“I’m Better Than You, And You Know It”

"Every Man Has A Price For The Million Dollar Man"

"The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best There Ever Will Be"

"Whatcha Gonna Do, When Hulkamania Runs Wild On You"

"And That's The Bottom Line Because Stone Cold Said So"

<h2><strong>One Heck Of An Opening Segment: Strowman Gets His A** Handed To Him</strong></h2>
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<p>If you have ever wondered how many men it would take to beat the s**t out of Strowman then the answer is three big men who are physical specimens themselves. Stephanie was there to gloat but mercifully she stayed backstage.</p>
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<p>A few complicated stipulations were set. Strowman will face Corbin at TLC and the result will determine the future of both men. If Corbin wins then he becomes the permanent GM and if Strowman wins then he gets his title shot at Royal Rumble which all but confirms that Lesnar won’t be there at TLC. If Corbin loses then he loses all power while Strowman losing will cost him his title shot.</p>
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<p>All this does is show that RAW has a non-competing champion and WWE has to work around it. A 3-on-3 tag match that followed was exceptionally good. It is sad that Elias and Balor did not have anything more worthwhile to do but in the grand scheme of things it worked really well.</p>
<p>It was all about Strowman getting a beatdown. At the end of the match he looked battered and bruised and the scene moving forward should be really interesting. A great start to RAW.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>No Contest</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>Seth Rollins Wants Ambrose Now While Banks And Bayley Are Fodder To Jax And Tamina</strong></h2>
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<p>The promo from Rollins was passionate and makes you really feel for the man who lost both his friends on the same night. Wrestling infused with a little reality is always the best and this was proof of that. Rollins does have a match against Ambrose at TLC but he does not want to wait until then. Rollins decking a security guard was fun though.</p>
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<p>Next up was a match between Nia Jax, Tamina and Sasha Banks and Bayley. Normally we would be peeved at Jax and Tamina beating up legitimately good wrestlers like Banks and Bayley but this is the best WWE can do out of a bad situation.</p>
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<p>Jax has a monumental amount of heat after injuring Becky Lynch and WWE is right in exploiting this heat to make Jax into a truly reviled heel, something that the women’s division sorely lacks right now.</p>
<p>The match was short but the women got decent amount of offense in. Tamina does stick out and hopefully WWE just drops her sooner than later.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>Tamina and Nia Jax</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>Ambrose Responds While A Weird Tag Match Takes Place</strong></h2>
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<p>Ambrose asked Rollins to come to the spot the Shield called home which we guess is the spot where they used to film all their videos back in the day. Nothing much to say here.</p>
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<p>What followed was yet another segment randomly manifesting itself that left us repeatedly asking “Why?”. Also, the Revival seem to be the latest addition to the jobber club as they lost to the Lucha House Party after just connecting with a couple of offensive spots. Another standout tag team from NXT bites the dust and what is worse is that their sacrifice seemed to be in vain.</p>
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<p>The Lucha House Party do seem like an exciting tag team but putting them in two minute matches without any backstory or introduction is going to fall flat. Whoever is in charge of writing storylines for the tag division in WWE should be fired immediately.</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>Rousey Tries To Get Some Redemption</strong></h2>
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<p>We are still not impressed by Rousey’s mic skills but she is making vast improvements. She also confirmed that there is more to her and Charlotte’s feud which is awesome. We just hope that Becky does not take a backseat to all this when she comes back from her injuries.</p>
<p>Rousey is pi**sed that she literally got manhandled last night and wants a match right now for the title. Her banter with Corbin was fun and we wished she would just pick him up and drop him but Corbin escaped unscathed.</p>
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<p>Mickie James was revealed as the title contender on short notice. The match wasn’t one-sided as we expected. James dominated a fair bit of the match but it was still a short match and we guess it did little to calm her down.</p>
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<p>Jax did make an appearance and we really wish that Rousey beats the hell out of Jax at TLC as retribution for putting her in the path of Charlotte in the first place. Decent segment.</p>
<p><strong>Winner and still RAW women’s champion: </strong>Ronda Rousey</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>More Matches We Could Care Less About</strong></h2>
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<p>AOP got a win for RAW last night in dominating fashion and how were they rewarded? By being almost squashed by Chad Gable and Bobby Roode.</p>
<p>Do not get us wrong as we love the idea of Roode and Gable getting such a dominating victory but this was done without any fanfare or build-up meaning that they gain very little from all of this.</p>
<p>What is worse is that WWE will do something next week that will make this match as if it never happened in the first place. Shambolic treatment of the tag division continues.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>Chad Gable and Bobby Roode</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>Natalya Gets Her Revenge, Sort Of</strong></h2>
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<p>All that manufactured tension involving the late Anvil Hart’s glasses were done in poor taste and didn’t really work. Also, Natalya just didn’t show the intensity someone who has lost a priceless artifact would show.</p>
<p>Even by pretty lax standards this match sucked. The collective reaction of WWE fans after this match was like <strong>“Whatever!”</strong> and that just about sums up this match, the angle, the feud and all the women involved which is a shame as they are all pretty talented.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Natalya</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>Rollins Finally Gets His Hands On Ambrose But Not The Way He Would Have Wanted To</strong></h2>
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<p>There was some skepticism that Ambrose’s heel turn would be met with the same reaction that Becky Lynch’s did but WWE pulled the plug at the right time. Ambrose cut another cool and heelish promo where he dissed everyone from Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins to the LA crowd.</p>
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<p>He is getting massive amounts of heat and this also gives the Intercontinental Championship a much needed credence. There were a few satisfying minutes as Rollins kept hitting Ambrose with one offensive move after another but this would not last as Ambrose would use the luxury of being a heel and hit a low-blow on Rollins.</p>
<p>It was all Ambrose from there on with a couple of Dirty Deeds to finish the show. This is how you build a feud and keep it going. This can easily be the show-stealer in the next few PPVs.</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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<p><strong>Overall Review: </strong>This was a typical RAW show. It started strong, and followed it up with a few decent segments and matches but did drop the ball a couple of times. All the tag matches today were an utter waste of time and talent.</p>
<p>Strowman is being built up nicely for something big and so is Rousey but the big talking point is the Rollins and Ambrose feud which has been building up to a crescendo for a while now. We are waiting with bated breaths to see were this goes. This was also an enjoyable show after a horrendous Survivor Series. Kurt Angle was again absent though.</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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WWE Monday Night RAW Results & Review: November 19, 2018

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