The go home show before Summerslam and the main event is a birthday celebration for a 61 year old red and yellow moron! That should let you know my general feeling about Raw!
A Rapping Jew
Raw started with an elderly jewish man rapping. And that wasn’t even the strangest thing to happen on this Raw. The promo from Heyman was, as always, awesome! Brock didn’t say anything, and he didn’t need to, because he has Heyman and this is the way it should always be.
OOO: Obvious Odds Overcoming
This match was sloppy, it just had no definite pacing and there were some truly bad moments. But none of that mattered because it was all done just to make Roman look like Superman AGAIN! I do like that they didn’t let Reigns just win clean and went with the DQ finish instead. But they still had Reigns demolish both men so it was all for nothing really…..
As for the post match promo, lets touch on a couple of things:
- Roman, you are not John Cena, nor should you want to be, so please stop trying to talk like him.
- Renee, you’re with Ambrose so stop making googly eyes at Roman!
- Do some cardio guy, because you were winded as hell after that match!
Ambrose Surprise
I’m not gonna talk about the Seth Rollins and RVD match because it was nothing special that we haven’t seen before. The big thing here was Ambrose popping out of the comically large present on the stage. It was awesome, and I will admit to laughing my ass off at it. Maybe its just because I love Ambrose but it was great!
Did anyone else notice that they played the wrong music when Ambrose was done talking (and plugging 9.99)?
Even Stephanie Can’t Save This Feud
An affair? Really WWE? That’s where you want to go with this one? This is lowest common denominator stuff here folks. It wasn’t necessary, and it was crap. Plain and simple. The worst part here is that the girl they hired to play the “physical therapist” was such a bad actress that it made an already abysmal segment that much worse. Next to her, Brie Bella looks like Meryl Streep.
Sorry Cesaro
What is happening to Cesaro? He’s just losing random matches and has no direction. I’m really starting to worry that he will just fall down the ladder and never recover…
Bray Wyatt Dazzles, Jericho Sucks On A Lemon
This was kind of amazing wasn’t it? Bray just enthrals when he talks, and with no crowd to boo him or “WHAT” him, he shined even more than usual. Jericho kind of just sat there and pouted in anger. When Jericho got the opportunity to talk, he was great too. Much better than he usually is at least. I do find it a little bit weird that Wyatt didn’t attack Jericho though, seems like something he would do, but I can forgive it because of how good the segment was.
Overshadowed Diva’s
It’s a real shame that the Paige and AJ feud has had to take a back seat to Stephanie and Brie Bella because there is so much potential to it. Tonight was NOT a good example of that. Rhyming couplets and skipping are not a great way to build a rivalry.
Hulk Hogan Main Events Raw….In 2014?!
Budget cuts? What budget cuts?
Yep, you read that right! We all knew that the “birthday celebration” was gonna happen this week. What I didn’t know was that it would take the main event spot! The last 2 weeks have seen awful segments with Brie and Stephanie which caused a ratings plummet in the 3rd hour! This week, we got Hulk Hogan flubbing every line he said, and spouting 9.99 at every opportunity.
I wanted to talk about something a little bit more awkward though. The camera kept switching back to Hogans face when everyone was coming out one by one, and he did NOT look very happy.
The second half of this segment was a little better with Brock ruining the celebration with his presence. Yes, we all knew he wasn’t going to touch any of the old guys, but it was effective enough. The one issue I take with this, is that Cena coming down should have caused a brawl, but Brock backed off as if he were afraid of him. I know he’s a mercenary and only fights when he wants to, but this just made him look like a chump!
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