STEVE NOTES WWE RAW 5/24/21

STEVE NOTES WWE RAW 5/24/21

MVP introduces Lashley, we get a recap of last week.

MVP announces that in July WWE is going on the road. MVP says we have this perennial dark cloud that hangs over us, and that name is Drew McIntyre.

Lashley says I beat Drew at Mania, at Backlash, but if it were up to me, NO GO Drew, we’re moving on.

MVP We tried to move on, you stepped up, Kofi stepped up, once again Drew showed up— Drew’s music hits.

Drew: Don’t look so surprised, everyone knew I’d come out eventually, because your business is my business and that’s getting the title back.

If it wasn’t for MVP, I woulda beat you at Mania, if not for Braun, at backlash, I want my one on one rematch, you do too. I could be wrong, maybe deep down you know you don’t quite measure up to drew McIntyre. Maybe the Almighty doesn’t have the balls. He asks the hunnies.

Lashley: You hit me in the face with a cane, that’s pathetic you had to go there just to get a win.

Kofi comes out, says you’re making some good points, but let’s not forget that last week Kofi pinned the WWE Champion.

Drew says you’re welcome.

Kofi says WHAT? Are you insinuating that I couldn’t beat him without your help. He says I answered the call because I never got my rematch, you know all about rematches, myself and the WWE U want you step aside. I did something no one has done, PIN BOB LASHLEY.

Pearce: There’s an easy way to settle this, Kofi vs. Drew, winner takes Bob at HIAC.

Braun promo he’s the conductor of destruction, hyped for the road tour

Kofi vs. Drew

Drew’s Michinoku Driver Is really cool

Mid-match, Drew calls out Lashley

This brings Bob and MVP to commentary, a bit later, Drew finds himself on the outside, staring down Drew, Kofi comes off the top on top of Drew, who flies into Bob. They go back in the ring, Kofi gets 2 with an SOS, then Bob and MVP attack Drew and Kofi at the same time, Match gets thrown out, Drew claymores Bob we don’t have a winner, solid match otherwise

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Backstage, Rhea comes up to Charlotte, tells Char she’s gonna lose to Asuka tonight. For some reason Charlotte has another match with Asuka. Nikki comes up, says she can beat them both. Char says if she didn’t have Asuka tonight she’d beat her in 2 minutes. Rhea says this is why people don’t like her, because she talks down to people. She accepts Niki’s challenge, which becomes a literal beat the clock thing with countdown.

Cheesy Eva Marie hollywood promo

Rhea vs. Nikki

Well they didn’tt chump Nikki out, Rhea took her easy at first, Nikki got some offence in, Rhea got pissed and unloaded on her in the corner as time expired. Nikki wins

*1/2

Charlotte comes out after the match, Nikki mocks her, Char laughs, Rhea is pissed

Backstage, Pearce tells a very pissed Drew and Kofi they’re gonna rematch next week, Kofi says cool just keep Lashley and MVP away

Charlotte vs. Asuka

Char works Asuka’s knee after she chop blocks as a counter to a hip attack

Asuka mounts a comeback with a German suplex

Asuka tries for the Asuka lock, Charlotte rolls them to the outside,

Char goes the big boot, Asuka evades, she does the Andrade back elbow

Char misses another moonsault, second standing moonsault, Asuka goes for Asuka lock, Char rolls thru immediately, pins Asuka for 3

***1/2

Bobby and his hunnies are backstage, a PA comes up to tell Lashley Pearce wants to see him

Pearce asks if what happened out there is how you want to represent Raw? He says he was trying to help Pearce out. He says they can’t go ringside otherwise Lashley will be suspended for 90 days without pay.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Cedric Alexander

Ced promo: We had something, we were the Raw tag champs, part of the HB, the best thing in WWE for the past year. Remember when MVP took us in, from obscure nobodies to the top of the mountain. Why did they kick us out? BECAUSE YOUR WASHED UP. I’M THE ONE THAT CARRIED US, THEY DIDN’T KICK US OUT, THEY KICKED YOU OUT, I WAS COLLATERAL DAMAGE. I’M IN MY PRIME, ARE YOU? How many YEARS do you have left? A few weeks ago you got a fluke win. I’m an evolving athlete. I learn. Tonight ends with my ar being raised in victory.

Shelton dominates early, they go to the outside, Benjamin throws Ced into the barricade

Shelton looks for the T-Bone, Cedric evades holding onto the ropes, Ced turns the table, some ground and pound, goes for a CHOKE, CEd continues to pile on, talks shit, peppers some kicks while Shelton gets PISSED, clothesline, corner lariats, spine buster, Cedric thinks he has Shelton scouted, but Shelton hits a spinning kick, German suplex, another, trying for a third, Ced pokes the eye, hits neurolizer for 3

***1/2

RKBRO recap

Riddle vs Woods

Woods has a cool pull-up suplex bit

Woods hits DVD on the apron

Riddle comes back, Woods comes back, hits a huge dropkick from the top

Riddle hits ripcord knee, tries bro Derek, they counter each other flipping tombstone positions, Woods gets Riddle in the TOW, missile dropkick

Riddle hits an insane deadlift German suplex, UGLY LANDING and Woods kicks out

RIDDLE HITS RKO OUTTA NOWHERE

***3/4

Made official, Charlotte vs. Rhea at HIAC

AJ Styles vs Ryker

It feels like they’re working stiff, oh jeez, Elias hits AJ with a knee out of nowhere on the outside while the ref is distracted, Ryker brings him in and hits his finish on Styles for the win, Omos comes out and runs after Ryker and Elias, he pounces Elias into the LED screen

*1/2

Humberto Carillo vs. Sheamus

Sheamus beats the crap out of Carillo to open

Sheamus talks shit, Carillo starts slapping him, hits a nasty suicide dive, looks like Sheamus rocks his head on this

Back in the ring, Sheamus rolls up Carillo and holds his tights on the pin for the win

**3/4

Afterwards, Sheamus attacks Carillo, puts him in a cloverleaf, Ricochet attacks, and they hit a series of high flying moves on Sheamus to run him off

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Nia Jax/Shayna vs. Natalya/Tamina

Reggie costs Shayna a win, she sends him to the back, a big pyro goes off in his face, Natalya gets the win, goes up, yells at Reggie, challenges him to a match next week

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