Sean Raw Sapp (7/17): Match Ratings, Angle’s Secret, Analysis, Notes

Opening segment

• Seth Rollins joins Dean Ambrose and asks why Ambrose still has a problem with them
• There is some really good interaction between the two bringing up the three-year old Shield breakup.
• Ambrose gets a rise out of making Rollins apologize was great, and the apology is great. I get the feeling we don't see many because Vince McMahon can't fathom the idea of an apology.
• The Miztourage come out and surround both guys with chairs. WWE found a way to get "Roman" chants.
• Miz hits a cool Skull Crushing Finale on an unfolded chair. 

Bayley defeated Alexa Bliss

• Bayley defeated Bliss after having to overcome Nia Jax being at ringside.
• Sasha Banks came to help. She and Nia had a nice spot that got a good pop.
• This match barely happened because of the interference and the commercial.

Backstage Crappenings

• Kurt Angle is backstage wondering if he should reveal his truth. Corey Graves encourages him to do it.  
• Titus Worldwide is backstage, where Daivari challenges Tozawa. People don't talk like Daivari just did and it's not his fault.
• Samoa Joe promo. Qualms? Qualms? Also, he drops the "you see" on us, but it's still a good promo.

Mustafa Ali & Jack Gallagher defeated Drew Gulak and The Brian Kendrick

• I wonder when the last time this Raw crowd has seen Gulak because they sound like it was never.
• Mustafa Ali gets his finish in.
• NO PURPLE ROPES!!!!

Enzo, Cass, Show

• I just want to watch Enzo Amore and Don West have a conversation.
• Enzo carries a good promo that doesn't get a reaction. The crowd is dead.
• One match is never enough in WWE. Even when the one is a squash I guess.
• Enzo brings out Big Show, who brawls with Cass
• Cass kicks Show's ass for a while, and then boots Enzo. 
• There was something missing here, but I get what they were doing.

Finn Balor defeated Elias Samson via DQ 
5.5/10

• WWE should have someone interrupt an Elias Samson song. That'd be a cool new thing to do
• Samson scored a nice reversal into a sitdown powerbomb.
• Samson cracked Balor with a guitar! I love a good guitar shot.
• This was thoroughly entertaining.
• Ah. Bray stuff. I'm completely over him as a character.

Daivari defeated Akira Tozawa (w/ Titus O'Neil) via ref stoppage

• This was a fine match, and furthered the storyline, and got more guys on TV. Plus Titus, cool.
• Tozawa was pissed off. He didn't want the match stopped. Titus is looking out for him, though.

KURT ANGLE AND HIS KID.

• Kurt has a kid. He plugs his WWE 24.
• It's Jason Jordan, and I'm stoked. He's "gold blooded."
• Hey we were cool with some little ginger being the storyline dad of a seven foot tall dude 13 years younger than him so whatevs.
• Ryan Satin had a great idea that Chad Gable should go on a partner search and settle for Shelton Benjamin. Fantastic idea.
• Fun Fact: Jason Jordan hasn't lost a televised WWE/NXT singles match in over three years. 

The Revival defeated The Hardy Boyz
6.5/10

• I have really missed seeing the Revival in the ring.
• The Angle angle got the crowd cooking.
• Outstanding match, fundamentally sound and a huge win for the Revival.
• What more can you say about these two teams? A protoypical heel and prototypical face team.

Top Contender Match
Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe
6.75/10

• These are two of the keys in the revival of the Sirloin Beef Sunsabitches division.
• They perform accordingly.
• I don't know if anyone is a better "hoss" wrestler than Samoa Joe, but Roman Reigns is doing everything he can to take that crown.
• Crowd is wild. They care. They're on their feet. 
• Braun is here! Reigns vs. Strowman is one of my favorite WWE feuds of all-time at this point.
• Strowman throws Reigns from the floor in between the second and top rope. 
• Joe almost chokes Strowman out, but a Superman punch to Strowman breaks it up.
• Strowman stands tall after beating down everyone.