OPENING SEGMENT- great

SHEAMUS, JERICHO, & RYBACK SEGMENT- great (although Jericho’s presence seemed kind of odd at first. Like he was just standing in for Cena).

SIN CARA vs. MARK HENRY- okay squash

THE AFTERMATH- horrible! Mark Henry kicked Khali’s ass last week. Why is he walking away from him here?

NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH: Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz- 4/10
It really didn’t feel like Cesaro’s knee took anywhere near enough damage for him to be tapping out.

ZEB COULTER PROMO- I’m not happy that they are making race/immigration issues into an angle, but I can’t deny that Coulter’s promo was great.

KANE, DRAGON, & OTON BACKSTAGE- decent segment.

VICKIE & HEYMAN BACKSTAGE- good

DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/AJ Lee & Big E. Langston) vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO (w/Ricardo Rodriguez)- 6.75/10
I HATE these freakin’ cash-in teases. Ricardo stealing the briefcase shouldn’t matter at all! It doesn’t matter who is holding the damn thing because everyone knows that the contract belongs to Ziggler!

BARRETT & SHEAMUS MOVIE SEGMENT- dumb. Sheamus just decides to be a dick for no reason.

KING & LAWLER PLUG THE NEW SPINNING ACTION FIGURES- grown men playing with action figures at their place of work. It works for Wash in Firely… not so much here.

PRIMO, EPICO, & ROSA MENDES vs. BRODUS CLAY, TENSAI & NAOMI (w/Cameron)- squash… but more importantly… Naomi Knight rocks!

ZEB COULTER’S STATE OF THE UNION- good

DANIEL BRYAN vs. JACK SWAGGER (w/Zeb Coulter)- 6.75/10

VICKIE NAMES BRAD MADDOX AS HER ASSISTANT- sure. Why not? And apparently Vince is going to fight Heyman next week.

THE SHIELD vs. CHRIS JERICHO, RYBACK, & SHEAMUS- 7.75/10
Just like last night’s match

KOFI KINGSTON vs. DAMIEN SANDOW-no rating. Eh segment.
I’m not a fan of Sandow making up historical figures. It is out of character for him to lie.
Did I miss something? Is there some reason that Truth is so pissed at Sandow?

KANE vs. RANDY ORTON- 6/10
This just didn’t feel like a main event. I am baffled as to why the Shield match wasn’t the main event instead of this.
ROCK PROMO- NO MORE SPINNER BELT! GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!...

Oh sh*t. I spoke too soon. The Rock poops on Cena’s vanity-belt… then reveals an almost as ugly vanity belt of his own.
The stuff with Cena & Punk was good, though.

Overall, a very good episode of Raw.

I think at times the teases are ridiculous because sometimes the immediate thought is "no, he's not going to get the belt this time, as usual, but I saw someone say that it really felt like it was gonna happen....Which it really did some what....I think the point of the constant teases is to create the belief of, if he keeps getting screwed every time...you never know when what you think is just another tease will be the real thing. And yea, its an official match maker, the ref was about to go ahead and start the match too...Therefore RR should have been sent to the back for gettin in the way....I'm not quite sure what the correct wording for it is...But I def feel he got in the way of an official match getting under way, which shouldn't be allowed.

KILLdozer wrote:I think at times the teases are ridiculous because sometimes the immediate thought is "no, he's not going to get the belt this time, as usual, but I saw someone say that it really felt like it was gonna happen....Which it really did some what....I think the point of the constant teases is to create the belief of, if he keeps getting screwed every time...you never know when what you think is just another tease will be the real thing. And yea, its an official match maker, the ref was about to go ahead and start the match too...Therefore RR should have been sent to the back for gettin in the way....I'm not quite sure what the correct wording for it is...But I def feel he got in the way of an official match getting under way, which shouldn't be allowed.

I agree that it really did feel like it was going to happen this time but, IMO, the best way to do this is to just do whatever you can to make us forget about the briefcase.

Big Red Machine wrote:

KILLdozer wrote:I think at times the teases are ridiculous because sometimes the immediate thought is "no, he's not going to get the belt this time, as usual, but I saw someone say that it really felt like it was gonna happen....Which it really did some what....I think the point of the constant teases is to create the belief of, if he keeps getting screwed every time...you never know when what you think is just another tease will be the real thing. And yea, its an official match maker, the ref was about to go ahead and start the match too...Therefore RR should have been sent to the back for gettin in the way....I'm not quite sure what the correct wording for it is...But I def feel he got in the way of an official match getting under way, which shouldn't be allowed.

I agree that it really did feel like it was going to happen this time but, IMO, the best way to do this is to just do whatever you can to make us forget about the briefcase.

wasn't this the first tease in a some time now?

cero2k wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:

KILLdozer wrote:I think at times the teases are ridiculous because sometimes the immediate thought is "no, he's not going to get the belt this time, as usual, but I saw someone say that it really felt like it was gonna happen....Which it really did some what....I think the point of the constant teases is to create the belief of, if he keeps getting screwed every time...you never know when what you think is just another tease will be the real thing. And yea, its an official match maker, the ref was about to go ahead and start the match too...Therefore RR should have been sent to the back for gettin in the way....I'm not quite sure what the correct wording for it is...But I def feel he got in the way of an official match getting under way, which shouldn't be allowed.

I agree that it really did feel like it was going to happen this time but, IMO, the best way to do this is to just do whatever you can to make us forget about the briefcase.

wasn't this the first tease in a some time now?

yes, which is why it felt more likely, but the more time you tease it, the less likely we are to forger about it.