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Saturday, March 12, 2011
USITT 2011
Hey Russellmaniacs! It's The Russell Cage Experience coming from The Blake Hotel in Charlotte, NC! Since Wednesday my classmates and I have been at a technical theater conference here in NC called USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology). It is a Theatre technicians HEAVEN! They have classes/seminars/sessions for everything from lighting (which was what I hit the most) to costuming. Anything to doing with the backstage aspects of Theatre it was happening. During the conference they also have a stage expo where you can walk around to various vendor booths, internship opportunities, & colleges. During the expo (mainly the first day) you get a lot of swag (free stuff) from the booths on the stage expo. I've got everything from a yo-yo, to gel books, to a frisbee at the product showcase which was held the first night. The conference is a great way to network and make connections within the Theatre industry and certainly a learning experience with the various sessions that they offer.
Like I said I hit a lot of the lighting sessions that they offered and if you're friends with me on Facebook you'll see a lot of the photos from some of these sessions and just overall the adventures around Charlotte, NC! There is even a video that I'm tagged in where I'm yo-yoing and playing a kazoo in front of the Bank of America Stadium & a giant panther statue! The lighting sessions that I have been to have been really helpful in showing various aspects of lighting techniques and designing lights for shows. I was able to talk to one of the vendors about how to light a dance recital and tips on what to do. The possibilities are endless as to what sort of connections you can make at this conference!
I'll hopefully be making a Vlog soon on You Tube talking more about USITT and how you can get involved. With this being the last night of the conference I guess I can promote the fact that next year USITT will be in Long Beach, California! I would love to go to it BUT my main issue would be getting enough money together to be able to go. No doubts hotels and food would be expensive because 1. It's California and 2. It's MUCH further away from home! I also will be working on making video compilations of our time here at the USITT conference that I plan to post on You Tube as well! I hope this gets you guys as excited about USITT as I am! If you want more info check out the USITT website go to http://www.usitt.org/
Like I said I hit a lot of the lighting sessions that they offered and if you're friends with me on Facebook you'll see a lot of the photos from some of these sessions and just overall the adventures around Charlotte, NC! There is even a video that I'm tagged in where I'm yo-yoing and playing a kazoo in front of the Bank of America Stadium & a giant panther statue! The lighting sessions that I have been to have been really helpful in showing various aspects of lighting techniques and designing lights for shows. I was able to talk to one of the vendors about how to light a dance recital and tips on what to do. The possibilities are endless as to what sort of connections you can make at this conference!
I'll hopefully be making a Vlog soon on You Tube talking more about USITT and how you can get involved. With this being the last night of the conference I guess I can promote the fact that next year USITT will be in Long Beach, California! I would love to go to it BUT my main issue would be getting enough money together to be able to go. No doubts hotels and food would be expensive because 1. It's California and 2. It's MUCH further away from home! I also will be working on making video compilations of our time here at the USITT conference that I plan to post on You Tube as well! I hope this gets you guys as excited about USITT as I am! If you want more info check out the USITT website go to http://www.usitt.org/
Saturday, February 5, 2011
LaFollette Weekend...
Well it's been a while since I've checked in with everyone. A lot of things have happened in the past couple weeks. In my own personal life I auditioned for Cumberland Idol and made it. I got to the first week and sang with my duet partner, Darcy. I have to say even though I was eliminated by the judges I really enjoyed being able to sing for my fellow student body along with a very talented young lady whom I enjoyed every moment singing with. Darcy is still in the competition along with quite a few of my friend still. I made some new friends as well through Idol. I'm looking forward to seeing and hearing the remaining contestants on this season of Cumberland Idol
I'm also doing the spring production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at school. I'm playing the father of the male lead, Doc Gibbs. I'm convinced that his real name isn't Frank Gibbs but Leroy Jethro Gibbs haha. It's a majority young cast with some of us Cumberland Veterans thrown in. I'm enjoying seeing some of the new blood, so to say, come in and take part in the plays at school. I can see each of them continuing on when I'm gone this semester and I look forward to coming back and seeing them grow as performers.
