Sister Abigail teased!
The Shield reunite!
And a new member of the Cruiserweight division is announced, almost only so Enzo Amore can
get beaten up again.
I’m Oli Davis and this is 2nd October, 2017 edition of Monday Night Raw...in about 4 minutes.
Braun Strowman beat Seth Rollins Tom Phillips opened Raw in Michael Cole’s
place, with a very confused Booker T standing next to him.
SHUCKA HUCKY DUC-YOU AIN’T COLE!
After Dean Ambrose lost to Braun Strowman last week, Seth Rollins lost to The Monster
Among Men here.
Strowman is continuing to be built back up after his Brock Lesnar defeat - not just beating
Rollins, but also Ambrose again in the post-match.
Cesaro and Sheamus then ran down to kick the scraps - tying into the Reigns angle later
on.
Mickie James beat Nia Jax Several months ago, Alexa Bliss would’ve
staged a 20 minute long in-ring segment about how old Mickie James is.
Thankfully, WWE opted for the succinct, much better version - James finding various old
person presents from Alexa in her dressing room.
Mickie confronted Bliss about it, but was instead met by my new best friend Nia Jax
- seemingly ignoring the last month of angles where Nia has been feuding with Alexa.
Mickie won the resulting match via DQ when Bliss interfered, so Kurt Angle made a Women’s
title match between them at TLC: No Scrubs.
Elias beat Titus O’Neil Elias continues to be kept strong, this week
beating Titus O’Neil.
Carlos Santana Carlos Santana is going to wrestle for WWE
or something.
Galanerson beat Matt Hardy & Jason Jordan Matt Hardy and Jason Jordan are now apparently
a tag team while Brother Jeff is out with injury.
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, however, proved they’re just a couple of… nerds!
Roman Reigns beat The Miz Because WWE doesn’t care about Raw’s third
hour any more, the Roman Reigns vs Miz main event took place halfway through the show.
The Miztourage entered through the crowd in their latest jab at The Shield, which Reigns
didn’t take to kindly - brutally beating up Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas before the match
started, steel chair and all.
It was a great, Stone Cold Steve Austin badass babyface move, which the crowd even cheered.
With Miz’s cronies out of action, it was up to Cesaro and Sheamus to pull Roman out
just as he was about to win, giving Reigns the DQ victory, but keeping the Intercontinental
Title on Miz.
Sure, it’s very haphazard - chucking Miz, Cesaro and Sheamus together to go feud with
the Shield - but it’s much better than having Dallas and Axel in the spot.
The three heels then hit Roman with the Shield’s triple powerbomb spot to close the show...despite
there still being a whole hour left.
Finn Balor & Bray Wyatt Well done WWE, you just made Bray Wyatt interesting
again.
Answering Finn Balor’s in-ring challenge, Wyatt appeared in his TitanTron house, where
he’d farted up an absolute storm.
Here we go again, some gobbledegook about men and demons and face paint.
But Bray’s character showed several new sides.
He was broken, muttering ‘she never lied to me’ over and over again.
And then, at the end, Wyatt said it’s time for Finn to meet Sister Abigail, where a perfectly
executed cross fade turned him into the girl from The Ring.
It was equally disturbing and intriguing - even if this is more supernatural nonsense for
Bray when the best version of his character is the charismatic, psychotic cult leader.
Or maybe it’s not supernatural at all, and Bray will challenge the Demon King at TLC
in full drag, cross-dressing Norman Bates style.
And there is nothing wrong with cross-dressing!
Sasha Banks & Bayley beat Emma & Alicia Fox Sasha Banks and Bayley are still the bestest
friends in the whole wide world.
They beat Emma and Alicia Fox when Emma left her partner high and dry after an accidental
collision.
Enzo Amore Promo With anyone else, Enzo Amore’s main event
promo would’ve been far too long.
But he’s such a great talker, the segment zipped along quite nicely - especially when
he ran down each of his fellow Cruiserweights.
The big reveal was that Kurt Angle had signed a new wrestler to the division, one which
could therefore challenge Amore for the title.
No, not Austin Aries.
No, not a returning Dean Malenko either.
It’s...Kalisto.
Yay.
I like Kalisto, but it was hardly a big crowd pop reveal.
At least the luchador is finally in the Cruiserweight division where he belongs...even if it’s
a year overdue.
Post-Credits Raw ended, however, with it’s own version
of the Marvel post-credits sequence.
Roman was recovering in the locker room from his earlier beat-down when Dean Ambrose and
Seth Rollins silently joined him, nodded and then walked away.
The Shield is reuniting.
So that was this week’s Raw in about four minutes.
Here’s the usual ratings recap, from top to bottom - In Awe, Cor, AVRAWGE, Poor and
Bore.
I’ll reveal my rating very shortly, but first, vote in the poll above my head to give
yours.
I’ll announce the results in tomorrow’s WrestleTalk News.
There was nothing awful on Raw, but aside from the post-credits Shield reunion and Bray
Wyatt promo, there wasn’t anything standout either.
And for a three hour show, there really needs to be more to deserve the audience’s attention.
This week’s Raw is a low AvRAWge.
Enzo Amore shoots on Corey Graves!
And Randy Orton is sick of WWE’s booking!
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