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Match: Sheamus/Cesaro Vs New Day
Rating: ***
Analysis: I was kind of half watching this match and kind of not so my rating shouldn't be taken as gospel for this match. This was an alright solid opener, New Day have never been the best wrestlers on the planet so it was kind of their average match. Glad to see the belts change. The potential for Xavier Woods and Big E post New Day is so high as both men are very talented and still young plus they are still pretty new in WWE. We're going on about 4 years for Big E as an active wrestler on the main roster and 3 for Xavier. Problem is, Kofi has pretty much gotten as far as he'll ever get in WWE and thats pretty sad. Its not l like he isn't good because he is but he just was never given any real character for so long and just used as a Rumble spot for so long.
Match: Braun Strowman Vs Sami Zayn
Rating: **3/4
Analysis: This was better than it had any right to be since these guys were pulled down by the stipulation so heavily. The storytelling was on point and Braun played his role well with Sami playing the Daniel Bryan underdog excellently. Solid match for what it was, could've done without Mick Foley coming in since he can't convince anyone.
Match: Charlotte Flair Vs Sasha Banks 30 Minute Ironman Match
Rating: I'm breaking this done into multiple ratings.
Wrestling: ****1/4 Booking: ** Crowd: DUD. Overall: ***3/4
Analysis: Fuck this god damn company. Why is there is NEED to make babyfaces lose? We have nothing but heel champions except Cesaro and Sheamus and Sheamus is still heel! (Roman isn't a face champion when the crowd boos him out of the building week after week) and Sasha Banks is beloved by the fans, Charlotte is great. She genuinely is great but Raw NEEEEEEDS a full 100% face champion and Sasha Banks is clearly the best option and even aside from all that I'm going to contradict myself when I say they could've turned Sasha heel and ran with Bayley/Sasha for Mania. Seriously! If you want to put Womens Wrestling in the spotlight have Sasha and Bayley run with the underdog story and match that they did in NXT and watch them tear the roof off the place.
Aside from this, their wrestling was on point and great throughout. I liked them not doing a fall until 20 minutes in honestly, it drove home the whole equal opponents thing they are running with. The crowd was dead for a multitude of reasons, Pittsburgh is always an awful crowd, the show didn't sell any damn tickets to the show because the card looked bad and was bad and Roman main eventing isn't a draw.
Match: Roman Reigns Vs Kevin Owens (C) for the WWE Universal Championship
Rating: DUD
Analysis: Fuck this match. Its been nearly a week and it infuriates me even more and I even rewatched it to see if I was missing something but nope. This was so beyond boring and its a good metaphor for Roman Reigns in general. Roman. SOLD. NOTHING. At all, he was put through the announce table twice, got up in 4 seconds, got hit by a top rope splash and kicked out like it was nothing and when he got back up he didn't sell a damn thing. Reigns needs to go, I'm sorry but it needs to happen. He's hated, he's anti charismatic and he just sucks. He can have good matches yes but only when he's in the ring with someone else who's great and this match is an example of how even when he's in there with someone great he can still fucking suck. He isn't working and Vince will pretend that he draws when he doesn't. This match sucked, i genuinely can't think of one redeeming quality for it and the post match demolition of Jericho and Owens only furthered my rage. They are now throwing Rollins to team with Reigns and rebuild the shield without any explanation because ya know ROLLINS TRIED TO RETIRE THEM WITH A CHAIR last time, this is another futile attempt to get Reigns over and he just isn't getting over. My only hope is one day they realise this but this match angered me so much and its not written all over the wall that Reigns will be winning the Universal title at the Rumble and will Main Event his third Wrestlemania in a row. This along with the awful booking of the womens division, the piss break worthy Cruiserweight Division, the obsession with looks proven by the push of Braun and Reigns over guys like Rusev and Sami, the ignorance of the US title even existing after Cena single handed made that belt look awesome, the three hour long show and Brock Lesnar and Goldberg showing up whenever they please for a quick bullshit payday while burying someone as great as Rusev for no reason. All of this is ruining Monday Night Raw and its gotten to the point of being unwatchable, Reigns turning heel wont fix it either as some will say. The Mania line up for Raw just looks awful because its not unlikely for it to be Reigns and Braun for the Universal title and that alone makes me want throw up.
This has become more of a rant about Raw than anything but believe me this match was awful.
