October 14, 2024 WWE RAW - REVIEW

Commentary: Joe Tessatore and Wade Barrett

Location: Enterprise Center

Venue: St. Louis, MO

Attendance: ~8,296 (unsourced)

Live TV Viewers: ?

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The Malapert Smark Podcast Review System:

🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]

🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]

👍👍 - Loved It! [+2]

👍 - Liked It [+1]

OrangeCassidy 1/2 👍- Kinda Liked It [+0.5]

👊 - Indifferent [0]

👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]

👎👎 - Hated It [-2]

🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]

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14 Angles

🌗TOTALS FOR THIS EPISODE OF RAW🌓

👹Kayhan TheMalapertSmark👹 

👍 7.5

👎 1

👊 3

TOTAL RATING: +6.5

🪆Vlad TheWrestlingExpert🪆 

👍 5.5

👎 0

👊 2

TOTAL RATING: +5.5

⏳Robert TheFrozenAsian⏳

👍 1

👎 0

👊 0

TOTAL RATING: +1.0

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Angles:

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1) Liv & Raquel Attack On Rhea & Tiffany Prompts Tag Team Main Event...Damian Says He's Got Rhea's Back In Any Beef With Judgement Day... Nia Jax Ruins Main Event, Sets Liv Morgan Up For Tiffany Cash-In... Dom & Raquel Save Liv

SIX SEGMENTS (20:04)

-Replays during Intro To Opening Segment: Bad Blood, Smackdown

-Opening Segment: Rhea Ripley In-Ring Promo...Enter Tiffany...Raquel & Liv Attack Rhea & Tiffany

-Backstage Segment: Rhea, Pierce, Tiffany

-Backstage Segment: Rhea & Damian

-Match: Tiffany & Rhea v Liv & Raquel ends in No Contest when Nia attacked Rhea

-Postmatch Afterbirth: Rhea attack on Nia thwarted by Liv, Liv attacked by Nia, Liv Saved From Cash In By Dom & Raquel

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “It was interesting to me how everything got intertwined at the end with multiple programs crossing paths. Nia showing up on Raw and setting Tiffany up for the cash-in  was a nice touch. Idk about Nia throwing Rhea around when they’re not really involved right now. This could have been really good if they didn’t botch the timing on pulling Liv Morgan out of the ring at the end. Tiffany and the ref were left twisting in the wind for too long waiting for Dom & Raquel. But great work from Liv. She took quite a lot of damage too."

⭐️Vlad: "Eh ok"

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2) Lash & Jackara At Ringside Cost Damage CTRL, Jade & Bianca Retain Tag Titles

TWO SEGMENTS (12:53)

-Video Package

-Match: Jade & Bianca def. Sky & Sane

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “The credit for my half-thumbs up is for Lash and Jackara whack in’ Io Sky from ringside. The idea of them just hanging out and getting involved is pretty funny to me. Plus, Damage CTRL never done anything to them! I guess Lash and Jakara just mad that their title shot got ruined by Chelsea & Piper, so they just angling after another title shot. I don’t hate this."

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3) Fallout From Bad Blood For Judgement Day: Pierce Rejects Judgement Day's Calls For Rematch With Damian, Instead Books World Tag Team Title #1 Contender's Tournament To Determine Finn & JD's Next Opponent... Also, Liv Introduces Raquel To Judgement Day, Carlito Is Smitten

ONE SEGMENT (1:23)

-Backstage Segment: Pierce, JD, Finn... Dom, Liv, Carlito, Raquel

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “My half-Thumbs up is mostly For Carlito and Raquel. Although i am also glad that Pierce tried to make it definitive that Finn doesn’t deserve a rematch with Damian after losing clean. But it’s hard to see Damian completely steering clear of Judgement Day seeing as Rhea is still feuding with Liv. And it seems like Judgement Day still have a bug up their ass about Damian. So maybe it’s not over."

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4) American Made Promo 

ONE SEGMENT (1:11)

-Video Package

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This is pretty damn funny. Gable’s face😄. And the other two goofs. Ok. It’s funny. But I thought this was gonna try to be a serious stable?"

