Ups & Downs: WWE Raw Review (Apr 15)

[@TitaniaBird]

It’s especially touching that Jey still calls Sami “Uce” after everything they went through. A heartwarming bit of continuity.

[@Gabe.baddeley.]

He calls everyone uce, not special

[@Unethical_Ethical_HackTips]

Yea he literally calls tons of ppl uce and it basically means bro so it's nothing special and they are good friends irl. Not sure why it's so touching lol

[@jonpoon3896]

I know uce just means bro, but it does throw back to last year

[@itsdanj23]

@@jonpoon3896he calls rivals uce bro, it means nothing lol

[@Former_Employee]

Why are you laughing at the end ? I'm just curious.​@@Unethical_Ethical_HackTips

[@citizensane4387]

How do any of the superstars maintain through any segment with R-truth in it? Dude is comedy gold😂😂😂

[@dominikgose2609]

That Sami entrance deserved a golden up!

[@alexis_313]

The fact that Triple H broke character and almost laughed shows that R-Truth is a gem

[@Former_Employee]

It's canned laughter fyi

[@suneelj93]

He didn’t break character as he’s playing CEO Paul not Triple H The Game. He knew exactly what he was doing trying to get IWC people to like him. Same thing as the backstage photo every time any wrestler breathes.

[@haircutexperience]

No mention of the guy front row down the ramp in the crowd holding up a sign "Repo Man for the Hall Of Fame" I thought that was definitely an up for Simon Miller who we all know his favorite wrestler in Repo Man!

[@MrBloodAngel7]

I was at Raw and saw that Repo Man Sign it was awesome

[@PMack5]

I guess Simon didn’t Cena it

[@puppetmstr2001]

@@PMack5badum tss

[@suneelj93]

Some of us watch the show and don’t stare into the attention-craving audience. The crowd is one of the major reasons I stopped watching NXT. They can’t let the pros work without constant distracting chants.

[@TGreen0381]

Simon Millier doing his best Riddick impression with his eye shine.

[@Eminem200183]

I thought I was the only one that noticed it. Lol

[@chad7359]

I just noticed this as well and it worried me I read a story years ago where a ladies son had his eyes glow like that and he was diagnosed with cancer. Just did quick research before dropping this comment it says 75% of the time this glow happens its cataracts and 25% of the time it’s cancer I hope it’s nothing but I noticed so much eye glow. Simon Miller is what culture wrestling

[@thewolf01x95]

Yup

[@Rebornhunter3213]

@@chad7359 I feel like it's more likely in this situation to be part of the quality of the original footage (he is rather remote at the moment, prob. doesn't have his normal gear) and some of the editing that needed to be done post recording (for example, I think the wall must have had something on it to Simons left that can't be shown (poster or maybe familial photos of the place he's staying) with some lighting that's catching just right off the side of the camera

[@dizzahscrapz5411]

Goblin eyes 👀 😳

[@TarekTamo]

"He needed the extra edge because Adam Copeland has gone to AEW" i hate you for making me laugh at this joke 😂😂😂😂😂

[@isaiahmorris4531]

I swear I was about to type the same thing 😂😂😂

[@isaiahmorris4531]

But he said not Adam Copeland, he’s gone to AEW

[@OmegaTheory]

That stain on his door making me wipe my phone screen constantly 😂

[@BinkGod]

Why did you have to mention it lol now I was stuck doing the same thing

[@eddisongraham9344]

did anyone else notice the cool effect of the light reflecting in simon's eyes... everytime he looks left or right it looks like they are glowing

[@Segwo]

That’s not Simon, that’s a replicant

[@SleepyJ36]

I was just about to post a comment about his eyes! Is Simon being possessed? Lol

[@taylorsriorancho]

He's a coat of green paint away from being Injustice 2 Braniac

[@Former_Employee]

​​@@SegwoSimon is a replicant. Always has been.

[@TheArdor]

As many others have pointed out, Chad's heel turn started even stronger than that as he peeled Sami from his wife's hug into a German suplex.

[@Former_Employee]

Started stronger than what ? What ?

[@JONATHANP1619]

I gotta tell you Simon, I was at this show and the crowd was phenomenal. Montreal is weirdly one of the best wrestling cities there is.

[@dan7291able]

i dont know why but we just got it yeah lol, man that was fun to be apart of

[@Lg_Lantern]

that camera work following jey out into sami...that was great stuff. Loving these changes being made to presentation and story

[@matthewwakeman5382]

Anyone else notice Big Si's eyes during this ups and downs.....thought he was gonna go Super Sonic😂

[@claudelorrain-bouchard6941]

now I can't unsee ...

