Welcome to another edition of A RAW Opinion, I’m Joe and I take you through WWE Raw once again, tonight we were told that Brock Lesnar will answer HHH’s challenge tonight.
Teddy Long is the GM this week, and tonight CM Punk and John Cena take on Daniel Bryan and Chris Jericho. John Cena comes out from the back first. He talks about having to prepare for the MITB match since he’s never been in one before. He talks about having to deal with Jericho and Big Show. Daniel Bryan comes out yelling “Yes” all the way down to the ring. Daniel Bryan says Cena isn’t relevant to him, then says actually, he is because he will defeat CM Punk and become WWE Champion, crowd starts chanting “No” loudly. Bryan says if Cena wins and cashes in on him, he’ll go down in history as the first man to cash in and lose. CM Punk comes out from the back, CM Punk asks everyone if they disagree with Bryan, everyone yells “Yes” as Bryan gets angry. Bryan wants people to have an original thought and stop stealing his catchphrase. Punk says he’ll walk out of MITB still champion and then It’ll come down to him and Cena, again. Jericho comes out and calls Punk a wannabe, Jericho says Daniel shouldn’t be upset people steal his phrase, it happens to him all the time and calls Punk “Mr. Best In The World” Punk calls Jericho Mr. Bon Jovi. Jericho then goes on to spout all of his catchphrases, he says he will win MITB. Kane comes out from the back, Big Show comes out next, getting a little out of hand now, a brawl ensues and Big Show is the last one standing.
8 Man tag match, wannabe Cryme Tyme (Primetime Players), David Otunga and Cody Rhodes going up against Kofi Kingston, R Truth, Christian and Santino. Not a crap was given about this match lol. But one thing I don’t get, it doesn’t make much sense for Primo and Epico not to be involved in this since Abe dropped them to join with wannabe Cryme Tyme. Abe took his team and left the ringside area, David Otunga went to tag Cody but Cody left him as well. Brodus Clay came out from the back as Otunga went to get himself counted out, he threw him back inside and Santino delivered a Cobra. Terrible…
Teddy Long is backstage, Del Rio goes up to him and says he earned a title shot for the World Heavyweight Title and he never got his one on one match, Teddy says that per the Board of Directors, Alberto is the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title, but Del Rio is in action next against a surprise. I’m calling Rey Mysterio.
Alberto Del Rios surprise opponent is Sin Cara. Del Rio goes right to work on Sin Cara and the match hasn’t even gotten under way yet, Del Rio decimates Sin Cara and locks on the cross arm breaker on the outside, Del Rio doesn’t let the hold go for a little bit.
AJ is backstage wearing CM Punk wrist and hand tape, Daniel Bryan apologizes to her for how he acted and gives her a rose. AJ says she knows this has nothing to do with the fact that she was named special referee, she says she knows Daniel never cared about her, she said she can’t wait to win her match and run to the arms of the man that the WWE Universe said was her soul mate.
Video package of what happened between HHH and Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman is in WWE Studios, Brock Lesnar has made a decision on whether or not to fight HHH at SummerSlam and that Lesnar will tell HHH himself to his face in 3 weeks at the 1,000th episode of Raw. Heyman says that if Lesnar accepts the challenge, Triple H will never wrestle again.
After what happened tonight, It’s announced that Kane will face Big Show in a No DQ match, and also Sheamus and AJ will take on Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero.
Sheamus and AJ VS Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero up next. Dolph was taking a beating and he tagged Vickie in, Vickie was yelling at Dolph, AJ hit a shining wizard and got the win on Vickie. AJ grabbed the microphone and yelled “Yes” all the way up the ramp.
CM Punk is on the phone backstage, AJ runs up to him and AJ looks jealous, Punk says he was on the phone with his sister, AJ asks how he liked her match, Punk didn’t even know she had one cause he was on the phone, AJ walked off sad because Punk wasn’t paying attention to her.
