Ups & Downs: WWE Raw Review (Apr 22)

Our WWE Raw review as Simon Miller recaps Becky Lynch winning the Women’s World Title, Ricochet & Andrade vs. JD McDonagh & Santos Escobar, Sheamus vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, The New Day vs. Imperium, Awesome Truth vs. #DIY, Damien Priest and Jey Uso and much more.
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[@charanaudugama5840]

Becky encouraging Maxxine before the match should get a golden up. Ivy Nile had a big smile when she saw this.

[@Remianen]

And Simon completely glossed over it. That was the foreshadowing of Maxxine eliminating Candice and Indi (and a subtle middle finger to the IWC's treatment of Maxxine).

[@wafiknasralla9788]

And it got the pop it deserved from the live crowd!!

[@nakulsprakash1640]

Also Becky said it's your first time competing for the belt but she has had a match with Rhea for the title on Raw

[@thewolf01x95]

How bout no

[@johnbernaudo7631]

Maxxine is awesome

[@blessingxaba7989]

"Has some Edge, not Adam Copeland he went to AEW". That line never gets old🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRaewo]

If I am not mistaken, Becky went inbetween the ropes at the end (not over) and Cole sold it like she was in trouble. She could have just grabbed Liv and jumped off the side and would have won since she didn't go over the top first. Surprised more wrestlers don't do this.

[@colbywunschel1054]

Yeah, I saw this and I thought they were going to do a double simultaneous elimination where liv is arguing that Becky's feet touched first, and Becky is telling them she didn't go over the top rope.

[@rexluscus68]

Aww man! I am just watching this video and was going to make the same comment. Lol I thought it was ridiculous that the match went a minute or 2 longer than it should have considering Becky was in no danger of being eliminated. SMH

[@AirForce318]

Probably another botch by Liv😂

[@justtired9957]

It’s amazing to me. Not long ago the fans were upset at WWE for its lack of long term storytelling. Now they are giving us long term storytelling and people complain. Liv needs more time to build this heel persona. Becky will defend the title like she did in NXT, elevating new stars while Liv becomes more and more unhinged. Maybe she even wins QotR then wins the title at Clash at the Castle or Money in the Bank. By then, you have bolstered the division with new faces, Liv Morgan is booked as a strong champion which was the complaint from her first title reign AND you have a ready made feud with Rhea heading in to Mania season. Becky winning was the right call.

[@joshuarose1381]

They setup Gunther vs Cody because Gunther dud that he's the hunter line, and Cody said in a previous promo how he's now the hunted since he's the champ...

[@davidmc5762]

No, that will obviously happen but in this instance it's a case of wrestlers repeating the same lines because there's only so many ways you can say the same thing again and again

[@yomamasofat77]

Lol reading too much into things I see

[@michaeloptv]

Maybe down the line. I think it will be Drew vs Cody first. Gunther needs to pick a lane like Damien Priest….which is why maybe that will eventually set up a match between those two guys.

[@RedHoodFH]

Giving Becky the title was the 'safe' choice. Personally, I think you could've given it to Shayna and have her carry it for a bit before giving it to Liv before Rheas return

[@dominikgose2609]

My problem with Shayna is that shes not getting over, so id worry about the championship feeling undermined

[@Sayoreacts]

Nia Jax put in quite the performance, she could've held the title as a transitional champ

[@RedHoodFH]

@@Sayoreacts Nia won't have a title for a while. She needs to shake off the Ryback-ness

[@TheUnluckyConqueror3699]

​@@RedHoodFH you haven't been paying attention lately if you're saying that

[@julioornano8427]

When I saw her in the match as supposed to the graphic, I said the same thing! We’ve had worse coming out of a battle Royal and she’s not a bad choice!

[@sethfreakinrollins9889]

I understand why they gave it to Becky Lynch, but this was such a missed opportunity for Liv to win and say “I took you out just like you took me out and now I took your title,” going full heel im the process.

