Monday Night Raw Review- June 11th, 2018
Hey gang, happy Monday. I didn’t do much today, mostly because my mom took my car this morning so I couldn’t go anywhere. I was mostly watching E3 stuff today and catching up on all the good good game announcements. I wanna be excited for the show tonight, but I don’t think my heart is in it. We’ll see, though, since Money in the Bank is on Sunday.
What did you think of the show tonight? Good, bad, loved it, hated it? Let me know! I’d love to hear from you! I’m always accepting feedback and comments, anything is welcomed!
Opening- The Ladders
Everyone standing on top of the ladders again is a goddamn dream. Also, Finn smiling at the top of his ladder is amazing. I love when they do this.
CONSTABLE BARON CORBIN SHAVED HIS HEAD FINALLY HOLY JESUS
Kevin Owens is amazing in this bit.
Yikes, Alexa and Braun.
FINNNNNN
Beans, I wish this segment was longer.
Women’s Fatal Four Way
It’s Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Ember Moon vs. Natalya
There’s a lot of betting that either Nattie or Ember will be taking the briefcase this Sunday, and if I could have them both win, I would wish for that. I think that would have to mean that one of the men from Smackdown would win, so each show could have the case, or it could be the other way around. Or Raw will get both briefcases, whatever.
After suffering a knee injury in her match last week against Nia Jax, Natalya has been cleared to compete in tonight and Sunday’s match.
Ember Moon and Sasha exchange a moment in the ring. Ember sends Sasha flying outside the ring, and then suicide dives between the middle rope, knocking Sasha head-first into the barricade! Ember is so exciting to watch. Her red hair flies around with her, and she just looks like a silhouette of fire dancing around the ring.
Alexa Bliss tried to capitalize on this move by Ember and pinned her to the ground. Sasha was back in the ring and Alexa tried to pin her, but she kicked out at a two-count.
Natalya and Alexa are the last two women standing, but not for long as Sasha looks to build momentum. Recently, Sasha’s character has hit a wall. She hasn’t done anything since Elimination Chamber with her “feud” with Bayley. Personally, Sasha should not win the ladder match. That is not the way to build her back up. A win on Sunday would help, but it is not something I don’t think a lot of people would care to see.
Sasha and Ember tried to double-team Alexa and send her flying with a suplex from the top rope, but Nattie swooped in and slammed Sasha and Ember instead. Alexa realized what was happening and tried for a twisted bliss, but Sasha got her knees up just in time to stop Alexa from executing the move.
The match continues with each of the women trying to get a pin. Ember hasn’t been seen in the match for a bit, and Sasha was just thrown out of the ring. Natalya capitalizes on Alexa and picks up a win by getting her to tap out to the sharpshooter. This is a big win for her heading into Sunday.
-Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler took on Fandango and Tyler Breeze in a fast tag team match that, although was very short, was very fun to watch!
-ugh, that Roman “match” was a wasteeeee
-The B-Team vs. Rhyno and Slater was another short and fun match to watch. I really don’t care for the B-team because I’m so confused by the idea of it and why they are so over right now. The tag division needs to be cleaned up, like real bad
-I like the idea of Bray vs. Bo! Brother and Brother
Elias and Seth Rollins
I think that was the first time that Elias has gotten through a concert!
This Sunday, Elias will face Seth Rollins for the IC title. I have really enjoyed Seth’s title defenses as of late, as well as all of his other matches. He’s such a good wrestler right now. I just think he’s fantastic. The latest rumor for Seth is that he will be the one to face Brock at Summerslam, and while I think that’s a cool match, WWE would not have Seth win that. I would like to think he would, but he won’t. If this rumor is true though, he would essentially drop the title to Elias on Sunday, most likely.
Seth and the guitar! Oh no! I loved this, but this also legitimately hurt me because music means a lot to me and seeing instruments trashed like that is awful.
