Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of A RAW Opinion, you all know the drill, I give you the results of WWE Raw live every week with my own little twist on things, giving my opinions along the way, this weeks show comes to us from Sacramento, California. WWE has announced that John Cena will kick things off at the top of the hour, CM Punk took to Twitter and announced there would be a new shirt unveiled tonight. Plus, Vince McMahon is back! He is going to give a “State of the WWE” address.
We start the show off as advertised, with John Cena making his way to the ring. He says taking a week off felt like a year, I was surprised there wasn’t an interruption, it was a pretty good segment I thought, Cena was telling Punk to cement his legacy against him at Hell In A Cell. As Cena was leaving, RyBergs music hit and he came out to the ring apparently for a match.
RyBerg VS Epico and Primo in a handicap match, I love Rosa Mendes. Oh yeah, RyBerg wins. Yawn.
Brodus Clay is out next. He was scheduled to face R-Truth (Why?) but Truth said that tonight can’t happen because Lil Jimmy is going through “changes” and wants to dance. Everyone starts dancing and Vince interrupts saying that up next is his State of the WWE address.
Vince is out next for the State of the WWE address, he says that we just saw two grown men and two ladies dancing with an imaginary child, he says we have big red monsters and goat faced vegans. He says they have the best athletes, this brings out CM Punk, debuting a new shirt, I like it, almost looks comic book-like, fits his personality good. CM Punk says that Vince knows he was talking about him even if he didn’t use his name. Punk asks Vince if he respects him, Vince says that he respects that Punk has been champion for so long, Heyman tries to get Punk to calm down but Punk loses it and says that Vince better learn to respect him or Punk will blow a kiss to Vince again and this time never come back. Punk ends up slapping Vince and walking up the ramp, Heyman looks scared as hell, Vince challenges Punk to a fight tonight, Punk accepts as Heyman tries to tell him not to. I thought it was a good segment, I am tired of the weekly “respect me” stuff, but it was still a good promo.
Prime Time Players VS Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. Sin Cara with a Rey Mysterio-like mask again this week. Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio win. I couldn’t care less about ANY of the guys in this match. They advance to the finals of the #1 Contenders Tag Team Title Tournament.
Wade Barrett VS Sheamus up next, as soon as the match started, The Big Show came out from the back and got a closer look at ringside. Great match but was ruined by Tensai coming out and attacking Sheamus. Tensai and Barrett both went to work on Sheamus, Tensai went to attack Sheamus as Barrett was holding him, Sheamus got loose and hit the Brogue Kick on Tensai, took Barrett out and Big Show got in the ring, he caught the Brogue Kick and threw Sheamus out of the ring.
Antonio Cesaro VS Tyson Kidd is next. Cesaro wins, very entertaining match, I love Cesaro, I hope they keep building him up.
Dolph Ziggler & Alberto Del Rio VS Team Hell No coming up next. Kane and Daniel win, pretty entertaining match, Kane and Daniel argued throughout the match again this week.
Larry King is introduced, apparently we’re going to have some interview show… The Miz is his guest. Miz says It’s his birthday and he wants Larry to lead the whole crowd to sing happy birthday, Larry says nobody cares about Miz’s birthday, Larry says he’s replacing Miz as his guest and brings out Kofi. Miz trashed everyone and threatened Larry, Kofi attacked Miz. Boring.
Zack Ryder and Santino Marella VS Rhodes Scholars up next. Team Rhodes Scholars win, no surprise there. I would just like to point out, Zack Ryder was not pinned! Afterward, Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal came out and attacked Santino and Ryder, yawn.
Eve Torres defends her divas title against Kaitlyn next. Eve gets the win after making Kaitlyn tap out to an ankle lock type move, Eve refused to let go until Layla got in the ring. Lasted longer then I thought it would.
Up next is CM Punk VS Vince McMahon, Punk attacked Vince from behind as he came to the ring, Vince started fighting back a bit but Punk kicked him in the back of the head, Punk took too much time with a GTS and Vince pushed Punk into the turnbuckle. Vince was able to fight back and get the upper hand, Punk ran out of the ring and told Heyman to give him the title, Heyman was about to go up the ramp but Vince stopped him and hit Heyman, Vince grabbed the title and put it in the middle of the ring, Punk tried to get his title but Vince kept swinging the kendo stick, Punk grabbed one of his own and got in the ring, they traded shots with the kendo stick until Vince got the better of it, Punk begged off but Vince went at him and Punk hit a low blow, Punk beat Vince down with kendo sticks before picking him up for a GTS, Punk put Vince down and ran off as RyBerg hit the ring, Cena came out from behind and threw Punk in the ring, RyBerg hit his finisher. CM Punk left the ring and ran off. Vince grabbed a microphone and said It’s decision time, Vince says Punk either faces RyBerg or Cena at Hell In A Cell.
Overall, not a good show, way to many backstage stuff and not enough matches for me. I didn’t think there was a segment tonight that really stood out great. I give this show a 2/5 stars, and that’s mainly because the crowd was electric all night. Very disappointing show tonight I thought.
Anybody stare at Cesaro’s nipples?
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I actually did look…
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HAHAHAHA!!!
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Larry King is looking more and more like the Alien Queen every day.
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I kinda dug that “1…2…3…” bit before Encore’s attack.
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Any group being led by Heath Slater can go away, I feel bad for Drew, making him follow that clown around.
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Eh, Slater isn’t the best, but he has good character charisma.
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I love Kane!
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That last segment was better than I thought.
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Was it me or was the crowd wild for the main event?
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Anybody else see Punk hit that fan?
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Punk has trouble beating up a senior citizen and then he has to run away from a former NXT rookie? Does CM Punk actually approve of this?! What has he done to deserve this? At least his SES angle was entertaining.
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Whether people think he’s booked weak or not, it doesn’t matter. I can’t decide at the moment. But this angle is entertaining to me and the ratings will definitely boost up this week. It was definitely better than last week.
The tag division is ‘officially’ interesting again.
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I don’t have a problem with the booking of him, heels are usually supposed to be booked as people who run from a serious threat. I just have a slight problem that he comes out and basically rehashes the same promo every week.
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What I hate about heels is that they do change even if they say they don’t. I’m fine with CM Punk preaching about respect every week, but I can’t accept him being afraid to get in the ring with Vince McMahon when he was not afraid of guys like Mark Henry and Big Show only a few months ago. Why did that change? How is CM Punk going to have classic matches now when he’s spending half the time trying to run away? It doesn’t make me hate him more…it makes me hate Vince McMahon more.
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I want to mention that this is at least the second time Sacramento had one of the best RAW crowds of the year. Not the first city you think of when you think best crowds, but I think they gotta be close to being in the top 5 of best WWE crowds. They could be in the top 3 for best RAW crowds.
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They were hot for Ryback.
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Sacramento was like the anti-smark city. They booed Punk, cheered Cena, Ryback.
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I know. They’re…normal. 😉
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Too normal. Vince is probably checking to see how often they can go back there. He’d book every RAW in Sacramento if he could.
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There should be a sign that reads “I still cheer for the faces and boo the heels!”.
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Agreed fully. They went ballistic for Ryback!
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