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Post by Friskey™ on Aug 31, 2010 12:33:47 GMT -5
I don't know what you guys saw, because I thought with the exception of the Punk/Show segment, and Del Rio being awesome, that show blew big time.
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Post by VyperJMc on Aug 31, 2010 15:20:46 GMT -5
I don't know what you guys saw, because I thought with the exception of the Punk/Show segment, and Del Rio being awesome, that show blew big time. The NXT triple tag team match was fine (although 3 guys in the ring at once was weird). We got to see Danielson & Ki together in a WWE ring. They're bringing the Miz/Danielson feud along nicely. Morrison/Truth vs Rhodes/McIntyre was decent while it lasted. Sucks that these 2 non-teams are leap frogging the Dudebusters & Hawkins/Archer for tag title shots though. The Nexus beatdown on Taker was oddly entertaining. It was good for the momentum of Nexus & the Taker/Kane feud. Del Rio interupting Bourne/Swagger got a ton of heat. I'm pretty much sold on Del Rio's mic skills now. Punk/Show segment was hilarious. "...I don't know who that other guy is." HAHAHAHAHA! We got a continuation of the "UFC" chant from Saturday night. The 10-man tag main event was a lot of fun. Jericho & Edge bailing out of the match was classic. Had a great ending sequence with Orton RKO'ing 2 guys & then losing clean to Barrett. There weren't any five star matches, but just about everything on the show was entertaining & furthered all the storylines they got going into Night of Champions. What's not to like?
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Post by benjamin on Aug 31, 2010 15:57:46 GMT -5
I have one fucking question and that is... What the fuck happened to Bret? How did he banish and how come they didn't even ask no more about him? BTW I hope Riley wins, but what I really hope is that they keep the top 4 on NXT2, as they are all great workers.
Del Rio's your father, whomever you are.
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Post by VyperJMc on Aug 31, 2010 16:18:34 GMT -5
Why did Bret vanish? Probably because he was just a prop to advance the Taker/Kane storyline & facilitate the Nexus beatdown on Taker.
I really hope Ki wins, because if he doesn't, there's no guarantee that he'll even have a spot on the roster after tonight. Harris, Perfect Jr, & Riley don't have to worry about that.
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Post by Friskey™ on Aug 31, 2010 16:52:53 GMT -5
Watched it again, and while I'll take back my statement of "it blew big time", I still didn't enjoy it. It's supposed to be the "900th episode of RAW", make it fucking count then.
-Miz/Danielson was furthered, which is good, even if the tag was uninspiring. Hell, they treated Kaval/Bryan like a couple of JTTS's.
-What was the reason for the tag match if nothing was going to come out of it?
-I wasn't a fan of the whole 'Taker beatdown, simply because it made Nexus still look like a bunch of fools. If they somehow took 'Taker done with ease, it could've been passable. The concept was good though, and it saved us from old Taker vs. old Bret. Thank GOD!
-Alberto Del Rio is officially my new favorite wrestler. I still haven't seen enough of his in-ring skills, but him and his gimmick are ON FIRE. BTW, I wish I never see Jack Swagger again.
-I'm calling it, that Punk/Show segment is probably the best segment i've seen all year in pro wrestling. Punk's line of "That was boring, you're not funny and nobody likes you!" may be my line of the year. I will admit...he got me with Stone Cold, even if it was for a second.
-I wasn't a fan of the main event. The finish was cool, i'll give you that (from Cena tapping out Otunga and rolling over into the 450 to the end) but dude...you had one of the Nexus's scrub members (go away Heath Slater, please!) pin the WWE Champion...CLEAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING RING! REALLY?! That's almost like having Haku pinning Hulk Hogan in the salad days of the Heenan Family. It breaks one of the golden rules of wrestling, unless (in my eyes), you're doing a Tag Team match where the opponent to the champion pins him in said match. I would've been fine with Sheamus being the last one only to be pinned by Barrett, but not this horseshit. That said, I liked the finish. That was it.
If they had spent as much time putting over the talent on the show as they did sucking their own dicks and putting over the fact that RAW now has more episodes combined than Survivor, American Idol, Greg the Bunny, and Harsh Realm combined, this would have been a great show. But nope, it was only mildly average.
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Post by Maf on Aug 31, 2010 16:53:32 GMT -5
I liked Raw last night. With a few exceptions I thought the show was really fun. I really liked the moments they kept highlighting but I found it odd that they kept showing what were relatively recent moments. I didn't like the Nexus/Taker thing though, it all felt like too much in one segment for me. Main event was great but I'm finding it really annoying how strongly their booking Orton this couple of weeks. Yeah he got pinned at the end but he eliminated most to The Nexus by himself in less than a minute which I did not like at all.
