Meg's Weekly 5 (11-9-2020)

Author:
Megan Chibba
Publish date:
Nov 15, 2020

Just one week out from Survivor Series and I don't feel the usual buzz around it like I usually do. I feel like WWE have put minimal effort into this PPV and it's coming too soon. The Smackdown teams are still not full and we are 7 days away from the PPV. I will further discuss this in my top 5 so let's get to it.

5 Worst Moments

I am really confused about what is going on with the two titles. It's really unfortunate that Escobar cannot come to the UK and Jordan Devlin cannot go to the states right now. It is weird having two champions and I hope that we can eventually decide who is the real champion. We definitely can't have two of the same champion. I hope when things go back to normal again we can have another World's Collide PPV.

I'm sure you must think I love repeating myself at this point, but I really don't. Every week I have the same issues with Raw, and it's so frustrating. I could probably copy and paste my article every week when it comes to the 24/7 title. I get that Raw is a 3 hour show and that's a long time to fill but there's so many superstars on the roster that are working so hard for TV time and they waste it with the 24/7 title. It only benefits R-Truth so just let him keep it as his gimmick and move on from this madness. They split up Heavy machinery for this...

I was really excited to see Chelsea Green join the Smackdown roster, it was quite exciting. Unfortunately Green suffered a broken arm about 20 seconds into the match and now will be out for an unknown period of time. I have another big problem with this segment. What is happening with Natalya? As someone who grew up watching Natalya and has been a fan of her throughout her entire career, this recent character is uncomfortable to watch. The whole BOAT persona is really embarrassing. I would agree that Natalya is one of the best but this is ridiculous. On Smackdown this week she was acting like a child. Instead of Natalya Neidhart former women's champion, future hall of famer and pioneer of women's wrestling, I saw a spoilt child whining because they didn't get what they wanted. I don't understand why this is the direction that they have to go in to give her screen time.

I'm not sure when the women's division became like this. Over night we went from having all women's PPVs, women main eventing PPVs and the women's division stealing the show, to getting excited that Lana is going through a table for the 8th week in a row. With the absence of Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair the Raw women's division has seemed to crumble. Recently, Lana has been getting more screen time than the Raw women's champion. I have to give a lot of credit to Lana, although I am not a fan, she has been doing really well recently and her chemistry with the announce desk is unmatched. Jokes aside Lana, Shayna and Nia have been carrying the women's division recently and I hope after Survivor series that the women can start having really good storylines and Asuka will get a main event worthy feud.

5. Cruiserweight Title

I am really confused about what is going on with the two titles. It's really unfortunate that Escobar cannot come to the UK and Jordan Devlin cannot go to the states right now. It is weird having two champions and I hope that we can eventually decide who is the real champion. We definitely can't have two of the same champion. I hope when things go back to normal again we can have another World's Collide PPV.

5 Best Moments

It's been a while since I've seen Titus O'Neil in this setting. I really enjoyed watching him stand up for himself on Raw. Even though he didn't win the match, it was pretty cool of him to try. I loved when MVP referenced the 'Titus world slide' incident. That will always live in the front of my memory, it will never not make me laugh. Even though it was only a short match it was really nice seeing Titus. The Hurt Business have been giving us some really great segments recently and this week was no different. Bobby Lashley is a great US champion.  '

Retribution picked up a win. Granted it was only Mustafa Ali but it was a win thanks to the group. Ricochet was distracted by the rest of the group and allowed Ali to pick up the victory using a new submission finisher, the koji clutch. Ali is an amazing high-flyer but I love that he has added a submission to his move set. This match was really pleasing to watch, not only are both these superstars amazing separately in the ring but they also have great chemistry together. I loved the contrasting gear colours with Ali in black with small white patterns and Ricochet in white with small black patterns. I think it was really cool considering Ali used to be about chasing the light, for me it symbolised him leaving the old version of himself behind.

Johnny thought it would be funny to rig the wheel to land on Leon Ruff as he thought it would be an easy victory. He was definitely wrong. It didn't end up the way he thought it would. Leon Ruff with the upset of the century becoming the new North American champion. I think the funniest part was Priest's reactions. I loved that the championship fell straight off his waist. The photo with HHH was so funny "that's why we don't call it a belt". This is probably the best point photo. This is great for Ruff he is so amazing and I'm super happy for him.

I don't really know what to call this. I'm not even sure what really happened. A red light filled the Capitol Wrestling Centre. A virtual dragon went through all the screens, Boa looked terrified and dropped to his knees apologising as a man walked down the ramp and drew a symbol on his hand and gave him a letter. Boa retweeted a video of the segment, saying 'ShiFu' which means master and symbolises a teacher-student type of relationship. I'm excited to see where this goes it really captured my attention.

Finally something that resembles the Survivor Series we know, I was really excited when I heard Drew's music hit. There was so many good things to come from this. We got to see Drew twice in one week which is always awesome, who doesn't love McIntyre? This was the first time this month where it really felt like Survivor Series, I hope we can have more moments like this next week to really hype up this PPV. This could also be an indication that Drew is really going to win his title back on Monday. I think that might be the best decision that creative has made all year. It was great to shake up Raw changing the champion but Drew is the champion we all deserve. I hope that Drew does win the title back and then Roman comes to Raw. I think that Drew vs Roman will be better than Randy vs Roman however both matches have good potential. I guess we will find out tomorrow night.

5. Titus O'Neil

It's been a while since I've seen Titus O'Neil in this setting. I really enjoyed watching him stand up for himself on Raw. Even though he didn't win the match, it was pretty cool of him to try. I loved when MVP referenced the 'Titus world slide' incident. That will always live in the front of my memory, it will never not make me laugh. Even though it was only a short match it was really nice seeing Titus. The Hurt Business have been giving us some really great segments recently and this week was no different. Bobby Lashley is a great US champion.