The show opens with Ric Flair (WOO) making an appearance to announce Drew Mcintyre as the final member of Team Flair at Crown Jewel. Drew comes down and we go into the first match of the night.
Match One- Ricochet v Drew Mcintyre- This match is dominated by Drew. Mcintyre uses his massive size advantage over Ricochet. Ricochet tries using his speed to get back into the match and is shut down each time. Ricochet does eventually manage to put together some offense, getting a near fall with a shooting star press. In the end, Mcintyre delivers a brutal claymore kick to win the match. This could have been a boring squash match but wound up being a pretty good match to start the show.
Basic heel interview with the OC. They talk trash about the Street Profits and about Cleveland, then they leave.
Rusev comes to the ring for an interview with Jerry Lawler to address the behavior of Lana and Bobby Lashley. Before he can start to speak, Lana and Lashley appear on the screen on a date to rub their relationship into Rusev's face yet again. I absolutely hate this storyline. Rusev does not deserve what WWE creative has continually done to him. I wish they would just take him off of TV.
Match Two- Andrade v Sin Cara- Good high flying fun in this match. Sin Cara actually looked to have the match won several times but Zelina Vega interfered multiple times to get the save. Andrade hits the hammerlock DDT to get the win. This was the right call on this match and Sin Cara still looks good in the loss since Andrade won through interference.
We see the Street Profits again to talk trash to the OC to build hype for the main event. They continue to tease revealing their tag team partner for Crown Jewel.
Another segment with Rusev, Lashley, and Lana. Rusev attacks Lashley in the restaurant Lashley and Lana are in. They are quickly separated and Rusev is taken away. End this storyline now.
Rey Mysterio comes to build hype for the match between Cain Velasquez and Brock Lesnar. Paul Heyman comes on screen to respond to Mysterio. While they go back and forth Shelton Benjamin runs out to defend Lesnar and push Mysterio around. The segment ends with Cain Velasquez beating down Shelton.
Match Three- Seth Rollins v Humberto Carrillo- This was a very good match bw\etween two very good wrestlers. Carrillo made his Raw debut and Seth did a good job making Carrillo look good. Rollins eventually puts him away with a stomp but does shake Carrillo's hand after the match.
Main Event- Street Profits v The OC- The match begins before the Street Profits' mystery friend shows up. Good tag team wrestling from both teams to get the match started. The Street Profits pick up a huge win after Kevin Owens comes down to cause the distraction.
The wrestling on this show was very good. Unfortunately there just wasn't very much of it. The Rusev, Lana, Lashley storyline is terrible. Every segment feels like it is building for Crown Jewel, which nobody cares about. The WWE product is boring to me. They have way too much TV time with not enough actual wrestling. Too much other stuff bogs down these shows and is just boring. Overall the show wasn't too bad this week. I just wish they could cut some of the filler.
My top five from Raw
1. Street Profits
2. Humberto Carrillo
3. Kevin Owens
4. Drew Mcintyre
5. Rusev
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