Last night’s Monday Night Raw was a strange one. On the one hand, we had an incredible A.J. Styles/John Cena promo that left everyone more hyped than ever for Money in the Bank. On the other hand, there were weird moments like that hilarious opening segment, Teddy Long wandering around and being escorted out by security, and enough meta jokes to make the online fan community go completely insane.
Here are all the reactions you need to see to this week’s episode of Raw.
The opening segment was quite bizarre but well-received among the WWE community: all six of the Money in the Bank participants sat on ladders and bad-mouthed each other for several minutes before Teddy Long appeared out of absolutely nowhere.
Just had the weirdest dream. I was watching #Raw and all the MITB guys were on ladders, and Y2J referenced his own meme. TEDDY LONG CAME OUT
TEDDY LONG IS BACK IN THE WHOLE BUILDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fans also expressed their love for Chris Jericho and his role in that opening sequence, as well as his match against Cesaro shortly after the segment ended.
For whatever reason, neither Seth Rollins nor Roman Reigns actually appeared during the episode, but two video packages were shown summarizing their journey to the upcoming Money in the Bank showdown. Needless to say, most viewers were on Rollins’ side.
Jack Swagger got a match against Rusev, and the crowd both in Oklahoma City and on Twitter was pretty into it.
Rusev and Del Rio’s “I’m not American” gimmicks have kept Jack Swagger employed for random TV matches these last few years #RAW
Soon enough, we got to the most exciting moment of the episode: the confrontation between A.J. Styles and John Cena following Styles’ sudden heel turn last week.
This segment really shows the difference between Cena and Reigns and it’s all in the promo ability #Raw
Already the best promo of Styles’ WWE career #Raw #WrestlingIncPodcast
In a super meta moment, A.J. Styles said he went after Cena with the help of the Club because Cena buries guys like him.
”We’ve really got to hit the Reddit audience so let AJ Styles say something about being buried by Cena”
”OK Boss”
Cena also referenced that only once has he had so much electricity with another wrestler: The Rock. He seems to be conveniently forgetting one C.M. Punk, there. Poor Punk.
Next up, Enzo and Cass took on the Vaudevillains, with the Vaudevillains winning by disqualification.
Me If They Ever Break Up Enzo & Big Cass
Viewers weren’t quite digging that Charlotte segment, though.
Sasha Banks even offered this hilarious and passive aggressive tweet as it was happening.
Golden Truth fought Breezango, and lots of Twitter users questioned where this feud is going.
The Golden Truth is that we have no idea what the point of this feud is #RAWTonight
Finally, John Cena teamed up with New Day, teasing a potential alliance against The Club.
Why didn’t Cena come out BEFORE New Day worked an entire match 2-on-3???
Cena: “Why do you need the Club to do your bidding?”
[Brief pause]
Cena needs The New Day to do his bidding.