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Last week’s Raw: Dolph-Orton, Cena-Punk, Royal Rumble build
I’ve been really ‘uninspired’ lately with the current state of pro wrestling-entertainment. However, any fan knows that the Royal Rumble is the beginning of the ‘Road to WrestleMania,’ and the programming will get a lot better for at least a few months. I decided to get back into the swing of things by catching up on Raw, starting with last week’s episode. I haven’t watched it in months, and I think that helped me actually enjoy it a lot more.
John Cena vs Nexus
The show opens with John Cena cutting a promo on the Nexus. Apparently it’s being led by CM Punk now, which is great news. The Miz and Alex Riley interrupt, to inject the green WWE Champion into different main event situations, and keep the doors open for a Cena-Miz feud.
It's nice to see a champion dress with class instead of wearing jorts.
Pros:
- Punk leading Nexus is more entertaining than Barrett, and it ensures that Punk won’t be buried anytime soon. It makes Nexus seem a lot more ‘sinister.’
- Miz & Riley dress like champions. It’s good to see a heel champion come out in a suit. It’s more likely to bring class to the belt than a pair of jorts.
- Cena: “Cole has about as much street cred as the Jonas Brothers.”
- Cena makes a reference to having to keep it PG, which I thought was a neat comment aimed towards the older fans.
Cons:
- Cena’s comedy comments undermines The Miz as a worthy champion. He does have a point, though, as Miz’s delivery sometimes leaves a bit to be desired. Cena also puts ‘Cena vs Orton’ over as an iconic WrestleMania match-up, implying that Miz doesn’t belong in the main event. I think people would rather see someone new headline the show rather than see Cena vs Orton for the 80th time.
- Cole: “[John Cena] is the Ricky Gervais of WWE.” I’d like to hear an explanation for this one. I fail to see what Ricky Gervais has in common with John Cena. I guess the joke’s on me.
- ‘Poopy’ jokes.
Smackdown vs Raw 2011: Roster, DLC, Features. Best one yet?
Roster
THQ recently announced most of the roster for the 2011 installment of the Smackdown vs Raw video game. With over 70 stars, it’s one of the largest rosters to date in a wrestling game.
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SmackDown roster:
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RAW Roster:
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My thoughts on current wrestling: WWE
Alberto Del Rio: easily a future world champion. But you already knew that.
I admit, I’ve been slacking like Owen Hart performing piledrivers. I haven’t really been keeping up with current wrestling as well as I normally would (which isn’t that well anyway) so I didn’t really have much to offer as far as articles go. I’ve been paying enough attention, however, to offer at least a little insight, thought, and opinion on the current state of professional soap opera’ing in the squared circle.
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment is slowly on an upswing. The Nexus angle is slowing down but is still going strong, and ‘internet darlings’ Bryan Danielson and Low Ki are settling in with WWE as their new home. Rumor has it that they are planning to unify the title belts, starting with the Divas’ division’s titles at Night of Champions. There could be a number of reasons behind this that could have to do with booking strategies or simple marketing. New tag team belts means new merchandise, and we can probably expect the same from the other belts. (more…)
My thoughts on WWE’s first Money in the Bank pay-per-view event
be the first to admit being wrong about this event. Well, mostly wrong. It looked bad on paper, and I had no interest in seeing it. The Money in the Bank matches just didn’t look ‘right’ for some reason, and the championship matches had even less appeal. I mean, Randy Orton in a Money in the Bank match? Weird. I don’t approve of ‘gimmick pay-per-views’ and having three Money in the Bank matches in a single year makes a world championship opportunity mean yes. But…anyway…
First of all, the Money in the Bank matches WORKED. They turned out far better than I expected, and by the time the Smackdown match was through, I felt like I was watching WrestleMania. I had that “holy crap, this isn’t even a main event” feeling. Big Show once again showed the WWE Universe why he is hands down the best ‘big-man’ worker in the business. I give applause to WWE Creative for writing a pretty compelling match that could be one of the best of all-time. (Best of the Money in the Bank ladder matches, I mean.)
John Cena and Sheamus join forces to close somewhat watchable episode of WWE Raw
Rivals John Cena & Sheamus teamed up on Raw.This picture isn't from that show.
I did it. I managed to sit through most of another episode of WWE Raw. Much to my surprise, it wasn’t all that bad, for once. However, I do believe I deserve a medal, a cookie, the Intercontinental Championship, or a TNA contract for my efforts.
WWE decided to mix things up, and showed the WWE Universe that the anonymous GM has a rather unique vision for certain titles.
As a way of reprimanding Alicia Fox for her shady tactics in a previous match against Eve Torres, Fox was added to the main event, making it a six-on-two intergender handicap match. The icing on the cake: the winner of the pinfall wins the Divas Championship. Smarks around the world grunted in disbelief, knowing John Cena was getting yet another shot a WWE belt, but the world kept watching.
The match went just as expected, with Super Cena overcoming all odds and gaining the pinfall victory. Your new Divas champion, John Cena. (more…)
Jan 4 Raw semi-live report: Hart-earned Ratings?
Check your calendars all you want, but it IS 2010, not 1997, and hell HAS frozen over.
Raw started with a classy introduction with video package, and Justin Roberts announced Bret’s championships and 12 year absence. The Hitman’s music plays, and Bret’s entrance is a little delayed–I half expect HBK or Hornswaggle, but instead, a scraggly old-man-looking Bret is on stage in denim shorts and a leather jacket.
There is a huge pyro display, but it seems sort of out of place for Bret. He did not have his pink shades, which was disappointing. I think it would have been good to have him give them to a kid in the audience because it could offer an opportunity for him to begin to connect with a younger generation. That would be a good plan, as far as merchandising goes, as Bret was sporting a new Hitman t-shirt. All things considered, Bret doesn’t look like someone who had a stroke–Bret looks like someone who needs a comb and a hairbrush.
“A lot of people are wondering why I’m here tonight,” Bret began his speech. Kids were probably wondering, “ya, who are you?”
Sidenote:
Ironically, a fan is shown in the audience with a NWO B&W shirt, while NWO is reuniting on TNA Impact.
For a while, I wondered, Why Ohio? Bret would be in front of quite a hot crowd anywhere in Canada, specifically Montreal. However, they risk HBK getting heel heat during a face run. (more…)