Rate RAW August 19

[Nano]

Solid 7/10. Good show, but as you've said before, lost of fillers.

 

[Ovaldinho]

8/10 - without that coronation at the end my rating have only been 7.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

7.5/10. Lots of filler, but the good segments were good.

Don't you think the filler had meaning for once though? The tag division stuff for instance. We have THREE teams that all look ready to take on the gold with The Real Americans, Usos and PTPs. When the hell was the last time that has happened?!

Ziggler/Big Show filler matches were to show the new power structure for the Corporation. Maddox is their stooge and the Shield is their muscle.

I can't think of too much 'filler' besides those matches

 

[Crayo]

I wasn't a fan of the rematch of Rhodes vs Sandow. I guess I didn't look too closely with the tag-division matches as I skipped some of those just presuming it was filler. Ironically, I'd have enjoyed the show much more if I didn't fall asleep. I hate watching it online. Still a fantastic show though. RAW has been great for a while now.

Also, the pay off main event segment bothered me. While still great, HHH spoke far too much. Why have Bryan not come out, but when HHH mocks him with the "let's make him feel at home", he comes out? Why not have Bryan come through the crowd or something with a beaten up bodyguard behind him? I dunno, thought they lacked a bit of creativity with that last segment.

 

[TKK]

7.5/10 - Some parts were excellent (Punk/Axel, the opening and ending), but there was a lot of garbage in between (the handicap/Divas matches, Del Rio/Sin Cara). My score would be lower, but two solid tag matches bumped it up. Also, the Ryback and Los Matadores promos had me in absolute stitches so they helped the show too regardless of if they were meant to be taken how I did take them.

 

[CM Punk]

I kinda knew that Rhodes was going to win. He'll eventually challenge for the briefcase of course.

 

[Snowman1]

Don't you think the filler had meaning for once though? The tag division stuff for instance. We have THREE teams that all look ready to take on the gold with The Real Americans, Usos and PTPs. When the hell was the last time that has happened?!

Ziggler/Big Show filler matches were to show the new power structure for the Corporation. Maddox is their stooge and the Shield is their muscle.

I can't think of too much 'filler' besides those matches

Outside of the Real Americans being contenders I totally agree with you this one. There was some stuff at the end with the Usos/3MB and Miz/Barrett that accomplished nothing, but overall everything was great. Ziggler looked better jobbing to the Shield than any of the matches he's actually won lately.

Okay, there's the on topic post. Remember this thread from last year?
http://wweforums.net/threads/congrats-nfl-fans.11159/index-live

Holy shit have we come a long way. We were so excited for MNF as an excuse to not watch Raw, now I'm all conflicted about it. :why:
Will you be stuck working Monday nights?

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

yup

 

[CFCrusader]

9/10. I thought it was mainly good although the Cody-Damien rematch was a bit "WAT?" but they made up for that by having Daniel hilariously PWN Stephanie, show the new power structure in Brad Maddox, the yes man in charge, The Shield who are the big muscle, the McMahons and Triple H (overlords who tell everyone what to do) and Randy Orton, the "face". I think it was very good, especially seeing as how we don't have Cena around now. They're building up all parts of the roster and I cannot wait for next week!