Heath Slater in the ring for his weekly burial to WWE Legends. Slaters opponent this week is DOINK! Heath Slater wins!! Wow! DDP COMES OUT! DDP shakes Slaters hand DIAMOND CUTTER! DDP leaves Heath Slater in the ring.
Big Show VS Kane up next, I only care about this match because It’s No DQ. Big Show delivered a spear but Kane was able to get a chair in the way, Big Show no sells the chair shot and delivers a choke slam for the win, lackluster match I thought.
Teddy is walking down the hall and stops, he tells someone he heard they were coming back tonight, Eve tells him how great it is to see him, Teddy gives Eve a big sign, like the one Teddy had to wear when Laurinaitis was GM. Eve goes up to Eve and talks trash, AJ asks Eve who she’s going to brown nose next since Laurinaitis is gone, AJ says she’ll show Eve, she’ll show everyone. Nice to see them trying to possibly start a program with these two.
Tyson Kidd is in the ring, his opponent is Tensai. Tyson Kidd with a QUICK upset win with a roll up! After the match, Tensai is PISSED and takes it out on Sakamoto again.
After commercial, Tyson Kidd is being interviewed about his win when Tensai comes in and demolishes him.
Up next, Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan VS CM Punk and John Cena. Match got some good time, Cena took most of the punishment throughout the match, looked like a Jericho/Cena botch, but they covered it up well, Cena is able to make the tag, as does Jericho, Punk locks in the Anaconda Vise on Bryan, Jericho makes the save, Cena takes out Jericho and they fight up the ramp, AJ comes out and skips around the ring, she stops when she realizes neither Punk or Bryan are paying attention to her, she gets on the apron and then drops down, she goes under the ring and looks for something, she pulls out a table and sets it up outside the ring, she climbs the steps and goes to the top rope, and looks down at the table, Bryan gets in the way and tells her not to jump, Punk then tells her not to as well, AJ kisses Punk and then pushes him off the apron, Punk collides with Bryan and both men go crashing through the table, AJ is on the turnbuckle yelling “Yes” as the show goes off the air.
My thoughts overall, very lackluster show this week, with a few parts here and there that I enjoyed, WWE better pick it up, especially if they want people to last three hours watching, I give this weeks show a 2/5. AJ, Punk, Bryan and Jericho were the only bright spots of this weeks show I thought. I thought about giving 1/2 point for WWE swerving everyone and having Heath Slater actually winning a match against Doink.
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Fun open.
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I hate segments where the entire ring is filled with people lol.
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You must be very sad during The Rumble. lol
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Rey vs. Del Rio?
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close
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Lol I thought so too. I’m just glad it wasn’t Great Khali.
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Oh, it would’ve been epic. I’m sure.
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Have I ever mentioned how much I love AJ? Lol.
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Not sure that’s a good thing at this point. I may have to do some…research.
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Well, like Punk, I dig crazy chicks lol.
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If they’re hot, so be it.
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Doink-DP?
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Botta Bing! Botta Boom! Botta BANG!
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Interesting ending.
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Highlight for me was the commercial at the end; reminded me of the RAW Homecoming and Attitude commercials.
Also liked how the show ended with AJ, the backstage segment with Jericho and Bryan, and Tyson going over Tensai. Though, I would’ve liked for the Tyson/Tensai match to have gone on for a bit longer, to get Tyson’s upset win over more.
Everything else was “eh.” The opening did nothing. I’m becoming more interested in the Prime Time Players, but that match/segment didn’t help them. Absolutely hated the Big Show/Kane match. Don’t see the point in burying Sin Cara, and the Heyman promo was less than stellar.
Very little story progression this week, which I hate. They’re probably holding back until RAW 1000.
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Loved the commercial as well!(I posted it in the last column’s comment section on the site.)
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Hmm….wonder if Ray would be for replacing the Gif of the Week with the commercial for a bit?
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Hope so. It would be perfect.
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I don’t think that commercial aired here, have a link for it?
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Saw where it’s been added! Thanks!
