Thoughts about WWE Monday Night RAW for 03 September 2012:
- Daniel Bryan & Kane in Therapy: Brilliant, the pyrotechnics in the bin moment was hilarious.
- Miz replacing Jerry Lawler: If only Miz had been replacing Michael Cole, unfortunately we all know that Punk -v- Cole would never have been any good.
- Ryback -v- Jinder Mahal: Boring, boring, boring, boring, boring, piss break.
- Everyone leaves AJ Lee: Not interested at all.
- Daniel Bryan & Kane in Ring Therapy: Even more brilliant, every time Bryan’s character loses his temper it just cements him with the audience. Miz inventing the “rules” for hugging it out just added to the brilliance in spades, especially when Michael Cole stated it was beyond him, which says everything about his announcing ability.
- Daniel Bryan -v- Kane: Really strong match, played to both wrestlers strengths really well. Unusually fast paced match for Kane as well which was an added bonus. Hopeful that this rivalry is built for the long-term if they can keep coming up with the material.
- Santino Marella -v- Antonio Cesaro: Really love the continued comedy from Marella but this was a total lost cause simply because WWE are entering a new territory (Switzerland) and have put the United States Championship on an overnight character creation. What really doesn’t add up here was that they could have used the Intercontinental Championship for this purpose as that is why it exists.
- Zack Ryder -v- Heath Slater: I’ve no idea who behind the scenes jacks off to seeing Slater on TV but they must have enough footage by now that he can be taken away from RAW… please? Also a shame to see Ryder, the self-made superstar, now having to what management tell him to.
- Vickie Guerrero & AJ Lee: It always amazes me that frankly anyone with the surname Guerrero is an instant win, if Vickie stays on form much longer she will have just as big a place in the WWE Hall of Fame as Eddie Guerrero (who I sorely miss). All that was missing from this was a spear or similar from Vickie, though her skipping away from the ring was genius. Not sure what the chair did in a past life to deserve such a beat-down though.
- Alberto Del Rio -v- John Cena: It’s always good to see John Cena bounce face first off of a shiny car. It’s even better to see when the driver is Paul Heyman. Paul E on WWE is always magic!