2024-11-11 WWE RAW - REVIEW

Commentary: Joe Tessatore, Wade Barrett

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

Venue: Van Andel Arena

Attendance: 8508 (wrestletix)

Live TV Viewers: 1.564 million avg (wrestlingheadlines)

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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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9 Angles

Totals for this episode of Raw:

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark 

👍 10.5

👎 0

👊 0

TOTAL SCORE: +10.5

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert 

👍 4

👎 1

👊 3

TOTAL SCORE: +3.0

Robert TheFrozenAsian 

👍 8

👎 0

👊 0

TOTAL SCORE: +8.0

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Angles:

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*1) Damian Priest Calls Gunther Out For Apparent Lack of Confidence… Priest Defeats Kaiser in Singles Match

FOUR SEGMENTS (19:29)

-Replay: Damian Priest Winning #1 Contender 4-way last Monday on Raw

-In-Ring Segment: Gunther promo... enter Damian Priest... enter Kaiser

-Match: Priest vs Kaiser... winner: Priest by pinfall

-Post Match: ...enter Gunther

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Well I was very down on Gunther just losing flat at Crown Jewel. But I guess they’ve parleyed that into an interesting development. Gunther down on confidence. I actually liked this. I’m interested to see how it goes. I may have to eat my words about Crown Jewel.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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2) Dakota Kai Returns To Help Damage CTRL Pick Up Big 6-Woman Tag Team Victory Over pure Fusion Collective

THREE SEGMENTS (10:27)

-Backstage Cathy Kelley Interview: Io, Kairi... enter Dakota Kai

-Replay: 3 Months Ago on Raw when Pure Fusion Collective put out Dakota Kai

-Match: Damage CTRL (Io, Kairi, Dakota) vs Pure Fusion Collective (Sonya, Shayna, Zoey)... winners: Damage CTRL ... Io pinned Shayna

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Nice to see Dakota Kai return. I felt Damage CTRL struggled to look like a force without her. Now that there’s 3 it feels much better.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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3) New Day Partners At Each Others Throats Again: Xavier Disagrees With Kofi Picking Up Feuds and Yet Helps Kofi Against Pete Dunne… Xavier’s Help Backfires, Costing Kofi and Sparking More Tension In New Day

**This angle today includes the following ongoing programs:

-R-Truth Feuding With Pete Dunne

-New Day Drama

THREE SEGMENTS (9:50)

-Backstage Segment: Kofi, R-Truth... enter Xavier... enter Pete Dunne

-Match: Kofi (w/Xavier) vs Pete Dunne... interference from Xavier... winner: Pete Dunne by pinfall

-Post Match: Xavier & Kofi argue

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - “I SKIPPED THIS”

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Vlad: “Can we break them up already? This isn't The Rockers or something. It's an undercard tag team that hasn't been doing shit for years.”

⭐️Kayhan: “I am surprised to say I actually liked today’s angle. Kofi standing up for Truth, picking up a feud to Xavier’s chagrin. I actually think this whole break up program is going well. It actually makes sense why Xavier would be mad at Kofi for not acting in the interests of the team. And then Xavier trying to be loyal anyway and accidentally costing Kofi. This was actually kind of intricate to me. The only question is who’s gonna turn on who? Xavier is the obvious choice to turn heel but Kofi might be more interesting.🤔”

⭐️Robert: ""

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*4) Bloodline Factions Look For Partner To Be 5th Member at WarGames… Seth Rejects Both Bloodline Factions, Jimmy Approaches Bron Breakker…

FIVE SEGMENTS (12:54)

-Replay: Sami Zayn re-joining the Bloodline this past Friday on Smackdown

-Backstage Segment: Jey, Sami, Jimmy

-Backstage Segment: Seth, Pierce... enter Sami Zayn

-Backstage Cathy Kelley Interview: Bron Breakker... enter Shaemus... enter Jimmy Uso

-Backstage Cathy Kelley Interview: Seth Rollins... enter Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Kinda weird that anyone would ask Seth to join Roman. But the fact that Seth was so heavily featured makes me think he might be involved somehow. And Wth does Bron Breakker have to do with anything?! But I gotta admit, that does sound spicy!🌶️ The intrigue is high for me. Although I will just mention that I woulda been fine if WarGames was 4on4 without an extra person for each side.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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5) Jade & Bianca Overcome Chaotic Interference From Nia & Tiffany To Defeat Liv & Raquel and Retain Women's Tag Titles ... Io Sky Joins Babyfaces To Take Out Nia, Tiffany and the rest of the Heels to End the Show

