How does it feel when you are right about something? Should you gloat because of it and brag about it? Well I will not, even thought I have a perfectly good reason to do so, a few of them actually. I have watched RAW and well, here are a couple thoughts I had while doing that:
During the episode it was very clear to see WWE is trying to hide the fact Brock Lesnar is not there and will not be there. They tried to cover that fact up and they failed to do so. I mean really, couldn't even get Paul Heyman to pretend Brock gives a shit about the company? But let's start from the top.
RAW begun with the returning Ambrose, saying how he wants Seth Rollins and won't go anywhere until he gets him. Out came Cena saying he also wants Rollins and he will get in Ambrose's way. They teased a fight for a few seconds and that brought out the Authority, Rollins included. Triple H started to lay out a few things for tonight and Cena says that tonight he's kicking Seth's ass and starts rushing down with Ambrose towards Rollins. Seth runs away and eventually gets into a car and drives away.
This segment was not bad, but it was missing something, a greater meaning so to speak. Putting Cena with Dean in the ring, kind of on the same page, should rub on Dean, show that he can stand tall in the big leagues. After the break up of the Shield, Ambrose was the one seriously lacking in direction and maybe the current situation with Reigns could be beneficial to him. Still it was quite obvious who has the bigger bark in WWE, with Cena being the one to stop and mouth off to Triple H. This whole segment leads to two matches: Orton vs Cena and Kane vs Ambrose. I really hope Randy Orton's line at the end "Tell the golden boy to not start fires we have to put out" means that he might be splitting away from the group. It's not good for him in any way, shape or form. He is seen as a hired goon and not a serious opponent. After the match against Jericho at Night of Champions, Orton reminded me that he can go, when he feels like it. The match against Kane and Randy ended as expected, with Rollins interfering first into the match against Dean and then with both Kane and Rollins going after Cena in the main event against Orton. I get it why this whole episode was centered around Seth Rollins, I really do, but I really couldn't care less about him right now. Since splitting the Shield he won the briefcase and other than that did absolutely nothing. I understand WWE has some kind of long term plan, at least I hope they do, but for now I am simply unimpressed. All I hope for is that we actually do get to see the actual champion, cause you know... I kind of care about that.
Ok, here's what I don't understand. What is the point of taking the championship off someone, just to give them the belt back the next night? Cause that is exactly what happened between Dolph Ziggler and The Miz. I know I was saying Miz doesn't deserve to hold a title now and I am not backing down from that statement, but if he won it, he should hold onto it, at least for a while. Playing ping-pong with a championship, no matter which one (unless it a rule, like the hardcore title had 24h/7 rule), doesn't make the people involved look good. It makes them look weak, the championship worthless and basically blocks the championship from other competitors, cause the one who loses it, always has a rematch clause. As I said on more than one occasion, The Miz is not going to happen, no matter what WWE does, who they pair him with or what kind of belt he will carry, it just will not happen. Or maybe it was all only to raise the meaning of the PPV fallout RAW, since the actual champion couldn't care less. The match itself was ok-ish, but didn't really feel like there was any urgency to it.
Another thing I am still confused about is what is going on with Jack Swagger and Bo Dallas. They obviously have a feud, and obviously Swagger should be winning it every time, since he is a bigger name. Adding to that, I know it is a part of this feud, basically what it started it, constantly reminding us that Jack lost to Rusev and had a couple big matches with him only shows us how little meaning this little feud has. Plus, even though I know it won't happen, I can't stop the feeling that it should be Jack who defeats Rusev. Since the whole Rusev character and story based on "Rocky 4", maybe the story could take a big loop and finish with Jack building himself up again and going after the Russian once more. I know, I know, no chance of this happening, but wouldn't it be fun? For now all we had was a rematch from he previous night, that was virtually pointless. I mean really, Henry all riled-up couldn't beat Rusev at Night of Champions when he was 100% and he had all the support in the country, but we were meant to believe he could do it now...? After he stood there looking miserable and apologizing and admitting he is not 100% physically? I don't buy it. I never did, I never will. How can a story that so much time and money went into, have so little to back it up?
But hey, let's get stop talking about recaps, and get back to the recap. Sheamus and the Usos versus Cesaro and the Dust Brothers. I have only three things to say about this match... One, we have seen it already a few times. Two, it was a pretty fun match with quality action going on. Three... it was no where near the matches all involved had the previous night. Still worth a watch if you are someone that actually does care about decent in-ring work.
I really dislike talking about two things, completely pointless segments/matches and diva matches (not women matches mind you, just what they do in WWE). And this episode had those... We had the obligatory Total Divas shove down the throats in Summer Ray vs Natalya, we had the unbearable Bella Twins continuation - this time it was about the name Bella. Yay! Let's fight for the rights to the name that isn't even real - and of course the Divas Championship portion of the show I like to call "we might know a thing or two about wrestling, but for some reason we just can't manage to show it... Umm... Look how we bend to show our non-existent asses!" in Aj Lee and Paige. Just glorious... Of course that was not everything. There was another match, this one was between Heath Slater and Titus O'Neil against Adam Rose and... The Bunny. Yes, it is as stupid as it sounds like and yes, Rose and the Bunny win...
Overall this was what was expected. A post pay per view RAW with mostly rematches from the previous night. WWE tried and failed to hide the fact Lesnar didn't show and as a fan, I see it as a slap to the face. But it's their circus and their monkeys.
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