WWE Raw Results 8/6/12 from San Antonio, TX
Raw begins with General Manager AJ Lee. She comes out in a white business suit and skips to the ring. She announces Big Show vs Randy Orton. Don’t care. She also announces Daniel Bryan vs John Cena. Thank you. Before she makes her final announcement CM Punk’s music hits. He gets a crowd pop. I wonder how soon those will stop? Punk says he did something last week that he wishes he could take back. He apologizes to AJ for yelling at her. He says that both he and AJ shouldn’t be disrespected. He says he’s sorry and the crowd boos. Punk brings out the sarcasm by saying that AJ will fall flat on her face from time to time and will make big mistakes occasionally. That’s the heel coming out in him. He wants AJ to call off the triple threat match at Summerslam. AJ says the decision will stand. Punk says that AJ is trying to get back at him from when he embarrassed her during her proposal. Damn Punk is good. He hasn’t changed his character whatsoever, but throws out sarcastic heel lines in perfect situations to get a negative reaction. It’s genius.
John Cena comes to the ring. He says that Punk should earn respect instead of demand it. The crowd chants “let’s go Cena, Cena sucks.” Cena acknowledges the crowd. Then he acknowledges AJ and tells her that she smells great. Well planned awkwardness. Punk says that he saved Cena from Big Show last week. Cena says the odds are against Punk to retain at Summerslam. Punk reminds Cena that he beat him at Summerslam last year. As they argue The Big Show’s music hits. He gets half way down the aisle before AJ stops everything. She says she won’t let her show get out of hand. Punk tells her that the champion deserves to be in the main event. Cough cough your welcome cough cough. Patting the back. AJ says that the fans will vote on Twitter who Punk will face. The options are The Miz, Kane, or Rey Mysterio. The match is next. Next??? So much for the champion being in the main event. But it makes sense that he isn’t, to push his current disrespect storyline.
WWE Champion CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio- Jerry Lawler reveals Mysterio as the winner of the Twitter vote. These two used to have good matches against one another. Tieup to start. Punk powers Mysterio into the corner. Clean break. Mysterio attempts a drop toe hold. Punk fights out and hooks in a hammer lock. Mysterio rolls through and kicks Punk in the shin multiple times. Irish whip to the corner, but Mysterio misses on a charge. Body slam by Punk, followed by a leg drop. Two count. Grounded scissor hold by Punk. Weird how slow the pacing of this match is thus far. Is Mysterio still kinda banged up? Mysterio fights up, bounces off the ropes, but is caught in a tilt-a-whirl back breaker. Punk climbs the top rope, but Mysterio drop kicks him off. Punk flies to the outside floor. Running senton off the apron to the outside by Mysterio. That’s a commercial spot.
Back from break Mysterio is on the top rope. He pulls Punk up. Punk uses a Mongolian chop to take control. Damn I love Mongolian chops. I want to Mongolian chop someone in a real life fight some day. On the bucket list. Superplex by Punk off the top rope. Two count after a cover. Punk applies a second scissor hold. Mysterio tries to elbow out, but Punk hits a series of his own elbows to the chest of Mysterio. Punk works the head by twisting around the neck. Mysterio bites his hand to break the hold. Punk throws Mysterio under the bottom rope and to the outside. Punk charges him on the apron, but Mysterio hits a shoulder thrust. Senton off the top rope by Mysterio. Sunset flip followed by a kick to the head. Two count. Mysterio is caught in the GTS after he runs up the ropes, but counters. Punk flies into the ropes. 619 by Mysterio. He goes for Dropping the Dime, but Punk gets his legs up. Punk picks him up and hits the GTS. 1-2-3. CM Punk wins. That match was a little disappointing. It was good. But it was slow. I just expected more. I guess Mysterio can’t work like he used to anymore. Steroids do break down the body.
Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez are in the back. He is parking his Ferrari backstage in his own parking spot. Ricardo makes people move tables so that they can get the car in. Alberto is angry at him for not having the spot ready. He gets pushed. Poor Ricardo.
Wade Barrett Promo- There are clips of guys bare knuckle fighting. Barrett steps in and knocks them out. He says his barrage has just begun. He is returning soon.
AJ Lee, Alberto Del Rio, and Ricardo Rodriguez are in the back. Del Rio flirts with her and tells her that shes doing a great job. He says AJ is smart and wont have him compete before Summerslam. She says she don’t have him booked. He turns to Ricardo and says that he thought she would do something crazy. AJ is offended that he said the word crazy. So she books him in a match. He pushes Ricardo. Poor Ricardo.
Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio w/ Ricardo Rodriguez- Christian gets the “already in the ring” jobber entrance. It’s used to put over the fact that this match wasn’t originally planned. Ricardo also puts this over by running out to the ramp late. Del Rio is still getting undressed as he comes down to the ring. He finishes lacing up his boots on the steps. Del Rio charges and misses as the bell rings. Christian goes to the top rope and pounds him. Del Rio rolls to the outside and pulls Christian’s legs through. He throws Christian face first into the outside turnbuckle. He throws him shoulder first into the barricade. Back in the ring he gets a two count. Del Rio works the arm and pulls the hair. Christian tries to fight out, but gets headbutted, and is hit with a single arm DDT.
Christian gets up and hits an uppercut. He does the stupid spot where he jumps to the outside with an uppercut. Cross body off the top rope by Christian. Del Rio kicks him in the shin. Christian reverses the Cross Arm Breaker into a pinning attempt. Two count. Del Rio hits more kicks to the arm. He misses a senton bomb off the top rope. Christian attempts the Spear. He is met with a super kick. Cross Arm Breaker is reversed into a Kill Switch Attempt. Christian is thrown into the corner. Ricardo pulls him out. Christian chases him to the outside. He goes to the top rope again, but Del Rio hits him in the head with his boot. Cross Arm Breaker. Christian taps out. Del Rio wins.
Sheamus is on the Titan Tron. He gets in Del Rio’s Ferrari. He calls Ricardo “Ricky Ricardo” and tells him not to leave the keys in the car next time. Sheamus drives out of the building in the car. They did a very nice job in setting all of this up. The impromptu match lead to Del Rio leaving his car in the back. This lead to some cheap shine by Sheamus in stealing the car. The impromptu match also lead to the finish. Del Rio was able to easily remove his boot under the idea that they weren’t fully laced when he arrived to the ring. It’s simple and effective heel heat. It’s not completely entertaining, but it makes sense. They attempted to do something different since this storyline is stale. It’s still boring, but nice try.
Randy Orton vs. The Big Show- Ugh. Do I have to watch this? One is repetitive and one is slow. Not intrigued. Tie up to start. Orton is tossed on his back. Big Show attacks in the corner with body blows. Orton fights back with punches and kicks. Multiple short arm clotheslines in the corner. 10 count on the top rope. Big Show pushes him off. Side slam by Show. He walks over Orton’s body with all of his weight. This match is actually moving faster than the Punk/Mysterio match. Well, I spoke too soon. Big Show hits a head butt. Long pause. Orton fights back with kicks. He bounces off the rope and is shoulder blocked by Big Show. Long pause. Chin lock by Big Show. Long pause. Orton fights up and out with elbows. He is tossed into the corner. Big Show charges, but Orton gets the boots up. He attempts to take Big Show off his feet with multiple shoulder blocks. He finally knocks him down with a drop kick. Orton signals RKO. He is met with a Choke Slam instead. False finish two count. Long pause.
Orton rolls to the outside. Big Show grabs him by his shoulders and pulls him up. Guillotine drop by Orton dazes Big Show. Orton runs back in the ring, but is shoulder blocked once again. Orton super bumps to the outside floor. Big Show follows him out and they brawl. He tosses him back in the ring and signals Choke Slam. Orton tries to fight out, but is thrown to the outside floor for the 17th time. Big Show follows and chops Orton’s chest across the commentary table. He attempts to throw Orton into the barricade, but Orton rolls down his back, and sends Big Show face first. He attempts an RKO, but Big Show pushes him off. Big Show runs at Orton with a weak Spear. The referee counts to 10. That’s a count out. The crowd boos when the ring announcer announces the count out. Because count outs are stupid that’s why. Big Show throws Orton back into the ring and signals WMD. Orton ducks it and hits an RKO. So basically they wanted to put Orton over because he just returned, but they didn’t want Big Show to job since he’s a #1 contender. So they did the crap that they did. Decent match though. Unlike Punk/Mysterio it was better than expected. But maybe that’s because the expectations were so low to begin.
Handicap Match: Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks vs. Ryback- It’s been awhile since we’ve seen Ryback on Raw. We see a bad promo filmed “earlier today” by Ryback. Reks starts with upper knee lifts. Ryback comes back with a power slam. Reks counters another slam and tags Hawkins. Hawkins is immediately met with a boot to the chest. Tag to Reks. He is hip tosssed. Hawkins distracts with an ankle grab. Reks uses a hard clothesline. Quck tags between the two. They keep the pace fast. Double front suplex by the two. Only a one count after all of that. Hawkins applies a chin lock. Ryback powers out, but is distracted again with another ankle grab. Reks runs at Ryback, but is back body dropped over the top rope and down onto Hawkins. Hawkins is pulled in the ring and power slammed. Hard clothesline by Ryback. Ryback hits Shell Shocked on Hawkins for the win. Another decent match. I like the strategy used by the tag team. That was some of the quickest tagging I’ve ever seen. They really stayed on him. I do miss Ryback beating up jobbers though. That will forever be my favorite. Long live Stan Stansky.
