This week’s RAW started as footage from last week was shown where Bobby Lashley dominated the entire show as he defeated Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins and Big E single handedly in different one on one matches to earn a spot at the WWE Championship match on Day 1.
Bobby Lashley came out to the arena. MVP talked about the greatness of Bobby Lashley and what he did last week. He claimed Lashley did something last week that nobody could ever do. And there was no reason to disrespect him anymore.
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Big E came out to the arena. He praised Lashley for his achievement last week but he said he could not beat him clean. MVP used his cane to assist Lashley. Lashley told MVP if he could beat down Big E with the cane and left him with Big E in the ring.
As the unofficial fight was about to be broken, Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens attacked Lashley and E. They were beating down both of them until Lashley and E teamed up to fight them back.
Match 1 – Bianca Belair defeated Doudrop
This was the end of the feud here and it ended with a clean and dominant victory for Bianca Belair. But one thing was never cleared, what was the point of the feud if it had to end so early? And why WWE buried Doudrop for no reason through this feud? Bianca pinned Doudrop with the KOD.
Match 2 – Finn Balor defeated Austin Theory
It was a great booking. Finn Balor seriously needed this victory. It was a clean victory as well. The defeat on the other hand would not bury Austin Theory either. So it was a great piece of booking. Finn Balor pinned Theory with the Coup De Grace.
Next up was the Miz TV where the special guests were AJ Styles and Omos. Throughout the segment, Miz kept on trying to break the team of AJ and Omos by saying AJ was holding Omos back. We could not see Omos’s reaction because of the interference from the Mysterios.
Match 3 – The Mysterios defeated AJ Styles and Omos
The match was not important, the important part was what happened after the match. AJ was about to tag in Omos but Omos refused to take the tag. Rey Mysterio pinned with a roll up and after that AJ and Omos fought. The team is finally over. Everybody knew it was coming. Omos beat down AJ at the end.
Match 4 – Randy Orton defeated Chad Gable
It was an easy victory for Randy Orton. The match might have went on for three minutes but Gable got little to no offence. Orton pinned Gable with an RKO.
Match 5 – Dolph Ziggler defeated Damian Priest by count out in a contender’s match
The match was booked to start a new feud between the Dirty Dogs and Priest. As Robert Roode was causing distractions from outside, Priest went on to attack him and got counted out. Ziggler became the number one contender for the WWE United States Championship.
Next up what’s the return of Cutting Edge with Maryse being the special guest. Edge asked Maryse how did it feel last week. Maryse replied that she was tired of Miz and loathed her frustration on him. Edge said that he was not buying this stuff and said it was all a drama. So he asked Miz to come out. Miz did come out and attacked Edge and nailed him with the Skull Crushing Finale.
Match 6 – Rhea Ripley defeated Queen Zelina
Ripley really needed this victory. It was a dominant win. The match was short, it went on for two minutes only. Ripley pinned Zelina with the Riptide.
Liv Morgan came out to the arena. She talked about the gym incident that took place recently. She also showed the footage of the incident. She claimed that at Day 1 she would take WWE Raw women’s Championship away from her.
Becky Lynch came out to the arena. They exchanged some words over superiority. Liv threw the kendo stick she was holding towards Becky and asked him to grab it and give a shot at her. Becky said she had a private jet to catch and she left.
Match 7 – Big E and Bobby Lashley defeated Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins
The overall booking was weak. There was no reason to crown a clean winner. It should have went to disqualification. And why Owens always had to take the pin? With what him image he is heading towards Day 1? Lashley had been presented as the strongest force who pinned Owens. After the match, Rollins and Owens beat down Lashley. The heel side celebrated as this week’s RAW went off air.
Overall, it was an average week. It receive some good bookings but mostly weak piece of bookings. Crowning Dolph Ziggler as the number one contender for the WWE US Championship is good but it was not the right way. Once again there was no booking for the WWE 24/7 Championship, do not know how many times do we have to say this. The final showdown was not very good either, there was no need for Kevin Owens to take the pin. We give it 1.5 stars out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 1.5/5