Here are my Raw Thoughts:
I have to work on my Clash At The Castle Preview, but it should be easy since it's only the 2nd Clash At The Castle event.
Awesome segment & promo exchange between Drew McIntyre & Damian Priest. McIntyre VS Finn Balor tonight. If Drew wins, Judgment Day is banned from ringside on Saturday. That's going to be an excellent match.
I'm supposed to work on Saturday, but as of now, I haven't scheduled any patients, so maybe I will be home. I have to convince the doctor to close the office.
Interesting segment with Liv Morgan & Dominik Mysterio.
Cool moment for Zelina Vega & Damian Priest to be at the Puerto Rican Day Parade. The 2 of them together on the same float reminds me of when the WWE Superstars were at the Thanksgiving Day Parade back in the day even though there were faces & heels together.
The 6-Man Tag later will be great. I predicted it last week. It's great to see that Dominik Mysterio is cleared to wrestle.
Yes, MITB Qualifying Matches begin next week. I love Qualifying Matches over wrestlers just being announced for the match.
Lyra Valkyria VS IYO SKY was an excellent match. I like Damage CTRL attacking Lyra afterwards & Kayden Carter & Katana Chance making the save to give them something to do.
Fun segment with The Judgment Day.
The Miz was funny looking for R-Truth. Good segment with Sami Zayn & The Alpha Academy. I love Otis' mentions of Mandy Rose & Tucker. Another good segment with The Judgment Day.
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I love the size difference between Braun Strowman & The LWO. And I love Carlito's reactions tonight especially coming out with The Judgment Day's pyro.
Dragon Lee, Rey Mysterio, & Braun Strowman VS Carlito, JD McDonagh, & Dominik Mysterio was a fun 6-Man Tag. I like Zelina Vega attacking Liv Morgan to set-up a feud. Looking at Strowman & Lee together reminded me of Strowman's team with Ricochet. They were fun.
Speaking of Ricochet, solid segment with him & Ilja Dragunov & good recap of their feud with Bron Breakker.
Friday's Smackdown looks good.
I just saw a Forbidden Door commercial during Raw since it's on Long Island.
Wow, last week, Kairi Sane went crazy. This week it's IYO SKY.
Damn, Sami Zayn VS Otis was way too short & more of a backdrop to set-up what happened afterwards with Chad Gable which was great. Poor Otis. I can't wait to see what's next.
R-Truth got The Miz & himself a Tag Team Title Defense against The AOP. He thought they were wrestling APA.
It's official, Cody Rhodes will be on NXT tomorrow.
Good promo by Jey Uso.
This is stupid. Shayna Baszler was knocked out last night. If NXT Underground was so tough last night, she shouldn't be cleared to wrestle tonight.
OK promo by Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre.
Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark VS Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre was awful. Baszler didn't sell anything that happened last night. What a way to make the NXT Underground Match look dangerous.
Ilja Dragunov VS Bron Breakker was incredible. Another classic match between them. They killed each other. This is a future #WrestleMania Main Event. BTW, I like the video package on Breakker before the match. Nice save by Ricochet.
Another great segment with The Judgment Day.
Nice pep talk by Sheamus to Drew McIntyre. Cool Sheamus wants MITB.
But AOP are former Raw Tag Champions so it wouldn't be an upset if they win. OK promo by Karrion Kross.
The Awesome Truth VS The Authors of Pain was an OK match but stupid finish. The attack by Bron Breakker to write off Ricochet made Breakker look like a monster but it treats us diehard fans look like idiots. Ricochet will be defending the Speed Title this week. How can he do that now? Everything is supposed to be live. They need to stop treating us like this. They did the same thing with Kale Dixon a few weeks ago with his attack by Bron Breakker & his match on Level Up. Show respect to your fans. Do this next week after he loses the Title. Nice use of Samantha Irvin to add reality to this. Also, I thought it was funny that Breakker threw Ricochet into the face of Jimmy Hart given the history of Jimmy & The Steiner Brothers.
If Adam Pearce isn't here, then who sanctioned all of the matches tonight including a Tag Team Championship Match?
LOL, Pat McAfee is doing the ring announcing. He was hilarious.
I probably could do a lot of facts about this match, but I'm not.
Drew McIntyre VS Finn Balor was a great match as usual from these 2. No interference from Judgment Day on Saturday.
Here are my Raw Match Rankings:
1) Ilja Dragunov VS Bron Breakker
2) Lyra Valkyria VS IYO SKY
3) Drew McIntyre VS Finn Balor
4) Dragon Lee, Rey Mysterio, & Braun Strowman VS Carlito, JD McDonagh, & Dominik Mysterio
5) Sami Zayn VS Otis
6) The Awesome Truth VS The Authors of Pain
7) Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark VS Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre
Ends a really good Raw to get last minute excitement for Saturday's Clash of The Castle. Most of the matches were great. Some stuff wasn't good, a waste of time, & made us wrestling fans look like morons.
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