Talk about flat.
Firstly, they could have gone in one of three directions with Al Sharpton hosting, the best having him make fun of himself like previous hosts (a la Seth Green) have done. The worst would have been having him come out and cried racism at everything. They went with door number three and just had him be there, which was fine, but not really all that interesting. He had a good agenda to push though, and I truly hope he and Newt Gingrich succeed with their Education Reform Tour.
Secondly, the wrestling really wasn't all that great. The best match by far was Bourne/Swagger, and it didn't get the time it needed to develop into something that would have been noteworthy enough to get a MOTW nomination over at Smark's Choice. The tag match was a disappointment given the caliber of wrestlers in it. All four of them seemed flat. Plus, Chavo getting Stockholm Syndrome (although I admit, Santino was fucking awesome in that match)? Mickie James having to carry Rosa Mendes kicking and screaming and it just not happening? John Cena, "defying the odds" once more, shaking off a brutal beatdown from the Tag Champs just to make Randy Orton look like a punk bitch once again? Yeah, not a huge fan.
That being said, it didn't have the stench of awfulness that RAW has been known to have. Still, I can't help but feel that the only fresh wrinkle they threw on the show was Chavo showing mercy on Hornswoggle after Masters put him in the Masterlock. I mean, we're going on the third PPV in a row with the same three top matches for RAW (and one top match for Smackdown). Shit's getting tired already. RAW needs a shake-up, fresh midcard feuds (not ones lazily thrown together like this "steal this title!" for hte US Championship), fresh main event feuds moreso. I'm not going to say that if they don't, it'll spell doom because there really hasn't been growth or decline over the last year too drastic to call it anything other than seasonal fluctuation. However, it would be nice if they gave the adult fans, the lifelong fans, the fans who aren't impressed that the fucking average visit to WWEUniverse.com is greater than the average visit to Facebook or Twitter a little something week in and week out.
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