Tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW had all the pieces needed to deliver a strong episode on the road to Saturday Night’s Main Event and SummerSlam. Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins were signing the contract for their World Heavyweight Championship match, Brock Lesnar was returning to confront Oba Femi, IYO SKY battled Roxanne Perez, Bayley finally … Read more
Tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW from Chicago was built as “Championship Monday,” but by the end of the night, it became one of the biggest turning-point episodes on the road to SummerSlam. CM Punk made his return in front of his hometown crowd, replaced Cody Rhodes after a brutal Gunther attack, and defeated Sami Zayn … Read more
WWE Monday Night RAW returned tonight from the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with a special 6 p.m. EST start time due to WWE taping both RAW and SmackDown on the same night ahead of the Fourth of July holiday break for talent. More importantly, tonight’s show served as the immediate … Read more
Today’s WWE Monday Night RAW had a difficult assignment. Less than 24 hours after WWE Clash In Italy, the red brand needed to follow up on Roman Reigns defeating Jacob Fatu in Tribal Combat, begin the King and Queen of the Ring Tournaments, establish Sol Ruca’s direction as the new Women’s Intercontinental Champion and give … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW was the red brand’s final stop before WWE Clash In Italy, and instead of feeling like a show that was simply killing time before Sunday, it actually moved several key stories forward with purpose. The biggest surprise was Austin Theory becoming one of the night’s central figures after Logan … Read more
WWE Monday Night RAW lands on Memorial Day with the red brand carrying the final RAW push into WWE Clash In Italy this Sunday, May 31st. That gives tomorrow night’s show a bigger responsibility than just filling three hours. Last week’s RAW was heavy on chaos, returns and setup, with Brock Lesnar returning to destroy … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW was one of those shows where the biggest moments were strong enough to make the episode feel important, but the logic holding everything together was shaky at best. This was the red brand’s go-home show for this Saturday’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, but WWE also had one eye locked … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW was a strange Backlash fallout show because it had all the pieces to feel important, but for most of the night, it felt like the company was stretching one major story over three hours instead of letting the entire roster breathe. WWE is less than three weeks away from … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW was the red brand’s final stop before this Saturday’s Backlash PLE, and it was a show filled with important pieces that did not always come together cleanly. Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu closed the night with the strongest final image heading into Backlash, IYO SKY and Asuka delivered the … Read more
WWE needed last night’s RAW after WrestleMania to feel like a reset, a statement, and a shot of adrenaline after a WrestleMania weekend that a lot of fans came away from calling overproduced, ad-heavy, and a little too polished for its own good. Instead, WWE gave us a show that was useful more than electric. … Read more
