hello wrestling fans you're working the
tom koehler channel for another raw
review covering today will be everything
going on with Sharla flair what branch
she's on who she's facing off with in a
very madcap week the women's division of
course I'll also be covering Rey
Mysterio Seth Rollins and of course the
tremendous or at least slightly growing
on me Viking raiders and three profits
feud make sure it look like before we
begin and we'll get started
rolls this week was lighter on recap
than last week which was very much a
good thing but it did contain a lot of
hook right before a break you will see
that anytime you walk through it
this shows a concern they are losing
ratings because it's a way to try and
keep people segmented segments if you
analyze the rating by 15 minute block
you can see that they do pretty much
continually lose people and if something
they needed to address unfortunately I
don't think this is a way because he got
very obnoxious very quickly there are
multiple premature attacks right before
a break there are multiple segments
where people backstage a teasing
interrupting someone and for me it's
just it's aggressive and it really
harmed the show for me that said there
was a lot of good and I want to go for
all that blow-by-blow at the beginning
of the show they ran down the whole card
which didn't feature many matches they
didn't announce as many as I person
would have liked Oskar entered the ring
to start and WWE were literally teasing
the main event from the off that's very
telling as well because they were
teasing Oscar and flair at the beginning
and it was actually delivered at the end
Oscar would come out solo initially she
would be interrupted by Sasha banks and
Bailey they would be interval to by
Charla Flair and she would be
interrupted by the ikonics
a lot of things stacked on top of each
other in this segment everyone got a
chance to speak including us go got a
chance to really square up with banks
and Bailey and Charla ever-so-slightly
destroyed Boston hook on the mic in
return Boston hook attacked Charla there
was a kerfuffle and at the end of that
we got a break so that he first hook
I'll be pointing them out they'll be a
few somehow after the break this would
end up being such a banks and Bailey
versus the icon
versus Sharla flair and Oscar this also
became a bit of a theme because it meant
that we got a lot of sections after
breaks they didn't quite coincide with
what had happened before because the
hook was clearly written last minute or
maybe even be reshot in some cases this
was a match that featured five heels and
only one face thankfully the face is the
one that got the win if we'd had a crowd
this would have been a very loud when I
tell you that much
Oscar one for the team but Sharla spent
most of the match building up to a big
hog tag pulling her hand away and
teasing Oscar you don't want t the Oscar
she's deadly the Empress is truly deadly
but I will say these six women have been
getting a lot of our time they all were
featured twice in five or six segments
each with the first half hour and the
last half hour v6 woman took up an hour
of programming this is still with no
sign of Shayna Baszler Natalia live
Morgan Ruby right all Bianca Bella or
anyone who may be plan to be called or
poorly sideway from NXT so while it's a
great thing for these six women and I
think they did a tremendous job with
what they had I would like to see a few
more women appearing at least on screen
briefly Bianca Bella deserves a match to
the very least we had a brief recap
package of the Seth Rollins and Rey
Mysterio feud which is good I feel they
recapped way too much last week but this
week it was kept to a minimum as close
as could be it was kept interesting
which is a good way to be Seth would
join the announce panel right before the
interview of Rey once again very clear
hook run before a break so no Joe does
not look impressed
I like that consistency at the same time
break all surface son of a bitch
I like that their feud is just pure
hatred our respective WWE editing some
technical issues to hide the pre tape
and the pre recording for Rey Mysterio
which is a nice touch considering it's a
satellite link nobody reacts to them
though which sort of makes the live
it's not raised best delivery he's
definitely reading from a script' and
that's that can't be easy with only one
eye Saif invites both ray and dominic to
roll next week which should be an
interesting little way of doing things
there are of course rumors that dominic
could be joining team Rollins would be
an interesting way to have him debut
I'll say that
however the interview was then
interrupted you may hear that I didn't
quite say into you as well as I'd like
there because the word interrupted so
close to it but alistair black diving
across the announce table onto staff and
i have to give credit to both men here
alistair black for the commitment and
the pace of which he charged into that
dive and several for not giving the game
