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00:00 The Rock makes Cody Rhodes bleed on Raw, WWE Smackdown struggled against other sports,

00:06 and my review of Monday Night Raw. I'm Luke Owen and this is the WrestleTalk News.

00:12 I'll have my full review of Raw in a little bit, but I think we need to talk about the

00:20 closing segment to kick off today's WrestleTalk News.

00:24 Earlier in the show The Rock, who made an unannounced appearance on Raw, came out to

00:28 whisper something into Cody Rhodes' ear, which Sean Ross Sapp confirmed was, "I'm

00:32 going to make you bleed." Cody later told Jackie that Rock made a promise that he couldn't

00:36 keep, but boy was he wrong. As following Jey Uso's win over Shinsuke Nakamura, Cody brawled

00:42 with the bloodline of Jimmy Uso and Solo Sakawa backstage, and The Rock blindsided Cody to

00:48 batter him from pillar to post. He took him outside into the pouring rain and cut a promo

00:53 on him while beating him up more, busting him open and making Cody Rhodes bleed his

01:00 own blood.

01:01 Rocky referenced his own "you're welcome" promo by covering his weight belt in Cody's

01:05 blood, saying that at WrestleMania it will also have Cody's mama's tears. He even

01:10 added, "This is what happens when you F with the final boss."

01:15 It was a killer angle to close off what was already a tremendous show, and it's one

01:20 that many are calling one of the greatest closings to Raw in the history of the show.

01:26 It also prompted some thoughts from the Rhodes family, with Cody's older sister tweeting,

01:30 "The Rhodes are the blood and bones of American Pro Wrestling. Rock just made his worst mistake."

01:36 Cody's wife Brandi didn't ask if it was open mic night, bitch, and instead tweeted,

01:40 "He better keep his security detail tight at Mania. That's all." And Cody's brother

01:45 AEW's Dustin Rhodes simply tweeted, "You son of a bitch." I presume that's a reference

01:51 to Raw and he wasn't just watching Predator on a different channel and tweeting his favourite

01:54 line from the movie.

01:55 Sadly, the chances of Dustin being a part of WrestleMania 40 are slim, as Sean Ross

02:00 Sapp reiterated on the Fightful Raw review that he is under contract with AEW until much

02:05 later this year.

02:07 What did you make of the segment? Let me know in the comments down below.

02:11 For me, it was another step on what has been a brilliant road to WrestleMania in a period

02:15 of time that has never felt hotter for the company. Which has been reflected in the ticket

02:20 sales - Raw this week was another sellout with just under 15,000 tickets sold according

02:25 to WrestleTix - as well as in the TV ratings. While Raw is down year on year, that is more

02:30 attributed to cable cutting and people watching their wrestling content through different

02:34 means. Smackdown has seen a big jump in their ratings this year, thanks in large part to

02:39 the constant presence of The Rock on our TV screens.

02:42 But this week's Smackdown was the first in three weeks to not feature The Rock - though

02:46 it did feature Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. And that might be why the show drawing its

02:51 lowest ratings since December last year can be seen as a bit of a fail. It was still a

02:56 solid number of 2.2 million viewers, but it is the lowest overall viewership and the lowest

03:01 all-important 18-49 demo since that December 29th, 2023 episode.

03:06 However before anyone cries that WWE is in the mud or whatever it is that Twitter comments

03:11 say about bad ratings, the show did go head to head with NCAA Basketball's March Madness,

03:17 and the coverage of both games pulled in 4.9 million viewers according to Programming Insider.

03:22 But now I think it's time we look at the rest of Monday Night Raw, but before that,

03:25 here's a clip from our most recent episode of the Monday Night War over on partsFUNknown

03:29 where we're playing through the new My GM mode on WWE 2K24.

03:55 And now it's time for my review of Monday Night Raw, aka, more like Monday Night RAD

03:59 edition of Monday Night Raw, in about 5 minutes. Although this may be a long one, so it'll

04:04 probably go over 5 minutes. Let's just pretend it's a Steinermath 5 minutes.

04:10 The show opened with Cody Rhodes cutting a promo asking everyone to have his back at

04:13 WrestleMania and got them to all point at the WrestleMania sign together, and also apologise

04:18 to The Rock and Roman Reigns for stopping them having their, and this is a direct quote,

04:23 "wankfest at WrestleMania". Attitude Era back, lol.

04:27 This is when The Rock made his unannounced appearance on the show, slowly walking down

04:31 to the ring, not saying a word out loud, and just whispering into Cody's ear before leaving.

04:37 It was one of those segments where less was so much more, just a big star being across

04:42 the ring from another big star and letting the crowd's reactions tell their story.

04:48 The Rock told Jackie that if she wants to know what he said to Cody, she can go ask

04:52 Cody herself. She did that later in the show, but Cody would not repeat it. Oh but you're

04:57 fine saying "wankfest" on TV are you?

04:59 The Judgment Day hung out in their Judgment Den and told JD McDonough that he needs to

05:03 do JD McBetter against Ricochet, and he failed to do that when he lost to Ricochet in a match

05:07 that was a good advert for why you should feature Ricochet on TV more. You get a 66

05:12 and 2/3 chance of wrestling being better.

05:15 Neither man got much in the way of reactions during their entrances, but the action got

05:19 everyone into it by the time the final bell rang. As Ricochet hit a top rope Poison Rana,

05:25 Springboard 450s, Canadian Destroyers from Outta Nowhere, and a Shooting Star Press to

05:30 a standing McDonough for the win. It wasn't exactly six stars as Pat McAfee decreed on

05:35 commentary, but it was really great. Let's just hope that WWE can keep up this Ricochet

05:40 momentum.