In the wrestling realm of things we've seen the return of Big Daddy Cool Diesel and Booker T to the world of the 'E'. Booker T taking part in the commentary booth on the Smackdown side. Not sure what plans they have for Nash but I'm sure it'll be something good. Being an old school wrestling fan it's great seeing the guys I grew up watching still wrestling and being just as entertaining as they were in the 90's. Also the big buzz around the internet is the date of 2/21/11. A lot of people are speculating that Sting is headed to WWE. I'm still convinced that it was just a video package promoting the return of the Undertaker to begin building his next WrestleMania feud. Now don't get me wrong, if Sting did show up on WWE I'd be all for it. But until I see that with my own two eyes I'm going with the return of the Deadman on the 21st of this month.
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl and I'm totally rooting for the Green Bay Packers. Why is this? Well first I don't like the Steelers BECAUSE of my team of preference, The Cincinnati Bengals. Second I'm looking forward to seeing how Aaron Rodgers fairs in his first Super Bowl appearance and would love to see them bring home a Super Bowl Championship. I'm hoping for a great game! SGA (Student Government Association) will be hosting a Super Bowl party on campus tomorrow so that's how I plan to watch and enjoy the biggest game in Football. It's the WrestleMania of Football if you will lol
With as busy as I've been I've not been blogging as much as I've wanted to so far this year but I'm still keeping my hopes that I'll be posting more as the year progresses. So with that being said I'm going to go rest and continue to recuperate from this cold that I have. Needs lost of rest and liquids. Peace out Russellmaniacs!
I'm also doing the spring production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at school. I'm playing the father of the male lead, Doc Gibbs. I'm convinced that his real name isn't Frank Gibbs but Leroy Jethro Gibbs haha. It's a majority young cast with some of us Cumberland Veterans thrown in. I'm enjoying seeing some of the new blood, so to say, come in and take part in the plays at school. I can see each of them continuing on when I'm gone this semester and I look forward to coming back and seeing them grow as performers.
In the wrestling realm of things we've seen the return of Big Daddy Cool Diesel and Booker T to the world of the 'E'. Booker T taking part in the commentary booth on the Smackdown side. Not sure what plans they have for Nash but I'm sure it'll be something good. Being an old school wrestling fan it's great seeing the guys I grew up watching still wrestling and being just as entertaining as they were in the 90's. Also the big buzz around the internet is the date of 2/21/11. A lot of people are speculating that Sting is headed to WWE. I'm still convinced that it was just a video package promoting the return of the Undertaker to begin building his next WrestleMania feud. Now don't get me wrong, if Sting did show up on WWE I'd be all for it. But until I see that with my own two eyes I'm going with the return of the Deadman on the 21st of this month.
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl and I'm totally rooting for the Green Bay Packers. Why is this? Well first I don't like the Steelers BECAUSE of my team of preference, The Cincinnati Bengals. Second I'm looking forward to seeing how Aaron Rodgers fairs in his first Super Bowl appearance and would love to see them bring home a Super Bowl Championship. I'm hoping for a great game! SGA (Student Government Association) will be hosting a Super Bowl party on campus tomorrow so that's how I plan to watch and enjoy the biggest game in Football. It's the WrestleMania of Football if you will lol
With as busy as I've been I've not been blogging as much as I've wanted to so far this year but I'm still keeping my hopes that I'll be posting more as the year progresses. So with that being said I'm going to go rest and continue to recuperate from this cold that I have. Needs lost of rest and liquids. Peace out Russellmaniacs!
Sunday, January 9, 2011
TNA Genesis Predictions...
So instead of a prediction video on You Tube I figured I'll do a prediction Blog. TNA Genesis is tomorrow live on PPV and they have a pretty decent card minus one match that I'm not too interested in.
Brother Ray vs Brother Devon:
This is the match that I'm not all that interested in. Now that Team 3D has split and "retired" as a team they're feuding with one another. I'd venture to say that this match will be a hardcore type match even though it doesn't have that stipulation attached to it. This will be a brawl between the two and the possibly of someone being busted open. If the feud will continue after Genesis then I'd say Brother Ray will win this one.
