-Glad to see Penta and Je’Von Evans get a big-star presentation to start the show this week as new tag team champions. Both guys have had momentum throughout the last few months and a little polish like top-tier presentation matters. Here’s hoping we get a long run with these two as friends and teammates.
Nice try
-On one hand, WWE deserves some applause for going with Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker in a surprise fashion. On the other, you just don’t need to do the match if an interference is the booking crutch you’re going to lean on for a finish. Based on what happened at Crown Jewel, it made sense for Breakker to want to get his hands on Femi as soon as possible. The issue is, why waste a Femi vs. Breakker one on one tease when there obviously wasn’t any real plan to put a guy over. That’s happened twice now with these two. A non-finish this week and the same thing at WWE Sunday Night’s Main Event a handful of weeks ago. If you don’t want to have to book the match, then don’t book it. This middle ground hurts not only the aura of the Breakker vs. Femi feud, but it gives fans a reason not to trust what WWE puts on television. It’s safe to say we are in for a Vision vs. Femi, Penta, and Evans six-man tag. Again, they can’t be using massive singles matches like Breakker vs. Femi ahead of six-man tags. That order needs to be reversed.
-Ummmm … I told ya! How about that night for Ethan Page as new WWE Men’s Intercontinental Champion. Like Evans and Penta, he got a star presentation with the models on his arms. He delivered with that presentation behind him when he cut a wonderful championship victory promo in the middle of the ring. Page is the right guy to anchor this part of the Raw card. Now, get the babyfaces lined up for him and go.
-Speaking of lined up — this week we got the parade of challengers segment for Page. One by one, challengers walked out and pleaded their case for a title match. This happens a lot in WWE and it deservedly yields groans from fans. In this instance, I’ll let it slide. It felt like WWE was trying to showcase the men’s IC title division with this promo and the style of the parade directly told fans who was involved.
-As for Rey Fenix winning a triple threat to become number one contender for Page — it sounds good to me. Fenix is an over enough babyface that Page can beat and beat definitively.
The Royce Keys level-up
-Royce Keys was on one this week. I want one of whatever he had! The promo while sitting in the chair after 946 took out Fenix, Gable, and Big Cass was next level. The fluctuation in his voice and the attitude oozed charisma. Each and every week Keys proves he should be in future WWE plans for Raw. More on him in a minute …
-The Team USA vs. Team Mexico traditional Survivor Series tag team match is already one the best built matches on the Survivor Series PLE card. It’s going to have star power. Major star power and that’s important. When the Survivor Series traditional tag matches were running on fumes, they’d be stocked up with stars nobody cared all that much about. The result? Fans stopped caring about the match. With Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, and now a side story about Penta and Je’Von Evans involved in this, they are going to have a lot to focus on and tell stories with it. The match is smart addition to the event.
-Bayley got a solid win in a nice little match with Michin. We know where this cross-faction feud in the women’s division is going. WarGames. That’s the play here, so everything that happens in the rivalry will be judged through that specific lens.
-Becky Lynch is back on Raw. Lynch was the surprise partner for Iyo Sky in a tag match this week against The Judgment Day and I have to admit, I was worried. I had “can they co-exist” PTSD. That’s the story I thought was coming. Could Lynch and Sky get along and would they cross one another on accident. Luckily, that silliness was left in the writers room. The tag match had some heat and the babyfaces went over strong, which led to … ?
-Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan for the WWE Women’s World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series. Lynch called Morgan out for the match and then later in the show, Adam Pearce made it official. It’s not a fresh match, but it’s the right match to go with at this time. Lynch and Morgan have feuded on and off for a lot of 2026 to this point. The program was still without a proper conclusion and this match should bring one.
Bloodline. 946. WarGames.
-Well, everyone knew the 946 vs. Bloodline feud was heading toward WarGames, but the reveal was still dramatic and featured an angle worthy of the feud to this point. Jacob Fatu returning on the same night as the challenge was made for WarGames was smart and effective. It gave the moment a little extra gravity and allowed for the babyfaces — The Bloodline — to get a brief moment of comeuppance. Roman Reigns and the entire Bloodline were likable and 946 did their jobs as heels to run away when the going got tough, after talking tough themselves. This was the proper crescendo for the feud to have. Nothing felt forced.
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The WarGames match feels earned. The closing angle with Jacob's return was very well done. I hope some AAA talent get added to the traditional SS tag. It would be a good spot for a Jack Cartwheel or Mini Vikingo on either team.
Becky Lynch gotta end this Judgment Day nightmare in Houston.