WWE Raw Superthread

Definitely feel Dom is turning on Rhea at Summerslam to complete the full villain character. He not as "dirty" as he once was so this should sort that Too soon for Liv to drop the title, maybe we get Dom v Rhea on the following PPV

Agreed they probably should have done it the other way around ..VHS tapes and then destruction..just a bit odd that they destroyed wrestlers and then nothing after

Good Raw on the whole.

Bo using the Sister Abigail was great and got a big reaction, there's life in this story yet but they still need to speed things up a bit. The Nikki tape was nothing and means we'll have at least two more tapes of probably nothing before we get a match.

Bron vs Sami again is good although I wonder what they will do to differentiate it from their match at CATC, right now it feels like they just wanted it to be a coronation at Summerslam, which is fine but feel like we need something more out of it. Also interesting that Sami and Jey pinned Balor and JD, wonder if Sami might drop the IC and chase the tag belts with Jey. Could also make sense to team them up if they might one day join a face Bloodline together.

Gunther getting crazy heat and just leaning into it, the feud with Damian feels really charged out of nowhere and that was needed, gonna be a banger. Also Balor/Gunther next week is class, since we never got that NXT Takeover Dublin match.

Punk/Drew confirmed with Seth as ref. Not sure it'll be the most satisfying finish as a result. Just hoping Punk doesn't get injured once again immediately.

Liv/Rhea/Dom is surely gonna be Dom turning on Rhea. It seems obvious but I don't know, it feels like it's going that way.

Lot of build for Summerslam on this one and didn't love it as much as recent Raws but still a lot of good progression.

Yep Dom definitely turning on Rhea. Real Eddie vibes with the Spanish.

If he got heat before, it’s gonna be nuclear after he does that. The crowd absolutely adore Rhea.

Crowd been super into it made it even better.

One of the best Raws, maybe ever. There's so much to praise it's hard to know where to start. The crowd were amazing too.

Gunther/Randy seemed super random until the KOTR callback, love it. Gunther is gonna be a great champ.

The New Judgement Day totally works and it went back to feeling more serious and sinister than it has of late. Damian and Rhea are over like rover and this is only going to boost them higher. Priest especially looks a star right now (never would have called it tbh). The day Rhea hits a move on Dom the place will explode. JD needs praise for his selling too.

Punk/Seth will be a great feud but keeping the Drew story going while Seth can feud with Bronson is a good way to prolong it. Reed doing that many tsunamis was hilarious and looked devastating, totally reheated him with ease as a monster.

Odyssey Jones is someone I forgot about, never saw him in NXT. Jesus Christ. That double slam alone got him over (even if there was a little bit of AOP walking into it). Kross influencing Woods and then 'Big O' coming in definitely feels like catalyst for a break up story. I know they've said it will never happen but who knows if Big E ever comes back and New Day have nothing left to do at this stage, this is the most interesting they have been in ages.

I thought the Wyatt Sicks stuff delivered, more than expected. That entrance and the full theme was powerful and I like Bo and Nikki sitting at ring side. The Wyatt stuff often didn't deliver in-ring and I think this time it did. Lumis especially did an excellent job and has a great look. This thing could have legs if they do it right. Still need a bit more sadistic violence from them I think though given their debut. The tributes to Brodie and Bray were nice too. Anyone think a feud between Judgement Day could happen, they did just turn on their 'family'.