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Speaker 2: main event proceedings with the two matches and raws last
Speaker 2: week's raw to review here, So a quick main event review.
Speaker 2: But SummerSlam is around the corner. It feels as though
Speaker 2: it's coming very quick and all these storylines need to
Speaker 2: kind of speed up, and it looks like ww are
Speaker 2: not playing around with the upcoming matches and the storylines
Speaker 2: and the feuds already setting up a few matches. We
Speaker 2: know that we've got the match between Randy Ordan, Logan
Speaker 2: Porvos Logan Ball Drew mcintile with Jelly Roll, which I've
Speaker 2: given my opinions on that just don't like the idea
Speaker 2: of seeing Randy Orton Andrew mcintie for that matter, in
Speaker 2: a match like this. As well, last week we confirmed
Speaker 2: that Johnson and Cody Rod will be taking on each
Speaker 2: other in the street fright. That one's great. It's great
Speaker 2: to see John Coner actually competing in a match that
Speaker 2: isn't just a standard match, a bit of no disqualifications.
Speaker 2: Let's see if he does actually take any tables or
Speaker 2: chess spots. I know he took obviously the table spot
Speaker 2: on the latest SmackDown, but we'll see if he takes
Speaker 2: some more pain in this match. We also got a
Speaker 2: still cage match Solus Sicola taking on Jack if two.
Speaker 2: I also like that, and some women's matches confirmed Becky
Speaker 2: Lynch taking on Laura Valkyria, and we've also got the
Speaker 2: triple Threat match, which we will talk about on this review.
Speaker 2: But yeah, the matches are coming in quite fast. I
Speaker 2: suppose we'll have more coming up. Obviously, Dominicque Stei and
Speaker 2: ah Styles most likely go ahead at SummerSlam two. But yeah,
Speaker 2: we'll more have come and I guess more to review
Speaker 2: in the future episodes if they are obviously premiered on Raw.
Speaker 2: But going into the first main event match, we had
Speaker 2: Ivanel taken on Maxine Duprix. So these two longtime friends
Speaker 2: going back at it in the ring. It feels as
Speaker 2: though that they never really had a real program since
Speaker 2: ivan Il did turn on Maxine Duprix and join the
Speaker 2: American Maid So it's good to see them back in
Speaker 2: the ring again. But this is ivan OL's third straight
Speaker 2: victory against Maxine Deprix. It seems as though that Maxine
Speaker 2: de Prix, despite the improvements she's made in the ring,
Speaker 2: which are massive improvement, she looks a lot more confident
Speaker 2: in there, and the fact that she is the youngest
Speaker 2: superstar and the fact that a lot of fans really
Speaker 2: enjoy her and she gets pretty decent pops on main event.
Speaker 2: Doesn't get the victory here and it comes out of
Speaker 2: way that you sort of think that it's protecting her
Speaker 2: with Ivy Nail's foot on the robes. But no momentum
Speaker 2: for Maxine Depre and it seems as though no momentum
Speaker 2: for her mental and Natalia either, as those two are
Speaker 2: not going near the tag team division either. I did
Speaker 2: forget to mention Charlotte Flann Alexa Blizz is going up
Speaker 2: against Racal and Roxanne for the title, But these guys
Speaker 2: have no involvement in that whatsoever. They're a newly formed
Speaker 2: tag team. They haven't really gone or continued off the
Speaker 2: fact that Maxines cost them opportunities, and yeah, they're not
Speaker 2: really getting anything on the main stage, so I think
Speaker 2: Natalia has just settled to be a mentor. But again,
Speaker 2: no victory here. I think what would make this interesting
Speaker 2: is if Natalia turns on Maxine dupri as well as
Speaker 2: probably the only way we could see Maxine getting over
Speaker 2: is getting the upper hand against a veteran in Natalia,
Speaker 2: because at the moment, if she's taking losses on main
Speaker 2: event to ive nal, then that cause for concern personally
Speaker 2: because she's supposed to be getting these victories so that
Speaker 2: we're able to lean on her more. Hopefully she gets
Speaker 2: on a main show because she's still young and she's
Speaker 2: got the fan backing and she's making improvements. So not
Speaker 2: really sure why creative and not rewarding him here, But
Speaker 2: I mean, I gets the victory and it doesn't really
Speaker 2: matter for her because we know she's not really going
Speaker 2: to do much. We know she's not going to compete
Speaker 2: for an intercontinental women's title, so don't really understand the
Speaker 2: russianale behind not giving Maxine the victory here. And yeah,
Speaker 2: I think it's just another mistake here unless the only
Speaker 2: way with like Superstars that expected to win, don't win,
Speaker 2: is to create more frustration and see how we react
Speaker 2: as fans and seeing where the pool and fans are getting,
Speaker 2: Like I know they did that with carrying across a
Speaker 2: bit and it seems to be working really well, so
Speaker 2: maybe they're doing the same from vaccine depri They want
Speaker 2: that reaction from us to see whether we like her
Speaker 2: or not, whether we're upset if she wins or losers,
Speaker 2: and a lot of people are, so it's good to see.