Epico and Primo vs. The Prime Time Players w/ AW- Neither team gets an entrance. AW introduces The Prime Time Players in the ring. He makes a comment about “still” being the owner of All World Productions. I guess that was in reference to his rape joke last week and how people were angry. Primo strikes Darren Young with a drop kick. The match officially begins with Primo and Titus O’Neil. O’Neil powers him down and tags Young. Double shoulder block. Young hits an elbow drop. Primo gets up and runs at Young. Young back body drops him into the turnbuckle. Primo stands on his head on the turnbuckle and back mule kicks Young. Then he reverse head scissors him. Nice spot by Primo.
Young gets up and powers Primo into the corner. Tag to Titus. Primo is tossed from one side of the ring to the other. Titus chokes Primo. Nice reverse power slam by Titus. Young comes in and is suplexed onto Primo by Titus. Chin lock by Young. He goes for a slam, but Primo turns in mid air. Two count for Primo. Primo charges Young, but is hit with a power slam. Irish whip by Young is met with a Primo elbow. Primo rolls through and gets the hot tag. Epico comes in on fire with punches, clotheslines, and a back body drop. He knocks Titus off the apron. Triple suplex by Epico. Titus pulls Young out and they head up the ramp. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth come down the ramp. That stops The Prime Time Players from retreating.
Epico and Primo attack on the outside. Young throws Epico into the outside apron. He tosses Epico back into the ring. Then he awkwardly turns around and distracts himself with Kofi and Truth. Epico hits the Back Stabber. Three count. Epico and Primo win. Weird finish. Young shouldn’t have taken control on the outside. His awkward turn inside the ring really didn’t make any sense to me. That finish definitely should have been done differently. I’m guessing that they are going to make the tag title match at Summerslam a triple threat match with Epico and Primo now involved. They are deserving since they won this match over the #1 contenders. Prime Time Players will go over and win the titles anyways. I’m not sure how I feel about these tag team matches. They are decent, but they don’t get much of a crowd reaction, and something always seems to go wrong in them. Also, no Rosa Mendes tonight? They aren’t even going to try to explain why?
Josh Mathews interviews Damien Sandow in the back- He asks Sandow about his attack on Brodus Clay. Obviously I have no idea what Sandow is saying…because he’s so smart! Big words. He is going to rid the WWE of Clay. Because people that dance are stupid. Something like that.
The Funkasaurus Brodus Clay w/ The Funkadactuls vs. Damien Sandow-Sandow attacks Clay on the ramp as he is dancing down the aisle. He chop blocks the back of Clay’s leg. Sandow tosses him down the ramp and onto the flat floor. Sandow runs at him with a flying forearm off the ramp. He continuously takes out the leg of Clay. He positions his ankle onto the ramp and brutally stomps it. Sandow continues to twist away at Clay’s ankle and leg. Pretty nasty looking attack by Sandow. I like this guy. Sandow poses and tells Brodus that he did this to himself.
AJ Lee is in the back with Daniel Bryan. They are sitting on leather couches in her office. She says he has anger management issues. He says its because she left him at the altar. He says he is calm now. She tells him that he has a match at Summerslam with Kane. Ugh. Why? So they are putting him in the ring with someone that he can’t have a five star match with? On a major PPV like Summerslam? Why? I don’t get it. Daniel gets up and yells NO. AJ yells YES. NO! YES! NO! YES! He tries to juke her out. Then yells NO! Ha! Great stuff. I love the new NO! shirt. Now I’m okay with killing YES. But only because he now has a NO shirt. Genius. I must have one.
Kelly Kelly vs. Eve Torres– Why does Kelly have to be back? The Diva’s division was doing fine without her. Actually it wasn’t being used at all. And that’s fine with me. Because they don’t really have the talent to have a successful Diva’s Division. That could change when Sara Del Rey starts with the company though. Anyways, on to the “match.” Eve goes to leave the ring, but Kelly drags her back in by her hair. Thesz press by Kelly. She drives Eve’s head into the turnbuckle. Flipping back elbow. Kelly attempts a stink face, but Eve rolls to the outside. Kelly chases her and slaps her. She throws Eve into the barricade. Eve is tossed back into the ring. Kelly goes to the top rope and hits a cross body. Two count. Kelly goes for a head scissors, but its countered. Eve slams Kelly into the mat and then stomps her. Eve goes to the top rope and chokes Kelly. Chin lock. Kelly fights out, but is cut off. Kelly counters an Irish whip with a kick to the face. Sunset flip by Kelly for the win. At least she didn’t use a roll up.
