The WWE provided a decent ppv at Judgement Day. If you were keeping track, I got 5 out of 7 matches correct. We had an icon return last night in the Nature Boy Ric Flair. But was it enough to boost the interest of this fan. I think its time to breakdown Judgement Day and the fallout from Monday Night Raw.
A quick recap of Judgement Day: Rey Mysterio and Jericho had the best match by far. Matt Hardy screwed his brother again, so Edge is still the champ on Smackdown. Christian outsmarted Swagger to keep the ECW title. CM Punk couldnt buy a win in his hometown over Umaga. Orton was dq'd and Flair returned after the match ended.
Raw started the way its suppose to, with the WWE Champ Randy Orton. He came out and talked about how he has kicked every former member of Evolution. Randy talked about the return of Flair and how it meant nothing. He is still champ. Flair comes out. WOOOO! I really like Flair, how can you not? Hes an icon. He always shows passion and heart in his promos. He tells Orton, Batista has surpassed him. Sorry Flair, I disagree. Flair also says he talked to Vikki and made a match at Extreme Rules. A steel cage match for the WWE title. Orton sucker punches Flair. Out comes Batista, then Cena. Match is made for the main event. Legacy vs Cena and Batista. Good opener.
Womens battle royal. Kelly Kelly wins, but teased us with Mickie and Beth going at it for a few mins. Just get to Mickie vs Beth vs Maryse. That might be fun. This was followed by Santino, a face now, vs Chavo. Santino stole it. Nothing special here. Come on writers! I want to be entertained.
A Kennedy KENNEDY promo. Cant wait. I love Mr Kennedy. Matt Hardy has a promo. I thought he and Jeff were over with. They are on seperate shows now. Will he show up and cost Jeff every ppv? He has a match against MVP for the US title match. These guys had a huge feud over on smackdown. At that time, MVP was the heel and Matt was the face.
Carlito and Primo vs Kendrick and Goldust. This just didnt make sense. Kendrick is trying to find a new tag team partner. Just bring back London. They were fun to watch together and they would have fun with Carlito and Primo. Instead, they are hurting the tag team titles. I know you love that Larry. Of course Kendrick and Goldust didnt win.
Another long ass promo with The Miz. The King Jerry Lawler interupted him. King has a great line about the commercials getting better ratings than The Miz promos. Awesome! The Big Show came out after a few mins. I believe I told you so when I said the WWE would make Show look dominate and then have him lose at the ppv. He tells Miz make believe time is over. He isnt done with Cena yet. Submission match made at the next ppv Show vs Cena. Im not that excited over that either. I will be if it doesnt end the same way it always does with show and cena, but it will. Show laid out the King at the end as well.
JR is now out doing commentary with Cole. Hardy vs MVP. They have great chemistry because of their history. I loved the match. Matt continues to compete with a broken hand. Im sure its difficult. Its still hard to believe Matt as a heel but with these 2 its alittle easier. MVP continues his hot streak on Raw. I want to see a long program with MVP and someone. Hes winning matches but hasnt had a long feud.
Raw has been about 2 storylines. Orton vs Batista and Show vs Cena. Yes they are great but the undercard needs stories. Take Smackdown. They have Edge vs Jeff Hardy, Punk vs Umaga, Y2J vs Rey Rey, and Morrison vs Benjamin. Raw writers take notice! The whole show cant be based on 2 storylines and some matches just made up.
Flair and Batista have a promo. Flair says hes coming back next week and wants to call out Orton. Batista doesnt show much faith. Flair says if you dont believe in me than Im not backing you. Again Flair is passionate and I would love to see him beat the crap out of Orton.
Raw is being dominated by Orton and Batista and Vikki and Chavo. Santina vs Vikki. Um do I really need to write about this? Didnt think so. Vikki is now Ms Wrestlemania.
Finally we get to some real wrestling! Legacy vs Batista and Cena. JR and Cole doin a good job together tonight. I sure miss the legend Jim Ross on Raw. Cena gets a big face pop tonight. Cena and Batista had momentum going into the break. We come back and Legacy is dominating Batista. I think it would have worked better to have Cena get worn down by Legacy. Batista doesnt sell the best. Plus Cena is suppose to be banged up. Cena gets the hot tag. The crowd is really into Cena. I like that better than the split he usually gets. Blind tag to Orton while Cena lays out Rhodes. Orton starts picking apart Cena. Triple H is still gonna be out for a few more weeks. So why cant we have Cena vs Batista vs Orton vs Show for the title? They might as well put both stories together. Rhodes hit a moonsault. JR and Cole were both shocked, as was I. Another hot tag and now Batista goes to work. Big Show comes out and Cena high tails it to take on Show. Flair comes out and helps out his Evolution buddy. Batista pins Orton after a spear. Flair will be back next week to call out Orton. Will this help Raws ratings? I dont know but it sure helped me enjoy Raw alittle bit more. WOOO! Until next time thanks for reading.
J Call
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