RAW Review (4th Of March)
This episode of RAW was an interesting one to say the least. WWE Fastlane is this Sunday and everything seems to be in place for the PPV. With the final PPV stop before Wrestlemania, it looks like business will be picking up for sure with the grandest stage of them all being on the horizon.
Show opened with Roman Reigns coming out and claiming he's on a mission to take back his yard. He then talks about how tomorrow's never guaranteed and you never know what the future holds for you. Point was that he wants to reunite The Shield one last time, since Dean Ambrose is leaving the company very soon. He calls out Seth Rollins and tries to convince him to reunite the group, but Seth hesitated at first. Seth is mainly focused on facing Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania and winning the Universal Championship. Roman continues to persuade him and Seth finally agrees. They call Dean Ambrose and before Dean could even speak, Elias runs out and nails him with his guitar. This sets up a match between them later in the show.
Show opened with Roman Reigns coming out and claiming he's on a mission to take back his yard. He then talks about how tomorrow's never guaranteed and you never know what the future holds for you. Point was that he wants to reunite The Shield one last time, since Dean Ambrose is leaving the company very soon. He calls out Seth Rollins and tries to convince him to reunite the group, but Seth hesitated at first. Seth is mainly focused on facing Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania and winning the Universal Championship. Roman continues to persuade him and Seth finally agrees. They call Dean Ambrose and before Dean could even speak, Elias runs out and nails him with his guitar. This sets up a match between them later in the show.
Natalya Vs. Ruby Riott
The less said about this match, the better. Match was short and Natayla picks up the win by rolling up Ruby in a small package. After the match, Lacey Evans appears then walks to the back again. Man.....whatever.
Finn Balor, Braun Strowman & Kurt Angle Vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley
Those was a solid tag match but honestly I'm tired of seeing these guys fight each and every week. Bobby Lashley picks up the win for his team by spearing and pinning Finn Balor. After the match they beat down the babyfaces and left them laying.
Stephanie McMahon is being interviewed backstage and announced that she has lifted Beck Lynch's suspension. She also announced that at Fastlane Becky will face Charlotte for the vacated RAW Women's Championship.
HHH appears and talks about what Batista did to Ric Flair last week. This promo started off on a personal note as HHH began talking about Richard Fliehr, the man behind Ric Flair. As time went on he process to talk about Batista stooping so low to gain his attention. He requests Batista to meet him face to face next week on RAW so we'll see how that goes.
Stephanie McMahon is being interviewed backstage and announced that she has lifted Beck Lynch's suspension. She also announced that at Fastlane Becky will face Charlotte for the vacated RAW Women's Championship.
HHH appears and talks about what Batista did to Ric Flair last week. This promo started off on a personal note as HHH began talking about Richard Fliehr, the man behind Ric Flair. As time went on he process to talk about Batista stooping so low to gain his attention. He requests Batista to meet him face to face next week on RAW so we'll see how that goes.
Dean Ambrose Vs. Elias
Decent match that ends with Elias pinning Ambrose after hitting his Drift Away finishing move. After the match Roman and Seth come back out and they try to convince Ambrose again of The Shield reunion. Ambrose bails and exits into the crowd then suddenly Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre, and Bobby Lashley appears. They start attacking Reigns and Seth then Ambrose comes back and makes the save. The three men proceeded to do the Shield fists bump and they're reunited once again. This Sunday at Fastlane, The Shield will face Corbin, Lashley, and McIntyre in a 6 man tag.
The Revival (C) Vs. Aleister Black & Ricochet
This match was going fine then suddenly Bobby Roode and Chade Gable appear. The match then continues and before a winner was decided, Roode and Gable attack the Revival and the match ends in a DQ. Black and Ricochet were upset of course and they proceed to brawl with Roode and Gable.
Heavy Machinery vs the RAW Tag division in a gauntlet match. Match wasn't really anything special and Heavy Machinery wins by finally pinning Curt Hawkins.
Heavy Machinery vs the RAW Tag division in a gauntlet match. Match wasn't really anything special and Heavy Machinery wins by finally pinning Curt Hawkins.
Sasha Banks Vs. Tamina
Decent match that ended with Tamina pinning Sasha. This makes us believe that there's a chance Tamina and Nia Jax could possibly win the Women's Tag Titles at Fastlane. Maybe they will, maybe they won't.
Stephanie McMahon comes out with the RAW Women's Championship and proceeds to call out both Becky Lynch and Charlotte. Ronda Rousey appears and was clearly pissed that Stephanie was gonna give her title away to either women. Stephanie then proceeds to give Ronda her championship belt back and makes the Charlotte/Becky match at Fastlane a bit more interesting. She adds that if Becky wins, it'll be a Triple Threat match for the Women's Championship at Wrestlemania. If Charlotte wins, it'll remain Charlotte vs Ronda one on one. I mean, Becky won the Women's Royal Rumble and deserves a one on one match at Wrestlemania but whatever. Ronda then goes off on a weird tirade and basically turns heel by giving the fans crap for always booing her. She ends the promo by saying "no more Mrs. Nice Bitch!" and then kicks Charlotte in the gut and beats the crap out of Becky.
Fastlane is on the horizon and with everything we saw on this show last night, we could be seeing some interesting matches at Wrestlemania.
Show rating: 7.7/10
Stephanie McMahon comes out with the RAW Women's Championship and proceeds to call out both Becky Lynch and Charlotte. Ronda Rousey appears and was clearly pissed that Stephanie was gonna give her title away to either women. Stephanie then proceeds to give Ronda her championship belt back and makes the Charlotte/Becky match at Fastlane a bit more interesting. She adds that if Becky wins, it'll be a Triple Threat match for the Women's Championship at Wrestlemania. If Charlotte wins, it'll remain Charlotte vs Ronda one on one. I mean, Becky won the Women's Royal Rumble and deserves a one on one match at Wrestlemania but whatever. Ronda then goes off on a weird tirade and basically turns heel by giving the fans crap for always booing her. She ends the promo by saying "no more Mrs. Nice Bitch!" and then kicks Charlotte in the gut and beats the crap out of Becky.
Fastlane is on the horizon and with everything we saw on this show last night, we could be seeing some interesting matches at Wrestlemania.
Show rating: 7.7/10