⭐️Vlad: "this was funny”

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5) Bron Breakker Gives His Explanation For Attacking Jey Last Week, Jey Uso Comes To New Day’s Aid and Humiliates Bron Breakker 

TWO SEGMENTS (4:31)

-Pre-Recorded Bron Breakker Promo

-Postmatch Afterbirth of Kofi v Breakker: Jey Uso Saves New Day From Breakker Attack, Leaves Breakker Laying and Humiliated

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👎

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Man. After that intense promo Bron Breakker cut, he just got his ass kicked."

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6) Both Bronson Reed and Seth Rollins Want the Match, Pierce Wary

TWO SEGMENTS (4:08)

-Sit-Down W/ Pierce & Bronson Reed

-Backstage Segment w/ Pierce, Rollins

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This is borderline 🔥 stuff. Loved this a lot! Both scenes. Even Rollins’s scene was tight. Great job building up this match!"

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7) World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament Begins, War Raiders Return

ONE SEGMENT (5:38)

-Match: Erik & Ivar def. Tazawa & Otis (w/Maxine)

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - “I SKIPPED THIS”

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “WTH is up with Otis, Tazawa & Maxine?! Everyone has to kiss Maxine before they go to the ring?"

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8) Gunther and Cody Trade Light Barbs Ahead of Champion vs Champion Showdown

ONE SEGMENT (12:07)

-In-Ring Promo: Cody...Enter Gunther

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “This was nice. I gotta say I abhor Cody as a Babyface. But when Gunther got in there it heated up a little. Nice light respectful scene."

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9) Xavier Woods Comes To Kofi’s Aid As Bron Breakker Attempts Post Match Attack, New Day Alliance Solid For Now One Week After Kofi & Xavier Massive Philosophical Disagreements

FOUR SEGMENTS (10:54)

-Replay: Last week: Postmatch Afterbirth of Jey v Xavier

-Never Before Shown Footage: Kofi & Xavier Speaking After Last Week's Raw

-Match: Breakker def. Kingston

-Postmatch Afterbirth: Breakker Attacks Kingston...Xavier Comes To Kofi's Aid... Breakker Attacks Both Xavier & Woods, Stopped and Left Laying By Jey Uso

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “I commend the writers trying to remind us what’s been going on with this. They recovered nicely from Odyssey Jones’dismissal. And we’re all being told to pay attention. Just waiting for it to happen. When?"

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10) Dragon Lee Promo Package

ONE SEGMENT (1:12)

-Promo Package

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - “I SKIPPED THIS”

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right. All right. At least we tryin here. If Dragon Lee’s gonna be on the show at least try to make him look like a star. WWE have got the means to make these videos. So why not? Can’t dog on this. Looked cool."

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11) Rhea Encourages Damian To Go After World Title

ONE SEGMENT (1:14)

-Backstage Segment w/ Rhea & Damian

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “As I mentioned in my comment on an angle from earlier in the night about Pierce pushing Judgement Day away from Damian… it feels hard to believe that it can be over while Rhea has beef with Judgement Day and Damian has Rhea’s back. So I’m giving some credit for the idea and at least mentioning Damian should get back on track towards a world title shot, but I don’t see it happening yet."

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12) Final Testament Distraction Costs Miz Against R-Truth But Final Testament Help Miz Get Last Word

TWO SEGMENTS (4:21)

-Match: R-Truth def. Miz... Final Testament at Ringside

-Postmatch Afterbirth: Final Testament feed Truth to Miz

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - “I SKIPPED THIS”

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “The credit for my half-thunbs up goes just to the sheer ‘Wth is going on?' nature of this thing between Kross and Miz. It just fascinates me. For some reason I’m mesmerized every time I see Kross trying to lure Miz to the dark side."

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13) Jey Does Not Want To Hear Jimmy’s Plea For Help

TWO SEGMENTS (1:27)

-Backstage Segment w/ Jey & Jimmy

-Backstage Segment w/ Jey & Jimmy

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Liked this. This is gonna be part of the WHOLE BLOODLONE STORY DVD.😄 If that would get made."

⭐️Vlad: "This was the highlight of the show.”

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14) Wyatt Sicks Images Show Up During Show

ONE SEGMENT (0:07)

// … that I saw. I didn’t pay super close attention to every 

// match. So maybe there was more. Idk

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👊

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Vlad: “Didn't see it or care to see it.”

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