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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw: Who won this week? June 11, 2018

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5 years ago

June 13, 2018

The Good

For Raw, the fatal four way between the women competitors for the Money in the Bank ladder match was a really good match. It featured Ember Moon, Natalya, Alexa Bliss, and Sasha Banks with Natalya ending up the winner. The match was fast paced and had a lot of close pinfalls and every women got the chance to show what they got. Overall, this was a great opening match for the show and it helped build up the women’s ladder match from the Raw point of view.

For Smackdown, they had two “first time ever” matches on their show this week and both matches were great. Shinsuke Nakamura faced off against Jeff Hardy and Samoa Joe fought Rusev. Joe and Rusev had the Miz as a special guest referee which put an entertaining twist on the match, and it had a surprising result as Rusev won. On the other match, Nakamura and Hardy put on a good back and forth match only for Nakamura to DQ himself by hitting Hardy with a low blow (Nakamura is a great bad guy so I was expecting that). Both of these matches helped build Smackdown’s biggest matches for the PPV.

The Bad

For Raw, we saw the B team face off against Heath Slater and Rhyno for what feels like the 100^th time. I understand trying to build up the B Team as they get ready for their tag team championship match, but facing off against the same team week after week won’t help that build.

For Smackdown, remember when they said that they would have Andrade Almas face off against Sin Cara this week? Well, that didn’t happen. It is very frustrating as a viewer when you are promised something is going to happen and then it doesn’t happen. They didn’t even announce that the match was pushed back either, they just didn’t have it.

The Final Verdict

Both shows did a pretty good job of putting on proper buildup on the go home show before Money in the Bank. Both shows built up their title programs as well as the Money in the Bank ladder matches. Raw had a much better main event than Smackdown though as they had a fatal four way with the men in the ladders match while Smackdown basically put all their women competitors in a 10-women tag match. With that said, I will have to say that Raw had the better show this week. The segments that they had for the PPV flowed better than the promos on Smackdown. Along with that, the matches they had to build up their matches made more sense. While Smackdown did have some dream matches that were great to watch, they need to have proper buildup for these matches in the future so that they have a bigger feel to them. Money in the Bank is turning out to look like a great PPV and hopefully it follows through as a good show!

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Mia Yim Returns to WWE: “I’m Ready to get My Retribution”

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1 year ago

November 8, 2022

Anthony DiMoro

Mia Yim made her return to WWE during Monday Night RAW following her release from the company back on November 4th, 2021, during a segment between The O.C. and The Judgment Day, by attacking Rhea Ripley.

AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson had been looking for some help as they battle with the faction, and Ripley has been a factor in their battles. Now, Yim joins them to help neutralize Ripley.

Yim commented on her return during a backstage interview, and made reference to the former Retribution stable that spelled the end for many promising runs.

“Oh my gosh, it feels so good to be back. It took me a year to try and find myself but now I’m ready. I’m ready to go. I’m ready to kick some ass and get my retribution. But the boys are waiting on me so I’ll see ya later.”

EXCLUSIVE: @MiaYim is ready to get some retribution in WWE once again!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/qTJnvjA0Xg

— WWE (@WWE) November 8, 2022

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WWE Announces Women’s Tag Team Title Tournament

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1 year ago

August 6, 2022

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Following the walkout of Sasha Banks and Naomi, who were at the time the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, details have been mum on what would go on with the vacated titles, but now there finally are some details to share.

With rumors that both Banks and Naomi will be returning to the company with Vince McMahon now in charge, the Women’s Tag Team titles are now back in the spotlight after going off the radar at the time of Banks’ and Naomi’s departures.

WWE has officially announced a new tournament to crown new Women’s Tag Team Champions that will finally begin on Raw this upcoming Monday.

While it seems to lineup the returns of Banks and Naomi, no official word has surfaced as of yet.

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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw: Who won this week? May 7, 2019

Published

5 years ago

May 13, 2019

Mike Moffat

The Good

For Raw, the main event between Kofi Kingston and Daniel Bryan in a Wrestlemania rematch was a good way to end their show. With this new “Wildcard Rule” being introduced at the beginning of Raw, this led to two Smackdown superstars main eventing a Raw show. While we will look into the “Wildcard Rule” later, the match between these two was back and forth and ended with Kingston retaining his championship. Kofi has all the momentum going into the Money in the Bank PPV, which is great considering he is the WWE Champion.

For Smackdown, after the Hardy Boyz had to forfeit their tag team championships due to injury, the match to determine the new champions was great. After Shane McMahon originally was going to give the titles to Daniel Bryan and Rowan, the Usos interrupted and stated that they should at least get the opportunity to earn them. Daniel Bryan and Rowan ended up winning, which is a positive sight moving forward because it will bring more attention to the division with these two as champions.

The Bad

For Raw, even though things were good for the Usos on Smackdown, they were really bad on Raw. They came out during the Revival’s match and told them that they put Icey Hot on their ring attire. This led to bad acting and just an attempt at humor, which didn’t go well.

For Smackdown, while the Aleister Black promos have been good so far, they are starting to over welcome their stay. This has been going on for about a month, so hopefully we see him in the ring before he loses all momentum.

The Final Verdict

Both brands had interesting shows this week because this new “Wildcard Rule” was introduced. This “Wildcard Rule” means that four superstars from Raw will be on Smackdown and four Smackdown superstars will be on Raw every week. This idea does seem like a bad one though because it will take time away from superstars in their respective brand. Along with that, this is right after the Superstar Shakeup, which now feels completely pointless. As to who had the better show this week though, Smackdown had better matches and was still able to help put good build towards Money in the Bank. In conclusion, Money in the Bank is still about two weeks away, but proper time has been put into it and all the matches gain momentum in build week by week.