Speaker 2: Maybe that might be out of a benefit for her,
Speaker 2: so we'll keep track of that. But ivan Ill does
Speaker 2: get the victory there. We didn't get a wrap up
Speaker 2: of Saturday and it's main event and Evolution, which goes
Speaker 2: on for a few minutes honestly, but nothing really important.
Speaker 2: But the first segment of raw starts with Naomi coming
Speaker 2: into the ring basically pulling a promo and saying that
Speaker 2: the fans, obviously we're cheering for her and giving her
Speaker 2: you deserve a chance, but she didn't want to hear
Speaker 2: it given that they weren't filling the glow, which is
Speaker 2: so true. I love how Naomi came out and addressed this.
Speaker 2: It's great to get that reception from the fans obviously,
Speaker 2: but sticking to her heel character here was the right move.
Speaker 2: And to say that people were obviously now switching up
Speaker 2: on her and they weren't feeling the glow. It's true,
Speaker 2: no one was, and everyone's feeling this at the moment,
Speaker 2: but Naomi is not buying into that, and we're really
Speaker 2: happy with her character here. She also mentions that no
Speaker 2: one expects her first move. Everyone expected her to catch
Speaker 2: on Tiffany Straden. Well, I didn't expect her to catch
Speaker 2: on Triptany Stradden. I was surprised that she did go
Speaker 2: for this title and catching in evolution, But again she
Speaker 2: mentions that, and she also mentions that Bianco Bellair shegrew her,
Speaker 2: So some bit of tension there with Bianco Bellair. Maybe
Speaker 2: we'll see a program with them. I mean, last time
Speaker 2: Bianca Bellair was competing, she was on Raw promoting pretty
Speaker 2: much Nami is replacing her at the moment, but was
Speaker 2: in that Wrestlemana triple threat match on Raw. So maybe
Speaker 2: we'll see Bianca Bella come back, and that might lead
Speaker 2: us to think that Naomi won't lose the title. Surely
Speaker 2: not on her first Summer Slam match, but She goes
Speaker 2: on to say that, and then rear Ripley comes into
Speaker 2: the ring mentions that she is upset and that Naomi's
Speaker 2: on her hit list, and then that's when obviously Skuy
Speaker 2: comes in. It's funny when Corey Grave says that yes,
Speaker 2: guy's got to be disappointed, and you just see her
Speaker 2: smiling and shaking the hands of everyone else, and I
Speaker 2: think that's just er guy is the mean. She can't
Speaker 2: come in looking too angry. She wants she's entertainment, she's
Speaker 2: a show woman and wants to give the fans that
Speaker 2: to them. But at the same time, obviously you still
Speaker 2: want her to look a bit upset given that she
Speaker 2: also got pinned and lost her title in that way.
Speaker 2: But she tells Ripley to get in the back of
Speaker 2: the line and they get into a bit of an argument.
Speaker 2: Naomi says, you're all the way at the back of
Speaker 2: the line and none of them are going to compete.
Speaker 2: But that's when Adam Pearce comes in announces that triple
Speaker 2: threat match. So we're basically getting Naomi replacing Banker Bellat
Speaker 2: and another triple threat match here. So another match where
Speaker 2: we see real Ripley and Er Skuy going up against
Speaker 2: each other, where we can imagine that name is going
Speaker 2: to retain the title, but another a monster class between
Speaker 2: those two is what's going to be expected. Let's see
Speaker 2: what happens when Bianca Balaa kind of gets involved, because
Speaker 2: I do suspect that she will was mentioned, but again,
Speaker 2: loving this name character. I like that idea that she's
Speaker 2: on raw as well. A bit of a change and
Speaker 2: a mix up for her and suits her character really well.
Speaker 2: She is killing it ever since she's turned heel, and
Speaker 2: a lot of people have called out, including myself, for
Speaker 2: her to have a heel turn, and she's doing so well.
