Weekly Wrestling Review: 10/21/19 – 10/25/19

We start the Weekly Wrestling Review for 10/21/19 – 10/25/19 the same way we always do, with Monday Night Raw.

Monday Night Raw

Opening Segment

• We kickoff Raw with Ric Flair!
• Flair announces Drew McIntyre as the 5th member of Team Flair at Crown Jewel.

Grade: B

Drew McIntyre vs. Ricochet

• Drew is flat-out overpowering Ricochet in his first match back in nearly 2 months.
• McIntyre has dominated this match until Ricochet was finally able to mount some offense with a dive as we go to commercial.
• Flair gets interviewed mid-match and calls out Hulk Hogan for Friday Night Smackdown.
• The big man Drew McIntyre was once again dominating this match until Ricochet was able to turn up the pace and land some high-flying moves.
• After a bucklebomb and a sit-out powerbomb, Ricochet somehow kicks out at 2.5!
• Ricochet was somehow able to lift Drew up and slam him before landing a shooting star press for a 2-count!
• The Scottsman throws Ricochet around some more, including a nasty pump to the outside and into the ring post, before landing the Claymore for the pinfall.
• Post-Match: Drew McIntyre continues the beatdown on a defenseless Ricochet with a horrifying Alabama-Slam into the steel steps.

Result: Drew McIntyre wins via pinfall

Grade: B+

The OC Backstage Interview

• AJ Styles (c), Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows verbally beatdown the Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) and the city of Cleveland (where Raw is tonight).
• There is a funny bit where Styles mocks the Street Profits saying that the Street Profits “want the smoke” but “the smoke” is illegal in Ohio and Gallows shouts “Cleveland SUCKS!”

Grade: B

Aleister Black Vignette

• Black says spooky things from his darkroom once again.

Grade: B-

Aleister Black vs. Jason Reynolds (A jobber)

• Black connects with Black Mass after a couple of minutes.

Result: Aleister Black wins via pinfall

Grade: C

AOP Vignette

• Akam and Rezar say that they are going to destroy the Raw tag-team division.

Grade: C-

King’s Court w/ Rusev

• Lawler asks Rusev what he thinks when he sees the Bobby Lashley and Lana stuff.
• Rusev says that he wants to crush Lashley and hopes he and Lana can get past this.
• Lashley and Lana appear on the titantron where they are having dinner at a restaurant that Lana always wanted to go to but Rusev never took her too.
• Lashley and Lana say that they love each other.
• Rusev says that he knows exactly where they are as he runs out of the ring to cheers from the crowd.

Grade: B- 

Andrade w/ Zelina Vega vs. Sin Cara

• As they make their entrance, Vega runs down Andrade’s opponent Sin Cara on the mic.
• In his return to Raw, Sin Cara starts the match off with some impressive moves until Vega causes a distraction.
• Sin Cara bounces back and hits a move to the outside as we go to commercial.
• After quite a bit of Sin Cara offense, Andrade hits the 3 Amigos but Sin Cara kicks out.
• A sunset flip powerbomb by Sin Cara from the top rope isn’t enough to put Andrade away.
• Andrade hits a running Meteora but Sin Cara kicks out again.
• Vega once again gets involved and hits a hurricanrana on Sin Cara while the ref was distracted.
• Andrade lands the Hammerlock DDT for the pinfall. 

Result: Andrade wins via pinfall

Grade: C+

Humberto Backstage Interview

• Humberto says that Andrade is a future champion… unless he beats him to it.
• Also, Humberto says he won’t be a champion that plays with fire like Seth Rollins.

Grade: B+

Street Profits Backstage Segment

• Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins rundown The OC by mocking AJ Styles (c) hair and Gallows/Anderson trash talk.
• Ford says that they are main-eventing Raw.
• Dawkins hints at a potential partner for their match tonight.

Grade: B+

24/7 Championship Shenanigans

• R-Truth (c) emerges from a trailer and sneaks around backstage only to be rolled up by the Singh Brothers: Samir and Sunil.

