Predictability. It is kind of a shame that they decided that the Nexus had to be underlings to the mysterious grand architect that has a much bigger plan for them all. They will tease it for a while and then it will end up being Rikisihi. Also, what kind of GM wants wrestlers to shake hands in the center of a ring? They teased that it was SCSA sending the emails, so Noah will watch it now… until it ends up being Rikishi as well. Nexus are attacked by the faces… who are attacked by the heels. Heels say there feud is not against WWE, just John Cena. “Enemy of my enemy” type stuff, but i wouldn’t have picked Sheamus as the mouthpiece for this… and i would have had everyone attack John Cena if that is what the feud was about.
We get to see Maryse come out with TDII, and she sits at commentary, generally interfering with the flow of the patter. I hated Morrison’s selling of his eye. Maybe i am weird, but if i were fighting someone and took a poke to the eyes, i would back to the corner so i had less ground to cover until my eye recovered. TDII gets the win. They used her for a distraction to get teh thumb poke in, but don’t have the girl with poor grammar on the mic for the whole match. It’s only slightly better than having Khali on commentary.
Regal has a vendetta against Santino and Koslov now. That is fair, i like giving the new team a founding purpose and a built in reason to work together. Regal hired a monster and it’s… oh for fucks sake. The only thing monstrous about Khali is is ring work. Apparently his brother insulted him last week to “motivate” him. It’s like last week, when Sam was trying to motivate Noah, he insulted him in German and then left. Worked like a charm.
Yes, in that allusion, Noah was the Great Khali. But with better kicks, son.
Comedy from Santino. Koslov hits a relatively minor slam on Regal and it’s over pretty abruptly. Khali, because he is a face, has the other faces pick up the fallen heel so he can hit his finisher chop on him. Khali gets everyone to dance and i check my iced tea to make sure it hasn’t been spiked with anything and i am really watching this. Ring psychology is not just about boos and cheers, it is how they perceive your character. Who the fuck thought this was a good idea? Probably the same guy looking to do the Khali push.
Arn does an off the cuff promo that puts a lot of the roster’s mic work to shame. I would love to see him become a manager to Shamus. Sheamus heeds no warning, he has the belt. He acts classically young heel and this is such fertile ground that will never get plowed.
Miz comes out, mocks R-Truth and injures his arm before the match even begins. I feel grateful for this.
Edge introduces Evan bourne as his first guest. Jericho comes out. Edge and Jericho talk about how they hate each other and how each has an advantage. Brawling ensues amid the ladders that are set dressing. Bourne runs out to get him some. The almighty, light blinking BLOOP BLOOP tells us edge and jericho and edge are taggin against bourne and Orton next. BLOOP BLOOP INDEED!
Not a bad little match. In the end Edge spears Jericho for his attitude and leaves. Borne wins and the Orton hits the RKO on him to remind him there are no friends in MitB. Heels turning on heels, faces turning on faces, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Divas. Fox does a much less impressive version of the Hamrick gimmick. Just cuz i want to watch them kiss doesn’t mean i want to watch them wrestle.
BArrett out in the ring. Cena comes out. He looks for the Nexus. How unface on him. He comes out and refuses Barrett’s offer of peace and atonement. How unface of him. He catches a beat down from the rest of Nexus and the save from the locker room. Cena gets the BLOOP BLOOP to find out he violated what was asked of him by management. How very unface of him. He has a 7 on 1 match next week. Cena decided to even the odds and takes out Darren Young. How unface of him.
Also, the WWE shouldn’t have Young and Cena around each other. It’s like how Yasser Arafat and Ringo Starr are never on stage together.
Heel/face psychology out the fuckin’ window for this RAW. A marked decline in show quality. Fuck is it hot out. That is all.
-Ryan
