Ups & Downs: WWE Raw Review (Sep 30)

Our WWE Raw review as Simon Miller recaps Rey Mysterio vs. Xavier Woods, Lyra Valkyria vs. Zoey Stark, one last promo from CM Punk and Drew McIntyre before Hell In A Cell, LWO vs. The Judgment Day, Kofi Kingston vs. Chad Gable, Sami Zayn and Gunther, The Awesome Truth vs. Authors of Pain, Last Monster Standing - Braun Strowman vs. Bronson Reed and much more.
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[@NutshellRevs]

As we’ve decided Bron is a dog. Booking it now. Bron vs. Larry in a Dog Collar match. Ending night 1 of WM41

[@SemperFi_Bry]

Blue on the intercontinental championship was the right choice!

[@michaelmartinez3893]

Absolutely. Makes the belt pop more. It looks really good.

[@gu1tarh3ro13]

For sure highly agree it def needed it

[@dadavinci]

Telling my job I need another 20 minutes to my lunch break

[@anthonysmall3717]

These refs are portrayed as total buffoons. About 20 “security guards” fixing the broken barrier so the ref has to be there overseeing this while there’s a match going on between Bronson and Braun 😂😂😂 I love it🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ScarredCore1]

Ronnie The Ring was decimated during this week’s Raw

[@hush8469]

This is now the official name 😂

[@shanecampbell7423]

Ronnie the wrasslin' ring! I can hear Simon saying it!

[@rahulmcintyre2553]

Raw was Phenomenal, Drew and Punk segment and the main event gets an golden up.

[@wstine79]

Poor Barry the Barricade, Tina the Turnbuckle, Rita the Ringpost, and Allen the Announce Table. They didn't survive the Braun Strowman vs. Bronson Reed match.

[@ImaDoomvenger]

The Franky fans 😂

[@naveenrajpurohit3751]

My man Simon is back ..!🎉🎉

[@trinitheuceyone2492]

0:44 ❤ I can’t handle some of your coworkers 😂🤷🏽‍♀️but I don’t miss a video from you Simon ❤

[@matthewpayton]

Seth helped Brawn win last monster standing golden up.

[@AnarkeeSoundVibes]

The Xavier Woods and Rey Mysterio match is teasing me so well on Woods' heel turn. Seth's return during Braun and Bronson's match was unexpected and it was clearly the best match of the show. Drew McIntyre and CM Punk was absolutely perfect and I can't wait for their match. They should absolutely be the main event for bad blood. The judgement day segment vs the terror twins is telling me that Damien is going to lose his match against Finn and Rhea is gonna beat Liv. The only down I give the show is the studline looking like chumps at the end of the match.

[@ImaDoomvenger]

Took ya long enough!!! I’ve been dying for this up down!!! 😂

[@Crashoverride774]

That's what she said

[@devinbrown2762]

The ups and down God is back don't leave us again they're not you giving this a up😂

[@PaulTheGenius271]

17:42 - 17:52 Didn't know Sami Zayn's legs 😂 were that long 😅

[@shaunstorm9967]

Welcome back Simon ❤

[@danw4490]

Drew should win and then go on to beat Cody. I would love to see that happen. As for the main event... GOLDEN UP!!!

[@frankhoward6645]

Hey Simon this Raw was crazy kinda thought Miz would turn on R Truth Miz is a better heel & the Last Monster Standing Match was cool especially when Seth returned & cost Bronson the match should be fun going forward

[@brandonlego]

I knew Bronson Reed & Braun Strowman were gonna break the Ring 💥 Seth Rollins turning up was payback to when Bronson crushed his Ribs

[@Crashoverride774]

​@@kinglibra912 that's not a funny story. It's barely a story

[@Matucks]

Sami has become so boring its unbearable to hear him speak now, he needs a re-haul.

[@barbarapass6013]

Simon is just the greatest! Simon deserves a golden up. Thank you Simon for always doing an awesome job.

[@zachgoddard6445]

Karrion Kross = Sean O'Haire 2003 Devil's Advocate gimmick. I'm enjoying it

[@aaronhurst4379]

Love that one of the Usos and The New Day are basically inseparable. Some sort of rivalry seems to have been going on between them since the dawn of time lol

[@ElizabethMichalski]

Judgemant Day Liv Morgan Dominik Mysterio Finn Balor JD McDonagh Carlitos

[@ChrisLT]

Excellent thumbnail. If Drew wants to take back hater of the year from Hangman, this has to end with him punting a Larry puppet off a bridge.

[@JFantauzzi7]

Simon I’m going to take ur advice. From now on I’m going to listen to Jey Uso’s mum.

[@johndoiron9615]

That Last Monster Standing match was good, but the ending was even better.

