LIVE Raw thoughts

11:04 - Ugh, Jerry Lawler. Anyway, I never mind when they give Cena a bit of a heelish edge, but he was the wrong person to cheat to eliminate Sheamus. He ends up just looking like a hypocrite, after getting so riled up about Miz doing something very similar. So after Elimination Chamber, can we all just agree to put an end to this inexplicable Lawler push?

10:53 - Love CM Punk. Great stuff.

10:49 - Also, I don't understand these guys who don't take off their t-shirts until they're in the ring.

10:48 - WWE has a truly unique athlete in John Morrison and I'm glad they're finally taking advantage of his abilities. They could go even further with him, though. I hope they take action while he's still young and able.

10:40 - What are the chances of Morrison doing something to top or match his stunt at last night's Royal Rumble? I am still in awe.

10:30 - Tonight we had Santino beat Nexus and Mark Henry and Khali squash the Usos. Great.

10:29 - "This is obscene, by the way." The nonchalant, in the passing way he said that was great.

10:27 - Poor Usos. Getting buried by the Anonymous GM in order to put over a dance off.

10:21 - It was a bit weird seeing Natalya acting so chummy with the woman who has her title. And Cole is spot-on about Lawler's performance. He can't even get his jokes out correctly.

10:17 - Anybody else really tired of Lay-Cool at this point?

10:11 - Another possibility, offered by former WWE writer Dave Lagana, could 2/21/11 refer to Sting? Check out this promo....the similarities are apparent:



10:07 - Jerry Lawler's one liners are unbearable. I can't stand it when there's a serious or tense moment, and he kills the mood by cracking lame one liners.

9:58 - Not a criticism, but odd seeing the ring introduction for both World champions happening during the commercial break. Oh, and I did notice Edge-ster wearing the sunglasses in the backstage segment. That's my boy! P.S. - I like the Champion vs. Champion graphic.

9:51 - For those of you wondering, 2/21/11 is the Raw after Elimination Chamber. Seems like a standard Undertaker promo. What do you think?

9:45 - At first I thought they were going someplace with the Raw commentators interfering in matches. Over a two or three week period, we had Lawler regularly getting physically involved with action, Michael Cole interfering in a WWE Championship match, and CM Punk attacking John Cena with a chair. I thought it was going somewhere, maybe that all three would be fired and reassigned (Lawler and Punk as wrestlers, and Cole maybe as the official spokesperson for the GM or a manager of some sort), but it turns out they're just heavily pushing the announcers for some reason. But damn, that WAS a good looking punch.

9:43 - Jerry Lawler, Howard Finkel was WWE's first employee and he's never had a match at WrestleMania either. Your point?

9:41 - Some more curious booking. Seeing the Cobra knock out Husky really damages the credibility of the faction that can supposedly take out John Cena and Randy Orton. I didn't particularly mind the Orton portion, except for the fact that it damaged Husky even further.

9:27 - I do hope that Nexus wins the tag titles here. I think we've all had enough of this Santino experiment. He's fun in comedy segments, but him legitimately beating promising Superstars is a little much.

9:21 - Clever booking for the Raw Rumble match, especially if it leads to only one Elimination Chamber match at next month's PPV. Who wins? I'd say either Morrison or, unfortunately, Jerry Lawler. Definitely not R-Truth, because he's the lowest man on the totem pole. Won't be Orton either, since they've already tapped that well dry, and it won't be Cena because I assume they're saving that for WrestleMania. And it won't be Sheamus or CM Punk, because both of them -- and Miz -- are total heels. What is odd, though, is that this means CM Punk and John Cena won't even get a PPV blow off match, assuming they're doing Punk/Orton and Cena/Miz at Mania.

9:14 - An entertaining start to Raw. I'm impressed that they didn't draw out Alberto's decision longer, like they did the prior year with Edge (he didn't make his decision until after Elimination Chamber). Then again, if Edge is set to be the champion going into Mania (and I believe he is), why put off building up a match? Also, curious booking doing the WWE Champion vs. World Heavyweight Champion again.