David Harding
Superstar Scott SandarsWWE Raw (September 19) thoughts...
September 21st 2007 00:57
I thought this week's ep was pretty enjoyable, without being great.
The show started off solidly with Hardy V Shelton who had an alright match (which was the best match on the show, although that's not saying much). Looks like Haas' suspension is a blessing for Shelton who is being pushed as a singles wrestler once again. Granted, he isn't winning any matches, but it's surely better than being in pointless tag bouts against the Highlanders on Heat each week.
Santino Marella continues to be absolutely hilarious. His line about how he can't believe he used to pleasure himself to Britney Spears was great!!
And it was good to see him get a top-level rub by being involved in the beatdown of Cena with Orton.
That flag match was totally out of nowhere (not to mention, Daivari representing Iran was out of continuity with his gimmick [he's billed from America! Isn't his whole deal that he's an American but feels discriminated because of his Middle Eastern background. Oh well]). I guess they do need to chuck filler stuff like that in now, considering so much Raw talent is out on suspension at the moment.
I have to admit, I did find some of the McMahon/Coach/Hornswoggle skits funny. And I thought the HHH/Vince in-ring segment was pretty good too. Speaking of HHH though... this brings me to the bit of the show that pissed me off the most (and I think you all know where I'm going)...
It was completely unnecessary to have him destroy London and Kendrick for no reason at all. It was bad enough that they had him beat Cade/Murdoch so easily. The booking for this stuff is really simply... Cade, Murdoch and Carlito are attacking HHH, London and Kendrick come to his aid, and voila!, we have a 6-man tag set up for next week (which would've given L K a huge rub by teaming up with HHH). But no, instead, HHH beats up London and Kendrick too, making them look like complete fools in the process. Very counterproductive booking. HHH is already mega-over, all the segment accomplished was that it buried Cade, Murdoch, London and Kendrick (after they'd all been pushed quite heavily lately). Total rubbish.
The whole Cena/Orton/Cena Sr. schtick to end the show was wonderfully done, I thought. Great angle that set up nicely for their rematch. Although, the crowd did kinda ruin it a bit with the "You Can't Wrestle" chants at Cena. I mean, bloody hell. The guy has probably been in more MOTY candidates this year than anyone else. Didn't all this anti-Cena crap end over a year ago?
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IF YOU MISSED IT: No need to go out of your way to see the replay, but if you're home and not doing anything else, give it a watch, as it wasn't that bad a show.
The show started off solidly with Hardy V Shelton who had an alright match (which was the best match on the show, although that's not saying much). Looks like Haas' suspension is a blessing for Shelton who is being pushed as a singles wrestler once again. Granted, he isn't winning any matches, but it's surely better than being in pointless tag bouts against the Highlanders on Heat each week.
Santino Marella continues to be absolutely hilarious. His line about how he can't believe he used to pleasure himself to Britney Spears was great!!
And it was good to see him get a top-level rub by being involved in the beatdown of Cena with Orton.That flag match was totally out of nowhere (not to mention, Daivari representing Iran was out of continuity with his gimmick [he's billed from America! Isn't his whole deal that he's an American but feels discriminated because of his Middle Eastern background. Oh well]). I guess they do need to chuck filler stuff like that in now, considering so much Raw talent is out on suspension at the moment.
I have to admit, I did find some of the McMahon/Coach/Hornswoggle skits funny. And I thought the HHH/Vince in-ring segment was pretty good too. Speaking of HHH though... this brings me to the bit of the show that pissed me off the most (and I think you all know where I'm going)...
It was completely unnecessary to have him destroy London and Kendrick for no reason at all. It was bad enough that they had him beat Cade/Murdoch so easily. The booking for this stuff is really simply... Cade, Murdoch and Carlito are attacking HHH, London and Kendrick come to his aid, and voila!, we have a 6-man tag set up for next week (which would've given L K a huge rub by teaming up with HHH). But no, instead, HHH beats up London and Kendrick too, making them look like complete fools in the process. Very counterproductive booking. HHH is already mega-over, all the segment accomplished was that it buried Cade, Murdoch, London and Kendrick (after they'd all been pushed quite heavily lately). Total rubbish.
The whole Cena/Orton/Cena Sr. schtick to end the show was wonderfully done, I thought. Great angle that set up nicely for their rematch. Although, the crowd did kinda ruin it a bit with the "You Can't Wrestle" chants at Cena. I mean, bloody hell. The guy has probably been in more MOTY candidates this year than anyone else. Didn't all this anti-Cena crap end over a year ago?
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IF YOU MISSED IT: No need to go out of your way to see the replay, but if you're home and not doing anything else, give it a watch, as it wasn't that bad a show.
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