[@uncleelroy6353]

Nope. This ties in back from elimination chamber. Liv got beef with Becky anyway Rhea and Becky are liv's hurdles to her revenge tour being complete. She beats Becky not once but 3x clean HER HEEL TURN COMPLETE WITH BRAGGING RIGHTS OVER BECKY AND I TOOK OUT RHEA BLOODY RIPLEY. REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD BITCHES.

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

wrong decision to be fair should have been Liv win this Becky doesn't need it

[@kennethakins3444]

It seems the wwe method is Becky, Charlotte, Bianca must be in the title picture and hold the title. Sure we have others the fans want, but we know what's best and it is only these three constantly having the title.

[@acethedemigod8540]

Liv's not good bro we don't wanna see that yes she attacked n hurt her but in a one on one it's hard to push believability we know she gone lose lol

[@acethedemigod8540]

​@@kennethakins3444lol why not have good popular women hold the belt everyone loved rea to have her vacate n be replaced with liv is crazy y'all not thinking it thru lol

[@darkspartan86]

My favorite part of Raw was Michael Cole saying the first thing you learn is to never let a superstar take your microphone...then later Becky stole a microphone lol

[@TitaniaBird]

And now I'm just flashing back to the ladies' MyRise story in 2K24. I would say "poor Byron Saxton" if it weren't so hilarious.

[@JetBlack2024]

Shamus out of shape still looks better than all the people that was talking about him online.

[@rainofkhandaq6678]

They're not out earning millions to wrestle once a week

[@AnimeBronx]

His job is to be in-shape.

[@nntndofreak24]

@@AnimeBronx his job is to perform not to be in shape. look at all the big men and Kevin Owens. they arent in shape at all so your argument makes no sense at all

[@khesipresents1885]

Apparently being in shape matters now ,yet all you were trashing Vince for liking muscular dude

[@Chachibenji]

@@AnimeBronx his job is to be entertaining. You still need to show us your body regardless, otherwise opinion invalid.

[@ungartothemax20166]

There was a Demon Finn Balor box behind Damian Priest which I find to be very interesting.

[@SanFran21]

That box has been back there for quite some time tho. But maybe it’s long term story telling🙏🏽

[@Deathcatclub]

There’s loads of stuff in their little area that are callbacks

[@ungartothemax20166]

@@SanFran21 I 100% agree with you! I think it’s long term storytelling and I’m totally here for it.

[@michaeloptv]

LMAO. Congrats captain obvious. Finn is gonna screw Damien of the title. There’s your SummerSlam match.

[@brandontaylor7129]

​@@michaeloptv why would Balor screw over Priest instead of beating him for the title

[@jeromeernest4162]

Becky lynch winning this match reminds me of when John Cena got DDT’d on the concrete floor and still managed to beat the two remaining wrestlers on Team Nexus

[@Lane.Kiffin]

bruhh smh the same thing with shin vs seth last man standing

[@RajR96]

Hit the nail on the head!

[@jabarinath2452]

The worse part is Sheamus looks fantastic

[@matthewhostetter8974]

It's the great Too Many Limes and Burger after Burger diet. I'm sure many people wish they could look as good as Sheamus

[@marcuspowell4343]

Im gonna let HHH apply his culinary skills, however i do feel Liv should have won. Let watch the show and not bxtch though please. I even heard people saying Damian vJey is a bad main event with no star power. Its like bruv, how are we supposed to get the more stars if we rely on made stars like CM Punk, DM Hunk and Seth Rollins.

[@BrndnNZT48]

Don't agree with Becky winning, just makes her look like the second choice. Like she only won cause rhea had to vacate it. They didn't put it on her at Mania but are like here you go now.

[@nightflame69]

Exactly!

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

I agree sick of Becky anyway

[@willbaker6532]

But then if Becky didn't win then surely you could ask why was she even set up as this big mountain to climb for rhea if she gets beat by some random midcard talent woman? Wrestlings so weird where coming second means that someone who is 10th should beat you or else you look bad Like in a football analogy it's like saying if man city had to give up their league title and it was handed over to Arsenal who finished 2nd then that makes arsenal look bad as it should've been given to Fulham who finished 10th..... It make no sense. She's the 2nd best.. and now with no rhea she's the best... she shouod have the title..