[@davidmacdonald1855]

reminded me of old family photos from the 80s:)

[@projects5054]

It's the light in background

[@matthewwakeman5382]

@@davidmacdonald1855 then we had the demon red eyes of the 90s 🙈🤣

[@raoulk35]

Maybe residual stage makeup from the play he's currently in.

[@Aman--Wangnao77]

The new tag belts are just beautiful. I'll take those over the quarter belts any day.

[@Kevmaster2000]

Nah

[@UhhAhzul]

Nah they look like the whc. And on top of that, the wwe title is the one that needs changed. The tag titles have had 3 revamps in like 5 years?

[@pt5728]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@UhhAhzulyour acting like their just replicas of the WHC, they look fine And on top of that, the tag titles have been the same since introduced in 2016 and they were just the recolours of the Bronze titles that were introduced in 2010 iirc. But I agree the WWE title does need a change but it won’t happen for a long time

[@michaelmartinez3893]

I like the new tag belts

[@olbaze]

@@pt5728 WORLD Heavyweight Champion, Women's WORLD Champion, and WORLD Tag Tag Team Champion. The continuity is in both name and design. Just as we have the WWE Champion, Women's WWE Champion, and presumably now the WWE Tag Team Champion. The interesting question now is: What is the WWE Tag Team Champion belt going to look like? The World Tag title had red highlights, but the Big Logo Belt doesn't really have anywhere you could put that, except maybe the slash underneath the WWE logo. That is, unless they go with a blue background. Personally, I am surprised that they went this route. Back when Usos won the belts, once Roman had his title unified, I expected that they would unify the Tag belts as well, since they were calling them the Undisputed Tag Team Champions. I was expecting Roman's belt, but with a strap that was half red and half blue.

[@rayebf88]

“Gable moved to Berlin” was hilarious Simon! 😂

[@QAZ-OMEN]

The New Tag Championships look great, a major improvement. The red lettering pops off nicely.

[@nervoussips2622]

They are hideous

[@citizensane4387]

Maybe I’m just in the moment, but I don’t think I have ever seen a camera follow a wrestler all the way out the arena, meet another wrestler, then follow that wrestler all the way back into the ring. Maybe it has happened before, but I must have missed it. That was pretty damn cool.😎

[@doonwellington5959]

Definitely was f**king awesome!!

[@nervoussips2622]

Why would sami zayn just randomly be standing outside?

[@SUPREMERoyale]

@@nervoussips2622he was reminiscing about going to that arena when he was a kid and seeing his first show there. That’s why he went in through the front door and walked through the crowd to the ring: for the nostalgia 👏🏽

[@nervoussips2622]

@@SUPREMERoyale and jey just happened to go through the same door?

[@SUPREMERoyale]

@@nervoussips2622 I mean it’s the main entrance so, yeah? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Also, because wrestling 😂

[@frankrappa4765]

Does anyone else think that Pat McAffee and Michael Cole are the best commentator team on Raw since JR & the King left? Pat is great. He's like a superfan and I like how he gets on top of the announce table and dances. Back when Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs were a team, he went crazy. Good times! 😂😂😂

[@arashitendou5941]

This have definitely been a renaissance of sorts for Cole I’d say Pat helped for sure…alongside Vince getting the boot

[@labbaby189]

Chad Gable can never walk into a Montreal arena ever again without getting HBK'd out the building.

[@CadJuice]

There was a subtle line that R-Truth said to the crowd on the mic too, which had me rolling. When DIY were coming out, Truth said, "See, there's Triple H!" 😂😂😂😂

[@TheFallenSerpent]

I was there and I can tell you TV did not do Sami's entrance justice, it also kept going throughout the break at intensity 11.

[@MarieAmicalola]

I would have loved if they could air it. The Sami love is always my favorite part of the Canadian shows.

[@piscinaiv7937]

It was pretty nuts on TV to be honest--looked like a near riot by the time he hit arena seating, security looked 'stressed'.

[@uredbulldawg]

Sami had the kind of entrance that I’d only dream of if I was a champion in the WWE and they had a televised show in my hometown.

[@Qwazaar919]

the transition from the end of Jey's match to Sami's deserves a golden up for how they built all that energy. and of course the match. that was truly good shiii

[@CyclopsWasRight616]

I'd very much like to know how much of what R-Truth said was ad-libbed. Triple H clearly wasn't ready for at least some of it.

[@aguyfromnewzealand3392]

Tbh I think it's his delivery of his promos more than what he's saying that makes it funny 🤣

[@Matucks]

Despite the downs I found the entire show to be entertaining.