Grade: B

The Viking Raiders (c) vs. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder in a Non-Title Match

• Before they make their entrance, Hawkins and Ryder tell everyone that they are tired of being underdogs and are ready to return to the top of the mountain.
• Immediately, Erik and Ivar run all over the challengers.
• Ryder and Hawkins are able to get some offense in before Ivar tags in and throws them around.
• The Viking Experience connects, 1-2-3.

Result: The Viking Raiders win via pinfall

Grade: C

Bobby Lashley and Lana Live Feed

• Lashley and Lana are asked to leave by a manager because he was warned that Rusev might show up and cause a problem.
• After a commercial break, Rusev appears at the restaurant and attacks Bobby Lashley until he gets arrested.
• It should be noted that this “restaurant” is clearly a 10×10 room and the police officers are straight out of Party City.

Grade: C+

Rey Mysterio Promo

• Rey says a lot of stuff about Cain Velasquez and how he will win the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel.
• Paul Hayman appears on the titantron and says that Lesnar will dominate Cain Velasquez.
• Shelton Benjamin comes out for some reason?
• The former multi time champion says that Brock Lesnar is his family as they have roomed together at Minnesota all those years ago.
• Shelton starts pushing around Rey and Cain Velasquez comes to the ring!
• Velasquez slaps a chokehold on Shelton before letting him go as Velasquez and Rey Mysterio stand tall to end the segment.

Grade: B+

Seth Rollins (c) Backstage Interview

• Rollins says that The Fiend got into his head, but he also got into The Fiends head.
• Rollins stops the interview and walks over to Humberto to confront him about what he said earlier.
• Seth Rollins challenges Humberto to a match… right now.

Grade: B

Seth Rollins (c) vs. Humberto in a Non-Title Match

• A fairly slow-paced match to start as the crowd starts chanting for Bray Wyatt.
• Humberto picks up the pace and nearly gets a pinfall but Rollins sends him to the outside and throws him into the barricade as we go to commercial.
• Humberto fights back with some high-flying offense until Rollins lands the Falcon Arrow for a 2-count.
• The Crowd continues to chant for Wyatt.
• Humberto nearly pins Rollins after an impressive moonsault!
• Rollins reverses another moonsault attempt and connects with the Stomp for the pinfall.
• Post-Match: Seth Rollins shakes Humbertos’ hand in a sign of respect.

Result: Seth Rollins wins via pinfall

Grade: B

24/7 Championship Shenanagins

• R-Truth tries to sneak up on the Singh Brothers but tries pinning the wrong Singh.

Grade: B

Main Event: Street Profits and a Mystery Partner vs. The OC

• And the mystery partner is…no one?
• Ford is taking care of business on Anderson until Dawkins and Gallows tag in.
• Luke Gallows tags in Anderson as they are simply dominating Montez Ford.
• A double-clothesline knocks both in-ring guys down and Ford is able to make the hot tag to Dawkins.
• Montez tags back in and the ref gets distracted allowing AJ Styles (c) to interfere.
• The ref goes to eject Styles and Kevin Owens appears and delivers a Stunner to Styles!
• Montez Ford hits the Frog Splash on Karl Anderson and the Street Profits win!

Result: Street Profits win via pinfall

Grade: B+

Conclusion

• A strong Main Event and Rey promo made up for an otherwise mediocre show.

Overall Grade: B

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NXT

No Coverage This Week

• Apologies for not covering NXT this week.
• Finn Balor turned heel and there was a great triple-threat for the North American Championship.

Grade: N/A

Conclusion

• Once again, apologies.

Overall Grade: N/A

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AEW

No Coverage This Week

• I’ve been too busy with my day job to sit down and watch wrestling this week.
• Cody Rhodes and Chris Jericho had a great brawl throughout the arena.

Grade: N/A

Conclusion

• Apologies… again.

Overall Grade: N/A

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Friday Night Smackdown

No Coverage This Week

• Once again, I have work early in the morning.

Grade: N/A

Conclusion

• N/A

Overall Grade: N/A

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