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00:00You know what? I'm done with WWE.

00:02The Rock didn't show up at all for WrestleMania.

00:05I'm just not going to watch anymore.

00:08Randy Orton is John Cena's first WWE title program.

00:11Well, that's not going to work on me, WWE.

00:14I lived through the never-ending Orton vs. Cena years.

00:16That's not going to bring me back.

00:18Becky Lynch immediately loses title and turns heel.

00:22Well, you've rushed that, haven't you?

00:23You've rushed that at the expense of Bayley,

00:25and it's just coming off as desperate from all the Becky Hogan criticism.

00:28J.D. McDonough returns to save Dominic Mysterio.

00:32Well, I mean, that's good he's recovered.

00:34Sami Zayn teases turning heel on Jey Uso.

00:38What? That's pretty interesting.

00:40Rusev is back. I remember him.

00:43And Brom Breaker is the newest Paul Heyman guy

00:46in a new top heel faction with Seth Rollins.

00:50Yes, that is amazing. Brom Breaker is one of my fa-

00:53Wait, no, no, no!

00:54You're trying to trick me into forgetting that The Rock didn't show up at WrestleMania.

00:58Honestly, Levesque, I don't think you understand how damaging that was.

01:03Cena's heel turn wasn't just built on Cena turning heel.

01:06It's inciting incident was joining forces with The Heel Rock.

01:10That's decades of backstory feeding into that relationship,

01:14which is what made it so incredibly great.

01:17Two of the biggest stars in wrestling history together as an unstoppable evil force.

01:23We did not get on board with this to see Travis Scott.

01:27You can try whatever you want, Hunter,

01:29but we are done.

01:39And Gooford choked out Pat McAfee.

01:42Son of a bitch, I'm back in.

01:43I'm Oli Davis, and this is my review of the Raw After Mania episode of Monday Night Raw.

01:48Did I say that right?

01:49Part of John Cena's TV entrance now seems to include several seconds of expectation before

01:57the music hits.

01:58It's a great example of what Cena's heel presentation is all about.

02:02Doing more with less.

02:04Like his brilliantly playing Titan Tron video,

02:06which he's keeping as just his name in white letters on a black background.

02:10Even his nameplay graphic was boring.

02:12After getting the ring announcer to redo his introduction,

02:14as the first one was disrespectful,

02:16continuing the trolling personality he set up in his post-Mania interview,

02:20he opened with the line,

02:21winners, right, history,

02:24before criticizing the crowd for cheering him now after they booed him on Friday.

02:28This is not a functional relationship.

02:31And he roasted the Raw After Mania crowd for going soft.

02:34It's spelled SWAFT.

02:36But ultimately, the fans don't mean anything to him.

02:39The only thing that matters right now is the number 36,

02:44which appeared in that same plain white font on the Tron's black screen.

02:48That is how many dates he said he had at the start of the year.

02:53And time goes quicker than you think.

02:56He's done the Rumble.

02:57He's done the Chamber.

02:58He did the European Tour.

03:00He did two nights of WrestleMania.

03:02He's here right now.

03:03And with every date he said he'd done,

03:05the number on the screen counted down by one.

03:09Leaving 27 dates left before,

03:13in Cena's words,

03:15the professional wrestling timeline stops.

03:19It's a brilliantly over-the-top line

03:21that appeals greatly to my comic book loving heart.

03:24Talking about timelines ending

03:25feels more suited to your latest favorite

03:27Disney Plus Marvel show that trust me,

03:28you've got to get through the first nine episodes

03:30before it starts to get good

03:31than a pro wrestling storyline.

03:33Makes me think he's talking ideas

03:35with his DC director James Gunn

03:36in the coolest WhatsApp chat of all time.

03:39But the true masterstroke

03:40of simply having a giant number on the Tron

03:43is this.

03:45The WWE Universe now has

03:48a ticking clock.

03:50It's one of the most effective

03:52tension building tools in writing.

03:54The need for someone to beat Cena

03:55will get more and more urgent

03:57as that number goes down,

03:58clearly signposting an epic

04:00final date conclusion later in the year.

04:03I really hope that on one episode

04:04he just walks down to the ring,

04:06watches the date count down by one,

04:07and then just leaves without even cutting a promo.

04:10It means we'll have a queue of top WWE stars

04:12trying to defeat Cena,

04:14which starts with

04:15a Randy Orton from out of nowhere,

04:17who RKO'd John as he posed for the belt.

