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Old 07-20-2021, 01:04 AM   #3441
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I thought it was a fun Raw, the crowds the last two nights have been really good and that helps the energy.

Just some responses to your thoughts.

I'm a fan of Alexa Bliss, its clear that she's really putting a lot into this gimmick, and you can see where she's just so much better in terms of her promo instincts then a lot of other men and woman on the Roster. But the writers have completely lost the thread on this one. Maybe because they keep bouncing her out of feuds so fast, they dropped the Shayna and Nia stuff in a hurry. Now they've got her feuding with Eva and Piper, and the funny thing is that Eve is still just not good anything and that's why they put her with Piper. Alexa's best work in this gimmick was still working off of Bray. Now we get the weird magic stuff, and we're heading into a weird Harley Quinn character. Its a waste of a talented worker, unless they're protecting her because of her series of concussions.

Keith Lee just hasn't worked, I can't put my finger on it, but he worked well in the smaller arena's in NXT, but is just lost on the main roster, he can work, he's got some charisma, but he just doesn't connect all that well. In NXT he could get away with being that big man that does insane stuff. But he doesn't stand out on the main roster.

I noticed a lot of things about Kross tonight. They didn't bring Scarlett with him, I don't get that because frankly she's awesome in her role. They also really rolled back his entrance. If you watch his NXT entrances they're amazing.





Instead he was just another generic big man and they turned the volume way down on the entrance. Then he loses to Jeff Hardy. If anyone should be getting the Lesnar treatment or Goldberg treatment its this guy. Oh and whoever wrote his promo after he lost is an idiot. When someone loses, you don't tell the victor that he's made the biggest mistake of his life by beating you, it makes no god damn sense. Instead he should have gone into rage and destroyed Hardy in the back or something. Just a bad debut for a guy that I really like.

I don't have a lot of faith in Bill being able to pull off a good match against a guy the size of Lashley. Bill isn't Bill anymore. But then again Lashley is very good in the ring, and has a safe reputation.

Lesnar will return to set up a feud with Roman and Heyman is going to screw Reigns, though I hope they find a way to flip the table and keep Reigns a heel and somehow make Heyman and Lesnar the faces.

Loved that Nikki won the belt, because she's just a hard worker, and Shane Helms loves her gimmick. But she won't be champ for long. But there are some really interesting woman being called up Io is on the way to Raw. Alliyah is also on her way to Raw and shes improved a ton. But a Io versus Nikki would be a good match.
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