[@julioornano8427]

Umm everyone would’ve been second choice with that logic

[@BrndnNZT48]

@willbaker6532 no I wouldn't because I felt if you have a "free play" put the belt on liv or Tiffany, then you can always pull it off them as a "they got lucky in the battle royal " don't make assumptions about what people may or may not have said

[@dadavinci]

Thank you for the early upload Simon. Makes the first few hours fly by

[@shanewillis316]

Consider Candice and Indy are heels now making DIY heels would make sense too.

[@dominikgose2609]

The Evil Way!

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Yep . Also add Dexter Lumus once he returns

[@GLJosh]

@@dominikgose2609 I don't think we got a proper Dark-DIY in NXT. Could be very interesting with DIY and Candice/Indi as heel tag team.

[@khesipresents1885]

Taking DIY off TV will make more sense

[@josephbasilio4803]

Another awesome video! Thank so so much for the ups and downs! 👍🏾

[@Mcmill90]

Heel Gable as a character feels more like Bob Backlund than Kurt Angle like many have suggested

[@labbaby189]

Chad needs to develop a career crippling drug habit to be anywhere near Perc's level.

[@warnersfunhouse5938]

Becky going thru the crowd giving high fives and hugs all around made me very happy. Loved it.

[@tompatchak8706]

That little girl that walks up to her and gets a picture and a hug made my my heart all warm and fuzzy

[@tomseville2345]

@@tompatchak8706 She was wearing a "Mami" t-shirt; I think Becky was the "lesser of two evils" against Liv... 🤣🤣

[@tompatchak8706]

@@tomseville2345 oh, she was just excited to have a wrestler near her then either way I thought it was cool. Becki is a safe bet for this. She’ll be able to carry the belt and then elevate whoever she takes on just like she did with the NXT title.

[@laviathon10]

They could be setting up Vinci seeking a friend to take on Ludwig and Gunther and who else has a long history with Gunther? Ilja Dragunov. Then they can reignite their feud on the main roster

[@jenniferkovalick2959]

Ooh I like this! ❤

[@michaeloptv]

I’m torn on what to do here because Ilja is supposed to be called up. But WHAT IF (hear me out) Gunther’s next title reign is NXT Champion 😳🤔😬 It would definitely highlight the development of that brand.

[@qaylarceus8385]

BURGER AFTER BURGER AFTER BURGER AFTER BURGER AFTER BURGER AFTER BURGER, LMAOOOO 🤣🤣

[@RedHoodFH]

I mean, Sheamus can get big OR ripped. Either bulk or cut Unless steroids

[@rjgoodman4056]

First Gunther elevates the IC title into something worth fighting for, now he's gonna elevate the KOTR tournament into WWE's equivalent to the G1 climax.

[@drpapapl]

Drew and Shamus team up! Yes please!!!!

[@itsmejayfree]

Simon gets an Up!

[@user-mh6mw6jn4h]

Piper will challenge Becky at Clash at the Castle, I guess

[@nightflame69]

At probably get smoked by Becky like a weed cigarette..

[@tomseville2345]

Will Becky be allowed to play heel, though?

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Could be a good match. Piper is an underrated talent.

[@tomseville2345]

It actually already was, at Royal Rumble 2022; Becky was meant to be a heel (good luck) and Piper was still...weeelll...Doudrop. 🤣🤣 When Eva Marie was released (again) in 2021...

[@psychorabbitt]

Sheamus looked like he was going to break character when Drew did the "Burger, after burger, after burger" line.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

“One armed Punk spanked ya” vs “🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔🍔” had me heeezing lol

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Good morning, Simon!

