WWE Monday Night Raw (Dec 2nd) Rundown/Review

I am a couple of days late, and sometimes... it will be like that. Between this horrible ear infection and the holidays.. life has gotten rough. But.. after this week I will be on the road to more consistent posting. Dynamite will be late as well, but.. again...that's okay. We've got ONE HECK of a Monday Night Raw to talk about, so let's brace ourselves.. and get into it! 

-Opening the show was CM Punk.. and he wasn't no time at all letting us know what he was after next. It looks like Punk is ready for his WrestleMania moment. It wasn't long until Seth made himself known and an exchange was out there.. right before a small brawl. This led to Jey and Sami coming to the ring to help out. Seth and Zayn ended up having words.. resulting in a match for the main event. 

Overall, I really liked this. Of course it was commercial free and that made the difference. This overall promo was pretty spot on and I enjoyed it very much. If you haven't seen all of this unfold.. then you should go back and take a listen. 

-Damage CTRL vs. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez

Didn't really like this overall. It was rushed and squashy to be honest.. wasn't needed. It gave the whole "we lost at Survivor Series and needed a win to show we are on top" vibe. Sane was pinned and Rhea made the save only to be "injured" by Raquel. I know this goes into 2 things.. it was announced we will see Iyo face Morgan at Main Event so that is something to build.. and it sends Rhea out for a while. This will most likely result in a rumble spot? 

*I also read that the betting odds were out for The Royal Rumble and Becky is the highest to win? Hmm.. All signs have shown she will be returning sooner or later due to her being present at the WWE/Netflix event just days ago. 

-Dakota Kai vs. Katana Chance vs. Shayna Baszler (Intercontinental Title)

This match was alright for the most part. It was a little hard to see who would win this.. because all women are wonderful in their own right. While I was very impressed with Katana.. it was Dakota Kai that took home the win to move on in this tournament. Not expected but pleased with the outcome. Maybe we will see her win the whole thing and prove everyone wrong? Only time will tell!

-10 Years of The New Day

Who else cried? And not for how you think? Because what the hell was even this. We saw Kofi and Woods come to the ring.. with all their accomplishments to be seen. We even saw a small video about their 10 years as well. But once in the ring we knew something was up. Both men talked as though they were about to announce that they were done and they were going separate ways. Next thing we know.. Big E made his return to help both men out. Big E had said he was ready to be there every single week for them as their manager.. and to help them until he was cleared. The way I was almost jumping up and down from happiness...but what happened next really just smacked the smile off my face. KOFI AND WOODS TURNED ON THIS MAN. They blamed him for "putting himself first" and all but ripped him a new one. Big E poured his heart and soul out to Woods and Kofi.. but it wasn't changing their minds. For a moment, Big E looked ready to cry.. if he wasn't already.. he begged them to change their minds and it honestly WRECKED me. E ended up leaving the ring in disbelief... heartbroken. Woods and Kofi linked in arms saying "It's just us now"... as the segment ended. WHAT THE WHAT...  If you can stomach it, please go watch it. My heart just wasn't ready for this.

**On this episode of Let Me Be Delulu: Please let E get cleared and beat the hell out of both of them. Thank you. 

-Gunther vs. Dominik Mysterio

I actually liked this match. It was very giving of what could be moving forward. Dom did really good in the match and he was very much liked in the crowd. Hmm.. and to be honest.. he might be starting to grow on me a little. We already know where this is going tho. Finn is next to most likely face Gunther.. and him losing just might be what drives him over the edge with the Judgement Day. I see a Dom vs Finn in the very near future. I mean.. we can't sit here and say that it hasn't been teased over the last few weeks.

-R-Truth vs. Pete Dunne

Mixed feelings about this one. While I love Truth and everything that he has done... I  just don't think this was a good look for Pete. This was more of a situation of a "funny" and not serious match, which.. both men deserve better match situations. 

**Jey Uso was attacked backstage and there was speculation that it was Seth.. but only time will tell huh?

-Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins

I thought this match was pretty good overall! It was very much emotion controlled and you could tell. In the end.. Zayn let it all get the better of him.. resulting in Rollins picking up the win. Seth did his best after the match to tell his side and let Sami know that he did NOT attack Jey.. With that said and done.. Seth made his way up to the stage. A hooded man hit Sami with a Claymore and it was then revealed that it was Drew McIntyre making his return! WHAT! I did NOT expect that at all! 

I AM HERE FOR IT THO!

Overall: 9.5/10

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-Are we expecting Rhea to be out a while? While the focus is going to be on Liv and Iyo?
-Who are YOU thinking will win the Women's  Intercontinental title?
-It was announced The Wyatt Sicks vs The Final Testament NEXT WEEK!
-How will Drew explain his actions next week against Sami??

-So much happening! One of THE best Raws in a while! 

**UP NEXT: Dynamite

-I am fully aware that Dynamite has happened and I've seen some things that happened.. but I haven't watched fully. I will be sitting down tonight to watch the full episode and I'll give a full rundown tomorrow morning/afternoon! 

until next time

xoxo,
Chels