[@chadwcmichael]

They should let Jey change up the colors of the strap to match his YEET attire.

[@nephram1702]

The fusion collective should change their name to the catering collective.

[@kinglibra912]

Welcome back Simon 🥂

[@MazrimCF]

Welcome Back Simon!

[@romuald5198]

Loved Strowman VS Reed, big men slappin man meat for life

[@kavewar]

Raw is gonna be crazy on Netflix

[@kavewar]

Plot twist. Both Kofi and Woods turn lol

[@هارون-ش3س]

😂😂😂😂

[@rodrickwells2746]

I was looking for this

[@qwaH]

11:16(ish) I loved the way Miz was desperatly trying not to laugh at Truth calling AOP AYoP during this, even with what happened later it was still a right laugh. 14:37 suppenly I hear Archer in my head "Phrasing"

[@RichardHougland]

the "accidental" unmasking of Rey was kind of ruined for me when Rey obviously unsnapped the strap-more than once!- and the mask came off so easily. But storywise, yes , it was well done. Just that Rey being so open about unsnapping the chin strap........that did NOT help.

[@tompatchak8706]

Man, when I saw that they announced SmackDown was gonna be through three hours. I bet you I thought maybe your head was gonna explode but as long as I keep it moving quickly and interesting. It should be no problem just like the last couple months of Monday night raw.

[@winryrockbell101]

Asking the “elders” if Larry being a part of wrestling lore is okay lmao. Didn’t know the elders from Charmed controlled some aspects of pro wrestling 😂

[@Survivingbutbadly]

Ups for Simon

[@MongTom]

Every time I see 2 Huge Guys in the ring ,,I wana see ring brake as its paying Homage to Big Show v Brock lesner and tbh that match is 21 year old na 😆

[@michaeleverett1514]

Simon performing a special montage for the Wyatt Sicks videos is tremendous, long may that continue ❤

[@atomika668]

Due to Hulu taking their ball and going home, you are my main source of knowing what is going on in wrestling! Thank you sir!

[@VitaminRichieC]

Did we forget that Rick Steiner (The Dogfaced Gremlin) is Bron Breakers father?

[@eddiehancockii]

YEET! 🎉

[@TherealCouchking]

Ilya dragnov should return at next years royal rumble and win have it be like cena in 2008 or 09 not sure which year

[@jjenk911]

The Wyatt Sicks do their segments like an analog horror video from KZbin.

[@NuudlesMckeaning]

Don't leave us no more I didn't even watch last week smackdown cus u was gone 😢

[@lowendtheory2121]

Guessing that Bron being barked at ties into his dad having been The Dogfaced Gremlin back in ye olden days?

[@Tsu_Shiesty]

This is the first Monday night Raw since my grandpa passed. The ending he would definitely approve of

[@joshmatlock1020]

Anyone know who was in the background during the New Day backstage segment?

[@TheDragonKiller90]

in the kofi/woods backstage stuff u saw karrion in the background with the same shirt as woods had wearing early

[@Riley0520]

Mimon Siller

[@tompatchak8706]

Barking at Bronn Brekker? Wasn’t his dad known as The Dog faced Gremlin?

[@snowrs1]

You know Big E was in heaven his boy getting a title shot and a whole bunch of Big man meat slapping

[@taihaul2480]

Anybody else feel like they’ve completely killed Rhea’s character?

[@stephenmorton6764]

Simon give yourself a Golden Up and keep smashing it 💪

[@frankymalan]

Anyone else notice Karrion Kross in the background during Xavier and Kofi's conversation? Guy is planting heel seeds everywhere!

[@1rhpsfan]

11:34 Hey look, "Freakin'" spoilers behind Sami Zayn.

[@machomusprime50]

That little bit of blue added to the intercontinental championship really makes it pop. I like it.

[@neilt1524]

Been waiting for this, figured you’d lost your hair with what went down last night

[@keabetsoemonnapula8309]

Lyra Valkeria man ... She's being wasted.

[@MatthiaGryffine]

I really wanted the Last Monster Standing match to be at Bad Blood

[@snowrs1]

Like the Evansville background!

[@BobbyCrosthwaite]

Simon as usual u are the greatest so u get the GOLDEN UP

[@laurenceshelly6932]

Im hoping Scott Steiners son get the bug too and they form gen 2 of the greatest tag team

[@dogatemybbq9180]

I want Lyra to join PFC i might not like the name but i like the group

[@golden90s57]

This just feels right. Welcome back simon

[@rhythmgoswami7595]

Karrion kross was lurking behind kofi and woods 5:01

[@rhythmgoswami7595]

Karrion kross was lurking behind kofi and woods 5:01

[@williamcrowe2576]

I was kinda expecting Braun and Bronson to be tearing through a concessions stand.

