WWE Raw preview (May 31, 2021): Raw is Repetition May 31, 2021, 9:00am EDT
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Raw episode during the five week build towards the upcoming
Hell in a Cell event on June 20.
Raw is Repetition
Last week’s
Raw included at least four rematches of fights we’ve already seen on recent episodes. One of the matches that didn’t fall into that category was Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston, who were battling for a chance to challenge Bobby Lashley for the
WWE championship at
How predictable was WrestleMania 37? May 9, 2021, 5:04pm EDT
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When a WWE pay-per-view (PPV) event is on the horizon, the staff of Cageside Seats usually offers predictions for all of the advertised matches on the card. This data can be used to calculate a simple predictability rating for any event.
Six different staff members predicted the winners for the matches that took place on Apr. 10 & 11 at
WrestleMania 37. Staff members received credit for a correct prediction of the winner of any match, even if they were wrong about the context of that victory.
Commentators: Adnan Virk, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton
We are less than two weeks away from Wrestlemania Backlash and after last week, the Raw main event will be a triple threat match for Bobby Lashley’s WWE Title. The change came as Braun Strowman defeated Drew McIntyre, who was already challenging, to earn a title shot of his own. The show could use some more building this week so let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of Strowman being added to the Backlash title match.
Opening sequence.
MVP, Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville are in the back when Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman come in to yell at each other. Pearce flips a coin to decide who faces Bobby Lashley tonight, with Strowman winning. MVP tells Strowman to not be too confident.
Eva Marie was the highlight of Raw this week
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Oh, what a lovely day.
After six long months of waiting, WWE finally pulled the trigger on airing the very first vignette alerting us to the fact that Eva Marie is back and it’s nearly time to showcase her “Eva-lution.” She’s been off the scene since 2017 and a lot has changed since then, namely the fact that there aren’t many wrestlers left who can elicit the kind of response she did.
The early reaction to her return sure makes it seem as though she’s still got it. And I can’t wait to see exactly where they go with that. It’s especially exciting because we’re probably mere months away from WWE getting back out on the road again. Rumor has it SummerSlam could be in a stadium in front of a lot of fans.