Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Ray’s Way here on WrestlingRambles.com. On the last edition I talked about John Lauranitis being fired, Bobby Roode and Austin Aires’ new feud along with last weeks ratings. Basically this column is designed to write about anything that’s on my mind in the world of wrestling. This weeks edition will be similar with last weeks only different topics. I will be talking about AJ and how she has been playing her role incredibly on Raw past couple of weeks, Ring Of Honor Best In The World Pay-Per-View, and last and least, John Cena being an idiot. I hope you enjoy the read and let’s get right down to the rambling!
AJ’s Role on Raw
AJ first started dating then World Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Bryan, in the upcoming weeks leading to WrestleMania 28. Their relationship came across to us as the man controlling the woman. Daniel Bryan had full control over AJ and with her obsession of him, she didn’t mind, she adored him. After costing Bryan his world title to Sheamus at Mania, Bryan ‘dumped’ her and left her running backstage crying the following Smackdown after the biggest Pay-Per-View of the year. In recent weeks, she has been the only diva in WWE to have a prime role. She’s now known to us as an emotionally-unstable ‘crazy chick’ at the center of a romance of hell storyline involving WWE Champion CM Punk, Kane and her ex, Daniel Bryan. AJ cost the big red monster two matches on Raw two weeks in a row. She has been telling Bryan she still has feelings for him. Punk is somewhat intrigued by AJ but does not trust her motives, would you? To have Kane think AJ is crazy is just hilarious. Whether you realize this or not, AJ’s character has shun a new light on each of the three guys, we’ve seen them beyond the squared circle and beyond their usual character. It has been fun to watch and I have high remarks on the great job AJ is doing. I’m glad she has a role unlike the other diva’s, well at least she has for now. Here is a funny video of AJ I found recently…
ROH Best In The World 2012
I’m not going to go into this too much. I will just give a brief couple of thoughts I have regarding the show. It was pretty solid in my opinion. When I watch ROH, I watch it differently from WWE or TNA. I watch ROH purely for the wrestling and quite frankly, don’t really follow their storylines. The match of the night undoubtedly was the ROH world champ Keven Steen vs. Davey Richards in a NoDQ anything goes match. It wasn’t as good as last years BITW Pay-Per-View but most of the matches were good to watch and enjoyable therefore that’s all that I wanted out of it. Adam Cole, whom we will be hopefully interviewing shortly, received an injury which will resolve him in getting dental work done. The blood was everywhere and it was crazy. I recommend watching the Pay-Per-View. Some have access to it from free on cable so depending on the area you’re in, you may or may not get a replay of it. Check out this awesome Kevin Steen promo that ended the show…
John Cena being an idiot
I’m sure over 99.9% of you reading this are over the age of 9. I was saving posting my opinion on this matter for Ray’s Way all week, cannot believe I lasted this long! Like come on John Cena, “I’m going to win the whole fudging thing.” Are you for real? That has got to be the most absurd, daft and foolish thing to ever be said on Monday Night Raw. This was an act of disrespect to every 10 year old and up watching Raw. It’s a known fact the average age of Raw’s viewers is 30. If you are a Cena over the age of nine, he’s telling you that the WWE cater to nine year olds. How wrong is that? What I want to know is why did he say that? I really don’t understand it. I was close to turning Raw off since I was made felt like I am too old to watch Raw. Surely this pissed you off as well?
Please let me know your thoughts on my column. You can send me an email to RayTheRambler@Gmail.com and follow me on Twitter @RayTheRambler. Would love to see YOUR opinion below in the comment box, no account or email is required to comment. We will be doing special columns for Raw’s 1000th spectacular episode next week sometime so make sure you don’t miss it, same with SummerSlam next month. Thanks for reading and see you next time!
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I’m over the age of 9 and I watched the while fudging episode. Ha ha was a ridiculous thing to say and slightly offensive to the more discerning viewer but I was loving the Star Wars bit!
