WWE Raw May 8, 2017 Analysis

May 9, 2017 at 6:24 PM

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WWE Raw May 8, 2017 Analysis

Raw was a good show this week. It was comparatively better than last week. It had some good action packed matches to offer. It had a tag team turmoil match after a quite a long time, which was one of the most interesting parts of the night. The episode had a good continuation for Miz – Dean Ambrose feud and Roman Reigns – Braun Strowman feud. Overall, the week was good.

Eight matches to talk this week. One of them being Miz vs. Finn Balor. Balor won the match ultimately, but Miz was portrayed as a great heel in this match. Kevin Owens might be the top heel in the business right now, but he is being portrayed as a strong individual, whereas Miz always uses the hellish sneaky ways to find his wins. Miz is the ultimate heel in the company right now.

But the Raw creative team is failing to build up a greater storyline between Miz and Ambrose. It is interesting but not as good as it was on Smackdown. The involvement of Renee Young made it better indeed. Since Renee is in Smackdown, Raw cannot involve her in this story, but it can definitely be better than what it is right now.

Samoa and Seth Rollins had an official fight in this episode, it was arguably the best match of the night even though it ended in a disqualification but the match was a technical gem. The main purpose of this booking was to promote Samoa Joe as a strong, vicious force in which they are successful in some angles, but Joe needs some victories over Seth too, else it would really affect his career in future.

Braun was portrayed as an injured man this week. His left hand was shown injured and tied. He was scheduled to have a match with Kalisto which could never take place due to the interference from Roman Reigns. Braun got beaten down by Roman today and had to escape to avoid a further beating. This feud is going good, it might not feature a strong storyline, but it is certainly very physical, which is good for its image. There is a rumour that Braun picked up a real injury during this beat down.

Alexa Bliss and Mickie James had a match in this episode which we must say was terribly booked. Bayley and Nia Jax caused outside interference which ultimately helped Alexa to pick up the win. The ending was booked really bad; Alexa pinned Mickie with just a punch, a normal punch. It showed Mickie’s role which nothing more than a jobber right now. There is another women’s action between Sasha Banks and Alicia Fox. Sasha won the match but we think this feud should continue a little longer.

The tag team turmoil match was booked to promote Cesaro and Sheamus. They started the match with Enzo and Cass and beat all other teams. It presented Sheamus and Cesaro as a great team. But after this match, they seriously need to the titles from the Hardys. Else all these victories and a heel turn would not matter at all. To promote Cesaro and Sheamus, they showed the other teams really weak, especially Gallows and Anderson. Cesaro and Sheamus just have to win the titles now.

Final Verdict – This week’s show was good. They concentrated on almost all the ongoing feuds. But they are failing to build the IC title as the ultimate prize in absence of the Universal title. Whereas Smackdown could present US title as the biggest prize of WWE even with the WWE title totally active. Raw creatives need to focus on this matter a little more. This week they buried Gallows and Anderson too. The turmoil was a good piece of booking for Sheamus and Cesaro, but not the others. They should not make Gallows and Anderson job like this.

Sportzwiki Ratings – 3/5

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