away he would have been able to see
perfectly where i lost it how was the
blood was coming from but he didn't
react whatsoever until black was
basically here well done stuff somehow
after the break we now have hollister
black and Umberto Carrillo against booty
Murphy and Austin Theory which is a
matter that we have seen before
also we're safe not mentioned once again
coming back from the break it's
confusing or at least a little jarring
it doesn't gel together as I feel it
should the Edit could have been better
the match is good to match his high
quality was very short only two or three
minutes black and Murphy do tremendous
things in that brief amount of time and
black does pick up the win for his team
after that Seth Rollins comes down to
Rey Mysterio's theme wearing the Rey
Mysterio mask someone in the truck
played that theme and I would be asking
questions of that person at this point
as a result of this Alistair block is
distracted and here in Korea
unfortunately take a bit ever beat down
again I think this is a third week in a
row now especially when you don't have a
match of backlash it's a bit jarring
Randy Orton cuts a backstage promo where
he says that he might get involved in
the Peep Show segment coming up
Christian is then introduced and they go
to a break so whatever you do don't
change the channel because Randy Orton
might do a word after the break edge
comes down to the ring and Christian
full-on roasts him he really plays him
down
similar way to the weather edge did
would Becky Lynch way back when when he
very nearly accidentally turned himself
he'll I suggest in the Becky Lynch might
want to be careful as a bad girl because
the fans in consider about so read the
room the question I always have here
first off I think the monarch of great
if wrestling whatever is disrespectful
to everyone else on that car because
you're saying that they can't do it
you're saying that no one on my card can
steal the show from this main event
if McIntyre and lastly go out there and
have a five-star match or in an aging
we're able to follow that I'll say that
I hope people can say that a challenge
secondly my issue here with Christian
putting it down and then building him up
and saying you know we think you can do
this he said you already did he had a
last one standing but which is more
intense than a wrestling match and he
did it so spending all this time now
saying it's gonna be gray edge we
believe in you really rings hollow when
he's already proven that he can do it
Orton would appear on the screen to run
the segment and apparently he's been
standing in the exact same place for the
last twenty minutes his promo is
essentially all sideways and every now
and then while he's reading his script
he goes like that and then he room
remember his last line and just
naturally talks to the screen that said
it is a very strong delivery you can see
in getting emotional and I think that's
a very good thing so there are pluses to
that I don't think I want neither he's
best reading from a script' at the same
time he was clearly a very good delivery
and I give him credit for it good promo
segment it should hype of the match and
for a go home segment for the match it's
very good however I just don't think
they can live up to the hype and neither
if you've been listening to recent
interviews Knievel's edge before another
break and VP talks we know a breaks
coming so he promises as an in-depth
look and examination and a breakdown of
the Full Nelson the Bobby Lashley uses
which we never get MVP is wearing a shad
gaspard t-shirt though which I have to
give him respectful
also the 24/7 championship is on screen
which is fantastic it's sited our truth
appears during the segment name drops
Grunk again I am wondering if maybe
that's part of the settlement deal that
they have to drop his name in every
everything for the next year or so you
know a can tell and then lastly beats a
part roof I know we're building lastly
and ultimately this is a a way to do it
but beating people who are nowhere near
establish to a championship level is not
a convincing way to do it he hasn't been
given enough from Drew McIntyre before
losing the championship Brock Lesnar was
beaten to a holy hell repeatedly by Drew
McIntyre I feel that lastly needed at
least one moment like that before the
match it hasn't come hopefully we'll see
at a Sunday night Viking raiders versus
Bobby Lashley an MVP is announced
leading into the decathlon between the
Raiders and the prophets there's a recap
beforehand which is actually quite a lot
of fun I've spoken on here about what I
liked and what I disliked and it's about
half and half but there is enough of the
ones I do like to keep these little
recap segments going and because recaps
have been used sparingly this is of
interest to me when the actual segment
comes I do feel as are being slowly
conditioned to like them more and more
they contain a lot of things I usually
cast and like sound effects but other
parts make up for them