Shawn Michaels comes to the ring. This is his home town after all. He makes another joke about being tired from his entrance. He says he couldn’t miss Raw in his home town. He says there are a lot of new faces that he doesn’t recognize in the back. But everyone is talking about Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar. See what he did there? Weak segway. Brock Lesnar’s music hits. Lesnar and Paul Heyman come to the ring. It really is great to see those guys every single time they come out. Heyman calls Michaels the greatest in ring performer in the history of the WWE. Heyman says Lesnar is not an entertainer. He doesn’t want to be a Show Stopper, a Hall of Famer, Mr. Wrestlemania, or Mr. Summerslam. He says Lesnar is going to Summerslam to fight and prove he’s the baddest guy on the planet. Damn Heyman is good.
Michaels says he’s not here to dispute the attributes of Lesnar. He tells Heyman that he shouldn’t have attacked Triple H’s wife or kids. Michaels says he’s picking Triple H to win because he’s in a state that he’s never seen before. Michaels says he will be in Triple H’s corner at Summerslam. Heyman says that Michaels had the option to leave on his own terms, but Lesnar won’t give Triple H that option. Lesnar grabs the mic. He says the only reason why Shawn thinks Triple H can beat him is because Shawn has never been in the ring with him until now. He steps towards Michaels.
Triple H’s music hits. He walks into the ring beside Michaels. Heyman exits the ring. It’s a two on one. Lesnar tells Triple H that he will see him at Summerslam. He threatens Michaels and says that he will see him before then. Lesnar and Heyman leave up the ramp. I’m not really sure that Michaels was really needed in this match. Adding Micahels doesn’t make this match a bigger entity. Lesnar has only had one match so far, so his matches are still prestigious on their own. Seeing him compete is a big enough draw. I understand that they want to make major PPV’s star studded, but this just doesn’t seem like the right time to add a legend. It doesn’t really add anything to the match. The reason for Michaels agreeing to be in Triple H’s corner is weak to me.
Sheamus Tout- Michael Cole shows a Tout video that Sheamus just put online. He is at the Alamo in Del Rio’s car. Now that’s a cool way to implement this Tout thing. I love me some Social Media angles. Seeing fans Tout during Raw annoys me, but when they do stuff like this I’m all for it.
Alex Riley vs. Dolph Ziggler w/ Vickie Guerrero- Chris Jericho is on commentary. Alex Riley gets the “already in the ring” jobber entrance. Because he is a jobber. Ziggler dodges a tie up to start. He taunts. Because he’s the show off. Chain wrestling results in a hammerlock take over by Riley. They break and tie up again. Riley takes out the legs of Ziggler and goes for a quick cover. One count. Riley rolls Ziggler into an arm bar. Why is Riley being put over as the better chain wrestler? I don’t get that. Ziggler powers up and pushes Riley into the corner. He stomps away at him. Ziggler taunts at Jericho. Jericho calls Michael Cole “Mitchell.” I laugh hard. He hits a drop kick off of an Irish whip. Jumping elbow drop from Ziggler. Riley gets up and punches, but is kicked back down. This match is slow and boring. Ziggler grounds and pounds Riley. More punches from Riley. He whips Ziggler and hits an impressive hip toss into a neck breaker. Ziggler again cuts Riley off. Neck breaker by Ziggler.
Jericho gets up on the commentary table and films a live Tout. This distracts Ziggler. Riley rolls him up for the win. Jericho looks into his camera and yells “woah!” He marks out. Then he pops when he sees that Alex Riley is trending. He throws his hands in the air. Jericho is hilarious. I laughed out loud at least 5 times. I can’t wait to see his live Tout from that match. Him looking right into the camera and sarcastically reacting to the finish was amazing. He was so excited when Riley trended too! This is easily my favorite segment of the night. And only because of Jericho. He’s such a great face. He doesn’t get to be this entertaining when he has to act angry all the time. No matter how much comedy they try to implement into the show, nobody in the industry will ever be as funny as Jericho. Canadian humor is the best in the world.
