This Week In Pro Wrestling: Long Live Scott Hall, Seth Rollins fights his bestie, Keith Lee's big moment
Hey yo! This was another dope past week in WWE and AEW. Even with the madness that is the NCAA basketball tournament, professional wrestling had some of their best work yet this week. Let’s start with WWE.
A Raw night to remember….
Last Monday Night Raw started the night right. Paying tribute to the ‘Bad Guy’ Razor Ramon, Scott Hall. One of the greatest characters ever created. ‘Bad times don’t last, but Bad Guys do!’
Kevin Owens opened the show still antagonizing the Texas Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin. KO found his way to Mania, but in doing so, he left his best friend Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins scrambling to figure out how he was going to end up in the show of shows. Then hit the cameraman with a Stunner. Message sent, now we wait to see how Stone Cold will respond.
There is also another story developing I haven’t given the proper respect to. Damian Priest and Finn Balor has turned out to be pretty good. Damian Priest has tapped into his inner heel as he keeps pursuing Balor to get his United States Championship back. They collided again on Monday. To add some fuel to the fire, Austin Theory even poked his head in. Just his presence alone was enough to distract Balor giving Priest the opening to pin the US Champ and essentially put him as the number 1 contender. I wonder how this develops and if we have the Damian side of Priest, do we get the Demon King to respond?
Becky Lynch sent a message to her challenger Bianca Belair. Bianca had an amazing match with Dudrop and hit her with the K.O.D. The Raw Women’s Champ struck. Cobra Kai style, Becky struck HARD! So much so, she may have just jeopardized Bianca’s opportunity at Mania due to injury in her throat.
RK-Bro may have found their opponents for Mania, because the Street Profits are UP! AND THEY WANT THE SMOKE! Riddle had a match with Montez Ford and it was savagely interrupted by the Alpha Academy. They left both tag teams beaten and broken. This may be the way ahead for the Raw Tag Champs. Let’s see how this develops. Randy Orton won’t take this lightly as the Viper is always ready to strike with or without warning.
Seth Rollins, still in his funk had an idea. He wanted to use KO’s idea and spin it in his favor. Sonya Deville thought it was a great idea as well. KO and Seth squared off in the main event with the winner hosting their show at Mania. What a match it was. They tore it down. We as fans got the best from Seth and KO, with KO getting the victory. Leaving Seth to wonder how he will have something to do in Dallas. I mean, is Cody Rhodes an option? Or could we see a former Shield member return? Makes you wonder.
Time to layeth The Smackdown….
Raw was good, but everything WWE related revolves around Smackdown. Roman Reigns opened the show, and the drip was FIRE. Operating on G.O.D Mode, Roman gave his promo and then it happened. Special Counsel Paul Heyman informed Roman, Brock Lesnar was on his way only to see Brock driving a forklift into his truck. A super dope stunt! After destroying the Tribal Chief’s truck, the Bloodline found another way out in another truck only for Brock to tear the door off as they sped away.
Update on Big E. He’s walking around apparently just being bored according to his social media feeds. Just waiting for the rehab work to start so we can see our guy back in the ring soon.
It’s all about All Elite Wrestling, too…
AEW came in HOT on Wednesday night. One of their best shows this year. Adam Cole and reDRagon took on Hangman Page and the AEW Tag Champs Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy. Adam Cole picked up the pin on Jungle Boy after a ridiculously hard fought match. This match just pushed along the storyline between Hangman and Cole. These two are far from done.
The Jericho Appreciation Society. That is all really need be said about this segment from the GOAT. He is not a professional wrestler. He and his stable are sports entertainers. Trigger those marks Jericho. Such a great segment. They are making their mark going after Eddie Kingston and Ortiz/Santana. Can’t wait to see the response.
AND NEWWWWW!!!! Thunder Rosa took down Brit Baker, D.M.D in a match of the year candidate. It was hard hitting, bloody, violent, and AWESOME! These two women have been on this course for almost a year, and this was the only way to end their story. Locked in a cage, 1v1. Thunder Rosa won clean. Now what is next for Brit Baker? This isn’t the end, but she’s got a journey ahead of her.
Who could forget Wardlow/MJF? MJF didn’t forget how Wardlow contributed to his loss to CM Punk. MJF and the Chairman Shawn Spears cost the Face of the Revolution his opportunity to collect his first title in AEW. This won’t go unpunished by the man who has the Power bomb Symphony. The big man has got to be seeing red. How does he get back at the man who had him under contract as support?
Unleash the Rampage…
Keith Lee had a big moment on Rampage. His build is coming along great as he and the Max Caster crushed had a great match, only for Lee to pick up the victory. Ricky Starks and Powerhouse Hobbs stuck their noses in to jump the Limitless one. Here’s where things got interesting. Swerve showed up to help Keith Lee. They shook hands. This could mean Lee has back up with it comes to Taz’s crew. Where we go from here could be something special. Let the excitement begin.
What a great week for pro wrestling. We are in the thick of everything, from the Road to Wrestlemania, and mix in the excitement of March Madness. If I missed anything drop it in the comments and we can definitely talk more about this week. Or feel free to hit me up on social media: Twitter: @zero2hero or IG: Rproctor23. See you all next time!
