RAW LD, February 11th 2019 - The (Mc)Ma(ho)n Comes Around

[FunKay]

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Last week, Becky Lynch punched Stephanie McMahon, slapped Triple H and pulled Ronda Rousey's pants down (figuratively) all over twitter (seriously check out Lynch's twitter (http://https://mobile.twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Ese rp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor). She might be straight fire, but it's ice-cold. So good). Pretty standard week really. But in the midst of that, she was suspended for not seeing a doctor to have her injured knee analysed. Tonight, she's been invited by the McMahon family to RAW. Why? Only the devious braintrust of WWE's inner working know! Regardless, it's gonna be most intriguing!

Elsewhere, Seth Rollins returns following a week off as he addresses the assault he sustained at the hands of Brock Lesnar. What does the "Kingslayah" have in store for big bad Brock and his advocate Paul Heyman? Kurt Angle never quite got through his announcement last week either, so maybe we have some more development to be had on that front... or maybe he'll again be entangled in the Strowman/McIntyre/Corbin situation again...

Also! Dean Ambrose continues to check-out with defeats and misdemeanours as his weird angle with Nia Jax rumbles on, The Revival are once more the number one contenders for the Tag Team Titles, and we continue to build toward Lashley versus Balor over the Intercontinental gold. Sound good? Then tune in tonight!

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Tamina being in the Elimination Chamber kinda kills the match, doesn't it?

[klunderbunker]

Stephanie is the parsley on a steak. No one wants it or likes it, but you have to have it there anyway.

[klunderbunker]

The Samoan Slaughterhouse.

Someone got paid to come up with that.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I'm still wondering why they had to make Becky vs Ronda all about HHH and Stephanie

[BestSportsEntertainer]

In kayfabe, why doesn't one team just walk away from the match?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I'm fine with that result if it means Nia and Tamina aren't winning on Sunday

[TheManTheyCalledNorCal]

Very cool segment considering Balor was Beckys trainer

[TheManTheyCalledNorCal]

The fuck is the deal with this Elias segment ?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This is odd

[TheManTheyCalledNorCal]

To be fair, this made me want to wait through commercial go see what the fuck this is

[BestSportsEntertainer]

If anyone's wondering why Elias turned heel again, here you go

[Wildcat66]

TBH, i'm glad Elias's face turn was aborted. He works much better like this.

[TheManTheyCalledNorCal]

To be fair, this made me want to wait through commercial go see what the fuck this is

And I was made to immeadiately regret this

[TheManTheyCalledNorCal]

To be fair, this made me want to wait through commercial go see what the fuck this is

And I was made to immeadiately regret this

[Wildcat66]

So Kalisto knows what good guitar things are...

I'm jealous.

[klunderbunker]

I'm rather done with these neverending midcard feuds. I'm not sure what they do other than fill time, as they're certainly not here for the action.

[klunderbunker]

Good grief let this match end already.

[Wildcat66]

How long has this been match been going for?

[klunderbunker]

How long has this been match been going for?

22:18 total.

[Wildcat66]

Really?! It felt longer than that.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

KB never lies.

[klunderbunker]

So we can cut away from this match for a Rousey/Becky segment but we NEEDED the extra minute added to Baron Corbin Chinlock Theater?

[klunderbunker]

KB never lies.

Oh......I wouldn't know anything about that.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This really doesn't feel like the Road to WrestleMania

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Who cares about Antarctica anyway?

[klunderbunker]

This really doesn't feel like the Road to WrestleMania

It isn't, because it's the Road to Elimination Chamber and then the Road to Fastlane and THEN the Road to Wrestlemania. Yeah Wrestlemania is the biggest show of the year and the biggest matches are set, but we can't do that yet because we need two pay per views between now and then because.....reasons.


Who cares about Antarctica anyway?

Metallica.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

It isn't, because it's the Road to Elimination Chamber and then the Road to Fastlane and THEN the Road to Wrestlemania. Yeah Wrestlemania is the biggest show of the year and the biggest matches are set, but we can't do that yet because we need two pay per views between now and then because.....reasons.

There's TWO PPVs before WrestleMania? That's honestly insane.

[klunderbunker]

They're still great, but I could go with never hearing the same Heyman promo praising Brock's next challenger before talking about how they're going to be destroyed.

[klunderbunker]

There's TWO PPVs before WrestleMania? That's honestly insane.

Rumble
Three weeks
Elimination Chamber
Three weeks
Fastlane
Four weeks
Wrestlemania

But I'm not allowed to complain about that because it means I'm not a real fan or something.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

The transitions tonight have been really weird

[Wildcat66]

I see EC3's about to show his twins EC1 and EC2 how to wrestle in the ring.

And he's doing so by taking on the guy he beat last week.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

WILL BECKY APOLOGIZE TO TRIPLE H AND STEPHANIE?

Yep. That's the build to a match with Ronda Rousey.

[Wildcat66]

Huh. I thought EC3 was gonna win this one.

Well, I guess a prolonged EC3 vs. Dean Ambrose feud isn't the worst way to send Dean out...or introduce us to EC3.

[Skairipa]

I can't believe it, did we just get a long quality tag match for the RAW Tag Titles, AND Revival won the belts!? BRB checking to see if pigs are flying outside.

[Skairipa]

Well that was an extremely stupid ending, nothing good came from that. And now Vince needs to get his ass kicked by Becky on the road to Mania.

[BaconBits]

Charlotte’s push is more forced than Roman’s was. It’s fucking obnoxious.

[smarkmouth]

Charlotte’s push is more forced than Roman’s was. It’s fucking obnoxious.

Well, at least they have the decency to make Charlotte a heel.

[klunderbunker]

I liked it, though I might be hosting the podcast by myself this weekend as Norcal might have broken everything in his house.

[klunderbunker]

Monday Night Raw
Date: February 11, 2019
Location: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young

It’s the go home Raw before Elimination Chamber and, thanks to some announcements made earlier in the day, we now have some matches for Sunday from the red side. As for tonight, Becky Lynch has been invited to the show and Seth Rollins is ready to respond to Brock Lesnar after the beatdown from two weeks ago. Let’s get to it.

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Identity Crisis (http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2019/02/11/monday-night-raw-february-11-2019-identity-crisis/)