AJ is awesome! She plays it is well I genuinely think she is a screw lose in real life. This is the best part a diva has played in a long time. Love it!
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I hated it, I despised everything about that promo. Cena’s part not so much Jericho’s.
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I liked Jericho’s “What are you 9?” come back 🙂
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I was okay with that, but when Cena said our audience is 9, Jericho should of said something like ”our demographic is 18-39 year olds idiot!”, like you know, not completely insult us.
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Um, Ray…don’t you know that whole “9” exchange was planned out? It was just playful banter in a promo.
And I have to agree with Helen. I really dug the Star Wars bit! Liked how the crowd got behind him when he started to laugh after the Yoda impression. It was real.
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It was so stupid. It wasn’t planned out, if it was…it wouldn’t of been edited out of the replay this week. It was Cena’s idiotic thin king.
Well okay the star wars wasn’t as bad as I’m saying but it was boring IMO. Not staying up until 4AM for that crap.
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I didn’t enjoy the Star Wars promo. I was thinking “Please for the love God someone save us from this godawful promo.” Then Jericho appeared, actually “saving” us from something this time as opposed it just being a failed gimmick. Must be said the “fudgin” thing was ridiculous. Are “damned” or “freaking” too edgy for WWE these days?
And I doubt that the “9” exchange was planned. WWE give the guys who are good on the mic the leeway to think on their feet and just cover the essential points in their promos. I can’t see Jericho or Cena agreeing to use a scripted promo written by a writer: both are naturally very good (as much as I hate to admit it in regards to Cena) on the mic and quite frankly don’t need it.
What was the Adam Cole match about? I saw the build on RoH a couple of weeks ago and it looked interesting to say the least. Since hearing Aries describe it as being “Smokey Mountain of Honor” when comparing it to the old RoH I can’t really get that out of my head! Even still, RoH has the best wrestling on any company imo, perhaps only topped by the old RoH guys (AJ, Joe, Aries, Bryan, Punk etc) in the major two promotions. the first RoH match I saw was Futureshock against someone else. Some of the tag moves were out of this world!
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Exactly, it’s almost like Cena went out of his way to say that. Not needed and it’s pointless.
WWE make such a big deal about trending on twitter, every 5 minutes…”Raw is trending worldwide”. Now I doubt very much it’s the 9 year olds that make that happen. Total disrespect to us fans. That’s what I assume, both can talk so I doubt they were given scripts. There’s a word for that but forgot it.
Kyle Reilly kicked him in the face really, just a horrible botch.
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Agreed, 9 year olds tend not to have twitter! Despite my dig at them in my EWR review, TNA is kicking WWE’s ass at the minute in terms of the quality of the product.
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NO! They were making the joke that only 9 year-olds watch the WWE! It was a bit “shooty”. The big issue now is that WWE only caters to kids and that they are the only ones who watch it. We know it’s not true. I took the whole bit as a wink to the camera.
It’s kinda like how HBK and HHH would joke about Steph having kids.
HHH: The guy who knocked up Steph has to be real huge down the…
HBK: Okay, buddy! Not needed!
*crowd laughs*
Platful banter, nothing more.
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I wouldn’t say they’re kickin’ WWE’s ass. Like I get more excited for WWE than TNA because they have those highly anticipated returns time from time, I know The Rock will be back soon enough, Lesnar and HHH will have a good feud, they have Punk which is so awesome, I’m watching Bryan grow into a huge star. The 1000th episode will feature tons of legends, so therefore WWE have me fully hooked. With TNA they have you hooked but you can slip away easier than with WWE IMO. But TNA have guys like Roode who is awesome, Storm etc.. and I’m enjoying TNA at the minute.
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I disagree tbh. WWE has starpower over TNA, yes. Rock isn’t back till 2013 apparantly, but guys like Bryan, Punk, Cena, Jericho, Ziggler are good to watch. Impact actually has feuds and storys happening throughout the card as opposed to just at the top end. Just my opinion anyway!
