WWE Raw is failing to deliver things in a right way, constantly. They continue to provide lacklustre episodes, for weeks now.
To make up things, the trusted shoulder of the company, Stephanie McMahon returned to the show. But, even her presence failed to make things better for the flagship show of the WWE.
Decent opener. Stephanie McMahon seemed a little rusty on the microphone with a few blunders on her lines. I can’t help but roll my eyes when she comes out. A non-wrestler is booked like the biggest star on #RAW, which is backwards. At least she flubbed her emasculation line.
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) May 22, 2018
The opening segment continued to portray Roman Reigns in such a way to gain sympathy from the crowd. But, we can hardly imagine the poster boy of WWE Raw in such a way.
This does not suit the mannerism of the Big Dog. So, the fans continued to shower boos on him. Even the presence of Jinder Mahal, a bonafide heel could not save the day for him.
Another slow, plodding match. For the most part, it was the heels on top before Reigns made the hot tag to Rollins. Rollins is a freak of nature and didn’t miss a beat after a brutal tour. Rollins is on a hell of a streak. Good attack by Mahal at the end. #RAW
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) May 22, 2018
Seth Rollins was the only soothing thing, in between these couple of matches during the opening segment. We missed his IC title open challenge. But, he made it up for the fans by pulling off yet another victory on WWE Raw on behalf of his team.
The Bobby Lashley-Sami Zayn segment turned out to be pure trash on WWE Raw. The creative team planned three guys dressed up as the sisters of Bobby Lashley. It failed to attract the crowd from the get-go.
Even, Lashley himself was unable to garner any reactions while coming out. WWE will have to deal a lot of headaches while dragging this feud in the upcoming weeks.
Comedy in wrestling is very much hit or miss. Not only was this a miss, this was a crash landing. This was absolutely terrible. The crowd was dead and didn’t care much about Bobby Lashley at all. The total opposite of what you’d want to happen after that segment. #RAW
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) May 22, 2018
There were plenty of matches on the show, throughout. But, not a single one of them managed to keep any impact on us. Even the main event between Finn Balor and Braun Stroman failed to deliver. The sudden booking of matches on WWE Raw is not going to help.
As contract signing go, that was pretty tame. Since I guess neither woman can talk, Stephanie McMahon singlehandedly laid down the entire narrative. #RAW
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) May 22, 2018
Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax contract would have failed, as well if there would not be any Stephanie McMahon. Both these competitors do not have any mic skills. So, the commissioner had to appear to save the day for these two. But, then again, we continue to wonder whether this rivalry will be interesting enough to see.
Boring main event caps off a really poor #RAW. Top to bottom from every aspect — wrestling, promos, storylines — this was an abysmal episode of #RAW. If you missed it, count yourself lucky. Just a brutally bad three hour presentation.
— Wrestleview.com (@wrestleview) May 22, 2018
Overall, this was a terrible show of WWE Raw from Albany, New York. Here the Twitter reactions from it,
The #MonsterAmongMen @BraunStrowman‘s sights are set on ???#RAW #MITB pic.twitter.com/MuVB0U89X8
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 22, 2018
The #QueenOfHarts @NatbyNature plans on calling herself Ms. #MITB in a few weeks!#RAW ??? pic.twitter.com/HO4xig1jEg
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 22, 2018
Time for #MondayNightRollins on @USA_Network, because @WWERollins has evened things up! #RAW pic.twitter.com/VYLdkvr0NV
— WWE (@WWE) May 22, 2018
“Maybe you should watch your tone when you talk to me.” – @WWERomanReigns
?????? #RAW pic.twitter.com/A6rGnhzEXu
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 22, 2018
Don’t get too comfortable, @FightOwensFight… #RAW pic.twitter.com/Rw7Gatw51Q
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) May 22, 2018
Fox after seeing that Bobby Lashley segment….#RAW #SDLive pic.twitter.com/LrxgF13zY7
— Mark H (@bcafcmark) May 22, 2018
OH MY GOD THEY ARE FILLING THE B’S IN THE SHIRTS IN WITH SHARPIES.
THERE ARE FANS WITH HOMEMADE SHIRTS.
B-Team gimmick forever please. #RAW pic.twitter.com/OAl0LD7tpX
— Pro Wrestling Sheet (@WrestlingSheet) May 22, 2018
#RAW’s current feuds
– Roman / Jinder
– Nia / Rousey
– Corbin / Jose
– Elias / Roode
– Zayn / Lashley
The State of the titles
– Women’s title: Fucking embarrassment
– Universal title: Missing
– Tag Titles: Unimportant
– IC title: No current feud
Do I need to say more?
— Abby (@abbyfelicity1) May 22, 2018
You guys said you wanted to see Cathy on #RAW ??♀️ pic.twitter.com/xxgETd39qi
— Cathy Kelley (@catherinekelley) May 22, 2018
Steph’s face in the background is gold #RAW pic.twitter.com/qehhhnpt1z
— SmackTalk (@_smacktalk) May 22, 2018
“Don’t ever book me like Lashley…”#Raw pic.twitter.com/SFOoedYIu9
— WrestlingINC.com (@WrestlingInc) May 22, 2018
#Raw Review is uploading…I feel defeated and sad and downright embarrassed to be a fan of this company after tonight. Creative needs to be shot dead and replaced ASAP. I never seen as many soulless people running a company than I do with WWE pic.twitter.com/EwF2pXGe01
— JD (@JDfromNY206) May 22, 2018
