Monday, January 23, 2012

LIVE Raw thoughts - January 23, 2012

11:05 - To be clear, we're to be excited about Triple H returning next week, not the result of the Royal Rumble.

10:54 - Small touch that might not (probably won't) mean anything, but I loved the way John Cena brushed off Eve's accusation with his "it's not my fault."

10:42 - I'm willing to wait and see how the match plays out, but I think it's a big mistake giving away this match so soon (unadvertised on free TV no less). This could have been built for WrestleMania.

10:34 - Brodus Clay is committing one of my old pet peeves: Wrestlers who debut a new wrestling attire the show immediately before or the show right after a PPV.

10:31 - What is this, visit the announcers day on Raw?

10:24 - In fairness, the Miz turned on Truth and Morrison, not the other way around.

10:22 - How many times do Sheamus and Jinder Mahal have to fight before they realize we don't even care about their rivalry a little.

10:01 - Odd that the supposedly ultra popular Zack Ryder doesn't have anybody willing to help him other than John Cena. Would have been better if Johnny Ace threatened their Royal Rumble spot if they helped.

9:59 - While this match continues, let me bring up a thought I've had. AJ has not tweeted since her injury angle on Raw. And when Zack Ryder was selling the Kane beating, he wasn't tweeting either. It must kinda suck if you're a big time Twitter user, and you're forced to stay off for an extended period of time in order to sell an injury.

9:49 - You can always rely on that Royal Rumble video package being awesome. Interesting that they note that this year "for the first time ever," every single Superstar is eligible. What's that mean?

9:39 - Jericho speaks. Are you disappointed?

9:33 - Hey, the Jeritron 5000 has been repaired.

9:22 - First irksome announcer incident: Cole says that Ziggler pinned Punk three times over the past month. I don't believe that's the case, as at least one of their matches ended in a count out. Does Lawler correct this? No. Does he even know or remember?

9:13 - CM Punk is one of the most over and successful Superstars of the past 5 or so years because he pulled back the curtain ever so slightly and allowed the fans in. WWE had a marketable thing with Ziggler's "#HEEL." Why they feel that little word (which is recognizable to the general public as meaning something bad) is exposing the business and are forcing the far less interesting "#ShowOff" is beyond me.

8:56 - It's been a few weeks since I've done this, but I'm back. Raw begins in about 5 minutes, so check back in a couple for my LIVE thoughts. What do you expect from the last show before the Rumble?

2 comments:

Kyle Litke said...

So, if Cena gets involved, Ryder loses any chance at ever getting a title shot, right? And it's falls count anywhere, right? Why doesn't Kane just go find Cena and beat the hell out of him? If Cena fights back at all Ryder loses his title chances forever.

Matt Basilo said...

My guess is that Kane doesn't care either way about Ryder getting a title shot. That was more a Johnny Ace thing. I'm guessing is that Kane was more interested in goading Cena than straight up attacking him.