RAW TALK. 9/5/2011
I must admit, things are starting shift to a higher gear in WWE. The day started with an excellent promo. Del Rio, Mysterio, Miz and R-Truth were in the ring. All debating on which of them should be the No.1 contender to face Cena for his WWE title. This segment was pretty good, especially R-truth. Even Ricardo Rodriguez, Del Rio's ring announcer did an excellent job. The promo was interupted by The Annonymous Raw General manager, fixing the main event match as a triple threat match featuring, Rey Mysterio, Alberto Del Rio and The miz.
Next, a divas tag team match. KellyKelly&Eve Torres VS The Bella Twins. Kelly pinned one of the Bellas to win the match. It was a pretty stale segment until... KHARMA. Yes! Kharma made an entrance yet again. This time destroying Eve Torres. So for those of you, who are sure that Kharma is "face", think again.
We then continue with a matchup between Kane vs Mason Ryan. This match showcased Mason Ryan's strength. The match was interfered by David Ortunga and Michael McGillicutty attacking Kane. Big Show helped Kane and they cleared the ring. This match entered in a no contest.
I like the way the WWE is building Mason Ryan's character. Unlike what they did with sheamus 2 yrs ago. They rushed Sheamus to the main event and now hes a mid carder again. The slow but steady progress of Ryan is good.
A match featuring Dolph Ziggler and Santino followed. Not much talking points in this match up. Ziggler ended it with a Zig Zag.
There was a back stage segment featuring R-truth. Yet again, R-truth never failed to entertain as a heel.
One of the best moments of the night was, a 5 second segment featuring Zack Ryder and John Cena. This received an incredible amount of pop. (I know, many of you might be thinking why Ryder isn't given a push that he deserves. I have reasons that might clear your doubts. But more on that next time.)
There was another backstage segment, in which Alex Riley was appologising repeatedly to The Miz about what happened last week. Alex Riley then marched out to the ring and called out Cena for a challenge, to prove his worthiness to The Miz. Riley got him in a headlock but Cena fought out and knocked him down with shoulder blocks. He followed with the Five Knuckle Shuffle and Attitude Adjustment. Cena locked in the STF and Riley tapped, making Cena the winner.
What is Raw these days without a segment featuring Michael Cole. Cole enters the Ring and announces that he has retired from in ring competition. This announcement received a major pop from the crowd.
Then there was a match between Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger for the United States Championship. A distraction by lawler allowed Kofi to connect with the trouble in paradise, and then the pin for the win.
Lawler attacked Cole by repeatedly choking him with his tie. Swagger said Lawler was fired, but Jerry reminded him that he hadn’t touched Cole, only his tie. Swagger accepted Lawler’s challenge for a match at over the limit on Cole’s behalf.
And finally the main event. The triple threat match featuring Rey, Del rio and The miz. The match was in quick mode, with no competitor gaining offense for long. Del Rio got Mysterio in the cross armbreaker but Miz broke it up. Riley came out to help Miz and distracted Del Rio. Riley stopped Rey from pinning Del Rio, which allowed Miz to pin Mysterio to win. Cena came out and congratulated Miz. He said he’d chosen the stipulation match for Over the Limit: an I Quit Match. Back in the ring, R-Truth attacked Mysterio.
All in all, i say it was an entertaining night.
verdict: 6/10
SMACK TALK. 13/5/2011
The day kicked off with a video on Christian finally winning the World Heavy Weight Championship at Extreme Rules, then losing it 5 days later to Randy Orton. In my last week's rendition of Smack Talk, i stated how there would be 3 possibilities. Unfortunately, the 3rd and worst possibility occured.
Christian came into the ring and cut a promo. It was utter rubbish. He stated how he respected Orton,etc. So, no one is turning heel? This is just bull s**t. There is going to be a rematch at Over The limit. I am sure the match is going to be great, but now we can almost gurantee that Orton is going to win and retain the title while Christian will slowly fade away into the mid card section again.
Anyway, as Christian was giving his speech, he was interfered by Sheamus and Mark Henry. Finally the night started to pick up some speed. Sheamus and Henry moved in to attack Christian before Randy Orton raced to the ring to help Christian. With the help of The Viper, Captain Charisma cleared the ring.
Next was a match featuring Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan. This was a good match. Bryan's technical ability mixed with Sin Cara's highflying, brought out an explosive match. Sin Cara won Daniel Bryan with the help from Chavo. Sin Cara, however did not want Chavo's help. Things started to heat up between Chavo and Sin Cara. A match at Over The Limit maybe?
The night continued by a promo by Layla and Michael Cole. Kharma interfered and finished of Layla. After a couple of weeks of destruction towards the heel divas, Kharma moved on to the face divas. First Eve Torres on Raw then Layla.
After that, was a match featuring Wade barrett and Kane. Barrett was accompanied to the ring by The Corre. During the match, as usual The Corre interfered and started beating up Kane. Ezekiel Jackson made an entrance to try and rescue Kane, however, the numbers game paid off and The Corre had the last laugh.
Following that was the return of Khali's Kiss Cam. It was pretty lame until Jinder Mahal made an entrance and slapped Khali a couple of times.
Then there was a backstage segment featuring The Corre. Barrett set up a match with Ezekiel Jackson at Over The Limit for the Intercontinental Championship.
Then a match between Rhodes and Dibiase. Rhodes told his employees to hand out paper bags to the crowd and handed Dibiase a paper bag himself. Rhodes new gimmick is really paying off for him. His heel promos receive alot of heat from the crowd. This guy is definitely going to be a main event heel is a year a so.
Cody Rhodes won this match easily. And thus continues Ted Dibiase's long string of losses.
The main Event featuring Christian&Orton VS Sheamus& Mark Henry was Excellent. Lots of action by all four of them. There wasnt a missing thing in this match. There was also the very rarely seen KillSwitch and ofcourse the RKO!. Christian& Orton picked up the victory.
Verdict: 7/10
No comments:
Post a Comment