BRM Reviews the 4/16/2012 Raw
Posted: Apr 18th, '12, 00:12
NO COUNT-OUTS, NO DISQUALIFICATIONS MATCH FOR THE WWE TITLE: CM Punk(c) vs. Mark Henry- 7.5/10
Great stuff from these two once again. Outstanding psychology here. I want to see these two face off more in the future.
CHRIS JERICHO & CM PUNK SEGMENT- good
TEDDY LONG & R-TRUTH- dumb
WWE UNTIED STATES TITLE MATCH: Santino Marella(c) vs. David Otunga- 3.75/10
Very short, but it had some decent stuff in it.
LORD TENSAI PROMO- I liked it.
BROCK LESNAR VIDEO PROMO- great
KANE vs. ZACK RYDER- unnecessary squash
KANE PROMO- good
DRAGON, AJ, & KOFI- decent.
JOHN CENA PROMO- decent. The words were strong, but John really seems to be reading into things a lot here. As for why Johnny Ace didn’t fire Cena… if VINCE lost his tried when he tried to fire Cena, then what hope would Johnny Ace have of keeping his?
DANIEL BRYAN vs. KOFI KINGSTON- 6/10
BRODUS CLAY vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Jack Swagger & Vickie Guerrero)- no rating. Fun segment. I always thought that Raquel Diaz’s laugh was over the top, but after hearing Vickie laugh this week, I can see where she got it from.
THE BIG SHOW & THE GREAT KHALI vs. EPICO & PRIMO (w/Rosa Mendes)- DUD!
Why, exactly, are we jobbing out the Tag Team Champions like this?
EXTREME RULES MATCH: John Cena vs. Lord Tensai (w/Sakamoto)- 6.5/10
Not good enough for a main event, but certainly not bad, either. Albert using the mist was cool.
Overall, a pretty good episode of Raw.
Great stuff from these two once again. Outstanding psychology here. I want to see these two face off more in the future.
CHRIS JERICHO & CM PUNK SEGMENT- good
TEDDY LONG & R-TRUTH- dumb
WWE UNTIED STATES TITLE MATCH: Santino Marella(c) vs. David Otunga- 3.75/10
Very short, but it had some decent stuff in it.
LORD TENSAI PROMO- I liked it.
BROCK LESNAR VIDEO PROMO- great
KANE vs. ZACK RYDER- unnecessary squash
KANE PROMO- good
DRAGON, AJ, & KOFI- decent.
JOHN CENA PROMO- decent. The words were strong, but John really seems to be reading into things a lot here. As for why Johnny Ace didn’t fire Cena… if VINCE lost his tried when he tried to fire Cena, then what hope would Johnny Ace have of keeping his?
DANIEL BRYAN vs. KOFI KINGSTON- 6/10
BRODUS CLAY vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Jack Swagger & Vickie Guerrero)- no rating. Fun segment. I always thought that Raquel Diaz’s laugh was over the top, but after hearing Vickie laugh this week, I can see where she got it from.
THE BIG SHOW & THE GREAT KHALI vs. EPICO & PRIMO (w/Rosa Mendes)- DUD!
Why, exactly, are we jobbing out the Tag Team Champions like this?
EXTREME RULES MATCH: John Cena vs. Lord Tensai (w/Sakamoto)- 6.5/10
Not good enough for a main event, but certainly not bad, either. Albert using the mist was cool.
Overall, a pretty good episode of Raw.