the sword-fighting forfeit is in
particular made me pop and they're still
hitting very similar things for Aybar
he's a big guy but he's county cue it's
the same no I want them to evolve I like
the fact that they do the toast before
the flip Cup that shows a camaraderie in
the Brotherhood that I've been talking
about and really when you're doing a
face versus face feud I think they've
done this absolutely perfectly because
the respective just built and built and
built and built the race and the
prophets are now tied so I'm going to
assume they eventually we're gonna have
a match but honestly I'm kind of into it
now you know don't hate me for this book
I wouldn't mind it going for normal
it's also much watch Ivar at some point
says raise a bar for air Ivar which is
an orphan be very good on teacher
Apollo Cruz introduces the u.s. title
division seemingly in its entirety and
that's the only appearance he makes of
the night the match will be Angel Gaza
versus Andrade versus Kevin Owens my
main question here is who booked this
match who backstage or a mannequin for
that this particular match would be a
good idea because whether they are Kevin
Owens might want a word with you
Riley gives the perspex a little kiss
next to angel Gaza which i think is
actually pretty cute and Kevin Owens
runs out and starts the attack
immediately and then there's a break so
you might want to tune back in to see
what's going on there we get a decent
amount of time for this one and it is
very cleverly booked it starts off as a
handicap match as you might expect but
that doesn't last very long because Gaza
and Andrade cannot agree on anything
their argument eventually spills to the
outside they start scrapping in zilina
Vega is the one who gets knocked to the
floor which is a hook for a brink but
also a good bit of storytelling and an
advancement that I like the match
continues Owens being able to get in a
lot more often to this point hits a
stunner on Angel Gaza and then gets
thrown off by Andrade Andrade wins a
match by beating angel Gaza and he will
get a u.s. title shot at backlash it
does seem like they just remembered this
one however this is another one that
could potentially be a better match than
Orton versus edge Charla Flair has a
backstage promo where she highlights
that an XT takeover she wasn't pinned
and she did not submit so the Microsoft
unfinished business in NXT they're
asking interrupts doing her dancing and
her shouting and Charlotte Flair asked
if she's ever serious Aska then gets
deadly serious slapped Charlotte in the
face
Charlotte seems like she respects that I
like that they've added a serious side
to Oscar because she did go a bit too
far the other way and I love Oscar in
that particular direction but having
that little bit more serious in ringside
it will be beneficial when it comes to
selling a real challenge like nine jacks
he's supposed to be good little segment
Andrade and Gaza
ad-lib an argument backstage Selena Vega
comes in points at them
silence ISM immediately she is clearly
very angry and clearly still very in
charge Kurt Angle does the best job so
far of hyping up the greatest wrestling
that ever a backlash by referring to
chemistry that he had in the ring that
other people had in the ring to Ric
Flair and Ricky the dragon steamboat had
in the ring he actually did a much
better job I feel than a lot of people
so far we've been hyping up this match
drew McIntyre has a segment with the
Viking raiders backstage which I've got
to say I very much enjoy drew McIntyre
make a very good fighting and they
genuinely look very good together
there's however once again he's a hawk
drew literally says and I want to read
this verbatim you might want to stick
around you might want to check it out
because you never know what might happen
on Monday Night Raw pandering is
pandering to an audience this is of
course the beginning of the third hour
where they traditionally lose their most
viewership so I get it but still WWE
advertised that evolution will be shown
before W to be backstage on fs1 tomorrow
there is no chance that show is not
discussed on backstage and this is
definitely interest checked by the WWE
to see if there's enough interest to
consider evolution 2.0 there is book
this show we get to the VIP lounge and
like many segments with rush matches or
show things it does feel quite truncated
and brief it may have been edited down
MVP calls on Lashley but it's drew
McIntyre who comes out they have a brief
conversation MVP looking confident the
whole time even though little
scared lastly tries to get an attack
from behind but drew is wise to it as
he's talking down to lovely and VP made
some move so McIntosh sees him off with
a head book picks up his title lastly
does not react which i think is quite
telling that would have been a perfect
time to lock in that full nelson i've
got to say Lashley isn't been booked to
be particularly smart in these instances
the Viking raiders commercial after it's