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the review Simon

[@amptrontwenty-five2352]

It's great to know that wwe at least Finally let Gargano/ Chiampa as DIY on the main shows....only a few years after they made a few NXT ppv/ ple bigger than the main ppv/ ple that weekend. DIY vs. the current FTR would be a great rematch!

[@SheriffOutlaw]

Now that I had time to reflect on last night, I am mature enough to say, I am cool with Becky's victory. Only reason why is because giving Liv the win would have been too soon or easy. I feel like Liv chasing the belt and winning the belt that way is much more satisfying.

[@patrickevans9604]

Yea i think they need a full heel turn for her before she wins the title. It makes sense that way cause of how theyve been booking her for like 2 years, always coming in 2nd through two rumbles and a battle royale. They need to move that along and have her snap and go heel for a while so rhea can return as babyface and win her title back

[@SheriffOutlaw]

@patrickevans9604 if or when the judgment day split up, I see Rhea losing everything. Including Dom. How evil would it be for Dom to align with a Villain Liv?

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

but the question is will Gunther go by King Gunther, Emperor Gunther, or President Gunther

[@tompatchak8706]

General?

[@TheMostGloriousBeard]

Führer?

[@ruckustheduke4468]

Kaiser

[@samuelmedina9984]

Jey Vs Damian will become one of next great rivalry in the new era

[@bcal8118]

😂😂😂 sure guy

[@tompatchak8706]

Everyone knows that Gabel was going to turn somewhere down the line and you really can’t take Otis and Maxine and Tawa and make them bad guys because there’s so much fun to watch. I’m really kind of interesting to see interested to see what they do here like do they break up the Alpha Academy or do they go to NXT or a different show?

[@tomseville2345]

Triple H was clearly trying to atone for something with his booking of Maxxine here (the pending turn on Chad, Becky's pep-talk, her elimination of Candice and Indi in succession, the little character spot she got during the BR); but he still sent her out there to die (in AND out of kayfabe) in that pointless squash to Rhea in December for literally no reason...

[@kennyhall9117]

SIMON IS THE BEST, SIMON NUMBER ONE 👏👏

[@matthewhostetter8974]

A fun RAW, Priest and Jey Uso are setting up their title match. Awesome Truth vs DIY was a solid match, a bit shocked Awesome Truth retained. Drew and Sheamus had a great promo battle and led to a fun match against Nakamura. We even got the new meme "Burger after Burger." Gunther declared himself for the King of The Ring and I expect him to head to Smackdown. Ludwig also finally turned on Giovanni, so I'm curious what that means for both of them. All the women got to shine in the main event, many getting their first-ever chance to be in a main event or RAW. It was a solid Battle Royal but I feel Becky was the wrong choice. Yes, they can still have Liv chase after Becky now, but when they had Becky come off "vacation' early it felt like WWE went into panic mode. Once again they had one of the Four Horsewomen go over instead of giving another talent a chance. This should have been Nia or Liv's moment, or even someone like Shayna who is well overdue. It seems a lot of people feel the same way, that Becky Hogan was the wrong choice.

[@BlueOpinion]

Still shoulda been Tiffany as a transition champ till the ppv. P.s Idk about most fans but im hoping for shorter reigns as champions. 3 - 4 months sounds like a good run.

[@abrahamjones2925]

Good Mythical Morning Everyone

[@kendrickking9945]

I’m sorry man but I gotta say it. The USOs gotta get back together. Bc I just can’t see Jey Being a main eventer. It’s not that He’s not good or Over. It’s just not clickin for me. He only has around 3 maybe 4 moves he can do. For entertainment purposes he’s Him!! But not on the main event level

[@geeayy333]

You know what? I actually agree. There's certain childish undertones in his gimmick that work for entertainment, but not for the main eventer.

[@andrewhernandez5332]

it must have been really hard for 2k to think of a move set for him once they knocked the 4 or 5 he has out the way. to me he has an engaging entrance and a childish catchphrase, but that's about it. i'm not for him with a title run, but back with Jimmy im cool with.

[@aleckiealexander2000]

How many moves does roman reigns have?spear, superman punch and??

