5 YRS AGO RAW POST-SHOW: How will returning live fans after COVID react to Drew McIntyre, Miz TV with Charlotte and Ripley, Jimmy Smith

About this episode

Wade Keller and Brandon LeClair discuss the impact of returning live fans on WWE Monday Night Raw and various storylines.

In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (5-31-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Brandon LeClair to review WWE Monday Night Raw with live callers and emails. They discussed how to spark Raw in July when live crowds return, is Drew McIntyre in the title picture too long and how will crowds react to him, Miz TV with Rhea Ripley and Charlotte, Shayna Baszler interacting with Alexa Bliss, Jimmy Smith’s first week on commentary, the joy of Nikki Cross, the hype for Omos, and so much more with live callers and emails. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-post-shows--3275545/support .

People in this episode

Host: Wade Keller

Guest: Brandon LeClair

Topics covered

• WWE
• Monday Night Raw
• live fans
• Drew McIntyre
• Miz TV
• commentary
• crowd reactions

Keywords

• WWE
• Raw
• live fans
• Drew McIntyre
• Miz TV
• Charlotte
• Rhea Ripley
• Jimmy Smith
• Shayna Baszler
• Alexa Bliss

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