BRM Reviews the 3/5/2012 Raw

[Big Red Machine]

HBK & TRIPLE H SEGMENT- pretty good, but how does someone make HBK the special guest referee for the matvch at Mania without Triple (the guy in charge) knowing about it?

WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH: Jack Swagger(c) (Vickie Guerrero & Dolph Ziggler) vs. Santino Marella- no rating. Very good segment
This match was all about the overbooking to get over the Teddy vs. Johnny Ace feud, and while I didn’t like a lot of the individual components of the overbooking (Teddy Long physically getting the better of Johnny Ace, and most of the interactions between those two), the concept worked well. I hate that Santino won the title, but I fully expect him to lose it back to Swagger on Smackdown under similar circumstances.

AFTERMATH- horrible. Johnny Ace whining “this is my show!” made him look bad, and is just 100% out of character. Teddy having security throw Johnny Ace and David Otunga out of the building also doesn’t make sense. Johnny Ace is the Executive Vice President of Talent Relation and Otunga is a member of the Raw Roster. They have every right to be in the building.

THE ROCK PROMO AT BOSTON HARBOR- LOVED IT!

ALICIA FOX vs. EVE TORRES- -1/10
Would have been a dud if not for the ultra-awkward looking finish, which knocks it down to -1. On commentary, Kelly Kelly trying to ignore the situation with Eve seemed heelish to me.

ZACK RYDER PROMO- BAD. This accomplished nothing. Cole pretty such said all. “he had his heart broken by this woman, and all he comes up with is that stupid line?”
Also, Ryder goes from a broken back and neck to walking with a cane in less than a month? COME ON!

EVE & RYDER MAKE OUT- WHAT?

JOHN CENA EMPTY ARENA PROMO- Goes against everything Cena has been saying about this match thus far. This also didn’t come off well. If you are going to do a prepared speech like this, the shifting camera angles aren’t a good idea, as they make it look WAY overproduced.
Did anyone else catch the “Colt Of Personality” sign with the Jewish Star on it? Genius!

CM PUNK & SHEAMUS vs. CHRIS JERICHO & DANIEL BRYAN (w/AJ!)- 7.25/10
GREAT match with the right guy going over.
Why was this match not hyped up beforehand?

ROCK PRE-TAPED PROMO #2- AWESOME!

THE MIZ vs. THE BIG SHOW- Squash… THE MIZ should not be getting squashed. If you want to do a squash match, get a jobber.

ROCK PRE-TAPED PROMO #3- very good

R-TRUTH vs. KANE- 3/10. What the hell was this the main event? Punk & Sheamus vs. Dragon & Jericho should have been the main event.

AFTERMATH- AWESOME!

CENA & THE ROCK SEGMENT- AWESOME! All of this was AMAZING!

Overall, a very good episode of Raw, and all of the bad stuff, while some of it was atrocious, it is all short.