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Raw did a good job building to the Edge/Del Rio match (and perhaps setting up for a Christian turn to cause the win), and they did a magnificent job w/ Triple H/Undertaker. The "you can't win" aspect is something they haven't tried yet, so I would have preferred to see that start up several weeks ago and play out over the past few weeks. HBK's "what makes *you* think you can do what I couldn't?" was brilliant, but seems incomplete/inconsistent since HBK was gushing all over HHH's chances in the video clips from the past few weeks. Him leaving the ring all melodrmatic instead of telling him he couldn't win was a bit over the top, but it made sense. Triple H remained consistent in his "I am the game and blah blah blah hey look I have a leather jacket on" way. Little that he said was memorable, but the point came across clearly enough.
The Cena/Rock/Miz segment was a letdown once Cena opened his mouth. I get that he's sincere and honest or whatever, but first, he rolled over like a bitch and let Rock talk all kinds of trash about him without a direct retort. Second, he's still Cena. Jean shorts, my friend. You're killin' me. Third, Miz was again the bitch here. I guess that's the point, but for all the star power in this match, the only thing not in question is the outcome of the match.
Honestly, this Raw did a good job on the whole, but outlined the biggest problem with the promotion's lackadaisical recognition ofpro wrestling entertainments anymore. Looking at the card, the outcome of these matches is totally foreseeable. There are sensible finishes (both titles switch, UT wins), risky finishes (Miz retains) and stupid as 
finishes (Edge retains, HHH wins). The only reason they'd give us the stupid as finishes is to with us as viewers - replacing genuine unpredictability in pro wrestling matches with a veneer of improbability. They'll replace "anything can happen" with "what should happen didn't because we telegraphed it a bit too much." Which, in hindsight, is how you shouldn't book WM. People will watch this program in 20 years, which wrestlers understand quite well. So you don't want to have a shit finish, like UT/Giant Gonzalez (or worse, Hogan winning the belt from Yokozuna). They won't pick up an old copy of WWF: In Your House 25, but they will watch WMXII. So the booking here must make sense. WWE should think of it like a "final term paper" for the past 12 months. Bring it all together, make it memorable, send the crowd home happy.
I get a feeling one of those three marquee matches will not end they way it should because WWE wants to throw a curveball into the predictable booking. My money is on Del Rio v Edge.
The Cena/Rock/Miz segment was a letdown once Cena opened his mouth. I get that he's sincere and honest or whatever, but first, he rolled over like a bitch and let Rock talk all kinds of trash about him without a direct retort. Second, he's still Cena. Jean shorts, my friend. You're killin' me. Third, Miz was again the bitch here. I guess that's the point, but for all the star power in this match, the only thing not in question is the outcome of the match.
Honestly, this Raw did a good job on the whole, but outlined the biggest problem with the promotion's lackadaisical recognition of
finishes (Edge retains, HHH wins). The only reason they'd give us the stupid as finishes is to with us as viewers - replacing genuine unpredictability in pro wrestling matches with a veneer of improbability. They'll replace "anything can happen" with "what should happen didn't because we telegraphed it a bit too much." Which, in hindsight, is how you shouldn't book WM. People will watch this program in 20 years, which wrestlers understand quite well. So you don't want to have a shit finish, like UT/Giant Gonzalez (or worse, Hogan winning the belt from Yokozuna). They won't pick up an old copy of WWF: In Your House 25, but they will watch WMXII. So the booking here must make sense. WWE should think of it like a "final term paper" for the past 12 months. Bring it all together, make it memorable, send the crowd home happy.I get a feeling one of those three marquee matches will not end they way it should because WWE wants to throw a curveball into the predictable booking. My money is on Del Rio v Edge.