[@kendrickking9945]

@@andrewhernandez5332 😂😂 u know they will give that man Christians moveset from Smackdown vs Raw or somethin.

[@kendrickking9945]

@@aleckiealexander2000 bro come on lol 😂 u know Jimmy and Jey both spam the crap out of them super kicks. Roman got way more he can do other than that just 3 moves!

[@FaithGratitudeLove]

So what will they do with Liv?

[@nightflame69]

Queen of the ring..? Though I doubt it. Another worthless feud, Coming Soon! Meanwhile, Becky will be champion until rhea comes back.

[@AnnaJaneMTG]

After seeing that stache, Dom should do a modern version of the Rick Rude gimmick. He'd be so great at it (doesn't even need the physique)

[@tompatchak8706]

Didn’t Eddie have a mustache for a while?

[@alfredkaputo5487]

2:56 What!..your downs sometimes are hilarious 😂

[@Qwazaar919]

Nia Jax is a monster heel who throws her weight around like Bronson, not a monster heel who throws other ppls weight around. she's not strong like that and i wish they'd stop putting her in those situations.

[@dannyfromet6257]

I am pretty sure drew got that line from an undertaker promo.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Imagine if Liv Morgan won the battle royale. That would've made hers and Rhea's feud more personal.

[@rezzytheskyguy]

I wish wrestling fans paid attention instead of whatever this person is doing.

[@chery5818]

Well Rhea isn’t coming back for a minute. Letting Becky win can let Liv and Becky have a good feud until then

[@lordeowstheking]

Welp, she didn't so..

[@cr5cc]

Liv winning would do what because by the time rhea comes back I can see 3 to 5 different champs... it was no way liv was gonna hold the belt for 8 months

[@allenshadrick22]

They should have had Becky beat Ripley.

[@kinglibra912]

The Con Dom 😂 that moustache IS terrible

[@tomseville2345]

On purpose, like when Cody did it in 2012-13...

[@KamoMustafaWWE]

I'm not a big fan of Becky winning the title, but I'm trying hard not to hate it. It gets a middle from me.

[@dom19945]

I’d rather watch 3 hours of CPAC than watch Becky utter a single word with Rhea’s title.

[@edrueter9]

I want a Ludvig Kaiser vs Ilja Dragunov feud.

[@Iwillone]

I feel they should have used the Queen of the Ring to crown a new champ. A battle royal always seemed too cheap to me (- ^ )

[@cedricbrookins4851]

Disagree

[@antoniofalchi5570]

They're using Becky so that Liv has enough time to turn into a proper heel, dismantle The Judgement Day, and then beat her to a pulp to solidify her heel status. Waiting until King of the Ring might've been too long

[@JoseJimenez-lu5vq]

or Liv is going to gas out fighting Becky

[@ifgwelf]

Im getting the feeling Liv is still gonna get that belt and this is transitional. Or, Liv is being punished for injuring Rhea

[@nightflame69]

That part! Though there was also speculation that rhea was actually injured during the mania match. But of course they can’t punish “the man”. So they have liv attacking her, “causing/aggravating” the situation, and Becky gets the belt they wanted for her to win at mania. All while punishing liv.

[@karabomafa5609]

Becky winning the championship means Rhea is still far off from returning... I don't think Triple H wanted Liv to hold the title for a long time outside the feud she would have with Rhea

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

That's what I thought too. If Rhea was going to be back sooner than expected, they would have had a transitional champion.

[@djgokrazy3096]

I'm tired of people acting like good storylines can't come from other talent, I get that it makes the most sense for Liv to not win right now and I agree, but there is definitely a good way they could have used Shayna or Nia or anyone else that has nothing going on right now to be a transitional champion and it wouldn't have hurt them, because they already have 0 things going right now. I like Becky but she just lost a big match, and tbh I could have done with someone else in the spotlight for a little seeing as rhea coming back will probably push us back into that direction for awhile. Still congrats to Becky though.

