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[Springsteen]

I prefer serious Brodus to dancing Brodus. Serious Brodus could be a good character.

Also

Kevin Nash on Twitter wrote: "Running Raw tonight, going to be epic."

Make of that what you will.

[retro]

Sheamus/Ziggler had some great work in it... but I hated how Ziggler was constantly going for the sleeper, I mean seriously... you could've hit the zig-zag a number of different times instead. Then there was the fact that Sheamus kicked out of every single thing that Ziggler did, but all it took was one stupid brogue kick and out went Ziggler. I just can't stand how they book guys like Sheamus and Cena to practically no-sell everything their opponents does, and then come back, hit two big moves, and win the match. Dumb.

I skipped past Santino and Ricardo... that shit had no business being on a PPV that they're charging people money for. Hell, that shit doesn't even belong on RAW, that's the kind of stuff they need to put on their YouTube channel.

Christian and Cody had some really good stuff, I think those two guys work well together, and it was nice to see Christian actually get to hold a title beyond one PPV.

So, HHH/Lesnar at SummerSlam... that should be interesting. If it brings Heyman back to my television set though, I'll be happy.

Beth and Layla worked well in their match, but Spring is right... there wasn't any real structure to the match and it was just kinda flat... the kind of match you expect to see on RAW.

Hunico and Sin Cara was boring, I skipped along in it until it was over... I just don't like Sin Cara at all. I'm waiting for him to suffer yet another injury too.

Punk/Bryan/Kane was the best match on the PPV as I expected it to be. I was personally expecting a Bryan win after AJ interfered somehow, but the way it ended was to be expected. I thought they'd ditch Kane after this match, but with the way it ended and how he carried AJ out, they'll probably go like this at least through Extreme Rules... but with some sort of stipulation in that match. Well, since it's at Extreme Rules, they could simply make it an Extreme Rules match and nothing else.

Ryback's squash match, again, had no business on a PPV... it needed to be on RAW... they're slow building him through the squashes a bit too much at this point, and it looks like it's going to continue with him facing three guys at once now. Yippy.

Cena/Show ended the way I expected it to... I've heard that Johnny Ace is going to continue on as a character, as Special Assistant to the Board of Directors, whatever that means. I think we'll probably see Vince stick around through the 1,000th episode, and we'll probably see Teddy go back to being in charge of Smackdown, and God only knows who will be in charge of RAW. Hey, maybe they can bring the computer back. :24 As far as the match itself goes, it was again annoying to see Cena get the shit beat out of him for 95% of the match, and then have him miraculously recover to hit two moves and then win the match. The only saving grace for the match for me were the guys coming out from the back to keep him from winning... and yeah, serious Brodus > dancing Brodus... if they can intermarry those two sides of him into a dancing badass, then I'm all for it.

Overall, I give the show a C+... it was like watching an episode of RAW with title matches.

[Springsteen]

I don't think Booker had a good night on commentary again, but it was worth it for this.

Booker T: I just got three words. Let's get it on tonight!

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[retro]

I don't think Booker had a good night on commentary again, but it was worth it for this.

Booker T: I just got three words. Let's get it on tonight!

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Even when Booker is bad, he's good.

[retro]

Piper was so drunk during the Cyndi Lauper segment tonight.

[Springsteen]

Piper's awesome like that, doesn't give a shit. Pretty bad segment though, waste of 15 minutes

I enjoyed Raw this week though, most things were good. The Heyman/Triple H promo was very well done.

[retro]

RAW was better than the PPV in my opinion... the opening tag match was better than just about everything that was on the PPV card. The only saving grace of the Lauper segment was her smashing the record over Slater's head... that dude is freaking annoying.

[Darrell]

Is Hulk Hogan wrestling again?

[Springsteen]

He's still in wrestling yes, with TNA. I don't think his body would allow him to actually wrestle a match though.

[retro]

I just remembered this...

[Maulds]

gatdamn ^

[Springsteen]

Raw thoughts this week.

Triple threat between Bryan/Punk/Kane was pretty good and got the show off to a hot start.

Skip the rest until Jericho arrived, it was terrible.

Good promo between Jericho/Cena. Cena's obviously winning MITB.

SID looked about 87 and didn't move at all well, but it was good to see him. I like these Heath Slater parts, bring back a lot of memories.

Ziggler vs Del Rio was okay but I've never been a fan of "on a pole" matches as a rule. Plus the fact that it didn't have a finish didn't help.

Divas battle Royal was throwaway.

Cena vs Jericho was a good match. The Show interference worked well enough.

Overall a good show with plenty happening.

[Springsteen]

If you have 10 hours free, watch this. My favourite part is 4 hours and 45 minutes in.

[Springsteen]

Money In The Bank thoughts.....

Smackdown MITB was fun, Dolph was the right winner.

Sheamus/Del Rio was pretty good, got the right amount of time. The Ziggler cash in tease was okay but he shouldn't do it a lot, makes him look weak if he fails all the time to even get the match started.

The tag match wasn't very good, the crowd wasn't really into it.

Punk/Bryan was predictably excellent, the finish was good. Really enjoyed this match.

Ryback's monthly squash was....well, Ryback's monthly squash. He did sell a lot more which may or may not be a good thing, probably not. Crowd wasn't really behind Ryback here.

Divas tag was fine as a filler, nothing wrong with it.

RAW MITB was pretty good, botched finish apparently but the rest was fine. Cena won which pleases me no end because the ROH smarks will be angry.



Overall, pretty good show.

[Springsteen]

RAW Was good this week, good follow up from the PPV.

Punk/Big Show interaction was good, Show plays the heel so well at times.

Tag title match was fine.

Zack Ryder vs Del Rio was a good lead into Rey returning.

Rikishi returning to beat up Heath and do a dance with the Uso's (his sons) was fun nostalgia.

I'm not sure where the AJ/Daniel Bryan marriage angle is going, but I do know that wrestling weddings as a rule don't go well.

Jericho/Ziggler feud makes me very happy. Really good interaction between the two.

Brodus Clay should be a heel, or at least a more serious character, he did show this is possible when he was involved in the Big Show/Cena feud. Though I'm still amazed JTG is still employed.

Punk/Big Show was a good main event, good giant/smaller man psychology here. At first (for like a couple of seconds) I thought Cena was cashing in. But surely that wouldn't make sense as it's face cashing in on face, indeed that was how WWE saw it too. But I thought it might be on for Summerslam, but it makes sense to have it at Raw 1000.

Good show overall, Raw 1000 should be great.