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Orton was expected after the ending with Taker last week and I was a little confused by the promo to be honest. One minute he’s saying Taker should be suspended, the next he’s saying he doesn’t want that, he wants to finish him off himself. I get the idea of it but I thought you shoulda gone either one way or the other, totally lose it and demand Lawler take away his title match and suspend him or say that what’s done is done and he’s gonna make him pay. I still think your characterisation of Orton needs to improve also, a lot of words just seem totally unlike Orton. Him calling Lawler’s management ‘inept’ for example and also look to put more emphasis on certain words, make it mean a little more. Read it back and you’ll probably see the kinda words I mean if you really think of it the way Orton speaks. Lawler wasn’t bad when he began talking, liked him playing up Orton’s lack of remorse in the past but I do think you should’ve made the announcement regarding Fully Loaded a bit bigger, it just felt a little bit flat, get King to REALLY sell it.
Very surprised to see the Colons win this, fancied Legacy all day long but a nice little shock. Aftermath gave them some heat back but interested where you go from here, a lot of options in the tag ranks at the minute, that win could see the Colons interjected after Fully Loaded.
Regal’s character was much better here, had him pretty much spot on and I liked his playing up of the importance of the I.C Title in years gone by. Wanting rid of it because of its downgrading is a clever move and would no doubt draw him and the Monarchy huge heat. The only thing I don’t like about this is that he’d hand the title to Barrett, I’m not a massive fan of that but maybe it’s just my personal preference.
Thought we could’ve had a bit more expansion on that Maryse situation but alas, we shall see what goes down.
Strong match here between these two and this does Barrett the world of good moving forward, huge win. Classic Regal with the Brass Knucks also, just very well booked, simple and effective.
Thought this was your strongest work in the show. Miz’s character was nailed, although it drifted a little bit towards the end before coming back strong. His whole hypocritical schtick on Michaels was great as it’s totally true. Miz playing up the injured ankle also was smart and I’m enjoying this feud a lot more than I thought I would.
Classic Cryme Tyme here. It’s pretty hard to write them but also pretty fun too so kudos for attempting it and I thought you did a decent job, the handshake with Foley and them ignoring Cole was great
. Monarchy coming out didn’t surprise me and things got pretty heated which I like. Not everything was on point BUT the main thing here is that you’re trying to make this feel big time and I commend you for that, the Tag Titles should be in more high profile feuds and you’re doing just that. Definitely the Monarchy’s night tonight, expecting a big comeback next week from CT and Rey but a solid job here and the Monarchy continues to grow every week, hopefully they’re getting to the point you want them to be at now.
Orton always knocking Goldust off here. Aftermath was more important, typical Taker stuff. After last week, nothing was gonna come close to it BUT I felt this was a little bit flat for the main feud on Raw. Maybe a little bit more mind games from the Deadman, though I guess Orton’s promo from earlier on was enough to keep this thing ticking along.
The Women’s division is certainly building, massive props for that fella, takes some enthusiasm to bother with that. Beth/Melina however is the one that REALLY feels big right now. I’m not really feeling Maryse/Katie compared to the other two, I think that needs maybe a little less focus and a bit more shifted to ze champion(see what I did there :/)
Simple but effective stuff here from Regal and Perkins, foreshadowing after Fully Loaded me thinks, would be all for it.
Kennedy was strong here, playing up his hot streak well and the dynamic between these two is quite strong. Would’ve liked a bit more from MVP but I’m certainly interested to see what goes down when they meet the Monarchy.
Match was standard here, not a whole lot to say on it, all about the Punk/Swagger feud really. A bit surprised that this has gotten so heated, so quickly but I’m enjoying it and I’m sure Punker’s gonna stick Swags down come Fully Loaded.
Big win for Regal here, no doubt about it BUT I was surprised about how you went around it. The ending all just felt a little…flat. This was the main event, this was the final image people remember of the show and all we got was a small distraction by Miz, a Regal Plex and bang, game over. No mention of Michaels being angered, no real mention of Miz rubbing it in, just a smirk, the commentators didn’t really play up the attack at all, they simply claimed it to be the Monarchy’s night when the real story here was Miz/Michaels.
On the whole there’s so many things that are potentially great and you’re sort of nearly but not quite there. Orton definitely needs some work and I’d like to see more from the Taker feud next week, maybe give Orton some heat back. The Monarchy are certainly looking strong and that’s a major positive right now, does certainly feel like they’re taking control. It may seem like I’m criticising a lot in there so my apologies, I’m not intending to, I just know you’re capable of more and I’m pretty sure you’ll produce the goods moving forward, keep on truckin’ sir