Prediction: Brother Ray
X Division Championship - Kazarian vs Jay Lethal (Champion):
The match that they announced will open TNA Genesis, just like any TNA PPV. The X Division matches always tend to open the shows & get the crowd pumped. Lethal and Kaz are both amazing talented wrestlers and no doubt will make this a great match all in it's own. The pressure isn't on Kaz as much as it is AJ Styles to win the match even though there is some pressure because he is a member of Fortune. On the flip side Jay Lethal hasn't had the title that long since regaining it from Robbie E. Once again on the flip side it appears that Fortune it trying to built as a strong stable.
Prediction: New X Division Champ - Kazarian
Knockouts Championship - Mickie James vs Madison Rayne (Champion):
"Hardcore Country" Mickie James is an amazing addition to the TNA Knockouts Division which was a loss to the WWE although WWE has picked up Awesome Kong. With as long as Mickie James has been in TNA I'm surprised they've not put the Knockouts title on her by now.
Prediction: New Knockouts Champion - Mickie James
MMA Match - Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle:
Interesting way to bring Kurt Angle back on TV. It wasn't a surprise that Kurt Angle was going to be back BUT I'm curious as to if they're going to try to bring him back in a wrestling capacity or if he's really retired, although I've never read anything about him retiring for real. So I'm thinking that Kurt Angle will win this match setting up a later confrontation between him & Jarrett with a possible stipulation that will reinstate Angle to the active roster.
Prediction: Kurt Angle
RVD vs Mystery Opponent chosen by Fortune:
This one I'm guessing is gonna be Rob Terry as the mystery opponent. He's the only member of Fortune that isn't involved in a match at Genesis. It'll be a somewhat easy win for RVD here though.
Prediction: RVD
TNA TV Championship - AJ Styles vs Doug Williams (Champion):
As I stated before AJ Styles has a lot of pressure on him that he doesn't win he's kicked out of Fortune. Now this could go two ways. AJ wins and brings another title to Fortune for the night OR he loses and goes back to being a face. I think AJ's been a good heel, especially when he turned heel & had Flair in his corner. I think after all this fans would like to see AJ come back to the good side especially since he's been pushed week after week.
Prediction: Doug Williams retains the TV Title, AJ turns face
TNA Tag Team Championship - Beer Money Inc vs Motor City Machine Guns (Champion):
I think this is going to be ANOTHER top notch match between these two teams. Both are EXTREMELY talented and certainly are what a tag team wrestling match should be. This is supposed to be a big night for Fortune to take titles for there group. With the exception of AJ I think it will be Fortunes night to shine.
Prediction: New Tag Team Champions - Beer Money Inc
#1 Contender Match - Matt Morgan vs Mr Anderson:
I'm torn in this one because I like both of these guys and feel they could be a great champion. Morgan is certainly great young new fresh champion for the company but Anderson has been long over due for a title run, even if it's a short one. I realize this is a #1 contender match but whoever wins I think would go on to win the TNA World Championship. They've been pushing this Anderson concussion angle quite a bit. Morgan could very possibly win this match due to kicking Anderson in the head and the ref stops the match. It's a difficult prediction to make though.
Prediction: #1 Contender for Jeff Hardy's TNA World Championship - Matt Morgan
Those are my predictions for the TNA Genesis PPV which will air tonight live on PPV. I'll hopefully be watching the PPV some how and having a review either on here or on You Tube.
Brother Ray vs Brother Devon:
This is the match that I'm not all that interested in. Now that Team 3D has split and "retired" as a team they're feuding with one another. I'd venture to say that this match will be a hardcore type match even though it doesn't have that stipulation attached to it. This will be a brawl between the two and the possibly of someone being busted open. If the feud will continue after Genesis then I'd say Brother Ray will win this one.
Prediction: Brother Ray
X Division Championship - Kazarian vs Jay Lethal (Champion):
The match that they announced will open TNA Genesis, just like any TNA PPV. The X Division matches always tend to open the shows & get the crowd pumped. Lethal and Kaz are both amazing talented wrestlers and no doubt will make this a great match all in it's own. The pressure isn't on Kaz as much as it is AJ Styles to win the match even though there is some pressure because he is a member of Fortune. On the flip side Jay Lethal hasn't had the title that long since regaining it from Robbie E. Once again on the flip side it appears that Fortune it trying to built as a strong stable.
