Summer Slam has come and gone.. and BOY... did we have one hell of a time. We've got a lot to talk about, so let's get into it! Night 1: -Roman Reigns and Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed This kicking off was pretty good in my opinion. While I do think the match wasn't one to blow your mind... it was still pretty dang good overall. In the end, we did see Roman and Jey pick up the win. This isn't what I thought would happen, but it is understandable moving forward (esp after watching Monday Night Raw). -Judgment Day (c) vs. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair -Women's Tag Titles This match was pretty solid over all. All women did wonderful together and I enjoyed it! I feel like this match had so much on it in the first place, and there were so many people getting their hopes up for a Liv pop up. Sadly, that did not happen. We however.. did see Alexa and Charlotte pick up the win to win the tag titles! I am so happy for both women and hope they do this story ri...
It's time to talk about Monday Night Raw, and boy do we have a good one! We have a lot to talk about, so let's get into it!
The show kicked off with Rhea Ripley making her way to the ring (I LOVED this shot). She was very warmly welcomed and it felt so good to see her back. It wasn't long before Dom came along with his tail between his legs. I loved they did a throw back, Dom coming out with a single rose really just gave it a chefs kiss. However his "pleading" wasn't given long before Liv Morgan appeared on screen. The ladies went back and forth and in the end Rhea issued a challenge at Summer Slam. Liv accepted, shockingly.
Sheamus vs Bronson Reed
Now, don't get me wrong.. I LOVED this match, but I just have this feeling that it's jsut the same old matches, week after week. Regardless, this was very hard hitting and I think they work very well together. However, in the end Sheamus was able to get the win. When the match was over Pete Dunne came out of no where to attack Bronson. But it wasn't long before the tables were turned and Pete attacked Sheamus from behind as well.
Zelina Vega vs Sonya Deville
Probably very unpopular opinion, but here we go. This was wrong and VERY unnecessary. You can only rebrand so many times.. and this just was not it. This was not the way to go about it, by any means. Vega is too good for this treatment in my opinion. Anyway, this either set up for a full time feud or to write Vega off for a while.
Damian Priest and Gunther Face to Face
I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't sure about this match. How were they going to really pull this off. Baby, I was WRONG. This promo between these two were FIRE. It seemed to get "personal" real quick and brought a new level to this match. I think it's going to be hard hitting and very impressive on both ends. At this point, I can't tell who will win.
At one point backstage, we see Adam Pearce and Chad Gable backstage. Chad starts to tell everyone that he figured it out! Uncle Howdy is none other than Bo Dallas (Taylor). Adam let's him know that Bo is in fact there tonight (the pop was beautiful), and Chad told him that he was going to call Bo out tonight. Hmmm.. let's see how that goes.
Braun Strowman vs Damian Priest
The rivalry continues.This match really was good, I enjoyed it fairly well. I felt this match really was to push the baby face for DP and to have him beat Braun was a good touch. This let everyone know that he could in fact win without help.
Katana Chance and Kayden Carter vs Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler
Again another waste. You can only brand someone or something so many times... I feel this new "heel" team is very overdone and shoved down your throat. I will however say that it was good to see those ladies out there... and their in ring performances were wonderful. In the end, Zoey and Shayna got the win.
Later backstage we see Chad Gable speak with Alpha Academy. He did his best to get his team back however it was not happening. We do... see Rambling Rabbit (the puppet) in the background watching. I thought this was great! Maybe a sign of what is to come?
During Drew and Adams "heart to heart" things were going great, and then they weren't. All Drew had to do was say he was sorry for what happened. That's all... and then he would get his match and be unsuspended. NOPE... Drew refused, and lost his mind. I thought this was great! He snapped. Another reason for Drew to completely come unglued. In the end, we see Seth Rollins come out for the save.Will we be seeing more of Seth, Drew AND Punk?
Up next, we saw another VHS from the Wyatt Sicks. This time tho... it was Erick Rowan's turn.
Erick poured out his heart on this one. He talked about the loss of Brodie Lee and Bray Wyatt (really without naming them). He promised that the Wyatt Sicks would use their broken hearts to create beautiful art. This broke me... you can hear and see to raw emotion.
Jey Uso vs Dominik Mysterio
This match came about due to Jey asking is Mami was single and ready to mingle. Lol! I loved that! And how did it go? So much craziness. This match was wild, with both ladies involved! It was too funny tho when we saw Dom take the L on this one.. losing in front of not only Liv but Mami too. While I am not a huge fan of this feud to begin with.. I am very interested to see how this will end at Summer Slam.
Chad Gable came out to the ring, ready to go! He called out Bo and Bo delivered. He came out.. no music nothing. Just walked out. You can tell this isn't just Bo.. he just has this look about him. Bo didn't make it even half way down the ramp before he was attacked by The Creed Brothers. Bo Dallas sold the SHIT out of all of that! It was insane. It wasn't long before he was thrown in the ring and Chad joined in. The entire time, Bo was laughing.. in Bray fashion. He gave a beautiful tribute of "YEAH, YEAH, YEAH" multiple times. And it wasn't long before the lights went out and The Wyatt Sicks made their way to the ring. The Creed Brothers and Chad bailed out.. and in good reason. The Wyatt Sicks gathered in the ring to surround Bo... who fell to his knees with his arms wide open laughing maniacally. BEAUTIFUL! Will we be seeing a one on one? Or will we be seeing a tag team? Let's find out!
Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn vs Ilja Dragunov
Okay, I have mixed feelings on this. I love Sami and I love Ilja very much.. don't get me wrong. But this won't end it feel like. It's Sami, Bron, and now Ilja every week. Just pick someone to feud with and drop the title already. We can already assume this will end in a triple threat at SS. With possibly Bron taking the win. Don't get me wrong tho, this match was VERY hard hitting and was very enjoyable.
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Overall: 9.5/10
We are in the home stretch with Summer Slam being almost 2 weeks away!
-Will we see Dom break down more and go with Liv full time? Will we see Dom cost Mami the title?
-How will it breakdown with The Wyatt Sicks? Will we see them all in full costume at Summer Slam? Will we being see Bo Dallas or Uncle Howdy?
-Who will have a VHS tape next? Also.. is anyone else super interested to hear Dex talk?
Only time will tell!
Up next is Wednesday Night Dynamite! This is episode 250 and it's expected to be HUGE!
xoxo,
Chels
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