I'm also hoping Kaval wins this season. I had the impression that McGillicutty was going to improve more than he actually did but right now he's shown nothing really. I'd be fine with him winning though, I just don't want Riley to win. I hate Riley, I really don't know why a lot of people are high on him. His mic skills are really average and his in ring is average as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2010 18:00:52 GMT -5
Watched it again, and while I'll take back my statement of "it blew big time", I still didn't enjoy it. It's supposed to be the "900th episode of RAW", make it fucking count then. I agreed with your first statement Friskey, but I'll replace the word blew with disappointed. The important thing to me though was the show as a whole wasn't entertaining. Big Show/Punk segment was great and Del Rio looked good until Henry showed up. But as I look at the show from top to bottom, it should have been alot better, but it wasn't. It's the 900th Episode of your 'landmark' show and this is what you do with it? Overall, while it wasn't a bad show, it should have been a hell of a lot better.
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Post by VyperJMc on Aug 31, 2010 18:07:18 GMT -5
Watched it again, and while I'll take back my statement of "it blew big time", I still didn't enjoy it. It's supposed to be the "900th episode of RAW", make it fucking count then. -Miz/Danielson was furthered, which is good, even if the tag was uninspiring. Hell, they treated Kaval/Bryan like a couple of JTTS's. -What was the reason for the tag match if nothing was going to come out of it? -I wasn't a fan of the whole 'Taker beatdown, simply because it made Nexus still look like a bunch of fools. If they somehow took 'Taker done with ease, it could've been passable. The concept was good though, and it saved us from old Taker vs. old Bret. Thank GOD! -Alberto Del Rio is officially my new favorite wrestler. I still haven't seen enough of his in-ring skills, but him and his gimmick are ON FIRE. BTW, I wish I never see Jack Swagger again. -I'm calling it, that Punk/Show segment is probably the best segment i've seen all year in pro wrestling. Punk's line of "That was boring, you're not funny and nobody likes you!" may be my line of the year. I will admit...he got me with Stone Cold, even if it was for a second. -I wasn't a fan of the main event. The finish was cool, i'll give you that (from Cena tapping out Otunga and rolling over into the 450 to the end) but dude...you had one of the Nexus's scrub members (go away Heath Slater, please!) pin the WWE Champion...CLEAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING RING! REALLY?! That's almost like having Haku pinning Hulk Hogan in the salad days of the Heenan Family. It breaks one of the golden rules of wrestling, unless (in my eyes), you're doing a Tag Team match where the opponent to the champion pins him in said match. I would've been fine with Sheamus being the last one only to be pinned by Barrett, but not this horseshit. That said, I liked the finish. That was it. If they had spent as much time putting over the talent on the show as they did sucking their own dicks and putting over the fact that RAW now has more episodes combined than Survivor, American Idol, Greg the Bunny, and Harsh Realm combined, this would have been a great show. But nope, it was only mildly average. Complaining about not making the 900th episode of RAW count is pointless. It's just something they can slap on press kits & send out to the media. It means nothing. What does "JTTS" stand for? I'm guessing it's not good, so I'll refute that statement. Ki stomped lil Perfect's chest in on the night before the NXT2 season finale. Everytime Miz gets one over on Danielson, it pretty much means Danielson is gonna either cost Miz his MitB title match or win the US title. It's probably going to be Hart Dynasty vs Morrison/Truth vs Rhodes/McIntyre at Night of Champions... so that's what came out of the tag match. Nexus still came out of the the Taker/Bret segment standing over a beaten Taker, so I hardly think they came off looking like fools. Plus it's the freaking Undertaker... just like HHH, he don't lay down without looking like a beast first. I'm gonna have to agree with what you said about Swagger. From the start-stop-start-stop pushes he's gotten to the lisp to the complete transformation into Kurt Angle, he's just become completely unappealing to me. It's a shame, cause he can certainly go in the ring. Is Heath Slater pinning Sheamus in a 10-man tag really that big of a deal?! I'm sort of middle of the road on Slater... as a babyface singles wrestler on NXT I didn't like him at all, but I think he's perfectly adequet as a supporting player in a heel faction. And let's be real about Sheamus... he ain't Hulk Hogan. He is where he is right now because he's Triple H's gym buddy. This didn't hurt Sheamus to be pinned by Slater & it probably didn't do much for Slater to pin Sheamus. They're both mediocre, just that one happens to have friends in high places. Nothing to get your panties in bunch. I think they did a damn fine job of getting over the talent & storylines while also sucking their own dicks over a meaningless milestone. I don't think anyone is saying this was a great show... but it was fun.
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Post by zee on Aug 31, 2010 19:44:00 GMT -5
^I'm pretty sure JTTS stands for jobber to the stars.
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Post by VyperJMc on Aug 31, 2010 19:52:59 GMT -5
^That makes a lot more sense than what I could come up with (jugs & titties).
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