[@piscinaiv7937]

I realized last night that Giovani Vinci has a better short arm clothesline than Okada.

[@airpegasus5167]

A Battle Royal For The Women’s Heavyweight Championship Was Wack . A Proper Tournament Should’ve Been Held

[@gunitsoldier42069]

Why does nobody mention drew caused shinska to hesitate on the Kinshasa which is why shamus hit the brogue kick I checked out 4 different reviews n no mention

[@gunitsoldier42069]

The KOTR & QOTR are in the triple h era of booking now they gonna elevate to the level they deserve to be again

[@brandonnewby178]

JD seems to have been not long for the judgment Day for a long time now... 😂😂

[@andrewhernandez5332]

I think becky got the title because she has that book out, and her going around for press with the belt is a good look. plus she went down to nxt to help elevate their title/viewership or whatever, so I'm sure they think highly of her for it. I personally think shes boring and her "I got punched in the nose and bled once so I'm the man now and wanna fight everyone" gimmick is lame, but.. I get it. I hope you're right as her being a transitional champ.

[@machomusprime50]

Dom looks so much like Eddie, its crazy. 😂😂

[@jeremiahhamilton2422]

I am honestly surprised after seeing Monday night raw live he didn’t do a live version of ups and downs

[@krimzon2676]

Chad Gable is gonna be big within the next 2 years imo

[@austinkelly7500]

Roman doesn't defend the title for 128 days: still champion Rhea can't defend the title for 6 weeks: Vacate 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@nightflame69]

EXACTLY!

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Hypocricy at finest

[@willbaker6532]

That's sports entertainment...... when you have plans that don't work you need to make new plans... the plan for roman was to not defend it for months. The plan for rhea was to make her a workhorse. And if rhea ends up gone for 3 months then you've got to find a better time for her to drop the belt.. And if she was supposed to drop the belt within those 3 months originally then people will ask why didn't she just vacate it. Seth held the belt because clearly the plan was for him to lose it at mania.. Roman held the belt because the plan was for him to lose it at mania

[@rexluscus68]

For many years it's passed me off when a champion had to give up a belt when they were going to be out a month or 2 when Brock then Roman went 3-4 months without defending. Look at Roxanne Perez...she had the title taken (her 1st reign) away and it felt like she was back in the ring within 3 weeks. They couldn't have waited?!?!

[@JMyers-lg7eq]

About time Gable

[@KenAdams426]

Why can’t there be other women’s championships besides the tag and world. Why not make a women’s intercontinental and or a US

[@barrysmith4610]

Bro YES these belts are DESPERATELY NEEDED to help elevate the Women's Div

[@willbaker6532]

They literally can't even do anything interesting with the tag belt...... why do you think throwing more belts in the mix will make things better?

[@KenAdams426]

well first of all there are not as many women to team up with tag belts such as the men’s that’s why they only have one set of tag belts. However with more belts such as IC or US or whatever they want to call them makes for individual story lines a lore more interesting other than them just always going for a world title. You involve a lot more into shows and make more matches and help with getting rid of squash or filler matches.

[@willbaker6532]

@KenAdams426 were already in a situation where only 3 of the men's belts need to have focus (one of which wasn't even defended). The US title is basiclaly a logan paul prop right now. There anrt enough tag teams because they're arnt enough mid carders as it is.. which is why most of them are just 2 mid careers slapped together. Adding 2 random mod card belts is just gonna make them seem even less important

[@droppedonmyhead3522]

It was right for Becky to win the belt after that big build up to Wrestlemania forty and that huge let down. I was wanting Becky to win and she was my favorite in this match. BUT it is also right that Liv Morgan, or Shayna Bazeler or few others to get a time to hold the belt or some time soon after this. I am not double minded. I have an opinion but I also see both sides of this dispute. THERE NEEDS TO be an Intercontinental women’s title. It’s not Becky’s fault others didn’t get a shot, I don’t even think it’s the booker’s management’s or corporate’s fault. I think it’s something most people at WWE didn’t really take thought about. I didn’t really think about it until probably a few months ago.