Please give Khali a prostate gimmick!
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I enjoyed Raw more this week than last. The ending was totally weird, I thought AJ was gonna dive through the table while Bryan and Punk continued their match. I thought it was well done in not giving a clear winner between Bryan/Punk and developing AJ as special guest ref.
A little disappointed that we didn’t see more of DDP (gutted that it was leaked, although I guess that’s my own fault for looking at dirtsheets!), y’know, quick promo or a squash match (DDP is one of the guys I have early memories of, would’ve been good to see him in ring again!). Was good to give Slater a win over a “legend” as well (in regards that he hasn’t had a 100% defeat record now after Vader & Sid, even though Piper and co along with DDP laid him out).
Agreed on Tensai/Kidd, have it go a few minutes then have Kidd get the roll up. Didn’t see the benefit of having Tensai attack him in the locker room either. Have him cut a promo a give him some momentum going into MITB, even if he isn’t going to win at least portray him as possible to cause an upset. Really underwhelmed with the Smackdown MITB as well. Only viable winner is Christian and I can’t see him winning it given he’s IC Champ. Asides from Christian, I really hope that they have the winner trying to cash in and failing, keeping the belt on Sheamus till someone who is a serious contender takes it off him (Not Alberto!).
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I’m willing to bet WWE intentionally flipped the script because the whole DDP thing leaked.
AJ right now, is the only thing interesting on Raw right now, I wanna see if they keep going with the AJ/Eve thing, I hope they do.
I wonder if they’ll have it so Kidd can’t compete now.
As for the SmackDown! brand, eh, I still hold out hope for Ziggler.
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Highlight of the show for me was DDP. I’m VERY close to buying his yoga right now.
Loved AJ ending the show too, she’s part of the WWE title story and we’re left wanting to see Raw next week. Like we WANTED to see who would win between Punk and Bryan left in the ring then she comes out and makes us wait until probably MITB to find out who wins.
An okay show for me, let’s just say I’m not disappointed I didn’t see this stuff LIVE but happy I spent two hours of my time watching it early this morning.
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If you do get DDP Yoga, let me know how it is.
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So close to buying it. I’ve been thinking about it for months and seeing the great shape he was in last night just made me think it would be worth it. The price seems reasonable like.
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I thought this weeks show wasn’t too bad, much better than last week. And finally the WWE Champion is in a main event its only taken how long? Over 6 months? Way to push the importance of your top title WWE! Anyways AJ is absolutely shinning(wizard) in the role she has been playing and a lot of people agree I am sure. I look forward to seeing if they do some sort of AJ/Eve feud as she needs matches to build her character more. Overall though the happiest moment of Raw was Cena wasn’t directly involved as the show went off air! Oh and Diamond Cutter>RKO
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I loved how they used Punk. More so how they had Cena and Jericho fight to the back to spotlight the WWE title scene.
I’m not so sure about AJ and Eve feuding. Like the story would be good but it wouldn’t show in the ring IMO.
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Hate the whole Big Show dominance thing, for some reason WWE creative assume wrestling fans have memory of a fish. I hate his matches, slow and boring, doesn’t cut great promos and will probably be smiley show again in a month or so.
The bit with Jericho and Bryan doing the catchphrases backstage were funny.
Did anyone see Jerichos face as Cenas music hit for their match, it was hilarious!
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It wasn’t due to Cena’s music. Jericho just had to go poddy.
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Yeah trying to figure our why the hell he did that though. lol
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Poddy. I’m sure of it.
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I think Jericho was just completely taking the piss, like he was trying to make the most shocked face possible for a joke. The camera switched quickly though so most people may have missed it
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Good Raw after ages for me
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No more room to comment up above. Yeah it’s a really funny ad.
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Glad people have been liking it. “I have to…bake a cake?” lol
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Yeah it’s hilarious. It was a USA network ad which is why it didn’t air here 😦
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Luckily, with the net, the world is very small.
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Very true Capt., very true.
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