Prediction: New X Division Champ - Kazarian
Knockouts Championship - Mickie James vs Madison Rayne (Champion):
"Hardcore Country" Mickie James is an amazing addition to the TNA Knockouts Division which was a loss to the WWE although WWE has picked up Awesome Kong. With as long as Mickie James has been in TNA I'm surprised they've not put the Knockouts title on her by now.
Prediction: New Knockouts Champion - Mickie James
MMA Match - Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle:
Interesting way to bring Kurt Angle back on TV. It wasn't a surprise that Kurt Angle was going to be back BUT I'm curious as to if they're going to try to bring him back in a wrestling capacity or if he's really retired, although I've never read anything about him retiring for real. So I'm thinking that Kurt Angle will win this match setting up a later confrontation between him & Jarrett with a possible stipulation that will reinstate Angle to the active roster.
Prediction: Kurt Angle
RVD vs Mystery Opponent chosen by Fortune:
This one I'm guessing is gonna be Rob Terry as the mystery opponent. He's the only member of Fortune that isn't involved in a match at Genesis. It'll be a somewhat easy win for RVD here though.
Prediction: RVD
TNA TV Championship - AJ Styles vs Doug Williams (Champion):
As I stated before AJ Styles has a lot of pressure on him that he doesn't win he's kicked out of Fortune. Now this could go two ways. AJ wins and brings another title to Fortune for the night OR he loses and goes back to being a face. I think AJ's been a good heel, especially when he turned heel & had Flair in his corner. I think after all this fans would like to see AJ come back to the good side especially since he's been pushed week after week.
Prediction: Doug Williams retains the TV Title, AJ turns face
TNA Tag Team Championship - Beer Money Inc vs Motor City Machine Guns (Champion):
I think this is going to be ANOTHER top notch match between these two teams. Both are EXTREMELY talented and certainly are what a tag team wrestling match should be. This is supposed to be a big night for Fortune to take titles for there group. With the exception of AJ I think it will be Fortunes night to shine.
Prediction: New Tag Team Champions - Beer Money Inc
#1 Contender Match - Matt Morgan vs Mr Anderson:
I'm torn in this one because I like both of these guys and feel they could be a great champion. Morgan is certainly great young new fresh champion for the company but Anderson has been long over due for a title run, even if it's a short one. I realize this is a #1 contender match but whoever wins I think would go on to win the TNA World Championship. They've been pushing this Anderson concussion angle quite a bit. Morgan could very possibly win this match due to kicking Anderson in the head and the ref stops the match. It's a difficult prediction to make though.
Prediction: #1 Contender for Jeff Hardy's TNA World Championship - Matt Morgan
Those are my predictions for the TNA Genesis PPV which will air tonight live on PPV. I'll hopefully be watching the PPV some how and having a review either on here or on You Tube.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
2011... Time for new things
July of 2009 was my last blog post on here! MAN has it been a long time! 2011 is a start of a new year and with a new year comes a time for changes. My first change is the fact that I'm going to try my best to start doing Blogs again. Along with blogs I also have The Russell Cage Experience on You Tube as well where I post my thoughts on week to week wrestling shows as well as DVD reviews. The DVD reviews will be on wrestling DVD's that I purchase which will hopefully increase as the year progresses (and if I have the money haha). I already have a DVD review of WWE's Bobby The Brain Heenan DVD and I'll be working on a WWE Top 50 Superstars of All Time DVD review in the coming days.
Now what is new since I last posted in 2009. Well if you take a look back I was angry at the fact that The Miz was getting whooped pretty bad by John Cena. In 2011 The Miz is the WWE Champion! This pleases me a great deal! I'm a big advocate of The Miz. But with the 2011 year I've come to have a better respect for John Cena as well. This new found respect comes from watching the Top 50 Superstars of All Time DVD. This will be discussed more in my video review.
So with this new post of 2011 I'm going to do my best to keep up with this and stay focused. This will not always be wrestling related, which may be a challenge all within itself =P I'll try to post general things that are on my mind, talking about whats going on at my college, as well as anything else about my personal life that I want to post. 2011 get ready for an experience! A Russell Cage Experience!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
WWE Raw Review July 27, 2009
What's goin on everyone! So I've opted to do a text review of WWE Raw instead of a video review, so lets get this ball rollin'!
