Rate RAW 5/11/2015

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Below are the results to the show that took place tonight May 11th, 2015 out of Cincinnati, Ohio:

- The show kicks off with Triple H making his way out to the ring after a good time off screen. He talks about the tension/bad relationship between Kane & Seth over the past couple of weeks. Seth walks out and makes his case to Triple H that Kane isn't fit to be the Director of Operations anymore and that he is against him.. Kane comes out after about 3-5 minutes of that and want's to rip Seth's throat out.. Triple H announces Seth & Randy for the Main Event, Kane vs Reigns later on and J&J vs Dean Ambrose at that moment.

Match #1: Dean Ambrose vs. J&J Security
- Dean comes out to an electric hometown crowd in Cincinnati to face Jamie Noble & Joey Mercury.. Dean got so much offense in this match, J&J were completely out matched, Dean drops an elbow from the top rope and goes for the pin on Joey but Jamie comes in for the stop.. Dean then puts Jamie down with the Dirty Deeds.
WINNER: Dean Ambrose

Match #2: Dolph Ziggler vs. King Barrett
- Dolph starts by immediately kicking Barrett and going for the pin (2 Count). Dolph gets some good offense in, Sheamus distracts Dolph and King Barrett drops the Bull Hammer and gets the pin.
WINNER: King Barrett

- Sheamus proceeds to beat down on Ziggler after the match and then Dolph get's a few good shots on him before Sheamus drops him with a big boot.

Match #3: Erick Rowan vs. Fandango
- Erick Rowan comes out to the ring accompanied by Luke Harper. Fandango gets a little bit of early offense in and then Rowan is in control the rest of the match and squashed Fandango.
WINNER: Erick Rowan

Match #4: John Cena's open challenge vs. Neville
- Neville comes out and answers John Cena's open challenge for the US Title.. Was a lengthy and highly entertaining match, Neville looked really good here.. Rusev came out and caused the DQ.
WINNER: Neville by DQ

- Kane makes his way out to the ring first, then as Roman Reigns jumps the barricade Kane goes on the attack. Roman Reigns spears Kane into the announcer's table and Kane didn't get up.. this match didn't happen, the bell never rung so there was no winner.. although Roman was standing strong.

Match #5: Brie Bella vs. Tamina Snuka
- Tamina comes out accompanied by Naomi to face against Brie Bella.. The match wasn't the greatest, even for a divas. Tamina made her presence felt, but Brie wasn't going down without a fight. Tamina got her with a big boot and pinned her for the victory.
WINNER: Tamina Snuka


- It was supposed to be a match between Axelmania & Damien Sandow.. Axel gets a jobber entrance and Damien Sandow comes out as Macho Mandow before long the Ascension came out and started talking about how delusional Curtis & Damien were with their characters. Ascension charged the ring and Damien took them both out Axel then helped out by dropping the leg drop on one of the Ascension (could care less who it was).. Macho Mandow extended a hand to Axelmania and he accepted the shake, this will most likely be the kick-off match for Payback between the two teams.

- Daniel Bryan comes out to update the WWE Universe on his condition.. he says he had an MRI last week and the doctors have no idea how long he'll be out.. maybe weeks, maybe months.. maybe not ever again.. He was decently emotional about it and thanked the WWE Universe and proceeded to vacate his IC Title.

Match #6: Cesaro vs Big E
- A New Day comes out and rips on the Cincinnati crowd to a series of boos, after they're done speaking Tyson Kidd & Cesaro come out for Cesaro's match. Match wasn't awful, but it wasn't that great either.. Cesaro ended up winning after Kofi got involved and Tyson Kidd gave him a nasty kick to the face.
WINNER: Cesaro


- They announced, Macho Mandow & Axelmania vs the Ascension on the Payback Kick-off show.. They also announced a Sunday, May 31st exclusive Elimination Chamber match for the IC title that will air on the WWE Network.

- Prime Time Players did some DX mock promo.. really weird IMO.

- Bray Wyatt comes down to the ring and cuts a promo on Ryback prior to their match at Payback this Sunday. Ryback's entrance music hit and Ryback charges the ring, Bray attacks him as soon as he gets in the ring but Ryback gives him the Spinebuster and sends him out of the ring.


Match #7: Seth Rollins vs Randy Orton
- The Main Event was pretty good, the two go their equal shares of offense in. A couple good spots throughout the match. The crowd was there but not entirely lively during the match. Picked up pace a little bit in the middle and later parts. Seth Rollins got a couple good 2-count attempts on Randy.. Randy seemed to be going for the win when J&J Security ran out and interfered and caused a DQ.. Kane's music hits after the bell rings and he approaches the ring.. Reigns & Ambrose come out and 3 on 1 Seth Rollins for a little bit, Kane doesn't do anything. Dean and Roman line up Rollins for Randy's RKO.. Reigns spears Orton and Ambrose drops Reigns with the Dirty Deeds. Kane does nothing but watch with a chair in hand throughout the end.
WINNER: Randy Orton via DQ

 

[Jacob Fox]

I gave it a 6 this time. It was a decent show. Normally I would list what I liked and didn't like but I am too exhausted to really think at the moment. Hell, I was even too exhausted to make fun of Nice Person for his most recent idiotic trolling post so that should indicate how tired I am.

 

[Just Kevin]

6/10

Good
Cena/Neville.. great match and great work from both guys before the Rusev interference.
MEGA POWERS! Macho Mandow and Axelmania... should be a good match Sunday vs The Ascension.
Harper and Rowan back together again and the 33 second squashing of Fandango.
Crowd reaction to Daniel Bryan's relinquishment of the IC title.. loved the Thank You Daniel chants.
Ambrose handicap match vs J&J security.. I like watching the stooges get beat.

