Ups & Downs: WWE Raw Review (Feb 19)

Our WWE Raw review as Simon Miller talks about Cody Rhodes vs Drew McIntyre, Jey Uso vs Gunther for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, The women's last chance battle royale for the final spot in the Elimination Chamber match, The Judgement Day vs R-Truth, The Miz and DIY, Ivar vs Chad Gable, Michael Chandler's surprise appearance and much more!
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[@Teddy42O]

The black hoodie is the biggest heel in WWE right now 😂😂

[@skimgettinkindamoney]

😂😂😂 might as well sell a black hoodie with the logo on the tag

[@Teddy42O]

@skimgettinkindamoney Yes good idea 🤣🤣🤣

[@tompatchak8706]

I would love to see black hoodie versus vacant for the world title

[@Big_40_Chief]

& the slow pulling of the hood had me in tears "we know it's you Jimmy"

[@Teddy42O]

@Big_40_Chief Yes 🤣🤣 with the boos that followed 🤣 2 black hoodies Jimmy & Solo

[@irwincardozo6713]

That Drew - Cody match had a PPV stadium-level aura to it. Just shows how far both of them have come from hitting the bottom of the abyss to reaching the stars. Hope we can see another match between them somewhere down the road.

[@AwesomeNuke]

Oh yeah we're definitely going to see Drew VS Cody for the title sometime after Wrestlemania. I'm thinking either at Money in the Bank or at Summerslam

[@B4DAMoney]

@@AwesomeNukeprobably later. if cody wins he’s gonna be on smack down. drew will be on raw.

[@puppetmstr2001]

I think it was Cole who said something along the lines of “2 of the best on the planet”. Couldn’t agree more!

[@squonk86]

Sorry not a Cody fan but really like Drew and was hoping from the beginning of the match that Drew would win,with some outside help I know but yeah was a great match

[@gregorysilas6329]

@@AwesomeNukeThe way he’s being booked, I’d be surprised if Drew doesn’t win the WHC at wrestlemania.

[@MetalED]

Simon says 2+2= Potato so much that when he said =4 I legit was confused for a second..

[@conradsutton1456]

😂😂

[@vusanimatshinge9508]

Im dead😂😂😭

[@kingkrome2037]

That's weird maths for sure

[@Former_Employee]

Why ?

[@jondrake1977]

I was at Raw, and here are my takeaways 1. Great show! It was so entertaining. 2. The weirdest chants were "We want Fluffy" and "We want tables" 3. CM Punk appeared after the show! Great surprise! 4. Cody Rhodes is incredibly over. 5. Jey Uso is also really really over! I will gladly go again when they come back to Anaheim, CA

[@_justinblizzle]

Hate table chants- they weren't even thinking about tables til someone got slammed on one. The fluffly chants were bcuz Gabriel Iglesias was in the building- he is apparently a huge wrestling fan and did a backstage exclusive w Raquel Rodriguez

[@iAddictions763]

@@_justinblizzleas a Cody sheep I’m always disappointed that the crowd isn’t loud enough for Cody haha Maybe his “overness” doesn’t come through on tv

[@tomseville2345]

"We Want Fluffy" during Chad vs Ivar. Remember when we all wanted Chad to beat Gunther?

[@23jrza]

The table chants were so weird and random. I mean the crowd busted that out in the first match…. It wasn’t even a no DQ match.

[@jondrake1977]

@@LadyCookiesfourtwnty oh I know. Just weird to do it in the middle of Chad Gables match

[@RaghavanN]

The Samoan Spike has to be the most protected move in pro wrestling right now😅

[@angelabarca5346]

It’s a good thing he’s Samoan too

[@TarekTamo]

"The security were absolutely crap" LMAO

[@lee2thea863]

Well, he knows all about being wrestling security.

