Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Jan 9, 2007 0:57:23 GMT -5
Just a few of my musings on tonight's show. Feel free to comment, since I didn't want to venture into one of the hate-filled threads. I thought tonight's RAW wasn't terrible, if too light on the actual wrestling matches for my taste and too focused on a comedy angle.
- This new Russian character? Tremendous. The word 'Russia' comes out from Grisham and people are all over him, including one guy in the background who hilariously was shouting 'BOOOO!' non stop. And did I spot a 'I Love Double-Double E' sign? This guy is MONEY.
- What happened to Maria? She went from Miss 'Ohhh I'm Just A Silly Girl' to full-blown fetish wear in her photo shoots. Does C.M. Punk approve? He probably doesn't care, he's the one going out with her. Also, what exactly seperates a girl like Maria from Melina or Victoria in being called a 'jezebel'? Wrestling ability?
As a side note, if I was Maria, I would NOT have allowed myself to be pinned after that ... bulldog thing from Melina. Keep that woman out of the ring, she's terrible. Then again, if that applied to everyone, that would leave Victoria and ... well, Victoria in the ring. Mickie James is probably the second best female wrestler in WWE, but she's just all over the place. I think she just tries too hard, but that's better than not trying at all.
- The guy playing Donald Trump was actually pretty entertaining. He was obviously an indy wrestler, as he was running the ropes pretty well (and as we saw from the Hogan impersonator from a few months back, not everyone can just jump in the ring and do even that). His 'hair' gimmick was pretty amusing - the best part being when he had the headlock on and checked his hair in the middle of it.
- The Rosie O'Donnell impersonator was pretty poorly done. Couldn't they have found someone who looked like her, at least a little bit? A guy in drag would have been better.
- I liked that Vince was at ringside for this match, while the very unusual chants of 'We Want Wrestling' along with the more ordinary 'Boring' chants roared through the arena. However, I saw that Lillian (probably fearing for her job) was saying things like,
'Vince, you genius, you've done it again!'
and
'Listen to this crowd, they can't stand her! Vince, you genius, you've etc. etc.'
Of course, this will mean that the Rosie O'Donnell impersonator has 'great heel heat' and will be on RAW as a wrestler now.
- Chris Masters isn't just a trooper, but he's a damn selfless guy, too. He sold that clipboard like he was shot in the thigh. Even after Carlito gave him the Back Cracker, he was still clutching his leg like it had exploded from within. As far as I'm concerned, he deserves respect for that alone (and for improving slowly but surely every week, though this match wasn't anything to call home about by any means. Nice press slam though.)
- Edge can actually have a good, serious interview when he isn't pausing every five seconds to grin like an idiot. I'm not a big fan of his, but if he acted like that more often, I could see myself not minding him. I like that they acknowledged that they pretty much got pummeled, but nevertheless came out on top in the end. Who will they go after, now that HBK looks like he'll be taking a break in a week's time?
Unless HBK has a surprise partner ... hmm.
- Poor Estrada used to be my favorite over the top character in wrestling, but he's been very dry, lately. I suppose they asked him to tone it down when he was getting more attention than the guy he was managing. That said, I have high hopes that he will one day be cut loose. He really is something, in my opinion.
- Am I the only one who thought Khali looked just fine tonight? Probably. Still, all of his moves (clothesline, chop and choke bomb) looked great, which just shows you that Cena isn't afraid to bounce around. Cena is right up there with Masters for 'will do anything he is asked', except that Cena is asked to win all the time. Still, I like his work ethic. I ALSO like Khali cutting one of the BEST promos of all time. That sent chills right down my spine.
- Is Khali just a one-shot appearance, to give Umaga a reason to destroy Cena without Cena losing face? I'm glad the fued is continuing, because I'm honestly interested in if they'll have Umaga beat Cena fair and square one of these days. They still have him in the main event, which is fine with me, even if I'm kind of tired of the same two guys fighting every week.
In all, not a good RAW, but one that had more than a few interesting bits.
- This new Russian character? Tremendous. The word 'Russia' comes out from Grisham and people are all over him, including one guy in the background who hilariously was shouting 'BOOOO!' non stop. And did I spot a 'I Love Double-Double E' sign? This guy is MONEY.
- What happened to Maria? She went from Miss 'Ohhh I'm Just A Silly Girl' to full-blown fetish wear in her photo shoots. Does C.M. Punk approve? He probably doesn't care, he's the one going out with her. Also, what exactly seperates a girl like Maria from Melina or Victoria in being called a 'jezebel'? Wrestling ability?
As a side note, if I was Maria, I would NOT have allowed myself to be pinned after that ... bulldog thing from Melina. Keep that woman out of the ring, she's terrible. Then again, if that applied to everyone, that would leave Victoria and ... well, Victoria in the ring. Mickie James is probably the second best female wrestler in WWE, but she's just all over the place. I think she just tries too hard, but that's better than not trying at all.
- The guy playing Donald Trump was actually pretty entertaining. He was obviously an indy wrestler, as he was running the ropes pretty well (and as we saw from the Hogan impersonator from a few months back, not everyone can just jump in the ring and do even that). His 'hair' gimmick was pretty amusing - the best part being when he had the headlock on and checked his hair in the middle of it.
- The Rosie O'Donnell impersonator was pretty poorly done. Couldn't they have found someone who looked like her, at least a little bit? A guy in drag would have been better.
- I liked that Vince was at ringside for this match, while the very unusual chants of 'We Want Wrestling' along with the more ordinary 'Boring' chants roared through the arena. However, I saw that Lillian (probably fearing for her job) was saying things like,
'Vince, you genius, you've done it again!'
and
'Listen to this crowd, they can't stand her! Vince, you genius, you've etc. etc.'
Of course, this will mean that the Rosie O'Donnell impersonator has 'great heel heat' and will be on RAW as a wrestler now.
- Chris Masters isn't just a trooper, but he's a damn selfless guy, too. He sold that clipboard like he was shot in the thigh. Even after Carlito gave him the Back Cracker, he was still clutching his leg like it had exploded from within. As far as I'm concerned, he deserves respect for that alone (and for improving slowly but surely every week, though this match wasn't anything to call home about by any means. Nice press slam though.)
- Edge can actually have a good, serious interview when he isn't pausing every five seconds to grin like an idiot. I'm not a big fan of his, but if he acted like that more often, I could see myself not minding him. I like that they acknowledged that they pretty much got pummeled, but nevertheless came out on top in the end. Who will they go after, now that HBK looks like he'll be taking a break in a week's time?
Unless HBK has a surprise partner ... hmm.
- Poor Estrada used to be my favorite over the top character in wrestling, but he's been very dry, lately. I suppose they asked him to tone it down when he was getting more attention than the guy he was managing. That said, I have high hopes that he will one day be cut loose. He really is something, in my opinion.
- Am I the only one who thought Khali looked just fine tonight? Probably. Still, all of his moves (clothesline, chop and choke bomb) looked great, which just shows you that Cena isn't afraid to bounce around. Cena is right up there with Masters for 'will do anything he is asked', except that Cena is asked to win all the time. Still, I like his work ethic. I ALSO like Khali cutting one of the BEST promos of all time. That sent chills right down my spine.
- Is Khali just a one-shot appearance, to give Umaga a reason to destroy Cena without Cena losing face? I'm glad the fued is continuing, because I'm honestly interested in if they'll have Umaga beat Cena fair and square one of these days. They still have him in the main event, which is fine with me, even if I'm kind of tired of the same two guys fighting every week.
In all, not a good RAW, but one that had more than a few interesting bits.
