So how did everyone like the show? I Really enjoyed it, probably one of my faveorite raws in recent weeks since it's been pretty bad recently.
Rock opening the show Via satellite at first i was a little meh with it but i think Rock did a good job with his promo and i thought it was interesting. i was hoping he would just outright decline being cenas partner then next week decide to become his partner or something. Last night i kind of started looking at Rock vs Cena in a different way than i have before. Before i looked at it as just Rock vs Cena but now im looking at it more as Rock is the heel and Cena is the face and i think i like it better like that. because really The Rock has no legit comeback for Cena. Cena is there every night and Rock is rarely ever there. i guess the only thing Rock could say is that at least he walked away and didn't hog up the main event for years like Cena is doing or that if Rock didn't walk away Cena wouldn't have become the star he is today because Rock would still be the biggest star.
Punk vs Henry. this had rewrite written all over it. I feel like they were like "Oh shit we don't want our world champ who we have made so dominant to lose cleanly to a guy this size...why did we book this? lets find a way out" so they went with the DQ route which i really liked and i have always thought of this strategy in this type of match myself it was real and i was the real bad guy i would do the same. now what did annoy me is that Ricardo was beating on Henry and they didn't call a DQ when they happened which would have been a DQ in any other match but then once he takes his shoe off and starts hitting him they call it.
Divas Battle Roayl was meh. they have the same girls in there at the end that are always in the main diva storyline. I want to see AJ break out and become the one that knocks off Beth for the Divas title. it could be like the Rey mysterio vs Big show of Divas. but Eve wins it so we get Eve vs Beth again...bleh. i would have even rather seen Kelly win it or alicia for that matter. or how about Natalya vs Beth?
All the muppets stuff was good i enjoyed everything expect the Fozzy/Gonzo part kind of fell flat. of course the highllight of the night came when Sheamus met Beeker or whatever his name is. and they looked just alike and it was revealed they were actually family members!!!
Air boom vs Rhodes & Barret was good but it just didn't make much sense to me. for one Barret and Rhodes shouldn't be teaming together these are 2 singles stars and they just beat the tag champs...i wonder if it had anything to do with Bournes suspension? More than likely so the booking didn't make much sense to me but i enjoyed the match its self and though Barret does bore me in the ring he seems to be getting better and maybe this is how i would like him in a tag team. I'll suggest putting him in a team with Drew Mcintyre again.
Big show vs Del Rio was really good. Big show has been looking great since his return honestly this might be the most i have ever enjoyed big show. i think he's better in the ring than ever and he's looking to be in good health too so his time off seems to have done good for him. if i was WWE i would take him off of the road and just have him do TV beings he's such a big guy and he's getting older and when he does have rest he seems to be so much better. anyways the match was really good and was match of the night for me i don't really mind ADR losing here though i feel like i should.
Aftermath with Punk getting his title match i liked. wish he would have put the mic up to ADR's face while he had the vice on but oh well it worked. "HE SAID YES!"
Santino vs Swagger was just badfor the most part. crowed was pretty dead other than some "We Want Ryder" Chants and it just didn't seem to work. the end was fun and for the kids so i hope they liked it.
Ziggler vs Ryder was a really good match. it was given more time than i expected and i didn't think Ryder would win it beings Ziggler already beat him at the last PPV i thought they were over Ryder and was moving on to Mason Ryan vs Ziggler but im glad that doesn't seem to be the case. ryan wasn't on the show as far as i saw which i was happy with. and Ryder got the win over Ziggler. Ryder was so over in this match and they let him get some more offense in too which was nice because his matches have been really short on Raw. I'm hoping this leads to Zack Ryder winning the US championship in MSG at Survivor series. what a great moment that would be.
They showed the Nash/Triple H stuff from last week which at this point i had already forgotten about which just shows you how much that storyline doesn't interest me. Nash is gonna be back on Raw next week im still thinking he and Triple H will have some sort of fight at survivor series.
Then they ran short on time and scrapped the JR/Cole stuff which im glad they did. cole did some stupid shit with a diaper which i don't think anyone finds funny and it just seems like a waste of time and space. this may lead to Cole being off Raw though so that might work out well at least we would be rid of these announcer storylines we have had to sit through mostly all year.
Cena vs Miz i didn't even bother to watch. there match at mania wasn't good so i didn't expect this ti be any better. I did see the end with Cena winning and then giving Truth the AA with truth having the mask on which just kind of made Miz and Truth look weak and kind of like a joke which has been one of the issues i have had with them anyways.
Overall it wasn't a great show by any means but i did really enjoy it. probably because there were a lot of different things going on.