Sheamus Tout- Now Sheamus is eating Mexican food. He accidentally drops it all over Del Rio’s car. Is this crap over yet?
Kane vs. United States Champion The Miz- Tie up to start. Kane pushes Miz into the corner. Clean break by Kane, but Miz punches him in the face. Kane fires back angrily with punches in the corner. He charges with a big boot, but Miz moves. Miz chop blocks the back of Kane’s knee. Miz stomps away at the inside leg of Kane to ground him. DDT from the knees. Miz tosses Kane into another corner and stomps his knees. Kane comes back with an uppercut. Irish whip results in Miz drop kicking Kane’s knee. Hard boot to the face by Miz. Two count. Chin lock. Kane elbows out. Miz stomps at his knees. Miz runs off the ropes and is hit with another uppercut. Body slam by Kane, followed by a grounded front drop kick to the face. Two count. Runing clothesline in the corner. Kane misses the second one and Miz attempts a Skull Crushing Finale. Kane tosses him off, but crashes into the turnbuckle. Kane throws Miz into the turnbuckle. Choke Slam. 3 count. Kane wins. Once again…why? Miz is a champion. He doesn’t need to job to a stale giant in a weak storyline.
Sheamus is in the back. He is back at the arena. Del Rio’s car is pretty messed up. There are tree branches all over it. It is smoking. Not funny.
Daniel Bryan comes to the ring. Bryan comes out yelling NO NO NO to everyone in the crowd. He rips up signs while wearing his NO shirt. Love it. I’m now okay with his mad man gimmick. I assumed that they were going to kill his YES catch phrase. Now that they have replaced it with a NO catch phrase I’m happy again. Hilarious.
They cut to Del Rio and Ricardo in the back. Del Rio is angry about his car. He tells Ricardo that this is all his fault. Ricardo has to clean up the car. Ricardo starts pulling things out of the car, including a construction cone. Poor Ricardo. Thank god this stupid car thing is finally over.
Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena- It’s time for Daniel Bryan to carry Super Cena. Tie up to start. Cena powers Bryan into the corner. Clean break. Very loud “Let’s go Cena, Cena sucks” chants. Bryan yells “NO this is about me.” He exits the ring to argue with fans. Michael Cole informs us that Daniel Bryan has changed the name of his YES lock to the NO lock. Awesome. Bryan gets back in the ring and is met with a hip toss into a head lock. He fights out with forearms, runs off the ropes, and is hit with a shoulder block. Another head lock by Cena. Bryan applies pressure to the back of Cena’s leg to weaken his stance. This leads to a hammerlock counter. Because Bryan is the king of psychology. Cena whips Bryan off the ropes, but Bryan hangs on, and rolls to the outside. Cena chases him around the ring but is drop kicked when he tries to reenter the ring. Cena crashes and burns on the outside floor. Bryan goes running with a knee drop off the apron to the outside. He yells NO YES back and forth with a fat Spanish guy in a referee shirt. Hahahahaha. That takes us to break.
Back from break Cena is in a hammerlock. Bryan punches the weakened arm. He stomps Cena on the mat. Running front drop kick in the corner. Two count. Hard kicks to the back of Cena, followed by stomps in the corner. Irish whip is reversed by Cena. Back body drop to Bryan. Cena charges, but is caught in a drop toe hold into the corner. Hard kick to the rope by Bryan. The rope creates whip lash to the arm and face of Cena. Two count. Grounded hammerlock by Bryan. After a couple of counters, Bryan hits a knee drop, and applies another hammerlock. He runs at Cena with a clothesline, but Cena ducks, and hits a shoulder block. Reverse suplex. 5 Knuckle Shuffle. Attitude Adjustment is countered into a dragon sleeper. Cena powers Bryan into the turnbuckle back first, but Bryan doesn’t let go of the hold. Cena powers Bryan into the turnbuckle a second time, which breaks the hold. STF is reversed into a NO Lock attempt. The NO lock is reversed. Bryan hits a roll up. Two count. Yakuza Kick to the head by Bryan. Bryan goes to the top rope and jumps the entire way across the ring with a diving headbutt. Bryan kicks Cena in the chest repeatedly and yells NO each time. He misses the last kick and it’s countered into an STF. Bryan rolls through and attempts the NO lock. Cena rolls through that and hits the AA for the win. Retarded. The worst wrestler in the company just went over on the best wrestler in the company.
