{"id":151875,"date":"2023-01-03T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=151875"},"modified":"2023-01-03T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:25:47","slug":"wwe-raw-receipt-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/01\/03\/wwe-raw-receipt-24\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S WWE RAW RECEIPT 1\/2: First Raw of the year swings and connects for a base hit, nothing more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-528669588\" 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\/2023\/01\/03\/two-former-champions-reportedly-set-to-support-sasha-banks-in-japan\/\">episode of WWE Raw<\/a> has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness.<\/p>\n<p>-I give WWE an &#8220;A&#8221; for effort on the opening this week, but something about these Bloodline attacks aren&#8217;t doing it for me. They don&#8217;t seem menacing enough out there executing them and I think that dilutes the impact a great deal. Also, this wasn&#8217;t a great follow-up for Sami Zayn losing Friday&#8217;s Smackdown match to Owens and Cena. There needed to be big time story and narrative and WWE missed the mark on it Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>-Man, Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss was a tough watch. Everything was disconnected, sloppy, and too ambitious as it turned out given the faulty execution. Just not a good match and another week of Bianca Belair looking less than strong as the Raw Women&#8217;s Champion.<\/p>\n<p>-Alexa Bliss heading back with Bray Wyatt or even being manipulated by Wyatt at this point just seems out of touch. It&#8217;s like an 80s band trying to relive the glory days on stage and it just not working for whatever reason. Bliss and Wyatt had their time and it just doesn&#8217;t seem like the audience is interested in a reunion at this point.<\/p>\n<p>-Why is the hell is Solo Sikoa selling that much for Elias? It&#8217;s freaking Elias for crying out loud. What are we doing here?<\/p>\n<p>-A decent six-man tag between The Bloodline and the team of The Street Profits and Kevin Owens. Pretty much a setup for the Friday tag team title match, though.<\/p>\n<p>-Dexter Lumis without Miz is even less interesting than Dexter Lumis with Miz was. That&#8217;s hard to believe, right? The Lumis character is an interesting one, but the audience isn&#8217;t connecting with it. He needs to communicate, like most wrestlers, and the inability to do that because of the act itself is limiting the investment he can get.<\/p>\n<p>-Really good video package for Cody Rhodes. I have to imagine that this episodic look at his story will lead to an announcement for his return at the Royal Rumble at the end of the month.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1365191297\" 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>-Becky Lynch skewered Bayley on the microphone. Lynch is levels higher than Bayley right now and it shows.<\/p>\n<p>-It felt like WWE, oddly enough, went out of their way to put over the women&#8217;s tag champions this week. Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky got a good amount of offense in on Lynch and secured the victory, too. I hope this is the beginning of respecting more tag teams in this way due to their craft being working with a partner in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>-Dominik doing hard time?! Yes, I&#8217;m behind this. Dominik played that segment perfectly and it&#8217;s right on par with what that character would do, how he would act, and how he would present himself coming out of being in jail. WWE has done a really nice job with the Rey and Dominik stuff and if they stay the course, it should be hot enough to be on WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>-Just an excellent main event between Austin Theory and Seth Rollins for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a> United States Championship. The near falls were believable, unique, and had the audience on the edge of their seats. Theory can work and getting the win via a low blow is the exact kind of booking that he needs to stay a heel. Rollins was great in the match itself, but his character is still just a damn song. As a babyface, I&#8217;d like to see him show some depth even while the song is central to him being over.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> 1\/2 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW RESULTS: Keller\u2019s report on Seth Rollins vs. Austin Theory, Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3761151031\"><div id=\"pwtor-1733824110\"><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 Raw has wrapped. 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