{"id":217427,"date":"2026-06-02T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=217427"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T03:36:08","slug":"wwe-raw-hits-misses-6-1-acknowledging-ceremony-with-reigns-vs-fatu-oba-vs-carmelo-vs-penta-vs-solo-sky-vs-giulia-vs-perez-vs-legend-rollins-vs-breakker-dupri-austin-story-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/06\/02\/wwe-raw-hits-misses-6-1-acknowledging-ceremony-with-reigns-vs-fatu-oba-vs-carmelo-vs-penta-vs-solo-sky-vs-giulia-vs-perez-vs-legend-rollins-vs-breakker-dupri-austin-story-more\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW HITS &#038; MISSES (6\/1): Acknowledging Ceremony with Reigns vs. Fatu, Oba vs. Carmelo vs. Penta vs. Solo, Sky vs. Giulia vs. Perez vs. Legend, Rollins vs. Breakker, Dupri-Austin story, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3075243431\" 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><b>Acknowledging Ceremony &#8211; MISS:<\/b> While Tribal Combat between Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu was a good PLE main event at Clash in Italy, I was only interested in it from the standpoint of the World Championship. I felt that Fatu winning would set up far more intriguing possibilities, whereas Reigns winning would set up more of the same. Unfortunately, we got the later. I don\u2019t like WWE announcers using terms like &#8220;neutered&#8221; to describe a potential top star like Fatu. Having him be subservient to Reigns isn\u2019t good. Yeah, there are some slightly interesting family dynamics with the Usos and their unique views on the situation, but I\u2019m not interested much at all in what\u2019s going on with the main event program on Raw, which is likely going to spill over to Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p><b>Femi vs. Hayes vs. Penta vs. Sikoa &#8211; HIT:<\/b> I\u2019m not a fan of having the first rounds of the King and Queen tournaments as fatal four ways. But, we got two good fatal four ways on this Raw to start off the tournaments. This first one for the men was built around Oba Femi and his attempt to get back on track after his loss to Brock Lesnar as the PLE the night before. I liked how the other three jumped Femi to start the match, only to have him easily fight them off to finish his ring entrance. The match was well built around these attempts which were more or less successful to get Femi out of the match and turn it into a triple threat. Carmelo Hayes, Penta, and Solo Sikoa were good in the match as well, with chances to shine. In the end, the right guy won with Femi overcoming the odds. His strong promo afterwards in addressing Lesnar was a great way to put a stamp on the situation, and show that he hasn\u2019t lost any momentum after that loss.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lee &amp; Mysterio vs. Page &amp; Rusev &#8211; HIT:<\/b> This was a good tag match which was nicely set up on last week\u2019s show. It continued the story of the dynamic between Ethan Page and Rusev. Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee have good chemistry and history together, and the announcers were able to talk about the difference in the relationships between the two teams. The wrestling action was good throughout with the babyface team getting the crowd pleasing win.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Raw: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wwe-raw-post-show-6-1-keller-barbati-talk-reigns-fatu-usos-dynamic-king-of-the-ring-oba-s-trajectory-sol-ruca-more--72286955\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade Keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE RAW POST-SHOW (6\/1): Keller &amp; Barbati talk Reigns-Fatu-Usos dynamic, King of the Ring, Oba's trajectory, Sol Ruca, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=72286955&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Sky vs. Giulia vs. Perez vs. Legend &#8211; HIT:<\/b> As I said above, we got two good fatal four way matches. The women\u2019s version wasn\u2019t quite as good as the men\u2019s, but it was still a good match. Iyo Sky seemed like the most likely winner (like Femi in the first one), so there wasn\u2019t much in terms of a surprise here, but that\u2019s ok. It was fun to watch, and set up a nice moment later in the show with Roxanne Perez getting annoyed at Liv Morgan who wasn\u2019t convincing in pretending to be concerned over her losing the match. It will be interesting to see what\u2019s next for this group.<\/p>\n<p><b>Maxxine Dupri &#8211; MISS:<\/b> I\u2019m not interested in seeing Maxxine Dupri as part of The Vision. I don\u2019t want to see her doing anything if I\u2019m being honest unless she actually learns to act or wrestle which she hasn\u2019t yet.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rollins vs. Breakker &#8211; HIT:<\/b> The Raw main event was very good which isn\u2019t surprising. The feud between Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker has continued to grow despite more injuries to members of The Vision. 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