WWE with another 3 hour Raw in a matter of a month. I hate award shows and think they are meaningless. The Slammy's are even worse. We are giving an award to a sport that's scripted. In the 90's, Owen Hart was the only guy who walked around and celebrated winning Slammy's. He's the only man to ever make the award meaningful. Sheamus didn't walk around with his newcomer of the year award. I'd like to see plenty of wrestling action, minimal backstage crap and the midair RKO about 7 times. Raw had stiff competition, time to pull out a quality show. They didn't and I found myself bored at times.
I get emails and texts from buddies that I take wrestling to seriously. I can't argue the fact I take wrestling to serious. I do. I have for a long time. The thing is I want wrestling to succeed. I've seen so many good years. The late 80's was Hulkamania running wild. The mid to late 90's was the Austin and attitude era. I've seen the best wrestling has to offer. Miz said in an interview that this is the best wrestling ever. He must have been smoking the same stuff Jeff Hardy loves. Wrestling is down. The product is suffering. I stay up late conjuring up ways to fix the problems (more on that in the mailbag, coming out on Thursday, cheap plug) I believe wrestling does have the best athletes ever in wrestling history. We just need better writing. It's a true shame. I know I may take wrestling to seriously. I also want to work in the wrestling industry. I believe in my heart I will someday. If your fed up, let them (WWE/TNA) know it. Your voice needs to be heard when you love it or hate it. I'm right there with you. You want to voice your opinion, voice it to me jcall@bigbadsportsdaddy.com. Sometimes the negatives outweigh the positives. Nothing is ever perfect. However it's not that hard to us new exciting things. WWE said stand up for them. It's wrestling world standing up, it's companies who aren't listening.
Of course David Arquette loves Michael Cole. They have something in common, both suck. I would have liked to see Nexus win if I didn't think they were going to disband. Also, Barrett said he wouldn't make his decision until later which I thought meant Cena would close Raw. Well, the announcement didn't and Cena still closed Raw. The one good thing is the special Raw cross promotes. Smackdown stars on Raw is nice and bolsters the roster. I'm all for Big Show. In fact, I wish he was the next number one contender to Kane's WHC. I just don't like Barrett looking ubber weak. I thought he had a future. You could fool me with the way he's being booked.
I couldn't have been happier with the second match. Bryan and Ziggler rocked twice by themselves. Kofi is entertaining and Dibiase needed to be on TV in the ring. He's done to many backstage skits. Dibiase and Bryan should have another title match. This time, put the damn belt on Ted Jr. He's due for a push. The only reason you keep the belt on Bryan is if Punk is healthy and can wrestle. Everyone wants to see Punk and Bryan in a 30 minute classic in ring contest. The ending was botched. I'm not sure by who, Dibiase never made the tag, tried to make the save and the ref still counted 3. No matter, the heels deserved the win. Dibiase still has yet to have a win on Raw that proves his worth in the U.S. picture.
I can't believe Shattner lost. I want those entrance songs on cd. Do they still make cds or is everything on Ipods? Dashing Rhodes has the character and the looks. I'm not sold on him ever main eventing. He might win the IC or U.S. title someday but that's as high as he can go with the Dashing character. I was glad to see him beat Henry. Smackdown won every match up until now on the show. Brands don't matter and wins don't count that much. This is Monday night Raw though and the guys on the show should be winning contests. You need a Raw guy to win one or two inter brand matches.
The holy $#!t moment was certainly the RKO in mid air. That took more skill than Cena's fireman carry to Batista. I get the reason to award Cena, it lead to Barrett making his decision. Nexus beating down Cena was the happiest moment on Raw. The one good thing was the ass whooping. The bad thing is I give Barrett a 10% chance to win at TLC, especially after the conclusion of Raw.
Okay, bringing the angry girl and giving her an award was pretty cool. Good job, WWE. I figured it was Rey taking on Miz. My guess was Swagger taking on Orton. I was wrong. Two things about the Miz Rey match, it was a good match with Del Rio extracting revenge on Rey from KOTR. Cole was even more annoying though calling the match. The announcement of Riley and Arquette was smart. Again, it furthers the story without having Miz and Orton in the ring together.
I speak for everyone when I say I can't wait for Christian's return. Hopefully, they don't bury him. Does anyone miss Batista? Anyone? I didn't think so. Edge spoke for all of us, Cole is a tool. It may never happen but Edge and Christian tag reunion would rule. Raw cheated us of Morrison and Sheamus. Now, pay your $44.99 to see the ladder match. I was pissed to be robbed of the match for free until the stipulation. Finally, the WWE title means something and a special number 1 contenders match.
I wasn't thrilled with Undertaker's girlfriend winning Diva of the Year. She plays the role as the annoying Diva so well. The announcement of Beth and Natalya versus LayCool was an early Christmas gift for this WWE blogger. I was begging to see that match. I really want a fatal four way at the Rumble.
Edge and Swagger could have waited for Smackdown. Raw stars haven't had enough in ring time. Their match wasn't to bad. They didn't have a lot of time and provided decent work. I just thought Raw did more for Smackdown than Raw.
Raw didn't end with the WWE title and that pissed me off. The reason wrestlers are in the business is suppose to be TO WIN TITLES! Randy Orton and Miz is more important than anything else on WWE TV. You can't tell me Cena and Barrett will end the pay per view. This is my biggest pet peeve with wrestling. I hate Cena and I hate the WWE title story is on the back burner. They have done this numerous times throughout 2010. I did think the finish was good. A-Ri gets an RKO and Arquette goes through a table. The build was good for Orton and Miz. It just should have been the end of Raw.
Raw's ending was the worst moment and one wrestler being bigger than the WWE title is a slap in the face. TLC is coming up Sunday and without blood and similar stipulations it's the type of gimmicky crap that has run its course. Oh, did I miss something? I didn't talk about Raw's superior ending. That's because I turned it off after Orton's segment. You know my thoughts by now. I do have something special for you one week before Christmas. A mailbag + picks blog is coming out on Thursday. Be sure to check it out. You can hear more wrestling hot opinions on Showstoppers found on BBSD every Tuesday. Send your hate mail to jcall@bigbadsportsdaddy.com. I look forward to all you Cena lovers. Two words, suck it.
J Call
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