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<h2><strong>Ronda Needs A New Partner While The Women’s Mid-Card Gets A Decent Showing</strong></h2>
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<p>RAW started in a rather muted manner with Rousey and Natalya scheduled to take on Nia Jax and Tamina only for the Riott Squad to play party poopers again. Natalya was again left too hurt to continue. The table spots were cool but this again brings up the bigger question as to where this is all leading to.</p>
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<p>This was followed by an in-ring segment of the open forum by Alexa Bliss which was pretty entertaining. The crowd got to ask questions of Bayley and Banks which was something we have never seen in WWE and was refreshing. A few jabs were taken by Bliss against the faces. Some of the jokes made by Bayley seemed a bit forced but overall was pretty entertaining.</p>
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<p>This sets up a tag match between Banks/Bayley and Mickie James/Alicia Fox. We do have to ask about Fox’s makeup as she looked like a corpse that got reanimated. As if her wrestling skills weren’t bad enough that she has to go with such a distracting look.</p>
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<p>The match was pretty decent as the remaining three carried on the match pretty well. Bayley won by covering Alicia Fox which never gets old. While the match and preceding sections were fun, it was good to see a little more effort being put into the women’s midcard. The Women’s Tag Championship seem imminent and this is all building to that.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>Sasha Banks and Bayley</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Somebody Needs To Put An End To The Lucha House Rules</strong></h2>
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<p>Here is why this is annoying. A three-on-one match would work perfectly if the team gaining the advantage were heels. Last time we checked, it is the Revival who are the heels and the Lucha House Party were the faces.</p>
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<p>If a switch happened then no one was made aware of it and this highlights WWE’s long standing reluctance to infuse some background into why things happen the way they do. If it was shown that the Revival are now a face team in an unequivocal manner then this match would actually be entertaining.</p>
<p>Instead we saw three supposed good guys ganging up on a bad guy and winning in a totally lopsided manner. It was fun to see one luchador going after the other last week but WWE already milked that cow dry. It is time for some explanations now.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>Lucha House Party</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Down <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 30px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Drew McIntyre Finally Getting The Push He Deserves?</strong></h2>
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<p>This was pure gold in terms of entertainment. The video packages department at RAW was on fire tonight. Earlier we had gotten the hilarious video montage presenting Baron Corbin as the official who works for the people including an odd looking smile from Corbin.</p>
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<p>This segment was all about Drew McIntyre being appreciated and it too was done nicely. Corbin presenting McIntyre with a gold medal for excellence was a nice way to give McIntyre some importance.</p>
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<p>As we had mentioned in preceding weeks, we were a bit annoyed that Dolph Ziggler just stopped accompanying him without any explanation. Thankfully that was addressed tonight but more out of necessity we guess. The inability of Strowman to return has forced WWE’s hands in this regard and that set up a match between Ziggler and McIntyre.</p>
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<p>It was even more shocking to see Ziggler actually pick up the win albeit with a little help from Balor. This keeps Ziggler in the picture for now while intensifying the feud between Balor and McIntyre. Nice way to progress things.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Dolph Ziggler</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Elias Has His Match Built Up In An Unconventional Manner</strong></h2>
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<p>Elias was ringside doing what he does best. Riling up the opposition with his singing. He goes after Lashley which prompts the big man to come out. Lio Rush was there but somehow this week his antics were a bit bearable. Now that they are a full-fledged heel team, it makes sense for him to be annoying.</p>
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<p>A scuffle followed with Lashley escaping leaving Rush at the mercy of Elias. This was really fun and satisfying to watch and just as we felt Rush might escape, Balor again played the intercessor and pushed Rush into the path of Elias to be obliterated with the guitar. This was the perfect way to build the feud as another match would not have done anything different.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Bobby Roode Comes So Close To Winning A Tag Championship Opportunity</strong></h2>
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<p>After the stupidity of last week it only felt right that Roode would get an opportunity to get his hands on Drake Maverick with the added bonus of getting another title shot. It almost seemed too good from Corbin to allow this. There were a few glorious moments where Roode beat the living crap out of Maverick.</p>