[@cosmobrownslivingpuppetsshow]

Chad & The Creeds as heel stable❤

[@sir-gwayne1644]

Does ivy and maxxine stay a team? Or does ivy turn on her,? Either way ivy need go heel and run on tear

[@bryanmorrison2396]

As long as otis no tossed to side a love the big guy n wee maxine n ivy be gd he's jst all turn but otis hv him eventually be like nah bro n get him v Chad dwn the line for IC

[@blerdbuffetpodcast8730]

​@@bryanmorrison2396Honesty have them one big stable Otis could be the muscle creed brothers tag champions and gable ic title.

[@sir-gwayne1644]

Otis going heel might help him, get a push. Maybe see him and chad go at it. Otis may not take him turning so well. This should be interesting tho

[@Former_Employee]

No more ineffective factions

[@justintallman3398]

Chad screaming "YOU TOOK HIM FROM ME!" was absolutely amazing

[@Blessed.magcaba]

If look carefully, priest didn't look happy that they attacked jey

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

The NEW World TagTeam Championship looks cool

[@jacobmccain8082]

Hard disagree. It looks like a slightly worse World Heavyweight which isn't that great.

[@pt5728]

⁠@@jacobmccain8082and yet they look way better than any tag titles we’ve had in over a decade. The WHC looks absolutely fine it just needs a small logo, Which the tag belt actually have.

[@FromGototheGo]

Is this the debut of Simon Spookyeyes? 😮

[@tompatchak8706]

Sami and his entrance gave me chills!! Walking through the crowd(without security) and even seeing El Generco!! Wow!

[@Clyde-S-Wilcox]

The difference between Roman and Rhea is that Roman could theoretically wrestle at any time. Rhea is unable to do so and it's unknown when she will.

[@chrisg3193]

saying Indi and Candace are a side quest story is the most accurate depiction, i enjoyed it and we should get more

[@martinfabian2744]

Everyone is complaining and comparing Rhea to Roman's title reign. And, you are all wrong, how did you all forget that Seth did not defend his title with his knee injury from the Jinder match, up until WM 40?

[@elchomper.1063]

That doesn't make it better if anything it makes it worse.

[@martinfabian2744]

@@elchomper.1063 I don't care if it makes it better or worse. It makes it TRUE. Roman did not have an injury during his title run, just 1/4 the matches that the other long title holders had. The truth is, If Seth can get injured and be off for 3 plus months, Rhea can too. They could have had a women's tourney instead of the rushed, "We will have a champion next Monday night".

[@arashitendou5941]

@@martinfabian2744it’s rather easy to avoid injuries when not only does he wrestle only in PPvs but also only seemingly 1 in 3 PPVs Add on to the fact his matches became more and more formulaic with outside interference and cheap shots and you have a recipe for getting generally lucky to avoid injuries Seth getting his extra time isn’t fair either But it sets the precedent that if your male and a main eventer you get a pass, if you a chick and only just getting in their tough luck hand the belt over

[@borntosyn498]

Im glad you mentioned Patt not taking the women's match seriously. As much as I love that dude, I feel like he has a tendency to distract me from the actual show itself

[@fifth_noble8022]

A rematch fueled by a Hotdog pic wasn’t taken seriously? I’m utterly baffled.

[@MetalED]

Great episode with a white hot crowd which always pumps up everything on the show. Loved the main event and the "afterbirth" as Corny would say...Gable definitely needed the change in character. I hope he goes down the Wrestling Machine Kurt Angle road with it. Im like 90% sure DIY are getting the belts next week. Awesome Truth getting the win at Mania was cool but I never expected it to be a lengthy reign, more like a reward just for doing awesome ( no pun intended ) things recently. Love the new tag belts too... UP.

[@dewyorkciti532]

I knew a heel turn from Chad would happen, I just didn’t think it would happen the way it did.

[@Bigjnap]

I agree, Simon. WWE has definitely upgraded their production values. Look at the framing of the aftermath of Seth and Drew's match. Perfect shot of Drew in the foreground with Punk sitting on the desk in the background cut to Punk in the foreground with Drew in the ring in the background.

[@CmndrFenix1]

Simon is a vampire confirmed.

[@QAZ-OMEN]

That's the Wizard in the Sky coming out of Simon 😂

[@Nebraska60]

I can't believe that Simon didn't call a First Blood match after they both said they could make the other believe. Simon, thanks for doing these every week no matter where you are. Its only Ups and Downs when its Simon Miller's Finger of Power!

[@marcuspowell4343]

Lool that nan joke at the beginning caught me off guard 😂

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Good morning, Simon!

