I thought last weeks show with Stone Cold was a missed opportunity. Stone Cold on Raw should be great not good. The matches were decent and the final segment with Austin, Bret and Vince was very well done. The WWE needs to have the perfect Raw tonight. We are talking about the go home show to the biggest event of the year. The show needs to hype up all the story lines, like MITB because they were left off last week, and keep us on the edge of our seat come Sunday. I am asking for the best show WWE can put on. I sure hope we are not in for a let down.
The one big thing the WWE has going for them is the HBK Taker feud. The opening segment with the video tribute was phenomenal. I like seeing Shawn in action and adding Pete to the mix made sense. He was tombstoned twice by the Big Red Monster at Wrestlemania. The possibility of Undertaker showed up doubled with the stipulation. WWE certainly put their best foot forward in the opener.
I hate to say it but Miz has been improving. The sky is the limit for Morrison and I'm starting to think Miz has almost the same potential. I would hate to see Morrison turn on Truth at Wrestlemania. I have a feeling I will though. The match was fantastic and gets the hype going for the tag team match at Wrestlemania. Morrison and Miz put on a great match and that's what I like to see every week.
The WWE finally got smart and put Kofi in the Money in the Bank match. They only waited the final Raw until Wrestlemania before putting him in. Now there are two guys in the match that have a chance to win. Before the only man that made since was Christian. Kofi could win and get back all the momentum from the lack of push he has had since feuding with Orton.
I was afraid of what the triple threat match was going to do with Legacy. They teased a break up which would be the worst thing they could do to Legacy. Rhodes and Dibiase are the only real tag team left on Raw. They have been together for almost two years now. I understand they haven't had the tag titles for several months or even feuded for them in months. I think keeping them together for the mire purpose of story lines would be great. I have really enjoyed the Legacy Orton break up and the build up for their match. The semi main event needed to last longer. The WWE couldn't spoil everything so they kept it short. The best character on Raw is Orton. He's not a full fledged heel anymore, on the flip side, Orton isn't completely a good guy either. I like HHH getting the final upper hand on Sheamus. I look forward to both matches this Sunday.
The story line with Bret and Vince has been great. The hype is there for the match. We all know the match will be bowling shoe ugly. I don't care because it's something I have waited a long time for. Bret's speech was solid and was a nice sendoff. I don't think we will see Bret on Raw next week. Vince got the last word which figures since he always has to have the last word. I know some people don't like Bret and think this is the least important match on the card. If you are a wrestling historian, then you appreciate what we have witnessed and what we will witness Sunday.
I don't know who noticed it so I would like to point out the old school entrance from Shawn and Kane on Raw. The spotlight on Shawn during his pose in the ring and Kane's pyro from the turnbuckles was a nice touch. I had a feeling the Undertaker would show up. I didn't think Shawn would kick out of the chokeslam. I thought the match would go a little longer. I liked it though with Taker coming on Raw. He needed to be there tonight. The feud deserved two segments and now with Shawn having some momentum more and more fans will wonder if the streak will end.
I don't even know what to say about the Divas match. I mean it went on for two minutes. Thanks for coming girls. Come on WWE give us something with the Women. I will admit to my blogging counter part Wasp, TNA does it right with their "knockouts". Gail Kim should be a focal point of the Diva division on Raw. No, she loses a match in under two minutes. The WWE has pissed me off for a long time when it comes to the Women. They could put a nice story line on Maryse and Kim. Smackdown should have McCool and Beth who could actually put on a match up to par with Mickie and Trish.
I have always said the World and WWE titles are more important than anything else going on in the WWE. I should be happy about Cena and Batista ending the show. I wasn't. I don't like Batista or Cena so the end of Raw wasn't the best segment in this bloggers opinion. In fact, the WWE title match is the match I am looking forward to the least. I thought the bad guy was on TNA. I believe the you can't wrestle chant was directed towards both men. The ending to Raw was typical and predictable. I didn't care for it at all but then again when you don't like both men how could I like it. I actually hope Cena loses on Sunday. I would be a change from the usually he can overcome anything like we have seen so many times before.
Raw had me up until the end. I liked most of the show except for the final two segments. The Divas aren't used correct and Batista Cena are boring. However, I am still ready to watch a kick ass Wrestlemania this Sunday. You can check out the Showstoppers as they predict what will happen this Sunday. Also be sure to head over to Wasp's blog to read about TNA. As far as my Wrestlemania predictions, you can read them Friday morning along with a very unique concept I came up with that involves every Wrestlemania. The Road to Wrestlemania has to end with a Pick Blog!
J Call
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