I wish you guys could read the feedback that I have received about last night’s Raw. So far it’s all SO good. And I agree with the readers, I thought Raw absolutely rocked. And who would have thought that Randy Orton could carry the show as well as he did? I think last night was Randy’s best night ever. What a damn good show and I just can’t wait to get right into it.
I don’t even know where to begin, because as excellent as this show was it also was heartbreaking to watch Shawn Michaels get injured. I think I want to start with HBK and the injury. Of course I read the spoilers on Sunday and no one posted anything about Michaels looking hurt. And then all of a sudden, I see on one of the sites that he possibly injured his triceps and that he might need surgery. I was so upset to read that, especially when he’s in such a hot angle with Chris Jericho. And don’t get me wrong I hate to see any one get injured, whether they are top guys, mid carders or jobbers. But with John Cena out, Raw didn’t need another guy hurt and out for any length of time. I watched that injury happen over and over again on my DVR and thank God he didn’t break his neck or get a head injury to go with the arm problem.
Shawn’s fall was definitely nasty and I really feel at the end when he and Jericho had the stare down that he was not only playing is part well but also that he was showing signs of pain. But as I’m writing this I just found this on wrestling observer and it’s all good news so here you go “While it has not been made official, the word going around is that Michaels suffered a minor tear of his triceps and will not need surgery. The match Sunday appears to be a go and Michaels may not even need any time off. Tremendously good news for all involved.” And here I was all set to really get emotional and talk about what Raw without Michaels means. It’s nice that I don’t have to do that now. Now that Michaels seems to be out of the woods, let me just say that I thought the contract signing was done so well. I don’t know what I liked better, Jericho not looking at HBK when they were both seated at the table, Jericho’s mic work or Michael’s mic work. Wait I know I loved it all. These two again made this feud one of them most solid on Raw in a very long time. The interaction between Jericho and HBK was excellent and the beat down on Cade just topped things off. This was a great way to get me ready for their Unforgiven match on Sunday.
Okay since I started with the ending let’s go right to the Randy Orton show and Raw’s opening. For the very first time that I can remember Randy Orton came off like a seasoned veteran. I want to say that Raw was Orton’s show last night. What a fantastic promo he cut about how Raw isn’t as good as it was, and then he took a part every titleholder. His delivery was so much better than his usual monotone mic work that we get. He sounded like he really believed in what he was saying and I found his words to be quite true in many ways. And when CM Punk came out I don’t know about all of you but for the VERY FIRST time where Punk is concerned I felt that his title reign finally meant something. The face-to-face showdown with Orton and Punk came off very well and I think we got a little tease of what’s to come once Orton returns to the active roster. Now the rest of the segment had JBL and Kane coming out to hype the Championship Scramble match. Kane had a good line last night, one that had me laughing. It was when Kane asked JBL about the clothesline from hell, and Kane then said, that he’s been to hell and he never saw the clothesline. He delivered the line so well and did it so seriously that I couldn’t keep from laughing and looking at my husband and telling him that was a good one. Oh my poor husband what he puts up with. Kane also mentioned that he Rey would not be there because he sent Rey to hell, that comment just told me that Rey would definitely show up and he did but I will get into the Rey appearance when I talk about the Raw Battle Royale with the scramble participants. I really loved the ending with Batista coming out and spearing JBL, Kane and Punk. The guy was on a mission to clean house and show his power and that’s just what he did.
So a nice HOT beginning for a very hot show. They found a way for Charlie Haas to finally get plenty of heat. You dress him up like John Cena, have him come out to Cena’s theme, get the Cena fans all excited about a Cena appearance, and just when they see whom they think is Cena hit the ramp its Haas. WOW did that crowd turn on him. Granted I would love to see Haas used in a better way, but as I said last week at least he’s on TV. And I got a kick out of Haas impersonating Carlito last week and I enjoyed his John Cena take off as well. Now the match against Kofi Kingston was okay, but I think Kingston is losing momentum thanks to Vince. I won’t get into my Kingston rant but I think they should give this guy a chance I really do. Before the ECW Battle Royale with their scramble participants Mike Adamle had a backstage segment with Theodore Long and Tiffany. There meeting was nothing but then Kane walked in and wanted to know why Admale put Rey Mysterio in Cena’s spot at Unforgiven. The only reason that I’m bringing this up is because a few weeks ago when Adamle confronted Kane about giving him the sack he wasn’t at all nervous about ordering Kane to relinquish the mysterious sack. But Monday night when Kane confronted Adamle, we saw Adamle look frightened. Well as frightened as he can look since he can’t act. I just thought it was odd that Monday Kane was a threat but weeks ago Adamle stood tall and showed no fear.
