WWE Monday Night Raw Review 5.3.2024

Intro

With the weekends craziness, and sadness, now in the rearview, it's onwards and upwards on the rd to Wrestlemania. With many more twists to come. Their is a reason why this time of year, is one of my favourite times to be a wrestling fan. Things are going to be very interesting.

Cody Rhodes segment

Cody Rhodes opened up the show, he basked in the fans adjulation, as he asked, what do the fans in San Antonio want to talk about. He spoke about himself facing Roman reigns in the main event of Wrestlemania, and wasted no time, in calling out a distraction. The Rock. He took shots at Dwayne, for his promo uploads, to him not accepting his challenge for a one on one match, fans started to chant. Cody. Cody. Cody, in unison. This lead him to ask ,if their was any Cody crybabie in the arena. Cody then brought out. Seth Rollins, who looked like he was dressed like the topping of a lemon cheesecake. He welcomed us to Monday night Rollins. Cody weighed up all of options, but to quote Rage Against The Machine. Seth told Cody that they must take the power back, so that Roman could not become more powerful, because now that Dwayne is involved. that future could inevitible, so they have to take down. The Bloodline. Seth gave Dwayne a rather nice nickname, that was petty and childish ( which is the point ) called diarhea, which got a nice chant from the crowd. Seth then spoke to the camera, and told Dwayne, that he is not going anywhere, because he is 100% medically cleared. And he will be at Smackdown, and so will. Cody. And will answer what him then. I loved all of this. Smackdown has now become appointment viewing. My Saturday has become clear.

Dominik Mysterio vs Gunther

Gunther battered The Human Oven, He only got in a bit offence, and the rest of the time. he was getting mullered by the ring general. Gunther finished with a T Rex dropkick, powerbomb, and Boston crab combo. Dom was seen getting medical attention with his family. Mami was not happy, and. Jd was put in a tough spot, he must deal with Gunther. Nice knowing you Jd.

Damage Ctrl segment

Damage Ctrl were then seen showing up backstage, to the annouance of Adam Pearce, and as it turned out, they're here to do a bit of scouting, basically they're WWE's answers to premier league scouts. Adam pearce then had a word with Shinsuke Nakamura, about Gunthers IC Championship. More on that later.

Kayden Karter and Katana Chance vs Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark

Shayna Baszler, and. Zoey Stark, beat Kayden Karter, and. Katana Chance, in a flat and boring TV Match. Damage Ctrl then made their pressence felt, and told the victors, when. The Kabuki warriors retain their tag titles on NXT, they will face them next Monday. I hated all of this.

Becky Lynch vs Nia Jax

This. Was pointless, the Match was thrown out, when Liv Morgan caused an Interference. What was the point of this.

Adam Pearce annouancement

Adam Pearce the announced that, their will be a gauntlet Match next week, to decide who Gunther will face at Mania, for his Intercontinental Championship. Sami Zayn. Chad Gable. Jd Mcdonagh. Shinsuke Nakamura, and. Bronson, will all battle it out next week. Sami Zayn spoke to Jackie Redmond later on, and he sounds a bit more optimistic, and hopeful. I think it should be a 3 way at Mania, between. Him. Gunther, and. Chad Gable. Valhalla and Ivor, then satepped, and said that he can't beat Gunther. Sami challenged him to a Match later on in the evening. A Match that he went on to win. And was beaten down by Bronson Reid in the aftermath.

Andrade vs Apollo Crews

Andrade, beat. Apollo Crews in a flat TV Match that fell into the realm of predictability. Thanks for showing up Apollo.

Damian Priest and Finn Balor vs Ludwig Kaiser and Giovani Vinci

This. Was. A solid well worked Match, that had a lot of fluidity, that gave way for the pace of the Match to breathe. One part of me thinks, this could be a warm up for Mania. If this had more time, and was on a PLE, you could be looking at decent PLE Match. Finn, and. Priest got the win.

Paul Heyman segment

It was announced earlier in the day that. Paul Heyman is 1st Inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. This makes a lot of sense.

Fun and Games

I love R Truth, he was having fun playing the new WWE videogame, with his mates. DIY and Xavier Woods. And. The Miz, and just like all best friends forever scenes in teen films, all put their hands together, and said that they're going to take the tag belts off of The Judgement Day. I got real Saved By The Bell vibes from this.

Jey Uso vs Drew Mcintyre

I had a lot of fun watching this, from Jeys walking promo, to his woefully bad Kanye west glasses. ( get them off of him asap ) Drew lobbing Jey over the announcers table, the fluid pace that it was worked at, and the decent chemistry both men showcased was great, and the added extra of Jey getting ragged dolled, between the barricade, and the ring apron. Solo came out from the crowd, echoing shades of Cardiff. Cody comes out, and takes him out. Drew then ate 3 superkicks. Jimmy Uso then showed up. This distracted Jey Causing him to take a claymore, as. Drew got the win. furthering his decent into Narsacism. Seth Rollins came out, ran past Drew. To take out Jimmy, he also ate a claymore to send the show off the air.

Overview Of Monday Night Raw

From humerous drug references, poor to good in ring action, shouting out a legend, and wishing him well in his retirement, to. Michael looking like a complete tit. This weeks raw was a lot of fun. Not a goog show, but fun.

This weeks Monday Night Raw is a solid 7/10.