COACH CALLING JOHN MAYER A HIP HOP ARTIST IS GOLDEN I LOVE COACH
-Bayley vs. Ruby Riott was not for me, but the crowd seemed to be awake during the match.
Ronda Rousey and Nia Jax: Face 2 Face
...I thought it would be funny if I used the number 2 in that for some reason...
As I’ve been saying since she joined the roster and the company, I hate Ronda. She is a great fighter and I would not question her ability at all. She did her work in UFC, but she lost one match and exploded, essentially. I think she needs to take a step back and work on her skills for wrestling. She is not good on the mic, and she needs to stop paying attention to the crowd the whole time. I’m really hoping that Nia can keep the title just a bit longer, I’m not done seeing her with the title just yet.
...I’m gonna improvise your arm off?? Is Ronda ad-libbing?
Ronda not speaking directly to Nia is bothering me, but having her list her accomplishments like that is probably the realest thing I have seen from her.
Ronda and Nia throwing down...ok I kinda can see this being a thing.
Ok, so after this, I do kinda wanna see this. Ronda against someone who isn’t her size is interesting, I see it now.
THE TRAILER FOR THE HARDY BOYS’ EPISODE OF 24 Y’ALL KNOW I’M WATCHING THAT
Sami fucking Zayn did THAT. I thought him describing the obstacle course was hilarious. Sami is doing the best he can with a shitty script and storyline.
...Bobby actually doing the course was maybe a waste of time? Again, doing the best they can with a bad storyline.
Men’s Fatal Four Way
It’s Bobby Roode vs. Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor.
Well, the ladder match on Sunday could go to anyone. I am, of course, hoping it goes to Finn, but there’s a lot of guys in the match who could take the briefcase. It could go to Bobby Roode, because they wanna build him up and change his game a bit. It could go to Kevin, because he’s so damn good. It could go to Samoa Joe, because I’d love to see him and the next WWE champion go at it. The Miz could win, because he’s the Miz. It’s really a toss up, I can’t call it.
...or WWE could fuck us over and just give it to Braun...
Kevin has been trying all night to rally the other guys in the match to help him go against Braun, and while it didn’t work at first, it might work now. Braun is clearly the guy to take out tonight, will the three other guys stick together to take on Braun?
The men finally gang up on Braun, but he instantly explodes and swats them all away. Kevin tries to run away, but Braun catches him and throws him back to the stage. Bobby and Finn come after Braun, too, but he smacks them before they can even do anything.
Everone finally gets up, and now Finn and Bobby are working together to get Braun laid out on the announce table. Kevin drags over a ladder and sets it up. It turns into a cute moment with Finn cheering him on and encouraging him to jump off the top. Kevin nails a frog splash to Braun, crashing through the announce table.
WOW
Finn and Bobby have made their way back to the ring and have started to try to win for themselves again. Bobby’s got a good grip on Finn’s arm, but finally, Balor counters with an overhead kick.
Finn is giving it his all for these last moments in the fatal four-way. He’s about to hit the Coup, but KO comes back and knocks him over. Bobby comes back to his feet to knock Finn down again.
OH MY GOD A HUGE SUPERPLEX INVOLVING BOBBY, FINN, AND KEVIN AND FINN LANDED HARD OH GOD
...Braun is back...
Finn is going right after him, which was a huge mistake because Braun just punched him and he knocked him down.
Braun did that running around thing and he tripped on his way to Finn! Thank god he did because I am so worried Finn is going to get hurt.
Then again, when am I not worried about Finn getting hurt...
Finn is doing his best out there! I’m so proud and happy!
FINN HIT THE COUP ON BRAUN BUT FUCKING BOBBY RUINED IT
...Unsurprisingly, Braun picked up the win.
I didn’t think this was a bad show! I thought there was a lot of wasted time, but this was an okay show before the pay per view! I think my matches of the night were the fatal four ways. I can’t wait for the ladder matches on Sunday! I love MITB matches, to be honest.
Stay tuned for more during the week!
Casey
