[4/14/25] The Homestretch Monday Night Raw Thread (Raw WrestleMaina Go Home Show

[TOAD99]

Nah that Gunther promo was heat

 

[R=G]

yeah but it beats Gunther and Jey Uso midcard feud main eventing a night

Not really

 

[bigde09]

honeymoon period is over for Triple nose

 

[Silkk]

WWE build to WrestleMania is a D+

We were spoiled like a MF last year



I just realized they didn’t even do a press conference this year. That’s what actually took shyt next level last year




That thread was HOT all week long

 

[Osmosis]

This triple threat match is super trash. Complete waste of Punk and Roman. These dudes fighting over a 60 year old

Should have been Roman and Seth one on one for the first time at Mania. The build was right there after Roman chose to hit Seth with the chair at Mania 40.

 

[TOAD99]

Rollins with two money promos back to back He’s lowkey carrying this mania feud and I hope he wins

Him hitting Roman with chairs is always gonn pop me

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

Got tired of catching your own flights huh Wiseman?

Back on it you go

 

[bigde09]

We were spoiled like a MF last year



I just realized they didn’t even do a press conference this year. That’s what actually took shyt next level last year




That thread was HOT all week long

Facts This year is satus

Have Rock disappear after Cenas heel turn brehs

Have Cena cut tired ass "IT'S THE FANS FAULT I TURNED HEEL" promos brehs

Don't change Cena's look or music brehs

Have Cena barely do anything bad as a heel brehs

Have a triple threat main event with zero heat brehs

Make Punk's first main event an after thought brehs.

and that's just the main event stuff. I didn't even point out the rest of this build to WrestleMania

 

[R=G]

We were spoiled like a MF last year



I just realized they didn’t even do a press conference this year. That’s what actually took shyt next level last year




That thread was HOT all week long

Wm 41 build waa str8 garbage
Obviously Rock wasn't gonna be able to do the week to week like last year but Cena was supposed to fill up that sort of spot and aura..he did not. But not just him..no one really stepped up...not Roman, Seth, or the Rebel. I'm barely watching these Netflix Raws. Liv Morgan is on fire but thats about it.

 

[R=G]

BTW..this shoot about Bret by Bad News is pure comedy

 

[DaHNIC82]

The Night One Main Event is cooked.

I am a Roman stan & I want a fukkign Seth v. Roman Iron Man Match...but, this feud his no legs, brehs.

This Mania season just feels off in comparison to last year. It feels like they just pivoting. Plus it's hard when your main guys aren't there every week to sell the angles

 

[Rell84shots]

Facts This year is satus

Have Rock disappear after Cenas heel turn brehs

Have Cena cut tired ass "IT'S THE FANS FAULT I TURNED HEEL" promos brehs

Don't change Cena's look or music brehs

Have Cena barely do anything bad as a heel brehs

Have a triple threat main event with zero heat brehs

Make Punk's first main event an after thought brehs.

and that's just the main event stuff. I didn't even point out the rest of this build to WrestleMania

Naomi & Jade are the only ones carrying their feud.

Wm 41 build waa str8 garbage
Obviously Rock wasn't gonna be able to do the week to week like last year but Cena was supposed to fill up that sort of spot and aura..he did not. But not just him..no one really stepped up...not Roman, Seth, or the Rebel. I'm barely watching these Netflix Raws. Liv Morgan is on fire but thats about it.

I'm 100% sure that if we were Rock vs Roman then Roman would be all in. You can see Roman really doesn't give a shyt about this storyline, and the clips of him talking about Seth from Mania 41 shows that he would've preferred that match as well.

 

[Rell84shots]

He's back it

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Facts This year is satus

Have Rock disappear after Cenas heel turn brehs

Have Cena cut tired ass "IT'S THE FANS FAULT I TURNED HEEL" promos brehs

Don't change Cena's look or music brehs

Have Cena barely do anything bad as a heel brehs

Have a triple threat main event with zero heat brehs

Make Punk's first main event an after thought brehs.

and that's just the main event stuff. I didn't even point out the rest of this build to WrestleMania

None of the matches feel must-see, like they have any stakes. And besides Gunther/Jey, none of them feel like the end of storylines, just the beginning. They're trying to do the whole "future of the company is on the line" thing again with Cena, but what really happens if he wins? He goes to Hollywood with the title and becomes a part-time champion? He already said he's retiring at the end of the year, so it's not like he's going to end his career as the champion. And Roman was literally a part-time champion for the second half of his reign.

Last year, Rock's heel turn meant something because he had legitimate power. He was the Final Boss, someone Roman teamed up with to ensure he stayed on top of the company. There were actual consequences if Cody lost again. Not only was it Bloodline rules, but Rock was going to make sure Cody never got another title shot and Seth would never see the WHC again. He was going to terrorize the industry, the Bloodline was going to continue to rule and Cody and Seth had to team up to prevent that from happening.

What do you have this year? Cena sells his soul to become Rock's champion. Where the hell is The Rock? Nobody knows. Without him, Cena's heel turn means nothing. He's just some desperate old man rambling about the fans being mean to him, speaking in weird cadences and talking about taking the title with him, I'm evil now, blah blah blah.

Punk, Rollins, and Reigns had no clear WrestleMania plans, so they're together. That's it. There's nothing on the line, which makes it weird, and there was no way Punk wasn't going to main event Mania after missing it last year, so here we are. I feel like whoever wins should be the #1 contender for the WWE Championship, but that's just me.

Rhea/Bianca was right there. I didn't think they would be able to make it work, but they somehow freed Bianca up to make it happen and instead of getting Iyo out of the picture, they made her champion. Now, they had to do all this convoluted bullshyt just to hold back a match everyone wanted to see. And it's not like Rock/Roman where the fans rejected it. Iyo didn't need to be in the title match this year. If they don't do Rhea/Bianca by next year's Mania, that's a huge fumble on their part.

Orton has no match because Owens is gone for who knows how long? One of the few matches with a great story and we won't be able to see it.

Charlotte/Tiffany should be a great match, but I don't care who wins. Tiffany was pushed too quickly and Charlotte doesn't need the title anymore.

Liv and Raquel don't even have actual opponents for the tag titles. They could have faced Damage CTRL, Nia and Candice, Chelsea and Piper, an actual team. Could have been a showcase. But they decided Bayley/Roxanne isn't worth it and for some reason, they would rather have Lyra on the card than Chelsea.

Naomi/Jade is one of the few matches I don't have a problem with. Hopefully, the crowd's hot and they tear it down.

I'm hoping everything leads to a great WrestleMania because this happened ten years ago (31), but we were deprived of a much better show.

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]