We kicked off the show with a pretty good and entertaining opening segment which helped solidify that Shaq as a guest host was a good choice after all. I did have my doubts before I even started watching RAW. His interactions with Chris Jericho was REALLY funny, especially the kiss on the forehead. Then we have the Big Show come out, which we knew would happen. We also got Cryme Tyme who came out which help set up Jerishow vs Cryme Tyme with Shaq as the guest "enforcer". Also before Jerishow came out we got the announcement for a 5 Man Beat the Clock tournament that included Jack Swagger, MVP, Mark Henry, HHH, & John Cena and the winner would go on to face Randy Orton at Summerslam. After I heard that announcement I wondered out of the 2, HHH or Cena, who was going on to Summerslam because we all know that WWE doesn't want anything fresh in there WWE Title match at Summerslam. For the first time in a while this was a good opening segment.
From here we go to our first Beat the Clock match as Mark Henry vs Carlito. Now for someone who I thought was gonna squash Carlito this wasn't too shabby of a match. Carlito had some good offense goin on in this match. When all was said and done though Mark Herny got things started with the time to beat at 6:49 (which I knew at that point someone was gonna get squashed tonight in there match). Overall it was a decent match
Next we have a 6 Diva Tag Match as Mickie James, Kelly Kelly & Gail Kim vs. Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, & Rosa Mendez. I would be lying if I said this match was entertaining. One thing that it did do was show that they're possibly setting up Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix Diva's title fued. As I said in my video the Diva's title doesn't suit Mickie James' look and certainly doesn't suit Beth Phoenix's. Just a short match to help set up a possible fued here soon with Mickie, Gail, & Kelly getting the win.
Our next Beat the Clock match see MVP taking on the returning Chris Masters. I gotta say I was never too big on the guy when he was around before but this was a pretty good match and I'm even willing to accept him in the title picture as long as it takes Cena & HHH out of it. He looked impressive in his return and helped maybe get a possible fued between him & MVP going if they're not gonna do anything with MVP & Jack Swagger. MVP is unable to Beat the Clock but this match ended in a double countout so Chris Masters accomplished a successful return and MVP accomplished... What did MVP get accomplished in this match? Oh yeah, not being pushed to the title picture like he SHOULD BE!
The next match up was a joke that see The Brian Kendrick get burried once again, only this time it was by Kofi Kingston. Really short here
Our next Beat the Clock match is the GRANDSON OF A PLUMBER BABY, Cody Rhodes vs HHH. Before this match we see HHH attacked by Ted Jr with a tire iron or pipe or something, so you knew that was going to "effect him" in his match. I was honestly shocked with the outcome of this match though with HHH not Beating the Clock. I honestly thought he'd be the second person to set the time required to beat the rest of the night. But once he lost I instantly slapped my head because I had a horrible feeling in my gut and I'm sure a lot of you know what that feeling was.
Our next match up is the continuing joke that I'm sick & tired of seeing, Chavo vs Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle 4 Chavo 0. REALLY?!?! You think we find this entertaining?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! STOP THIS DISGRACE TO THE GUERRERO FAMILY NAME!
Jack Swagger vs Evan Bourne was our next Beat the Clock match and Jack Swagger LOSES! At this point a majority of hope was lost and everything was hanging on John Cena's opponent and Mark Herny's time. Yes I was willing to have Mark Henry vs Randy Orton over John Cena vs Randy Orton. While I like Evan Bourne, I was pulling for Jack Swagger ALL the way. I was hoping for a Jack Swagger vs Randy Orton Summerslam match which has AMAZING potential to be a great match. This just help solidify that WWE doesn't want any other main event players on Raw other than Randy Orton (Who I'm ok with as Champion), HHH, & John Cena.
From here is where I stopped watching because some things came up but Super Cena ended up Beating the Clock and apparently SQUASHING The Miz. The Miz needs a push not a disgrace. So I'm not too happy with the main event picture on Raw right now.
Those are my thoughts on this weeks edition of Raw. Let me know what you think and feel free to follow me on Twitter (RussellCage85) & You Tube (RCage85). Peace out!