[@jasonlee3759]

Long aggravating day at work thank you Simon for my ups and downs afterwards

[@chrisg3193]

16:15 best transition is filiming i seen, this feeling like thq cutscene

[@zonemanbobo]

The way Sami's entrance was filmed was really impressive and badass. I watch more AEW than WWE, but that was so cool.

[@luismunoz7222]

Glad someone listened and gave him his music back !!!

[@SushiKishi]

Poor Simon's got Kevin Nash's eyes from the WCW Nitro Goosebumps Opening

[@ChrisLT]

Sami entrance was so good.

[@EnricoEb93]

Is nobody talking about the light hitting Simon's eyes making him look like he's some kind of a creature of the night? Lol

[@jacobmccain8082]

Was waiting for my nan to enter 😂...but she didnt 😮...bc she's dead😢. Boy that escalated quickly.

[@lighttrizane9844]

I had to rewatch Sheamus lifting Ivar into the White Noise and he did not struggle at all. Loved seeing Sheamus back.

[@lohitsai12]

Simon didn't mention this but after raw ended, during off air, The Montreal Crowd went absolute insane. Gave me 90s Bret Hart vibes. Moral of the story: You don't mess with CM Punk at Chicago You don't mess with Sami Zayn at Montreal.

[@dan7291able]

yeah we're a not bad crowd i gotta say lol

[@lohitsai12]

@@dan7291able You're from montreal? If so, i love the energy of your crowd. That crowd is always fantastic.

[@dan7291able]

@@lohitsai12 yes, and I was also there last night (also for elimination chamber lol) I don't know what it is but we love our wrestling lol, we get rowdy, but good rowdy

[@lohitsai12]

@@dan7291able I still remember that match. Sami vs Roman was the best Roman's title def if it weren't for the overbooked Cody vs Roman 2. The first 7 min of stare down and the crowd was wild. That match was literally Mania match at a small ppv. One day, Wrestlemania at Montreal, it will be insane🔥

[@mjschryver]

The end of the daisy chain that started with the QR code was an image of the symbol for Pluto... Lord of the Dead.

[@tomseville2345]

Jey pushing away the guy who couldn't set up his phone for a photo in time SENT me... 😆😆🤣🤣

[@Dsantana281]

“Sad in my tum tum” 😂 Simon is the greatest

[@Chris_Kwon_Do]

R truth saying "there go triple h right there" when ciampa came out had me dying.

[@heyitsfarley]

Simon has Demon Eyes in this video. Someone call Constantine, let's get a storyline going.

[@Hawkeye26]

Simon with the Demonic glowing eyes video!!! Can't blame him for forgetting Ivy "Most Botches in Royal Rumble 2024" Nile.

[@telechubby4life503]

That pop smoke joke made me chuckle lol

[@johnbennett7863]

Raw was great and R truth Is the best and G W F L Simon miller makes me feel warm and fuzzy in my tum tum

[@qaylarceus8385]

We're gonna see Chad Gable become Perc Gable

[@LordAC13]

Petition for Simon to do the Ups and Downs for Bash in Berlin IN GERMAN Day 1

[@DarioMalandra]

He will, don't panic

[@XxxZIMxx]

When rhea’s music hits again that pop is gonna me monumental

[@iangcunningham]

When Zayn hit that sitting springboard backflip that he does, McAfee very clearly said "there is nothing GENERIC about that!" It's awesome that WWE is finally acknowledging the rest of the pro wrestling world.

[@projects5054]

Every moment of th IC Title match was good, only because I was waiting for Gable to go heel. We all saw it coming miles away

[@gojira387]

Simon is a Replicant confirmed.

[@durivage1]

Dammit! 2nd video in a row that that nail in the wall behind you made me think something was on my screen 😮😢😂

[@keeferbigmick7943]

Love the glowing eyes special effect. You should try to do that but on purpose.

[@waywardgun]

Good to see Simon's alter ego- Demon Miller

[@frankhoward6645]

Hi Simon you're the man I hope Rhea gets better asap plus Gable turning heel was awesome and it was cool to see Sheamus return but he should have had better wrestling gear what was he thinking I also like the new tag team titles they look sharp

[@Robdukes919]

I was hoping with the new era that we're in that we'd resolve injured champions like the other combat sports and keep the current champ as the interim champ for a fixed period (if it's not an extended period of time) and unify the belts at a later time. It sucks to see Rhea and other champs relinquish their titles without a loss.

[@RetroDakota]

As much as I'm hyped up to see where heel Chad will go from here, it will also be interesting to see what becomes of Alpha Academy. Will AA continue without Chad or will Otis, Akira, and Maxxine go their separate ways? Hmm..

