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The following is from Tomas
Just wanted to get my two cents out there with the commercial-free Monday Night Raw last night. It was a mediocre show over all and there is really just one word to describe the main-event scene on Monday nights: Stale. This show is so stale it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Last week in the three-hour catastrophe, the only time I marked out was when I realized that The Miz was still in the Battle Royal. And there lies the problem, when fans are marking out over what The Miz is doing that goes to show how stale the other characters in the main-event are. Cena, Big Show, HHH and Orton are top of the line professional wrestlers, but the problem is that their characters have not evolved throughout the years. Their gimmicks are old and disinteresting; they simply go through the motions. Cena opened the show with a promo that fell flat. Cena also closed the show with a match that fell just as flat. The thing is no one wants to see Cena vs. Big Show just like no one wants to see HHH vs. Orton. These matches are just brutal to watch and I can see why Vince gave the great fans in Green Bay their money back, he figured that they would be demanding a refund anyway. The 6-man tag match with the SmackDown guys was also mediocre but what saved it, on television at least, was CM Punk’s great commentating. The Colons cut a great in-ring promo next and was one of the highlights of the night, simply because it was refreshing to see these two brothers interact on the mic, something we really haven’t gotten much of even though they are both great talkers and their characters can shine both on the mic and in the ring. The match itself between Primo and Rhodes was another mediocre one and a waste of time, the WWE will make a big mistake to take the Undisputed Tag Titles off Carlito and Primo because Priceless have not proven them selves to be over with the crowd as credible tag champs. The Last Man Standing match was brutal to watch, not because of the violence but because of how stale this match-up between Hunter and Orton has gotten. The Last Man Standing stipulation made sense because of how much time can be wasted with the referees 10 count, so it made sense to have this type of match on a commercial free broadcast to eat up some time. The problem is that the pay-off for this feud is going to end up being something we have already seen before and I fear that not even a Hell in a Cell match could save this feud. However, I did like one aspect of the match and that was how it ended, it wasn’t over-booked with interferences from Priceless as many predicted and the match logically went to a no contest when both men couldn’t answer the ten count. The Diva match was just as brutal to watch as the Big Show and Cena match. And too much of Vince is never a good thing especially when combined with too much Trump. Vince was fairly entertaining last night with his so-called humor, but nothing memorable. So we’ve come to learn that the Trump angle was just a passing thought. It should be noted that Vince and the WWE had nothing to do with a commercial free Raw that was a call from the network execs from NBC Universal and the USA Network since they are in a ratings war with good old TNT. Vince simply wanted to take advantage of this opportunity the networks gave him and use it to rub elbows with a real self made billionaire in the Trump. I couldn’t have been happier with the end of Raw it made me feel relieved to see the MIZ standing tall over Cena and hopefully at the Bash, if WWE is smart, somehow, someway the Miz will come out on top. All in all, it really hurt the broadcast not having Jericho appear, as he is the one that can demonstrate to all the Jabronees in the RAW locker room how to get the job done. I’ll be watching Smackdown on Hulu this weekend in order to find the entertainment I desire from the WWE. Unless the Miz goes over at the Bash, I will not be watching Raw for a long time to come.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