[@RichardRodriguez-nh3hh]

Your shows is very entertaining and make me laugh every time 😂

[@badlydrawnkyle]

Could they be setting up to have Giovanni Vinci be buddies with ilja Dragunov?

[@johnconrad1500]

Not sure about this insistence that Chad Gable is gonna restable first with the Creed Brothers. I kinda want to see him take Candace LaRae and Indi Hartwell under his wing. Then we get Chad vs Otis as a backdrop of LaRae and Hartwell vs Maxine and Ivy Nile. At some point, LaRae and Hartwell need to cheat their way into the tag title conversation to give this more weight. Sure, the Creeds match the olympic upbringing that Gable has, it just doesn't seem like something that has been played into much, unlike the angles already planted between LaRae and Maxxine which managed to catch a lot of social media attention as it happened.

[@yengyang4870]

Simon, blink twice on the next up and down. So we know you aren't being kidnapped or hold against your well.

[@dragonchaserkev]

Poor Shayna, she deserves better. Hope she's getting paid well.

[@TitaniaBird]

A part of me kinda wonders if Becky winning the Women's World Championship wasn't a similar deal to how Jon Moxley came back to hold the World Championship in AEW after the *first* bit of CM Punk bullshit/injury. I feel like Becky would've been away longer if Rhea had not gotten injured, but she came back early to help keep the Raw portion of the women's roster focused and stable for a while. Given how Becky has been one of the vanguards of the division for the longest time, she is undoubtedly one of the locker room leaders offscreen, especially since she is the biggest star in the division right now. I feel it wouldn't be too out of character for her to pull such a similar move to Moxley; she is taking responsibility for the Raw women's division just as Mox took responsibility for the AEW men's roster. And further note, she's not even the only person in her relationship to give me those kinds of vibes; her husband Seth also rehabbed his injuries enough to stick it out through Wrestlemania, assist with the Cody/Roman story, and put the World Heavyweight Championship in a good position coming out of 'Mania before taking time off to properly heal. Those two truly deserve each other, and I say that in every best way possible. When the chips are down, you can depend on Becky and Seth. And WWE is better for it.

[@PrinceIsot]

Hope you enjoy your visit Simon 🇺🇲

[@TheRealRehman]

Papa H better know what he's doing. I love Becky Lynch as much as the next reasonable person but this opportunity is wasted on her.

[@mayeuldelaunay4058]

Maybe not. Maybe she's to hold the women's title the time for Liv Morgan to build up her heel character and momentum until the moment is right for her to beat Becky Lynch and win the title, which would be more prestigious than winning it via a Battle Royal, before Rhea's return and them resuming their feud.

[@antoniofalchi5570]

Becky only got it cause everyone loves her and Liv's heel status will get solidified once she beats her to a pulp for it. Give her enough time to develop and dismantle Judgement Day

[@khesipresents1885]

If he knew what he was doing he wouldn't show weekly vignettes of Cedric and Adonis new tag team only to not have them not ever show up on TV and forgotten about

[@Dooomguy233]

Was my first live show! Thought it was good would like to see jey win world title but dont think its time yet

[@auxeye85]

Thanks for doing these videos Simon. You're a legend!

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I think the Bloodline is gonna stop Jey from winning the World Title.

[@michaeloptv]

Unless it’s Solo I think we are done with Jey and the bloodline.

[@mglaughter6087]

If you really think about it - Becky is the only real choice here. She's already a main event star, she won't be diminished by a short run, and she'll elevate whomever she drops it to way more than an improptu battle royale. HHH has been big on giving the belts credibility. Let him play the long game.

[@dcfc7156]

Vinci should link up with ilia dragunov when he comes to the main roster

[@dannyfromet6257]

Are we trying to imply that domanic might be the Prince Harry of the wrestling world

[@alexnieblas7618]

Becky makes the most sense out of all the options I've seen online. Liv still needs to go full heel, and going against Becky and beating her is the best way to do so. Nia could have won but Liv vs Nia? It wouldn't have the same impact, heel vs. heel.

