5 things WWE RAW got right this week - Grudge match ends in chaos, WWE Champion dominates again
The new WWE Champion, Bobby Lashley, opened this week's RAW. The Almighty had a match scheduled against the man he defeated to win the title last week, The Miz.
United States Champion Riddle also had a non-title match this week against Slapjack, which didn't help anyone involved too much. However, it will lead to a United States Championship match between Riddle and Mustafa Ali soon.
Reginald helped Nia Jax and Shayna Bazler retain their WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on RAW this week. Apart from that, Shane McMahon and Braun Strowman appeared in a couple of awkward segments on the show.
One of the biggest matches of the night saw Drew McIntyre and Sheamus take each other to the limits. Let’s take a look at the five things WWE got right on RAW this week.
#5 Bobby Lashley kicked off his WWE Championship reign on RAW
At the beginning of this week's WWE RAW, The Hurt Business members were shown walking into the arena. Lashley was interviewed backstage about his 16-year long journey to becoming a world champion.
The Miz then came into the ring and cut a promo in which he accepted that he didn't expect to leave the ThunderDome as the WWE Champion last week. The Miz then claimed that he was not well, and that’s what led to his defeat at the hands of The Almighty.
The Miz said that he deliberately got counted-out to ensure that the match took place and there was an outcome, however, WWE forced him into another match later in the night.
Soon after, Lashley and The Miz locked horns once again with the WWE Championship on the line. Miz proved to be much more effective in this match and even outsmarted the WWE Champion a few times in the contest.
Lashley shook off a collision with the ring post and continued to target The A-Lister as Drew McIntyre watched from the backstage area. After toying around with The Miz for a little longer, Lashley locked in the Hurt Lock and made his opponent tap out to retain the title.
It was good to see Lashley getting a successful defense so soon after his world title win. The Almighty deserved a WWE Championship victory, and now WWE creative needs to ensure that he has a memorable reign, just like McIntyre did.
The Miz was brilliant once again, both on the mic and in the ring. He has helped make Lashley’s title victory more valuable.