[@tomseville2345]

Pat agreed with him; "Coupla STOOGES!" 🤣🤣

[@michaelmartinez3893]

The on screen officials should just put the bloodline in a lumberjack match with all the people they screwed over as the lumberjacks

[@twentyoneplusvideo0472]

That would be so fun. What a great blowoff match at backlash or something. When was the last time wwe did a lumberjack match? That sounds like 80’s era fun.

[@reidbonvillain5135]

@@twentyoneplusvideo0472last time I remember was in the 2000 with big show vs triple H. This was when it was smack down vs raw and big show screwed raw over

[@tompatchak8706]

@@twentyoneplusvideo0472 wasn’t the match at mania with the Miz and the zombies kind of a lumberjack match like we weren’t the zombies supposed to be lumberjack end ended up eating everybody or something

[@tompatchak8706]

I would love to watch that have Cody get all the Cody avengers together and they could be the lumberjacks with the bloodline on one side and the people that got screwed over on the other side

[@TimTam_3]

@@tompatchak8706 The NXT Underground matches are kind of like lumberjack matches, though the talent outside the ring aren’t trying to keep them in

[@bc52023]

The only good thing about about waking up Monday mornings is knowing that tomorrow Simon is giving us the Ups and Downs of RAW. Love Simon's takes more than RAW itself.

[@Former_Employee]

Why ?

[@MAbtripleA]

​@@Former_Employee because it is.

[@dawn5529]

It's good to see how much the crowd loves R-Truth .

[@ddjsoyenby]

the drew cody and jey gunther matches were so good.

[@anthonysantos9325]

That damn meddling JD McDonut.😂

[@djmistiso]

This RAW was special. Seemed like straight fire from start to finish. And the small changes they’re making to the overall presentation (namely the slightly updated RAW logo and dominant black background) are great, too!

[@ThatGuyBill1985]

I appreciate R Truth so much

[@charlesshaw2045]

I'm waiting for the "I'm here to talk to you about the Bloodline Avengers initiative" promos

[@NigerianChristianPerspective]

Are we ignoring the incredible team that the judgement day is? Mami is one of the biggest faces in the company while Dom is one of the most hated heels.

[@allenshadrick22]

I gotta respectfully disagree. Judgement Day is the worst thing in wwe right now.

[@sujiks9517]

@@allenshadrick22 😂😂

[@travishomewood8657]

Back in my day we would get yelled at for doing it in our high school. Which we would ignore and do it any way. We also would just randomly yell "Stinger Splash" and do that to our friends in the hallway. This was the 1990's in a nutshell lol.

[@AwesomeNuke]

Yepppp good times

[@dirtymcnuggets9933]

I love how we are setting up Elimination chamber and Mania while planting the seeds for Summerslam and WarGames.

[@FESTIVUSIVDRUMMER]

Single best Raw overall since Wrestlemania last year. All of the in-ring was fun and engaging, no pointless squashes or space-filling nothing match ups, solid promos, great comedy. Super super fun stuff, and totally worth a watch.

[@kamballer2159]

WWE showing superstars ratings is a good idea, but seeing certain people's overalls made me so upset😭

[@Kevmaster2000]

Who cares about overalls? It’s just numbers that mean nothing lol.

[@skanker1772]

"You dont Crauch You're Chop at me" .. Another infamous Simon Miller qoute 🤣🤣🤣

[@tomseville2345]

Crauch? 🤣🤣

[@MrPauljayburke]

Cody is kicking out of that Spike / Spear combo at Mania...

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Imagine if Big E made a surprise return.

[@claudelorrain-bouchard6941]

Gable gets hurt, Big E comes back, defeats Gunther and New Day joins the Alpha Academy.... New Day Thanks, New Day Thanks, New Day... Thank you!!!!

[@Former_Employee]

Cricket cricket

[@leecheezy4901]

Bron Breaker and Braun Strowman. Battle of the Brawns.

[@user-mh6mw6jn4h]

R Truth referencing Toni Sopranos Ducks Was only one of the many Highlights! Great show!

