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
Today’s WWE Monday Night RAW came live from The O2 Arena in London, England, with the red brand getting one final chance to tighten up its road to Night of Champions before Saturday’s PLE. On paper, today’s show was built around two tag team championship matches, the final words from the King and Queen of … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW from Baltimore was a show built around momentum, tournament stakes and a whole lot of familiar chaos. With Night of Champions getting closer, WWE needed RAW to push the King and Queen of the Ring tournaments forward, strengthen the PLE card and make the road to Saudi Arabia feel … 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 needed WrestleMania 42 Night 2 to deliver in the worst way after a Night 1 that felt flat, overproduced, and way too corporate for a show that is supposed to be the biggest spectacle in wrestling. Thankfully, Night 2 was a lot better. It still had some of the same problems that hung over … Read more
WrestleMania 42 Night 2 has a real chance to be the stronger half of WWE’s biggest weekend. Night 1 delivered title changes, two major returns, a headline-grabbing pregnancy announcement, and a chaotic Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton main event that kept the feud alive even after the bell. It also drew plenty of criticism for … Read more
Last night’s WWE Monday Night RAW was the red brand’s go-home show for WrestleMania 42, and it felt like WWE trying to sell this weekend on tension, talking points, and final angles more than pure wrestling. Some of that worked. Lyra Valkyria and Charlotte Flair opened with a really strong match, Liv Morgan and Stephanie … Read more
Houston, Texas is a wrestling city. CM Punk said so himself last night, invoking the ghost of Harley Race in the middle of the Toyota Center, and the crowd knew exactly what that meant. With two weeks remaining on the road to WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, the penultimate episode of Raw before the Showcase … Read more
AAA closed out Rey De Reyes Part III with a show that felt focused, purposeful, and built around clear forward movement. Last night’s show did not try to overwhelm the audience with an overstuffed card or manufacture a false sense of finality. Instead, it picked its spots well. The AAA World Cruiserweight Championship match delivered … Read more