05:41 That's enough of that wrestling, let's get back to the talking. We've got CM Punk

05:45 to do a 20 minute talking segment. And what a 20 minute segment this was. Punk said that

05:51 while he is not medically cleared he will be at WrestleMania, and his mouth works totally

05:56 fine because he performs cunnilingus on his wife. No for real, that is basically what

06:01 Punk said. Attitude era back lol. He put over Jim Cornette's podcast, teased matches with

06:07 Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and The Rock - referencing back to his "arms too short to box with

06:11 God" promo from 2013 - and then claimed that he doesn't permanently sit on the internet.

06:17 Lol, sure, Jan. This brought out Drew McIntyre who said that Punk was in danger of getting

06:21 himself cancelled because he said that McIntyre was wearing a skirt, and said that for someone

06:25 who doesn't drink or do drugs, he sure does spend a lot of time in rehab nursing injuries.

06:30 He then referenced his original WWE gimmick of "The Chosen One", and Punk dared Drew

06:36 to name the person who gave him that nickname. Which of course Drew didn't, because that's

06:42 Vince McMahon. Drew suggested that Punk should be the guest commentator for his title match,

06:47 and this brought out Seth Rollins who said that only he can make decisions about the

06:50 world title match, and said that Punk can't be the guest referee because he's injured.

06:55 Punk proved him wrong by dropping to the mat and doing a three count, but said that he

06:58 wouldn't be impartial due to, and I quote, "these two dips***". Drew told him to keep

07:03 it PG, and Rollins told him to stay out of his way. They confirmed eventually that Punk

07:08 will be doing commentary at WrestleMania, and he said that he'll do what he always

07:13 does - make Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre interesting. Tell him when he's telling

07:18 lies.

07:19 Drew demanded that Punk not get the final word in the segment, but in doing so took

07:23 his eye off the ball, and allowed Seth Rollins to superkick him and lay him out with a stomp.

07:29 Drew just did the thing that he's been accusing Seth of doing, which is a neat little touch.

07:35 I've seen some people on Reddit call this a "train wreck" because everyone was talking

07:40 over each other to get their own lines in, but for me that's what made it so captivating.

07:45 This wasn't a WWE promo segment, this had more in common with AEW than it did WWE, as

07:50 it just felt like all three guys went out there to improv and ad-lib around each other.

07:55 And after last week's rather lame segment between Seth and Drew, this was much needed

08:00 for the feud. And like he said, CM Punk has made this feud more interesting. And that

08:07 spells disaster for Seth and Drew.

08:09 Candice LeRae beat Ivey Nile in a couple of minutes in the only women's match on the

08:12 whole show, and New Day vs. DIY ended in DQ when Judgment Day attacked everyone. They

08:17 also laid out The Miz, and while Truth was able to fight back a bit, he was taken out

08:21 by Damien Priest. Even though they have added a whopping 12 people to this story, the focus

08:26 is still awesome Truth vs. Judgment Day when it comes to tag titles.

08:30 Andrade beat Giovanni Vinci after it was announced that Ivar wasn't medically cleared, and

08:34 Rhea Ripley had a big promo segment with Becky Lynch. Rhea said that she doesn't need to

08:37 wrestle on the show because she can just post a picture of her butt and the crowd will lap

08:41 it up. Pfft, I know the feeling, same thing about me. And called Becky a cockroach, but

08:48 crossed a line when she said that Becky's kid will be calling her "Mammy" after

08:52 WrestleMania.

08:53 Becky with tears in her eyes said that Rhea "gets one" when it comes to talking about

08:58 her kid, and while that may be a joke to Rhea, this title is not a joke to Becky Lynch.

09:04 She punched Dom Square in the face and the two brawled. After weeks of Becky being distracted

09:08 by Nia Jax and Liv Morgan, this segment was really needed to heat up this feud.

09:13 Cathy Kelly cosplaying as Elektra interviewed Gunther, who firmly believes that Sami cannot

09:18 beat him. He also thought he would not be able to beat Bronson Reed later tonight. And

09:22 he was correct. Gunther stood on the stage to watch Sami distract himself and get wiped

09:26 out with the tsunami.

09:27 I'm not usually a fan of beating your big challenger ahead of their big title match

09:30 before the big show, but this was done to further the coach storyline with Chad Gable.

09:35 Gable offered his services to Sami Zayn saying that he needs to beat Gunther mentally if

09:39 he's going to win at WrestleMania. I just wish the story had been given more time to

09:43 develop as we've only got one more show to dive into this.

09:45 And the main event saw Jey Uso beat Shinsuke Nakamura, which saw brawling with Cody, Seth,

09:50 Drew, Jimmy and Solo, and that closing angle with The Rock.

09:53 The Anitude Era is well remembered by wrestling fans for its big moments and big angles, but

09:59 the thing that helped it stand head and shoulders above ruthless aggression, reality and PG

10:04 eras was the star pal. Big names doing big name things. And this episode of Raw felt

10:10 like that. The closing angle was the biggest heel against the biggest babyface, with the

10:14 other massive babyfaces and heels brawling around them. Punk, Drew and Seth felt big

10:19 time because they feel like big stars. Rhea and Becky felt big because they're big stars.

10:24 And like the Anitude Era, wrestling played a backseat to the big stars doing big moments.

10:28 But hot damn if it didn't work.

10:31 This week's Raw is a perfect 5 out of 5, maybe even more than that. 6 out of 5. Add

10:36 an extra 75% chance to it, 141 and 2/3 out of 5.

11:02 Tomorrow. Tomorrow. I'll put an end to this. Pipe bomb!

11:21 In the meantime, go and watch the latest episode of Monday Night Raw.

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