Bad
Tamina squash match on Brie was boring.
Barrett/Ziggler just didn't live up to what it usually does, Sheamus after match stuff was boring.
New Day
Opening segment, as much as it was great to have HHH back.. and there was a funny moment. Seth and Kane's bickering is boring to watch and listen to and Jamie's voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard.
Predictability of the main event finish.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Sounds like a decent episode, just like last week's one. Guess I'll check it out later today.

 

[Jacob Fox]

6/10

Good
Cena/Neville.. great match and great work from both guys before the Rusev interference.
MEGA POWERS! Macho Mandow and Axelmania... should be a good match Sunday vs The Ascension.
Harper and Rowan back together again and the 33 second squashing of Fandango.
Crowd reaction to Daniel Bryan's relinquishment of the IC title.. loved the Thank You Daniel chants.
Ambrose handicap match vs J&J security.. I like watching the stooges get beat.

Bad
Tamina squash match on Brie was boring.
Barrett/Ziggler just didn't live up to what it usually does, Sheamus after match stuff was boring.
New Day
Opening segment, as much as it was great to have HHH back.. and there was a funny moment. Seth and Kane's bickering is boring to watch and listen to and Jamie's voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard.
Predictability of the main event finish.

And now there's no need for me to make a list... Kevin put it exactly as I was thinking.
:woohoo:

 

[Majour]

Despite there being more negatives than positives, I still really enjoyed the show.

The Positives
Cena Vs Neville was legit great. Never did I think that in 2015 Cena would be in a match receiving 'This is Awesome' chants. This open challenge has done good things for him, his ring work has got a lot more diverse.
Reigns and Kane didn't actually have the match.


The Negatives
Ambrose Vs J&J. I love Ambrose, but no...
Barrett Vs Ziggler- just wasn't into it.
Rowan Vs Fandango- Waste of the couple of minutes it took.
Bray Wyatt Promo. I've seriously gone off him and just can't be bothered with the promos anymore.
The lazy writing that was the DQ shenanigans.

The 'whatevers'

Tamina Vs Brie wasn't great, but it's nice to see the Bellas lose.
Axelmania Vs Macho Mandow.
Cesaro Vs Big E was a bit of a let down.
PTP doing NAO- weird, but I thought it was kind of fun.

 

[Aids Johnson]

:finger:Hopefully majour voted, I'll check raw out now and bitch you out for not making the voting public, again.

 

[Majour]

Hopefully majour voted.

I did, but only because you just reminded me to do so. :sad1:

 

[Aids Johnson]

I did, but only because you just reminded me to do so. :sad1:

Well shit, was RAW worth it or no?

 

[Majour]

Well shit, was RAW worth it or no?

I'd say yes. The good bits were great, you can always skip the shitty parts (like I do)

And if you decide you can't be bothered with it all, at least watch Cena Vs Neville. Never thought I'd be actively encouraging people to watch Cena, but having him against new talent has made him step his game up.

 

[Aids Johnson]

I'd say yes. The good bits were great, you can always skip the shitty parts (like I do)

And if you decide you can't be bothered with it all, at least watch Cena Vs Neville. Never thought I'd be actively encouraging people to watch Cena, but having him against new talent has made him step his game up.

Welcome to the Cenation girl, I've been waiting for you. :stopspot:

 

[Aids Johnson]

I'd say yes. The good bits were great, you can always skip the shitty parts (like I do)

And if you decide you can't be bothered with it all, at least watch Cena Vs Neville. Never thought I'd be actively encouraging people to watch Cena, but having him against new talent has made him step his game up.

He does still have a small amount of moves, but his bumps and way he plays it was just great in their first match. I loved the veteran angle, he babyfaced it up and almost screwed himself out of his belt. The match was just awesome, i'm glad Neville will keep facing him. Like @Wacokid27 preaches over and over, you can have a losing streak and still look strong.

 

[Prince Bálor]

The episode was decent, I'd say. 6/10
Although, the one from last week was just a tad bit better.

Positives:
- Ambrose vs J&J Security wasn't great, but it was entertaining for me.
- Rowan destroying Fandango. Plus, Harper & Rowan being back together tickles my fancy. I hope they put the titles on these two, b/c not putting the titles on 'em the last time around (when Usos were the champs) was a horrible mistake.
- Cena vs Neville was great till the DQ fest happened.
- Reigns/Kane never happened, thankfully.
- DB segment. Damn, I'm still bummed my boy had to relinquish the title.
- Cesaro vs Big E was aight.

Negatives:
- The opening segment was a yawn fest, despite daddy Trips being back home.
- King Barrett vs DZ. These two usually put on good matches, but this one was meh.
- The Ascension interrupting Macho Mandow/Axelmania match. So, Macho Mandow/Axelmania will now be looking to face The Ascension, right? Okay, that's kinda weird.
- The New Day segment was meh, boring. Shame, 'cause everything involving The New Day last week was gold!
- Bray's promo was meh.
- The predictability of the ME.

Neutral:
- I used to enjoy these PTP promos, but this week's one couldn't do anything for me.

The 'I don't give a toss' about this segment:
- Gladly skipped the divas match.

 

[Aids Johnson]

The Cena/Neville match was great, but the Cesaro/Big E match was right there with it.

PTP Awesome, Bray Wyatt. I do worry about what Rollins saying "it's a 3on1 match."

9/10, even the corny stuff was entertaining. Smerk and watch this.

 

[Jacob Fox]

The Cena/Neville match was great, but the Cesaro/Big E match was right there with it.

PTP Awesome, Bray Wyatt. I do worry about what Rollins saying "it's a 3on1 match."

9/10, even the corny stuff was entertaining. Smerk and watch this.

It would have been better though of Cesaro actually got E in that swing. Not that I am a huge fan of the giant swing move, but I wanted to watch that.