The New Look Bloodline Is Official and John Arpino Ends Up on Monday Night Raw | Raw Graded
Danny and John Arpino recap a Raw that opened with one of the better bloodline segments in recent memory, closed with Oba Femi destroying the entire Judgment Day bracket theory they had been building for weeks, and had a brief detour where John Arpino's face ended up on Monday Night Raw in Baltimore because of Dan Housen and the New York Knicks winning the NBA championship.
This week on The Go-Home Show: Roman opens the show with the new look bloodline lined up in the ring and gives everyone their flowers one by one including a genuinely touching moment for Jimmy that Danny points out has been overlooked for years before getting to Jacob who steals the mic to say he only acknowledges one person and that person is the OTC, Roman then delivers a promo about how the bloodline has always been here going back to the Wild Samoans and Rikishi and the Usos and will still be here when Jacob's kids and Roman's kids eventually become tag team champions, a fan at ringside gets too comfortable with Jacob's Ulafala on the way out and gets ripped out of the crowd and tossed in the ring before Roman comes to the apron and says no Jacob and then immediately says actually yeah Jacob go ahead in a moment that had both of them losing it, Eric Andre takes two splashes and earns every dollar he made tonight, Chad Gable beats Rusev in a fun big versus small match with a 2.9 kickout that had the crowd erupting and Danny makes the case that he needs a new theme and a new Titan Tron immediately, Io Sky beats Raquel Rodriguez in a clean Queen of the Ring semifinal that had a really good top rope finish, Braun Breaker shows up mid-match during Javon Evans versus Austin Theory to destroy Javon in midair on the OG cutter attempt and end the match by disqualification, the guys discover their entire King of the Ring bracket prediction is wrong after Oba squashes Dom and JD in about four minutes without Brock Lesnar showing up, Danny and John spend the closing segment figuring out that Oba is probably winning King of the Ring for a SummerSlam title shot with Jay Uso potentially being pointed toward the WWE title on SmackDown, and John gets to tell the story of his face ending up in the Dan Housen Knicks championship package on Raw because he cursed just two seconds before the cleanest part of the clip.
Final grades: C plus and B minus.
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00:00 - Welcome Back and Setting the Scene00:33 - The New Look Bloodline Opens Raw02:01 - Roman Gives Everyone Their Flowers03:43 - Jacob Steals the Mic and Acknowledges Only Roman04:49 - Eric Andre Gets Ripped Out of the Crowd06:00 - Roman Reigns Then and Now06:48 - Io Sky vs Raquel Rodriguez Queen of the Ring08:45 - Liv and Danhausen Backstage09:46 - Jalen Brunson Under the Sheet Theory10:28 - Chad Gable vs Rusev12:07 - Chad Gable Needs New Music and a New Titan Tron12:16 - LA Knight and the Usos Rehash14:24 - Jacob Fatu Calls Jay and Jimmy Ass Again15:34 - Roxanne vs Charlotte Flair17:01 - Javon Evans and Logan Paul Segment17:24 - Braun Breaker Destroys Javon Mid Air18:14 - John Arpino Ends Up on Monday Night Raw21:22 - Austin Theory and the Vision Discussion23:13 - Oba Femi vs Dom Mysterio25:00 - Roman Whispers to Jacob Backstage26:03 - King of the Ring Bracket Is Completely Wrong27:53 - Jay Uso for the WWE Title Theory29:46 - Final Grades and Knicks Championship Celebration
11 Jun 2026
Chad Gable Saves Rey Mysterio's Mask and Javon Evans Shocks Everyone to Win King of the Ring | Raw Graded
Danny and John Arpino come back from a fun Raw in Paris that delivered a great main event nobody called, a Penta versus Rey Mysterio match that meant something to both of them, and a Chad Gable moment that had the whole building on their feet at just the right time.
This week on The Go-Home Show: Oba Femi opens the show strutting into the ring with a little extra bounce in his step and tells Dom that Rey Mysterio may be his father but next week Oba Femi is going to introduce him to his daddy, JD McDonagh hits Oba with a chair from behind and gets that chair punched directly into his own oversized skull for his trouble, Seth Rollins cuts a quick backstage promo telling Paris he is on his way to Roman Reigns, Liv Morgan wins the Queen of the Ring fatal four way on her birthday with a cheap roll up on Chelsea Green that protects Chelsea while still getting the result, Jacob Fatu spends a backstage segment pacing behind Jay and Jimmy like a caged animal before walking away instead of doing their bidding then later comes back to tell them to their faces that they are both ass and walks off, Chad Gable continues his apology tour with Penta backstage before the segment where Ray Phoenix tells him his apology needs to go back further than El Grande Americano all the way to what he did to Otis and Maxine in Alpha Academy, Penta versus Rey Mysterio gets a proper rematch from their Lucha Underground days in a genuinely meaningful IC title match that both of them treated like it was the biggest match of their lives, Rusev and Ethan Page attack after the match and pull off Rey's mask which brings out Chad Gable to his old American Alpha theme music for the save and a huge pop that had both Danny and Team Money with chills, Lyra Valkyria defends against Sol Ruka in a title match that had some awkward chemistry in spots but Sol retains, and the main event fatal four way sees Seth Rollins almost win before Austin Theory pulls the ref out, Braun spears Seth, Ricky Starks tries to steal it, and Javon Evans cuts both of them off with the OG cutter to advance to the King of the Ring semifinals in a result neither of them saw coming for even a second.
Final grades: C plus and B plus.
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9 Jun 2026
Cody Rhodes Is Better Chasing a Belt Than Holding One and SmackDown Proves It Every Week | SmackDown Graded
Danny and John Arpino sit down for a SmackDown that aired from Bologna, Italy and delivered almost nothing worth remembering except Chad Gable getting a massive pop, Solo cutting one of his best promos in months, and a closing conversation that finally said out loud what has been sitting under the surface for weeks about Cody Rhodes as champion.
This week on The Go-Home Show: Gunther opens the show furious about losing clean to Cody at Clash in Italy and demanding justice while the guys point out that this is now the third time WWE has run the exact same story of Gunther screwed me slash Drew screwed me slash Kevin Owens screwed me with Cody as the golden boy who apparently cannot be beaten, Gunther then goes backstage to tell Nick Aldis he is going to sue him and his son into oblivion which does not suit the ring general character at all, Sammy Zayn's music hits at the worst possible time and he dives into Gunther only for Cody to accidentally take him out with a suicide dive and then tell him it was not for him, Chad Gable walks up to a massive pop in a backstage segment and then later finds Rey Phoenix to apologize for the El Grande gimmick in a quiet moment that tied everything up beautifully and sets up what the guys hope will be a very serious Kurt Angle level Chad Gable going forward, Solo cuts a genuinely compelling promo to Royce Keys about a war coming between the bloodlines and why Royce needs to pick a side which was one of the only segments on the show that actually moved anything forward, Raquel Rodriguez goes over in the Queen of the Ring fatal four way in an upset that neither of them called, Dom wins the King of the Ring fatal four way with shenanigans from JD and Liv to set up Oba versus Dom which the guys immediately agree can only end with Brock Lesnar interference, Braun Breaker showed up looking extremely pale without his spray tan guy apparently making the Italy trip, Trick Williams hypes himself up in a Kathy Kelly segment that marks one of the only times anyone mentioned what King of the Ring actually means and why it matters, and the closing rant lands on the same place every week which is that Cody Rhodes is one of the best chasers in the history of the business and one of the least compelling champions they have had in years and SmackDown will keep struggling until that belt is on someone else.
Final grades: C minus and D.
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