[@Stengel1313]

Cool your on the east coast! I'm in Pennsylvania

[@Le_smiley69]

I feel he’s talking like he doesn’t want to wake his parents up 😂

[@FiveNightsAtFelicias]

The reason why no one cared about liv is because her title run was less then mid, so we just moved on from her.

[@markpierce4416]

WWE dropped the ball with Liv in favor of Ronda Lousy and damaged her character irrevocably. They made her look weak instead of letting her/us enjoy something/someone new holding the title for a while,they just gave it back to Ronda.

[@vincek6613]

Liv took out the person who took her out. Fair play, rhea brought this on herself

[@DanielAbus-o1k]

Put the belt on Bianca, have liv win mitb and cash in on Bianca 2 weeks before summerslam , have Rhea return, do Rhea vs liv at summerslam then build Bianca vs Rhea at mania

[@jacktaylor5705]

I think this injury for rhea could be a blessing Ofcource we don’t want her to be hurt but the time off will only make her more in demand and make her even bigger for when she returns

[@edvinrosenqvist524]

I think it is funny that Simon is in a musical. Next stop, Broadway.

[@sbeaver3506]

Im surprised you didn't mention the giant repoman for hall of fame sign. the second i saw it i thought of you

[@tammythomas2137]

I was there live, the Sami entrance will forever be marked in our brains. ❤❤❤❤

[@TylerCWilliams]

3 heel turns in one night. Fun stuff.

[@zacharylemire4523]

It would be cool if you did a video about the Dreadmare videos

[@trainer_mattm]

“Mostly because she’s dead”…….geeeeezzz lol

[@auxeye85]

Thanks Simon, great video. I am loving WWE at the moment, people remembering the past is clearly something Vince didn't like as wrestlers always had short memories. Add this to an already stacked roster and great booking, it's fantastic to watch. I'd like some more surprises though, it is becoming a little predictable. WWE pushed Roman Reigns so hard that we hated him and now years later respect him, so there does need to be some story in there that we really hate or love, which builds that win or loss.

[@ebransc09]

Anyone else wanna see Piper get to battle the Baley Charlotte and Becky level stars and see how good she can get?

[@DarkSun123456789]

Major problem with the the Rhea injury and Roman comparisons is, that the women have nothing else to go for, almost literally. The tag titles are a joke and they don't have mid-card titles. So at Raw, if Rhea kept the title, we'd suddenly have no title. Meanwhile the men have 2 world, 2 mid-card, 2 tag team (again) titles. And let's be real, except a very few exceptions, the stories outside of the women's titles pictures, have been lackluster at best, which i hope will get better in the "new era".

[@carlb5558]

Came here to comment on Simon's eye shine and that darn spot on his door i yried to wipe away yhree times! 😂

[@tompatchak8706]

Simon, I love the ups and downs what culture and the guys there and you doing the show from all over the place however, the shiny light I think is really freaking me out. You’re gonna have to to tweak it a little bit while you’re on the road.

[@ChiefStrong-blood]

This segment of Hartwell is going to have a big pay off. Maxine is going to explored.

[@InfiniteCheeto]

Confirmed Simon is a replicant...his eyes kept shining.

[@Kane_Hodder]

I saw the Chad Gable attack on Sami coming. WWE needed to do something with his character

[@CH-ju8zt]

Now give Chad the Creed Brothers. You don't even need to get rid of Alpha Academy either, just turn them all heels.

[@jamesmorgan7299]

Ohhhhhhh, maybe we will get a Cody vs the rock blood donation drive. We all bleed for a good cause.

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

Simon u are the Goat and deserve the platinum up

[@DarioMalandra]

The Platinup?

[@anthonysmall6167]

That was one weird Raw. I think you would have gotten better reactions from Coma Patients. Some of those matches were just so meh!!! And those televisions are really tough. Can't wait to see one in a cage match😂😂

[@tomseville2345]

The guy with the "Bring Back 'Bras' & Panties Matches!" sign must have been upset he got it confiscated before Maxxine or Kayden/Katana/Chelsea's matches...like the guy repping his "I ❤SLUTS!" t-shirt in the camera corridor on SmackDown last week... 🤣🤣

[@Nickelcityvapes]

We'll see you the may the 4th in Rochester NY!

[@Asgerion]

Did they replace kendo sticks with lightsabers 15:41? Starwars street fight lets gooo!

[@randyhamm3862]

I love all your videos but every once in awhile your eyes kept freaking me out a little bit I'm sure it's just the lighting and keep up the good work