2025-06-02 WWE RAW - REVIEW

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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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Robert “The Frozen Asian” features on this reviews w/ me…


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➡️OVERALL SHOW COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Dissappointing episode of Raw. With the ticket prices being what they are, i think it’s shameful…

⭐️TheFrozenAsian: Ugh... this was definitely not an episode of Raw that would bring me back as a regular viewer…


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STORYLINES:


(1) Seth Rollins’ feud w/ Raw babyfaces intertwines w/ MITB qualifier…



👉Subplots:
(A) CM Punk opens show w/ IN RING PROMO... Sami Zayn encourages him to focus on his MITB qualifier, rather than the issues w/ Rollins' stable... Punk gets involved anyways, running in to stop Rollins' POST MATCH attack on Sami & Jey Uso (Seth caused DQ in Sami & Jey vs Breakker & Reed)... Rollins' stable then gets involved in MITB qualifier, costing Punk, and leaving Punk and his friends layin to end the show...



(B) Paul Heyman encourages AJ Styles to focus on IC title and leave MITB for Seth Rollins... AJ "doesn't respond well to threats..."


(C) Penta says MITB is his destiny...


(D) El Grande Americano capitalized on Punk's feud w/ Rollins' stable, nails AJ w/ the loaded mask to win triple threat and qualify for MITB...


🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
TheFrozenAsian - +1/2


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: too much talking in the opening segment for me. also the tag match ending in a dq the way it did kinda killed this. so they’re supposed to be a dominant stable but don’t mind taking a dq loss? 🤷‍♂️…


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(2) Women's MITB



👉Subplots:
(A) Liv doesn't want Roxanne's help... tells her to stay out of her way... this also continues later (See Storyline #4)...



(B) Liv tells Iyo she'll be coming for her world title... this also continues later (See Storyline #4)…


(C) Video Package introduces Stephanie Vaquer as newest member of Raw roster...


(D) Stephanie Vaquer qualifies for MITB, defeating Liv & Ivy in triple threat...


(E) Rhea Ripley nicely confronts Stephanie ahead of MITB match...


🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
TheFrozenAsian - 👍


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: liv lost quite easily in her mitb qualifier, i felt. even without Roxanne’s help. she just got thrown into the steps and that was it for her….

⭐️TheFrozenAsian: OK, so half of the qualifiers of the women's MITB are the recent NXT call ups. One of them better win it. 


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(3) Old friends get ready for battle…



👉Subplots:
(A) Video Package has Rusev cutting promo on Sheamus, who ran in the help a stranger, but abandoned him as a friend... Sheamus responds in interview., saying despite their past, he "bullies bullys"...



(B) Sheamus encourages Tazawa and Maxine & Natalya...


🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
TheFrozenAsian - 👊


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i feel they should put miro over and give him a push. he is a lot more polished than his last run. good run of promos…


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(4) Judgement Day business… Finn & JD use Roxanne’s help while Liv doesn’t like her… 


👉Subplots:

(A) Roxanne Perez helps Judgement Day (Finn & JD) defeat War Raiders in match w/ world tag title implications...



(B) Liv doesn't want Roxanne in Judgement Day, confronts Finn on letting her in... asks Finn to keep her away from Raquel's match... Kairi Sane subsequently defeats Raquel, as Iyo Sky thwarts Liv's interference...


(C) Dom apologizes to Finn for botched run in last week, Finn says it's "water under the bridge"...


🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
TheFrozenAsian - +1/2


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i gave this a half point but overall i’m pretty tired of this stable. it’s not like they’re the nwo and they need to have some long breakup angle (which the nwo didn’t even get)…


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(5) Becky Lynch takes credit for Lyra's success in scathing promo... IN RING FACE OFF has Lyra wanting revenge for how Becky hurt her... PULL APART ensues...



🌪️REVIEWS🌪️

TheMalapertSmark - 👎

TheFrozenAsian - I SKIPPED THIS…


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: wth was this. why was becky standing like that?! this feud on the main roster completely tanked…


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(6) Karrion Kross thinks Sami is not the good guy he makes himself out to be... 



🌪️REVIEWS🌪️

TheMalapertSmark - 👍

TheFrozenAsian - +1/2


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: what an awful show when one of my only 👍s comes for karrion kross. but i’m for this. yes. turn sami heel. please…


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(7) Gunther critical of Jey's selflessness as a distraction ahead of their match next Monday...



🌪️REVIEWS🌪️

TheMalapertSmark - 👎

TheFrozenAsian - 👊


➡️COMMENTS⬅️

⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Jey's response, 4 letters, one word... awful build for this match. kinda makes gunther like a side character. i AM curious as to who wins this though… i’m having a rough til calling this one….


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