BRM Reviews the 1/16/2012 Raw
Posted: Jan 17th, '12, 01:15
OPENING SEGMENT- GREAT! Awesome promos by Foley and Ziggler, and a good one by Punk, too. The stuff with Jonny Ace was good, but seemed a bit abrupt. Them just cutting away with Vickie laughing at Foley also seemed kind of weird.
WWE TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. Air Boom- 3.5/10. WAY too short for a title match.
JOHNNY ACE & JERICHO BACKSTAGE- This main event sounds GREAT!
MATT STRIKER INTERVIEWS ZACK RYDER- great
WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Zack Ryder(c) (w/Eve Torres) vs. Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero)- No rating. Good segment. They made the right booking move here. 100%.
EVE, ZACK RYDER, JOHHNY ACE, & A DOCTOR BACKSTAGE- GREAT!
THE BELLA TWINS vs. ALICIA FOX & KELLY KELLY- waste of time, but at least it didn’t waste too much time.
BARRETT & R-TRUTH SEGMENT- transitioned smoothly into…
OVER THE TOP ROPE CHALLENGE: R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett vs. The Miz vs. Sheamus- 4/10, but it did its job well
JOHHNY ACE & JOHN CENA BACKSTAGE- good
JACK SWAGGER vs. JOHN CENA- no rating… GREAT segment (although I think it would have been better to have the match start nad have Cena get DQed).
BRODUS CLAY vs. JTG- two pieces of news came out of this match: 1) apparently JTG still has a job. 2) We were wrong. It CAN get EVEN MORE AWESOME! “Should I get him?”
DANIEL BRYAN PROMO-lots of feeling, but the words seemed off. Very scripted. They just didn’t feel like Dragon. This promo felt a lot like one of those promos Sting occasionally had to cut this summer. He did the best with what he was given.
CM PUNK, DANIEL BRYAN, & CHRIS JERICHO vs. MARK HENRY, DAVID OTUNGA, & DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)- 7/10 Glad to see that Ziggler’s mislabeled anatomy trunks are gone. The term “showing your ass” isn’t supposed to be literal, Dolph!
CLOSING SEGMENT- AMAZING! Punk and Johnny Ace were both absolute GOLD!
Overall an extremely fun episode of Raw. The most enjoyable piece of wrestling television so far this year.
WWE TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Primo & Epico(c) (w/Rosa Mendes) vs. Air Boom- 3.5/10. WAY too short for a title match.
JOHNNY ACE & JERICHO BACKSTAGE- This main event sounds GREAT!
MATT STRIKER INTERVIEWS ZACK RYDER- great
WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Zack Ryder(c) (w/Eve Torres) vs. Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero)- No rating. Good segment. They made the right booking move here. 100%.
EVE, ZACK RYDER, JOHHNY ACE, & A DOCTOR BACKSTAGE- GREAT!
THE BELLA TWINS vs. ALICIA FOX & KELLY KELLY- waste of time, but at least it didn’t waste too much time.
BARRETT & R-TRUTH SEGMENT- transitioned smoothly into…
OVER THE TOP ROPE CHALLENGE: R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett vs. The Miz vs. Sheamus- 4/10, but it did its job well
JOHHNY ACE & JOHN CENA BACKSTAGE- good
JACK SWAGGER vs. JOHN CENA- no rating… GREAT segment (although I think it would have been better to have the match start nad have Cena get DQed).
BRODUS CLAY vs. JTG- two pieces of news came out of this match: 1) apparently JTG still has a job. 2) We were wrong. It CAN get EVEN MORE AWESOME! “Should I get him?”
DANIEL BRYAN PROMO-lots of feeling, but the words seemed off. Very scripted. They just didn’t feel like Dragon. This promo felt a lot like one of those promos Sting occasionally had to cut this summer. He did the best with what he was given.
CM PUNK, DANIEL BRYAN, & CHRIS JERICHO vs. MARK HENRY, DAVID OTUNGA, & DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)- 7/10 Glad to see that Ziggler’s mislabeled anatomy trunks are gone. The term “showing your ass” isn’t supposed to be literal, Dolph!
CLOSING SEGMENT- AMAZING! Punk and Johnny Ace were both absolute GOLD!
Overall an extremely fun episode of Raw. The most enjoyable piece of wrestling television so far this year.