Ups & Downs: WWE Raw Review (Mar 13)

Our WWE Raw review as Simon Miller talks about The Judgment Day vs. Johnny Gargano and Dexter Lumis, Cody Rhodes vs. LA Knight, Elias vs. Bronson Reed, Angelo Dawkins vs. Montez Ford, Seth Rollins vs. Baron Corbin, Bianca Belair vs. Chelsea Green, Kevin Owens vs. Solo Sikoa and much more.
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[@StevenKluber]

Someone needs to get Simon a front row ticket for MITB so he can further his Justice for Barry movement.

[@bcal8118]

He can buy his own like everyone else

[@prostock7875]

@@bcal8118 just cause you can’t afford it

[@Aqwtiny]

@@prostock7875 Huh?

[@razorramon7573]

Simon Miller needs to just go away!

[@benrichards9375]

​@@razorramon7573 why are u watching him if u want him to go away

[@jaysondoak6184]

"I'm not cosmetically cleared." That was pure gold. I'm with Simon in that I love the whole Male Models shtick.

[@danielliens5360]

They were fantastic this week.

[@rileyclayton3344]

MMM were absolutely hilarious this week

[@kermita12]

It has certainly improved immensely from when it started.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Simon implying that Brock vs Omos won't close Mania. 🤯

[@rediscoveringhistoryinc2020]

After Raw went off air, KO put Solo through a table in the ring, sending fans home happy. It was a great show, minus the Elias squash that ppl really didn't care for. I was 5 rows from the ring and it was AWESOME!!!

[@xcalibur1986]

Crowd sounded great for the most part last night, too bad some online make it sound like it was a bad show.

[@rediscoveringhistoryinc2020]

@MatW Crowd was into 99% of the matches. There really wasn't anyone upset. The only real crickets was during the Elias match. Everyone got big pops and it felt like more than just another RAW show

[@_justinblizzle]

@@rediscoveringhistoryinc2020which is crazy bcuz the shit that Bronson was doing was more interesting than most of the other matches

[@rediscoveringhistoryinc2020]

Oh, and there was no "Holy S--t" moment during the Brock/Omos segment. That was added. The only time fans said it was after the KO spot through the 6 chairs.

[@davidarrington4144]

LA Knight needs to be the one to dethrone Theory for the US title.

[@boyankovachev7982]

Honestly, yes. That's how you build the stars of the future. (Not the rapper, the tense.)

[@BlaxkSun]

Oh god no 😂

[@Kr4ShSkeL]

@@boyankovachev7982 You build future stars by having a 45yo dude beating a 25yo dude ? xD

[@davidarrington4144]

@@Kr4ShSkeL Yeah I didn’t understand that response either lmao my thought behind it would be that it would put Theory up against one of the best promo cutters in the company who also 100% deserves a title run. For theory, it would free him up to be a rival for Cody Rhodes or to have a grudge rivalry against someone high profile

[@kfost55]

What about Sheamus wins the ic title at mania. Finally wins the belt that's avoided him his career. Spends the summer feuding with Drew. Summerslam LA knight beats sheamus for the ic title

[@trevortshepangmashigo7718]

The demon reference Finn gave made me feel all warm and fuzzy shit Simon always talks about. I wanna see a heal version of the demon too but either way I'm just a huge fan of the demon and I think HELL IN A CELL should be the demons playground.

[@therandyness]

Simon, you're my friend. I could watch you give the entire timeline of WWE ups and downs.

[@luciferpetrenkoff5040]

My favorite part of the Kevin Owens and Solo Sikoa match was when the crowd started chanting “get the table”, Owens did then solo got the advantage then put the table back under the ring and the crowd started booing

[@GusJenkinsElite]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a heel draw heat by *deliberately not using a weapon* and it was perfect

[@_justinblizzle]

I love when heels do that bcuz I hate when the crowd screams “we want tables”… I saw a match w the Briscoes where the crowd was shouting it and one brother just set the table up, left it there and the crowd got quiet and they never used the table 😂

[@danielduran4754]

Props to them if that was all done on the fly!

