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WWE trying to erase Punk from memory... isn't going to work haha
wow that sounds terrible.....I have almost no incentive to try watching again.
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I don't watch Raw much, but everytime I do I feel like Belly's reviews are way too overly critical. However, I do skip 90% of the stuff they show and he sits through all the 3 hours. If I did that I'd be the same.
It all gone quiet and everyone thinks they have escaped it, and then BAM... out of the blue comes another Raw Thoughts by Belly... haha...
Well, I haven't really watched WWE in a little bit, i flipped through the Rumble and WWE needs to do something to change their direction quickly.. but that is for another thread, this is for my thoughts on watching Raw, and for the first time in a few weeks I am going to sit and watch Raw and thought I might as well type my thoughts as I do.... Usual disclaimer... This is not a review, but my thoughts on Raw..
HOUR ONE
This is the first post CM Punk era Raw, and obviously straight away the fans show they aint Smarks as a CM Punk chant begins... but here is Randy Orton... Boring, but let's listen... I find it funny, hw Orton talks about 'How often do I have to beat these guys'... I guess WWE is hoping that no-one remembers anything from more than 3 months ago... lets appease WWE and forget anything prior to Randy winning the title... Then out comes The Authority and another CM Punk chant begins... The fact Randy still has 2 titles makes me think they have not fully committed to a unfied title though... But this is the same promo as we have heard before.. Randy whinges... Trips and Steph tease dumping Randy as 'Their' champion etc etc... blah blah blah... And they are giving the chance to D-Bry to face Orton... the WWE will either just piss all over the fans by trying to bury D-Bry publically, or they will actually listen to the Rumble crowd who hijacked the ppv and actually do what the fans want..
The Shield out next and they facing Big E, Kofi and Rey Rey... Shield win, but they tease the split yet again, I mean the eventual split of The Shield is about as obvious as the upcoming 'Piss from a great height, when they piss on the fans tonight with D-Bry'... Wyatt family come on screen and they set up the Wyatt Family vs Shield matchup for Elimination Chamber a match Id rather see at WM, but they seem to be wanting to go ahead with putting Bray over John Cena at WM.
Bad News Barrett, and I have fast forwarded this seg every week since it began and I'm not stopping now...
Christian is back on Raw and he is facing Jack Swagger.... and Christian wins an OK match, nothing special but i've seen worse.... Can't help but feel that 2014 is going to be the year of The Break Ups... Prime Time Playaz, The Shield, the eventual split of Cody and Goldust ready for their WM match and perhaps the Real Americans...
HOUR TWO
New Age Outlaws defending their sixth reign of The Tag Team Titles, in a steel cage match against Cody and Goldust.. I find it funny how they are trying to have a traditional style Tag Team match inside the cage... I'd have expected it to be a Tornado tag match... The match was OK though, had a good time limit and wasn't over quickly, although the longer it went, the more tired NAO got.... Cody Rhodes with a huge spot doing a Moonsault onto Road Dogg from the top of the cage, but NAO retain the titles and they are still the tag team champs...
They show highlights of the Prime Time Playaz break up and Titus O'Neil being the heel coming out of this, and he is taking on Zack Ryder... Miz comes out moaning on commentary half way through that the one who barks like a Dog and the one who makes up fake internet titles gets on TV and Miz doesn't... CM Punk goes around the arena as the match gets boring... Titus O'Neil wins.
Summer Rae comes out next with her valet, Fandango... and her valet's opponent is Santino, well it is coming up to Elimination Chamber time, and that's where he so nearly became the WWE champ haha... Oh.. this is a dance off?? So its just a waste of TV time... Fast Forward...
Up next is the racist stereotype Sheamus... and he is taking on Curtis Axel accompanied by Boreback... Sheamus wins a match I fast forwarded...
HOUR THREE
And here comes Batista... the man they bring back for Wrestlemania, who nobody cares about... I wonder if they were actually expecting the reactions of the Rock etc when he came back.. I mean seriously... All that you were missing was the tumbleweed after his music finished, the crowd was sooo quiet and dead except some CM Punk chants... They send out ADR to try and insult the crowd and get Batista to beat up someone the crowd dislike, but even this isn't getting the crowd behind him... they are DEAD!!!!! ADR gives the John Cena speach, about Batista sitting at home and ADR was here working.. thats what Cena said to The Rock...
I wonder f WWE are shitting themselves yet, because a Orton vs Batista Wrestlemania Main Event is screamin boredom and the crowd is going to be chanting YES and CM Punk throughout, because no one will be bothered about what is going on in the ring... I read something about WWE were blaming the fans for Batista's poor reaction on his return to WWE before the Rumble, because the crowd was crap but the ratings were good.. so they are blaming the fans in the arena... maybe the fans tuned in to see what happens on the pre-Rumble RAW and not to see Batista... because every arena has been the same... no one cares about Batista..
Wyatt Family vs Dolph, R Truth and the Richard Pryor wannabe next... I guess I was wrong, Dolph Zigglers internal demotion could get worse, he now gets to tag with Richard Pryor and lose to the Wyatts.. And worse of all... its Ziggler who is pinned... and yet they push Batista haha.
Seriously.. they are advertising Betty White as a guest star next week... Well if there was ever a reason not to tune in...
Daniel Bryan is out next and he is showing WWE yet again, what an over WWE star is... I mean the first time tonight the crowd were Hot... The match is of a good quality as you would expect from D-Bry just as ou would have expected from CM Punk... and it has been given a decent length aswell, 30 minutes it is given before Kane has come down to the ring but D-Bry fights him off the apron then move as Kane hits the steps... D-Bry hits the running knee and has pinned the champion.. I have to say I am surprised that WWE didnt use this moment to piss on D-Bry from a great height, and I wonder if they are thinking of putting D-Bry into the main event of Wrestlemania, as the fans demand... It would be the only thing that could save the Main Event to be honest....
The Show ends with Orton and Kane beating down on Daniel Bryan though... Maybe Kane need something to do at WM now Punk has gone and the show ends with the crowd Booing... Orton must be used to that.
Overall... What a pile of crap that show was...