[@himangamahanta]

What an intro! Miller's got a great sense of humor! XD

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Jey Uso got robbed out of the I.C. title. That's what's wrong.

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

cry me a river what did you expect

[@adambryant4149]

I think and sincerely hope that Sami wins the MitB this year. The pop would be gigantic considering it takes place in Canada. He also deserves it.

[@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE]

Yeah and he could swerve us and cash in on say Logan Paul if he's still champ.

[@adambryant4149]

@@NationalSportsEntertainmentNSE As cool as that would be, Sami deserves a world title run

[@tomseville2345]

Wilbourn made the same JBL joke about the bell in the NEEEEWWWSSS today... 🤣🤣🛎🛎

[@auxeye85]

You guys are lucky to have Simon. Great review

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

SIMON u are the best u get the GOLDEN UP

[@chriswho4232]

These are always great for laughs; I needed that.

[@kevinstull8552]

Barry Barracade goes zombie mode on every single wrestler that caused him to pass away 😂.

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

Your mum stopped your DXing and that is hilarious

[@oktover3031]

chad gable is main event material. I dont get why we are not pushing him

[@allenshadrick22]

There is a lot of really good talent. You can't "push" them all at the same time. As long as he gets a time slot every week, it's all good.

[@oktover3031]

@allenshadrick22 I agree. I just don't want them to fade with some of these guys like they have with Kofi,Evan Bourne, John morrison, Zack Ryder, Dean ambrose, That being said that was vinces era. It's less of a critic it's actually optimistic for me to even say this because we live in a different era with WWEs boom period.

[@oktover3031]

@allenshadrick22 and just to clarify I mean "WE" as in the fans. cause I know WWE values Chad. But some fans pretend he's not as good as he is. Just because they see him as a "comedy act" yk?

[@scottgroves7474]

Am I the only one that noticed that there were more commercials than ever on raw

[@skimgettinkindamoney]

I think it was because the show was good 😂

[@MetalED]

It's seemingly every 5- 7 minutes...can't stand it watching live..I just DVR it and then start watching it an hour in so I can FF thru all the ads

[@bread6235]

@@MetalED thats exactly what i do haha

[@conradsutton1456]

WWE. We need a secondary Women's title! The last Battle Royal, again, shows that.

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

CM Punk coming out after the show was the Best part

[@aga11ah]

Glorified public speaker

[@poggerwhite]

I remember it wasn't too long ago that it was a chore to sit through Monday Night RAW

[@bradwilt3224]

Could you imagine a build of Gunther degrading Sami and just brutally beating him all the way to Wrestlemania then Sami keeps kicking out and finally gets Gunther to make a mistake and wins? My eyes would be sweating for days

[@danbruckelmeyer6017]

i want Sami/Gunther at WM. Gable just doesn't do it for me as an upper level contender. he's slotted right where he should be, IMHO. midcarder that gives you great matches.

[@oddyo7453]

Chad paid homage to Kurt with his match and did so exceptionally ❤

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the amazing review Simon ❤

[@drasticbread249]

Nia's throw on Tiffany was straight up infuriating. Instead of being able to control her momentum for a nice slam into the steps, Tiffany did a side somersault in the air before crashing into the floor. And thus, another talented athlete nearly gets injured by the refrigerator.

[@RAS_Squints]

Bloodline interfering with two great matches starting to matches starting to feel like they have X Pac heat now

[@tomseville2345]

Stunned that Cody vs Drew on free TV even had a finish, especially after it was announced as going on first during the day; I thought for sure some combo of The Bloodline/Shinsuke/Sami would cause a DQ or it would be a count-out. I definitely didn't expect that *result* so close to Mania...

