There was a lot to like about the main event of “Raw,” but the part I really loved was the fact that Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, The Street Profits, are once again WWE World Tag Team Champions. Those guys absolutely deserve it, especially after their return two months ago, and it’s good to have an established tag team holding the titles. Thrown together teams can challenge them until WWE gets itself together when it comes to the tag division, but for now, I guess we have to take what we can get, and the best 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 a lot going on with Seth Rollins, though that feud never really fully regained steam following both men’s injuries that kept them away from one another at WrestleMania. It just still didn’t feel right to have him as a tag champion with that going on. Now, Breakker doesn’t have to deal 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 at least keep me from hating the fact the match was made last week with them not even seeing each other ahead of Riyadh.
The main event also saw the return of Joe Hendry, who hasn’t been on “Raw” since May 25, probably thanks in part to Paul’s injury. Like Rollins, he didn’t do too much, either, but it was nice to see him, especially in Europe. I had just been thinking we haven’t seen him in weeks, so, once again, it’s nice WWE is at least doing the bare minimum to bring him in, in front of that hot crowd.
I’m never usually a fan of go-home shows before premium live events, as they often don’t feature a lot of action. I figured that would 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