04:19It'd be negligence to not run this feud

04:21as Randy is one of Cena's most...

04:22what's the right word there?

04:26Enduring opponents?

04:27And Backlash is in Orton's St. Louis hometown.

04:29I'm hoping for CM Punk at Money in the Bank

04:31for the PLA after,

04:33where Cena can blow a kiss

04:34after he retains and escapes through the crowd.

04:37There is still an enormous rock-shaped hole

04:39in this storyline.

04:41But I think a missing rock is better

04:42than an actually here Travis Scott.

04:45So let's just assume we're never seen either again

04:47and let's move on.

04:48Before I get into the rest of the episode though,

04:49you can relive the whole

04:51Rock vs. John Cena feud from 2011 to 2013,

04:55if you dare,

04:56in mine and Luke's epic

04:57eight-episode, 32-hour-long series

04:59on their rivalry.

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05:40In a title rematch from WrestleMania,

05:42the first actual match on Raw

05:43saw Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria

05:45defend their freshly won women's tag belts

05:47against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.

05:50I actually enjoyed this one

05:51way more than their Mania encounter.

05:53And the crowd popped huge when they realized

05:55Liv was going to hit an oblivion on Lyra

05:58for the Judgment Day to win back the belts.

06:00Becky looked disheartened afterwards,

06:02but hugged Lyra to then clothesline her

06:04and turn heel.

06:05Which the fans cared so much about,

06:07they chanted,

06:08one more time.

06:09This isn't a case of fans disrespecting an angle.

06:12It's a case of terrible storytelling from WWE.

06:15We've seen so many times

06:17that if WWE takes the time and care

06:19over investing the audience into characters

06:22and their relationships,

06:24we will be appropriately shocked or heartbroken

06:26when splits eventually happen.

06:29If they ever happen at all under Paul Evek.

06:31But Becky just showed up at Mania Night 2,

06:34won the belts with Lyra,

06:35then lost them the next night and turned heel.

06:38These are all surface level moments.

06:40There is zero substance for us to sink our teeth into.

06:43It's high spots with no meaning.

06:46I assume Bayley will avenge Lyra on her return.

06:49But what could be far more interesting

06:50is the newly heeled Becky

06:52joining Heyman's group with Seth

06:54as the Hey Man.

06:57After Karrion Kross gave the New Day

06:59a nod of approval backstage,

07:01which was a good callback,

07:02Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston demanded

07:04we all thank God

07:05for the New Day being tag team champions in the ring

07:08and showing how seriously WWE

07:10are now going to take them and Raw's tag division.

07:12Alpha Academy came out as the first challengers.

07:16This was all actually just a setup for Rusev

07:18to make his return

07:19to squash Akira Tozawa and Otis.

07:21Again, this was mostly just done as a moment,

07:24so it might not be indicative

07:25of what WWE will book for the New Day

07:27and Rusev going forward,

07:28but it didn't feel like much will change

07:30for Kofi and Woods.

07:31And Rusev feels destined for Andrade levels of undercard.

07:35I've got to admit,

07:35I was still salty about The Rock during Cena's promo.

07:38I'm not into what Becky's doing at all at the moment.

07:41And I was cynical about Rusev's return.

07:44The first hour didn't really click for me.

07:46Thankfully, from that point onwards,

07:48I feel like WWE put on a perfect Raw after Mania show.

07:52The comeback began with an impromptu match

07:54of NXT Women's Champion Stephanie Vakur

07:56challenging WWE Women's Champion EO Sky.

07:59They had a really good match,

08:01with Vakur starting to work over EO's knee

08:03with a dragon screw.

08:04There was a Spanish fly off the top rope from Sky,

08:06and the crowd likely started to chant,

08:08fight forever.

08:09Joke's on you,

08:10because these are two champions of WWE's top brands.

08:14Hunter isn't going to book one of them to lose on TV.

08:17What do you think the titles are?

08:18The TNA World Championship?

08:20Roxanne Perez charged EO for the DQ,

08:23and then heel Julia attacked for Kerr,

08:25as a good follow-up angle from Stand and Deliver.

08:27Rhea Ripley then made the save,

08:29and handed EO's belt back to her,

08:31setting up them as the next title program,

08:33as Ripley was never pinned at WrestleMania.

08:36After an excellent video package recap in his career,

08:39Jey Uso then got a big title celebration Yeet entrance.

