Three Stars Of The Night: WWE Raw (6/18/18)

A look at the Three Stars Of The Night for the June 18 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw!

WWE hit Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday night, in the follow-up from a very well received Monday In The Bank PPV.

Here are–the Three Stars Of The Night!

The Third Star:
“Constable” Baron Corbin

Two. Weeks. In. A. Row.

I don’t know what to say. Baron Corbin appeared on last week’s Three Stars for Raw, and here we are again with Baron Corbin once again on the list.

Here’s the thing: he looks like he’s having fun! And in turn, I have fun when I watch him. It’s insane!

But that’s not all–he beat Braun Strowman! Yes, it was a tag team match and Finn Balor took the fall, but dammit Baron Corbin won a match with Braun Strowman in it!

I don’t know what is real and what’s not anymore. But I know that Baron Corbin entertained me…again.

The Second Star:
Ronda Rousey

I said it after Money In The Bank, and I am saying it now: Ronda Rousey gets this. She is now officially a professional wrestler.

Yes, her offense doesn’t look like everyone else’s. It’s not supposed to. She doesn’t sound like everyone else. She’s not supposed to. Ronda Rousey is supposed to be different, but one thing she has in common with everyone else is that she is a professional wrestler.

On Monday, she joined Alexa Bliss in telling a great story in the ring. It put Alexa over, for her speaking ability, established what it needed to establish in getting Ronda out of WWE for 30-days, and have the crowd in an absolute frenzy.

Ronda Rousey is here, folks.

Others given consideration:
Seth Rollins, Alexa Bliss, Kevin Owens, Jinder Mahal, and Chad Gable.

And now…a distinction usually reserved for the top performer of the night…the first star!

The First Star:
Dolph Ziggler

Seth Rollins embarked on a journey with the Intercontinental Championship, and after his win over Elias there seemed to be no end in sight.

Welp, that end came on Monday Night Raw!

There are a lot of questions surrounding Dolph’s loss. Is he injured? Suspension coming? Let’s hope neither is the case. The timing of this win is peculiar, but we always have to remember that anything can happen in the WWE. Tonight that anything did happen, as Dolph Ziggler left with the WWE
Intercontinental Championship.

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Who are your three stars of the Network? Comment on social media @ChairshotGreg, @theCHAIRSHOTcom, and use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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In hockey, a game’s “Three Stars Of The Night” represent the top three performers of the night. For more clarification, I defer to this Pittsburgh Gazette explanation:

“The tradition dates to the 1936-37 season, when Imperial Oil became the principal sponsor of Hockey Night in Canada radio broadcasts and was seeking a way to promote one of its products, Three Star gasoline. The idea of doing so by selecting the top three performers in a particular game purportedly came from a Canadian advertising agency.

Many clubs do recognize the player with the most three-star selections with an award or trophy, usually in conjunction with a corporate sponsorship, at the end of the season (or sometimes, each month). All six Canadian franchises, for example, have an affiliation with a well-known brewery.

The NHL keeps track of its own Three Stars Of The Night selections, but that is done on a league-wide basis. The league employs a system that awards 30 points to a first star, 20 to a second star and 10 to a third – a running total can be found on the league’s website – but it does not present an award based on them.”

In hockey tradition, the first star represents the best of the three, but all three are considered to be receiving a high honor.