HERE IS THIS WEEKS RAW REVIEW
The Opening:
Very nice having Michael Cole come out dressed up like Jerry Lawler. Just we saw this last week with The Miz coming out as The Rock. WWE creative really needs to find different ideas and use them, and then the crowd will give you more of a reaction when they aren’t expecting it. The crowd in Pittsburgh isn’t dumb enough to fall for the fake JR music and Cole dressed up as him. Jerry should not beat up Cole until Wrestlemania because we all know it will happen then.
They start right up with HHH coming out and well he did nothing the entire time he was out there to move the feud with The Undertaker forward. He repeated the same stuff they started on 02.21.11, which was a month ago. This feud has hit a standstill and will continue to go downhill unless they start doing something different. Some suggestions would be giving us a reason to think that HHH can beat The Undertaker, and where is the paranormal activity that has been a staple for The Undertaker for the last few years? Ted Dibiase coming out and getting owned was pretty pointless because we saw HHH do the same thing 3 weeks ago on Raw to Sheamus. WWE needs to pick up the slack on this feud before they lose all of us before Wrestlemania especially if it is the Main Event.
Match 1: Sheamus (US Champion) vs. Evan Bourne
This match was very quick but it got to the point of Sheamus extracting revenge for 3 weeks ago. The after match was much better and now we have a Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan match for the United States Championship at Wrestlemania. The positive of this match is that it was better than The Miz vs. The Great Khali that opened Raw last week.
PWA Rating: C
Randy Orton Coming In:
Randy Orton is setting up the feud with CM Punk later this evening and there seems to be something with his bus or family later in the show.
Match 2: Eve Torres (Divas Champion) vs. Maryse
Another non title match on Raw. Michael Cole once again cheapens women’s wrestling by talking during their match. Vince should realize that he is killing his “Diva’s” division, but at least the champion Eve got a nice smack across Cole’s face in. Cole should realize that he has a ton of heat and that he shouldn’t be going below him to get a heel reaction. He needs to go above and beyond what he has been doing and not regress. This match did very little to help WWE out in the future and felt like a filler especially because Eve pulled out the win.
PWA Rating: D
Match 3: The CORRE (Tag Team Champions) (w. Barrett & Jackson) vs. Santino and Kozlov (w. Tamina)
A third non title match on Raw, this has to be a theme to tonight’s show. This match was over as quickly as it started. The WWE Tag Team Champions are looking impressive since they lost and then won their Tag Team Championships. Kane and Big Show come out with their combined music and they appear to have a 4-on-4 match for Wrestlemania (CORRE vs. Show/Kane/Santino/Kozlov). Very disappointed with Kozlov being involved in this match especially when you have Diesel sitting on the sideline and an Intercontinental Champion with nothing to do.
PWA Rating: C
JOHN CENA:
They have to recap the interaction between The Rock, John Cena, and The Miz in case we all forgot what happened over the last few weeks. Darn John Cena won’t be there tonight, what will the show do without him? John Cena say a lot of nothing other than he underestimated The Miz. Michael Cole keeps us in suspense for the next segment.
MICHAEL COLE:
Not as good of a segment as last week, however they did move the feud further. Would have liked to see someone else from Jerry Lawler’s past; i.e. The Kat or Bret Hart. Since there were no surprises this week on Raw so far, that means there will be one later in the show because Vince said he would have a surprise every week until Wrestlemania. Michael Cole is the WWE’s best heel right now, Vince you need to have your wrestlers follow his lead to get a non announcer heel to be your number 1 guy.
Match 4.1: Dolph Ziggler (w. Laycool and Vickie) vs. John Morrison (w. Trish Stratus)
After a recap of last week, everyone should be pumped that Snooki is in the WWE and the main stream attention they are getting for this. Snooki has to be on Raw next week for the go home Raw for Wrestlemania. Since Dolph got the victory 2 weeks ago, John Morrison has to get the victory here. Then the GM chimes in with… John Morrison & Trish Stratus vs. Dolph Ziggler, Laycool & Vickie Guerrero.
Match 4.2: John Morrison & Trish Stratus vs. Dolph Ziggler, Laycool & Vickie Guerrero
It is very exciting for Trish to have two matches in consecutive weeks. Too much to handle a 4-on-2 handicap match for Trish and John, if they would have won, it would have made the 3-on-3 match at Wrestlemania look weaker. There was some good wrestling in these matches and it furthered the story very well.
PWA Rating: B-
Match 5: Randy Orton vs. Rey Mysterio
Interesting to see a face vs. face match, but Randy Orton seems to have the mannerisms of a heel and has turned into a face like all the good characters do, naturally. The best wrestling match of the night ends in a count out of Randy Orton. CM Punk does something to Randy Orton’s bus and his family. His wife just watched the whole attack, not a normal reaction. It is interesting to see that WWE has such a problem getting things to flow even 2 years later, his wife looked like Barbie and had blond hair when HHH broke into their house before their Wrestlemania 25 match.
PWA Rating: C+
THE MIZ: REWRITES MIZ-TORY
Alex Riley is out explaining why he is back with The Miz. First though is where is the WWE Championship? They unveil a new WWE Championship with the W turned upside down to an M. Hope this leads to a new WWE Championship the night after Wrestlemania. John Cena showing up was good since he finally got some retribution for the previous weeks. They go out with The Rock on Raw next week. And that ends a lackluster Raw.
STOCK RISING (aka exceeds expectations)
1. 3-on-3 Intergender Tag Team Match at Wrestlemania
2. Miz vs. John Cena
STOCK DOWN (aka doesn’t meet expectations)
1. Undertaker vs. Triple H (for the second week in a row)
2. WWE Raw
PWA Raw Rating: C (Last Week : B+)
THE PWA EDITOR REVIEW:
This week’s Raw was a total regression from last week’s episode. The WWE should be embarrassed with the way that Raw went tonight. Tonight’s Raw lacked content. It felt like the WWE was just coasting to the go home edition of Raw. This week’s Raw regressed over a letter grade, which should be alarming and we will see the results on next week’s Raw rating. Every Raw feud moved forward except UNDERTAKER/HHH. HHH and The UNDERTAKER cannot have a feud on one face to face interaction and none since 02.21.11. They expect the videos and promos to carry the feud into Wrestlemania. I for one don’t think they can fix it by next week’s face to face. If this is the Main Event of Wrestlemania, everyone should be disappointed. The feud that stuck out the most to me this week was MORRISON/STRARUS/SNOOKI vs. DOLPH/LAYCOOL. They have a match with star power outside the wrestling business and it can only help the WWE long term. I for one hope SNOOKI is at Raw week in Chicago. Everyone involved at Wrestlemania needs to be present at next week’s Raw, including STONE COLD. If that happens I will be excited for next week’s show in Chicago, if not they might as well sell their TV slot to something more useful, like the Dog Show. After Raw next week I will be posting my predictions for Wrestlemania and finally posting my article on WHY THE UNDERTAKER STREAK SHOULD BE BROKEN AT WRESTLEMANIA. Expect both to be up by Friday April 1st.
THE PWA Team.
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