We kicked off the show with a pretty good and entertaining opening segment which helped solidify that Shaq as a guest host was a good choice after all. I did have my doubts before I even started watching RAW. His interactions with Chris Jericho was REALLY funny, especially the kiss on the forehead. Then we have the Big Show come out, which we knew would happen. We also got Cryme Tyme who came out which help set up Jerishow vs Cryme Tyme with Shaq as the guest "enforcer". Also before Jerishow came out we got the announcement for a 5 Man Beat the Clock tournament that included Jack Swagger, MVP, Mark Henry, HHH, & John Cena and the winner would go on to face Randy Orton at Summerslam. After I heard that announcement I wondered out of the 2, HHH or Cena, who was going on to Summerslam because we all know that WWE doesn't want anything fresh in there WWE Title match at Summerslam. For the first time in a while this was a good opening segment.
From here we go to our first Beat the Clock match as Mark Henry vs Carlito. Now for someone who I thought was gonna squash Carlito this wasn't too shabby of a match. Carlito had some good offense goin on in this match. When all was said and done though Mark Herny got things started with the time to beat at 6:49 (which I knew at that point someone was gonna get squashed tonight in there match). Overall it was a decent match
Next we have a 6 Diva Tag Match as Mickie James, Kelly Kelly & Gail Kim vs. Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, & Rosa Mendez. I would be lying if I said this match was entertaining. One thing that it did do was show that they're possibly setting up Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix Diva's title fued. As I said in my video the Diva's title doesn't suit Mickie James' look and certainly doesn't suit Beth Phoenix's. Just a short match to help set up a possible fued here soon with Mickie, Gail, & Kelly getting the win.
Our next Beat the Clock match see MVP taking on the returning Chris Masters. I gotta say I was never too big on the guy when he was around before but this was a pretty good match and I'm even willing to accept him in the title picture as long as it takes Cena & HHH out of it. He looked impressive in his return and helped maybe get a possible fued between him & MVP going if they're not gonna do anything with MVP & Jack Swagger. MVP is unable to Beat the Clock but this match ended in a double countout so Chris Masters accomplished a successful return and MVP accomplished... What did MVP get accomplished in this match? Oh yeah, not being pushed to the title picture like he SHOULD BE!
The next match up was a joke that see The Brian Kendrick get burried once again, only this time it was by Kofi Kingston. Really short here
Our next Beat the Clock match is the GRANDSON OF A PLUMBER BABY, Cody Rhodes vs HHH. Before this match we see HHH attacked by Ted Jr with a tire iron or pipe or something, so you knew that was going to "effect him" in his match. I was honestly shocked with the outcome of this match though with HHH not Beating the Clock. I honestly thought he'd be the second person to set the time required to beat the rest of the night. But once he lost I instantly slapped my head because I had a horrible feeling in my gut and I'm sure a lot of you know what that feeling was.
Our next match up is the continuing joke that I'm sick & tired of seeing, Chavo vs Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle 4 Chavo 0. REALLY?!?! You think we find this entertaining?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! STOP THIS DISGRACE TO THE GUERRERO FAMILY NAME!
Jack Swagger vs Evan Bourne was our next Beat the Clock match and Jack Swagger LOSES! At this point a majority of hope was lost and everything was hanging on John Cena's opponent and Mark Herny's time. Yes I was willing to have Mark Henry vs Randy Orton over John Cena vs Randy Orton. While I like Evan Bourne, I was pulling for Jack Swagger ALL the way. I was hoping for a Jack Swagger vs Randy Orton Summerslam match which has AMAZING potential to be a great match. This just help solidify that WWE doesn't want any other main event players on Raw other than Randy Orton (Who I'm ok with as Champion), HHH, & John Cena.
From here is where I stopped watching because some things came up but Super Cena ended up Beating the Clock and apparently SQUASHING The Miz. The Miz needs a push not a disgrace. So I'm not too happy with the main event picture on Raw right now.
Those are my thoughts on this weeks edition of Raw. Let me know what you think and feel free to follow me on Twitter (RussellCage85) & You Tube (RCage85). Peace out!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thoughts on the current state of WWE RAW
So here I am sitting around just thinking. Normally I'd make a video about this but I want to not be limited with my time aloted me to post a video on You Tube. So my thoughts on WWE Raw.
At this moment and time Raw's entertainment value is down to me. HHH & John Cena are in the Main Event once again and the younger guys aren't getting pushed the way the need to be pushed. Evan Bourne is gonna get lost in the shuffle on Raw unfortunately. The plus to him being on Raw right now is I'm expecting good things out of him & Kofi Kingston in there US Title fued. But once that's over I don't know what his fate holds him from there.