CM Punk’s music hits. He raises his title at Cena. Big Show comes running down the ramp. Cena tosses Punk out of the way and attacks Big Show. Big Show attempts a Choke Slam. Cena counters it into an AA attempt. Punk clubs Cena across the back and Big show crashes down on top of him. Punk runs to the commentary table and puts on a head set. He cuts a promo on the head set. He says people have been walking over him. Punk says Raw is ending the same way that it did last week, with the best wrestler in the world proving his dominance. He runs back into the ring where Big Show is standing. He attempts to kick Big Show, but his leg is caught. WMD to Punk. Cena gets up. WMD to Cena. Big Show poses with the WWE title. I vomited in my mouth a little. Raw goes off the air.
Now I’m pissed off. It’s a 3 hour show each week and Zack Ryder still isn’t being used? Are you serious bro? I’m sick and tired of having to complain about not seeing him each week. It’s ridiculous. WWE Writers need to do a better at their job. It’s their job. And they aren’t good at it. 3 hours of mediocrity tonight. Nothing to remember. Nothing special. Let’s recap what happened. Good workers booked the wrong way. Champions jobbing. A fat 40 year old knocking out the WWE Champion. The best wrestler on the planet losing to a guy with 5 moves. Matches being thrown together with no back story for a major Pay Per View. The 853rd car destruction angle is the focus of the show. A midget steroid freak can’t move anymore. No time for entrances, but time for dozens of recap videos. Thank god for Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, and Damien Sandow tonight. Try again next week. Do your job better. Sitting through 2 hours of crap was hard enough. Don’t start making it 3.
Jericho is from Winnipeg you moron
And Winnipeg is in canada u nimrod.
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I personally thought Raw was good tonight.The opening segment was great,punctuated by the altercation between Cena & Punk.The best thing about the show this week was the marked decrease in the number of crappy social media fillers & the obvious increase in wrestling content.
Punk-Rey did disappoint me at first but the latter half was pretty solid.All the other matches were decent & its good to see the divas being used again.I marked out too at Lawler’s comment of being tagged in the diva’s match.Y2J was the star of the night for me.He was hilarious & his involvement in Ziggler’s humiliating loss really seems to have intensified this feud.
The HBK segment was ok & I guess SS will spark off the feud between Triple-H & HBK,leading to a WM match.I wasn’t happy about the Miz & Bryan losing their matches either.But,come to think of it,Bryan’s losses in grueling matches 2 weeks in a row is IMO,an indication that AJ’s plan of getting back at Bryan by putting him in tough,impromptu matches,is,in fact,paying off.Besides,Kane going over the IC champ suggests his match with Bryan,involving Charlie Sheen,is being billed as a big match & it was just to give Kane some momentum.AJ’s announcement of this match was abrupt but judging by the history between these 3 individuals,I guess it does make sense.
I didn’t mind seeing Big Show getting some momentum actually.He is in the WWE title match & was RKO’ed at the end of his match.So,this kinda puts him over as a legitimate threat.Anyway,apart from the absence of Ryder,I thought the overall show was good & things are looking pretty good for SS.
I do like the increase in wrestling obviously. The decrease in social media fillers was pleasant. Punk/Rey was decent, and I did like it, it just wasn’t as good as I expected. Jericho sure was the star. He is so damn good. Not sure about the Triple H vs. Michaels match at Wrestlemania. I think Michaels is done for sure. But Lesnar does have to win. Bryan has to go over on Kane at SS. I don’t care if Charlie Sheen is there or not. Bryan goes over. I does make sense, yes, but someone better could have been chosen. I’m not completely sold on Summerslam, but the cards that look weaker, usually turn out to be better.
I missed the Heath Slater segment.. Wish they would continue with it
Agreed. Forgot about Slater. Very disappointing.
If you have such a big deal with raw. stop watching it.
I have a better idea. You should watch a better promotion and see the difference. Raw is what it is. It’s decent. I settle on it.
First of altl it wasn’t cena who graved the headset it was punk and he is trying to prove a point I actually respect alot more than I used to I love him now he rock he’s right deserves respect he is the wwe champion and raw should end with him standing tall every night
I went back and checked and I correctly stated that it was Punk. I agree with your statement. The show should, and currently does, revolve around him.
I’m sticking to what I said last week. I don’t like AJ as GM. It feels out of place to me. I only enjoyed that one segment she did with Bryan. Very funny. Besides that she was boring.
I totally agree with you about the matches being thrown together lately. I didn’t look forward to any of ’em. Surprisingly, Orton vs Show was one of the best matches last night. That’s not saying a lot.
I figured this new psychotic D Bryan would be cool. It’s just too damn funny seeing him lash out on people. NO NO NO! But for f*cks sake, keep him in matches with quality opponents!
