Tuesday, January 12, 2016

"One vs All": Monday Night RAW (1/12/16)



Last night's RAW was odd and rushed. The results can be found here. I'm really not sure what to talk about here. I actually have a lot to complain about.

There are a few highlights here:

  • Notably, the first title change on TV of 2016, as Kalisto defeated Alberto Del Rio for the US Championship title! Sin Cara's injury was the weird blessing in disguise for Kalisto to finally get a push. 
  • Then there's Becky finally snapping and attacking Charlotte, greatly adding more fuel to their feud. This is the first time since the "Divas Revolution" that is focusing on character progression and story building. It's quite sad that this was made possible because Paige and Sasha are currently out due to injuries.
  • And finally, there's the increasingly angry Ambrose, who was more focused on busting open Sheamus' head into a pole to care that the match ended in a double count-out. After getting attacked by Owens, he ignored to be looked at by the medics, and yelled at a flustered Renee Young that he was still alive.

Those few highlights were eclipsed by a lot of weird segments and matches, especially the vague main event match hastily put together by Vince McMahon. The first ever "One vs All" was first built as having a portion of the roster go against Reigns, including his brother Ambrose. Then when the main event came, Vince and Stephanie called down all the heels - Kevin Owens, The Cosmic Wasteland, New Day, The Wyatt Family, half of League of Nations, and Tyler Breeze - to wait at ringside. And yet when the bell rang, it was Owens vs Reigns for the duration of the match. The other heels never tagged in, never interfered, and didn't even act like lumberjacks to keep the action in the ring. They were fodder for Lesnar, who entered towards the end of the match and cleared the ring of all the heels before putting the F5 on Reigns.

This feels like this should've been the go-home show. There is still one week left before the Royal Rumble. And with news still churning on the NJPW 4 possibly making their WWE debut a lot sooner than expected, it seems like WWE is frantically trying to rewrite their stories and set up new angles to Wrestlemania


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