2025-05-12 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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https://malapert-smark.blogspot.com/2025/04/welcome-to-my-blog.html?m=1
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STORYLINES:
(1) CM Punk, Sami Zayn & Jey Uso fight off Seth Rollins’ stable, but night ends w/ Bron Breakker taking out Jey Uso…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Punk addresses Heyman betrayal…
(B) Seth Rollins’ stable feuds w/ CM Punk, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn…
(C) Rollins sends Breakker to take out Jey Uso…
Details:
-CM Punk heads to the ring to open show cutting a PROMO…
Enter Paul Heyman, Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker…
Seth Rollins cuts promo responding to CM Punk… DISCUSSION…
Seth Rollins & Bron Breakker hit the ring to attack CM Punk… FIGHT…
Enter Sami Zayn…
Enter Jey Uso… Rollins & Breakker retreat…
-Backstage Segment w/ CM Punk, Sami Zayn…
-Backstage Segment w/ Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker…
-During backstage Kaiser interview, camera cuts away to see Jey Uso attacked by Bron Breakker…
Exit Bron Breakker… Enter Sami Zayn…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Seth Rollins’ stable, which needs a name btw, is a welcome storyline for me. seth as the stable leader is very interesting. i still find it weird that bron breakker is so subservient to rollins. i guess kayfabe-wise, breakker has got to be thinking that being aligned w/ heyman has to be beneficial in the long run, but i definitely see this ending w/ Breakker turning on Rollins, whenever that is… another thing i’ll mention is CM Punk blaming himself for trusting Heyman again. ok. but too emotional for my liking, just kick the guys teeth in next chance you get…
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(2) Announcer team make proud return to commentary after facing off w/ Gunther…
Participants:
Details:
-Pat McAfee makes a dramatic late entrance into the show, being introduced before Penta / Gable match…
-Video Package reviews Pat McAfee vs Gunther from this past Saturday…
-The announcers discuss the match after the Video Package…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: I’m glad we can move on from this. it was good for what it was but let’s not linger…
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(3) Chad Gable loses to Penta, but later puts over El Grande Americano in promo…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package reviews El Grande Americano / Chad Gable costing Penta this past Saturday…
-Match: Penta vs Chad Gable w/ Ivy Nile…
Winner: Penta…
-Post Match, Chad Gable looks very dejected…
-Later, American Made (Chad Gable, Ivy Nile, Julius Creed, Brutus Creed) come out and Chad Gable cuts a promo putting over El Grande Americano…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: I’m officially over this angle…
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(4) Women feature on Raw’s main event…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Tag Match… Giulia & Roxanne Perez fall to Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley…
(B) Rhea still wants Iyo Sky’s world title…
Details:
-Video Package has Iyo Sky cutting a promo…
-Tag Match: Giulia & Roxanne Perez vs Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky…
Winners: Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley…
-Post Match, Rhea Ripley seems to list after the world title, as she awkwardly backs out staring at Iyo Sky…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: The only significant thing about this is was Giulia & Roxanne Perez main eventing a raw. but i do find it a little weird that Giulia took the pin clean here…
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(5) Dominik addresses Finn Balor’s hesitation helping him at last title defense, but Finn Balor’s deflection and promise to “take care” of AJ Styles is ruined by Judgement Day rival Penta…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Carlito hitting on Raquel Rodriguez…
(B) Liv still off shooting movie… Dom doesn't understand time zones...
(C) Dominik / Finn Balor drama… Finn Balor / AJ Styles match…
(D) Penta feud w/ Judgement Day…
Details:
-Match: Finn Balor w/ JD McDonough, Carlito vs AJ Styles…
Distraction Interference from JD McDonough…
Distraction Interference from Carlito & Physical Interference from JD McDonough…
Enter Penta, who clears ringside of Judgement Day, leaving a fair match in the ring…
Winner: AJ Styles…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Well the only question here is, are they gonna break up Judgement Day… Finn has already turned on Damian Priest, so we just waiting to see if this is gonna blow up too or they just gonna keep rolling w/ this stable like this 🤷♂️… i have no idea. i could see it going either way…
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(6) Loose New Day / American Made alliance comes together to defeat War Raiders… Adam Pierce books War Raiders in world tag title match anyway… it’s now a 3 Way…
Participants:
Details:
-Tag Match: American Made (Julius Creed, Brutus Creed) vs War Raiders (Erik, Ivar)… New Day (Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston) watch from ringside…
Distraction Interference from Xavier Woods,
Physical Interference from Kofi Kingston leads to fall…
Winners: American Made…
-Backstage Segment in GMs office w/ War Raiders (Erik, Ivar)…
Enter New Day (Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston)…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Well they just totally emasculated all of New Day’s heel work, made it for nothing.
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(7) Grayson Waller’s plan to avoid Shaemus fails as the two are booked for a match next week…
Participants:
Details:
-IN ARENA Interview w/ A Town Down Under (Austin Theory, Grayson Waller)…
-Backstage Segment w/ Shaemus, Adam Pierce…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: weird because earlier in the day, waller told theory he got theory another match w/ Shaemus… so either that was just wrong or they double booked it. idk. i guess we’ll see… the one thing i’ll say i’ve really disliked about this whole Shaemus return is how they’d trying to make him seem like this amazing returning bad ass but no one’s buying it. we just saw Shaemus a few months ago, and NO ONE is seriously intimidated by Shaemus…
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(8) Jey Uso’s addressing of Logan Paul draws surprise visit from Gunther, who announces he is challenging the winner…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Jey Uso / Logan Paul…
(B) Gunther to challenge winner…
Details:
-Previously unaired Post Raw promo by Logan Paul…
-Jey Uso cuts IN RING PROMO addressing Logan Paul…
Enter Gunther… PROMO BATTLE…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: interesting development. can’t say i’m too excited by it but at least it gives us a hint where this is heading. i think someone has to ruin this for Gunther, and whoever that is, should face Gunther next… some say it might be Goldberg! 🤫… also, nice not to see Logan Paul, they doing a great job letting him be on the tv as little as possible!…
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(9) Kaiser interview addresssing recent struggles is upended by Bron Breakker’s attack on Jey Uso (See Storyline #1)…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Kaiser…
REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: This was perfect! perfect interview to cut off because no one gives a fwuuuuuk…
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(10) Becky Lynch addresses loss to Lyra Valkyria…
Participants:
Details:
-Becky Lynch cuts IN RING PROMO…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: I gotta say, i’m not too into these extended mid life crisis promos from has beens who still think they are something… charlotte and becky don’t have it anymore. they can just blend back in to the roster, instead of trying to fit into a mold that has just passed them by… i’m sorry…
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(11) Tazawa wants vengeance against Rusev for the attack on Alpha Academy… Pierce is apprehensive but books the match…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Rusev cutting promo over footage of last week’s beat down of Alpha Academy…
-Backstage Segment in GMs office w/ Adam Pierce, Alpha Academy (Tazawa, Maxine Dupri), Natalya…
Enter Shaemus who encourages Tazawa…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: felt like Rusev took some shots at aew in that promo… i can dig a serious Alpha Academy angle, but i wonder if they will pull of anything of substance w/ Rusev…
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(12) Finn Balor & Roxanne Perez seen talking for second straight week…
Participants:
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - NO RATING
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: If Finn is getting ready to turn on Judgement Day, he’s gotta have something up his sleeve. in all my time watching wrestling, sometimes these things go somewhere, and sometimes we’re just looking too deeply into things… i decided to list this as a storyline today since people are pointing out that this is the second straight week these two were seen talking… so 🤷♂️
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