[@heatherwright3981]

Thank you Simon for defending Sheamus's position, you are 100% correct!

[@tomseville2345]

I admit, I LOL'd when Xavier went all "meta" and "inside" and acknowledged how many damned times he and Kofi had faced Ludwig and Gio, even after the Street Fight feud-ender; at least we *know* now it was the last one...

[@badlydrawnkyle]

Of all the disappointments… Otis was definitely the biggest one. 🤣🤣

[@thoin1]

Seamus' Kneecap him. probably comes from the Irish saying for 'I don't think so'. "Ni Ceapaim". a play on words. As an Irishman I approve.

[@tomseville2345]

Hard to believe it took him 15 years on WWE TV to name that pump (bicycle) knee strike; when he first started using it, everyone thought it was a botched Brogue Kick, where he misjudged his opponent's proximity to him... 🤣🤣

[@nicholaspitts9561]

Dom Dom looking like a middle aged father with the uncle rico stashe and the 1975 mullet fade 😂

[@wolfhowl983]

Kinda wish the image wasn't a spoiler... saw the image in my feed yesterday before wwe had the episode available on KZbin

[@akunwanneprosper7016]

I wonder how Damian would beat Jey What storyline or shenanigans

[@ProgrammedForDamage]

Chad Gable rocking the suit says, "All business; no nonsense."

[@michaeloptv]

He needs to eventually feud with Bobby Lashley. Don’t know why but I need to see it!

[@Jeff.fl0w]

Today is my birthday 🎂🥰🎊🎉🎈

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

happy birthday

[@deeadonis4033]

happy born day'

[@mrdude88]

Nia Jax should’ve won. I hate when any promotion makes a wrestler look super strong by making them run over the other wrestlers in the locker room just so they can build them up to be taken down by the real wrestler they are pushing. If they wanted to make Nia a credible heel threat for future wrestlers, make her the champion to boost her resume, and this would've been the best time because she won it in an unconventional way.

[@user-mm4sb3yw1f]

No Simon, wrong Gable told Maxine that she is so pretty but dumb like a box of Rocks! lol that was funny!

[@tomseville2345]

I think they need to have Gunther as King and Tiffany as the Queen; it lends itself almost exclusively to heels; the only babyface 'Monarch' that really played into the royalty gimmick was Xavier (which was short-lived), and Zelina was a heel at the time. Bret, Shamrock and Edge had to protect their babyface status by not leaning into the "King" aspect at all, and Austin was (hilariously now) meant to be full heel when he won it, and it made him one of biggest (if not THE biggest) babyfaces in company history... It will also set Gunther and Tiffany up to feud with Cody/Damian and Bayley/Becky respectively as legitimately over World title contenders...

[@angelmaxxx]

Thinking about it, have we had a heel DIY run in WWE yet? I didn't watch most of their run in NXT, so i may have missed it.

[@BillyWitherspoon]

Super Becky Shines again 😒

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Becky Hogan

[@dghunk1234]

Totaly agree that Becky is the best pick here, Nia is a hard one to put other's, Shana and Natalia re probably NXT bound. And Liv is getting her title soon, but she just launched merc for the revenge tour, would be kinda the end and she would need to keep the title until Rea is back, would be a mess to be fair. Now she can have a feud wirh Becky and earn it.

[@severianokautapa5034]

Drew Mcintyre & Sheamus Modern day 2 Man Power Trip would be 🔥😂

[@taramjwi57]

I like the 2nd place story they are building with Liv. This is the 3rd big multi woman match with title implications she's placed 2nd in this year. Seems lke a good way to lead in to a heel run.

[@rossiaconis242]

While I totally thought Liv was a shoe-in to win, I am totally OK with Becky winning. I am a die-hard Becky Lynch fan so I'll never complain about her getting another run, plus I think she will end up putting Liv over for the title, possibly at Backlash.