Tiffany’s Takes: WWE Raw (5/27/18)

Tiffany Takes on WWE Raw! Did she enjoy the show? Did you? Read on and find out!

WWE Raw returned to Kansas City for their Memorial Day edition of the program. Did the show impress?

Money in the Bank: Seriously, I’m over this. Just have him lose so we can get on with our lives. The idea that Mr. Money in the Bank didn’t know he had a year to cash in is just dumb.

Wild Card: Since a SmackDown storyline took up THIRTY minutes of RAW, does that mean RAW gets to take up some of SmackDown’s time? Seriously, Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler will have SmackDown tomorrow to build their feud, there was no need to waste RAW time on it.

WWE Universal Championship: Seth Rollins FINALLY got to have a televised match on RAW. To me, this has been a major problem with his title reign because he was basically being treated like a placeholder champ, not the man who beat Brock Lesnar. Thank God, the match between Rollins and Sami Zayn was fantastic.

I’m also thrilled that Rollins called Lesnar a joke to his face because it needed to be said.

Usos vs Revival: These segments were a lot of fun to watch. I do miss the no-nonsense, badass Usos, but this BBQ was fun. I also enjoyed Naomi and Tamina trying to feign issues before hugging it out.

Shane McMahon vs Lance Anoa’i: I’m not really sure what to make of this match. Lance Anoa’i was getting a legit tryout match for WWE, but he got treated like a joke by being treated like a Roman Reigns fill in. It moved the Reigns/McMahon feud forward, kind of, which is good, but it just left a bad taste in my mouth.

Fatal Four Way: I’m not sure if the AJ Styles injury is legit or not, but I’m guessing not, and that he’s going to cost Baron Corbin the Universal Championship at Super ShowDown. The Fatal Four Way was pretty good, but the Miz as a babyface doesn’t work for me and him being the only babyface in the match was just silly, but it was a really good match and Seth Rollins and Corbin should have a decent match, if nothing else.

The IIconics vs Becky Lynch and Nikki Cross: I loved this match! The IIconics haven’t gotten much a push after their big Mania win, so seeing them facing off against a good team and not just jobbers was a lot of fun. I also loved seeing Lynch’s ‘Manhandle Slam’ finisher, though someone has pointed out that she’s had this move for awhile and it was called the ‘Lass Ride’, but it’s still good and it still works. Emmie Slattery (Lacey Evans), however, does not. She had her chance and it’s time for Becky to move on to someone else.

Cesaro vs Ricochet: I loved this match! I’ve been saying for weeks that Ricochet REALLY needs a win and he got one! Cesaro didn’t make it easy, but Ricochet at full power is really hard to beat and I was so happy he got this win!

WWE United States Championship: I love Rey Mysterio, but his rash of injuries have made it really hard to get into his return. Rey is injured again and is going to have to relinquish the United States Championship next week. Samoa Joe’s promo was really good, but this whole thing feels flat.

WWE 24/7 Championship: Well, R-Truth has managed to hang on to the 24/7 Championship for one week, which is cool, but limitations of this title are starting to show. However, it’s a fun distraction, but it is very limited.

Firefly Fun House: Guess Bray Wyatt isn’t ready to come back yet. This is still a creepy as hell segment to sit through, but it should be coming to an end soon.

Electric Chair Experience: Who the hell thought of this and okayed it? Honestly, Corey Graves having an interview segment isn’t awful, but the name and the format is a mess. Using fans and not plants was a mess and the questions were dumb. I will give Sami Zayn credit for being quick witted, but this wasn’t a great segment.

Overall Thoughts: Good grief, what was that?! Holiday RAWs are infamous for being bad because they know not a lot of people are going to be watching anyway, but that was terrible!

My biggest gripe is them taking up thirty minutes of RAW to give time to SmackDown’s top feud. The WWE Championship got more time on RAW than the Universal Championship did. The rest of the show was hit or miss, mostly miss. Again, they clearly didn’t think a lot of people would be watching this. I did find it interesting that Zayn did address AEW, but the idea that WWE didn’t vet this stuff is stupefying.

That’s it for Tiffany’s Takes! Tune in tomorrow for SmackDown and 205 Live.