WWE Raw preview (Mar. 8, 2021): Smash and gab
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You’d have a hard time convincing someone who just started watching, but if we turn the clock back to 2017 - Braun Strowman was the hottest guy in wrestling.
A few years of bad booking decisions and a couple runs at the top that exposed how limited he is as a performer, and we have the less charismatic Big Show we see on television right now.
WWE is trying to recapture some of Braun’s old magic with one of their old tricks. Since moving to Raw after his feud with Bray Wyatt last summer, they’ve worked to present the Monster Among Men as an alignment neutral character who’s mostly just here to kick ass. Stopping him from moving up the card so he can kick more ass is Shane McMahon.
A 24-year-old faced with the nightmare scenario of losing his entire life savings. Andrew Alexander needed help when the money that was set aside for his education got frozen during what Alexander believed was a routine bank transfer.
Nina Pineda has some stimulus payment solutions with 7 On Your Side. There was promotion going with Citibank that if you open an account with a certain amount of money, I get $700. So I was just trying to get that extra bonus, Alexander said.
He transferred $50,000 from his online Chime account just before Christmas, then got scrooged. Basically, the next day, both accounts were frozen, and Chime says my funds were not eligible for refund, Alexander said. As to why both accounts were frozen, I still have no idea.
Chime wanted Alexander to provide unemployment verification, but Citibank didn t ask for any documentation and wouldn t disclose why all his money was frozen.
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On this week s episode of The New Day s Feel the Power podcast, Kofi Kingston detailed when he suffered his jaw injury.
Kingston spoke about the injury while discussing the difference in adrenaline when wrestling without fans in the building:
So going back to when I had injured my jaw, I got kneed in the face by Cedric Alexander like three weeks ago. And a couple of my teeth chipped. It was all fine it was cool. And the point of impact was just real sore. I thought okay it’s a bruise or whatever. The next week we actually had like a six-man match and everything was fine. A little pain but not terrible.
WWE has announced two matches for tonight s post-TLC edition of Raw.
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre will team with Sheamus & Keith Lee in a six-man street fight against AJ Styles, The Miz & John Morrison on tonight s Raw. Jeff Hardy & Matt Riddle will also face The Hurt Business (United States Champion Bobby Lashley & MVP) in a tag team match on tonight s show.
McIntyre retained his WWE Championship against Styles and The Miz in a triple threat tables, ladders, and chairs match at last night s TLC pay-per-view. The match began as McIntyre vs. Styles but became a triple threat when Miz cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during the match.