There was lots to love concerning the fundamental event of “Raw,” however the part I actually loved was the undeniable fact that Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, The Street Profits, are once more WWE World Tag Team Champions. Those guys absolutely deserve it, especially after their return two months ago, and it’s good to have a longtime tag team holding the titles. Thrown together teams can challenge them until WWE gets itself together in the case of the tag division, but for now, I suppose now we have to take what we are able to get, and one of the best of one of the best on the red brand have the gold.
I didn’t love the title being thrown on Bron Breakker once Logan Paul went down with a triceps injury. Breakker has lots happening with Seth Rollins, though that feud never really fully regained steam following each men’s injuries that kept them away from each other at WrestleMania. It just still didn’t feel right to have him as a tag champion with that happening. Now, Breakker doesn’t must cope with that going into his rubber match with Rollins, their steel cage bout at Night of Champions.
That match was announced via two separate pre-recorded video promos last week, so thankfully this week, Rollins and Breakker did have some interaction. Rollins took out Austin Theory with the brass knuckles that Logan Paul left behind, and Breakker chased him off. Sure, they didn’t get physical or have a face-to-face, but this was enough to no less than keep me from hating the actual fact the match was made last week with them not even seeing one another ahead of Riyadh.
The fundamental event also saw the return of Joe Hendry, who hasn’t been on “Raw” since May 25, probably thanks partially to Paul’s injury. Like Rollins, he didn’t do an excessive amount of, either, but it surely was nice to see him, especially in Europe. I had just been pondering we have not seen him in weeks, so, once more, it’s nice WWE is no less than doing the bare minimum to bring him in, in front of that hot crowd.
I’m never often a fan of go-home shows before premium live events, as they often don’t feature plenty of motion. I figured that may be the case tonight, but between Lyra Valkyria’s heel turn, and the Street Profits finally taking the tag team championships off The Vision, I didn’t think this go-home was too boring.
Written by Daisy Ruth