"WWE RAW" in Greenville, North Carolina continues to make money in the bank and plays a triple threat qualifier, while also preparing for the WWE Universe for Saturday night's main event.
The World Heavyweight Championship is the main focus of this show, which is always a pleasure to see. All the big storylines start to get nicely intertwined. Now, it's just a question of whether Jey Uso is hanging on the belt, all of these challengers follow him.
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Let's break it down.
The more progress the WWE is, the more things are there for the world heavyweight champions, and I want to see Logan Paul beat Jay Uso in the main event this weekend’s Saturday night. Talk about a sentence I never thought of writing.
Aside from the attractiveness of a high heel champion like Paul, I had zero interest in running back Uso for Gunther, which seemed to be the plan. Next is “General Ring”, waiting for the winner, who starts the show in front of Paul.
Paul's "fact" promotion is a mix of partly actual facts with opinions designed to insult the USO. Until Gunther arrives and sells a ticket in fresh competition, it's a no-substantial promotion. Paul was scared, and the former champion hyped him and said how good Paul’s business was as a champion. It was a great feeling to see Paul turn the difference between them and the individual to the individual before Gunther reversed it, and if Paul wins, he will destroy him in their game.
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At the end, the USO Super Kick ended. What that part is, but I (partially) I would forgive the stupid booking, if it were a new face like Paul, that would have won Pat McCaffe. When Paul Heyman faced Uso in the backstage, seeds were constantly planted on both sides, Seth Rollins faced Paul and Gunther respectively.
To end the night, there is typical DQ predictability. Uso beat Breakker in a solid match until Rollins attacked USO, and then, as everyone dispersed, Paul slammed him again.
For a while, once everything breaks, we feel like we get a turn from Sami Zayn, and CM Punk helps him save USO. But WWE's creativity in 2025 does feel like it's purely in those big viral moments. Apparently, Rock and John Cena's involvement immediately came to mind.
Even though I missed the money from WrestleMania’s Bank Ladder game, I love the qualifier season. The Triple Threat with Higher Threats, after "WWE SMACKDOWN, we've won two more for the women's matches, starting with Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. New Official Major Roster Member Roxanne Perez.
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It's hard to shake the image of Natalya we've seen outside of WWE recently, especially when Michael Cole mentioned it in the comments. Why can't she be that version in WWE? I hope we know. She is the huge foil of this game, allowing for many interesting three spots like dual pop and dual pilots. But it's all about seeing Perez and Lynch keep going - before Lyra Valkyria prevents Lynch from winning. Perez eventually found a pin in Natalya, pushing hard.
As for another match, Rhea Ripley vs. kairi sane vs. Zoey Stark was horrible after becoming a singles match. The former pure fusion group member bent his knees in the wrong direction as he headed towards the sniper's kick. I want to warn you now not to see if you scream. We hope Stark recovers quickly.
It's Sane's official return, and although WWE hasn't been downplayed at all, it's nice to see her return. The former tag team champion didn't miss any rhythm and played some fun kicks with Ripley that ended up falling into Riptide.
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Ripley lost zero chances of playing, but I felt similar to Rey Fenix losing on "WWE SmackDown". Sense in ladder competitions can create many wild moments. However, the long game here is obviously going to be back to Ripley with Iyo Sky, and Ripley beats Sky's friends along the way, which is a nice wrinkle.
Currently it's Alexa Bliss, Perez and Ripley in the ladder race. As far as these three people are concerned, I'm hyping up on this. Bliss and Perez are the leaders in the three, because Ripley doesn't need a briefcase at all. Bliss or Perez will be the amazing winner, but Charlotte Flair’s thing continues to work with Bliss. She is also a winner in the past. Therefore, Perez is easily the best candidate because the new kid is on the block and arguably will be the best choice in the end regardless of the last three innings.
Interestingly, Finn Balor recruited Perez on Judgment Day after Ripley's victory. If you think Perez has a great chance of winning, that's it.
1. Sheamus beat Grayson Waller in a surprising but fun game. There were some pretty bad rot from Waller to the end, but these were two great display cabinets.
1. Sorry, WWE. I don't care much about the NBA and I don't know who Tyrese Haliburton is. Stop, please.
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As for the announcement, Halliburton will be added to the WWE 2K game. What a waste of call time.
2. In another week, no Rusev was on "WWE RAW". Instead, he will accept... Akira Tozawa next week. No need to slowly build someone like Rusev. WWE won the start of Rusev's return outside the Big Otis game.
Greenville crowds were hot with Penta and AJ Styles with Judgment Day, which was right. It's no surprise that these four guys are roughly fused together. But, especially JD McDonagh has indeed won me since the War Raiders were injured. I mean not because of the injury, but because he felt like he was seen as a more serious wrestler and was running. This game is no different.
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Eventually, your typical mischief brings Judgment Day opponents to victory when El Grande Americano hits Penta outside the ring. This led to the Baylor coup. These recurring elements feel like they are endless, but the game is solid and MacDonald is the real star.
👑I scored the championship of this show as: 7/10. 👑