[@TuxKamen]

@@GusJenkinsElite I think the Dudleys did in their last WWE heel run, when they were like, "You don't respect us so we won't give you what you want"

[@I-Am-Batman_1988]

I need more Dexter and Rhea in my wrestling life, the way he just stares at her like a serial killer is absolutely hilarious.

[@y2dereko]

Mizdow for one night only as Miz's guest host would be hilarious for a Hollywood theme lol

[@ningboy3274]

LA Knight reminds me of an early Stone Cold minus the wins, I hope he gets a push after mania, the man deserves it.

[@JomoLindsay]

Yeah they really need to do something big with LA Knight, He's so good on the mic I don't understand why they are wasting him away like this.

[@anthonyturner6399]

@@JomoLindsayhe’s a older guy I believe too so he doesn’t have a lot of time left either. He’s soooooo good tho

[@michaelhruska5870]

@@anthonyturner6399 if I am not mistaken, I read somewhere, probably in this very comment section, that he is 45 so no spring chicken despite his impressive physique. He will probably want to retire sooner than later to save himself extra aches and pains down the line.

[@rippleforts3050]

Eddie would be so damn proud of Dominik, how far he's come in such a short time, love him!

[@evanmino]

Couldn't agree more about the "cosmetically cleared to compete" line - pure gold.

[@e-heromanny4348]

I feel like given the small language barrier issue WWE has whenever it comes to booking segments with Asuka, they're going with the route of making her this troll with a psychotic streak which I'm all for. Asuka has such good comedic timing (especially during the lockdown era) despite the crowd not really knowing what she's saying and they're always into her. I know the match itself will deliver at Mania

[@_justinblizzle]

Why has she not attacked Bianca yet??

[@ronardjones6762]

Asuka needs a "Mr. Fuji". Not to get over but to balance the language barrier.

[@tompatchak8706]

Her just screaming recipes in Japanese would scare me!

[@e-heromanny4348]

@@ronardjones6762 Yeah for real, I loved when Paige was managing her and Kairi Sane. They had their natural charisma and then Paige who was always over with the crowd could sell the match properly

[@andycordone621]

I could talk about wrestling all day with Simon!

[@tomseville2345]

What Dom needs to say next; "I've wished for 18 years that Uncle Eddie had WON THAT LADDER MATCH!"

[@gunarliepins]

When I heard the "Mercedes vs BMW" line, I immediately knew Simon was falling off his sofa laughing right now :D

[@phiwemdlalo5036]

You're the best Simon. Watching Ups and Downs is always the best part of my day. Thank you man.

[@kevacionorm4096]

What if miz being the host is just to set up, the surprise of the rock hosting mania, coming out as miz cohost and laying him out, and then later setting up a match with Roman at summerslam..( non of this is happening but it’s fun to think 😂)

[@SubhamKumar-tw5yr]

Montez should win US title We can do cena vs theory without belt N montez should defend his title at WrestleMania in multi person ladder match Against the likes of Damian priest, Mustafa Ali, chad gable, Cedric Alexander, Santos Escobar n few more N let montez beat all of them N walk out as champ at mania This would be a banger for sure

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Edge vs Finn Balor needs to be the final chapter of their feud

[@Former_Employee]

Balor should and better fucking win

[@jpthepsycho1467]

Am i just the only one who wants Lone Wolf Baron Corbin

[@laronnpowell1700]

No. No you’re not..

[@zk3212]

They need to bring back his old theme song...the one with the vocals

[@youngiconzent246]

The miz was getting interviewed when trish was getting a beat down & he did nothing to help, before the referee had to stop the beat down.

[@CH-ju8zt]

I need Alterbridge to play for Edge at Wrestlemania wearing all white. Then they go across the stage and change to all black and play Finn Balor to the ring.

[@karmakazibeatz8481]

I was at this event. First live wrestling show since the late 90s

[@rontifu]

I want Dominik to enter his match at Mania with the "Viva la Raza!" theme. Would be Nuclear Heat.

