It’s huge for Humberto Carrillo to have his first two matches on Monday Night Raw against two of the most well-respected performers in the entire company – Seth Rollins and AJ Styles. It’s also gigantic for Carrillo to face both men while they are the top two champions on Monday Night Raw. This is a fantastic indicator that Carrillo is viewed very highly by top executives in WWE and will most likely be pushed very hard very early.
One final thing I need to mention is that Carrillo probably has the best entrance music in all of WWE. It has a Luchador feel to it.
The WWE universe had to be a little taken aback by the very passionate promo of Seth Rollins. I don’t know if I recall him ever being quite that passionate, but I absolutely love it. He also adds a little bit of humor into his promos by calling Charlie Caruso “Chuck,” a guy’s name. His promo stuck out more than his match to be honest, and his false count anywhere match with Erick Rowan was pretty good in itself.
If Seth cut more promos like this, I guarantee he will be much more over as a face with the WWE universe as opposed to being vilified on social media. There are always those few fans however that cannot be won over no matter what, and unfortunately those are the most vocal.
It makes perfect sense for Paige to return to WWE and get involved again with the Kabuki Warriors. The reason was reportedly so they could generate heel heat, because they are still being cheered at WWE live events. Maybe Asuka can retain the role of a heel when they stop teaming together, but Kairi Sane is uniquely suited to be a great babyface.
Each of them over the course of the next couple of months will be working in a singles program with Becky Lynch over the Raw Women’s Championship. It looks like Kairi Sane, who has not done anything of note on the main roster yet, will be up first. Asuka will probably have a much more intriguing story to tell with Becky considering they have a history in the Women’s Royal Rumble matches and whatnot.
The storyline involving Rusev and Lana is clearly benefiting Bobby Lashley more than anyone. Lashley’s primary weakness – character development –is being addressed. It appears to be working as well.
Dio Maddin is quietly carving a good reputation for himself as the third member of the commentary team on Monday Night Raw. The WWE universe had to figure that Vic Joseph and Jerry “The King” Lawler would mesh just fine considering they already had experience and a little bit of a relationship.
But Dio was the experimental member of the announced team, with less experience and he had never met Jerry Lawler before he began working with him. He is making a name for himself as a very solid announcer with the subtle but very accurate observations he makes.
AOP is creating the aura of a real rat in the Raw tag team division, and at least right now it seems that they will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come. Imagine how great the in-ring action would be if they feuded with The Viking Raiders over the Raw Tag Team Championships.