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411’s WWE Raw Talk Report: Cesaro and Sheamus on Hardys Attack, More

April 30, 2017 | Posted by Robert Leighty Jr.
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411’s WWE RAW Talk Report: 04/30/17

-Another RAW PPV ends and that means we get a new edition of RAW Talk. Apparently it will be hosted by Renee Young again as they seemingly don’t have confidence in anyone from RAW to do it.

-Before getting to Renee and company we start with Cole, Booker, and Corey covering the end to Braun/Reigns. They show Reigns leaving through the back as he is coughing up blood. He is being helped by officials as they show how the match ended and Braun’s post match beat down.

-They go back to Reigns as he is trying to get into an ambulance and we hear “I’m not finished with you” as Braun charges. Reigns moves though and Braun charges through the ambulance door, taking it off the hinges. Reigns recovers enough to slam the other door on Bran which causes him to leave. Reigns struggles to his feet with blood in his mouth as Cole throws it to Renee and Lawler.

-Renee and Lawler are a bit freaked by that ending and the beating Reigns took. They discuss Roman’s injuries for a bit before trying to recap the show.

-They decide to move on and that brings out Alexa Bliss. She wants to know where the balloons are and gets in a dig at Renee’s wardrobe as she asks if a parade will break out if she says “Beetlejuice” three times. That joke was made a few times on Twitter tonight about Renee’s jacket. She’s still hot though! They put over the history that Alexa made as she is the first woman to hold the RAW and SmackDown versions of the Woman’s Title. She faced a hostile environment tonight and in the end she was just better. Alexa is still bummed by the lack of celebration, and Renee apologizes. Alexa talks about all the hype for the 4 Horsewomen while she was in NXT and yet she is the one to make history. King puts over that Alexa is the best at taking advantage at the perfect time. Alexa says she is off to find a place to celebrate since there is nothing here for her.

-Next they talk about The House of Horrors match and judging by videos online the live crowd hated it. The King says it was nothing like he thought as he figured it might be more tongue in cheek with monsters and such (probably like something out of Hardy’s Broken world) and instead it was played seriously. They stuff in the ring was probably better than what they gave us at Mania, which is kind of sad, even with the run-in leading to the finish. They hype Jinder vs Randy at Backlash for the WWE Title and Lawler thinks Jinder is toast. No kidding!

-Jericho winning The US Title is talked about next and King is happy because he picked Jericho to win. Renee is thrilled that Jericho is heading to SmackDown Live. Renee and King wonder where Owens goes from here, and I am wondering the same thing.

-Tag Titles next as they talk about Jeff Hardy getting a tooth knocked out of his mouth by Sheamus. Cesaro and Sheamus join the set and they enjoy seeing replay after replay of Jeff getting his tooth kicked out. They even show it in super slow mo and it did look quite painful. They show the post match where Cesaro finally joined Sheamus on the dark side. Sheamus is rather proud of Cesaro and is so happy they have clicked. For guys that lost they are rather happy. Cesaro wants to see more highlights and they again show Jeff getting his tooth kicked out of his mouth. Lawler is also happy to see the aggressive side and tells them to stop shaking hands before matches. Sheamus has been waiting for this side of Cesaro for a long time and all it took was The Hardys to bring it out.

-Lawler asks if they will continue this attitude and Cesaro sarcastically says they will go back to shaking hands and kissing babies. Lawler then admits it was a stupid question and Cesaro says he expects that kind of question from Renee. They promise to get their titles back as they are the future. They don’t raise the bar because they are they bar. Sheamus then says they are heading to a bar.

-Renee and King wrap up the show.

-Better than most editions of RAW Talk as the Braun/Reigns stuff was fine. Alexa is used to this format from all the appearances on Talking Smack and it showed. Sheamus and Cesaro were fun as it was great to see Cesaro finally embrace his dark side.

-Join me Tuesday for Talking Smack!