5 Botches, slip ups, and outrageous moments from WWE Raw (May 15th, 2017)
Monday Night Raw hailed to us from Newark, New Jersey this week, and what a night of big matchups it was. Several of the high-profile singles matches included Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor, Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt, and an Intercontinental Championship Match between The Miz and Dean Ambrose.
Perhaps, WWE felt the need to go big on this night because of the sad news of six months without Braun Strowman that broke earlier on Monday? Whatever the reason for the card, the in-ring product was solid.
In addition to several above average matches, one thing that we also keep an eye on are the times WWE may have messed up. There were several moments that WWE might wish they could have a mulligan for, but that’s not how it works with this live program.
Moments like the awkward chants during the Cruiserweight tag match, Booker T’s less than perfect geography, and Sheamus not being able to Brogue Kick a Hardy in one try have found a place on this countdown.
Sit back, relax, and enjoy the botchiest and most outrageous moments from Monday Night Raw. Each entry is even accompanied with a gif for your viewing pleasure.
#5 Give Cruiserweights a chance
By far, the loudest message that Newark, New Jersey sent to the world during this night of wrestling was that they do not care one bit about those wrestlers who use the purple ropes. They chanted for CM Punk.
They rang out choruses of how boring they thought the action was. There was even a loud ruckus because a guy got kicked out of the arena for bringing a beach ball. All of these crowd shenanigans happened during the tag team match between TJP & Neville vs. Austin Aries & Jack Gallagher.
Perhaps Newark spent too much time on Rip Rogers’ and Randy Orton’s Twitter timelines this past weekend because this actually looked like a solid effort of cruiserweight action from all four men. There were even a couple of those “dives” that caused such an uproar, so maybe Newark is a secret OVW smark town.
In fact, calling anything that involves both Neville & Austin Aries “boring” is an opinion that’s very hard to get on board with. Those two have been in a fantastic feud over the Cruiserweight Championship as of late, and only pity can be had for those who have missed out.
This tag match wasn’t a match of the year contender but it was absolutely not boring. It’s outrageous that Newark arrived at such a conclusion.