What in the hell is this? How did Iiiii become the voice of positivity in the Raw section? :blackshock:
Maybe it was the first time I've sat back and watched a 3 hour Raw (without ads) since 2013... maybe it's that I was watching with a huge Reigns mark... well it's probably the second, but this show was a 6/10 for me on the Raw scale.
Positives:
-The only person he likes better than Roman, though, is clearly C.M. Shaddix. LOL @ that mugshot, awesome!
-The opener was needless as hell. "Vince isn't here yet, but he will be later!" Boom, all you needed, but I can NEVER call a segment bad that involves Stephanie looking like a bitch. NOBODY gets over on her and here's this harpie senselessly yelling in Roman's face and him not giving a shit here was just WONDERFUL. Also great: Not being a long boring 20 minute promo. Thank you.
-KO throwing Neville around was awesome. Neville throwing himself at KO was awesome. Add in Ambrose getting the last laugh and FINALLY getting one over on someone? Loved this segment
-Vince talking about how people as rich as he is can get charges dropped within a week = perfect
-Titus O'Neil vs Stardust was fine filler, largely because it's two fresh characters in a match that didn't go forever
-Charlotte vs Becky had a Browns match (New Snow-ism, which is about how the main roster is usually a factory of sadness, and while the match was still technically pretty good you can't help but want to watch their NXT stuff instead), and this feud is surprisingly pretty good. Clear-cut face, clear-cut heel, feuding about something semi-logical. Thank you.
-SLATERS GONNA SLATE! Hahahahahahahahaha SLATER WINS ON RAW! Hell think that's 2 in a row for Slater. By Sting logic he could get a WWEWHC shot. I'm down! Haha. And his faction just makes me lol
-Random ass Wyatts
-If you turn your brain off and think of all the better things Vince could have done, the main event was a lot of fun, I kinda feel like the kid who was watching SCSA do the exact same thing back in the day. It's INCREDIBLE how well VKM the character can get anyone over, but VKM the booker is so clueless... Hoping this latest run can rekindle his fire backstage and realize how this shit actually works.
Negatives:
-Gotta echo Jacob Fox here with a point he made long ago: The match quality on Raw HAS to improve, man. It's not the lack of talent, but so many of these matches got really boring to sit through. This show is just too long and is relying on a great in-ring talent roster to keep it afloat, but has handcuffed that. Man, watching the full version really exposed this. Without commercials, the show felt monotonous and boring at many times. With them, they hurt the flow of the matches even more...
-All the other matches fell into the dreaded "wrestling for wrestling's sake" category.
-Teasing Big Show vs Braun Stroman. NO. DON'T DO IT.
-WHERE THE FUCK IS SANDOW
Also, Lucha Underground, December 27th.
