Raw has given us a lot of new topics to discuss so we’ll get into everything that’s new
with Alexa Bliss, Riddle, Bobby Lashley, and more
Let’s start things off with Matt Riddle
Riddle was first called up to the main roster back during the pandemic era days
He came in off a hot run in NXT and started having an impact on the main roster right
away
But as everyone knows, Matt Riddle didn’t really take that next step up until he started
teaming up with Randy Orton
That entire RK Bro tag team storyline first started the day after Wrestlemania 37 in 2021
Randy Orton was just getting out of the feud with Bray Wyatt when he was suddenly approached
by Matt Riddle with the idea of the tag team
Orton obviously wasn’t down with the idea right away.
It took a few weeks and even took a singles match between the two of them for Randy Orton
to really give Riddle respect
And once that happened, the tag team was formed right there in the ThunderDome
It was a nice, long lasting tag team.
Randy Orton and Matt Riddle would go onto win the Raw tag team titles and stay together
as a team until late spring of 2022
That’s when Randy Orton went out with his back injury and Matt Riddle had no other choice
but to continue in WWE on his own
And it started off pretty strong, Riddle came right after Roman and The Bloodline for what
they did to Randy Orton, but was unsuccessful
Then Riddle had the great feud with Seth Rollins that saw them go at it several times, with
Riddle even picking up the win at Extreme Rules
But ever since the feud with Seth Rollins ended, Matt Riddle basically lost direction
and became lost in the shuffle
Riddle ended up being thrown in a random tag team with Elias and that lasted until the
December 5th edition of Raw
The Bloodline took out Elias before the match, forcing Kevin Owens to step up to the plate
as Riddle’s tag team partner
And that’s another side story right there.
Kevin Owens is still lurking around The Bloodline, trying to get revenge on The Usos and Sami
Zayn by trying to win those tag team titles
But Riddle and Owens were unsuccessful in that tag team title match
And then after the match, Riddle gets fully taken out to the point where he needed to
be stretchered out of the ring and placed in an ambulance
And as many fans suspect, that may have been Matt Riddle getting written off TV for a little
while
No one gets stretchered away in an ambulance and bounces back the next week like nothing
happen, that’s not what you usually see
Someone going away in an ambulance is usually a sign that they’ll miss a few weeks at
least
So fans assume that since Matt Riddle hasn’t been up to much of anything since the feud
with Seth Rollins, maybe this was their way of just hitting the slight reset button on
Riddle
Either bring him back in a few weeks with a new story and direction, or if you’re
going to hold him off for longer, then maybe even a Royal Rumble return could be a possibility
as well
But that’s the latest with Matt Riddle, it appears that he has just been written off
television for the time being
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Bobby Lashley recently had a lot of interesting things going on with himself on Raw, so let’s
take a look at what went down there
Originally, everyone thought that Lashley’s attack on Brock Lesnar after Crown Jewel was
a heel turn, but that wasn’t the situation
Lashley didn’t fully turn heel after that attack.
Instead, he adapted a new slightly different attitude and persona
Ever since Crown Jewel, Bobby Lashley had been about wrecking everything that’s in
his path
No matter if his opponents are babyface or heel, he doesn’t pick and choose or discriminate…
if you’re in his way, he will run through you… that’s what this new version of Bobby
Lashley has been all about
So if you wanna label this character as anything, maybe he’ll definitely fit into that category
of being a tweener
But on the December 5th edition of Raw, Bobby Lashley and Seth Rollins exchanged some word
before having another brawl
What Seth Rollins had to say to Bobby Lashley was pretty interesting and seems to be hinting
at another Lashley versus Lesnar matchup
Rollins said that Lashley knows deep in his heart that he can’t beat Brock Lesnar, and
he also said that Lashley has always been jealous of Brock Lesnar because Brock had
the career that Lashley always dreamed of having
So it was just a smart way to keep that Lashley and Lesnar feud fresh in everyone’s head
because we’re likely seeing another match between those two superstars
Brock Lesnar has a win over Bobby Lashley, and Bobby Lashley has a win over Brock Lesnar
They’re all tied up at one win a piece, so you just know that there has to be another
match to get rid of that tie
So maybe that third match between the two of them does take place sometime in 2023
With Bobby Lashley wearing suits again and having this entire new attitude, fans have
even been speculating about a return from The Hurt Business
It’s been said many times before, but The Hurt Business is one of the greatest factions
in recent WWE history… yet they never made a single full appearance together in front
of a live crowd
WWE teased their reunion several times in 2021, but it just never happened
So could this new persona lead Bobby Lashley down a road of getting the old band back together
for another run with the fans now being back in the stands?
It’s a good question and theory that’s out there, but some fans also think that Bobby
Lashley shines even more when he’s on his own, so we’ll see what they end up doing
there with him
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As expected, Alexa Bliss’ story continued this week in some major ways
So in recent weeks, Alexa’s attitude and persona has slightly been changing and heading
into a completely different direction when compared to how she’s been in recent months
And the non stop Bray Wyatt logos that have been appearing behind Alexa Bliss for just
over a month now, is likely the explanation for Alexa’s slow attitude change
Well this same theme continued this week, there was a shot where Alexa Bliss was getting
ready for the main event backstage and it was perfectly done
You had the Bray Wyatt logo on the left, Alexa in the middle, and Lilly on right side
In this single shot, Alexa was surrounded by the some of the biggest things things that
have happened in her career in recent memory…
Bray Wyatt and Lilly
So we get to the match and the signs are still there
Alexa appears to be her normal self, but there was one spot where Alexa held Becky Lynch
in the Sister Abigail pose, and everyone knows what that’s hinting at
After Damage Control stops Becky Lynch from winning the match, Alexa takes advantage and
picks up the win by pinning Nikki Cross
Alexa now moves on to face Bayley in a number one contender’s match for the Raw women’s
title
Alexa was also interviewed backstage after Raw and said that she’s found this new aggression
recently and how she doesn’t know where it came from
That aggression Alexa is referring to is most definitely the Bray Wyatt and Uncle Howdy
influence that’s starting to take over again
So it’ll be Alexa and Bayley to determine the number contender
Considering the last few months have been dedicated to Bayley getting a lot of title
matches with Bianca Belair, it just seems unlikely for them to turn right back to that
same matchup
So maybe Becky steps in there and gets payback by costing Bayley her match, leading Alexa
Bliss to become the number one contender
And with the obvious threat of Uncle Howdy and Bray Wyatt lurking in the background,
you just know they have to get involved at some point for Alexa Bliss
Maybe not during the number one contender’s match, but maybe Howdy ends up costing Alexa
during the title match itself
Maybe that’s what gets Alexa Bliss over to Smackdown to confront Bray Wyatt and ask
him what’s going on with that
So expect Howdy to get involved at some point during this run for Alexa Bliss, something
major appears to be on the horizon
But what are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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