I called it.
When the Ricky Steamboat DVD plug segment came on, I called that it would end in a Nexus attack. Not trying to toot my own horn; many other people called it too. It was transparent. Still, a funny thing happened, something that the hacks like Vince Russo and those who subscribe to his way of booking would never want to admit.
It worked.
The segment worked. Although I thought it took too long to develop, once it got to the point where the Nexus was destroying the legends, it was effective television. I don't know what it is about seeing these kids just waylay people week in and week out, but it's really how an invasion angle or an unruly stable angle should work. It's well-booked.
It seemed to be the only really consistently good thing on the show tonight. My hometown got a very uneven episode tonight. Sheamus' promo was off-the-charts awesome, and the main event was pretty good for what it was (although what in the blue hell made it a fucking "mega match"?). Conversely, some of the stuff just didn't work. For one, John Cena's mic spot was off-kilter. I don't know, he just wasn't bringing it tonight. Secondly, what was the point in turning Ranjin Singh heel? Seriously? Also, I think it's time to do what it takes to get The Rock there and then put this guest host concept to bed, seeing that they didn't have one last week and Rob Zombie was only in the ring for one segment this week. Not that I was complaining about his lack of presence. I didn't think he'd be a good host to begin with, but they're running out of ideas, and it wasn't a segment that really needed him to develop.
Average RAW tonight all in all, but it was a RAW that taught an important lesson. Sometimes, transparent doesn't mean bad. You don't need swerve after swerve to keep an angle going strong. They're proving that with this Nexus angle week in and week out (that hiccup with the car crash segment notwithstanding).
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RAW had a few hiccups tonight but what worked, really freakin' worked. Loved the opening Sheamus/Cena promo (i'll admit, I chuckled at Cena's reference to House Party), actually loved the Nexus attack, even if it went a wee bit long (and I love their theme, even if it doesn't fit), and the main event was pretty awesome. I think RAW has themselves a good MitB match if they can book it right and not just have it be about Edge vs. Orton.
ReplyDeleteOverall, a decent show. Then again, that just may be me DVRing it and enjoying it that way. May start doing that from now on.
Eh. I felt the entire opposite about the NXT beatdown. I felt that one of the good guys should have got suspended trying to help, cause what, they're gonna let some money get in the way of helping out a legend like Ricky Steamboat?
ReplyDeleteI saw the opening segment and thought it was a good one. I went away after that, came back at the NXT attack and it was so transparent and I felt boring I switched the channel back and forth to 1 vs. 100. When that 450 dude was stallin' forever to hit his move, I thought he was gonna drop down and say no, sorry, I can't do that to a guy like Ricky. He doesn't deserve it, etc etc. But no, just another beatdown.
I then started flipping between 1 vs 100 and It's always sunny reruns, a show I've seen at least fifty times each episode. Caught Randy Orton climbing the ladder at the end and grabbing the briefcase. I was like... okay. So, besides symbolism, what the fuck's the point exactly?
First raw I tried watching in ages. Smackdown still has the way better show. And I was watching that with spoilers and in German, and still thought it was better.