Goal: 365
Total: 12
Match: Sheamus/Cesaro Vs New Day
Rating: ***
Analysis: I was kind of half watching this match and kind of not so my rating shouldn't be taken as gospel for this match. This was an alright solid opener, New Day have never been the best wrestlers on the planet so it was kind of their average match. Glad to see the belts change. The potential for Xavier Woods and Big E post New Day is so high as both men are very talented and still young plus they are still pretty new in WWE. We're going on about 4 years for Big E as an active wrestler on the main roster and 3 for Xavier. Problem is, Kofi has pretty much gotten as far as he'll ever get in WWE and thats pretty sad. Its not l like he isn't good because he is but he just was never given any real character for so long and just used as a Rumble spot for so long.
Match: Braun Strowman Vs Sami Zayn
Rating: **3/4
Analysis: This was better than it had any right to be since these guys were pulled down by the stipulation so heavily. The storytelling was on point and Braun played his role well with Sami playing the Daniel Bryan underdog excellently. Solid match for what it was, could've done without Mick Foley coming in since he can't convince anyone.
Match: Charlotte Flair Vs Sasha Banks 30 Minute Ironman Match
Rating: I'm breaking this done into multiple ratings.
Wrestling: ****1/4 Booking: ** Crowd: DUD. Overall: ***3/4
Analysis: Fuck this god damn company. Why is there is NEED to make babyfaces lose? We have nothing but heel champions except Cesaro and Sheamus and Sheamus is still heel! (Roman isn't a face champion when the crowd boos him out of the building week after week) and Sasha Banks is beloved by the fans, Charlotte is great. She genuinely is great but Raw NEEEEEEDS a full 100% face champion and Sasha Banks is clearly the best option and even aside from all that I'm going to contradict myself when I say they could've turned Sasha heel and ran with Bayley/Sasha for Mania. Seriously! If you want to put Womens Wrestling in the spotlight have Sasha and Bayley run with the underdog story and match that they did in NXT and watch them tear the roof off the place.
Aside from this, their wrestling was on point and great throughout. I liked them not doing a fall until 20 minutes in honestly, it drove home the whole equal opponents thing they are running with. The crowd was dead for a multitude of reasons, Pittsburgh is always an awful crowd, the show didn't sell any damn tickets to the show because the card looked bad and was bad and Roman main eventing isn't a draw.
Match: Roman Reigns Vs Kevin Owens (C) for the WWE Universal Championship
Rating: DUD
Analysis: Fuck this match. Its been nearly a week and it infuriates me even more and I even rewatched it to see if I was missing something but nope. This was so beyond boring and its a good metaphor for Roman Reigns in general. Roman. SOLD. NOTHING. At all, he was put through the announce table twice, got up in 4 seconds, got hit by a top rope splash and kicked out like it was nothing and when he got back up he didn't sell a damn thing. Reigns needs to go, I'm sorry but it needs to happen. He's hated, he's anti charismatic and he just sucks. He can have good matches yes but only when he's in the ring with someone else who's great and this match is an example of how even when he's in there with someone great he can still fucking suck. He isn't working and Vince will pretend that he draws when he doesn't. This match sucked, i genuinely can't think of one redeeming quality for it and the post match demolition of Jericho and Owens only furthered my rage. They are now throwing Rollins to team with Reigns and rebuild the shield without any explanation because ya know ROLLINS TRIED TO RETIRE THEM WITH A CHAIR last time, this is another futile attempt to get Reigns over and he just isn't getting over. My only hope is one day they realise this but this match angered me so much and its not written all over the wall that Reigns will be winning the Universal title at the Rumble and will Main Event his third Wrestlemania in a row. This along with the awful booking of the womens division, the piss break worthy Cruiserweight Division, the obsession with looks proven by the push of Braun and Reigns over guys like Rusev and Sami, the ignorance of the US title even existing after Cena single handed made that belt look awesome, the three hour long show and Brock Lesnar and Goldberg showing up whenever they please for a quick bullshit payday while burying someone as great as Rusev for no reason. All of this is ruining Monday Night Raw and its gotten to the point of being unwatchable, Reigns turning heel wont fix it either as some will say. The Mania line up for Raw just looks awful because its not unlikely for it to be Reigns and Braun for the Universal title and that alone makes me want throw up.
This has become more of a rant about Raw than anything but believe me this match was awful.
Goal: 365
Total: 12
