Steve Notes Raw 3/8/21

Steve Notes Raw 3/8/21

HB backstage- Interview with Bobby and MVP- He’s a happy man, I’ve been through a lot, enough to break a normal man, but Im not normal, I am the almighty. 16 years dealing with politics, busting my ass to get this title, so last week, I punished Miz cuz he was trying to delay the inevitable, I’m gonna set an example of Miz. Right now is my time, no one is taking this away from me. And now I’m walking into mania as the almighty wwe champion. The almighty era has begun.

Miz promo: I stand here empty handed. Everything I’ve done here, thankless tasks, I don’t take vacations, I don’t get injured, so when I say my body isn’t feeling well, everybody should believe me. Cuz you sit on your couches and I am a pro athlete, I had stomach cramps. I successfully defended my championship, the bell rang, there was a match, i got counted out, i lost. But you have to be pinned or submitted to lose the title. Is it shady? Yes, but I outsmarted everyone. Then I was physically threatened, was told I would be stripped. And shane made it a lumberjack match. After the match, bob brutalized me, he has no repercussions, but tonight I have my rematch, everyone tweeting, blogging, celebrating his championship this week, stay close to your computer, tonight there’s gonna be a hashtag AND NEWWW, because I’m the midf odsafhdosfh

Miz vs. Lashley

Miz runs away, runs into MVP on the outside, Bob tries to grab him, Miz cranks him off the ropes, Lashley no sells it

Lashley posts his shoulder, then on the outside, Miz sends him into it again

Drew looks on as Lashley dismantles Miz

Miz misses an attack through the ropes to the outside, Lashley posts him on his shoulders

Lashley flatliner/ground and pound

Spinebuster/Hurt Lock Miz taps out

Drew promo:

I know you’re big, bad and-- Sheamus attacks, throws him around backstage

Ya think this is over!!?!?!? 20 years, i will make your life miserable!

Rhea Ripley coming soon still

Backstage, Drew runs into Pearce, says he wants a NO DQ match tonight

Braun runs into Truth backstage, talks about Bad Bunn, tries to recruit him to get his title back from Bad Bunny. He has a list of apologies for Braun. Braun explains he’s about to demand Shane apologize to him.

Braun promo: Do you think I’m a joke? Are you laughing at me? After that joke last week, I think you are. I could snap your neck like a twig. Saying that, I know you could fire me on the spot, I’m not looking to be fired, I’m looking for respect. I’m not asking you to come out, I’m demanding.

Shane comes out dancing, but steps directly to braun when he hits the ring.

He says I apologize. Then walks away. Shane stops at the stage, is about to say something else, doesn’t. Braun yells, if you have something else to say, say it. I’m right here.

Backstage, Sarah asks Shane if he had something else to say, Shane mumbles something and walks off.

Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus

Drew attacks during Sheamus’ entrance

Goddamn this is brutal

Futureshock on a chair gets 2 for Drew

Drew countdown to Claymore instead he eats a chair and a knee strike for 2

Drew hits claymore but Sheamus falls to the outside

Brogue kick on the outside, Sheamus gets the steel steps

They both smash steel steps against each other

Ref checks on Sheamus, who can’t answer if he can continue, he calls for the bell

****

More Orton recaps

Aj Styles and Omos interview

AJ wants to talk about Orton- have you seen the Fiend? Orton burned him to a crisp. He’s been haunted by the fiend and bliss- they’re tearing him down bit by bit. Now he has voo doo magic, it’s ridiculous. Orton steps in, asks if there’s something funny about a grown man having his mind messed with? AJ says I think it’s weak. Orton says how about you and I meet up in the ring and I’ll show you how weak I am. AJ says you have problems, do you need bigger problems? If you do, I accept. Orton: Good.

Announced for next week New Day vs. HB

New Day are dressed in amazon Sub Zero/Scorpian MK gear

Shelton Benjamin vs. Xavier Woods

Shelton dominates most of this, til he gets distracted by Xavier and gets rolled up for 3

Riddle interview: Retribution can play all the games they want, they’re not gonna get in the way of me getting this win on Slapjack, he’s just worried about where to park his scooter- New Day come through, they talk about a bunch of stuff, then he asks them to watch his scooter, Kofi says GET OVER HERE!

Regal has TWO announcements now!

Announced that Riddle and Ali have a title match next week

Riddle vs. Slapjack

This is a helluva match, Riddle wins with Bro Derek

**¾

Ali yells at Slapjack

Pearce asks Shane backstage, was there anything else you wanted to say to Braun? Shane says Everybody’s so nosy! Yeah, tell him to meet me in the ring.

Shane says I sometimes have fun at others’ expense, which is fine as long as it benefits me. I need to come to an understanding with you… one thing I would never do is make you looks stupid, I would never do that. Stupid is an abhorrant word. You’re all upset about me, I can tell you’re quite upset with me. One thing you may hear is, this guy is stupid, stupid is as stupid does. Big guy little brain. Not me, other people. I would never call you stupid, B-b-b-b-b BRAUN.

Braun runs after him.

Shane drives off in his car

HAHA its not Shane, cuz he shows up after Braun leaves

Nia Jax/Shayna Baszler with Reginald- he’s now on TWO BRANDS!

Nia says Carmella fired him, Sasha slapped him, isn’t he cute? Shayna is clearly irritated

Nia/Shayna vs. Naomi/Lana

Naomi hits a tornillo to the outside onto Nia and Shayna

Naomi goes on a run after Lana tags her in after going at it with Shayna, but Reginald grabs at Naomi’s foot, which kills her momentum, Lana eats Nia’s finish for 3

**

Randy interview- AJ might be worried about the fiend and alexa, but he needs to worry about RKO

Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke Interview: We are series about the tag titles, we’ve worked our butts off, we shouldn’t be overlooked.

Charlotte: I always want a challenge, I want a title opportunity at Mania. Charlotte challenges them to show them they mean it.

AJ Interview: Do you regret your comments? He’s crazy, I didn’t expect him to challenge him. He’s all messed up in the head, he should be focused on the fiend.

AJ vs. Randy

Wow, they did a closeup in 8K on Randy

Randy takes it to AJ on the outside, him and Randy have a tense staredown

Styles goes for Calf Crusher, Orton blocks, but AJ locks it in

Omos pulls AJ out before Randy can load up an RKO, then Bliss shows up on tron, cranking the jack in the box, she stops and says not yet. She lights a match, blows it out, pyro comes from the posts, orton pukes up crude oil, AJ hits phen forearm for 3

***

Bliss laughs at him after the match