BRM Reviews the 6/25/2012 Raw (HORRIBLE!)

[Big Red Machine]

AJ TALKING TO HER MIRROR- decent

TRIPLE THREAT ELIMINATION MATCH: Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. CM Punk- 7/10
Great match which sets up Dragon vs. Punk for MITB, but I'm getting slightly bored with the AJ finish

ZIGGLER, DEL RIO, & VICKIE SEGMENT- eh.

BIG SHOW vs. BRODUS CLAY (w/The Funkadactyls)- 4/10
Good storytelling and I like the finish, but the match was just too short for a higher rating.

AJ & KANE SEGMENT- horrible. They spent the entire winter and the beginning of the spring establishing that Kane is a monster again... and now they are throwing it all away with this AJ crap. You can't just say "I'm a monster." You have to actually do monstrous things!

WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Santino Marella(c) vs. Jack Swagger- 2/10

CENA & RYDER BACKSTAGE- I know this wasn't an actual segment, but that box was labelled "free to a good home." Which, in terms of clothing, usually means charity. So two of your top babyfaces just threw out a shirt that otherwise would have gone to a poor person.

JOHN CENA & CHRIS JERICHO SEGMENT- DUD! Cena's Star Wars promo was bad. Once Jericho came out it got better, but I cringed every time Cena referred to it as the Money in The Bank "suitcase." Jericho's promo wasn't too good, either, though. "I should win because I've been in the most of these. You can't win because you've never been in one before." This is like the sort of logic that usually propels TNA storylines. Then Vickie comes out and says that, according to the board, only former WWE Champions will be allowed in the WWE Title MITB match, then vickie says that the only four people in it will be Cena, Jericho, Big Show, & Kane. This does not look promising.

SYCHO SID vs. HEATH SLATER- I popped for Sid.

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE CONTRACT ON A POLE MATCH WHERE THE WINNER WILL GET A TITLE SHOT ON SMACKDOWN: Dolph Ziggler vs. Alberto Del Rio (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)- No rating. Okay segment. You've got to give them credit. I don't think I have ever seen a "retrieve the object to win" style match that did what they did.

PUNK & AJ SEGMENT- good

DIVAS BATTLE ROYALE- -2/10 (yes, a NEGATIVE 2)
GRRR. I absolutely hate whenever they dress-up the ringside area for something like this. I also have to criticize the little dance number Beth was doing when they first came back to air. Between that and the stupid little hat... these are the sort of things that make someone not look tough. Beth's character should never not look tough.

once we get past that, you just have to watch this match. Every single move just looked weak. A whole bunch of the women looked like they fell out on purpose, rather than getting pushed out (especially Beth and Nattie). How bad was this match? So bad that I gave it a negative score... and this a match that was won by AJ!

CHRIS JERICHO vs. JOHN CENA- 5/10
Not acceptable for a main event. I liked the finish, but not in the main event spot. I think it would have been better to make the elimination match the main event and do the segments with AJ next week (this way she can also have one with Dragon about her YESing after the match)


Overall, a HORRIBLE episode of Raw, saved from being even worse by the opening match.

[cero2k]

first of all, i'm gonna start replying with the 5 minute recaps of RAW in case no one saw it

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ZIGGLER, DEL RIO, & VICKIE SEGMENT- eh.

I found this very funny, all of them were spot on. I loved that Del Rio would use his charms to get a title shot, and more importantly, to have RR carry the roses. Th Ziggler turn is coming...

BIG SHOW vs. BRODUS CLAY (w/The Funkadactyls)- 4/10

SQUASH

JOHN CENA & CHRIS JERICHO SEGMENT- DUD! Cena's Star Wars promo was bad. Once Jericho came out it got better, but I cringed every time Cena referred to it as the Money in The Bank "suitcase." Jericho's promo wasn't too good, either, though. "I should win because I've been in the most of these. You can't win because you've never been in one before." This is like the sort of logic that usually propels TNA storylines. Then Vickie comes out and says that, according to the board, only former WWE Champions will be allowed in the WWE Title MITB match, then vickie says that the only four people in it will be Cena, Jericho, Big Show, & Kane. This does not look promising.

You have no idea how much i marked out for Jericho interrupting this horrible segment. I'm guessing that Orton and Rey rey will be added to the MITB match when they come back, and thus i hope that Sheamus defends against both Del RIo and Ziggler since both of them are former champs, since it seems the other MITB match will only be for non former champs...or so i read somewhere.

SYCHO SID vs. HEATH SLATER- I popped for Sid.

so you missed Cole and Lawler spoil it?? lucky

DIVAS BATTLE ROYALE- -2/10 (yes, a NEGATIVE 2)
GRRR. I absolutely hate whenever they dress-up the ringside area for something like this. I also have to criticize the little dance number Beth was doing when they first came back to air. Between that and the stupid little hat... these are the sort of things that make someone not look tough. Beth's character should never not look tough.

that was natalya dancing with the hat. but i agree, the match was horrible, everyone fell in less than 1 minute. plus they need to make these chicks work for their money, remove that stupid rule that they don't need to go over the top rope. But at least AJ was wearing a bathing suit...and Kaitlin...and Maxine...god, i can't wait for paige and Cortez to make the roster!!

[kiel297]

Th Ziggler turn is coming...

The Ziggler turn's already here. He's getting babyface pops, he's being booked against a heel Del Rio, and has essentially become the tweener of the WHC fued. All that needs to happen now is for Del Rio to take the title off of Sheamus, and then Ziggler to fued with Del Rio.

As for Vickie, Dolph could drop her at any time. But could you imagine if Ricardo started turning face on Del Rio, leaving Del Rio to manage Dolph, and Vickie leaving Dolph to manage Ricardo. Although it's hard to see Dolph needing Ricardo. Perhaps Dolph will be the guy that "teaches" him how to wrestle before they go their separate ways?

[Rabid619]

King & Cole spoiled it? I guess i missed that as well. It wasn't the hasn't been here in 15 years bit was it?

[cero2k]

King & Cole spoiled it? I guess i missed that as well. It wasn't the hasn't been here in 15 years bit was it?

they made a quick mention that he was backstage

[Rabid619]

they made a quick mention that he was backstage

Well thats stupid. WWE needs to do something to get out of this rut, TNA doing Live shows has done them good while WWE for a while now has put out some poor shows most weeks and mediocre PPVs.

[cero2k]

they made a quick mention that he was backstage

Well thats stupid. WWE needs to do something to get out of this rut, TNA doing Live shows has done them good while WWE for a while now has put out some poor shows most weeks and mediocre PPVs.

kinda agree, shows have been deja vu's all this month. last week's and this week's was technically the same thing