WWE
Raw “Raw Is XXX” “Raw 30th Anniversary”
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan. 23rd, 2023
Hogan opening up the show was odd as he’s not a name you associate as a big part of WWE Raw history. Plus the mic not working took it down.
The Trial of Zayn was fantastic. A long promo that continued their storyline great.
A good match with a great story going into it. The injury angle with Zayn taking the place worked great here and both Sami and Usos are so over as babyfaces.
3.5 / 5
Taker as American Badass was cool but this segment was terrible with Bray and Knight.
The cage match being just an ambush was disappointing.
This DX segment was fun with Kurt taking Billy Gunns spot. Leading into a tag match was smart too.
Angle was the special ref here. A solid match here with Seth and Gunther hopefully leading to a singles feud eventually. Everyone here worked well together and having the baby faces win works with the show here.
3 / 5
Crowd was dead for most of this as Sonya isn’t booked credible at all anymore. The commercial here too killed the momentum of the match a lot too as it was near the finish. This was acceptable though for what it was.
2 / 5
Another match with some horrible commercial breaks. Some of the weapons here were decent unless they were during Picture in Picture. The end works for Theory being a guy that wins off of random heel tactics and somehow keeps his title. This mainly just leads into Lashley and Lesner feuding.
2 / 5
