The Gable turn is working better than I could've imagined. Buddy is putting the whole group over.
Looked like his lower back landed either on the corner of the monitor or the microphone input block on the table. He did seem to try and move something with his foot before doing the spot.
Iyo better win!! I like Lyra as well but Iyo all the way!WWE might have given away the results of the Iyo/Lyra match next week. They updated Lyra's render of the semifinals with one of her in a bodysuit. Iyo continues to have her normal gear though.
Agreed, every match has been solid and the crowd has been great.Today's Monday night Raw is a certified banger in the matches department.
Crossing fingers that we get the same next week. I just got the tickets!!Today's Monday night Raw is a certified banger in the matches department.
Women's side will almost certainly be Lyra vs Stratton, I imagine, with Becky screwing over Iyo next week. I feel like Liv is going to lose at Saudi, then circle back around and get the title shortly before or at Summerslam now. And in the meantime, Iyo is gonna lose to Becky a few times. I have a feeling Damage CTRL as a unit is gonna be taking some pretty big Ls again soon, especially with Clash at the Castle on the horizon.Gunther vs. LA Knight is looking more real after today. Not sure on the women's side. Iyo vs. Stratton or Cargill?
Women's side will almost certainly be Lyra vs Stratton, I imagine, with Becky screwing over Iyo next week. I feel like Liv is going to lose at Saudi, then circle back around and get the title shortly before or at Summerslam now. And in the meantime, Iyo is gonna lose to Becky a few times. I have a feeling Damage CTRL as a unit is gonna be taking some pretty big Ls again soon, especially with Clash at the Castle on the horizon.
I think Gunther wins clean, don't see Ilja interfering and it is to early for the Bloodline to get involved with Jey again.So will it be Ilja costing Jey against Gunther, Solo/Tonga/Bloodline shenanigans costing Jey against Gunther, or a clean finish?
I feel like the Bloodline is gonna cost Jey the match, mainly because Jey will probably end up returning the favor on Smackdown the following week, because I don't see Tama Tonga making it to the finals either.So will it be Ilja costing Jey against Gunther, Solo/Tonga/Bloodline shenanigans costing Jey against Gunther, or a clean finish?
Yeah. Not exactly sure how this benefits Iyo either. She had the most impressive performance tonight among the women. I also feel some backstage politics are also at play here, because Becky has been very open about how she sees Lyra as the future ace of the company, and Becky's contract is apparently up in less than a month, so I can see them giving her whatever she wants in order to get her to sign a new deal.Yah, I could see them going that route with the rookies getting the rub. Just not sure if Saudi shows have had the rookies getting the spotlight when they have historically been putting on "the biggest" or "most popular" wrestlers on those cards that can and are willing to travel to that show.
Give them 30min and the main event spot next week and let them cook
Yeah. I sort of understand WHY they did it (they don't want to blow Gunther vs Ilja this early), but Jey has largely been unimpressive in his main event push.
I was hoping for some kind of fuckery to pull Jey out and give him a program with someone and let us have Ilja vs Gunter finals (for example blooodline hit at Jey and then Jey costs Tama) but instead it seems we will lean into perhaps a Jey v Tama finals.Did anyone really think Ilja was going to win? They ain't doing Ilja vs Gunther 3 on a random Raw or this soon.
The only surprise for me is it was a clean finish.
Really good Raw tonight - tournament matches got time to cook, which is nice.
Ya'll consuming incredibly dangerous levels of copium thinking Jey wasn't always beating Ilja clean. Whatever the IWC thinks Jey is over massively with the crowd and is being pushed, he's not losing to some NXT call-up.
Women's side will almost certainly be Lyra vs Stratton, I imagine, with Becky screwing over Iyo next week. I feel like Liv is going to lose at Saudi, then circle back around and get the title shortly before or at Summerslam now. And in the meantime, Iyo is gonna lose to Becky a few times. I have a feeling Damage CTRL as a unit is gonna be taking some pretty big Ls again soon, especially with Clash at the Castle on the horizon.
I assume you are not considering crowd reaction in your analysis?Yeah. I sort of understand WHY they did it (they don't want to blow Gunther vs Ilja this early), but Jey has largely been unimpressive in his main event push.
Pretty much. Outside of crowd reactions, he has just kinda not been good. Crowds will turn on you very quickly these days if you continue to have clunker after clunker.I assume you are not considering crowd reaction in your analysis?
Officially it's still tomorrow - it's just glitched and unlocked early for some on PlayStation and Steam via the patch 1.08 that just came out since those platforms don't require a separate download for DLC. Xbox requires a separate download for the DLC to unlock it, so it's not available there currently.
I kinda want Otis to join Gable in going heel. He could be a *sporadic* comedic relief in a Gable/Otis/Creed Brothers faction.Deep down I want the alpha academy to actually embrace gable and turn heel, like have otis as a monster and tozawa as a sort of low ki
I kinda want Otis to join Gable in going heel. He could be a *sporadic* comedic relief in a Gable/Otis/Creed Brothers faction.
Plus that'd free up Tozawa to be a singles competitor. Maxxine could continue being with Ivy Nile.
Deep down I want the alpha academy to actually embrace gable and turn heel, like have otis as a monster and tozawa as a sort of low ki