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<p>It all turned out to be a setup for Corbin to turn it into a three on two handicap match after Gable had already taken a beating backstage. It was all about the heels from there on and they picked up another easy victory.</p>
<p>It does feel that there is more to come from this feud but the faces should have been allowed to win tonight. They feel castrated at this point and WWE is only making the situation worse. The match also did not have much substance to it and it is sad that the tag division is languishing like this.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>AOP and Drake Maverick</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Down <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 30px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Ambrose And Rollins Finally Gain Some Traction</strong></h2>
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<p>After a sensational heel turn, Ambrose had been cooling off which peeved us to no end but it all finally paid off. He debuted a new heel persona, one where he is a cleanliness freak. It seems a bit random but Ambrose made it work.</p>
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<p>The gas mask and the new attire work well with this persona. He had nothing new to say but that did not matter as Rollins appeared ringside and the two went at each other and there was no love lost between them. Rollins initially had the upper hand but Ambrose soon took charge and hit multiple Dirty Deeds to finish Rollins for the night.</p>
<p>This is great for the IC title as well as the feud and it&#8217;s actually getting exciting now. This should have happened sooner. This could be the headlining act for the next few weeks until Brock Lesnar get dethroned which hopefully should happen in our lifetimes. Can’t wait to get more of this.</p>
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<h2><strong>Bye-Bye Rhyno? And Balor Gets His Comeuppance</strong></h2>
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<p>This match was set with Corbin telling Slater and Rhyno that only one of them could stay on RAW. They had to choose who would go which they didn’t, leading to this match to make the looser quit. This was a match filled with mixed emotions.</p>
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<p>The first question was why now? Rhyno and Slater have been off the radar for some time now which begs the question if this is the end of the line for Rhyno. If it is then it is a sad way to go for such a veteran. If this is meant to lead to bigger and better things, a one last hurrah for the team that won the inaugural SmackDown tag team championships then we are all in for it.</p>
<p>A further twist was added to the end with Slater being made a referee instead of an active wrestler. This is the great start to a nice twist and hopefully WWE has something substantial planned in the coming weeks.</p>
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<p>Balor finally got a beating from McIntyre backstage for all the interruptions throughout the night. This perfectly adds fuel to the feud and sets up McIntyre as the monster and Balor as the underdog. This feud is also gaining traction nicely.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Heath Slater</p>
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<h2><strong>Rousey Shows Chinks In Her Armour</strong></h2>
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<p>We were always skeptical about Rousey’s wrestling skills until she stepped into the ring. She pleasantly blew us away with how good she was. However, all her major matches have been against some great in-ring personalities and that debut match against Stephanie McMahon didn’t need much wrestling ability.</p>
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<p>Tonight was the first time she faced two women with questionable wrestling ability in a match she didn’t have loads of time to prepare and it showed. She consistently missed her mark the highlight being a crazy move where she ran up Tamina and was supposed to kick her in the head but her feet went sailing a good feet above Tamina’s head.</p>
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<p>Even WWE seemed to be in a hurry for this match to end as they rang the bell before Tamina had even tapped out. Nia Jax was cumbersome in the ring and the only good wrestling was put on by Ember Moon. Rousey is fast losing her stock value and WWE needs to do something to arrest this fall. Nia Jax is the most non-enigmatic heel ever and it is only making things worse for Rousey. A rather disappointing end to an otherwise decent show.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Ronda Rousey and Ember Moon</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong>Thumbs Down <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 30px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<p><strong>Overall Review: </strong>That disappointing end aside, this was actually a pretty decent show. All the feud including the women’s midcard got decent exposure. Ziggler and McIntyre was a revelation and we can’t wait for the scuffle between Balor and McIntyre.</p>
<p>If WWE can sort out their tag division and the Rousey situation then could actually put in the perfect show on RAW. We still hate that Brock Lesnar was nowhere to be seen but let us take this positively. This is allowing others to develop properly.</p>
<p>The Dean Ambrose turn picked up massive amounts of momentum and could be great for the company as a whole. A pretty good show somewhat ruined by that main event.</p>
<p><strong>Overall Rating: </strong>Thumbs Up <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 30px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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