WWE Monday Night Raw (July 8th) Rundown

 WHAT A MONDAY NIGHT RAW! We have a lot to unpack from this episode, so let's get into it!

-CM Punk came out with a promo, and of course we had a few jabs at AEW.. because... you know, it's Punk. He went on to talk about wanting to hands on Drew but sadly he is suspended until further notice. Punk was interrupted by Seth and they had words. Seth let Punk know that his actions do have consequences and to basically watch his back.

I felt this was a pretty strong opening and this feud between the three will be pretty good overall. 

-Jey Uso vs Chad Gable

This feud has been building as time went on and has been blending well with the MIB. I think we all anticipated the Wyatt Sicks to show up and they delivered. We saw the lights go out in Wyatt fashion causing a distraction, allowing Jey to pick up the win over Chad. The ring filled with smoke and Nikki revealed herself to give Pat another tape. While I LOVE this, there are a lot of people who are ticked off and tired of it. I'll just say... long term story telling is a thing, and I personally LOVE it. 

We see Jackie Redmond backstage with Sheamus. Bronson does interrupt and ends up in a match with Pete Dunne, telling Sheamus "watch this". 

-Pete Dunne vs Bronson Reed 

This match was SO good! It was very fun and in a way competitive. I 'd love to see these two in another match soon. It didn't really come to a shock, but Bronson did pick up the win! Afterwards, we saw Sheamus come to the ring to take out Reed and also celebrate with Dunne, but he wasn't having it. Are we going to be seeing Sheamus and Dunne soon? Talk about a "banger". 

We see DP and Seth backstage at one point. They talked back and forth for a while before DP told Seth the "agreement" is out the window and when his match with Gunther is over, they'd go to war once more. This came as a surprise, but would love to see them in a match again. At the end, there was a moment where DP received a phone call, smiling as he asked "where you at?". Hmm... What's happening here? Who?

We saw Sami deliver another promo in ring, with Bron coming out to greet him. This did not end well as there was no talking to be done. Of course, the officials came out trying to separate and break up the madness. We saw a bit of a distraction, and more terror was given out by Bron to Sami. Dragunov appeared to help check on Sami. Looks like we are getting yet another match for Bron and Dragunov.

Braun Strowman/Awesome Truth vs The Judgement Day

I thought this match was pretty fun. It went pretty well within the story line and thought that it kept things interesting. I would however love to see more of Braun in singles action and actually in a stable feud. 

Wyatt Sicks: 

We saw tape #3 last night and it DELIVERED. Once again we see Taylor (I refuse to call him Bo at this point) going back and forth with Uncle Howdy. We see multiple images of The Wyatt Sicks with and without their masks, besides Nikki. We also are given the idea that Taylor is "all of them". At the end, Taylor let's us know.. "Then sick is what we will be." 

Backstage Chad Gable finds Adam Pearce and wants more action being taken due to the attack/stalking of The Wyatt Sicks. You can tell all of this is really wearing on Chad, and the building is LOVELY. As Adam goes into his office... you see Taylor sitting, waiting to speak with him. This took me COMPLETELY off guard. I was not expecting Taylor to actually show up. We have just a very few weeks until Summer Slam, so things are REALLY getting spicy. 

Ilja Dragunov vs Bron Breakker

Another hard hitting match between the two. While I did like the match, like always.. I just feel it's another of the same match. I'd love to see Ilja in other fueds than the same ones. The ending was a little weak and felt it was another lead for more matches between the two down the road. A chair was involved resulting in a disqualification, allowing Dragunov the win. 

Lyra Valkyria, Kayden Carter, Katana Chance vs Damage Control 

Was not a fan of this match but thought it was very fun and action packed. Damage defeated Valkyria, Chance, and Carter in the end and we saw something new as the match ended. The trio of Zoey Stark, Shayna Baszler and Sonya beat down Damage and stood tall. Over the last few months we've seen this been teased and finally we saw it become official. I am a little interested to see where this will go. 

Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega vs Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan

What a match. Hmm... I think everyone knows how I feel about this feud. Overall, Dom finally got the win over his dad and things got a little spicy between Liv and Dom. That was until we heard Rhea's music play! That's right! Mami is BACKKKKKK! And she is PISSED! We saw Liv running away, leaving Dom to suffer the consequences of Mami. As Raw went off we saw an upset Rhea walking about from Dom as he is doing his best to suck up.

Overall: 8.6/10

I thought this Raw was pretty good! It did a wonderful job building up the next PLE already, and planting those seeds. We are almost 3 weeks away! 

What will Rhea have to say?
What will become of The Wyatt Sicks now that Taylor has arrived in person?
 

We'll find out soon enough!

 

UP NEXT: Wednesday Night Dynamite

 

xoxo,
Chels