Steve Notes WWE Raw 3/29/21

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Drew interview starts Raw, says he’s ready for anything in light of Bob’s bounty

Hurt Business come down

Bobby says the offer is still open. Take out Drew. MVP says they just want someone else to have an opportunity at Wrestlemania. ANyone wanna step up? Allow us to discuss who will NOT be sharing the ring at Mania. (Shows footage of Hurt Business vs. Drew)

Bob says you two are tarnishing my image. I cannot count on you two for anything, I worked too long and too hard for this title, and I refuse to associate with incompetence. MVP says you had the shot to take out Drew and you failed miserably. Here’s an opportunity.

Shelton says is this why you brought us out here? To embarrass us? You wound’t have the title if it wasn’t for us. We had your back, MVP says back up, Shelton says don’t talk to me like a child MVP, Shelton throws MVP, Bobby takes down Cedric, Shelton german suplexes Bobby, it breaks down, Bobby takes out Shelton, Cedric backs off, Bobby says the hurt business is OVER, you two are out, who will step up to take out Drew?

Riddle talks about Sheamus ruining his scooter likening it to dropping a burrito, then he sees Titus, talks about roasting a pig at Mania, Titus corrects him, says he’s the co-host, walks away, Riddle tries to catch up on his scooter, then gets attacked by Sheamus, they have a match next.

Backstage, Cedric and Shelton find Pearce, they find Pearce, Shelton wants Bobby and Cedric wants him next week, Pearce starts to waffle a bit, Cedric goes off, says where is your sack? Do you have the authority to make the match or not?

Sheamus vs. Riddle

MVP is on commentary, says I’m disappointed, but if they had shown initiative against Drew, they wouldn’t be where they are

Physical match, we get a top rope spanish fly

Dang white noise on the apron gets 2

Sheamus loads a brogue kick, riddle counters with a knee, sheamus hits his own knee for 3

***

Riddle attacks after the match

Backstage, Drew sees AJ and Omos, says I wouldn’t put it past AJ to try and take me out. Omos says they have more realistic plans, AJ says they’re gonna embarrass the ND

Elias & Shane

Shane has a presentation of Braun as a kid- he has his report card, all D’s

Social Studies: braun is disruptive, instigates fights, braun sounds like a bully to me

Math: Braun should be held back, lack of basic problem solving skills

English: braun has fallen behind, summer school may be necessary

Shane says a picture is worth a thousand words, it’s Braun in a dunce cap in front of a chalkboard

Shane says I will outwit Braun at Mania, at the very end, what he needs is a big old warm hug from all of us

Braun Strowman vs. Jaxson Ryker

Distractions galore from Shane and Elias, Braun hits his train sound to take out Jaxson out on the outside

Braun hits running powerslam for 3

**

Afterwards, Braun runs after Shane, Elias and Ryker jump Braun to allow Shane to get away. Braun gets on the mic, says where are you running off to? You think I forgot, you accepted my challenge, I’ve chosen a match where your goons can’t get involved, there’s no where to run or hide, you’re gonna get these hands in a steel cage match.

Dirt Sheet has a music video, Miz talks a lot, Morrison is actually funny, but there’s way more miz here and he’s just not interesting.

Priest and BB come out, BB says something in spanish, Priest translates, says at Mania, Bunny is gonna make him his bitch. Miz says Priest is protecting him, Priest steps aside, Miz approaches, BB decks him, then BB and Priest go in the ring and trash the set.

Orton says he’s gone up against a lot of people, but none of them compare to the fiend, so I chose to set the fiend on fire, no man could have survived that, but that’s the thing, I ignored the fact that fiend is not a man, he’s much more, he’s an abomination from hell.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Bobby Lashley

Try as they may, Cedric distracting Lashley did little to slow Lashley’s dominance in taking out Shelton, making Shelton pass out to the Hurt Lock

**½

Backstage, ND confront AJ and Omos, they have games to play with them, AJ says we’re gonna beat you at these games, then we’re gonna beat you at wrestlemania

New Day Game Night

They do like a pantomime thing with each of their partners, ND of course win their ridiculously hard one,, AJ can’t get his, which was Lion King

Next they play win lose or draw type thing, AJ offers up drawing, his is The Sun, Omos can’t even come up with an answer- Omos says enough of this game, we don’t have to win these games to win the tag titles, we just need to win the match at wrestlemania to win and I’ll show you both what I’m capable of. AJ starts tearing down the set, ND clown him acting like he’s still playing the game.

Little kid does a surprisingly good Hogan impression

Xavier Woods vs. AJ Styles

Omos gets involved, countering a PK to AJ with a punch to Xavier over the top rope, then he press slams Kofi, AJ and him take it to Woods, Omos slams him down, pins Xavier as AJ counts 3

**

Alexa’s Playground

Randy burned the fiend alive, but he was just trapped, in my fiend in a box, but you can’tr trap them forever, all he needed was time, and now he’s salivating at the idea of standing across Randy at WM. Randy’s biggest mistake is thinking he understands what’s next. He doesn’t, but I’l get him and all the fireflies a tiny hint. At Mania, the legend killer dies. The fiend is on the swing next to her.

Drew yells at the locker room, he wants someone to step up and drop him. He calls out Braun, says he shoulda been a five time champion, why not? Step up! Braun says if you win, I’ll be the first one to come find you. Drew headbutts Gulak, Garza tries to get him from behind, Drew throws him, Riddle says he’s got his hands full with Sheamus, Ricochet steps up, Drew says I know you’ve been looking for an opportunity, he says Bobby’s word doesn’t mean shit to me, but if you want a fight, you got it. Drew says I respect that, I’ll meet you in the ring.

Naomi vs. Shayna Baszler
Mandy and Dana are on commentary, and chaos breaks out with Lana, Dana, Nia, Mandy, leading to Naomi getting the rollup win

*¾

Asuka and Riddle chat backstage, he says he has Sheamus at Mania, Asuka loves his scooter, I think he forgot his line? What the hell was that? God this Raw has been terrible.

Asuka vs Ripley contract signing

Rhea says I was confident enough to challenge you at Mania, now I’m confident enough to know I can take it from you at Mania. Asuka laughs at her, says your confidence isn’t earned, Rhea throws the table at Asuka, lays her out. NIa and Shayna come out, they say they want a Wrestlemania match. NIa challenges Rhea and Asuka to a tag match next week. Rhea says we accept.

Backstage, Ricochet tells MVP he doesn’t trust their word, this is about beating Drew and proving he deserves a title shot.

Drew McIntyre vs. RIcochet

Drew throws Ricochet VERY far several times

RIcochet misses 630, Drew counters with Claymore for the win

**

Ali attacks Drew afterwards, Drew throws him out, challenges him to a match

Ali vs Drew

Ali targets the leg, but Drew wins with a headbutt and Claymore

**

Drew calls out Bobby, says he didn’t even notice MVP behind him (cuz he had said MVP was in his ear, don’t listen)

Bob says I never needed anyone’s help. I almost ended your career at Chamber, and in hindsight, I should have. BUt I promise you this, the mauling I gave you at EC will pale compared to Mania. Your time is up, it is now the Almighty Era. Drew says you’re big bad and dangerous, and if I didn’t exist, you’d be the man. But sending everyone against me taught me one thing, Lashley is afraid of Drew McIntyre.

Wait, Corbin attacks? He’s taking up the offer. Drew tries for Claymore, gets Deep Six, then Hurt Lock.