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!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
First Up...
Here I am on blogspot now. So I'm going to work on trying to do this as well as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and You Tube. I'll be heading North for a few days so there will be no radio show this week but I will hopefully be back air the following week on WCCR 94.5 Williamsburg, Ky and it can be heard around the world online as well
That's all for now. Take it easy
Russell "Cage"
That's all for now. Take it easy
Russell "Cage"
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