Rate Raw 08/01/2016
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The show was good. 7/10
I expected the show to be watered down this week since they went all out last week and I was right, but it was a good show, nonetheless. And we had some good storytelling.
Positives:
- The opening segment was OK. Sasha REKT Charlotte on the mic. It was fine when Enzo and Y2J got involved, too. The segment should've been about 5 mins shorter, though.
- Y2J & Charlotte vs Enzo & Sasha was a solid opener. As expected, Charlotte got her win back, 50-50 booking FTW! At least it was in a tag match and via distraction.
- Evan guy that got squashed by Strowman, whose name is actually Corey Hollis in NXT is awesome. The "If I take the match, I get $1,000. But if I win, I get $5,000" line had me cracking up.
- Rollins/Bálor stuff was good. I was unsure if Finn would hold his own in his first major segment, but thankfully he did and sounded confident. I liked this segment overall and thought it was a good first step to build/hype the WWE Universal Championship match at SummerSlam.
- RuRu vs Henry was OK and exactly what it needed to be. Lana looked gorgeous. Oh, and I'm down for Reigns vs Rusev.
- The Club beating down The New Day. I wasn't a fan of The New Day pinning The Club, though. Should've just done a brawl, followed by a DQ and then the beatdown, but oh well.
- Cesaro vs Sheamus was good. No complaints. Nice action throughout the match and the finish was so slick, loved it.
- Heath "Undrafted" Slater gig is amusing. He was awesome on SmackDown last week. Oh, and welcome back, Jinder Mahal.
- Y2J's backstage promo was hilarious. I'm down for KO/Y2J as a team.
- Rollins vs Zayn was pretty good and MOTN.
- The closing segment with Heyman and Lesnar was good. Heyman was great as usual and made everything better. RKO OUTTA NOWHERE was dope, also.
Negatives:
- The Pokemon Go stuff with Golden Truth was really stupid this week. Last week's stuff was legit hilarious.
- DY vs Titus. It sucked the last time and it'll suck this time, as well.
I expected the show to be watered down this week since they went all out last week and I was right, but it was a good show, nonetheless. And we had some good storytelling.
Positives:
- The opening segment was OK. Sasha REKT Charlotte on the mic. It was fine when Enzo and Y2J got involved, too. The segment should've been about 5 mins shorter, though.
- Y2J & Charlotte vs Enzo & Sasha was a solid opener. As expected, Charlotte got her win back, 50-50 booking FTW! At least it was in a tag match and via distraction.
- Evan guy that got squashed by Strowman, whose name is actually Corey Hollis in NXT is awesome. The "If I take the match, I get $1,000. But if I win, I get $5,000" line had me cracking up.
- Rollins/Bálor stuff was good. I was unsure if Finn would hold his own in his first major segment, but thankfully he did and sounded confident. I liked this segment overall and thought it was a good first step to build/hype the WWE Universal Championship match at SummerSlam.
- RuRu vs Henry was OK and exactly what it needed to be. Lana looked gorgeous. Oh, and I'm down for Reigns vs Rusev.
- The Club beating down The New Day. I wasn't a fan of The New Day pinning The Club, though. Should've just done a brawl, followed by a DQ and then the beatdown, but oh well.
- Cesaro vs Sheamus was good. No complaints. Nice action throughout the match and the finish was so slick, loved it.
- Heath "Undrafted" Slater gig is amusing. He was awesome on SmackDown last week. Oh, and welcome back, Jinder Mahal.
- Y2J's backstage promo was hilarious. I'm down for KO/Y2J as a team.
- Rollins vs Zayn was pretty good and MOTN.
- The closing segment with Heyman and Lesnar was good. Heyman was great as usual and made everything better. RKO OUTTA NOWHERE was dope, also.
Negatives:
- The Pokemon Go stuff with Golden Truth was really stupid this week. Last week's stuff was legit hilarious.
- DY vs Titus. It sucked the last time and it'll suck this time, as well.
