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Wrestling Asylum - January 2008

Raw January 14 thoughts

January 16th 2008 23:22
RAW THOUGHTS
US airdate: Jan 14 2008.

Raw this week was nothing fantastic, but still quite an entertaining show.

Again, Jeff Hardy was the MVP, as his star continues to rise. He really is becoming a bonafide main-eventer, which is great. His promos are also improving tenfold-- the opening confrontation with Orton was quite good.

The 6-diva tag was alright I guess, but nothing different to what we see every other week.

Michael's new inverted figure four submission looked really good!

Snitzky/HHH wasn't too bad, actually. The ruining of the titan-tron though, was pretty lame, although I look forward to seeing the new Raw and SD! sets next week. It's been a while since they've done a set change, so I wonder what they have in store.


JBL's segment- as always- was really good. Gotta love all the extravagent pyro!!

The 'mini' Rumble wasn't as bad as you may think. I didn't mind it, actually. But I reckon they need to have Khali beat down on Hornswoggle at least once in this feud. Its been going on for a few months now and I don't think Khali has left him laying once. It's becoming a bit repetitive, actually.

Damn, it was disappointing that Regal/Flair was so short. I was looking forward to a good match between the two.

And while I admit I was a bit disappointed by the Orton V Jeff bait-and-switch, I suppose it was the best thing to do, considering they're facing eachother at the Rumble. And the big Hardy spot to close the show made up for it. Another highlight-reel moment from Jeff!

IF YOU MISSED IT: All the Jeff/Randy stuff was worth watching, especially the big leap at the end. And JBL's intense promo was good as well. Apart from that though, nothing else is really worth checking out on this one.
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Raw Roulette thoughts

January 9th 2008 06:51
Raw this week was saved by the main-event which was truly fantastic. Everything else ranged from pretty good (Regal V HHH, First Blood) to completely lame (lingerie pillowfight, Carlito V Holly).

Foley's appearances are always entertaining, and it was good to see the crowd pop for him big, considering they've been pretty flat for him during his last few appearances. Him and Hornswoggle in the Rumble should be great. I wonder if there are any Foley plans for Mania this year.

The 'strange bedfellows' stuff was pretty meh, especially considering they do the "enemies must team together" schtick every other week. And what was up with Kennedy's tan ?? Same with Haas' new gimmick!? What on earth was that about ?? I can't see it getting over at all.


The pillowfight dragged on forever and was pretty much a waste of time. Loving Jillian's new theme song though!

Hunter/Regal was good while it lasted. Glad it wasn't a complete squash and Regal got some offence in. Would've been great to see him win though.

And finally, as I said earlier, the main-event stole the show. The first Raw of 2008, and we already have the first great match of the year.

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IF YOU MISSED IT: Catch the Hardy/Umaga cage match!! The rest of the show is missable though.
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