Hits & Misses

Opening Segment – MISS: I’m just not buying this storyline. It is a shame because the performances were strong. Charlotte did a good job of playing the arrogant heel mocking Becky Lynch for getting suspended […]

Opening Segment – MISS: The parallels between The Man Becky Lynch and Stone Cold Steve Austin are quite clear. But, that doesn’t mean that WWE has to retell the Austin vs. McMahon storyline from 1998 […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Becky Lynch had another great night on the mic after hitting it out of the park in her confrontation with Ronda Rousey on Raw. She had great lines addressing her loss […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a very good start with Seth Rollins coming out to talk about winning The Royal Rumble the night before. He gave a great promo to kick things […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Smackdown got off to a good start with Becky Lynch coming out to talk about her Women’s Title match against Asuka at The Royal Rumble. I particularly liked how she put […]

RAW HITS AND MISSES Opening Segment – MISS: There were good parts of the opening segment, but it went on for far too long and had too many bad things too. Paul Heyman was good […]

Becky Lynch – Asuka – HIT: The interplay between Becky Lynch and Asuka took up several segments at the start of Smackdown and was Hit or Miss. It was good enough to be a marginal […]

Braun Strowman – MISS: If WWE knew all along that Braun Strowman wasn’t going to be able to wrestle Brock Lesnar at The Royal Rumble, then they handled this situation terribly. If they just found […]

Opening Segment – MISS: I had mixed feelings about the start of Smackdown. I’m not a fan of this Daniel Bryan character. It is too similar to the character that failed for Juice Robinson when […]

Opening Segment – HIT: When fans talk about wanting a return to the Attitude Era, I never know what aspect of that era they are referring to. One of the aspects was unpredictability, the idea […]

SMACKDOWN HITS AND MISSES New Day Opening Segment – MISS: New Day’s act is starting to wear thin. Or I should say, it has been wearing thin for awhile now. Once upon a time, New […]

Inspired by the McMahon family and the New Year, I have decided that it is time to freshen things up here on the Raw Hits & Misses (and I will be returning later in the […]

RAW HITS Balor vs. Ziggler: I am not a big fan of what WWE is doing with this three-way feud between Finn Balor, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. But, it has resulted in some good […]

HITS Silas Young vs. Flip Gordon: Gordon challenges Young to an “I Quit” match before the match begins. As the “Last Real Man”, Young accepts but attacks Gordon cowardly before Gordon officially accepts. Ian Riccaboni, […]

RAW HITS Rollins as Top Guy: This Hit is for the idea that WWE made it clear on this night that they are getting behind Seth Rollins as the top guy on Raw. This felt […]

RAW HITS Rousey – Jax: Raw was much better this week (although not without its flaws) than last week. It got off to a hot start with the non-match of Ronda Rousey & Natalya vs. […]

HITS Kenny King vs. Christopher Daniels: Nice promo from King before the match began. King teases Daniels in regard to Daniels having one foot out of the door because his contract is just about up. […]

RAW HITS Rollins vs. Ziggler: After a terrible first two hours of Raw, we finally got the first and only Hit with this Intercontinental Championship match with Dolph Ziggler answering Seth Rollins’ open challenge. I did […]

HITS The Kingdom (Matt Taven & TK O’Ryan) vs. The Boys: Before the match, Taven infers that The Kingdom vs. The Boys is a joke. Taven sends TK O’Ryan to the commentary booth because Taven […]

HITS Dalton Castle, Taven, and The Kingdom: This started out as Castle discussing how hard he worked to get back after dealing with all of the injuries he faced this year that ultimately cost him […]

RAW HITS Banks & Bayley vs. Jax & Tamina:This was a pretty good tag match. Sasha Banks and Bayley continue to be wasted on Raw, but they performed well and carried Nia Jax & Tamina […]

HITS Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane (NXT Women’s Championship Match, 2 out of 3 Falls):  This match did not exactly kick off the show, but it was the first substantial match and it did not […]