WWE Monday Night Raw Review: 07/07
- Linus O'Howell
- Jul 8
- 4 min read
Seth “Freakin” Rollins Starts the Show, Roxanne Perez VS Kairi Sane
Seth “Freakin” Rollins and company came out to start this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw, but it was Bron Breakker who got the first words in as he emphasised his disgust for Sami Zayn! Bronson Reed then said he’s going to beat the respect into Jey Uso before Paul Heyman said that Roman Reigns is too scared to come back and help! Heyman also called Rollins the “Biggest Box Office attraction” before Seth made it clear that he was very happy with his groups’ work! They got plenty of time here, and it benefited for it!
Grade: B
The Judgment Day had a pretty funny segment backstage where Roxanne Perez mourned for Liv Morgan whilst Dominik Mysterio received a “Get Well Soon” cake from AJ Styles! This is when The Judgment Day are at their best, this was very funny! This actually then led nicely into the first match of the night as Roxanne Perez looked to get some revenge on behalf of Liv Morgan as she took on Kairi Sane! I like both of these women a lot, they’re great, and this was a good match that got a nice amount of time! There were a couple of moments that were a little bit scrappy, but most of the transitions were pretty strong! Raquel Rodriguez got involved at one point, pulling Roxanne to the outside, but that didn’t really play into the finish as Kairi was able to sneak a roll-up victory! After the match, Perez and Rodriguez beat down on Sane, only for Asuka to run down to make the save!
Grade: B-
Bron Breakker VS Sami Zayn, Becky Lynch Gets Interrupted, Bronson Reed VS Jey Uso
Sami Zayn said his focus can’t be on Karrion Kross tonight and instead has to be on Bron Breakker before Brutus Creed was amazed at the fact that El Grande Americano was wrestling tonight! Asuka and Kairi Sane then got themselves entered into the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships Fatal 4-Way at Evolution before Nikki Bella confirmed that she would be entering the Evolution Battle Royal! Sami Zayn was then making his way down to the ring when he was attacked by Karrion Kross, and this meant that Sami was pretty wounded when he headed into his next match with Bron Breakker! As expected, Sami fought valiantly, but Bron was far too much, delivering a massive mid-air Spear! However, Breakker wasn’t done here as he delivered another two Spears, including one on the outside before he finally covered Zayn to pick up the victory! This was convincing!
Grade: B-
Adam Pearce was talking to The War Raiders about Tag Team Title opportunities before The New Day came in wearing all black! Becky Lynch then had a great line, saying she never liked Big E, before The Man came down to the ring to cut a promo of her own! Becky said that Bayley and Lyra Valkyria are clearly working together to conspire against her because it’s statistically so rare for a draw to take place in Wrestling! This brought out Bayley, but before she could say anything, Lyra Valkyria also interrupted as she called Lynch “delusional”! All three women then fired verbal shots at each other, with Lyra calling Bayley the same as Becky whilst The Role Model isn’t interested in friends when it comes to winning Championship Gold! A brawl then broke out between all three women, with Valkyria standing tall! There’s an argument that this match should Main Event Sunday, but it won’t!
Grade: C+
After Paul Heyman confirmed that Sami Zayn is out indefinitely, Bronson Reed was the next man on a mission as he looked to take out Jey Uso! Unlike with Bron, the mission here was never to win, and that showed pretty quickly when Bronson just threw a chair into the fact of Jey! Reed then delivered multiple Tsunami’s to stand tall, making it 2-for-2 in Rollins’ big plan! Honestly, it would’ve been nice to see Bronson Reed just win here, but this was also fine!
Grade: C+
Dragon Lee VS El Grande Americano, Goldberg Interrupts Gunther
LA Knight had his own video promo saying he’s going to put Seth “Freakin” Rollins down at Saturday Night’s Main Event before El Grande Americano was set to go one-on-one with Dragon Lee! El Grande was trying out some new tricks here, moving away from the Suplexes and dives, and instead going with a more physical and striking attack! Dragon Lee sold well, like always, and in the end, Americano was able to win with a flying headbutt thanks to placing that metal plate under his mask! I have to say, this was one heck of a finisher!
Grade: B-
Penta showed no fear whilst talking to both Paul Heyman and Bron Breakker before Stephanie Vaquer got a video package of her own! Gunther was then out next to talk about how Goldberg hasn’t done anything despite all of his verbal attacks, and then this changed when Goldberg showed up at the arena, came down to the ring, and punched The Ring General in the face before the World Heavyweight Champion scampered off! Who thought this was a good idea, I’ve never seen Gunther look so weak, this was really bad!
Grade: E
Seth “Freakin” Rollins VS Penta
And in the Main Event of the final Monday Night Raw before this weekend’s Saturday Night’s Main Event, Seth “Freakin” Rollins looked to complete his plan by taking out Penta! This was a good match, the best of the night, both men did a really good job! It was pretty even for the most part, with the best moment of the match coming when Seth kicked out of the Penta Driver! “Incidental” contact then led to Penta getting hit low, opening the door for Rollins to deliver a Stomp to get the win! After the match, Paul Heyman rang Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed to deliver more damage to Penta, but this is when LA Knight showed up and stunned Seth Rollins with a BFT to end the show!
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