Shawn Michaels being involved with Tripe H/Lesnar match is just pointless. I’m now inclined to think that if Triple H do beat Lesnar, it will have something to do with distraction or interference from HBK. I mean, Lesnar did say he would deal with HBK before Summer Slam. I’m sure HBK would want to get some kind of revenge… Meh.
I’m liking the way the fued between Jericho & Dolph is turning out. Jericho is entertaining & I think he will start winning more now as a face. Don’t really see Jericho or Dolph going over on one another. But they are destined to have some epic matches!
The Sheamus segments were the most cringe worthy moments of the night for me. His comedic timing is so horrible! He shouldn’t be allowed to speak. Just wrestle. Dolph needs to take the title from him ASAP!
Besides Punk, Jericho, D Bryan, Heyman, HBK and Lesnar the show was a big fail! The match ups were horrible, the comedy segments “besides like two” were cringe worthy, the stories were retarded & over all it was just a pointless show that didn’t progress anything. I’m not excited for SS in the least bit. This was just a garbage show that now has a new garbage intro.
I agree that I like AJ better in normal segments. She is working as GM, but I did like the crazy gimmick better. I don’t think she was ever boring. Orton vs Show being the best does say a lot. Usually the cards that are thrown together turn out to be better than the ones that are highly hyped. So watch Summerslam anyways. Keep your expectations low, and maybe you’ll be surprised. Bryan is hilarious now. I agree with Michaels being pointless. Lesnar has to win though. Jericho vs Dolph is a great feud. I like it. Unfortunately Jericho is done after Summerslam for awhile. So I expect Ziggler to go over. I’m not sure I even want to see Sheamus wrestle anymore either! He’s very stale. Good comment, I agree with almost everything.
First of all, I have never encountered so many mean spirited people in my life lol, show is garbage, its horrible, it sucks….give me a break, I would like to see anyone of you enter the ring to wrestle the divas and see how you do, constructive criticism is welcome but when you go off the deep end whining about something that you can’t do any better at yourself, then it gives the impression that you are just complainers with nothing better to do. I will also add that I like the new intro music, be respectful of other peoples tastes, not everyone is a fan of metal music which by the way sucks in my opinion, I thought the show could be better but at the same time I thought it was decent overall.
Dude, of course people should respect other people’s taste. It’s not like anyone here is bashing anyone’s comment. Some people are going to think it’s a decent show while others don’t. For instance, I notice a lot of people who comment on this article like Zack Ryder, I don’t. Even though I think he sucks, I wouldn’t troll the people who do like him. Freedom of expression if you will. But seriously, you had to be intoxicated on some Bacardi 151 to think last night Raw was good lol..
Here’s the thing. The people involved are talented and nobody can do it better than them. The problem is the way that they are booked. The writers are the problem. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, Jericho, etc.. are the best in the world. But when you book the best in the world in terrible situations, they can’t be used to their full potential. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane will be mediocre. On the other hand Daniel Bryan vs. face Jericho would be phenomenal. It’s all about how you book them. Your right that nobody can do it better. What I can do better is write better storylines than the current creative.
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So now you are agreeing with me when I said 3 hour raw will not work out with all the damn recaps? I knew this all along. The matches haven’t gotten better and no the wrestling is not good enough. I am not impressed at all. Damn tout and twitter along with other social media crap is a complete waste of time. What the hell is the point with people power? I mean WWE at this point should already know who the fans want to see wrestling. I mean it’s so obvious. When AJ said Rey Mysterio there was no doubt in my mind that we would see Punk vs Mysterio. So why not book that anyway instead of bullshit tweeting?
I was sure nothing was going to happen to A.W after he made that rape joke. I mean years ago Show rapped to Cena saying something like “I’m Kobe Bryant and you’re the white girl” or something along those lines and nobody made a big fuss. Yh I guess, A.W’s was a big deal since now it is PG.
Did you not get sick and tired of Ryback’s squash matches with jobbers. I mean you still wish to see that happen even when Raw has changed it’s format and is 3 hours now? I am glad those days are over. I sure hope Sandow gets a descent feud with Brodus and he doesn’t get squash matches anymore. Squash matches are the last thing we ‘need’ in 3 hours of Raw. Why are you criticising Mysterio so much as if he is the only one who has taken steroids? Sure he not quick as he used to be in the ring but give him some time, am sure he will bounce back. I think he has a little weight problem. Maybe that’s why he wears that shirt but I isn’t working since his belly is clearly visible. He needs to work out!
