{"id":123854,"date":"2021-07-27T23:30:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=123854"},"modified":"2021-07-27T23:30:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:30:54","slug":"heydorns-raw-receipt-7-26-crowd-reaction-lacking-for-nikki-a-s-h-character-that-desperately-needs-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/27\/heydorns-raw-receipt-7-26-crowd-reaction-lacking-for-nikki-a-s-h-character-that-desperately-needs-it\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S RAW RECEIPT 7\/26: Crowd reaction lacking for Nikki A.S.H character that desperately needs it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2290710562\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/26\/7-26-wwe-monday-night-raw-results-kellers-report-on-lashley-responding-to-goldberg-nikki-celebrates-her-raw-title-win\/\">episode of WWE Monday Night Raw<\/a> has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness.<\/p>\n<p>-Not a great start for Nikki A.S.H as the new Raw Women\u2019s Champion. The act needs a crowd reaction. Period. With so much of the character rooted in being a comedy cartoon, a strong and positive crowd reaction is the only thing that can make it somewhat credible. The Kansas City crowd didn\u2019t provide that and Nikki was exposed because of it.<\/p>\n<p>-Stop it with the championship contender match nonsense. It\u2019s not a thing. Plus, why would Charlotte Flair vs. Nikki A.S.H be a championship contender match when Flair was already declared a championship contender at Summerslam? Riddle me that, WWE. Riddle me that.<\/p>\n<p>-Heck of a match between Sheamus and Damian Priest. Priest continues to carry himself like a star and a United States Championship run is an effective way to test the waters on a potential longer term move up the card.<\/p>\n<p>-Drew McIntyre is wrestling Veer on Raw? Veer?! Look, it was apparent that McIntyre needed to take a break from the title picture after over a year in that spotlight. This is all that they have for him, though? Veer? McIntyre is a face of the company and should be treated as such. This means better opponents than Jinder Mahal lined up and waiting. Just an awful look for WWE concerning one of the pillar stars of Raw.<\/p>\n<p>-Here\u2019s to a speedy recovery for Natalya. Whatever happened didn\u2019t look good.<\/p>\n<p>-A year ago, Keith Lee and Karrion Kross were two of WWE\u2019s hottest NXT acts. Fast forward and both are flat and without direction on the main roster. Kross got the win, but has lost the allure that propped him up in NXT. Lee looks disinterested all together. Not the scenario that anyone envisioned for either guy.<\/p>\n<p>-WWE doesn\u2019t know it yet, but Ali and Mansoor are going to get over as a tag team. You heard it here first.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3691722322\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Between Lashley rolling through Cedric Alexander and Sheldon Benjamin, and Goldberg on the horizon at Summerslam, WWE will have a new lead babyface on Raw in about four weeks\u2019 time. Now, that\u2019s not WWE\u2019s endgame, but in fairness, that\u2019s only true if you think they have one. See what I did there?<\/p>\n<p>-A big pop for Riddle this week. One that Vince McMahon will notice. So, here\u2019s how it goes down now. Option one? McMahon looks at Riddle differently for getting the comedy stuff over to generate the big reaction and books him more seriously because of it. Option two? Even more comedy. More comedy and stoner tropes than ever before. I\u2019m not ready for the latter, but there is money in option one. Big time.<\/p>\n<p>-This week\u2019s show didn\u2019t have a major talking point of significance. I know that the competition is the Olympics, but in a world where buzz matters, WWE needs to manufacture some on a regular basis. Based on how the show went, Nikki A.S.H was the focus, but the crowd reaction didn\u2019t confirm that focus was in the right place.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/26\/7-26-wwe-monday-night-raw-report-hazelwoods-alt-perspective-on-nikki-a-s-h-s-championship-celebration-lashleys-response-to-goldberg-tag-team-championship-match-more\/\">7\/26 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW REPORT: Hazelwood\u2019s alt-perspective on Nikki A.S.H.\u2019s championship celebration, Lashley\u2019s response to Goldberg, Tag Team Championship match, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1840392780\"><div id=\"pwtor-3700485900\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This week\u2019s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Not a great start for Nikki A.S.H as the new Raw Women\u2019s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/27\/heydorns-raw-receipt-7-26-crowd-reaction-lacking-for-nikki-a-s-h-character-that-desperately-needs-it\/\" title=\"HEYDORN&#8217;S RAW RECEIPT 7\/26: Crowd reaction lacking for Nikki A.S.H character that desperately needs it\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":86940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,53],"tags":[240,96,71],"class_list":["post-123854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-opinion_stafftakes","tag-monday-night-raw","tag-raw","tag-wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/10\/RawLogo2019_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123855,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123854\/revisions\/123855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}