The MVP vs Jack Swagger fued should be another good fued and you notice it's not a title fued. These two guys should be in the WWE Title picture. They would be a good fued with Randy Orton OR against each other for the title. Right now they're fighting each other which I'm ok with but I'd rather see this storyline progress rather than them wrestling one week and then being kept off the card for matches like Hornswoggle vs Chavo (Which is completely STUPID!)
Now who do I think should replace Cena & HHH in the title picture and possibly Orton for a short span of time? MVP, Jack Swagger, Miz (even though some people don't agree with that), Chris Jericho, and Ted Dibiase Jr. Now I did put Chris Jericho in there even though he's not a younger guy but he's not been in the WWE or World Title picture to the point where I'm tired of seeing him in it. Jericho is an AMAZING wrestler and he proved that with his matches with Rey Mysterio. I think with the list above of who should be in the title picture Jericho could have a great match with each of those guys. I mean think about it, Jericho vs Dibiase Jr, Jericho vs Miz, Jericho vs MVP, Jericho vs Jack Swagger. All those matches would be entertaining. Jericho is one of the top heels in the COMPANY. Make each one of those guys faces, if they're not already, and put them in a match with Jericho and you're almost guarantee that you're going to get a TOP PPV quality match out of it. Now mind you I'm just talking about Raw right now but if you wanted to throw the Smackdown guys in the mix I can think of at least 2 people on the Smackdown brand that need to be in the World title picture.
The thing with WWE Raw is that it's that it needs to get away from the same thing that we've seen over the past 5 or 6 years and get some new freash faces in there. In this 5 year span WWE could've been producing new main eventers to replace your Cena's and HHH's to keep the brand new and freash with fueds and what not, but instead they've allowed it to get stale and repetitive. I wanna see people like MVP, Jack Swagger, Miz, and Dibiase Jr in the WWE Title picture. I wanna seem them fighting each other instead of Cena or HHH and at times Randy Orton, but until WWE gets it in there head that we're getting tired of seeing the same stuff thrown in our faces we're gonna be seeing the same people in the Main Event EVERY PPV.
Now as for the Guest Host thing that they've got going on they need to quit with the celebrities. Seth Green caused me to turn the TV off when it got to the main event. His skits backstage weren't that good and he didn't really do anything besides "book" the main event. ZZ Top just sat backstage and jammed with Santino and honestly after the first 30-45 minutes of that I was tired of them as Guest Host. They "booked" two matches if I'm not mistaken. Now next week we're gonna have Shaq. Really, Shaq? I wouldn't be suprised if he put himself in a match against the Big Show. The Guest Host needs to be a wretling personality. When Ted Dibiase Sr did the show that was one of the better shows I had seen out of RAW and I actually thought there was hope after all for RAW to not be crappy. But then they started bringing the celebs in the following week. Even Batista was better than Seth Green & ZZ Top and that's saying something. Plus the week the announced ZZ Top as the Guest Host they teased that it was gonna be Dusty Rhodes. I fliped out because having Dusty Rhodes as the Guest Host would've been AWESOME! I'm a fan of Dusty Rhodes and a majority of the WWE Legends. Having them host would be great. It's always a good thing to see personalities from the past back on TV even if it is for short stint. Put Ricky Steamboat in there one week. Try to get Eric Bischoff in there one week. Roddy Piper the next. Whoever you get just make them a past or present wretling personality.
Now I do realize that the reason they're probably getting these celebs as Guest Host is to bring in more people for the audience but if you think about it if Seth Green hosts one week and ZZ Top the next. If you don't like ZZ Top more than likely you're not gonna watch and you're only gonna have those viewers for just one show so is it really worth the time to get them to come in if you're just gonna have a specific audience for one show? I say no. I would be aiming my program toward the current and past fans that they've had over the years and worry about giving them what they'd like to see.
Overall Raw needs to do quite a few things to keep people wanting to watch it. For there sake I hope that it's not too late
Thank you all for reading.