08:43I'm both happy for him,

08:45and totally not into it at the same time,

08:46but I am always, always into Sami Zayn.

08:50Sami made his return after eight weeks out

08:52to say he had to be the first to look Jey in his eyes and say,

08:56I'm proud of you.

08:58It was a lovely moment for one of the most hard-won friendships

09:01in the company, which made the brief glance,

09:04where Sami seemed to jealously look at Jey behind his back,

09:07and the crowd did a sharp intake of breath,

09:09expecting yet another heel turn for everything to be totally fine.

09:15Jimmy came out to celebrate too,

09:16expertly diffusing the tension.

09:18There was a lot to love on this episode,

09:20but that was my favourite thing on the whole show.

09:23But tied for second place is Gunther choking Pat McAfee to death.

09:27In an excellent angle,

09:29WWE came back from break with Gunther shouting at Michael Cole.

09:33Cole said it's not his fault he tapped out,

09:35so Gunther grabbed Cole to choke him out.

09:37McAfee made the save,

09:38so Gunther choked Pat to death instead,

09:41and didn't let go despite loads of officials

09:43and Pat's podcast mates from ringside trying to break them up,

09:46all with no commentary because both commentators were being attacked.

09:50But actually, Fantasy booked an angle like this a month ago

09:52as a way to make the Gunther vs Jey feud better,

09:54as Pat kept on cheering the Uso.

09:57Most awesomely, though,

09:58was Adam Pearce telling Cole backstage to take time off to recover,

10:02where Cole replied like a badass,

10:04saying he's not going to let some bully stop him from doing his job.

10:08It was amongst the coolest Cole has ever looked,

10:11which admittedly is a low bar,

10:13but it was so well done,

10:14and Joe Tessitore scrambling to help replace Pat on commentary

10:17without even a tie made it feel all the more realistic.

10:21I'm assuming Gunther was paid off by Corey Graves here.

10:23More heel factions!

10:25Karrion Kross shouted at AJ Styles backstage,

10:28showing Karrion's shoot promo from the Postmania podcast is definitely a work.

10:32Dirty Dom had his first Intercontinental title defense next against Penta,

10:36with both Finn Balor and Carlito at ringside.

10:38Yeah, Finn Balor.

10:40The guy who Dom pinned to win the title the previous night.

10:43You'd think that would cause him to leave the faction,

10:45but he told the gang earlier on,

10:46what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

10:50Yay!

10:50Even longer term storytelling with The Judgment Day.

10:55Finn wasn't very effective though,

10:56so JD McDonagh had to make his return from injury to help Dom retain.

11:00With just 15 minutes of the show remaining,

11:02Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman came out for their first promo

11:05since their shocking night one heel turn angle.

11:08Seth had the same annoying music, stupid glasses,

11:11and garish costume choice,

11:12but thankfully he seems to have dropped his laugh and vocal inflections,

11:16where he started to cut a promo with the low delivery of his authority era.

11:20Didn't get very far though,

11:21as CM Punk ran down to beat him up for Seth to stomp him.

11:24Heyman declared Rollins as the top star in the industry,

11:28when Roman Reigns' music hit.

11:30That Roman isn't immediately on a three month holiday post-WrestleMania,

11:33might have actually been the biggest shock of the show.

11:36Roman took out Seth and Superman punched Heyman,

11:39for a man in a hoodie to appear in the ring.

11:41But it wasn't Roman's father's nephew's former roommate,

11:44it was Bron Breaker.

11:46First there was confusion,

11:48but when Breaker speared Punk 2,

11:50it was obvious.

11:51Bron is the newest Paul Heyman guy,

11:55following up on Heyman endorsing Bron in NXT two and a half years ago.

11:59And this isn't just a two man power trip,

12:01it's a full on heel faction.

12:03We could get Roman and Punk teaming together to take on Seth and Bron.

12:07We could get a battle of the spears between Breaker and Reigns.

12:10And long term Bron could be the Batista breakout babyface

12:14to eventually turn on Rollins.

12:16There are many incredibly exciting directions WWE can go in here.

12:21That's what the new season feel of a Raw After Mania should be about.

12:25Angles and cliffhangers where you can't wait

12:27to see what happens next.

12:29This year's Raw After Mania was just a great wrestling match

12:32shy of perfection at 90%.

12:34Now click the video on screen now

12:36to watch my review of WrestleMania 41 Night 2,

12:39where The Rock, yeah, he ruined wrestling.

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