I liked last night’s Raw a lot. I notice feedback on the net isn’t very kind to the show. But so many of my readers enjoyed the show as much as I did. I liked it better than last week’s Raw and on a scale from 1-10 I would have to give Raw a 7 ½. That’s not bad at all. Hell I liked it so much that the little I didn’t like didn’t matter because none of that affected the show. Let me start off with one of THE guys on Raw who is doing Raw absolutely no favors, and no it’s not Mike Adamle. Then on to a few very minor things that didn’t work for me, and I do mean minor and then the rest is all good.
Is it me, or have you noticed that Michael Cole just stinks on Raw? Cole and Jerry Lawler don’t seem to click what so ever and when Cole isn’t over doing it on his own, the banter between these two guys is bland and most of the time very low keyed. It’s gotten to a point where I do my best not to pay attention to what is being said, because that’s how bad things are. Let’s face it; Cole wasn’t much on Smackdown, yet Tazz and JBL both seemed to mesh well with him. But not the King, I still feel that Lawler still can’t believe that he lost JR to Smackdown and ended up with Michael Cole. These two just don’t gel and you can’t help but notice it. I’m still wondering how the hell Cole got the Raw spot. Anyway I would have to say week after week Cole has proven to be the weakest link on the show.
The other guys that didn’t grab me last night were two of my favorites, Chris Jericho and Randy Orton. There is no doubt about it Y2J has been a total hit on the mic during his feud with Shawn Michaels. Jericho’s mic work has been so outstanding that each week I really can’t wait to hear what he has to say. But last night, his promo didn’t have the usual energy that they usually have. Jericho seemed kind of not into it, like his mind was on other things. And as intense as Orton has been last night’s little interaction with Mike Adamle was a bore. I am getting tired of Orton saying the same things, and I would like to get a little more emotion from him and for creative to give him new lines. As I said Jericho and Orton by no means hurt anything on Raw but I was a little disappointed by both men’s mic work.
Other than the above I thought we got some good matches and nice entertainment. I cannot tell you how much I love Batista The Animal and Santino Marella. Or is that Batista the Manimal? Well whatever, this is a lot of fun to watch. And personally I would rather see a Marella vs. Batista match at No Mercy than JBL vs. Batista. Again Santino brought out the Marella makes it for 63 weeks he loses and he never ties the Honky Donkey Man? See I think that’s a good one especially since my husband isn’t much of a wrestling fan. But I am still getting a big kick out of Santino, and Batista is just playing off of him so damn well.
It was great to have the relaxed humorous Shawn Michaels back. It felt so good to watch his interview with Todd Grisham. We got the old HBK back; you know the one that has been missing for so long. I knew, as I’m sure many of you knew that Triple H would be the mystery partner but I thought Michaels teasing Austin, Hogan and Bret Hart was fun. There was no way Hogan or Hart was going to get the nod and I think I laughed the loudest when Shawn said his partner was the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be. Yeah like Hart would be there. But a nice short segment with Michaels.
I really like Cryme Tyme taking on The Miz and John Morrison. I still think Miz and Morrison turned out to be one of the best tag teams that WWE has given us in a long time. They have remained fresh and still exciting to watch. So putting Shad and JGT in a feud with them is all good as far as I’m concerned. They had another good match last night and I’m just waiting for Cryme Tyme to turn things around and get a win over these two. Another match that was good but too short was Jamie Noble and Mickie James vs. Paul Burchill and Katie Leah. Oh yeah I’m still waiting for WWE to announce they released Burchill, which I think would be a mistake, but every time this guy is in a match he loses, and last night was no exception. It was good to see Mickie in there even though I feel she deserves to be in the top tier with Beth Phoenix and Candice Michelle. But tall four did a nice job out there. I am still very happy with team Priceless and I have to give it to Cody Rhodes and Kane for their backstage segment. I like the way Rhodes came off when he was face to face with Kane. He was nervous yet he kept his head when he tried to talk Kane into being a “team player” in their match against Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne. While Di Biase, and Manu stood there Rhodes said because Paul Bearer was Kane’s dad, that would make0 Kane a second-generation wrestler. Well it sounded good but Kane snapped back by saying he doesn’t take orders from anyone and my favorite line from Kane? Well he wanted to massacre Rey. Now that’s the kind of talk I want to hear from that character.
And their match was one of Raw’s best last night. I was very into the talent that was out there. I thought the action was good, but I was watching Punk standing on the apron and it was hard for me to believe that this guy was once Raw’s World Champion. I guess he looked like he never got that big push. I know many of my readers keep telling me that he’s nothing more than a mid carder, but I believe that the ratings were up when he was champion and the crowd was taking to him. He just didn’t get a chance to hold on to that title long enough. But anyway this was a cool match and I’m Bourne to be wild. Get it? Evan Bourne? Well I’m a big fan of his and it’s great that he’s on Raw but I would love to see him on ECW as well, because I think ECW could benefit so much more with him if he’s on each week. I have to hand it to the diva’s they gave us a nice match last night. Kelly Kelly is working her ass off and doing a hell of a job out there. Candice came off okay, and Beth Phoenix and Jillian held their own. This was done well and I hope Candice and Beth can keep the momentum going at No Mercy on Sunday.
I was so happy to see the Great Charli last night. Adding Runjin Singh with Charlie Haas just made this a little funnier. Haas had some of Khali’s actions and I’m glad to see Haas able to keep this going. I still don’t get why Deuce from Deuce and Domino is still coming out to that music and is stuck in that gimmick. I remember months ago when supposedly they were going to re-invent this guy and nothing has changed. This was a quick match, but one that pleasantly surprised me because Haas got the win. What I also liked was Haas welcoming Khali in the ring and seeing a smile on Khali’s face. I don’t remember ever seeing Khali smile like that, that smile just added to this fun segment.
And now for the DX main event against Cade and Jericho. This was a good match, but it was way too short. But you know what? Just listening to the Minneapolis, Minn. crowd react to DX made this a cool main event. By the way I happened to like Cade’s promo earlier in the show, I thought he did a good job. Too bad he got the worst of it by DX. The splash off the ladder by HBK alone was something to see and with DX getting the upper hand over Jericho and Cade I think Raw ended in a very good way.
Did this show make anyone decide to order No Mercy? Probably not, it should have but way too much was focused on Smackdown’s move to MyNetworktv. But then again that’s understandable because they want to make sure the viewers remember to forget the CW and switch over. But if Raw did anything for me it still makes me want to see that Jericho/Michaels ladder match on Sunday. So it’s on to ECW and Smackdown, in fact ECW is on right now at its new time. See how I pay attention? Okay I will return over the weekend with my No Mercy predictions. So please feel free to start sending me your predictions.
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