RAW Recap & Review – Episode 1331
RAW was a tough watch this week, saved pretty much only by Seth Rollins’ most recent Intercontinental Title open challenge.
RAW was a tough watch this week, saved pretty much only by Seth Rollins’ most recent Intercontinental Title open challenge.
Candice LeRae and Nikki Cross battle in an episode of NXT that was mostly a recap of Takeover: WarGames.
TJP faces Gran Metalik in another chapter in their feud, and Noam Dar attempts to prove himself against Tony Nese in a good episode of 205 Live.
The semi-finals of the Women’s Title Tournament determined the two women who would challenge each other for the title, Dave Mastiff faced Tyson T-Bone, and the team of Andrews and Webster took on Huxley and Conners in a very good episode of NXT UK.
Toni Storm faces Isla Dawn and Rhea Ripley takes on Xia Brookside in the final two matches of the quarter finals of the NXT UK Women’s Title Tournament. Also, Devlin battles Ligero in the main event of a good episode of NXT UK.
Two teams go home and the bottoms of both brackets face each other for a chance to move on into the playoffs.
The new Daniel Bryan explains himself, Randy Orton attempts to destroy Rey Mysterio, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville try to work together against Naomi and Asuka, The Miz wants to team with Shane McMahon, Charlotte makes an example of the IIconics, and New Day and the Bar have a Thanksgiving Feast Fight on a good episode of SmackDown Live.
Rollins hunts for Ambrose, Natalya looks for revenge against Ruby Riott, Rousey wants to fight, Lucha House Party enjoys an unfair advantage, and more in an average episode of RAW.
NXT WarGames II continues the tradition of great Takeovers with a crazy WarGames match, a great NXT Title match between Dream and Ciampa, an emotional fight between Gargano and Black, and a tense battle for the Women’s Title between Baszler and Sane (plus a surprise or two).
Dana Brooke faces Alicia Fox, and Tyler Breeze teams with Apollo Crews to take on the reformed team of Hawkins and Ryder in a fine episode of Main Event.
The final stop before NXT Takeover: War Games featured a good match between Bianca Belair and Mia Yim, and a very good match between Kyle O’Reilly and Hanson to decide whose team will get the advantage in War Games!
Lio Rush attempts to take advantage of Cedric Alexander’s recent slump in a great main event!
The NXT UK Women’s Title Tournament begins with two good matches, Dave Mastiff and Tyson T-Bone cross paths, and Trent Seven battles Zack Gibson in a great main event on a very good episode of NXT UK.
Tyler Bate faces James Drake and Wolfgang takes on Ashton Smith in a show with some good matches and the unveiling of the NXT Women’s Title.
Charlotte Flair gets a new partner right before taking on Awe-Ska, and Monster Eclipse battles Country Dominance in a night of broken streaks.
The final SmackDown Live before Survivor Series certainly was interesting. It finalized some matches for Sunday while feeling like it changed everything.
The RAW side of Survivor Series is decided on a RAW that wasn’t great until the last few minutes of the show.
Gable and Roode face The Revival in a good tag match, and Tyler Breeze tries to survive the hype of Mojo Rawley in a pretty good episode of Main Event.
Heavy Machinery fights the Forgotten Sons, Taynara Conti takes on Dakota Kai, and Velveteen Dream battles Lars Sullivan in a good episode of NXT.
Buddy Murphy faces Mark Andrews in his first televised match since winning the Cruiserweight Title, TJP teams with Mike Kanellis to take on Lucha House Party, and Lio Rush makes a statement on a good episode of 205 Live.