Only two things were good on a show that mostly came off as boring, bad, and awkward. Those two things will be discussed later. Lets get the worst things out of the way first.
The worst thing on the show was that horrid debate between World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus and his opponent for Hell In A Cell, Big Show.
Granted, I thought this was going to suck when I first heard about it, but it was way worse than I expected. Here's a portion of the segment:
Both men tried, but it just wasn't any good, and they didn't make me want to see their match later this month in Atlanta. Sheamus is a good in-ring competitor, but I have never been a fan of his mic skills. I feel that as champion, he should be booked as a man of few words, and he should let his talent do the talking. Letting him have a lot of time on the mic is making his reign quickly become stale. I also felt Big Show was over-acting during this segment. Definitely the worst moment of the show this week, although Show's podium accidentally collapsing was pretty funny.
The best segment of the show once again involved WWE Champion CM Punk. While he got to have an epic promo with Mick Foley last week, this week, his promo was with legendary announcer Jim Ross, who was having an appreciation night in his home state of Oklahoma. Speaking of which, I just found this classic video on YouTube from 1999... his infamous RAW segment with Michael Cole where Cole got kicked in the family jewels. Ross was like the 1999 version of CM Punk during this time, coming back from his 2nd Bells Palsy Scare only to be rejected because of it. Hilarious stuff for those who don't like Cole, although the number of his haters probably dramatically decreased after the Jerry Lawler incident 3 weeks ago in Montreal.
Anyhow, where was I? Oh yeah, the segment. JR was starting a promo & Punk and Heyman interrupted. Punk said he respected Ross, which I liked, but then asked Ross to call him the Best In The World. Ross refused, and this led to an entertaining back-and-forth between the two, leading to Ross telling Punk that he would call him the Best In The World, but only if he faced John Cena(who never appeared on the show) at Hell In A Cell and won. Punk gave JR the same ultimatum he gave Cena last week, and since Ross is an announcer and/or didn't have a lead pipe, he started to walk up the ramp... when Ryback came out & led Ross back into the ring.
OK, I like Ryback, but I don't understand why he is involved with this issue at all. Like, it just seems they've stuck him in there to replace Cena for the time being, but he just doesn't fit. He should be chasing after Miz and his title... not CM Punk.
At least they did go through with a legit AP after the show ended, which was awesome.
More Raw Thoughts:
-I hope to never see her "Executive Coach" ever again. That sounded like a good idea, and it would've been if that person was, say, John Laurinatis, because he was an over heel who fans hated with a passion. I have no idea why they used this guy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
-Excellent match between Damien Sandow & Sheamus, and a creative & exciting finish!
-No Cena tonight, as he's healing from his elbow surgery. I'm sure the kiddos in OKC were disappointed, because Cena never appeared on Raw from there this year at all(February 6th).
Let me know your thoughts! See you Friday!
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