**This angle contains multiple intertwining programs, including:

-Liv & Raquel Fued with Bianca & Jade

-Nia & Tiffany Feud with Bianca & Jade

SIX SEGMENTS (13:35)

-Replay: Liv & Raquel costing Jade & Bianca in last Monday Night Raw's #1 Contender Battle Royal allowing Io Sky to win

-Backstage in Judgement Day's Hangout: Liv, Raquel, Dom, Finn, Carlito, JD

-Video Package: Jade & Bianca promo

-Replay: Jade & Bianca picking up win over Tiffany & Nia on this past Friday's Smackdown

-Match: Jade & Bianca vs Liv & Raquel... enter Nia Jax, Tiffany...interference from Nia & Tiffany... enter Naomi... winner: Jade & Bianca by pinfall… Bianca pinned Liv

-Post Match Afterbirth: ... enter Io Sky

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Nia & Tiffany sure got past their feud with Judgement Day real quick, kind of fighting alongside the heels they were just feuding with.🤷‍♂️ And why did Io Sky come out for this one? I get that she’s Liv Morgan’s next opponent but she didn’t go after Liv. She went after Nia. So kind of a convoluted ending for me. I gather that Nia & Tiffany are going after then tag belts. But did they really have to be so mad as to travel from Raw to Smackdown to get at them? As for Liv & Raquel losing, they could blame Nia & Tiffany so if the bookers wanna make this a big convoluted mess, it’s ready to go. Maybe they have type of big match planned for Survivor Series?”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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6) Finn Upset With Dom For Not Winning Last Week’s World Title #1 Contender 4-Way… Dom Blames Judgement Day Members For Not Having His Back Even Though He Asked To Go It Alone… Tension in the Air For Judgement Day but Dom Agrees To Have Finn & JD’s Back Next Week

ONE SEGMENT (1:36)

-Backstage in Judgement Day's Hangout: Liv, Raquel, Dom, Finn, Carlito, JD

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Im not gonna fall for Judgement Day teasing a breakup again. We’ve been through this before. Although it was a nice little scene full of tension, I don’t see Judgement Day breaking up. This is one of Liv’s crowning jewels. She took Judgement Day away from Rhea. They’re not gonna take that away from her.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*7) Bronson Reed Continues Mission To End Seth Rollins, Calls Out Seth… Seth Doesn’t Back Down and Massive Pull-Apart Ensues… Adam Pierce Agrees To Give Seth & Reed One Last Match Next Week On Raw

FOUR SEGMENTS (11:57)

-In-Ring Segment: Bronson Reed promo... enter Seth Rollins... enter Adam Pierce

-Replay: Events that just occurred

-Backstage Segment: Seth, Pierce... enter Sami Zayn

-Backstage Cathy Kelley Interview: Seth Rollins

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Loved how this happened. Loved Reed’s promo. Reed’s crazy face is a thing of wrestling beauty!!”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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8) Bron Breakker & Sheamus Tension Spills Over From Wednesday Night’s Speed… Breakker Accepts Sheamus’ Challenge For Intercontinental Title Match Next Week 

TWO SEGMENTS (3:05)

-Replay: Bron Breakker & Sheamus going to time limit draw on WWE Speed this past Wednesday Night

-Backstage Cathy Kelley Interview: Bron Breakker... enter Sheamus

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2 👍

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “All right well I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t watch Speed. But I really dug the exchange between these two.”

⭐️Vlad: ""

⭐️Robert: ""

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*9) Miz Gets One Over On Wyatt Sicks One Week After Getting Kidnapped… Pretends To Be Attacked by Final Testament only to Join Final Testament In Taking Down the Wyatts

TWO SEGMENTS (5:44)

-Backstage Segment: Miz, Kross, Akum, Rezar, Scarlett... into arena... enter Wyatt Sicks (Howdy, Lumis, Rowan, Howdy, Gacy, Kross)

-Replay: events that just occurred

🌍SUMMARY🌏

🌪️ REVIEWS 🌪️

Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍

Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👎

Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍

➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️Kayhan: “Lol. Oh man. Not what I was expecting. I guess Miz got busted open hard way by accident but it looked great!  Love a good swerve. Made sense that Miz would be pissed and want revenge for GETTING KIDNAPPED! Very interesting to see the crowd go dead while the Wyatt Sicks got beaten up. Kinda rare to see in WWE these days. I’m thinking it wasn’t because they were upset at the beat down but more a rejection of Final Testament. Despite what I may think of Final Testament til now as well, I really dug this.”

⭐️Robert: "Miz's acting must have improved dramatically cuz he fooled everyone, including me.”

⭐️Vlad: "Uhhh I don't know I'm gonna say 👎.”

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Other:

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A) The Rock Named GQ Entertainer of the Year