BRM's thoughts on the 1/31/2011 Raw
Posted: Feb 1st, '11, 23:49
Why the hell are the Smackdown guys here?
Lawler says that the mariachi band “could use more cowbell”- AWESOME!
ALBERTO DEL RIO-MIZ SEGMENT- GREAT SEGMENT. Everyone involved was great!
WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Santio & Kozlov(c)(w/Tamina) vs. Harris & McGillicutty- 3.75/10! ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME? HARRIS & MCGILLICUTTY GET BEATEN BY THE F*CKING COBRA? WWE needs to start using the Cobra the same way that Kenny Omega uses the Haduken. It is something that you do AFTER you hit a finisher to get an extra pop from the crowd. It shouldn’t be putting people down for the count by itself.
ORTON-NEXUS POST-MATCH STUFF… eh.
LAWLER-DIBIASE-COLE SEGMENT- PERFECT!
TYSON KIDD vs. DAINEL BRYAN (w/Gail Kim)- 1/10. MINUTE LONG MATCH? BOO! The Bellas were good on commentary, though.
The post-match stuff wasn’t bad, but we have seen it three times now in the last week. And I know it won’t happen, but I would mark out like hell if Dragon and Gail but the Bellas in stereo Cattle Mutilations.
EDGE vs. THE MIZ (w/Alex Riley)- 6/10.
VICKIE HYPES SMACKDOWN- Good.
NATALYA & EVE TORRES vs. LAY-COOL- 1/10 WAY too short, but Nattie’s deadlift of Layla was cool, and I found Layla’s antics to be funny (although I’m sure I am in the minority on that one).
THE USOS vs. MARK & HENRY & THE GREAT KHALI (one of these teams is likely going to die… and I’d bet it’s going to be the one that weights less than 500 pounds)- Wow. That was an inexcusable waste of time.
Sucks to be Josh Matthews. He did the math to combine Khali and Henry’s weights… but so did the official statistician, who gave his answer to Justin Roberts. Somebody wasted five minutes of their day that could have been spent drinking Dr. Pepper.
RAW RUMBLE- 7/10 Great storytelling!
I bet that is the last time… well… last three times… that R-Truth tries skinning the cat on TV!
Morrison’s spots were freakin’ cool!
I actually like Lawler winning this. A lot. It is very feel-good.
Stupid announcer quotes:
1. Cole- “Randy Orton slithered his way away from the New Nexus”- No he didn’t. He RAN, LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING! You are taking these dumb snake comparisons/metaphors WAY TOO FAR! It is just plain annoying.
2. Cole blaming Edge for interrupting Del Rio’s party but not the Miz goes beyond “ultra-mark” and reaches the point of “delusional.” Lawler didn’t say anything about this, either! WTF?
Lawler says that the mariachi band “could use more cowbell”- AWESOME!
ALBERTO DEL RIO-MIZ SEGMENT- GREAT SEGMENT. Everyone involved was great!
WWE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Santio & Kozlov(c)(w/Tamina) vs. Harris & McGillicutty- 3.75/10! ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME? HARRIS & MCGILLICUTTY GET BEATEN BY THE F*CKING COBRA? WWE needs to start using the Cobra the same way that Kenny Omega uses the Haduken. It is something that you do AFTER you hit a finisher to get an extra pop from the crowd. It shouldn’t be putting people down for the count by itself.
ORTON-NEXUS POST-MATCH STUFF… eh.
LAWLER-DIBIASE-COLE SEGMENT- PERFECT!
TYSON KIDD vs. DAINEL BRYAN (w/Gail Kim)- 1/10. MINUTE LONG MATCH? BOO! The Bellas were good on commentary, though.
The post-match stuff wasn’t bad, but we have seen it three times now in the last week. And I know it won’t happen, but I would mark out like hell if Dragon and Gail but the Bellas in stereo Cattle Mutilations.
EDGE vs. THE MIZ (w/Alex Riley)- 6/10.
VICKIE HYPES SMACKDOWN- Good.
NATALYA & EVE TORRES vs. LAY-COOL- 1/10 WAY too short, but Nattie’s deadlift of Layla was cool, and I found Layla’s antics to be funny (although I’m sure I am in the minority on that one).
THE USOS vs. MARK & HENRY & THE GREAT KHALI (one of these teams is likely going to die… and I’d bet it’s going to be the one that weights less than 500 pounds)- Wow. That was an inexcusable waste of time.
Sucks to be Josh Matthews. He did the math to combine Khali and Henry’s weights… but so did the official statistician, who gave his answer to Justin Roberts. Somebody wasted five minutes of their day that could have been spent drinking Dr. Pepper.
RAW RUMBLE- 7/10 Great storytelling!
I bet that is the last time… well… last three times… that R-Truth tries skinning the cat on TV!
Morrison’s spots were freakin’ cool!
I actually like Lawler winning this. A lot. It is very feel-good.
Stupid announcer quotes:
1. Cole- “Randy Orton slithered his way away from the New Nexus”- No he didn’t. He RAN, LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING! You are taking these dumb snake comparisons/metaphors WAY TOO FAR! It is just plain annoying.
2. Cole blaming Edge for interrupting Del Rio’s party but not the Miz goes beyond “ultra-mark” and reaches the point of “delusional.” Lawler didn’t say anything about this, either! WTF?