Re: Best RAW in years.
I felt this Raw was good but for the exact opposite reasons you did.
I wasn't expecting much out of Punk vs. Show but it ended up halfway decent. It's funny to me that Mark Henry can construct a better match than Big Show(Punk/Henry the night after WM was fucking epic, regardless of the crowd.) The match only happened to lead to Cena/Punk next week. I really hope Punk wins, because Cena deserves a clean loss. Having him win the title on the 1000th Raw is the most predictable garbage of all time.
The tag match was unnecessary and basically pushed Miz back into the midcard without even losing a singles match. It only happened to allow for the marriage stroyline. *fingers crossed* Ambrose
Ryder/ADR was terrible. I would have marked out for Mysterio's return but they botched the camera angles and really only had him on TV for 15 seconds, and it killed the moment for me.
Rikishi was unexpected, and I liked the moment with the Usos, but I honestly was hoping for another Slater victory that led to another legend coming down to land a finisher.
The tag match sucked, and made the #1 contenders look like jokes. Way to bury your tag division in 24 hours, Vince.
Brodus and Ryback were filler, but at least the Ryback "match" might lead to a lasting feud with Swagger. As much as I hate the guy, a speechless feud between him and Ryback is brilliant for his career.
The possibility of Y2J/Ziggler was the highlight of the night.
I felt this Raw was good but for the exact opposite reasons you did.
I wasn't expecting much out of Punk vs. Show but it ended up halfway decent. It's funny to me that Mark Henry can construct a better match than Big Show(Punk/Henry the night after WM was fucking epic, regardless of the crowd.) The match only happened to lead to Cena/Punk next week. I really hope Punk wins, because Cena deserves a clean loss. Having him win the title on the 1000th Raw is the most predictable garbage of all time.
The tag match was unnecessary and basically pushed Miz back into the midcard without even losing a singles match. It only happened to allow for the marriage stroyline. *fingers crossed* Ambrose
Ryder/ADR was terrible. I would have marked out for Mysterio's return but they botched the camera angles and really only had him on TV for 15 seconds, and it killed the moment for me.
Rikishi was unexpected, and I liked the moment with the Usos, but I honestly was hoping for another Slater victory that led to another legend coming down to land a finisher.
The tag match sucked, and made the #1 contenders look like jokes. Way to bury your tag division in 24 hours, Vince.
Brodus and Ryback were filler, but at least the Ryback "match" might lead to a lasting feud with Swagger. As much as I hate the guy, a speechless feud between him and Ryback is brilliant for his career.
The possibility of Y2J/Ziggler was the highlight of the night.