The only match I liked in this episode was Orton and Show but it had a terrible ending. Big Show makes me sick. He is terrible as heel but then again I guess he wasn’t that great as face as well. Maybe he should retire? Or at least give him a partner and throw him in a tag team storyline. I liked him when he was tag team partner with Jericho. Shawn Michaels return segment really seemed like a waste of time. If his appreciation night happened on Raw instead of after the show it would have been more interesting. Then let Lesnar and Heyman show up and talk trash to Shawn and Triple H. There was no building up of Triple H’s and Lesnar’s feud on this Raw. Sheamus segments were lame.
Why on earth does Bryan have a match with Kane at Summerslam? Is he on his way to being buried? He should have beat the no talent fruit loops! Why take him out of the title picture. Hell, they could have put him in the triple threat match instead of Show. That match would have been way more awesome to watch. When the heck did Bryan start a feud with Kane? So the creative writers have run out of ideas to give him a good storyline they just put him up with a random wrestler?
I totally loved Chris Jericho’s involvement. Him and Ziggler is the only reason I will watch Raw from now on.
What was the big announcement AJ was going to make before Punk showed up. Also what do you think of Bryan’s ‘NO’ chants? I think they are weaker than the ‘YES’ chants.
I am anticipating Barrett’s return. Looks like WWE is going to give him a major push and possibly good storyline. He deserves it!
It’s going to be hit or miss with the 3 hours. One thing I can say is that the amount of time given to wrestling has improved. They will always have to fill time with wrestling. So overall it’s going to be a good thing. Recaps will exist no matter how long the show is. i like the social media stuff. Yes, the writers know that Mysterio will win. The entire Punk vs. Mysterio match was already worked out hours before the show. The Miz vs. Kane match was also worked out. But giving the illusion of fan interaction is a good thing. It makes the smart marks happy. And it helps the WWE to dominate Twitter. Dominating Social Media dominates he range of people viewing. If random people are on Twitter and are watching a stupid Celebrity dancing show, and see The Miz trending, they may click to see why. When they see all WWE stuff trending all night long they may be inclined to watch and see what all the buzz is about. Plus it looks better to sponsors when have social media dominating statistics. Tout is being pushed because WWE has ownership in it. Overall, I think it’s great. The Twitter vote doesn’t really decide anything, because they book it to where the results will be what they want. But the illusion that the smart marks get are great. That’s my take on why social media is great and important in wrestling.
I am kinda sick of Ryback squashing jobbers like Reks and Hawkins. Seeing him squash tiny jobbers that aren’t under contract was just hilarious because of how stiff he was with them. No, Mysterio is not the only guy who has taken steroids. I criticize everyone who has been suspended. See my comments on Orton as well.
I think the idea of Big show retiring is best. His time is up. There is nothing left for him to do. The Shawn Michaels segment was sadly pointless. Bryan vs Kane is stupid. He isn’t being buried though. He has probably had more segments than anyone over the last month. They are using him a lot, and chose him to feud with Charlie Sheen. That match will be a marquee one. It just sucks that Bryan won’t be able to have a 5 star match with Kane. He has to carry Kane. The Sheamus segments were lame. We can all agree on that. We can also all agree that Jericho was phenomenal. AJ’s announcement was that the fans would vote for Punk’s opponent. I love the NO chants. It’s weaker than YES. But YES couldn’t go on forever. I am also anticipating Barrett. I like him.
Heres the thing with last nights raw it became an extended version of the 2hr crap version not like the last two weeks.
Best segment of the night was punk aj and Cena. It built up the feud nicely, Big Show should not even be involved.
Cena and Bryan was pretty good in my opinion. Bryan can carry anyone in a match and make it tolerable to watch. He easily made the match enjoyable especially with his fan interaction. Hes going to be champion again before next summer.
The only thing worse than the Sheamus car angle in the history of wrestling was the monster sumo match from 1995.
I am enjoying Ziggler and Jericho to bad Jericho has to go on tour with Fozzy but they will have a good match at Summerslam. Jericho’s tout of the match was funny.
I like Daimen Sandow, but how many matches has he had? He has talent outside the ring, but I want to see him wrestle more than talk.
An extended version of the same crap with more time allotted to wrestling. I liked Cena vs. Bryan. I thought it was match of the night. Thanks to Bryan of course. I hope Bryan is champion soon. But I want Punk to be champion over a year. Take Sheamus’ title. That Sheamus car angle was incredibly stupid. I hope Jericho vs Ziggler start Summerslam. That will be an awesome opener. If you don’t watch Smackdown then you haven’t seen much Sandow. He’s had plenty of Smackdown matches. He’s aggressive and solid in the ring. He’s been in developmental for a long time.
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