OdysseyWWE Raw (July 25, 2007) thoughts
July 26th 2007 00:46
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Raw thoughts.
July 25, 2007.
The opening 'meeting of the Kings' segment was terrific. Booker's large throne and gourmet food across the table from Lawler's croissant and cup of coffee was a hilarious visual gag. Booker calling Lawler 'Jerome' was all kinds of funny too. Can't wait for their match next week!
The divas match was nothing special, but Santino on commentary was wonderful. A babyface-womanbeater (which is what it looks like his new gimmick may be) is kinda stepping into 'controversial' territory, but WWE usually pulls these dark-humour angles off well. And I'm sure it will end up with him turning on Maria. I reckon he'd be great as a heel who hates women (a la Jeff Jarrett in 1999).
Snitzky's face (especially his teeth) really is a turn-off!! I hope the rumours aren't true and he won't be in the main-event picture anytime soon.
John Cena's lines the past few weeks have plain-out sucked. Sometimes I wonder if the writers are 6 and write these promos with crayons. That 'close your eyes and imagine...' schtick with Todd Grisham was just embarassing to watch. Very lame.
I'm enjoying the Sandman/Hacksaw V Regal/Carlito mini-feud.
Randy Orton continues to be the man! I kinda lost interest in him for a while, but this feud against the Rhodes has been great for him. His match with Cody was decent enough, and he's really getting more and more over as a heel. This Cena/Orton program should be great. It's such a shame though, that Raw's best two heels (Booker and Orton) will soon become HHH Victim #1 and #2 respectively.
I really enjoyed Kennedy/Hardy. Definitely the MOTN. I've always been a big Matt fan, but not so much Jeff. Lately though, Jeff has been on such a role and- as seen by the crowd reaction on Raw- is becoming more and more popular. The pop he got when he did a run-in in the main-event was phenomenal!
London/Kendrick V Haas/Benjamin was ok for the time it was given. I'm still not used to seeing L K on Raw though. Much preferred them on SD! where they played a more important role and JBL praised them through the roof each and every week.
The main-event was nothing special wrestling-wise, but still entertaining. Lots of good spots that ensured the crowd were into it (Cade/Murdoch holding out Candice for Umaga to do his running-knee-hit was great). If this was TNA though, Cena would be the sole-owner of both tag team titles.
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IF YOU MISSED IT: Catch the replay. The King Lawler-King Booker segment is GOLD and the Kennedy V Hardy bout is very solid. Plus-- Santino on commentary was great!
Keep checking throughout the week as I'll be posting my thoughts on all WWE programming, as well as anything else wrestling-related that pops into my mind!
Hope you like it!
Raw thoughts.
July 25, 2007.
The opening 'meeting of the Kings' segment was terrific. Booker's large throne and gourmet food across the table from Lawler's croissant and cup of coffee was a hilarious visual gag. Booker calling Lawler 'Jerome' was all kinds of funny too. Can't wait for their match next week!
The divas match was nothing special, but Santino on commentary was wonderful. A babyface-womanbeater (which is what it looks like his new gimmick may be) is kinda stepping into 'controversial' territory, but WWE usually pulls these dark-humour angles off well. And I'm sure it will end up with him turning on Maria. I reckon he'd be great as a heel who hates women (a la Jeff Jarrett in 1999).
Snitzky's face (especially his teeth) really is a turn-off!! I hope the rumours aren't true and he won't be in the main-event picture anytime soon.
John Cena's lines the past few weeks have plain-out sucked. Sometimes I wonder if the writers are 6 and write these promos with crayons. That 'close your eyes and imagine...' schtick with Todd Grisham was just embarassing to watch. Very lame.
I'm enjoying the Sandman/Hacksaw V Regal/Carlito mini-feud.
Randy Orton continues to be the man! I kinda lost interest in him for a while, but this feud against the Rhodes has been great for him. His match with Cody was decent enough, and he's really getting more and more over as a heel. This Cena/Orton program should be great. It's such a shame though, that Raw's best two heels (Booker and Orton) will soon become HHH Victim #1 and #2 respectively.
I really enjoyed Kennedy/Hardy. Definitely the MOTN. I've always been a big Matt fan, but not so much Jeff. Lately though, Jeff has been on such a role and- as seen by the crowd reaction on Raw- is becoming more and more popular. The pop he got when he did a run-in in the main-event was phenomenal!
London/Kendrick V Haas/Benjamin was ok for the time it was given. I'm still not used to seeing L K on Raw though. Much preferred them on SD! where they played a more important role and JBL praised them through the roof each and every week.
The main-event was nothing special wrestling-wise, but still entertaining. Lots of good spots that ensured the crowd were into it (Cade/Murdoch holding out Candice for Umaga to do his running-knee-hit was great). If this was TNA though, Cena would be the sole-owner of both tag team titles.
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IF YOU MISSED IT: Catch the replay. The King Lawler-King Booker segment is GOLD and the Kennedy V Hardy bout is very solid. Plus-- Santino on commentary was great!
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I'm still back in the Bret Hart, Lex Luger, Razor Ramon, Undertaker etc. era!!
Looking forward to your updates on the WWE and welcome to Orble.
Charles.