Speaker 2: And some of the stuff I like is she's able
Speaker 2: to kind of transition from the glow to proceeding with caution,
Speaker 2: which is a great catch line, is another great mimic,
Speaker 2: and that cynical laugh is quite impressive as well. Plus
Speaker 2: her mind skills are extremely impressive and she seems a
Speaker 2: lot more confident being a heel on the mic too,
Speaker 2: so it's great to see. We then have the two
Speaker 2: out of three fourths match between Lyra and Beck and
Speaker 2: Bailey Sorry, where obviously Lara gets the victory. We had
Speaker 2: Bailey get the first pin, which when you get the
Speaker 2: first pin, you know that you're going to lose, especially
Speaker 2: a hump. The way these matches are kind of constructed,
Speaker 2: we had her getting the first pin and then Lara
Speaker 2: getting the second, and then getting the nightwing and getting
Speaker 2: the victory here, I believe so, and I think it
Speaker 2: was a roll up actually, But Becky comes out to
Speaker 2: the ring and basically flexes her title and we're going
Speaker 2: to see her and Larra go at it once again.
Speaker 2: Starting to get sick of this program, but I think
Speaker 2: this is the essentially the rubber match between these two,
Speaker 2: and I think this is where Laura Valkyria will get
Speaker 2: her Summer Slam moment. Becky and Bailey have done a
Speaker 2: really good job in pushing Laura Valkyria through this program.
Speaker 2: It's really shown that Lara is becoming her own and
Speaker 2: is really putting a stamp on her I guess popularity
Speaker 2: and also her her ability and her quality as well
Speaker 2: and being named one of the biggest stars. It seems
Speaker 2: as though that there's going to be a lot for
Speaker 2: her and I think another solid run with her being
Speaker 2: the Women's Intercontinental Champion will be great for her, and
Speaker 2: I think that's what's going to happen at SummerSlam. It's
Speaker 2: all leading up to that, it feels, especially taking on
Speaker 2: Bailey and then now taking on Becky. We might see
Speaker 2: a Bailey Hill turn, who knows, but there's not much
Speaker 2: for her to do now as Summer Slam, given that
Speaker 2: this food is over, and it feels as though we
Speaker 2: haven't really seen Becky and Bailey go at it one
Speaker 2: on one with a result there as well, since Laura
Speaker 2: and Valkia costed the match there was a disqualification there.
Speaker 2: We still need a program for those two, so hopefully
Speaker 2: we get one, given that they are the original four
Speaker 2: horse women from n XT coming up together and there
Speaker 2: was some tension there, especially given that Becky costed Bailey
Speaker 2: her Wrestlemanium and then the opportunity to win those Women's
Speaker 2: Take Team championships. So again we'll have to look out
Speaker 2: for that one. But at the moment, Bailey hasn't got
Speaker 2: a SummerSlam opponent, so that's going to be an interesting
Speaker 2: thing to kind of look out for there. Maybe she'll
Speaker 2: become a special guest referee, or she'll be a mentor
Speaker 2: to to Larra. Who knows, we'll find out, I guess
Speaker 2: before SummerSlam. Now we then get back to the main event,
Speaker 2: where we have Austin's Theory taking on a Medicano, a
Speaker 2: much taller Algandamericana, obviously that being Kaiser. Do I like this?
Speaker 2: Not really. I feel bad for Kaiser, given that he
Speaker 2: is a superstar of great potential and talent. I don't
Speaker 2: know why they're choosing him to wear the mask. I
Speaker 2: think Chad Gable is legit injured. Maybe that's probably why,
Speaker 2: but I much prefer Chad Gable as Alejander a Medicano,
Speaker 2: and I guess the fact that our Grand Americana can
Speaker 2: literally be anyone is what's probably good about the character.
Speaker 2: But I think Chad Gable just hones it the best
Speaker 2: and Kaiser doesn't really do too much of a good
Speaker 2: job in there, but I guess it's part of the
Speaker 2: joke that's going on. He takes on Austin Theory, and
Speaker 2: like Maxine Deprie, they don't reward Austin Theory or for
Speaker 2: win here. They give Algernonde Metakana the win and he
Speaker 2: remains undefeated, which is probably why they did it. But
Speaker 2: Austin Theory gets another loss, and obviously he's now looking
Speaker 2: to be a babyface. They still haven't really addressed the
Speaker 2: formal breakup of him and Grace and Waller, which is
Speaker 2: what I'm really waiting for. But I just don't see
Speaker 2: why they would give him a lost like he's young,
Speaker 2: he's upcoming. Bis McMahon really really trusted him, so don't
Speaker 2: don't understand the reason here. But again, maybe it's because
Speaker 2: they want to make a gander Kin remain undefeated. I
Speaker 2: don't know. But Austin Theory this doesn't help him again,
Speaker 2: But again, as I mentioned with Maxin Duprix, if fans
Speaker 2: continue to remain frustrated, then he might be something that's
Speaker 2: better for him as well. But the way that obviously
Speaker 2: Grande gets the victory is putting the plate into his
Speaker 2: forehead and giving Austin Theory the head buck there. And
Speaker 2: he continues to get really good pops of main events.