[@tomseville2345]

Dustin always took (and still does sometimes) the "inside-out" flip bump off of clotheslines and running boots; I wonder if he taught Cody that? Because they damn sure didn't get it from Daddy... 🤣🤣

[@kingk.d.m4620]

Waluigi is a secret member of DX if ya know ya know

[@kellibradley]

That crowd ruled 😍😍😍

[@MrAlvin714]

I work at the Honda center as event security . And man the show was amazing ! The crowd was really into it .. the random we want tables chants and we want fluffy chants lol fluffy was in front row of hard camera side . Great show , Anaheim missed wwe

[@tomseville2345]

Did anyone else notice Solo leaving Jimmy hanging on his high-five gesture? Wonder if that was intentional? Or not... 🤣🤣

[@Aquilrose44]

I used to watch this show as i couldnt spare 3 hours watching raw. nowadays i gotta watch raw without skipping before i watch this. how the turned tables

[@jeremywilliams5141]

New Day is feuding with Imperium and if he's healthy enough, it should be Big E vs Gunther for the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania 40. As for Cody losing, it's perfect for this ongoing storyline between him and The Bloodline. Besides, you don't want to book him as John Cena 2.0. You don't want to make him invincible.

[@alexogbalu5918]

Big E can come back Raw after mania. Why would they put the tilted on him at mania? There's Jey, Chad and even Bronson Reed and Sheamus who have way better logical options.

[@user-he8qx5nv7y]

McIntyre is the saviour of Wrestlemania! Big win for Big Mac!

[@Anbu_messiah]

In ufc 299 Cody Rhodes is gonna be in the octagon talking about finishing his story 😂😂

[@rallycapandstanding]

I wonder if the quality of the show was good because the Netflix people were there front row

[@traviszachery9672]

The commentary team stood up after the commercial break following the Cody loss. They sold it like the president was shot! Lol. Good job, Mike and Mac!

[@Ssjangel3]

Watching ups and downs is much better then actually watching Raw. Simon Miller is the man

[@dBades]

The false finish pop when Cody kicks out at Mania after a Solo Spike is gonna go crazy though!

[@ebransc09]

Should do a Cody breaks his hand with a chair spot

[@joshmatlock1020]

Jimmy has really trimmed down lately. He looks great.

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Good morning, Simon!

[@whatsitall4]

Jackie Redmond is the best backstage reporter they have ever had, she sells just as good as the wrestlers

[@thisizvintage4930]

Pat on comments is hilarious. 😂 The Cody Rhodes at a truck stop line had me laughing. How he breaks the replays down like sports plays 😂😂

[@oktover3031]

the bloodline revengers lmao

[@DuskullAtDusk]

I always love the "turned inside out" sell... and Cody selling that final Claymore was great

[@Koozin00]

I was at this event (my first one), it was unreal. Definitely going back again when they are near by.

[@joelgriffith1654]

When WrestleMania comes around everyone always wants the faces to win. If it were that way these events would be way too obvious, it's amazing when heels win too.

[@akunwanneprosper7016]

Jade Cargill wasn't just going to count the lights in her first match

[@sahilbaloni1766]

Cant believe you didn’t talk about jey entrance and pat macfee copied his move and gunther saw this and stared the shit out of him, it was soo funny.

[@dustinsensenig9798]

I got suspended from school for doing the DX crotch chop

[@frankmalditx]

Jimmys no yeet shirt man 😂💀

[@pirate_duck4985]

That Cody vs Drew match was awesome. Drew isn't the main focus on Raw but is absolutely being lined up as a legit contender. Cody wins the UWU Title, not sure what's going on with Seth though!? Could Punk beat him then Drew has to decide Cody or Punk? Edit: Wrestlrmania IC Title Match = Fatal 4 Way. Gunther, Sami, Jey & Gable. Gunther loses without being pinned & is moved into the Heavyweight Title scene.

[@reverendrick1559]

Love that you are wearing Collar & Elbow gear. Very cool 😎

[@nakulsprakash1640]

Gable deserves to become the IC champ at WM and the crowd will pop hugely for him too.

