Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of A RAW Opinion, I’m Joe and as always I will bring you through WWE Raw and give you my (Sometimes very biased) opinions. Tonights show was hyped big time, John Cena will be rapping tonight and Dwayne will be singing. I have a feeling we won’t be seeing much wrestling again this week, hopefully the skits aren’t terrible.
We’re kicking things off with the John Cena rap! BASIC THUGANOMICS HAS BEEN CUED!!!! John Cena coming out in his old school outfit!! Cena pretty much implied he’s going to take a giant dump on ol’ Dwaynes chest! What a segment!! I absolutely loved it!
First match is Dolph Ziggler VS Sheamus. This was a pretty damn good match, Dolph Ziggler looked A LOT like Billy Gunn with his pink tights on, Sheamus got the win after a Brogue Kick. The ending of the match looked bad, looked like Sheamus couldn’t get Ziggler with his new move and just threw him down to the mat.
Graphic was shown that at WrestleMania, Teddy Long and John Laurinaitis will put together a 6 man team, the winning GM will have control of both Raw and SmackDown!
John Laurinaitis makes his way to the ring, he goes to commentary, Santino and Aksana are teaming up Santino is the Captain of Teddy Longs WrestleMania team. Santino and Aksanas opponents are John Laurinaitis’s Captain David Otunga and Mark Henry. John Laurinaitis changed things and decided the mixed tag match is off and It’s going to be a handicap match. Teddy Long comes out from the back him and Laurinaitis start arguing, Teddy pushes him and Johnny goes flying over the announce table. Henry and Otunga get the win, very dumb match. Afterward Henry and Otunga are going after Santino until Kofi runs down to the ring, he gets a Worlds Strongest Slam for himself, R Truth rushes down the aisle and takes a beating as well. Mark Henry is introduced as the 2nd member of Johnny’s team at WrestleMania.
Zack Ryder backstage talking to Eve, Beth shows up complaining about not being on a TV show with the Bellas and Alicia.
Miz backstage next, complaining about not being involved in WrestleMania, Johnny says if Miz wins his match tonight, he’ll be on his team, Miz asks who his opponent is, It’s CM Punk.
Brodus Clay is back!!! Somebody Call My Mama!!! This weeks victim, Jinder “I wish I was Muhammed Hassan” Mahal. Brodus squashes him with a splash.
Shawn Michaels coming out to the ring. He calls out Undertaker, Taker comes out, and takes forever and a day to walk to the ring, Shawn calls Taker out about talking behind his back, after sharing a locker room for 20 plus years, he thought Taker would have the balls to say it to his face, Taker asked Shawn if he was repeating his words or Triple H’s, Taker told Shawn to let go of his insecurities, Shawn cut him off saying he was the one who practically begged Triple H for the match, he’s 19-0 and he’s still looking for validation. Shawn said It’s ironic, he still has the possibility of ending the streak, by pinning Takers shoulders to the mat. Taker threatened Shawn that he better call the match down the middle. Triple H comes out and stares Taker for a few seconds before giving him a crotch chop and heading backstage. Pretty good segment, I enjoyed it, Shawn Michaels is still the man in my opinion.
CM Punk VS The Miz up next. Pretty decent match, CM Punk gets the win over Miz after the Anaconda Vise. Jericho came up on the big screen after the match and talked about CM Punk, he said he knows why Punk is straight edge, because Punks father was a disappointing drunk.
Next match is Randy Orton VS Jack Swagger. Orton gets the win, after the match the lights go out and pyro explodes, Kanes red light lights up the arena, nobody shows up.
Graphic showing John Cena VS Mark Henry advertised for next week.
And now, we have the much hyped “Rock” concert coming up next to kill off the 15 minute overrun. Dwayne comes out with his guitar, of course Dwayne has to kill off about 5 minutes talking about Cena before he starts the actual “Rock” concert. He called Cena Marky Mark, that’s not original, maybe it was when someone called him that like, 10 years ago. This was terrible, I think there may have been one or two good parts throughout the whole thing, that’s another win in the verbal battle for the Doctor Of Thuganomics, John Cena.
My overall opinion, I thought the show was very good, not because of the wrestling but because of the segments, I really didn’t care much for a few of the matches tonight, but the Cena Rap and the Shawn/Taker segments were amazing.
Good to see Brodus Clay back, I’m ecstatic he got himself a new finisher, It’s so much better then his “cross body” I could have done without the guy from Psych, but him only being a special guest (annoying) ring announcer was alright I guess.
I didn’t really understand the whole Jericho/Punk thing, CM Punk has said in the past why he’s straight edge, I’m not a fan of WWE acting like their fans are mindless sheep who only watch their product and don’t look up things on the wrestlers.
I’ll give this episode a 3.5/5 this week, I really enjoyed it for the most part. But having to watch Dwayne for that last 15 minutes was brutal, if it was shorter and better, I probably would have gone with a 4 or 4.5.
Thanks for reading my column this week, I hope you enjoyed the show and this column. These are of course my own opinions, I could always be wrong, but I doubt it 😉
I thought this was another excellent edition of Raw. Ziggler continues to be the best bumptaker and most fun westler to watch in WWE. I really hope he gets back in the main event picture. The dude deserves it.
Cena was awesome, but at the end of the segment it made me wonder why was the “Dr. of Thuganomics” gimmick scrapped in the first place? He was so over and had much respect from the male audience in attendance. I’d much rather see this Cena than the one who “Rises Above Hate” and is leader of the Cenation.
Jericho’s promo on Punk was amazing and one of those moments that could only come from someone like Jericho. I love storylines with a tinge of reality and the way Punk sold it was tremendous. So far HHH/Taker & Jericho/Punk have been perfectly booked.
