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WWE is in a pathetic state when it comes to stars. Really the only thing to look forward to on Raw is The Shield, that's why I only really read reviews to see what going on never tune in it's pointless.
Without Punk, and the part timers it's sort of like no ones important enough to care about, maybe Team Hell No. Randy Orton is a shell of a man, Big Show and Henry are Big Show and Henry. Sheamus is never a guy you'll be like 'OMG it's Sheamus this is gonna be awesome' and what can I say about Cena that hasn't already been said?
I say wipe the slate clean, bring in a whole bunch of NXTers and push them to the moon. Worked for Shield as they've been the best ting going in WWE for a while.
It has been good how they're using the Shield. I really thought that they'd go the way of Nexus - be all big on Raw with the beat downs, but put them in a match and they'd lose against almost anyone. The Shield though are booked strong on Raw and PPVs which is great to see. Shame that they're one of the few things booked right these days though.
3 hours is too long. I can't sit through it every week so I only watch PPVs now and just read up on the results. And even that bores me half the time.
The brand split has to be officially dead right? They should just unify the titles already or go back to having an actual split. But then if they do split properly again, what will they fill three hours with? Even more "highlights" from earlier in the show? Or reminders that somethings going to happen later on? Boring!
Reading the tug of war results was hilarious. Mainly because I couldn't believe that they were doing that on a wrestling show. Henry is a monster of a guy, use him like one instead of putting him in segments like that. He should just come out, destroy a guy and shout "that's what I do". People would be happy with that.
It's pretty telling when the only episode that I've been able to sit through from beginning to end in the last few years was the post-WM show from this year, and it wasn't even due to the content, rather the exceptional crowd. Raw is filled with bad skits, ridiculous amounts of promos and squash matches; it's like they're reliving 80's programming like Superstars of Wrestling or Wrestling Challenge, except the show is extended to an interminable 3 hours and the quality of the wrestlers pales in comparison to what they used to have back then. I don't know, but there's seriously something wrong when I can condense a three hour show into under half an hour with the stuff that's worth watching. Had I started watching wrestling in this era there's a distinct possibility that I never would have become the hardcore fan that I am now, as I probably would have grown bored of it relatively quickly. If WWE is the pinnacle of the scene right now as far as content goes (as many fans seem to think, for God knows what reason), wrestling as a whole is severely fucked
Well... Normally I enjoy writing Reviews and writing something about each match and segment in turn and my thoughts on it, but I feel that the whole 3 hours of Raw can be summed up nicely in three words..
"Blah.. Blah.. Blah"
Thank God I record Raw and can fast forward through most of it, it was full of pointless matches with obvious outcomes, boring segments involving Ryback and Cena and no matter how hard Ryback tries and how loud he shouts, he still has less charisma than the locker room door... Last week they brought Mick Foley out and tried to relieve the great promo that Foley had with Punk, and even had Ryback try give the same arguments against what Foley was saying etc and it just came across as boring and recycled, even Mick Foley didn't seem like he believed what he was saying...
To be fair, I liked the kinda reincarnation of Zack Ryder that he is trying to by almost growing up, but that is shot down instantly with a loss, so he is back to just another jobber...
IT feels like the WWE Writers have finally ran out of ideas.. I mean in the past they always had ideas, granted mainly Bad ones, but atleast they were ideas.. Now it seems like they have given up and just sat back and pointed randomly at people going.. You go fight him.. You go fight him.. You say this.. Ryback, be boring... Cena, be Cena.. I mean some of the segs were soooo cringe worthy, like the Kaitlyn seg backstage when she received a gift from a secret admirer (it will just be Hornswoggle hiding under the ring GM style)... Then we had a god damn stupid Tug of War that was wasting time with Michael Cole giving Tug of War statistics etc... I mean, what the hell.. Then that was followed by a Dance Off... OMG...
Bored Now... Without CM Punk, Heyman, and some of the Part Timers, WWE has not got a clue what to do and is getting worse and worse, the writers all need shooting and actually get some proper long term ideas with a goal to work towards... Its hard to imagine it was only a 4 weeks ago that Raw followed Wrestlemania and was amazing and now we are at an all time low