Video summary
Ross returns to discuss his highly positive review of the recent Monday Night Raw broadcast from Mexico City, which he considers one of the best episodes of the year due to the incredible energy displayed by the local fans. After a fifteen-year hiatus, the crowd in Mexico City delivered an electrifying atmosphere that was palpable even through television screens, enthusiastically supporting both favorites and heels alike. This passionate response led Ross to strongly advocate for WWE to host a Premium Live Event (PLE) in the region next year, citing the city's ability to generate lively crowds as a major asset for future shows. The night opened with a segment featuring Rey Mysterio and Adam Pierce discussing Triple Mania before transitioning into a heated tag team match between Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio against Stephanie McMahon and her new partner, Gringo Loco. Although the match was interrupted by interference from JD McDonagh, resulting in a disqualification and subsequent beatdown of the babyfaces, the segment successfully showcased the crowd's willingness to give proper heat to the heels, setting a fantastic tone for the rest of the show.
The broadcast continued with segments highlighting the evolving dynamics of The Bloodline, notably showing Roman Reigns and his associates receiving significant boos from the Mexican audience, a rare occurrence that signaled a shift in their reception compared to previous tours. Following this, the Intercontinental Championship match between Chad Gable and Dragon Lee took place, delivering what many consider a potential Match of the Night with its fluid exchanges and near-falls, including a dramatic sequence where both competitors nearly secured victories before Gable ultimately won via submission. On the women's side, NXT's Keilani and Lola Vice faced off in a qualifying match for the Money in the Bank ladder contest, where the crowd clearly favored Lola Vice, leading to her victory over Raquel and advancing her to the main event of the upcoming ladder match.
The main event featured a highly anticipated World Heavyweight Championship bout between Roman Reigns and Penta El Zero, which lived up to expectations with a masterfully executed storyline that played on Roman's heel persona and Penta's underdog status. The match was filled with detail-oriented storytelling, such as Roman feigning injury from his own attacks and a thrilling near-fall where Penta connected with two consecutive Penta Destroyers before Roman retained the title with a Superman Punch followed by a Spear. Despite Roman winning cleanly without interference, the crowd remained visibly disappointed that Penta did not capture the championship, highlighting the deep emotional investment of the Mexican fans who had hoped for a historic upset. Overall, Ross praised the production quality and the utilization of talent from AEW like Penta, concluding that despite the controversial ending, it was a fantastic show that deserves a high rating and sets the stage for future events in Mexico.
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What's good y'all? It's your boy Ross
back at again with another video. Man oh
man, this Monday Night Raw was fire.
They were live from Mexico City tonight.
And the people of Mexico City, y'all
showed out. Y'all brought the energy
from the beginning of the show all the
way to the end of the show. You guys was
bringing that energy. It [music] was
definitely felt through the TV screen
and it was fantastic, bro. We had some
of the best wrestling that WWE has
produced on the main roster all year
long. This was some good stuff, man. And
I really enjoyed this Monday Night Raw.
Honestly, if I had to like think about
it, this may be one of the top Monday
Night Raws of the year. And we've had
some pretty good ones. This one may be
one of the top ones. And I will say
this, and I'm sure maybe other people
will share the same sentiments. I think
Mexico City needs a PLE. Seriously, I
think this is the first time, well, it's
not the first time they've had a Monday
Night Raw in Mexico City, but it's been
over 15 years. They need a PL.
Hopefully, they can set something up
where they can get them a PL next year.
Maybe a a backlash in Mexico or a clash
in Mexico, whatever. give them a PLLE
next year because these these people
down there, they they know how to be
lively in the crowd and you can tell
they were excited to be there. So, shout
out to the fans in Mexico City. Y'all
turned up and I hope y'all get a PO
soon. Seriously. But nevertheless, we're
going to talk about some of the great
stuff that happened on this show. First
things first, um they started off the
show with Rey Mysterio and Adam Pierce
in the ring. And Ry uh was talking about
some of the things that happened at uh
Triple Mania over the uh the weekend.
Heard some great things about that show
as well. Um and then that's when he
brought out Stephanie. He talked about
Stephanie's win over Liv Morgan. She got
a great ovation from the crowd. crowd
was loving them some Stephanie and then
Liv and Dominic come out there and they
had nuclear heat. This is what I mean by
this crowd was so good. They were giving
the heels the proper heat they deserve.
It's been a minute since we've heard
Dominic and Liv get some nuclear heat.
This was some good stuff. Great energy
from everybody. And then uh Dominic, you
know, talking his trash. Liv talking her
trash as well. and Dominic proposes that
they have a match, a tag team match, him
and Liv versus Ray and Stephanie. But
obviously Ray is selling the injuries
and the attack from over the weekend. So
he got Grande Americano to come out
there. Huge pop. Grande Americano don't
have to come back to the main roster
ever again because in Mexico he is their
Roman Reigns. He is the top guy. He
doesn't have to come back to the main
roster. But the fact that Grunt seeing
Grande Americano on Monday Night Raw
getting that reaction, it was fantastic.
