{"id":19700,"date":"2017-02-07T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=19700"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T19:39:23","slug":"pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-fantastic-beasts-find-goldberg-samoa-joe-braun-strowman-nia-jax-brock-lesnar-raws-major-monster-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/02\/07\/pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-fantastic-beasts-find-goldberg-samoa-joe-braun-strowman-nia-jax-brock-lesnar-raws-major-monster-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Pruett&#8217;s Pause: WWE Raw &#8211; Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Goldberg, Samoa Joe, Braun Strowman, Nia Jax, Brock Lesnar and Raw\u2019s major monster era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1130759906\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?resize=299%2C168\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?resize=139%2C78&amp;ssl=1 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett watches the 90 minute Hulu edit of Raw because it\u2019s better.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raw is quickly becoming the kingdom of monsters. Wrestling has always had mysterious big men who wear single-shoulder singlets and likely destroy catering, but Raw has been stocked with various types of monsters and this show highlighted all of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, there is the legendary monster. In this case, his name is Goldberg. Brock Lesnar would also tend to fit into this mold. This monster destroys everything in his path (as a monster should), but does so on rare occasions. This is a special monster we don\u2019t see very often, but one who must destroy (or yell or snarl) when seen. In the case of Goldberg, it looks like he\u2019s about to become one of two central monsters on Raw, as he\u2019s likely going to win the Universal Championship at Fastlane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving on to the new monster, Samoa Joe. While Joe isn\u2019t new to me and likely isn\u2019t new to you reading this, Joe was new to the audience last week when he attacked Seth Rollins. Joe is the sort of monster I\u2019m most fond of. He\u2019s the technical monster. It\u2019s not just his size, but his ability and agility contributing to his monstrousness. Joe is the rare monster who can wrestle a 20 minute match without exhausting himself or running out of fun things to do. Samoa Joe was able to display his full range on Raw, both with a strong opening promo and with a good match against Roman Reigns. As a side note, this is the sort of monster Brock Lesnar was originally in 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of this match with Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman\u2019s interference in said match displayed another of form of monster: the unbeatable giant. This was exactly what Big Show has been at his very best and what Andre The Giant was going into WrestleMania III. This is high praise for Strowman, but Strowman has had the best creative effort on Raw since the brand split. Now we see the interesting period of Strowman\u2019s monstrous life. He\u2019s beyond the jobber phase, although beating four of them was fun to watch. Strowman is now up against credible main eventers and he can\u2019t just be the monster demolition machine he has always been.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a way, Nia Jax has this in common with Braun. She has been the sole monster in Raw\u2019s Women\u2019s Division and has been fun to watch. Going back to the first Raw episodes after the brand split, Braun and Nia were the monsters getting weekly squash matches. We\u2019ve seen an effective effort for both. Now Nia has to find a way to stay monstrous but occasionally lose. This is a true challenge and a turning point in the career of a monster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raw has monsters all over the top of its card. Now, they have to find a way to keep any of them from becoming stale. This is a true creative challenge, since monster stories tend to be very similar to each other. How will Raw make sure Nia Jax, Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe, Bill Goldberg, and Brock Lesnar all have different enough stories going into Fastlane and WrestleMania?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And now for some random thoughts:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns was a good main event. I would have timed Braun\u2019s interference not to coincide with Roman setting up the Spear on Joe, but this is a small criticism. Overall, Joe was allowed to look tough in his second week on Raw. I\u2019ll take that.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-1084409340\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Bayley getting a Women\u2019s Championship shot next week has me worried that WWE will do another story about Charlotte losing the belt on Raw. This is a poor decision on a number of levels. I love the Bayley character and thus feel WWE hasn\u2019t done to work to lead up to a Bayley win. Just as they did with Sasha Banks, WWE would be losing an epic story they could tell with Bayley. Heck, it\u2019s a story they\u2019ve already told to great success with Bayley on NXT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; I\u2019d be all for a great main event between Charlotte and Bayley with a heartbreaking Bayley loss. I\u2019m all about twisting the figurative knife as Bayley loses and breaks down in tears. Let fans feel the agony of defeat. It\u2019ll make the rush of victory even better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Goldberg vs. Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship is going to happen at Fastlane. I\u2019m currently of the opinion it\u2019ll last four or fewer minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Goldberg\u2019s promo segment with Owens and Chris Jericho wasn\u2019t my favorite thing. I have had trouble investing in Goldberg since his return and this is continuing here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Sami Zayn vs. Chris Jericho felt like a whole lot of nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Why did I have to see Gallows and Anderson vs. Cesaro and Sheamus with a terrible ending instead of the Raw debut of Akira Tozawa? 90 minute Raw edits can hurt you sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The conflicted nature of Mick Foley on this show was really well done. I don\u2019t enjoy the constant focus on authority figures instead of wrestlers, but at least WWE chose to tell an interesting story of conflict between Foley and Stephanie McMahon. I\u2019ll take this instead of overwrought authority promos any day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; At long last, Raw is getting good. Yay!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got thoughts on this show or my review of it? Hit me up with them! 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