Monday Night RAW Results: Becky Lynch Celebrates And WWE Draft Wraps (4/29/24)

Spot of the Night:

Not sure what Mahomes was thinking (I really hope those were prop Super Bowl rings) giving his rings to Logan Paul to beat on Jey Uso. Of course, JD McDonagh ate them first.

Sami didn’t get full on revenge, but he did slug Gable good backstage.

Jobber of the Night:

JD McDonagh feels like he owns this one here. Poor guy takes all the shots.

Upset of the Night:

Drew McIntyre was all sorts of big mad. Mad he got drafted after CM Punk. Mad that Punk mocked him. But they are both on RAW, and McIntyre did ink a new deal, so it can’t be all bad.

Holy S--- Moment of the Night:

Braun Strowman is back. Not just drafted, but he returned to RAW to save Jey Uso from a three on one beating. And can I just say, Strowman looks jacked.

And did you see JD’s face?!

Botch of the night:

Liv’s baseball slide was a massive miss.

Do I say that Lynch and her pre-WWE Draft promo weren’t superb? Maybe?

LOL Moment of the night:

What is funnier, Dom Mysterio’s 70’s era adult film mustache? Or him being seen coming out of a backstage area shortly after Liv Morgan. After all, it was Morgan who wrote Rhea off. Stay tuned.

Also, R-Truth is back to being gold. Thought he could get drafted to the NFL, Miz told him to talk to Mahomes. To which Truth said. “the insurance guy!?”

Becky Lynch, as Damage CTRL circled her: “Don’t touch my belt.

Noteworthy Moment:

I could be wrong, but Michael Cole pointing out that Bianca Belair was the first African American woman to be picked number one in the staged WWE draft felt a bit like a shot at AEW. After all, they made a big deal about Swerve, and probably too much.

It’s also nice to see Stephanie McMahon back on TV. Yes, we saw her at WrestleMania. Now, she’s back on RAW. Maybe one night only, maybe not.

Nice to see the Kansas City Chiefs lineman recognized. He had a WWE title belt and used it to calm a young fan during the parade shooting in February.

CM Punk stays with RAW. I forgot to call this out on Friday, but they did tell us that he’d be on both Draft shows. Did not happen. His pick was followed by SmackDown grabbing The Pride-which feels like the first time WWE said that out loud. But RAW answered that with Braun Strowman going red, if and when he returns.

Overall lowlights:

Given the rigged premise of the draft, weird things will happen that require suspending logic. Like a first round where SmackDown gets Kevin Owens and Jade Cargill, and RAW grabs all four members of Damage CTRL and the remaining two of Imperium. Are we supposed to view those two as more valuable than the six? Nothing against anyone, but GUNTHER trumps any of them, outside of maybe KO, right now.

It’s been said before, elsewhere, by others. But, a lot of the new theme music in WWE is bad. They need to find their next Attitude Era musical star or something. What we don’t need is every new theme having the person’s name called out in song.

Overall highlights:

Becky Lynch enjoyed her celebration. And as champ, Becky Lynch dodged the draft. Thanks to the WWE Draft, she has new threats, like Damage CTRL and Lyra Valkyria.

Speaking of the 2024 WWE Draft. I don’t love all the moves, like RAW picks one faction, SmackDown picks one single Superstar. But regardless of that goofiness, things worked and I mostly enjoyed the presenation.

After the final bell:

Now the rosters head over to France, with SmackDown on Friday in Lyon, and Backlash on Saturday. Becky Lynch celebrated a little, but she has a big defense on Saturday and lots of challengers await.