Loved every bit of that. So Grande comes
out there to be Stephanie's tag partner.
And throughout the match, great
atmosphere, great showing from the
crowd, you know, nice back and forth
from from all four of these individuals.
But ultimately JD Mcdana comes out there
and uh ends up causing the uh the
interference and the ref throws out the
match. And then from there the baby
faces get beat up in Stephanie and
Stephanie and Grande Americano. Even Ray
uh started getting beat up by his son
Dominic. And the heels stand tall as the
judgment day numbers kind of um aided
them in this attack. got nuclear heat
though. They got nuclear heat. But
overall, the opening to the show,
fantastic. That's how I knew, okay, we
were in for some good stuff. So, next, I
want to talk about the dynamic of the
bloodline. At the beginning of the show,
they showed Penta. Uh, no, they showed
Roman getting out of like a plane or I
forgot what he was getting out of. You
know, Roman, he only comes in style. He
was getting out of something. and they
were showing him walking up and a lot of
booze. You normally don't hear Romy get
booed like that. He was getting booed
tonight. And then there was a segment
with Jimmy and Jay and Jacob. They were
getting booze. And basically the segment
was talking about how, you know, they
need to make sure that uh Royce Keys and
his and his crew don't get involved in
tonight's match with Roman. So, they
were kind of teasing it as if that was
going to be something that happens, but
it never really fell through. But, I can
say it's been a while since I've seen
the Bloodline, everybody in the
Bloodline get booze, like legit booze.
So, I thought that was actually pretty
interesting. You don't really see that
too often, and it was a nice change of
pace that they were actually getting
booed by the fans. Next, I want to talk
about a match that could have been match
of the night if it wasn't for the main
event, but for some people it may still
be match of the night because they
really did cook. And that is Chad Gable
versus uh Dragon Lee for the
Intercontinental Championship. This
match, go watch it. Go watch this match.
It is a PL worthy match. Once again,
Chad Gable has been putting on some
banger matches for the IC title, and
this was so good. Once again, crowd was
really into it. They were cheering on
Chad. They were definitely cheering on
Dragon Lee. This was some good stuff. At
one point, there was a sequence where
Chad had Dragon Lee in the ankle lock.
No, Chad. No, Chad was almost put into
the Styles clash. Then he got out of it,
then put Dragon Lee into the ankle lock,
and then he got out of that again, and
then they he uh Dragon Lee was able to
finally put him into the Styles Clash
for a close two count, bro. So, I like
that exchange, him going for the ankle
lock, then Dragon Lee trying to counter
into a Styles clash. It was so fluid. It
looked smooth as hell for a very close
two count. Um, this was so good. Like
2.99.
Such a good kick out. Such a great
moment. Ultimately, Chad was able to get
him in the ankle lock. He once he laid
down into the ankle lock. Um, my boy um,
Dragon Lee had to tap on the Desjouro.
But nevertheless, this was so damn good.
Chad Gable was doing some great things
with the Intercontinental Championship
just like Penta was before and he's
keeping it going. I can truly appreciate
that. This was so good. Go watch this
match. I can't even do it justice. Go
watch this match if you have a chance to
um if you didn't see it live. You will
definitely enjoy it. They put on the
crowd appreciated it. This was
fantastic. If the main event didn't
happen, this possibly definitely would
have been match of the night without a
question. definitely would have been
match of the night, but obviously the
main event, man, it that was so good,
too. And we're going to talk about that.
Um, they had one of the qualifying
matches with Javon, Big Cass, and Austin
Theory. And overall, this was a pretty
solid match as well. I was enjoying uh
what everybody was doing in the ring for
the most part. But the right person, in
my opinion, won. Javon got the win. And
not only did he get the win, he got the
pin on Big Cass getting his wins back.
So, he pinned Big Cass and he advances
into the Money in the Bank ladder match,
which I know he's going to have a great
showing uh in the Money in the Bank
match. And then on the women's side of
things, you had Raquel, uh you had
Keelani from NXT, and then you had Lola
Vice. Uh Lola made her in ring debut on
Monday Night Raw. Crowd was behind Lola.
You could tell who they wanted her, who
they wanted to win, and ultimately Lola
got the win. She pinned uh Raquel to get
the win and she advances into the Money
in the Bank ladder match herself. So, I
thought that was pretty cool, man. And
last but not least, definitely
definitely definitely got to talk about
the main event. Like I said, throughout
the night, Roman Bloodline, anything
related, was getting booed before the
match started up. The group goes by 946.
