RHEA RIPLEY RETURNS | CM Punk's Hilarious Apology To Seth Rollins | WWE Raw Review & Results 7/8/24

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Steve & Larson review all the events from this week's WWE RAW including:
MAMI IS BACK! Rhea Ripley returns to interrupt Liv and Dom’s tendie moment
CM Punk gives Seth Rollins the worst apology ever
Bron Breakker isn’t done with Sami Zayn and the IC Title
Bo Dallas takes a meeting in Adam Pearce’s office
Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark attack Damage CTRL
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[@RubyRoks]

It never ceases to blow me away that the Edge Brood Nostalgia-fap team has evolved into the main story of Raw.

[@47ness5]

😂😂😂 what a descriptor (i was gonna say, in re: to The Final Testament feeling lost, they're roughly in the same spot TJD was in mid-2022)

[@joegardner851]

Just shows how important booking and storytelling is

[@JohnInAleisterVoice]

It’s like king’s speech but it’s Steve struggling to say one first and last name

[@ReviewKingMB]

My pitch is Dom helps Liv win at SummerSlam then Dom faces Rhea at Bad Blood before Rhea eventually wins the title back either Survivor Series or Rumble

[@LordBlakeWhitehouse]

Funny how Larson gets annoyed because he thinks Steve is lying about mispronouncing Lyra Valkyria, meanwhile Larson gaslit Steve for over half a decade about about Two Sweeting AJ Styles

[@kinnikuboneman]

I don't see the similarities

[@47ness5]

- "Scotty! Get the phase cannons online!" - "I c*nt do it!"

[@StarryRay]

Dom as special guest referee makes sense

[@ianthompson3346]

Long term story telling with the Judgment Day is having Dom join Liv at Summerslam and as the story progresses Liv becomes more obvious she is Manipulating Dom, (creating a little sympathy for Dom as he realizes he messed up to start his babyface turn eventually) but it comes out later that Fin was always with Liv and thats why he took the room key and was always seen with Liv and looking upset when she had to flirt with Dom. Fin gets Priest out of Judgment Day as well...something to this nature...id enjoy the twist if this were how it played out, where they come back to the Fin angle after Dom desides to actually side and fall for Liv

[@g.o.a.t.8168]

Absolutely not anything about Finn & Liv being a couple them being allies is fine but as a couple? Hell nah

[@IfoundMyMarblesXOXO]

I still think that the true end goal here is for Punk and Drew to Team Up and become the new Tag Team Champs.

[@BathoryQueen]

Lol

[@kenlynw]

Best of 7 series then haha

[@josseramos7330]

BUT CAN THEY COEXIST???

[@austinroyal3538]

@@josseramos7330 🤣🤣

[@StewieGryphon]

I hope you're right, I want a new two man power trip. punk is a star but his body can't keep up with what's expected of him in-ring nowadays. put him with another star and let him point drew at his problems

[@b3rni3mac2]

What would have been funnier for Bron to yell out while pointing? The Wyatt sicks/Uncle Howdy, or Drew 😅?

[@hamishjarvis]

Oooooh man Dirty dirty Dom got caught by mami

[@Isaac22989]

OHHHHHH MAAAAANNN

[@brainswag]

Would like to find out whose coming up with all these stuffs. Well duhhh. Its obviously The Final Boss, Steve. XD

[@lordcorgi6481]

OOOOH MAAN! MAMI's back!

[@arnezcooper1873]

Hi guys how are you doing I watch raw was good rhea is back 😊

[@debeatup]

Ohhh Mannn

[@justinkongglang7080]

New blood rising ppv 👀👀?

[@CasualFox12495]

If it's risen for more than 4 ppvs, consult your Russo.

[@BlackNerd94]

I hope the bait switch happens next week, I'll be at the Dayton show and hopefully Punk is there!

[@CasualFox12495]

Liv x Dom can't work out. We all know Dom is a Sub.