Speaker 2: From the main events I've been reviewing, he's clearly been
Speaker 2: one of the ones that have had the highest pops,
Speaker 2: are the loudest pops. Obviously, when carrying a cross was
Speaker 2: on there for a few weeks, he was getting massive,
Speaker 2: massive pops. But Austin Theory is getting huge pops as well,
Speaker 2: considering it is the main event shows, so something that
Speaker 2: I think WW needs to push as well, and I
Speaker 2: think the Grayson Waller feud will help that as well
Speaker 2: when they actually decide to formally split these two up.
Speaker 2: And I hope that's bloody soon because I've been waiting
Speaker 2: a very very long time for that and I think
Speaker 2: everyone has too, and it still hasn't happened. We're almost there,
Speaker 2: We're pretty much there, but it just hasn't actually happened
Speaker 2: yet where you've seen Grayson Waller attack Theory from behind
Speaker 2: or they have a feud between each other. So let's
Speaker 2: look at for that. Hopefully, if Austin Theory gets back
Speaker 2: on main event, he gets a victory and then we
Speaker 2: can go from there. We then have a little bit
Speaker 2: of a backstage primo with Paul Hayman, Bronson Reid, and
Speaker 2: bron Breaker, basically Paul Hayman saying that Seth Rolins has
Speaker 2: until next June to catch in, which is a very
Speaker 2: good point. It is a very very long time for
Speaker 2: Seth Rolins to catch in, and I think with his
Speaker 2: knee injury, I suppose he'll be back before that. So
Speaker 2: even if he comes back at the latest Dunion, he
Speaker 2: can just come in, cash in and win the title
Speaker 2: as well. And as I said last week, I may
Speaker 2: have thought that it's tough for Seth Rollins to leave
Speaker 2: at this time, but it really gives an opportunity for
Speaker 2: bron Breaker to step up and it kind of accelerates
Speaker 2: his development a lot more. I wasn't too happy with
Speaker 2: bron Breaker just being a security guard, and I know
Speaker 2: that eventually that was going to not happen and that
Speaker 2: was going to change and bron Breaker was going to
Speaker 2: take the reins and be the face of the front
Speaker 2: of the doing industry for a long time. But it
Speaker 2: looks like that's going to be accelerated and massively here
Speaker 2: leading the Helm. He did really well in that Gordon match.
Speaker 2: He eliminated four opponents, which was great. Obviously main event
Speaker 2: cuts to the match as Smith transition, but straight to
Speaker 2: when jay Ulso gets eliminated. That was with the help
Speaker 2: of Bronson Reid. Before that, he makes quick work of
Speaker 2: Penta and then he makes decent work of alle Night
Speaker 2: as well. So he does he does a pretty good
Speaker 2: job Sorr three opponents, not four he eliminated because he
Speaker 2: did come up against seeing Punk and with the help
Speaker 2: of j Usso combating Bronson Reid. Punk gets the victory here,
Speaker 2: which is what I expected would happen, and he's going
Speaker 2: to go up against Gunther at Summer Slam, so that
Speaker 2: leaves Punk and Gunther two. As I've probably forgot to
Speaker 2: mention as well, So a lot of these matches are
Speaker 2: pretty much getting closed up. There's probably a few more
Speaker 2: to get to get finalized, but we've got Punks and
Speaker 2: we've got Gunther at Summer Slam too, And before I
Speaker 2: get to the stuff that happened after that, I will
Speaker 2: talk about that match. I don't really know who's gonna win,
Speaker 2: because I think they could give it to Punk, but
Speaker 2: Gunsa has been on a tremendous run and he just
Speaker 2: got his title back, so I don't know if I
Speaker 2: would see Gunther losing given that he's been on a
Speaker 2: tear at the moment, But it is seeing Punk and
Speaker 2: seeing Punk breaking through and getting a victory would be
Speaker 2: fantastic as well. And what could potentially happen is maybe
Speaker 2: Punk wins, and I've seen little rumors of it. I
Speaker 2: still don't think it's true, but maybe we might see
Speaker 2: seth Rowlans come back and cash in on Punk. That
Speaker 2: would be a bit of a spanner in the works.
