.

 

[Grievous 3D]

SNARK ALERT!!! SNARK ALERT!!! SNARK ALERT!!! SNARK ALERT!!!

And lets have a look at Roman Always Wins this week...even if I don't really
care...

~ FUCKING SKIP!!!

~ Wow...& I thought Bobby Roode had a tough time on SDL...

~ The Authors of Pain don't need to squashing jobbers every week...

~ Seth Rollins...the man who should be "The Guy" Let him curb stomp the piss
out of Lesnar & be the Universal Champion WWE.

~ Ugh...Sasha...you don't need Bayley...she's a blueberry. Ember Moon would make
a much better ally...but that isn't saying much.

And Sasha is pinned by Ruby Riott. Excuse me WWE...but didn't we just go through
this exact same shit for the last 2/3 months with Sasha being pinned every second
week by a member of Absolution?

Change the fucking record!

Also...if Bayley joins the Riott Squad I will literally laugh so hard I will vomit.

~ ALEXA BLISS CAN FUCK OFF!!!

~ Matt & Bray are Awesome...just saying.

~ Excuse me WWE...but why is the Plank of Wood teaming with Braun Strowman?

HE TRIED TO MURDER HIM!!!

Stop trying to get the Plank of Wood over...ITS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

FUCKING SKIP!!!

~ Is it wrong that I want Dana Brooke to smothered me to death with her breasts?

~ Wow...just like Bobby Roode...Baron Corbin sure is being booked well on RAW.

~ Okay...so I think its great to see Ronda actually becoming a part of the
women's division...granted I do not care about the RAW women's division...
but still...I'm glad its happening.

~ Does anyone else think Drew McIntyre is being completely wasted with Ziggler?

~ And apparently this main event was amazing with Seth getting the win. I will most
certainly give it a watch when I can.

And I'm Done...

 

[The Sheik]

The show started off good. Zayn and Owens are super over in Montreal, as expected. Roman got a lot of heat as usual.. It was obvious they were setting up a 6 man tag.

Elias becomes more entertaining every week. The fans love this guy.. The match was nothing special but Elias is showing improvements in the ring.

I love people like Seth talking shit about Brock when he's not even around. Some great babyfaces they have.. Anyway, this match is incredibly stale to me. It could be a classic every time, i'm tired of seeing Rollins and Balor go at it.

These Moment of Bliss segments are awesome. I hope they continue for a while and Bliss takes back her title at Backlash

6 man tag was a fun match, best match on the show. Owens and Zayn are the saving grace of RAW each week.

The rest of the show sucked after this.

5/10 very average show.

 

[SWL]

not much going on, the only 2 talking points of the show are the 6 man tag and Seth/Finn

• the six man tag was actually a lot of fun, the crowd was really hot for Owens and Zayn which basically made the match. Technically they should have also popped for Jinder given that he's actually canadian as well. As far as story telling goes, it did nothing for either participant, except for Strowman who always looks stronger after every match he's in.
• ever since the curb stomp was reinstated, Rollins has been back on track and is starting to look like a complete package to me again. His matches are better and he's just now turning into a believable babyface tbh. Hope he keeps it up like this so that he can move up the ranks again and reach his 2015 status again, just as a face instead of a heel. I like the matches between both Rollins and Balor too as it fits the so called "workhorse title" perfectly.

it's actually quite interesting how a 3 hour show with 2 and a half hours of content can have so little content to talk about but that's just how it is sometimes

 

[Redboy123@]

Did anything actually happen on this show? I was completely out of it when I watched Raw. I only watched it a few hours ago and I can't remeber fuck all.

 

[Redboy123@]

ever since the curb stomp was reinstated, Rollins has been back on track and is starting to look like a complete package to me again. His matches are better and he's just now turning into a believable babyface tbh. Hope he keeps it up like this so that he can move up the ranks again and reach his 2015 status again, just as a face instead of a heel. I like the matches between both Rollins and Balor too as it fits the so called "workhorse title" perfectly.

Ever since Seth won that big gauntlet he has been white hot. The guy is a top babyface.

 

[bullyballmm]

8/10. A lot of that is just because of Seth/Finn. What dragged it down was the heels looking like chumps both at the start of the show and during the 6-man tag. Braun saving and teaming with Roman given their history. Bobby Lashley being a bland bulky babyface. Actually, I think the only thing that was bad was the booking around the 6-man tag and the men in it.

 

[alexb]

If not for the fantastic main event and the awesome crowd, I'd be giving this a low 3/10 but those two aformentioned factors helped me bump it up to a 6/10:

- As mentioned, Montreal rocked last night so a gigantic thumbs up for those that attended. Brilliant atmosphere, made this show feel so much better then it actually was...

- Storyline stupidity: Less then a year ago both were trying to literally murder each other in what was the hottest feud at the time. Amongst others, Braun Strowman had tipped an abulance over with Roman inside and then Roman "answered" by purposely crashing another abulance with Braun locked in the back. SO WHY THE FUCK IS BRAUN COMING OUT TO "SAVE" ROMAN in the opening segment? Are we fans just supposed to not remember? Do WWE consider us morrons? You know, a bad booking decision is one thing, but insulting our inteligence is something that I for one refuse to tolerate.

And all this once again for Roman cause in WWE's mind, if the super over babyface Braun comes out for the save, maybe Roman will get the rub. How desperate are these people? Better yet, how stupid are they? I honestly hate to sound like a broken record but haven't four years of complete failure been enough already for them to realise that this just ain't working?

How can WWE not see that the only way to eventually achieve their goal with Roman is by first turning him heel? I ain't no expert but for fuck sakes, if the biggest American hero back in the day Hulk Hogan can turn heel (and very succesfully I might add), then why can't Roman Reigns? How about the Rock? When did he become the big star? So rediculous...

- I really do like Alexa Bliss but these segments they have her doing I personally find dumb and annoying...

- I don't know who came up with it, but Titus World-Slide is a clever one, hahahaha....All jokes aside, it was really a very embarrassing moment for Titus but at least they appear to be trying to make the best out the situatuon so I guess all is good....

 

[Grievous 3D]

Okay...so I finally got around to watching the main event...& Wow...what a match.

2 fantastic workers with great chemistry, a red hot crowd & some great in-ring
storytelling. Finn hitting the falcon arrow after the superplex was awesome...

& the path is pretty clear WWE...

Have Seth Rollins main event every RAW by putting the I.C title on the line in an open
challenge. Let Rollins work his magic with guys like Apollo Crews, Bobby Roode, Dolph
Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Elias, Tyler Breeze, Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, Sami Zyan,
Mojo Rawley, No Way Jose & Zack Ryder.

Let Rollins elevate the title & the other talent on the RAW roster.

Forget Reigns WWE...Rollins is the Future!

 

[Grievous 3D]

Have Seth Rollins main event every RAW by putting the I.C title on the line in an openchallenge. Let Rollins work his magic with guys like Apollo Crews, Bobby Roode, DolphZiggler, Drew McIntyre, Elias, Tyler Breeze, Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, Sami Zyan, Mojo Rawley, No Way Jose & Zack Ryder.

Let Rollins elevate the title & the other talent on the RAW roster.

Fucking Called it!!!