WWE TV Talk (Raw, Smackdown)

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richardginn

Raw was not that bad this week.

I loved the Jericho promo in the ring. Then the stuff with Steph was good as well

Kane/Kelly stuff was only the crap on the whole show.

Main event was not that bad.

Solid wrestling all night long.

I will give this show a solid B rating.

I would give it a C, only because of the tag match

Frank J. Wilson

They have a lot of young talent waiting in the wings and yet they're going to push Hacksaw Jim Duggan with Cryme Tyme. blink.gif

Well, I guess if they do a vignette from a red light district, Duggan will be all clear to say "Hooooo!"

I actually saw some promise in Nemeth on RAW. He's playing the totally self-absorbed heel and I think it's right for him.

But that name. Please. Change it.

Fast.

How about Sexton Hardcastle

Hey, my first post here...

I was pissed that Punk's match with Regal was kinda short. Both of them can go, so they should have been given more time. Maybe next time.

Good tag match with Morrison/Mizz vs. Rey/Kofi.

They should put the women's belt on Jillian...she's got a big personality and she's funny as hell. Her "banter" in the ring had me laughing.

...but lose the singing bit, it's played out.

Glad to see you here 13th


I thought this weeks Raw was way better than last weeks

I do not like the way the Punk/Regal match ended though. Hopefully no bullshit DQ title change next week. I wouldn't mind seeing Punk lose either via Regal using ropes/tights, to keep the fued going to the Rumble

My biggest problem with Raw was again the stupid JBL/HBK storyline. I hate that storyline possibly more than I've ever hated any storyline in wrestling. The fact that it gets so much focus on the show doesn't help much.

The angle will likely go all the way to WrestleMania. Everything is going to be about Texas...now the HOF, too.

Plus, with Batista out they're going to need to pad the upper card on RAW. They keep trying to bring JBL to the top when in need, and linking him to Shawn is probably the only way left to do it.

But the storyline has come across lame. With his divorce and all, I think Hogan would be more believable as the old, broke wrestler than Michaels.

Maybe give him a sign that reads: "Will Hulk Up For Food"

No, really, in this kind of environment WWE should be the escapist entertainment to take peoples' minds off their troubles.

The main event last night was pretty good for free TV. There's chemistry between Cena and HBK. And Michaels walking off after the win was fitting for the situation (almost like with the Flair defeat last year).

Austin going into the Hall isn't a bad idea, but I think they felt they had to do it. He's still a name that draws interest, if not as effectively as before. However, he's become redundant like Foley...the character runs its course and then keeps running, only less often.

The way they've been handling the CM Punk/Regal feud is really pissing me off. I wish they had given the time that HBK/Cena got to these guys instead.

The main event didn't thrill me. Cena can't sell for shit...and the rest holds looked like, well, rest holds.

So Orton's stable is a "whites only" affair is it?

Jericho fired...until next week...?

I wasn't really paying attention to the rest of the show.

13th wrote:
So Orton's stable is a "whites only" affair is it?

The sad thing is they have set up a potentially huge babyface team in Snuka and Manu now, and you just know, 99.9% know that they are going to blow it with them. If Snuka and Manu come back now and get revenge, get some wins, build into a huge feud with Priceline that ends with a major gimmick match (steel cage?), even if the good guys lose in the end they will have momentum and hopefully fans on their side.

Unfortunately, WWE doesn't build tag teams, even when it means really building two future singles stars in the process. Snuka and Manu will job to Priceline a few times, then job to some other teams, then be shown the door.

Ah, so HHH has found his way into the Orton story line. What a surprise. (sarcasm)

HHH vs. Orton at Wrestlemania?

Orton/HHH at WM bores me


I would rather see someone else be in the main event

mike3775 wrote:Orton/HHH at WM bores me

I would rather see someone else be in the main event

Same here.

RAW was VERRYYYYY good for the WWE this week.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/9403702

They pulled in a 4.1 rating. It has been like 2 years since they pulled in a rating like this....

next week will be the test though

If it drops back to a 3.6, that's not a good thing

Smackdown was not that bad in spots.

The Date segment with the twins was a complete waste of time. No way did that look real.

The main event was solid, but then we had the interference to end the match which was okay.

I do like that Vickie wants to have Kozlov vrs Undertaker. I do not see it going down though.

HHH interview was good.

I give the show a solid B rating.

Smackdown was great this week


I loved the Edge/Hardy match, especially the interference to end it and Edge nailing Hardy again

RAW was only good in spots.

The opening segment was okay.

I liked the opening match.

The end to the JBL match was good.

Another solid Jericho segment. I can see Jericho 20 years down the road going to indy shows for autograph signings though running what he is saying now.

The final segment was fun.

I give this show a solid B- rating.

richardginn wrote: I can see Jericho 20 years down the road going to indy shows for autograph signings though running what he is saying now.

I don't. If he had wanted to do that, when he left WWE the first time, he would have done an occasional indy if he wanted to. Unlike a lot of former wrestlers, he did not blow his load of money he has made over the years.

WWE says that they had 32,000 more viewers than last week...

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/rawratingsfeb09

TWO weeks in a row for a 4.1 rating for them.

Smackdown was a solid show imo.

I enjoyed the opening segment with Cena.

Cena was in a great match with the Big show.

Undertaker had a solid match even though he lost to Kozlov clean....

A real solid Tag match

The Hardy segment was really great. Could this match be moving to WM??

I am going to give this show a solid A rating.

I actually caught a bit of Smackdown this week. Cena...my biggest complaint about him is that he does not sell convincingly. That killed the match with Big Slow for me.

Is SD worth downloading? There was womens high school basketball on last night so SD didn't start until 11pm instead of 10pm like it was supposed to, so I delted it because I would only have the first hour.

The whole show imo is worth downloading.

Lots of high quality wrestling on this show.

Watched the last hour of Raw last night. Quick thoughts:

-I’m looking forward to Orton vs. Triple H, as the two always seem to deliver and had some of my favorite WWE matches of the year last time they feuded (was it last year or 07? My how things blend together), but what is this storyline? Going into the distant past to tap Evolution and not mentioning the more recent feuds, where Orton won the world title by beating Triple H? I don’t get it. I didn’t love the “you beat up my wife, now I kill you” storyline direction per se before, but it was better then this.

-Koslov needs to not exist on my TV. The man is horrible. At one point in that match he was carrying HBK on his shoulders, and I’m sitting there thinking why is he carrying him around? And then the announcers pointed out he had Michaels in a submission hold. What? That’s not how you do a submission hold! I guess that’s the difference between guys who make submissions look painful and tell the story, and guys who make it obvious they’re just using it as a rest hold.

-Really enjoyed the main event. Cena and Edge are fantastic together, and I really was at the edge of my seat hoping Cena wouldn’t win the belt. Not only did he lose, but the announcement of Big Show as Edge’s Mania opponent has me really curious to see what is going to happen. Oh and Edge used the most horrible looking Sharp Shooter ever. Just saying.

Overall thumbs up for that second hour.

RAW was lacking for me.

The Jericho segment was not that great as previous weeks. Then Jericho and Snuka do one of the worst ever knockouts with a stage period.

HHH/Orton promo was not that bad if you forgot your WWE history. Could it be that Orton is still pissed at what happened to him in evolution???

Kozlov vrs Undertaker was much better than HBK vrs Kozlov.

The only good wrestling was in the main event and the Kane match.

I am going to give this show a solid B- rating.

Kozlov sucks...I'm just sayin'

Edge can make Cena look good. Impressive.

The Snuka, Jericho bit was just sad...brother.

The show was "meh".