[@paradoxr.n.o8688]

Sami reminds me of micky foley

[@hickie41389]

Thanks for the down for the Aussies Simon it definitely sucks that indi and bronson won't be wrestling on the aussie show. I know we'll have an all Australian-born main event with Rhea and Nia. But with Nia growing up mostly in america definitely doesn't feel australian. Also I'm surprised that they haven't linked her in with the bloodline yet.

[@mattTHEEgreat]

That entire women's promo segment just told me one thing. The women's division needs a mid card title, if not two for one on each brand.

[@mrdude88]

Absolutely a brown down for not having some of their Australian wrestlers competing in the chambers.

[@StevoCreations44]

I was at that show the security was super strict and didn't allow people to record during the show

[@conradsutton1456]

Also, can we appreciate how Becky and Seth always coordinate this bizarre outfits 😂

[@malcolmmunyaza]

I never picked that up 😆

[@richardlittle4133]

I felt like Chad Gable gave Gunther a better match than Jey did.

[@ChrisLT]

I just can't deal with Solo's finger poke of doom interferences. I know people like him, but man, his nonstop interferences have killed anything Bloodline-related for me. And it feels like his character's in arrested development as long as he's in this role.

[@static_gmedina]

I wonder if the new day is feuding with Gunther to tease a big e return to win the title?

[@user-mh6mw6jn4h]

Cody has to get the Band back together. He is on a Mission from God!

[@numero1superfly393]

WWE Rematch Counter (including smackdown results from 2/23): 23

[@BoobieDealer]

Dont forget who get under his wing Solo - Sami. Imagine Sami, Rollins, Cody, Jey vs Rock, Solo , Roman, Jimmy

[@stevenashley27]

I know why they’re going after Barry the Barricade again. It’s his son!! Gotta carry the legacy on!! Also, bring back the Wizard in the Sky. HULLABALEEEEEE

[@frankhoward6645]

The main event was awesome I believe we're going to get Jey vs Jimmy Uso at Mania now plus Raquel returning was cool that last chance battle royal was fun it was a exciting Raw overall

[@0PhillMC0]

Raquel needs to turn heel or have a gimmick change. Her whole thing is "look how strong I am." That gimmick is overdone in the women's division.

[@ebransc09]

Should claim the Mami title

[@Jeff.fl0w]

Cody needs to give Randy a call

[@claudelorrain-bouchard6941]

Barry the Zombie Barricade

[@Hair3Ch3sT94]

Lmfao solo in a hoodie again top tier

[@KennethSwann-wx6hu]

I’m pretty sure they’re setting up Sami the underdog vs Gunther. Then he and KO can have their beniot and Guerrero moment.

[@TDH24Live]

There was a 'Simon give this an up' sign there last night

[@CraZAzn205]

Jimmy vs Jey with Special Referee Rikishi

[@FrozinFlame]

Rock needs to finish his story

[@JetBlack2024]

Jey vs ref who stopped the three count over a sound…. Next week

[@exilhamburger4802]

I thought that was a nice throwback to some time limit draws from yesterday! The babyface has vanished the dastartly heel and goes for the pin, but before the ref hits three the timebell rings to end the match! Neither Gunther nor Jey lose any steam, while the Jimmy vs Jey matchup is further build up!

[@jeritobabilla3843]

They need to pull the trigger on drew already and give seth some time off. It’s like they want to pull the trigger on drew, they put him in position and then pull back but they keep him above everyone else but just under the champ. Just do it already he’s the best character they have right now.

[@patriciamercer7632]

"He should go to jail for that" but no Crime Counter? You're slipping, Simon

[@sosmoothu41983]

Simon your shirt game gets a golden up

[@richardcranium6187]

not only is the australian PLE in the shittiest location, they have one match booked with an Aussie and it is possibly the least interesting match they could have booked for her, and yes grayson has a single segment that will have 2 maineventers on it and will involve some bloodline interruption completly dwarfing whatever involvement grayson has

[@john-michaeljardin6396]

Raw getting 8 Ups and only 1 down who would've said this 3 years ago