The One and Only Raw Talk has #FlexAppeal!

That’s because Ricochet, Dana Brooke and even Sheamus are here to share their feelings from Monday Night Raw!

#CharTruth welcome us back to the show!

Charly Caruso and R-Truth are happy to be back as the “duo you know, the duo you love.” Truth feels great, and is already colored like Christmas with red and green. He’s giving off the “impressionation” of Christmas. Happy Holla-days. And he also matches the WWE 24/7 Championship. Charly says for the season, make the title look like a reef with tinsel. Tinsel? It’s “metalistic.” Like in the mouth? No, not forks and spoons, those are utensils. No, he meant the thing in his throats. No those are tonsils. Oh okay. But onto titles.

Speaking of titles, we saw The Miz try to stir things up with Sheamus and McIntyre over the world title. McIntyre gets hit with a Phenomenal Forearm from Styles to set up a cash-in attempt ahead of their TLC title match, as we also saw take form tonight. But things fell apart with Miz and Styles, things didn’t go their way, and the cash-in was thwarted. Miz wants to be world champion, but he’d end up facing Styles instead. Miz will buddy up with anyone that will get him what he wants. “What a tangled web we weave.”

Another weaving of webs… Mustafa Ali as Retribution’s leader tried to get- Oh wait, Charly is out of order. We’re talking about The Fiend, and how Randy Orton figured out Alexa Bliss is now the center of the manipulation. Fiend shows up when Alexa is threatened, and Orton gives her over to him. Fiend needs Alexa to have a lot of his power, but Orton is playing with fire. Yes, that is true. Not literally. Truth doesn’t play with fire, doesn’t mess with The Fiend’s stuff. But moving on, or rather back to the topic of McIntyre, Miz and so on, the first guest is here!

Sheamus joins Raw Talk!

The Fella has his hat and jacket back, keeping himself warm. He got thrown over the wall, but managed to make his way to his “favorite show of the week.” Truth and Sheamus secret handshake, they were practicing. They each passed the other’s test. Charly says tonight’s been busy. Sheamus was on MizTV, how did it feel? Well, Sheamus isn’t sure if there’s a show low enough to compare. What show was that that got cancelled? Maury? No, Maury would be better. Truth says they cancelled Bonanza. That was a great show. But before Sheamus’ time. Before Truth’s time, too. Isn’t he 65?

But anyway, Sheamus got hit in the head, he’s still here. Again, first time teaming with McIntyre, what an honor. Miz and Morrison tried to stir things up. Charly wants to get to that, how they were saying Sheamus was teaming with McIntyre for less than genuine reasons. Sheamus says he and McIntyre have been mates for eons. McIntyre’s family was so close to him, and vice-versa. There’s no jealousy. McIntyre is the guy, everyone wants to be close to him, it’s everyone else who is jealous of their 20+ year friendship. Their first time meeting was Irish Whip Wrestling, a talent exchange with BCW. They hit it off right away in their first match. They then drank a lot of Guinness together and the rest is history. Scots and Irish and all that. Truth remembers but he forgets what he remembers.

Charly talks to that origin story, that it’s wild to think they’re here 20 years later in the WWE. Yeah, they both wanted to be in the WWE, that was their goal. They’d record matches, watch tape, pushed each other, got tryouts in ’06 and ’07. They’ve been driven to be part of the top company, the cream of the crop. Truth gets that. People say something is wrong with Truth, but he just has intensity! They wanted it, they got it, they’ve got it going on! Sheamus asks if Truth wants to have the mic. No, Truth is just putting commentary to what’s in Sheamus’ mind. Truth is right, though. This is where they wanted to be, here they are, and in the main event together.

Will tonight be a Guinness night? Of course it is! Tuesdays are their weekend! Well they earned it here tonight. Everyone was getting in on that match, and Sheamus’ side won. Yeah a full-on melee. McIntyre persevered and is still champion. McIntyre will stay that way for a long time. Let’s get more guests on this show. Until then, Sheamus says thanks and good night! Sheamus is “outie 500” and in comes another winner from tonight!

Dana Brooke joins Raw Talk!

The Flex Appeal is happy to be back again and Charly says they talked before in catering but that was before her match. How did it feel? It was the best! We saw what Reckoning did to Dana, so Dana sent a message back! Exactly, that’s what Charly was getting at earlier. Dana got to slap Mustafa Ali! Well Dana couldn’t find Reckoning so she needed to show them all she’ snot messing around.