followed by two Street prophets which
shows a developing camaraderie between
those four and now drew McIntyre the
party is very much come to him if we see
Drew McIntyre with the red cup in future
I think that's there as a job well done
the match isn't particularly long but at
the same time it isn't particularly
short Viking raiders do get some moves
in mostly at MVPs expense lastly does
not really take much of a beating at all
there's a lovely tense moment outside
when lastly Andrew have a brief stare
down before lastly runs pass through to
spear Ivar that I feel is a good moment
and it shows the direction and the
intensity of Bobby Lashley he's very
focused that is a good thing he then
does a blind tag in and puts Eric out
with the full nelson wins the matter
that way and then continues the hold or
at least gets the hold back on briefly
afterwards I believe he's on high bar
nobody can get him off including the
prophets it takes a claymore from drew
McIntyre to put loffley out of the ring
lastly goes out of the ring he does not
go down which is at least something of a
good luck one thing I will say is it
drew McIntyre at this point gets on his
knees against the ropes and starts
talking and since WrestleMania that
exact position is where I feel he is
doing his best work every time he's in
that position he caused a great little
promo I really enjoyed that moment the
match was okay
luckily did get a bit of a build here he
still doesn't look like a particularly
phenomenal threat for backlash though
the men event comes with plenty of time
left which could be down to the edit and
could be why things are fell a bit
rushed
we've shows being pre-taped it does mean
they can head out slower parts of so
much is
that means they could potentially give
more time to the main event they could
potentially have filmed over or they're
expected to maybe three and a half hours
and then cook it out of matches to make
it flow a bit better and make them
actually seem a bit more intense I
certainly would in their position once
again banks and Bailey were involved for
the first half of the main event they
said two commentary I did feel watching
this the raw had actually started again
at the beginning of this match which I
don't think is what they're aiming for
but it was what it was
banks and Bailey were very good on
commentary Bailey's laugh is probably
the worst thing I've ever heard and I
absolutely loved it it's just
magnificent Huw luck the iconic sneak
their way into the crowd they are
briefly shown on TV but they are not
referenced by banks and Bailey until
they then attack banks and Bailey from
behind by going round the crowd
hopefully social distancing while they
do it is after this moment though the
Charlotte versus asked to really get to
show what it's all about these two are
tremendous chemistry I've enjoyed every
single match they've had in his a shame
Oscar has never picked up the win but
that is referenced multiple times on
commentary now that there is no one on
the outside growing your attention we
can really see what they can do there
are counters there is chain wrestling
there is a number of submissions they do
great things unfortunately it doesn't
come to a clean finish now Ajax make in
about five seconds of appearance and
involvement in the match does just
enough to distract ASCO who goes down to
a big boot and move which Allah has
finished a few people off with Oscar did
actually kick out of this so I have
question marks about that I'll tell you
that much
Charlotte does pick up the wind though
which begs the question is Charlotte
gonna be added to now Jax versus asked
her a backlash the show ends after Nayak
enters the ring and gives Oscar a Samoan
drop
and in his Charlotte Flair and Naya Jax
standing tall I did think Roy was a good
show last night despite the constant of
TV really grating on me this did seem to
go back to what a lot of Vince Russo
tricks and the way that he and the
attitude are always used to drain drug
people in if they shows good people will
continue to what it's really that simple
and constantly teasing that something's
gonna happen is probably not gonna
change that that said that much quality
was very high and I feel that every
division was quite well represented here
even the tag division that is very
depleted right now with only two tag
teams really getting much of a push
there's a few people I'd like to see
more of
Ricky showing Cedric Alexander Liv
Morgan and people like that who have
something going on but haven't really
been able to get in the ring and do
something about it my Twitter poll this
week gave a 34 percent good rating and
in second place with a 30 percent okay
rating that positives were pretty much
right in the middle some good some bad
personally I thought he was slightly
better than that mostly due to smaller
moments I drew interacting with the
Raiders and then Rey Mysterio are I call
in Seth Rollins a son of a bitch please
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