BRM Reviews the 10/8/2012 Raw

[Big Red Machine]

JOHN CENA PROMO- very good

HANDICAP MATCH: The Colons (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. Ryback- great squash

R-TRUTH & BRODUS CLAY SEGMENT- DUD! What the f*ck was the point of this? Just have Vince come out and give his speech, and give these three minutes to one of the matches!

VINCE MCMAHON SPEECH- Let me guess: Vince will start talking, then Punk will interrupt him talking about respect, and Vince will try to convince Punk to take the match with Cena at HIAC. How do I know this? BECAUSE SOMETHING SIMILAR HAS HAPPENED EVERY F*CKING WEEK ON RAW FOR THE LAST MONTH!

HMMM… okay. This segment went slightly differently. This was actually great. I also liked the little interaction between Punk and Heyman at the end.

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT MATCH: Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara vs. The Prime Time Players- 3.25/10

PUNK & HEYMAN BACKSTAGE- great

SHEAMUS vs. WADE BARRETT- 6/10

AFTERMATH- good (although I think it would have made more sense for Barrett to run in during a Sheamus vs. Tensai match to play up his “gun for hire” gimmick.

AJ & PUNK BACKSTAGE- bad.
How the hell is AJ still the GM. The Board of Directors ordered her to work with a coach last week, and she pisses all over the coach. Why has she not been fired?

ANTONIO CEASRO vs. TYSON KIDD- 3.75/10
I wish this had gotten more time.

TEAM HELL NO vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER & ALBERTO DLE RIO (w/Vickie Guerrero & Ricardo Rodriguez)- 7/10

VINCE & JR SEGMENT- good

LARRY KING SEGMENT- decent. I really didn’t like Kofi jumping Miz while Miz was in the middle of taking off his jacket, though.

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP TOURNAMENT MATCH: Rhodes Scholars vs. Santino Marella & Zack Ryder- 2/10
Should have been longer

ENCORE ATTACKS SANTINO- not bad, but I really can’t get too excited because they stuck McIntyre in a comedy stable.

PAUL HEYMAN & VINCE MCMAHON BACKSTAGE- good

WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Eve Torres(c) vs. Kaitlyn- No rating. Good segment. This should build up tot Kaitlyn getting a PPV title shot at some point in the future.
The challenger should have entered first.

DRAGON, KANE, LARRY KING, & HIS WIFE BACKSTAGE- waste of time.

HEYMAN & PUNK IN PUNK’S LOCKER ROOM- good

CM PUNK (w/Paul Heyman) vs. MR. MCMAHON- DUD!
Punk can’t even beat Vince without going downstairs? Punk should have won this handily, then have Punk get a weapon to beat Vince down but have Ryback come out and make the save and Punk run away.

Overall, a decent episode of Raw

[cero2k]

CM PUNK (w/Paul Heyman) vs. MR. MCMAHON- DUD!
Punk can’t even beat Vince without going downstairs? Punk should have won this handily, then have Punk get a weapon to beat Vince down but have Ryback come out and make the save and Punk run away.

I was thinking during this fight that they had just made Mr McMahon be tougher than Bret Hart, JR, Lawler and any other legend/superstar that had recently had his ass kicked by Punk, so i kinda agree that VKM was getting too much offense on Punk. HOWEVER, i really really loved this fight, it wasn't at all what i was expecting, this was Vince brawling at his best!

BTW, with the rhodes scholars. did you noticed the 'assisted cart wheel' ? i tell you, it's the little things that makes this so good.