At this moment and time Raw's entertainment value is down to me. HHH & John Cena are in the Main Event once again and the younger guys aren't getting pushed the way the need to be pushed. Evan Bourne is gonna get lost in the shuffle on Raw unfortunately. The plus to him being on Raw right now is I'm expecting good things out of him & Kofi Kingston in there US Title fued. But once that's over I don't know what his fate holds him from there.
The MVP vs Jack Swagger fued should be another good fued and you notice it's not a title fued. These two guys should be in the WWE Title picture. They would be a good fued with Randy Orton OR against each other for the title. Right now they're fighting each other which I'm ok with but I'd rather see this storyline progress rather than them wrestling one week and then being kept off the card for matches like Hornswoggle vs Chavo (Which is completely STUPID!)
Now who do I think should replace Cena & HHH in the title picture and possibly Orton for a short span of time? MVP, Jack Swagger, Miz (even though some people don't agree with that), Chris Jericho, and Ted Dibiase Jr. Now I did put Chris Jericho in there even though he's not a younger guy but he's not been in the WWE or World Title picture to the point where I'm tired of seeing him in it. Jericho is an AMAZING wrestler and he proved that with his matches with Rey Mysterio. I think with the list above of who should be in the title picture Jericho could have a great match with each of those guys. I mean think about it, Jericho vs Dibiase Jr, Jericho vs Miz, Jericho vs MVP, Jericho vs Jack Swagger. All those matches would be entertaining. Jericho is one of the top heels in the COMPANY. Make each one of those guys faces, if they're not already, and put them in a match with Jericho and you're almost guarantee that you're going to get a TOP PPV quality match out of it. Now mind you I'm just talking about Raw right now but if you wanted to throw the Smackdown guys in the mix I can think of at least 2 people on the Smackdown brand that need to be in the World title picture.
The thing with WWE Raw is that it's that it needs to get away from the same thing that we've seen over the past 5 or 6 years and get some new freash faces in there. In this 5 year span WWE could've been producing new main eventers to replace your Cena's and HHH's to keep the brand new and freash with fueds and what not, but instead they've allowed it to get stale and repetitive. I wanna see people like MVP, Jack Swagger, Miz, and Dibiase Jr in the WWE Title picture. I wanna seem them fighting each other instead of Cena or HHH and at times Randy Orton, but until WWE gets it in there head that we're getting tired of seeing the same stuff thrown in our faces we're gonna be seeing the same people in the Main Event EVERY PPV.
Now as for the Guest Host thing that they've got going on they need to quit with the celebrities. Seth Green caused me to turn the TV off when it got to the main event. His skits backstage weren't that good and he didn't really do anything besides "book" the main event. ZZ Top just sat backstage and jammed with Santino and honestly after the first 30-45 minutes of that I was tired of them as Guest Host. They "booked" two matches if I'm not mistaken. Now next week we're gonna have Shaq. Really, Shaq? I wouldn't be suprised if he put himself in a match against the Big Show. The Guest Host needs to be a wretling personality. When Ted Dibiase Sr did the show that was one of the better shows I had seen out of RAW and I actually thought there was hope after all for RAW to not be crappy. But then they started bringing the celebs in the following week. Even Batista was better than Seth Green & ZZ Top and that's saying something. Plus the week the announced ZZ Top as the Guest Host they teased that it was gonna be Dusty Rhodes. I fliped out because having Dusty Rhodes as the Guest Host would've been AWESOME! I'm a fan of Dusty Rhodes and a majority of the WWE Legends. Having them host would be great. It's always a good thing to see personalities from the past back on TV even if it is for short stint. Put Ricky Steamboat in there one week. Try to get Eric Bischoff in there one week. Roddy Piper the next. Whoever you get just make them a past or present wretling personality.
Now I do realize that the reason they're probably getting these celebs as Guest Host is to bring in more people for the audience but if you think about it if Seth Green hosts one week and ZZ Top the next. If you don't like ZZ Top more than likely you're not gonna watch and you're only gonna have those viewers for just one show so is it really worth the time to get them to come in if you're just gonna have a specific audience for one show? I say no. I would be aiming my program toward the current and past fans that they've had over the years and worry about giving them what they'd like to see.
Overall Raw needs to do quite a few things to keep people wanting to watch it. For there sake I hope that it's not too late
Thank you all for reading.
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