Raw Quick Takes 2/1/21
- Sean Covington
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min read
My turn
Drew has something to say but of course, on schedule, Edge has words for Drew McIntyre. Edge told Drw to watch his back and just as Edge leaves, Sheamus turns on Drew. It was only a matter of time.
Lashley[c] vs Riddle
Lashley loses it and just puts the Hurt lock on Riddle, yelling at everyone. I’m not a big fan of stretching out storylines. Give other wrestlers a chance. Elias, AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, anyone could challenge for the US title and lose so let them. Heels cheat so let Bobby and MVP cheat. Or left MVP cheat and let Bobby be mad about and lose to Riddle clean at Wrestlemania. My point is not to start this feud early because its stretching it too thin.
Xavier Woods vs Mustafa Ali
Stupid stupid loss for Ali. This character is too damaged to be taken seriously in my opinion.
Woods wins but I don’t understand it, Retribution needs to beat credible guys like new day in order to be taken seriously. Woods doesn’t need wins, he had the tag titles not too long ago.
Damian priest vs Miz
Talk shows are good for fights and that’s what we got, a fight. Bad bunny ringside means shenanigans. I liked everything they did here. Bad Bunny had a great segment with Miz and Morrison, he also had a good reason to be ringside and get involved.
Lucha House Party vs The Hurt Business[c]
There is trouble brewing between Shelton Benjamin and Cedrick Alexander. Shelton tags himself in and the team remain champs but it’ll be short lived and the Hurt Business is going to break up after Wrestlemania.
Naomi & Lana vs Charlotte & Asuka[c] vs Dana & Mandy
Smart match, when it comes to the in-ring aspect. Asuka and Charlotte are focused on regaining the tag titles and of course Asuka loses, being pinned by Naomi. That’s embarrassing, Lana and Naomi get a title opportunity now, they both just returned and won a bullshit random match where they got lucky. I’m starting to see why people don’t like Raw.
Elias & Ryker vs Jeff Hardy & Carlito
Returning superstar?! Glad to see Carlito back, there is certainly a lot more of Carlito to go around; the man is real jacked baby. Elias and Ryker need work because Carlito had trouble with those guys, it was just the basics as well.
Alexa vs Nikki
Use jobbers to do jobs! Mandy or Dana could have been fed to Alexa, not a returning Nikki Cross and certainly not Asuka. Alexa should be running through lower level people first then moving through bigger fish before getting to Asuka. Why not have Alexa beat Charlotte, Charlotte has a ton of built up credit and almost never does a job.
Edge vs Orton
Both Edge and Orton cut a promo on each other earlier. I thought we would get some sort of silly ending to the match and wouldn’t get an actual winner but Edge won with a spear. The real story is Alexa Bliss providing the distraction. I like the big win by Edge.
Honorable mentions
Damian Priest gets an endorsement from Edge.
Final take
Not a bad episode but it wasn’t very creative at all. Let’s hope they can get the most out of the things they put on the table because Wrestlemania will have fans so they better not fuck it up.
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