Hey, everyone. I want to apologize again for missing RAW chat, and hopefully I can join you next week.
Just finished watching RAW on my DVR, and here are my thoughts:
Carlito's Cabana:
Someone please give Shawn Michaels a big sack of money so that he will go away and I'll never have to see him again! If you are still going to hog the TV time, at least do it as a heel and do something interesting, Shawn. Also, it kinda sucks that they turned Flair face. He's best as a heel, but I suppose since people cheer him either way, it doesn't matter. Michaels & Flair hugging =
Big Show vs. Quartermain/Madison:
Pretty useless match with a bit of David vs. Goliath comedy thrown in. Snitsky's run-in was completely useless. Does anyone actually want to see these guys feud?
Diva Segment / Ashley vs. Victoria:
More useless crap. I cringed at the horrible mic skills from everyone. I wonder how long it will be before Lita and Ashley feud with the "There's only room for one punk tomboy chick" storyline.
Cade & Murdock Promo:
It'll be interesting to see what these two can do, and where they will go. I know that at a lot of house shows, everyone seems to like Murdock because he resembles Dusty Rhodes. He even threw out some bionic elbows during the matches for the fans. Maybe Dusty could manage these two or something. It'd be funny to see Murdock come out to Dusty's old music. "American... dream! (cowbell) He's just a common man..."
Alter Bridge w/ Edge promo:
Same-old "Matt will not die? Because I let him live" promo.
Lita/Matt Hardy segment:
Pretty useless also. Will Matt ever get to lay out Lita one of these days? I would've thought that Matt would have gone the Kane route and maybe tossed Lita against the wall and growled at her, pulling the "I'm going to make your life hell." Well, we'll see where this goes.
Flair attacked segment:
Pretty good makeup job on Flair. Was good for a laugh.
Edge vs. Matt Hardy:
As kittie mentioned, this is what their SummerSlam match should've been like. Good to see that Matt wasn't laid out again, and that he didn't get a clean win. If they can pull out some more decent matches, this feud could get interesting again.
Commentators talk about Matt/Edge:
Ross, Lawler, and Coach put on a decent show of acting, acting as if the injuries were real and that Edge might have been paralyzed. Also, Edge did a decent job of acting scared. This segment made me cringe a bit because the tone of JR's voice sounded like he did when he announced that Owen Hart died. A bit disturbing to hear him in that tone again.
Cena/Angle showdown:
Cena is starting to make me sick with his entrance. Dude, come up with something better than holding up the belt and stomping around like Eugene! Fast-forwarded through his promo until Kurt came out. Same-old stuff, but at least Kurt is entertaining.
Tomko vs. Rosey:
Make the tag divison look even weaker, why don't you? Useless filler...
Shawn Michaels vs. Carlito/Masters
Crappy, cookie-cutter match. Was funny to see a bloody Ric Flair run in and get taken out by Masters. What a crappy way to end RAW.
Overall:
A weak RAW, with possibly the only bright spot being the street fight.