Meg's Weekly 5 (04-19-2021)

Author:: Megan Chibba
Publish date:: Apr 25, 2021

Happy Sunday! We made it through another week of wrestling, some good some bad. This week was overall pretty average in my opinion with lots of room for improvement. Let's get straight into my top 5.

5 Worst Moments

When Elias was doing a performance he was interrupted by Kofi and Woods, they both tried to wind him up as most people do. Kofi took on Elias in an average match, Elias is a good wrestler but his character is a bit boring. It's been the same for a long time and nothing ever really happens I feel like there is something missing to make him interesting. He is better as a heel but I just think most people don't care enough to hate him. I was very surprised that Elias beat Kofi and I'm not sure I liked that. It definitely was a big win for Elias but it wasn't good for Kingston. I don't like the pairing of Elias and Ryker but now the Viking Raiders are back we should be really trying to build the division and more teams are definitely better. This just isn't a part of Raw I look forward to and it was a bit boring.

I've been saying for a very long time that WWE needs to put more attention on the tag team division and try to build it better. I can definitely see that they're trying but the problem is it isn't really working. This could be just me but I am not feeling any of the current teams and the matches are getting very repetitive. Things were going well with the Street Profits being on top but I don't have much interest in Roode and Ziggler as a team. I feel like the Mysterio's being the first father and son team should be bigger but none of this feels important or impactful. It seems like they're just throwing together matches just for the sake of it. There really isn't a direction for these teams and it is disappointing. There is just something missing. I understand on both Raw and Smackdown with a small number of teams it is very hard to build a really good division.

This wasn't the worst match since Shayna and Nia have been champions but in terms of everything this week it wasn't great. As much as I love Shayna being a champion this is all stale. Nia and Tamina had a match before Wrestlemania and I don't want to watch constant repeated matches. The champions are involved in 3 feuds at one time and they're all boring. We need new champions so that we can watch new and exciting matches every week. Naomi and Lana pinned Shayna on Monday now Tamina pinned Nia on Friday so they should be in line for a title shot soon. Everything has just become so boring and we need a change. It wouldn't be as bad if the matches were a decent length and entertaining.

Unsurprisingly Baszler and Jax lost to Naomi and Lana in a very short match. Nia Jax decided to leave Baszler alone and follow Mandy and Dana to the back which caused Shayna to lose the match. I feel like no one can take the tag division seriously when these things happen since it takes away from the action in the ring. I want to see legitimate wrestling like we used to get from Baszler in NXT. I don't know what this is but it's awful. This whole storyline is to detract from the fact Mandy slipped at Wrestlemania and make it about Jax but it wasn't a big deal, they didn't need to drag it on this much and Nia's fake falling over is really sad. I've begun to notice more people expressing frustration during matches including Baszler since she keeps losing very quickly and in unrealistic ways, Shayna being pinned after a face plant makes no sense after her career in WWE. They're booking her very badly at the moment.

In an attempt to build tension before their main event match Charlotte and Asuka had a promo battle. It wasn't going badly until Charlotte was incredibly disrespectful and rude to Asuka. I think she took things too far. Charlotte had a great promo last week but this was terrible. When Asuka's music hit I thought it was going to get better, however, I was wrong. I understand Charlotte is a heel and she has to be rude but this was completely disrespectful to an non-native English speaker. It began with how she slowed her speech and spoke down to Asuka and then told her to shut up because she couldn't understand her. Asuka cut her off and said Tonight I'll beat you, b***h'. Charlotte was out of order and I'm glad Asuka shut her up and beat her in the match.

5. Kofi Vs Elias

When Elias was doing a performance he was interrupted by Kofi and Woods, they both tried to wind him up as most people do. Kofi took on Elias in an average match, Elias is a good wrestler but his character is a bit boring. It's been the same for a long time and nothing ever really happens I feel like there is something missing to make him interesting. He is better as a heel but I just think most people don't care enough to hate him. I was very surprised that Elias beat Kofi and I'm not sure I liked that. It definitely was a big win for Elias but it wasn't good for Kingston. I don't like the pairing of Elias and Ryker but now the Viking Raiders are back we should be really trying to build the division and more teams are definitely better. This just isn't a part of Raw I look forward to and it was a bit boring.

5 Best Moments

The Way have been absolutely killing it on NXT recently. They're always the highlight of the night, especially Indi with Lumis. I have been cracking up every week. It's unfortunate that Candice had to be beaten up but they did get a title shot and Hartwell got to see Lumis. I'm definitely team InDex and I can't wait to see the girls challenge for the titles. This is much better than the love angles that were tried on Raw and Smackdown over the past few years. I hope they don't take things too far but keep it going like this. I trust NXT with this storyline that they won't take it too far so that it impacts the quality of the in-ring action.

Black returned on Smackdown in a vignette to tell a story. He read from a book called 'Tales of the Dark Father' the first chapter was titled 'The Dragon'. It seems like this won't be the last chapter he reads, I would expect more to come in the following weeks. I am really excited to see him back as it has been a long while since we have seen him. Smackdown definitely is the right place for him as there's so many opportunities for great matches although he has fought a lot of the roster already. I definitely need to see more of these videos to exactly understand what is going on and if he has made any big changes to his character, currently he doesn't seem any different. This is really exciting and I can't wait to see him back in the ring.

After Nia Jax left Shayna and cost them the match Shayna went backstage to tell Nia ' she better start paying attention, or else'. Nia seemed confused as to what Shayna meant by 'or else' but I think it was very clear. I am hoping this is the beginning of the end of this partnership and both women will be back as solo competitors very soon. I think most people are ready for the split, they have had a great time as champions but they've faced everyone so I think it is the perfect time to have new champions. I think Wrestlemania would have been better but we can't change the past now, we need to focus on the future of the women's division and this is becoming unwatchable.

Finally T-Bar and Mace got their masks taken off courtesy of Braun Strowman and Drew McIntyre. I know many people will join me in wishing they stay off. As of right now I believe they still have their Retribution names but who knows maybe Dominik Dijakovic and Dio Maddin will return one day. This was definitely a step in the right direction. For me this was one of the highlights of the show as long as they don't go back on themselves next week.

The match between Cesaro, Daniel Bryan, Jey Uso and Seth Rollins was amazing. Cesaro and Bryan are two of the best wrestlers in the world so I definitely loved seeing them team together, I also quite enjoyed watching Seth and Jey working together, it was nice to have that small connection between Seth and Roman. Cesaro was just a beast and Bryan was on fire and was able to pick up the win. My favourite part was Bryan sitting on the top rope calling out Reigns whilst Cesaro swung Jey around. Bryan eventually got the challenge but not in the way he wanted. The condition is if Bryan loses Roman never wants to see his face again. It has been made clear Bryan wouldn't be a full time wrestler for much longer so I guess this is the way to write him out. It is a good way to do it since it'll really help build Roman when he forces a future hall of famer into retirement.

5. Indi Leaves Candice

The Way have been absolutely killing it on NXT recently. They're always the highlight of the night, especially Indi with Lumis. I have been cracking up every week. It's unfortunate that Candice had to be beaten up but they did get a title shot and Hartwell got to see Lumis. I'm definitely team InDex and I can't wait to see the girls challenge for the titles. This is much better than the love angles that were tried on Raw and Smackdown over the past few years. I hope they don't take things too far but keep it going like this. I trust NXT with this storyline that they won't take it too far so that it impacts the quality of the in-ring action.