Becky Lynch did a good job opening up Raw with a confrontation with Stephanie McMahon. The storyline with her heading into WrestleMania is very reminiscent of Seth Rollins’ storyline heading into WrestleMania 33 versus Triple H, as he also had a knee injury and doctors wouldn’t clear him (an unsanctioned match ended up transpiring). Her WrestleMania opponent Ronda Rousey continues to receive a Reigns-like response from the crowd (this is probably at least partially due to the fact that she may be leaving WWE after WrestleMania). This would be a massive blow to the company if they were to lose Dean Ambrose and Rousey.
Curt Hawkins also may finally end his losing streak after all since he is teaming again with Zack Ryder. Now, this is the one piece of criticism that I have for this week: I hate to admit it, but Drew McIntyre may indeed be right when it comes to Kurt Angle. We probably should have seen the last of him at WrestleMania 33 when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. That’s tough for me to admit because I am a huge fan of his. Kurt is my favorite superstar of the Attitude Era. But lots of wrestlers have this issue of not knowing when it’s a good time to walk away. Take The Undertaker for example: he has had three great opportunities to walk away.
- WrestleMania 28 (which I was at) – He could have retired at 20 – 0
- WrestleMania 30 – He could have retired after the streak was ended
- WrestleMania 33 – After putting Roman Reigns over, this would have been a perfect time to retire after losing his second WrestleMania match
Side Note: I was thrilled to see Lio Rush get a match on Monday Night Raw against none other than Finn Balor. It’s good to see him finally getting some exposure in front of a very large audience. Roman Reigns also may be very close to returning. This comes as no surprise to me as I had absolute faith that Roman would return sooner rather than later ever since he announced his diagnosis in October. Mojo Rawley has also cut some interesting promos of late talking to himself in a mirror.