Speaker 2: There are rumors that he's faking the injury, but I
Speaker 2: hope they're wrong, and I think they are. But we
Speaker 2: haven't really heard much on the news of whether Seph
Speaker 2: Rowlins has been injured or not. But the way he's
Speaker 2: the way he went down, it looked like it was
Speaker 2: a legit injury because you can't. You can't just get
Speaker 2: injured doing a flip selling and getting the doctors there
Speaker 2: and giving la night at the victory. It just didn't
Speaker 2: It just didn't make sense for it to be fake.
Speaker 2: So again, we'll have to see. But if that happened,
Speaker 2: that would be quite interesting. If not, don't really see
Speaker 2: how Gunsa doesn't drop the title. But with Sampunk, you
Speaker 2: don't know. So that's probably the one where, Yeah, I've
Speaker 2: got no clue what's going to happen, but it will
Speaker 2: be a really good match. It's great to see guns
Speaker 2: actually taking on someone that is of high status of Sampunk.
Speaker 2: Ever since he had the belt, he hasn't really defended
Speaker 2: it against massive opposition. I know they tried to hype
Speaker 2: Jus as one but not a legend like Sampunk, and
Speaker 2: obviously it was Goldberg, but that doesn't count because he's
Speaker 2: not in his He's only his prime, So Sampunk and
Speaker 2: Gun through at SummerSlam will be great. We then have
Speaker 2: as them two are kind of looking at each other
Speaker 2: knowing that they're going to take each other on at Summerslant,
Speaker 2: Bronson Reed hits Sampung from behind and Breaker spears Jay
Speaker 2: and as they're basically about to set them up for
Speaker 2: a double tsunami, the OTC returns Roman reigns, so he's
Speaker 2: back pretty much expected, Like, you can't get too surprised
Speaker 2: for a Roman Reign return, but you can be really
Speaker 2: happy when he does come back. Given his schedule is
Speaker 2: quite If I had that work schedule, I'd be loving
Speaker 2: my life. There's the money he's getting. But right around
Speaker 2: the corner from Summerslame, it makes sense that he comes back.
Speaker 2: He makes quick work of Bronson Red with a superman punch,
Speaker 2: and then he does the same to bron Break. I
Speaker 2: believe if not attacks him, Oh drags him down. That's right.
Speaker 2: He drags him down, starts hitting him, and then comes
Speaker 2: back into the ring. But we see Roman Rains lift
Speaker 2: him up for some old drop, showing some great power.
Speaker 2: Ramon Rains has got some tremendous power lifting up that
Speaker 2: man that with that ease, and then he ends up
Speaker 2: spearing Bronson Reid as well there, and that also protected
Speaker 2: bron Breaker, which is great. We don't see Roman Remains
Speaker 2: and bron Breaker attacking each other, which was fantastic as well.
Speaker 2: And then we had Jay who back in the ring
Speaker 2: and Cmpunk. You could see that Roman Rains and cm
Speaker 2: Punk haven't really sorted themselves out by the way they
Speaker 2: looked at each other, but they're probably going to be
Speaker 2: allies based on the I guess the enemy of your
Speaker 2: enemy is my friend motto. But then he ends up
Speaker 2: going into the ring celebrating Jajushow's there as well, and
Speaker 2: from what I've heard, might not be a tag team
Speaker 2: match between the two, but it might be two singles
Speaker 2: matches with Jay us So taking on Bronson Reid and
Speaker 2: bron Breaker taking on Roman Rains, which will be an
Speaker 2: amazing spectacle and something that I didn't think would happen
Speaker 2: so quick. But this is what I mean when I
Speaker 2: say bron Breakers getting elevated at quicker rate now with
Speaker 2: Seth Rolin's not being around, so maybe that would have
Speaker 2: been the match that Seth rollins would have competed in
Speaker 2: but it looks as though that Remamains will take on
Speaker 2: Brown Breaker and that will do a lot of things
Speaker 2: of the world of good for bron Breaker's career taking
Speaker 2: on someone like Romanmains. But it's always good to see
Speaker 2: Ramemains back. It comes right before some Slam, which is expected,
Speaker 2: and SummerSlam is slowly shaping up. As mentioned, We've got
Speaker 2: obviously Raw coming up this week to probably tie up
Speaker 2: some more loose ends on storylines and also setting up
Speaker 2: some further matches. I believe just the Intercontinental Championship and
Speaker 2: this kind of new faction will be sorted and then
Speaker 2: on SmackDown we still have the Women's United States Championship
Speaker 2: to kind of get wrapped up as well. We might
Speaker 2: see a match at some Slam. If not, we'll probably
Speaker 2: see one on a standard show, but we'll have to
Speaker 2: wait and see. But again, it's been your boy, Daniel.
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