[@vincloud1432]

👀

[@anthonyturner6399]

That would be absolute Fire.

[@ShaundaLeer]

Nope; you started a movement. We won't give up the fight. JUSTIC FOR BARRY!!!

[@davidbullock1101]

Gwfl Otis is treasure he’s so charismatic he can get any gimmick over with the fans

[@vishveshpatkar6602]

I don't know if anyone noticed this Chad Gable had American Alphas on his left upper sleeve He may be wearing it from before but I just saw it. So it's possible he will get his much deserved singles run

[@tompatchak8706]

And Jason Jordan helped with Lesnar

[@SPW2016]

Thank you Simon for having the good energy to make our days better🫶🏿❤️

[@michaellombardi24]

MJF: I'm the F***ING MAN NOW!!!" Dominik Mysterio: ......

[@numero1superfly393]

WWE Rematch Counter: 36 Can we please see Chad Gable vs Otis, where if Otis wins, he joins Max Male Models? I would be so down for that.

[@Gravewhisper]

with Vince back there is now an ever increasing chance that Roman Reigns will just beat Cody at Mania.

[@davidreed7849]

So we went from when will sami or the bloodline betray each other? To when will KO and Sami work together? This story line which was already god tier is already getting better.

[@chasechaney3055]

The past few months I am becoming a huge fan of Dawkins. I want to see him get singles gold. I'm afraid of them breaking up because one always gets left behind when a team splits and both profits deserve to be singles stars.

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Chad Gable deserves to get solid singles push

[@dustinsensenig9798]

They could have gone without that close-up shot of Owens puking afterwards

[@dmooney99]

RIP “Justice for Barry” sign 😢

[@kristysuggs3282]

Absoultey JUSTICE FOR BARRY BARRCADE👍

[@unholyperiodza5442]

RIP Johnny and CAndace's career, we wish future endeavors.

[@davidandmercywhipple]

If they let Cody Rhodes win at Wrestlemania, I think the nicest thing to see, if they can somehow arrange it is seeing his brother there Dustin Rhodes to help him celebrate!

[@SushiKishi]

My cat came over to check on me because of the sound I made when you tore the Justice For Barry sign. How could you abandon Barry like that! The #1 Guy Oh-tease would never.

[@Omosisthefuture]

Bro social media is it’s own little world lol. I see people predicting that the crowd will turn on Cody every single week, but the cheers keep getting louder.

[@ShieldYoung]

You don't say

[@hoggdawgg]

Crazy cuz I said same thing the iwc are smarts lol each week Cody is over n over when he wins he will be even over

[@masterofmythology]

I could hear "All by Myself" playing when Otis abandoned poor Chad Gable.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Which version? Eric Carmen or Celine Dion?

[@masterofmythology]

@@williamcrowe2576 Eric Carmen.

[@davidbullock1101]

Brood edge vs demon Finn hiac at mania that match could steal the show

[@kennytaco4474]

My hope is that Brock isn’t legit mad that omos botched the over the rope move. Looked painful

[@ChrisLT]

Brock gets legit mad, Omos is gonna get a receipt or two.

[@ZadXander]

We boutta see Brock bust omos open, script or no script lmao

[@steelcheerio2128]

LA Knight Co-host … YEAHHHH

[@david12740]

Judgement day are going to come out of Wrestlemania very strong assuming Dom, Finn and Rhea all win. Could see all 4 holding belts soon enough.

[@joelkovach4234]

😢 Justice for Barry

[@ThePeak45]

It should be Asuka vs. Super Charlotte, and Rhea vs. Super Bianca at 'Mania. Those stories make more sense than what they're doing now.

[@meirnissim5927]

Ric Flair will announce the next WWE Hall of Fame Inductee tomorrow on The Bump

[@shanewillis316]

You're my friend Simon. You keep my interest in wrestling. Up's and Down's is great. Excellent job every time sir.