7/10
Definitely as I expected, good solid show again
+1 Opening Promo with Banks, Enzo, Charlotte and Jericho, along with the match
+1 Braun Strowman squash and Nia Jax squash
+1 US championship match, Mark Henry vs. Rusev was actually pretty good and great crowd involvement in my opinion
+1 Great upcoming feud for Roman Reigns and Rusev
+1 Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins and Cesaro vs. Sheamus
+1 RKO OUTTA NO WHERE
-1 Golden Truth vs. Shining Stars lost a match because of Pokemon Go
-1 Darren Young vs. Titus O Neil
- 1 Heath Slater should deserve more than management just pushing him off
Definitely as I expected, good solid show again
+1 Opening Promo with Banks, Enzo, Charlotte and Jericho, along with the match
+1 Braun Strowman squash and Nia Jax squash
+1 US championship match, Mark Henry vs. Rusev was actually pretty good and great crowd involvement in my opinion
+1 Great upcoming feud for Roman Reigns and Rusev
+1 Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins and Cesaro vs. Sheamus
+1 RKO OUTTA NO WHERE
-1 Golden Truth vs. Shining Stars lost a match because of Pokemon Go
-1 Darren Young vs. Titus O Neil
- 1 Heath Slater should deserve more than management just pushing him off
Coming off one of the best shows all year, we all knew it would be quite difficult of a task for WWE to deliver again in such a big way, however I think it’s fair to say we at least got a very good follow up show overall which, I agree, deserves a solid 7/10. My thoughts:
- First off, I was very saddened to hear about Lilian Garcia leaving the WWE and my thoughts and prayers go out to her and her dad, who is battling cancer.
- Opening segment was great. Not often to we see a women’s segment open the show and aside from it being something different, it was also quite entertaining. Loved the exchange of words between Charlotte and Sasha, Y2J stepping in added a lot of spice and, well, we all know Enzo is gold on the mic so no surprise he was brilliant once again. Given that by the end of the show they set up the partnership between KO and Y2J, obviously to take on Enzo and Cass, I am already looking forward to the promos between them and especially the exchanges between KO and Enzo: this ought to be fun…
- The mixed tag match was pretty good as well – again, something different that we hadn’t seen in quite some time – however I do feel the need to point a couple of negative things, with most important being the fact that Sasha ate the pin. I understand how they played the interference factor with Dana Brook, but having her get pinned just one week after she won the title to me was kind of wrong. Would have much preferred some DQ ending based on the interference itself but it is what it is.
The second thing has nothing to do with the match but it was a pretty big botch moment. I don’t know if you guys caught it but if you go back and watch it, after Big Cass comes out for the save post match, did anyone notice how the referee ran in the background with the women’s title and tried to hand it over to Charlotte as her Brook and Y2J were walking backwards the ramp? You could almost listen to Jericho telling him that he fucked up and when he went back to give it over to Sasha, she yelled “gimmie that thing” as in “you fucking moron”.
- Can I be the next jobber to Strowman? I could certainly use 1000 bucks….
- Enough with the hate on Balor and his weakness on the microphone. Granted, it’s not his strong suit but it’s not like he tanked either; there’ve been (and still are) much worse cases….coughing...reigns...coughing...kalisto..coughing....
- So, Rusev vs. Roman Reigns for the US title at Summerslam? Me like, as long as WWE don’t fuck this up, meaning there can only be one outcome to this match, meaning Rusev MUST retain, otherwise all this build these past few months would be for nothing. By the way, when Rusev was doing his promo post match, trashing the Olympics and all, tell me you didn’t think for a second that maybe your Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle was going to show up; what a moment that would’ve been…
- Golden Truth and the whole Pokemon go thing was funny the first time around, not the second…
- Cesaro and Sheamus had a very good match and I liked how prior to it and during the backstage promo, Foley and Stephanie pretty much explained why Cesaro was drafted that late with the mentioning of the shoulder injury. I feel it was a nice addition to the story…
- I’m a little disappointed we won’t get to see Enzo and Cass vs. New Day for the tag titles but I can’t say I have much of a problem with the Club being given that opportunity.
- Seth Rollins vs. Sami Zayn obviously MOTN. On a side note, we all are aware of Zayn’s abilities and the arsenal he possesses, with several beautiful moves, one of which the blue thunder bomb; I just wish we’d see him actually win a match with that gorgeous move…
- Closing segment, a thing a beauty. You can obviously never go wrong with Heymann and his promos but that icing in the cake? What a sick moment, with that out of nowhere RKO and the perfect camera work made that moment look brilliant…
- When was the last time we had such an excessive use of the word “ass” on RAW, or any WWE TV programme for the matter?