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I don’t entirely disagree with that but look at their top storyline, Dixie and AJ stuff and the acting from Claire is god damn awful, like is she laughing or crying? Roode and Aires stuff show be the main storyline. The going home feeling off AJ and Dixie just doesn’t cut it for me.
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Can’t disagree with you on “Claire,” I could have actually’ve found a better actress than that off the street. I’m not joking here, seriously. Get a young actress out of drama school and offer them a gig for a few weeks. They’d grab the opportunity (I was/am an acting student so I know what I’m talking about here lol!).
Aries/Roode should be the main storyline and it should be getting put at the end of the show. I’m guessing that on the impact before the PPV that will be the case that Horrible Actress storyline will be put on first then the show will end with a confrontation between Roode and Aries.
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Well maybe but I felt stupid watching it tbh.
I have the need to post this up.. lol
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There’s neds for that! lol
I went there yesterday!(conserning the picture) It was like a last lunch out for the office. Today was our last day. Bossy people finally being told off. Cussing, crying, yelling, leaving early, etc.
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neds? Where’s these Scottish hooligans? lol
So you out of a job now? If so sorry to hear that!
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Meant to say “meds”.
Yeah, we found out a couple months ago. Been applying, but nothing’s come about. Some people got jobs with the company that got the contract. Some had jobs literally invented, because they’re friends with the boss. My mother worked in the same building and lost her job as well. It’s not fun.
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LOL at AJ crying at that autograph session.
Nice to see you’re still keeping up with ROH somewhat. Haven’t seen an event since last year’s BITW. I did see Steen’s promo after he won the title, though, which was amazing.
As far as the Cena thing goes, I kind of took his “fudgin'” and “9 yr olds” line, as a jab at the company, rather than the fans.
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Yeah I stumbled across it on Tuesday I think.
I don’t watch every ROH event but I do tend to watch all the main event matches on the PPV’s. Then if there is a match on the card I like, I’ll watch them too. So I end up watching 2 or 3 matches every PPV and half know the stories leading into them. I really love the wrestling part of it and that’s solely why I watch it.
With Cena, yeah you could be right, IDK at this moment in time. All I’m saying is, I did feel silly watching it. I felt sorry for the adults and teenagers in the front row, they’re paying a lot of money to be there and Cena says it’s aimed at 9 year olds.
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But like J said, it was aimed at “smart” fans. It was a wink to them.
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Maybe I’m over thinking this.
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You seem to suffer from smark-itis. You can get through this! We’re all pulling for you!
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For what it’s worth, Cena never said the words “9 years old”. Jericho said something like, “Fudging? Really? What are you, 9?” And Cena replied, “Most of our viewers are around that age.”
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Yeah he pretty much said that. Perhaps I really am over thinking this. I still felt silly watching, though.
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I do agree with what you said. I didn’t like how Cena responded to what Jericho said, but it was Jericho who kinda started it. It’s not like Cena walked into the ring thinking, “What is the best way to mention that our main demographic is nine year olds”.
What Cena said would have been somewhat accurate in 2009 (when I waited in line for Judgment Day 2009, there were so many kids that it felt like I was in line for “Spongebob and friends on Ice” or something like that). But in 2012, there are a lot more adults going to WWE events now. And they aren’t just parents who brought tickets for their kids.
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But the thing is, their main demographic isn’t 9 year olds!
I have noticed that even from just looking at it on TV. There is loads of adults there without kids and chanting and stuff. It’s good to see that.
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It was just a joke making fun of the stereotype.
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I’m just thankful Cena didn’t say “baloney fudging mustard” like he’s had a tendency to do in the past. Had to laugh as I watched it with my Dad and when Cena said “fudging”, my Dad looked confused. Had to say “errr…it’s Cena’s PG swear word”.
I haven’t managed to see ROH yet (been too busy) but that photo of Adam Cole that’s been going around from backstage…damn, O’Reilly did a good job on him! Quite looking forward to seeing the event.
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I’ve heard that “baloney fudging mustard” is a Bostonian saying.
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