2025-04-07 WWE RAW - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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We reviewed select storylines from this edition of Raw on episode #156 of the Malapert Smark Podcast with Vlad "The Wrestling Expert" and Robert "The Frozen Asian." YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/DoQhlFdHZpU?si=0UflW8egwYlyoqev
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➡️OVERALL SHOW COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: No Cena/Cody stuff at all.
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STORYLINES:
(1) WrestleMania World Title Match Contract Signing... Rhea added to the match...
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package
-Pierce hosts in ring segment to open show with a promo...
Enter Iyo... Enter Bianca... Enter Rhea...
Pierce announces the triple threat... Bianca speaks and signs...
Rhea signs... Iyo doesn't want to sign but attacks the other two and signs in the end...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Im giving this a 👍 solely for Bianca. Really loved her exhausted frustration. thought she pulled it off well… other than that, this whole storyline could have been done a little better. Pierce could have been apprehensive to book a 3-way, but maybe some more chaos forced him into it? idk. i feel like we all know it was headed here and it got there a little too easily, imo.
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(2) IC Title 4-way set for WrestleMania… Bron Breakker stands tall over his 3 opponents on this night…
Participants:
Details:
-Replay: Events from last Monday involving Judgement Day, Breakker& Penta
-Announcement: 4 Way for Mania... Breakker vs Penta vs Finn vs Dom
-Backstage Segment w/ Judgement Day... They discuss Dom & Finn both being in the IC title match...
-Match: Penta vs Dom w/ Carlito...
Winner: Penta...
-Afterbirth: Post Match, Carlito attacks Penta...
Enter Bron Breakker... SPEAR!!! SPEAR!! SPEAR!!
Enter Finn... who gets the best of Breakker for a minute but Bron gets up and stands tall to end the segment as Finn looks on...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I liked Penta coughing from the spear... Ive heard his spear on Carlito being called the best spear ever... as for finn & dom being in the same match. i think we all know the drama we’re headed for, but i’m just waiting to see if the dam is finally gonna bust on this whole Judgement Day thing. they’ve been teasing a breakup for over a year, and then they always make up. but although they’re cool, you’d think they’d move past it eventually. it’s been around for a while.
⭐️Vlad: That Spear was legit amazing Looked like he literally killed him.
⭐️Robert:
(3) Lyra beats Bailey to retain IC title…
Participants:
Details:
-Match: Lyra vs Bailey...
Winner: Lyra... who retains IC title...
-Post Match: Bailey was mad at first but gave Lyra a hug in the end...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: idk. i kinda saw a little hint at something with Bailey there at the end. well more than a hint really. but i’d totally be down for heel bailey rn.
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(4) American Made, lead by El Grande Americano, defeats LWO, as Americano loads the mask!… Rey gets his wish of facing the Americano at WrestleMania…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage interview w/ [Comedian]...
Enter all of American Made...
Enter all of Alpha Babes...
-Replay: Grande Americano's Debut 2 weeks ago...
-6 Man Tag Match: LWO (Cruz Del Toro, Juaquin Wilde, Dragon Lee) w/Rey vs American Made (El Grande Americano, Julius Creed, Brutus Creed) w/ Ivy Nile...
-Backstage Segment w/ Pierce, Rey... Pierce books Rey vs Grande Americano for WrestleMania...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I woulda been more fired up out the gate if I was Dragon Lee, considering what happened 2 weeks ago... btw, that comedian say he came to see Alpha Babes? They werent even on the show!… but idea of loading up the mask with a gimmicked weapon! never seen it before! so cool. really perfect for the masked wrestler gimmick. really liked this…. rey & grande americano should be a really good match too.
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(5) AJ, tired of Kross’ badgering, promises to unless the real AJ Styles on Kross next week…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
-AJ / Logan feud
-Karrion Kross the devil on your shoulder…
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ AJ Styles...
Enter Kross, Scarlett...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👊
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Im waiting to see if there’s anything gonna come out of this Kross & Scarlett trying to be bad influences angle. there’s like a seed of some kinda idea here that could lead to something, but this is all it’s been for so long. is the pay off even gonna be worth it, even they even make it to a payoff.
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(6) Jey Uso spills his heart out…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package
-Gunther comes out to cut in ring promo...
Jey Uso comes out before Gunther even speaks...
Jey speaks to Gunther...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: All he did was talk to him? 🤨 This image of Jey & Gunther and his dress clothes looks hilarious to me. would never guess these two are gonna have a fight just from that image… More like Jey needs advice on life insurance policies…
⭐️Vlad: Great promo but I did expect him to attack Gunther.
⭐️Robert:
(7) Now Paul Heyman owes SETH ROLLINS a FREAKIN' favor too!
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package reviewed the Favor Reveal from this Past Friday's Smackdown...
-Paul Heyman cuts in ring promo saying he won’t pick sides between Roman and Punk…
Enter Seth… after a DISCUSSION, Seth starts to get physical with Heyman and threaten to eliminate him from the match…
Enter CM Punk who runs in… SCUFFLE w/Rollins ensues that Rollins gets the best of. Rollins is going to curb stomp Heyman but didn’t do it, and then tells Heyman that now he owes Rollins a favor!!!
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 👍👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Why wasn't Punk out there with Heyman the whole time? he was in the building the whole time and didnt come out when Seth was threading Heyman?! idk. seems like they just wanted the cheap pop of Punk making the save, but even the crowd wasn’t confused like “he was here this whole time?!” Ill give this a thumbs up for Heyman's acting but I have logical problems with it... But i really like Heyman’s face when he Rollins told him now he’s owed a favor. like he knew it was true! lol. heymans a man of honor. he knows what’s right. he owes seth a favor!… also, Punk better not get injured during one of these worthless weekly segments or else there goes the wrestlemania main event.
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
(8) War Raiders get DQd, costing New Day world tag titles… Angry New Day beat down the War Raiders in frustration…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
[Comedian Tony Hinchcliff on commentary]
Details:
-Tag Match: War Raiders (Ivar, Erik) vs New Day (Woods, Kingston)...
Ivar uses the chair that New Day brought to the ring and the ref sees this...
Winner: New Day by DQ... War Raiders retain world tag titles...
-Afterbirth: New Day attack War Raiders w/ chair and leave em layin...
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 1/2
Vlad TheWrestlingExpert - 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - I SKIPPED THIS
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Hinchcliff was enjoyable on commentary... This was kind of unique. Good guys getting dq’d. don’t see it too often. they obviously have to run it back now…
⭐️Vlad:
⭐️Robert:
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