I happened to love the Battle Royal with the ECW group, Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry vs., The Miz vs. Finlay vs. Chavo. This match had a lot going for it and again Henry did his job very well. This was definitely a crowd pleaser and the pace and action really appealed to me and I’m looking forward to this match at Unforgiven. It was nice to see Jamie Noble get a win, and get it against William Regal. I can’t remember the last time Noble won, well it was against Palumbo months ago, but it’s been a while so this match was not only nice to watch but the Noble win was a shocker and pleasant surprise to me. Woo Candice returned and boy did she look good. Sure she might have had some ring rust but I thought the match with Candice/Mickie and Kelly Kelly vs. Katie Lea/Beth Phoenix and Jillian came off pretty damn well. It was short, but everyone in here did a good job and I really liked this match.
How funny was Santino and his Honk A Meter? This had to be one of his funniest spots to date. I couldn’t stop laughing when he was giving it to Randy Orton for insulting him and comparing his two-week title reign to Honky Tonk’s man IC title reign of 64 weeks. This was a riot and of course Marella managed to ruin Honky Tonk man’s name by calling him Honkey Donkey Man. Juvenile humor? Sure but that humor is right up my alley. I totally loved the segment and I still like watching D’Lo Brown taking on Santino. I don’t think their “feud” is really going anywhere but I liked their mini match and I don’t think I would have a problem if this became a regular feud and D’Lo got some wins every now and then. Now the whole Miz and Morrison segment with Cryme Tyme and DiBiase and Rhodes played out beautifully. I think it’s safe to say that Cryme Tyme is now being used right and watching DiBiase and Cody Rhodes attack Shad and JGT and take their titles back got me thinking and it got many of you guys thinking as well that Di Biase and Rhodes just might be part of a Randy Orton stable. Their backstage staring contest after all of this really told me that this was all done to prove to Orton that they are tough and to get is approval. Yeah I really got into all of this.
And I got into the Raw Battle Royal with Batista vs. Punk vs. Kane vs. JBL. It was as good as the ECW match. Punk looked damn good out there and we had Randy Orton the guy that really showed A LOT Monday night sitting at the announce table taking this match in. I was so thrilled with the Punk getting right into Randy’s face, and when Punk threw water at Randy I loved it. I’m telling you we got a nice start to a Punk vs. Orton title feud. Let’s just hope that creative doesn’t “F” this one up. So Kane came out the winner, but then the loser because Rey Mysterio came out and went after Kane, By the way, I thought Rey looked wonderful. His body didn’t look as jacked up as it usually does. He looked lean and really good. And just add this to the list of really good matches that we got Monday night.
And since I started with the ending you can see that I was really into this show. Now I wanted to get his column out yesterday and as you can see it was started yesterday, but unfortunately I couldn’t get it done. So I want to just add that ECW was awesome again last night. Everything clicked and I mean clicked except I do not care for Ricky Ortiz. I don’t get why the push and his look just turns me off. Oh I am such a bitch, but Super Crazy was on and looked good on that show, and the main event with Tommy Dreamer/Matt Hardy/Evan Bourne (whom I think is just fantastic) and Finlay vs. Mark Henry/The Miz/John Morrison and Chavo was off the charts. It was a terrific, exciting main event and the opening with The Miz and Morrison’s Dirt was very funny. The 60 minutes that we are getting each Tuesday is probably one of the best hours on TV. Okay I will now leave you and I will be back over the weekend with my Unforgiven predictions. Feel free to start sending yours in.
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