This week’s Raw started as a video was shown paying tribute to the troops and thanking them. Jimmy Smith of NXT was shown in place of Adnan Virk in the commentary table.
Miz TV set was seen in the ring with Miz and John Morrison inside the ring as the host. Miz spoke about the Lumberjack match. John Morrison was seen brought garlics and dripstick so that no more zombies could attack them. After that, Miz called out Charlotte Flair as her guest. Morrison tried to mimic the entrance theme which was pretty funny.
Charlotte said that she would send Rhea Ripley to hell in three weeks. WWE Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley entered the ring. Rhea said that she is a nightmare to everyone in the Raw women’s division. Miss reminded Rhea Ripley that she could not beat Nikki Cross last week and showed the footage.
Charlotte said to Rhea that if she could not beat Nikki how could she beat her. Nikki Cross came off in the ring and entered the arena. Nikki said that since she says she defeated Rhea Ripley last week he should get the opportunity to face Rhea for the Raw Women’s Championship at Hell in a Cell. Nikki challenged Charlotte to determine the number one contender for the Raw Women’s Championship.
Match 1 – Charlotte Flair could not beat Nikki Cross in two minutes time limit.
A similar match from last week was booked where Nikki Cross continuously escaped the fight and ultimately Charlotte fail to beat her in two minutes.
Match 2 – Randy Orton defeated Xavier Woods
The match was booked for around six minutes and it was mostly dominated by Randy Orton. It did a good job to build a best friendship story line between Randy Orton and Riddle. In the end Randy Orton Pind Xavier Woods with the finisher of Riddle.
Match 3 – Reginald defeated Shayna Baszler
Throughout the match Reginald try to convince Shayna Baszler not to fight her. Reginald also showed Some excellent highflying maneuvers. After around 4 minutes of the match, Baszler pinned by Reginald with roll up. Once again Fireworks by Alexa Bliss distracted Shayna Baszler
[Match 4 – Mace and T Bar defeated The Lucha House Party
The match was completely dominated by Mace. and T Bar. It was more of a squash. T Bar Pinned Gran Metalic with a double Chokeslam.
Match 5 – Ricochet defeated Sheamus
WWE United States champion Sheamus challenged both Ricochet and Humberto Carrillo. In the first match Ricochet Pinned Sheamus with a roll up in only one minute time.
Match 6 – Humberto Carrillo defeated Sheamus
This match was booked for five minutes. Even though the match was mostly dominated by Sheamus, Carrillo at the end pinned Sheamus with a roll up. Sheamus broke his nose during the match.
Match 7 – Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke defeated Lana and Naomi
This match was booked for around four minutes and it was not a very good match, as there were some poor botches. Dana Brooke at the end pin Lana to pick up the victory for her side.
Match 8 – Cedric Alexander defeated Shelton Benjamin
One more rematch. And it was not even stipulated. The match was not even booked for one minute. Cedric defeated Shelton after he used the cheeky way of poking into the eye.
Match 9 – WWE Raw Tag Team Champions AJ styles and Omos defeated Jaxson Ryker and Elias to retain
The match received almost similar booking for the matches like AJ Styles and Omos. Elias in the end, betrayed his partner and it allowed AJ Styles to pick up the victory over Jaxson Ryker with a phenomenal forearm.
Reginald was seen as a special guest of the Alexa’s playhouse. Before it could continue for long, Reginald was attacked by Shayna Baszler. Shayna beat him down completely and then she joined Alexa. Alexa said that Lilly did not like her. Shayna said that Alexa was becoming a problem and she was challenged by her next week.
Match 10 – Drew McIntyre defeated Kofi Kingston
Undoubtedly this was the best match on the night and honestly this match totally saved the night. It was book for over 16 minutes and both competitors did really well. Drew McIntyre at the end Pinned Kofi Kingston with the claymore. Bobby Lashley came out and taunted Drew McIntyre with the WWE championship. Both wrestlers kept taunting Each Other as Monday Night RAW went off the air.
Overall, this was an average week. They tried to keep up all the storylines going but somehow most of the times the show felt white empty. Accept a number of matches most of them were not book in a well manner. We give it 2.5 stars out of 5 stars. 10 matches in a weekly show is not just acceptable. It shows how the storylines are not working and they had to fill the time with unnecessary matches mostly. Drew McIntyre vs Kofi Kingston was of potion amazing match.
Sportzwiki Rating – 2.5/5