[@deyampert3738]

Kross needs to be the one who beats Sammy Zayn!

[@breenmcgeough806]

What a show, loving the whole Liv / Judgement Day stuff, soo good! Also... anyone agree with Seth in the punk segment?

[@GaryGough-mm3tg]

I think Punk Drew is going to go down as a defining moment of the HHH era, and the performance and payoff for Drew especially will be monitored closely by free agents, as in the past losing so much and having so many opportunities pass you by could actually have a payoff, unlike for so many in the Vince era.

[@dkres82]

Oh it absolutely needs to result in Drew getting the WHC.

[@tallskinnyben89]

Sonya, Shayna, and Zoey if done right could be the female version of The “Shield” Cause let’s face it a lot of injustice was bestowed upon those three. This could be a dominant faction if done right, need to go after everyone and beat down everyone that they felt got favoritism over them! This could be really good “IF” done right!

[@Chiefs65tpt]

Dirty Dom for me to be world champ

[@JayHugz]

Could the liv and rhea story actually be the original story that was going to be set for Cody and Roman. Liv is trying to take everything from rhea like Cody vowed to ruin Roman....

[@rw8185]

Women's midcard titles... Geez, how many titles do we need.. WWE already has trouble promoting all of the titles. Their women's tag team division is already weak. WWE already doesn't have enough time to build feuds for the women except around the titles.

[@dudeman32123]

Personally I think it’s strange that Punk is doing all the heel stuff costing Drew matches while still being the face in the feud. Part of me hopes that we somehow get a double turn by the end of the feud because CM Punk is so much better as a heel. I doubt that will happen, but it would be awesome

[@reddragon0624]

Drew has hospitalized Punk (both shoot and in Kayfabe) twice. Punk is justified in his actions.

[@mychaeljones7526]

They're both right

[@yungflav193]

Adding to what said @@reddragon0624 Drew obsessed over Punk the whole time Punk was out with injury. So I dont understand why I keep seeing the sentiment that one or the other is heel when its very clear if you actually watch that its just 2 mfs that hate each other. Not everything needs to be so black & white

[@wheaton_drizz]

☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾

[@sparkplug405]

Just me or was Michael Cole a bit much last night?

[@richborn6700]

He is just so giddy every time him and McAfee work together

[@thejoehansen]

Bully Ray is the Brock Lesnar of TNA. Sami Zayn is the Brock of Raw.

[@bennyspielman191]

I think John Cena with his final match, will be a triple threat match between Cody and The Rock for the championship at Wrestlemania. They planted the seed at Wrestlemania with The Rock giving Cena the Rock Bottom. I would have Cena pinning the Rock winning and retiring as the champ.

[@ChronoUchiha]

I'm going to push back with Steve's comments about the Dom and Liv stuff being funny. If it were the reverse, Dom trying to get sexual with Liv when she didn't want it it wouldn't seem funny. If this is okay, then all the Vince stuff with the female wrestlers must be okay too because that was only a skit.

[@johnstrom5910]

Exactly

[@SteveAndLarson]

@@ChronoUchiha I legit don’t know how to explain this if you already don’t understand, but the difference in the power dynamic between a cringe segment featuring Vince and his employees vs Liv using Dom’s horny to manipulate the situation to her benefit is massive and is everything here. The story is completely different if the roles are reversed and THAT’S the important part. It’s not that Dom doesn’t want it. He clearly DOES and that’s why he hasn’t ended it. She knows this and is manipulating him to get her way. Like this isn’t rocket science, it’s a trope that’s been explored a million times across fiction.

[@CulEdz]

No Vince’s stuff with the female wrestlers weren’t OK because Vince wrote himself to be making out with basically his employees. Also stop with this “if it’s reversed” bullshit while forgetting all context just so you can somehow hate.

[@SteveAndLarson]

@@CulEdz a bit more harsh than how I put it but yeah 🤣

[@kinnikuboneman]

Nah difference is Vince isn't involved