Despite Brock Lesnar wrecking a car (along with Jamie Noble and Jamie Mercury), witnessing another incredible U.S. Open Challenge match with Cena vs Cesaro, and all of this taking place in Chicago, IL, the smarkiest city in the world, this was another very disappointing episode of Raw. Vince and I were playing Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate on our 3DS while we had Raw on in the background. We glanced up once in a while to see what was going on and we grew largely uninterested and frustrated each time.
- Big Show vs Ryback with interference from Miz? Great. I still don't understand why Miz is involved.
- Rusev, who looks like he's recovered from his broken ankle, severely injures Dolph Ziggler, and he had to be taken out on a stretcher as a worried Lana accompanies him.
- Seth Rollins being a chicken-shit heel and abandoning J&J Security again? Yawn. When is Kane coming back from vacation?
- Sheamus vs Roman Reigns with interference from a fake Bray Wyatt, plus a returning Randy Orton to feud with Sheamus afterwards? Woo.
- Paige vs Brie with Nikki and Alicia Fox on ringside? That's new.
- And Dean "OMG He got a haircut" Ambrose vs Bo Dallas? That was a random squash match and it did nothing for both of them. I still BO-LIEVE!
The best part of Raw was the last hour, where John Cena's U.S. Open Challenge was thankfully saved for last. A bitter Kevin Owens (who lost his NXT title to Finn Balor at the Tokyo, JP house show) is now determined to take the title from Cena. That is, until Cesaro showed up. This was probably the best story line that was developing last night because Cesaro has a grudge with Owens for interrupting their match last week. He kicked Owens out of the ring to take another shot at the title. This was such an incredible match that showcased each other's display of strength and varying move sets. We all know Cena won't lose the title on TV but this match convinced everyone that Cesaro was THE GUY to beat him. Cesaro lost clean to Cena but he won the Chicago crowd over.
I thought that Creative would have more time to build good stories that would to lead to an exciting Battleground PPV or post-PPV Raw. Sadly, we're not getting that. This is one of the lows that Vince and I would go through with WWE; where you get frustrated with the booking or writing and decide to take a break from it or not watch it, though I still go out of my way to watch Raw and Smack Down! myself.
Big Show said on a recent podcast with Chris Jericho that he felt sad on how much the industry has changed. The stories they were trying to tell all have to happen on a weekly basis on TV. It's not something that can be written and building up for months anymore. Battleground is now a week away, so I hope they pull some damn surprises in the go home shows.
Oh, and also...
PUSH CESARO
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