I just had to make sure. I know it's a
it's a an area code. I believe the area
code I I think that's uh somewhere on
the West Coast. Oakland. Yeah. 946.
That's the group, right? So, they were
doing a little backstage video and I
like how they do they do like handheld
like phone videos type stuff and I don't
know where they were but basically they
said that they weren't in Mexico and you
know they want to wish Roman good luck.
So that's basically what they said. they
weren't in Mexico wishing Roman good
luck so that you know the Usos and Jacob
don't have to worry about them for now
which I thought was a lie cuz you know
you know how hills are oh we're not
there and then they pull up but that
wasn't the case they actually did not
pull up but I'm okay with that because
the match we got between Pinta and Roman
fantastic first and foremost Penta
coming out there he he had his culture
his heritage on him nice drip it was
dope. It you know it you can tell it
this had a big fight field. He didn't
come out here in his normal gear. Had
gave him all the pyro that he could ever
ask for. Crowd was going crazy for
Penta. He was oral far farming looking
cool as hell. It felt like maybe just
maybe WWE will pull the trigger here.
And then Roman comes out there. Even
though people acknowledging him, people
giving him the middle finger. People are
booing him. is the most booze I've heard
Roman get in a very long time. So
obviously he was gonna operate more as a
heel and he he played that up tonight
for sure. So
getting to the match, you know, Roman is
slow and methodical. He takes his time.
He's, you know, he's brooding. He he
plays he plays more, especially in this
situation where we know he's the heel in
comparison to Penta. It works more for
him to be slow and methodical and take
his time with his opponent. He even
started talking trash like he normally
does, but now it has a little bit more
meaning because the crowd's not cheering
him. Every time he's doing something,
they're booing him and he doesn't care.
You know, at one point in the match, he
asked for the microphone and he's
basically telling the crowd to
acknowledge him. This is OG tribal chief
days where he would do that to his
opponent sometime midmatch. acknowledge
me and the crowd wasn't trying to do it.
Ultimately, this was a nice back and
forth. Pinta sometimes getting the upper
hand uh especially with the uh the Penta
destroyer. I do enjoy the fact that when
Penta has them pinned to the ground and
it looks like he's about to basically
break their arm, how you know that
changes kind of the course of the match.
And that's exactly what happened there
because Roman's selling it. So, when
he's trying to go for the uh the
Superman punch and he, you know, he
slams his hand on the mat, like his arm
on the mat or his hand on the mat or his
fist technically, it hurt him. So, a lot
of the stuff that he's doing is hurting
him. So, I like that uh attention to
detail that they had within the match.
Um there was a great like 2.99
nearfall. Roman is charging up for the
spear, I believe, about to run the
ropes. Penta scouts. It ends up hitting
him with like a super kick and then he
ends up hitting because at this point he
hit one penta destroyer. He ends up
springboarding off the rope hitting
another penta destroyer for the one two.
I mean it's it's the closest you could
possibly get to a threeount. Like so
damn close to the point me and the homie
Dub and a lot of people that was
watching in the chat we thought the
match was over. That's how close that
nearfall was. I thought the match was
done, but it wasn't. And this such a
good such a good match. Crowd was so
into this, but ultimately Roman uh ended
up hitting him with another Superman
punch. Even off the first spear that
Roman hit on him was a nice nearfall,
but Roman hit the Superman punch uh
pentis days. And then Roman hit the
second spear for the one, two, three,
and Roman retained the World Heavyweight
Championship. And the crowd was hurt.
The crowd was hurt. You see so many
shots of people with the hands in their
face. They're sad because they wanted
Penta to win the night. Hell, I wanted
Penta to possibly win tonight. It would
have been such a crazy moment, but
ultimately that's not what happened. And
honestly, Roman is keeping his streak
going of winning matches with no
interference by himself clean. He won
that match clean. This was a great
match. Fantastic. They knocked it out
the park. Penta definitely
um since he's gotten to WWE, he's been a
highlight on Monday Night Raw and they
have actually utilized him very well. I
It's not too often somebody comes over
from AEW and they utilize him, utilize
that person that well. He came from AEW
and they have been knocking it out the
park with him with his Intercontinental
Championship run and now his little bit
of time at the top of the card in the
main event scene with Roman Reigns and
gave us a great match.
It's not much you can ask for, man.
Overall, once again, this was a great
Monday Night Raw. Mexico City. Y'all did
y'all thing, man. Comment down below.
Let me know uh what you guys rate this
episode of Monday Night Raw. I gave it
like a solid nine and a half. This was a
fun show. Definitely enjoyed it. Go back
and watch some of those matches,
especially that Intercontinental
Championship match. I think you guys
would definitely enjoy that if you
missed it. But nevertheless, let me know
how y'all feeling about tonight's show.
Appreciate all love, support, road to 20
tok. Appreciate ying me. See you next
one. Peace.