[@nikwalters1029]

Bravo to Phil for the editing on this one. We do need more dramatic dun dun dun piped in though 😆

[@joesukackas8265]

I was there and I had a justice for Barry sign and the security told me I could not hold it up

[@jpthepsycho1467]

Great, now Simon needs a justice for barry baricade sign sign

[@Sie1986]

Simon needs to reintroduce the Retro Ups & Downs.

[@sinisterrain2079]

MMM is the best part of that episode, 10/10.

[@geeayy333]

Agreed. Love them! Thought last night's episode was kinda boring.

[@heatherk.9]

Maurice should be the Miz's co host. Or... Dexter Lumas. One extreme or the other.

[@Qwazaar919]

baron corbin might as well be the new brooklyn brawler.

[@auglicious]

Appears you're on the mend, Simon. I hope you're feeling better!

[@garyhen2028]

I'd rather see Sami vs Jey and KO vs solo, make a viking raiders vs street profits match, the winner gets a tag title shot against the Usos for night one, the previous two matches go on, on night two.

[@trillwill9735]

I need the MMM to win some titles and have a feud with pretty deadly

[@davidarrington4144]

I hope this is WWE’s way of letting Gable go solo

[@Gravewhisper]

yeah, go solo and home. Wouldn't surprise me if he left WWE this year.

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Bronson Reed vs Elias is a bathroom break

[@patrickbeck3285]

How terrible it was that Damage Control beat up Trish Stratus. At the very least, you would think that the cameraman and sound man who were filming could have helped her. Every week, I see Cathy Kelley and think, give her a golden 👍.

[@lordeowstheking]

Hate the phrase " underwhelming," but that definitely defines both women's champion feuds.

[@TheRealRehman]

"How dare you do a wrestling move in a wrestling ring on a wrestling man!"

[@billyhenson2906]

I had an issue with this week's episode. Almost all the matches were wrestlemania wrestlers against non wrestlemania wrestlers and it made the matches boring because the clear winners are everyone going to wrestlemania so they can look strong... same issue with a lot of matches before a major PLE.

[@tomseville2345]

With that rumour about Trish turning heel (which I doubt), it is possible that Becky and Lita being nowhere to be found as she was being mauled will be the reason...

[@TheJLWilson]

Where is justice for barry? class action lawsuit confirmed!

[@bearInMind.]

This guy i know works in a cinema and he said. "yeah" like la knight once and now all the staff do it

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Brock vs Bobby needs to happen in a last second

[@tasha8640]

I was at this show with a blue and green long braid spinning near the entrance screaming BIANCA and RHEA!!!

[@neoncaster]

as far as the bloodline is concerned for Wrestlemania we have Cody vs roman. Samy and KO take on the Usos. My guess is if Heyman get too invilved we can have Brandi come out to be another equalizer, but what will happen if Solo helps out?

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

Another solid episode of RAW. The crowd could've added to a few moments but other than that I didn't really have any complaints.

[@joegalford2319]

Owens selling the spike at the end was nice too.

[@ungartothemax20166]

I didn’t feel like last night’s episode of RAW really progressed WrestleMania storylines

[@kennytaco4474]

Damage ctrl vs Becky lita and Trish got a spark from the backstage beating. Edge and fin balor are finishing their storyline their, announced last night. Brock and omos faced off and omos topped Brock. Rey and Dom continued their story and created more heat for Dom. Did you not watch?

[@kennytaco4474]

The only ones I agree didn’t get much building was asuka vs Bianca. It’s just a tired trope now that we’ve seen asuka do that same thing the past four weeks

[@xSMOKExEMxALLx]

Exactly! TYVM!

[@Kr4ShSkeL]

bedcause it wasnt

[@Kr4ShSkeL]

@@kennytaco4474 Stop dickriding WWE there was no progression at all on this show

[@mestre12]

I hope for brood Edge

[@kennyhall9117]

Simon is the best, Simon number one 👏👏

[@AyVeeEhm]

One Bloodline member could be going SOLO as there seems to be no WrestleMania match/ opponent for him

[@EldritchGrimoire]

It feels like they have no idea what to do with Bianca and Asuka, and that's incredibly disappointing

[@ditchdoctor402]

Stone Cold as Cohost!