So what are Dana’s opinions about Retribution? Well Reckoning’s tough, but this was unfinished business. Reckoning ruined Dana’s Survivor Series opportunity, so she ruined Reckoning’s Monday. Charly says Truth keeps instigating things. Truth makes sure not to say anything when someone is around. They’re good, though. But if you ask for something, you might get it.

Charly brings up Survivor Series. It’s gone now, she and Mandy Rose missed out for different reasons, but is Dana still shaken about not being able to compete? Yes, she is still upset by that. Dana has worked so hard for any opportunity, she wants to show us what she’s capable of, and what Reckoning did was not necessary. Dana is showing she’ snot someone to mess with. Dana’s gotten sharper, crisper. and now she’s on to bigger and better. She wants the women’s tag team titles! But is Dana worried that she is now a target? “Haters are my motivators!” Truth agrees. If you don’t have haters, you ain’t doing something. Truth and Charly like that. Quote of the night!

Dana says Nia and Shayna had it out for her and Mandy, and then they injured Mandy. Mandy is recovering, she is still positive, and she will be back soon enough. Dana settled a score, she and Mandy have their eyes on the prize. #SexyMuscleFriends, aka the Blonde Bombshells, the Buff Blondes, bring on the names! Asuka’s is the best, though. Truth wants to be a Sexy Muscle Friend? No, he’s fine with what he has. But he asks if catering had good potato salad. She’s a muscle friend, she doesn’t have potato salad. But she had a cookie. It was her birthday! Dana is keeping her girlish figure. She could just have a slice. You don’t slice potato salad, Truth. Well happy birthday, Dana! Go on and celebrate!

But someone else who had to deal with Retribution tonight, it’s the One and Only!

Ricochet joins Raw Talk!

Charly says Retribution is a pain in the ass for a lot of people. Ricochet agrees. Truth asks how many superheroes Ricochet knows. “Personally, none.” Seriously? Well, they’re fictional. Dude, you’re disappointing the kids. Well back to business, Retribution being a thorn in his side and Dana’s, among many. Retribution tried to recruit him and he wants nothing to do with it. Ricochet says they’re all going about things the wrong way. Ali wants change but they’re not doing anything good to create change, it’s just chaos. Chaos won’t create change, as we’ve seen in the history of WWE. Well said.

So then with that match, Ricochet won- no, wait, he lost to Slapjack. Sorry for getting that mixed up. So how does it feel like losing to those he doesn’t really like? Well it’s even more than that. It was how they did it. Ali talking about it taking many to make change, but Ali sees that Ricochet is making change in his own way. Ricochet was going to win so Ali had to change that. So Ricochet feels he’s creating change? Yes. And Ali sees that, feels upset about that, “he’s in his feelings.” So what is Ricochet changing? It’s that Ricochet shows wins and losses don’t matter, you need to put your all on the line. Even in front of a digital audience, you give that audience the best showing you can. Having “friends” helps, but Ali and Cedric Alexander were friends and look what happened?

Ricochet knows Ali is upset, and everyone in Retribution feels underappreciated and misused. There were times when Ricochet felt that way. Everyone feels that way at some point. But lashing out will only make more chaos and pain. You have to put your head down, push forward and be better. Charly says Ricochet takes pride in sticking to his convictions. Ricochet understands the feelings of wanting to “stick it to the man” or whatever Ali is really up to. But that won’t get anything done. There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Though no one really skins cats. It’s just a saying. Charly says Truth is all over the place. Ricochet says that’s okay. Does Truth have a friendship with the Fiend? Or is it just no beef?

But Ricochet keeps focus on saying Ali is upset, Alexander is upset. Ricochet sticks to his beliefs and his message. If he goes back on those, what does anything he say mean anymore? “Be your own cheerleader. Roll by yourself.” A one man island, even. If that’s what Ricochet has to do to get his message out to the people, then okay. Charly is sure there are many who feel the same way towards Retribution, it can’t be hard to find allies if he really has to. Yes, but Ricochet will just focus on himself and Ali for now. Charly thanks Ricochet for his time, and hopes Ricochet isn’t alone for much longer. And with that, #CharTruth is signing off!

My Thoughts:

A pretty good Raw Talk that went very fast. This was definitely live, Charly didn’t realize the order of things until the footage was playing. Sheamus had a good segment to build upon what we got for Raw, but there wasn’t much else to it. Dana had a good segment, as did Ricochet. I hope with Charly bringing up that Ricochet could find allies in those who also dislike Retribution, it goes with what I was thinking after Raw that Ricochet, Dana and someone else could team up to take them on at some point.