[@kinglibra912]

The most devastating move 💪🏿👍🏿🤦🏿‍♂️🤔😂😂

[@cosmobrownslivingpuppetsshow]

Gunther spoke real Austrian! Sami der Sandler! Immer wieder Österreich 🇦🇹

[@johnpittsii7524]

Thanks for the amazing review Simon

[@Daniel-b9i3b]

I think jey was too emotional didn’t wanna cry

[@rhythmgoswami7595]

11:38 you can see seth rollins behind sami

[@imdarkerthan]

Simon if you can read this gove me an up 🙌🏿

[@darnelljurden684]

Finn is also a demon. Do demons hve hearts😂

[@databoy2k]

We need to get to the bottom of why finishers suddenly only work after three hits. Cody, Finn, Reid... Maybe we need a "multiple finishers" counter to show just how devalued those first hits of the finisher have become.

[@tompatchak8706]

Seth looking all serious now

[@MeirNissim-c1t]

Simon Miller you not mentioning the passing of WWE Hall of Famer & baseball hit king Pete Rose DOWN

[@tompatchak8706]

I think this was probably recorded before that happened and don’t forget he’s in the UK so he’s like eight hours ahead of us and he didn’t watch baseball

[@TherealCouchking]

The Xavier wood and Kofi fued reminds me of the first go around of Rey and Eddie when they wanted too see who the better man was and Eddie lost and he couldn’t handle that. Think this might be the modern version of that and they are doing it to perfection cool that Rey is involved in this story now too

[@TherealCouchking]

Eddie is Xavier and Rey is kofi just to simplify

[@andriashausiku2339]

Episode is late Simon 😒

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Good afternoon, Simon!

[@scottwherle]

Hear me out. The swerve with Kofi and Xavier is that Kofi is the one turning heel. He set Xavier up with the IC title match vs Jey, and will cost him the title.

[@tompatchak8706]

I mean, I was thinking that they were gonna have a multiple segments and elongated a little bit more and have a big match somewhere but then when they’re about to have the big match big E comes out and they all become friends again

[@ImaDoomvenger]

This RAW 🎉 Golden Up !

[@unholyperiodza5442]

Lyra was getting married, so respect your LGBTQs Simon.

[@MeirNissim-c1t]

Lyra is engaged to a man

[@quothetheraven79]

It so weird seeing my hometown on this :)

[@TherealCouchking]

Where’s zelina Vega let’s build her up again for another run she’s underrated

[@TherealCouchking]

Zelina Vega vs liv wouldn’t be bad either

[@numero1superfly393]

WWE Rematch Counter: 153

[@jamesb5764]

Politeful? 1:32

[@laderickworthen271]

I'm thinking Karrion Kross may be the Wyatt sicks new target

[@tompatchak8706]

Yeah, but he’s not really betraying his family or anything like that. And that that’s why they went after Gable.

[@abhishekramekar4271]

why so late?

[@adamford2373]

I think Brauns gonna disappear for a while again. He wasn't moving right during that match. From beginning to end he was favoring his hip it seemed. Hopefully it's just doing him doing amazing cell work by selling you know these month and a half or whatever of their feud but it looks like he might legitly be going out again.

[@scottwherle]

He’s looked very tentative since his return in pretty much every match. I honestly thought this was one of his better performances.

[@adamford2373]

@@scottwherle oh for sure, I enjoyed the match. But yeah he was moving like Big Show 2.0.. really noticable during the spot where he forearms Reed off the ring apron into the chairs.

[@SoloDolo719]

Good show

[@PeacefulSubmission]

I'm predicting Big E coming back and repairing The New Day!!

[@charlesredd9619]

That aint happnin

[@PeacefulSubmission]

@@charlesredd9619 :(

[@brandonnewby178]

I'd say it was a big ole heel move ripping off Myatereo's mask...

[@Crashoverride774]

Lol who?

[@brandonnewby178]

@@Crashoverride774I think it was JD that ripped off Rey Mysterio's... I'm so good at editing my words...

[@boyankovachev7982]

❤❤

[@Truthspitter420]

Noone mentions the fact that miz was the legal man so the match shoulda ended in a count out not a pinfall on truth

[@shawnjohnson7077]

Miz tagged truth in. Just not in the usual manner 😂

[@Truthspitter420]

@@shawnjohnson7077 i suppose could spin it that way wwe play fast and loose with the rules so all things considered could count that boot as a tag

[@RedHoodFH]

Sami gunther feud has 0 pop for me, im sorry.

[@atheethmadhavan8547]

Agreed

[@tompatchak8706]

I’m a big fan of Sammy. I enjoy his work, but Guenther does nothing for me.