BRM Reviews the 8/22/2011 Raw

[Big Red Machine]

OPENING SEGMENT- Great

JOHN MORRISON vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO- 7/10. The announcers talking up JoMo’s roll-up win over R-Truth last week got me SO into his roll-ups in this match. Good announcing.

EVE TORRES & KELLY KELLY vs. THE BELLA TWINS- 3/10. And I didn’t like Kelly jumping the other Bella after the match.

DIVAS OF DOOM PROMO- terrible! They said that they didn’t want to be beautiful like the other divas… while standing there all gussied up and looking pretty. If this angle is going to work, they cannot wear make-up, dresses or anything like that. They need to be in wrestling gear. And that line at the end “what we want… we’re not going to tell you!” WTF? They have already told us what they want! They want to get rid of the “cute” divas.

ALEX RILEY vs. JACK SWAGGER (w/Vickie Guerrero)- No rating. GREAT Segment

TRIPLE H, PUNK & NASH- LOVE IT! AMAZING! They are doing a great job of painting everyone as a potential tweener.

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Otunga & McGillicutty(c) vs. Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne- 4.75/10. Glad to see this title change.

JOHNYY ACE & TRIPLE H- The plot thickens.

SATNINO GETS MURDERED- This always brings a smile to my face. Good promos by R-Truth & The Miz

NEW R-TRUTH SONG- F*CKING AWESOME!

#1 CONTENDERSHIP MATCH FOR THE WWE TITLE: John Cena vs. CM Punk- 8/10 Great match, but I am eh on the finish. It worked very well with the Nash-Punk-Triple H-Johnny Ace angle, but I don’t like it in terms of Cena’s characters. I think it would have been better to have a ref bump, have Del Rio take out Cena, but then have Nash take out Punk and drape Cena over him so the ref wakes up and counts the pin for Cena. Punk still gets screwed by Nash and Del Rio still jumps Cena, but this way Cena retains his integrity.
The roll-up looked a little weak, but the cradle off of the 5 Knuckle Shuffle taunt was ABSOLUTE GENIUS. Could you imagine how well that spot would have gone over with a good crowd and later on in the match?
Really, Edmonton crowd? A “Let’s go Oilers!” chant during a MAIN EVENT FOR #1 CONTENDERSHIP TO THE WWE TITLE BETWEEN JOHN CENA & CM PUNK? WTF?

Overall, a great episode of Raw.

[Serujuunin]

...AND I WAS THERE LIVE.

It was fantastic. I loved every minute of it.