I liked the concert or should I say, it went way better than I imagined. Rock is the only guy on earth who could pull that off and still keep it entertaining for the entire time. It also helped that the crowd was very into it. Overall, another strong show!
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Rapping Cena!
I dug Taker telling HBK that it had better “be pure” win or lose.
Y2J/Jericho spoke to me, because my dad was a big drinker and hasn’t touched the stuff in about 28 years. He’d be dead by now, if not. Me? I’ve just never had the urge.
That mark on Sheamus’s back! OUCH!!!
Rock has “it”, but it was too long and basically 3 promos right in a row. I kept wanting Cena to come out and say something. Rock did go low with going after his fans, wife, and mom. More fuel to the fire.
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I don’t know why the shot on Cenas wife, John Cena is an “actor” and was portraying a role, didn’t Rock have a few kissing scenes while he was married? Or are we not supposed to remember that?
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Probably just busting his chops.
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There’s a lot of things we are not supposed to know but the WWE doesn’t stop us from knowing. We are not supposed to know that Rocky Maivia’s actual name is Dwayne Johnson. If we were supposed to know that, then HBK should be called Michael Hickenbottom. We are not supposed to know that Christian and Edge are best friends because the WWE told us for YEARS that those two were brothers.
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It’s very “blendy” with the smark fans.
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I was like, “what the fuck?” when Cena said he was gonna give Rock a Cleveland Steamer. I get the Cleveland connection but did the little Jimmys know that a Cleveland Steamer is taking a shit on someone’s chest?
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I LOVED that Cleveland Steamer line, the best part is, everyone under the age of 15 probably turned to their parents and asked them what it was. Cenas rap could have been better, the reason he was so popular his first time around was because his raps were AMAZING and hilarious.
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Loved it as well! It’s basically telling Rock that Cena can make him his bitch any time he wants to.
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I thought Cena’s rap could have been better. I don’t really see why he was so popular seven years ago. I guess it’s better than his current gimmick but that rap wasn’t as good as I thought it would be.
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Well, it started small with him playing Vanilla Ice. And they would play around with the rapping all the time, like when Kurt Angle did a rap on a heel Cena, Big Show did one on a face Cena, and Cena pissing on a tombstone. They were quite fun.
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I like that some personal fuel was added to Jericho/Punk fire, however, I think the angle would have been better suited heading into Extreme Rules. Since the ppv is in Chicago, I think a more personal build would fit better.
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Punk and Jericho needs a hell lot more time, rock gets a bit too much time lol
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Will give my official (lol) reaction after I complete watching it.
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Sounds like WWE is playing the personal card with this Y2J/Punk thing like they do with most feuds.
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I thought it was a great show. Downside was little wrestling involved. Rock concert completely killed Cena’s rap. I am looking forward to seeing the TV rating. I’m going out on the limb and guessing 3.7 rating.
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It didn’t kill any rap. Rock’s piece was just longer…you know what I mean!
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It did kill the rap, as James said about momentum, Rock’s had to be superior with the Rock Concert. Still enjoyed it, though.
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Well, it helps when you are allowed 20 minutes by yourself.
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Cena’s rap was cute, but the Rock hit harder with his punchlines. The only problem I’m having with this feud is after a couple months of these two throwing punches at each other, I just doesn’t feel personal enough yet.
Chris Jericho showed why he truly is the best in the world. The Punk/Jericho feud is honestly the best thing the WWE has going into WrestleMania. Other than that, average show at best.
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I’m still waiting for a one-on-one promo.
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Just off the back of watching RAW and I was pretty impressed with the show overall, my only complaint being that there wasn’t enough wrestling but hey, that’s WWE. I zoned out at the Taker/HBK promo, which I probably shouldn’t have but that’s how uninteresting it has got for me.
Cena’s rap at the start was great but tonight the victory went to The Rock who was hitting home runs UNTIL he started the karaoke at the end which, to put politely, he was shit at. I’m still Cenation but The Rock was close to bringing me back to Team Bring It.
Sheamus & Ziggler’s match was great, and jeez Sheamus left Cleveland with a welt the size of my…. yeah.
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The size of your foot?
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LOL! Weird how your foot only has one toe, Ry.
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testing
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Yay! It’s working again!
Ray The Rambler: Last night, I was able to comment one second, the next moment, I wasn’t. Left you a note about it at Tony’s blog. Ignore that.
1 toe?
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LMAO! You cunts! Hahaha! Trololol. No, I meant something a little less PG. 😉
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Raw was iffy for my. I loved the wrestling part of it, as they keep pairing some really good talent together and they actually give them time to put on a match. Matches that could really go either way. I enjoyed the Cena rap, although short…but it needed to be because Rock IMO has lost so much momentum the last few weeks. The Rock concert was OK, the crowd didn’t seem into it at first, but he finally won them over.
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For you, Cap. http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc419/RayTheRambler/hahaha.jpg haha
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Does the Capt. not have twitter?
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@ Ray The Rambler:Thanks a bunch! Today, a website. Tommorrow, the world!
@ V.S.: Nope, I don’t tweet. And I don’t google my twitter online either. That’s something I do in private. lol
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So you were reading JCITY’s site but not mine’s? 😦
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That doesn’t mean I don’t read it, didn’t have TJR open either, also didn’t have porn sites up 😛
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It’s a joke…geez.
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I know 🙂
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The Undertaker/Triple H/HBK fued is getting interesting, my only complaint is that at the moment its all talk and no action. I appreciate that they dont want them coming together until at least the go home show but its just a war of words at the moment with the same pattern each week.
I hate Michael Cole, the guy is a fruitloop. Is there any way UK viewers can switch to the Spanish announce team?
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The talking is probably so Taker can get into ring shape.
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