- I like how Summerslam is shaping up and for the most part I think we have a pretty good idea of how things will go down but will save the predictions for when the time comes…
- First off, I was very saddened to hear about Lilian Garcia leaving the WWE and my thoughts and prayers go out to her and her dad, who is battling cancer.
- Opening segment was great. Not often to we see a women’s segment open the show and aside from it being something different, it was also quite entertaining. Loved the exchange of words between Charlotte and Sasha, Y2J stepping in added a lot of spice and, well, we all know Enzo is gold on the mic so no surprise he was brilliant once again. Given that by the end of the show they set up the partnership between KO and Y2J, obviously to take on Enzo and Cass, I am already looking forward to the promos between them and especially the exchanges between KO and Enzo: this ought to be fun…
- The mixed tag match was pretty good as well – again, something different that we hadn’t seen in quite some time – however I do feel the need to point a couple of negative things, with most important being the fact that Sasha ate the pin. I understand how they played the interference factor with Dana Brook, but having her get pinned just one week after she won the title to me was kind of wrong. Would have much preferred some DQ ending based on the interference itself but it is what it is.
The second thing has nothing to do with the match but it was a pretty big botch moment. I don’t know if you guys caught it but if you go back and watch it, after Big Cass comes out for the save post match, did anyone notice how the referee ran in the background with the women’s title and tried to hand it over to Charlotte as her Brook and Y2J were walking backwards the ramp? You could almost listen to Jericho telling him that he fucked up and when he went back to give it over to Sasha, she yelled “gimmie that thing” as in “you fucking moron”.
- Can I be the next jobber to Strowman? I could certainly use 1000 bucks….
- Enough with the hate on Balor and his weakness on the microphone. Granted, it’s not his strong suit but it’s not like he tanked either; there’ve been (and still are) much worse cases….coughing...reigns...coughing...kalisto..coughing....
- So, Rusev vs. Roman Reigns for the US title at Summerslam? Me like, as long as WWE don’t fuck this up, meaning there can only be one outcome to this match, meaning Rusev MUST retain, otherwise all this build these past few months would be for nothing. By the way, when Rusev was doing his promo post match, trashing the Olympics and all, tell me you didn’t think for a second that maybe your Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle was going to show up; what a moment that would’ve been…
- Golden Truth and the whole Pokemon go thing was funny the first time around, not the second…
- Cesaro and Sheamus had a very good match and I liked how prior to it and during the backstage promo, Foley and Stephanie pretty much explained why Cesaro was drafted that late with the mentioning of the shoulder injury. I feel it was a nice addition to the story…
- I’m a little disappointed we won’t get to see Enzo and Cass vs. New Day for the tag titles but I can’t say I have much of a problem with the Club being given that opportunity.
- Seth Rollins vs. Sami Zayn obviously MOTN. On a side note, we all are aware of Zayn’s abilities and the arsenal he possesses, with several beautiful moves, one of which the blue thunder bomb; I just wish we’d see him actually win a match with that gorgeous move…
- Closing segment, a thing a beauty. You can obviously never go wrong with Heymann and his promos but that icing in the cake? What a sick moment, with that out of nowhere RKO and the perfect camera work made that moment look brilliant…
- When was the last time we had such an excessive use of the word “ass” on RAW, or any WWE TV programme for the matter?
- I like how Summerslam is shaping up and for the most part I think we have a pretty good idea of how things will go down but will save the predictions for when the time comes…
The show gets a weird 8/10 from me. Weird as in... The overall show was really enjoyable, but there's some segments that came off a little hit and miss, and it's one of these where I feel like trying to type a recap of it will take me 2 hours. 
: Damn you, long-windedness! :why:
Anyway seeing Big E on the shelf with testicle-related injuries totally reminded me of Hank Hill in the doctor's office. "There's a lot of swelling in the right one"... but what about the left one, doc? "We couldn't find it"
: Damn you, long-windedness! :why:Anyway seeing Big E on the shelf with testicle-related injuries totally reminded me of Hank Hill in the doctor's office. "There's a lot of swelling in the right one"... but what about the left one, doc? "We couldn't find it"
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Shame on me. I forgot to mention how great Kevin Owens was on commentary in the opening segment.
That's pretty well understood by now.tunga:
:notsure: if you're cracking a joke at my expense or agreeing with me that KO is boss at commentary.