{"id":130499,"date":"2021-12-28T14:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=130499"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T20:17:52","slug":"heydorns-raw-receipt-12-27-kevin-owens-anchors-covid-19-impacted-day-one-go-home-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/28\/heydorns-raw-receipt-12-27-kevin-owens-anchors-covid-19-impacted-day-one-go-home-show\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S RAW RECEIPT 12\/27: Kevin Owens anchors COVID-19 impacted Day One go-home show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2769197583\" 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\/12\/27\/12-27-wwe-monday-night-raw-results-kellers-report-on-miz-maryse-renew-vows-mysterios-vs-street-profits-orton-vs-otis-priest-vs-ziggler-day-1-hype-amidst-covid-outbreak\/\">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>-It\u2019s fair to say that I\u2019ve graded this show on a curve given the COVID-19 circumstances that WWE is facing at the moment. Good thing the company plans to thoroughly test talent during this infection surge to keep everybody as safe as possible while working. Oh wait \u2026.<\/p>\n<p>-Randy Orton and Riddle cut a nice little promo to open the show. It existed to showcased their likability and to that end, it succeeded. Did everyone see Riddle turn it on a bit as he challenged Gable to that match? That\u2019s the Riddle that can make WWE the most money. Balance. It\u2019s about balance and hopefully someone in WWE saw the pros of him acting in that semi-serious way.<\/p>\n<p>-I just don\u2019t get the feeling that Alpha Academy is getting setup for a featured role on Raw. They fit nicely as foil for the more popular RK-Bro, but that\u2019s it. Not a bad spot, but not a rocket strapped to them either.<\/p>\n<p>-It\u2019s too bad that Big E promo couldn\u2019t have been cut in front of an arena full of fans. Probably his best babyface promo to date. Big E personalized being WWE Champion in a serious way and that framing elevated the status of the championship and him as champion. Really good stuff from him amid strange circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>-I\u2019m not sure there are any two people in wrestling that bother me as much as Dana Brooke and Reggie. That is, until they teamed up. Yikes. Maybe they aren\u2019t supposed to, but it regularly seems like both haven\u2019t the slightest idea what to do in the ring as pro wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p>-Match of the night honors go to Street Profits vs. The Mysterios. It was action packed, but with sensible psychology and selling as well. Montez Ford stood out in particular and not only due to his insane athleticism. His natural charisma was also on display in a \u201ctake notice\u201d kind of way.<\/p>\n<p>-If you were scratching your head after last week\u2019s falling out between Omos and A.J. Styles like most people, Styles cleared that up this week. He\u2019s a babyface and felt fresh acting as one. The match with Crews was fine, but more notable was his interaction with NXT 2.0\u2019s Grayson Waller. Seems like those two are on a collision course. Someone thinks highly of Waller to give him that spotlight. Nothing wrong with running with it right out of the gate before Waller gets defined incorrectly due to main roster booking.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3453882810\" 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>-At least the women\u2019s tag team scene is getting time? Even if it\u2019s certainly due to multiple talents missing? Yep, you caught me. I\u2019m grasping at straws, but hey, if you\u2019re going to have this division, it\u2019s better to put something behind it, right? Sure, nothing on the show concerning Zelina Vega &amp; Carmella and Rhea Ripley &amp; Nikki A.S.H was memorable, but it existed. A low bar to clear, but they did it.<\/p>\n<p>-Kevin Owens was an MVP on the show tonight. Along with MVP, he did a nice job hyping the WWE Championship match at Day One without an angle due to Seth Rollins, Big E, and Bobby Lashley being away. Living up to that new contract right out of the gate.<\/p>\n<p>-This new Damian Priest gimmick is mind-numbingly confusing. So, he\u2019s got this rage that only gets him in trouble and costs him matches? And that rage shows up when he\u2019s disrespected? What\u2019s likable about that? Why shouldn\u2019t every heel just disrespect him, so the rage comes and they win? This is silly. You go the route of the rage story if it\u2019s going to help Priest win matches and give the bad guys their comeuppance. What we\u2019ve seen thus far is backwards psychology that\u2019s already been ineffective in helping elevate Priest higher than he was.<\/p>\n<p>-Eric Bischoff\u2019s \u201cit\u2019s great to be back in a WWE ring\u201d line wasn\u2019t an accident. Zing! Look out Tony Khan.<\/p>\n<p>-Edge is doing mud baths now instead of blood baths, huh? I kid. The wedding segment was what it was and less over the top than what we usually get from WWE during this type of thing. Edge coming out was obvious, but the only way things could have gone. Miz and Edge have built a nice little program, but it\u2019s certainly time to wrap things up and move on.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/12\/27\/12-27-wwe-monday-night-raw-report-hazelwoods-live-alt-perspective-on-last-raw-of-2021-final-day-1-build-styles-vs-omos-orton-vs-otis-balor-vs-theory-more\/\">12\/27 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW REPORT: Hazelwood\u2019s live alt-perspective on last Raw of 2021, final Day 1 build, Styles vs. Omos, Orton vs. Otis, Balor vs. Theory, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3972417129\"><div id=\"pwtor-902673696\"><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. 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