[@williamcrowe2576]

Rey Mysterio knows the fans want a father/son beat down, that's why he's refusing.

[@SicksProductions]

Reminds me of when Tyler Breeze had a hang nail in NXT lol

[@kenadamsbusinessfirm2435]

MMM is gold, Corbin getting more and more sad every week is gold, but we gotta work on that Bianca asuka feud. Just have asuka spray her with mist and the feud will heat up

[@barrysmith4610]

That Maximum Male Model section was GOLD!!!!!! looolllll loovvveee it

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Judgement Day are carrying the RAW

[@QuetzalcoatlOdin]

Corbin's the new Dolph Ziggler. Accept off had everything and for some reason they wouldn't give him anything.

[@Mr_Oggie]

I don't think they'll do Bronson Reed vs Cody - the crowd was so quiet when he came out for his match you could hear the "swoosh swoosh swoosh" of a janitor with his broom sweeping up popcorn on the concourse level.

[@GLJosh]

Now if Bray is "injured", let's make it Lashley v Omos v Lesnar v Braun "Massive Multi-Man Meety Match Mayhem!"

[@xcalibur1986]

Illness not injured

[@GLJosh]

@@xcalibur1986 Thanks, it is difficult to get "clearer" answers on things like this.

[@xcalibur1986]

@GL Josh well its sad but quite clear in wrestling "journalism" many will do or say whatever for wwe to fail and lose fans. Theyll talk about how bad bray is but disregard the fact that he's top in merch sales and that any of his content is usually the most viewed content from wwe, which shows that he's much more popular than the IWC and dirtsheets want you to believe. In this case, yesterday it started with bray walked out on the show, then he never showed up, into he quit/released over creative and it turns out in the end, he has an illness. Its all so sad.

[@GLJosh]

"Brood" Edge vs "Demon" Finn at Wrestlemania inside HELL in a CELL! Come Pappa H make let it happen!

[@jonmacintyre9905]

With one more Raw to come before Mania, that Asuka match better get some more build. Love Asuka and I think she should win, but I have a feeling she won’t. They need to put her on the mic and let her speak Japanese. People won’t understand the words, but they will understand the intention.

[@meirnissim5927]

2 more RAW episodes March 20 & March 27

[@jonmacintyre9905]

@@meirnissim5927 oh you’re right. I’m terrible at maths. Lol

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Trish Stratus is turning heel for sure

[@MrDenny137]

Since its Wrestlemania Hollywood, the Mysterio match can be an I Quit match to add more drama

[@suplexorcist316]

Simon: I've had baths that lasted longer than this. Me watching ups and downs in the tub!: 🎉🎉🎉🎉👍 👍 👍

[@antionewilson5069]

Simon confirmed my feeling. Asuka and Bianca should be getting major major pushed but it's not.. I don't understand why? It feels like they..wwe..don't give two blips about either of them..

[@augustv3ryown446]

I'm digging the Rey Mysterio vs Dom storyline but I really hope Rey Mysterio gets his time to reflect on his career during the HoF ceremony and they don't use it to further the storyline.

[@TheSnatchbuckler]

Omos will be beating up on Brock along with MVP, Alexander, and Benjamin when Lashley comes out and makes the save, creating a new dominant tag team with Lesnar and Lashley. They can dominate as almighty beasts for a year, break up, and have a blow-out at next year's Mania.

[@taker1z]

Love how Simon says, do not sleep on Dawkins" at 12:05, while Dawkins looks like he's asleep.

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Bianca vs Asuka feud was lackluster

[@MattyG13]

I need Big E as the co host for Mania

[@Nova-zk5gn]

As time has gone off I can't tell if the wrestling is genuinely getting better or he is just never giving downs anymore

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Kevin Owens is finally reuniting with Sami Zayn to tackle Usos at WM 39