BRM Reviews the 6/11/202 Raw
Posted: Jun 11th, '12, 21:16
OPENING SEGMENT- I would like some clarification as to Vince’s kayfabe role in the WWE at the moment. He was replaced by Triple H and never brought back into power, so how can he fire anyone? I can buy that he is being brought in as a consultant and will recommend to the board whether or not Laurinaitus should keep his job, but I don’t think he can fire anyone.
Anyway, the segment was fun, but Vince trashing Johnny Ace’s cart just seemed mean and unnecessary.
Hmmm… they are kayfabe blaming Del Rio’s concussion on Khali’s brain chop. Good cover.
SHEAMUS vs. TENSAI (w/Sakamoto)- 6/10
JOHNNY ACE, VINCE, TEDDY LONG, & VICKIE GUERRERO BACKSTAGE- good
TENSAI BEATS UP SAKAMOTO- okay…
R-TRUTH PROMO- eh… oh. That just got better.
SANTINO MARELLA & LAYLA EL vs. BETH PHOENIX & RICARDO RODRIGUEZ- decent comedy from the men, and Beth gets win over the Diva’s Champion. I laughed at the aftermath, but I think that it would have been funnier if he had just laid there on the outside the whole time and had to be carried out.
VINCE, OTUNGA, JOHNNY ACE, & KOFI- decent
DANIEL BRYAN, CM PUNK, KANE, & AJ SEGMENT- This was an absolutely outstanding segment… but I don’t like the direction it’s going in. The focus here should be the WWE Title, not AJ’s affections.
“Kane thinks it is getting to second base when a woman looks him in the eyes and doesn’t vomit.”
“As AJ can attest; once you go Bryan, there’s no point in tryin’”
FOUR WAY ELIMINATION MATCH TO DETERMINE THE #1 CONTENDER FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Christian vs. The Great Khali vs. Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)- 7/10
VINCE & THE FUNKETTE’S why is there lighting and music in a random hallway backstage.
RYBACK SQUASH: I LOLed at “Rutherford P.S. Hayes”
VINCE & HORNSWOGGLE and VINCE & CENA SEGMENTS- waste of time.
STEEL CAGE MATCH: The Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston- no rating- GREAT segment. Some cool spots and good teases by Kofi, but Big Show dominated, as he should have.
SIN CARA vs. CURT HAWKINS- squash
VINCE & DRAGON BACKSTAGE- waste of time
VADER vs. HEATH SLATER- AWESOME SQUASH!
PUNK & AJ BACKSTAGE- good
DANIEL BRYAN AND KANE vs. CM PUNK & AJ- no rating. Bad segment. If they somehow now managed to do something good with this, this will retroactively become a good segment. As of right now, though, this whole AJ thing has gone in a ridiculously horrible direction.
CLOSING SEGMENT- not very good. I liked some of the things that Cena and Big Show said, but I really didn’t like segment as a whole. And once again, we have a PPV match where Johnny Ace’s career is on the line.
Overall, I really don’t know how to feel about this episode of Raw. Everything was good, but I really dislike what it all built to.
Anyway, the segment was fun, but Vince trashing Johnny Ace’s cart just seemed mean and unnecessary.
Hmmm… they are kayfabe blaming Del Rio’s concussion on Khali’s brain chop. Good cover.
SHEAMUS vs. TENSAI (w/Sakamoto)- 6/10
JOHNNY ACE, VINCE, TEDDY LONG, & VICKIE GUERRERO BACKSTAGE- good
TENSAI BEATS UP SAKAMOTO- okay…
R-TRUTH PROMO- eh… oh. That just got better.
SANTINO MARELLA & LAYLA EL vs. BETH PHOENIX & RICARDO RODRIGUEZ- decent comedy from the men, and Beth gets win over the Diva’s Champion. I laughed at the aftermath, but I think that it would have been funnier if he had just laid there on the outside the whole time and had to be carried out.
VINCE, OTUNGA, JOHNNY ACE, & KOFI- decent
DANIEL BRYAN, CM PUNK, KANE, & AJ SEGMENT- This was an absolutely outstanding segment… but I don’t like the direction it’s going in. The focus here should be the WWE Title, not AJ’s affections.
“Kane thinks it is getting to second base when a woman looks him in the eyes and doesn’t vomit.”
“As AJ can attest; once you go Bryan, there’s no point in tryin’”
FOUR WAY ELIMINATION MATCH TO DETERMINE THE #1 CONTENDER FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Christian vs. The Great Khali vs. Jack Swagger (w/Vickie Guerrero) vs. Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)- 7/10
VINCE & THE FUNKETTE’S why is there lighting and music in a random hallway backstage.
RYBACK SQUASH: I LOLed at “Rutherford P.S. Hayes”
VINCE & HORNSWOGGLE and VINCE & CENA SEGMENTS- waste of time.
STEEL CAGE MATCH: The Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston- no rating- GREAT segment. Some cool spots and good teases by Kofi, but Big Show dominated, as he should have.
SIN CARA vs. CURT HAWKINS- squash
VINCE & DRAGON BACKSTAGE- waste of time
VADER vs. HEATH SLATER- AWESOME SQUASH!
PUNK & AJ BACKSTAGE- good
DANIEL BRYAN AND KANE vs. CM PUNK & AJ- no rating. Bad segment. If they somehow now managed to do something good with this, this will retroactively become a good segment. As of right now, though, this whole AJ thing has gone in a ridiculously horrible direction.
CLOSING SEGMENT- not very good. I liked some of the things that Cena and Big Show said, but I really didn’t like segment as a whole. And once again, we have a PPV match where Johnny Ace’s career is on the line.
Overall, I really don’t know how to feel about this episode of Raw. Everything was good, but I really dislike what it all built to.