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Monday Night Rawwas on fire as theWWErolled into Everett , Washington for an electrifying show , stick with on fromthis weekend ’s Survivor Series . CM Punk and Seth Rollins at long last get physical after one year of teasing , before Jey Uso and Sami Zayn got involve in a prominent opening 30 minutes where verbal bullet were fly quick and wild . Jey Uso was later attacked by an unknown member of the roster . With Seth and Sami sink their differences in a sensory Main effect , Drew McIntyre returned to Claymore Sami after the doorbell .
Elsewhere , Gunther defeated Dominik Mysterio and will now confront Finn Balor at Saturday Night ’s Main Event . Dakota Kai became the first woman to qualify for the next circle of the Women ’s Intercontinental Championship match , Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez kill Damage CTRL , R - Truth offend Pete Dunne with victory andThe New Day turn blackguard instead of breaking upin a heartbreaking plane section in which they verbally annihilated Big E.
The Opening 30 Minutes Of Monday Night Raw
Punk, Rollins, Sami, and Jey in a Segment of the Year Contender
The top tier of Monday Night Raw ’s male roster drop verbal bomb on one another in an unmissable opening to Monday Night Raw . launch the show with 30 minutes of non - stop promo time is a bold play ( especially now the show is down to two hours ) , but this spot was red blistering . SmackDown has the spellbinding current feud between Cody Rhodes , Randy Orton , and Kevin Owens , and the fight for Bloodline supremacy , but the personal nature of the verbal onrush and the star power of CM Punk , Seth Rollins , Jey Uso , and a peculiarly inspire Sami Zayn wasthe perfect post - Survivor Series take off forRaw ’s route to Netflix .
It was CM Punk who get to the eve , beginning to reveal his plot to be in the main event at WrestleMania , before being interrupted by Seth Rollins . Rollins enjoin he wished he ’d knocked Punk out , only to be answered that , since Seth lost his title , Punk does n’t think about Rollins at all . The two came to blows before Jey Uso and Sami Zayn break things up . Once Jey convinced Punk to head to the back , the mic affray between Rollins and Sami Zayn was the highlight of the nightand a massive moment for both men . Seth Rollins is a more interesting character when there is beef , and Sami is so wholesome , it was nice to see him drop some accuracy bomb . A+ from everyone .
Drew McIntyre
The Scottish Warrior Makes His Triumphant Return
Having not been seen since his Hell In A Cell warfare with CM Punk at Bad Blood , Drew McIntyre returned to Monday Night Raw and reminded everyone of his placein the upper echelon of the show , nailing a earsplitting Claymore to Sami Zayn to end Monday Night Raw . Sami and Seth decided a match was the way to adjudicate their differences after the above promo , but Jey Uso was assaulted by an unnamed assaulter . By the end of the eventide , it was obvious who the culprit was .
McIntyre has had a howling year , his feud with CM Punk is one for the ages and their C off competition was a Match Of The Year challenger . That he has come back and been target in such a high profile slot is just dessert for his achievements . Whether it ’s Jey Uso or Sami Zayn , Drew is back in the picture at the top of Monday Night Rawand he ’s there on virtue .
Dakota Kai
A Dark Horse to Become the First Women’s IC Champion
When Dakota Kai necessitate surgery in August after tearing her meniscus , a ripple effect happened in WWE ’s fanbase . It feel like there was a collective surge of goodwill towards Kai . Crucially , it feels likethere has been a unanimous feeling that Dakota Kai is underrated . Her victory in the women ’s Intercontinental Championship tourney takes her one footstep closer to that being a thing of the past .
advance out in a ternary scourge over Shayna Bayzler and Katana Chance , and having reserve her space in the tractor trailer - finals , Kai is one of the favorite to succeed the whole thing . account expect to see if she can displume it off .
Finn Balor
The Prince Is Making a Play to Be King
It has been a long way to the top for the Real Rock n ' Rolla . Since being one of NXT ’s best - ever performers and navigating the hellscape that was Vince McMahon ’s booking , Finn Balor has had to suffer to claw his way of life out of audience perception of him as a mid - card endowment . Balor now has a World Heavyweight Championship match against Guntherin which he can set that record directly .
After engraft a big boot on Balor after he interfered in his match with Damian Priest , Gunther was happy to differentiate Finn he did n’t need or appreciate his help , and he be him a clean victory . Balor and his lapdog , Dirty Dominik Mysterio , continued to eat at the Champion before he volunteer to make an example of Dom in the ring . The results were as you ’d expect in that match , butBalor bang up Gunther with 3 Coup de Graces after the Vanessa Bell to set up a championship matchat Saturday Night ’s Main outcome .
The New Day
Kofi And Woods Stay Together But Nothing Will Be the Same
Of all the outcomes , it is satisfying when one of the least bear is picked and works . After 10 flannel cake throwing , unicorn car horn wear , trombone playing , Booty - O feeding years together , a somber speech communication was loading up from Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston to signal the end of one of the most have intercourse team in wrestling history . It felt like month of spat had ultimately taken its toll , when a Big E intervention made fan conceive there was still hope .
The big gentleman made his first show on Raw or SmackDown in years , appealing to their good nature andthe 10 - class legacy of the New Day , and to quit arguing and get back on the same varlet . He then offered to travel andbe their manager every week , despite his extreme injury problems , something that many devotee really had advocated for online over the retiring calendar week .
However , the result was shocking asThe New Day made a dog bend for the ageswith a brute barrage of insults for their now former friend . Telling Big E " you breach your neck opening , so what ? " before comparing him to Austin and Edge , who come back from like hurt , was bleak than the title of this show . It ’s a great way to revitalize the group , bringing them back to their heel origins . The whole section was impressive as it was wretched . Bravo .
Pete Dunne
Embarrassment For The UK Brawler
It may have been fairly abbreviated but Pete Dunne put himself back in major WWE conversation with an impressive short feud with Sheamus in the beginning this summertime . Looking like he ’s just crawl out from under a bridge , Pete Dunne is the perfect broken antidote to the glossier feel of WWE ’s presentation . It was encouraging to see him being booked strongly against one of the roll ’s major players .
suffer a roll - up loss at the hands of R - Truth , the smart money is obviously on Dunne to batter Sojourner Truth in the coming calendar week for him by unknowingly taunt him with his old Butch sobriquet . It ’s a throwaway and forgettable loss on a Raw that was bustle about with new major level , but after doing a shortsighted stint back in NXT , Dunne is entering a " do or die " phase in his vocation and this is not ideal . It ’s hard to survive on a 2 - minute show that is so jam-packed with talent that the World Champion is n’t even the chief stress , but Dunne has to take out out all the stop now .
