WWE RAW Reaction 11-16-15
Last night's episode of Monday night RAW was the best I had seen a quite some time as far as in ring action for the most part, but it all went to shit with the most disgusting angle I have seen in years which ended the show on a bad note.
Check out my great, good, bad, and really really pathetic from last night's RAW.
Check out my great, good, bad, and really really pathetic from last night's RAW.
Great
- Roman Reigns defeated Cesaro in the quarterfinals of the WWE World Heavyweight Title Tournament. They went 20 minutes and it was great. This is how you book Roman Reigns, put him in a feud with a guy like Cesaro who will make both guys look great and put on excellent matches. Not with the Big Show!!!! I loved this match. I didn't mind Reigns winning, but I hope they wake up and start giving Cesaro a better push. Guy is too great to be a jobber.
- Kevin Owens defeated Neville in the quarterfinals of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament. hey gave them 11 minutes and it was still great. Would have been even better with 5 more. That reverse frankensteiner was ridiculously good by Neville. Damn. I love these two working together and they always had great matches in NXT as well. Good stuff and the right guy won.
Good
- Dean Ambrose defeated Dolph Ziggler in the quarterfinals of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament. They gave them 17 minutes and it was good. Nothing great, but good. I like both guys, but they lack the move-set that really captivates me and make me think they need 17 minutes. I would have much rather they gotten 11 and Owens and Neville gone 17. But Good stuff though.
- The New Day are such idiots and so over the top, I can't help but laugh at them, even when the material is stupid. Lol.
- HHH talked with Cesaro before his match with Roman Reigns. HHH told Cesaro he had everything it took to make it to the top, but he was lacking that extra something. He had the ability. HHH, using dialogue that sounds like it came straight from Vince McMahon's mouth, told him to reach for the brass ring tonight, basically implying he could join the Authority if he beat Reigns. I liked it because it was alot of truth to it and i would love for it to play into the bigger story later.
- They did a tribute to Nick Bockwinkel, posting a graphic with JBL and Michael Cole putting him over as the greatest technical wrestler of all time. It was very nice and they invited viewers to go to WWE.com for more interviews regarding Bockwinkel.
- They opened the show with a moment of silence to honor the victims in the terrorist attacks in France.
Bad
- A group of faceless druids in dark robes came out in advance of the Undertaker and Kane's entrance. The preceding three sentences took ten minutes of air time. Taker/ Kane and the Wyatts had a debate. The Wyatt flash went off, the lights went on, and the druids all emerged wearing goat face masks. Around 8 of them charged the ring, but Undertaker and Kane quickly disposed of them, choke slamming two of them. What was the point of this. Two weeks in a row, completely out-manned, the baby-faces destroy all the heels and just stand tall. So why do the match? So stupid.
- Alberto Del Rio defeated Kalisto in the quarterfinals of the WWE World Heavyweight Tournament. This was Del Rio's 4th Raw since his return, and this was the third crowd totally silent for him. No heat at all. And that stupid tree of woe foot stomp finisher is soooo stupid. Bring back the arm bar dummy.
Pathetic
Words can't really express how disgusted I was by the what happened in the"Main Event". First dumb move, they put Paige's contract signing with Charlotte in the main event segment. Smh. Charlotte brought up her late brother Reid, then started to cry, and it felt so forced. Charlotte said Paige was there for her when Reid died, and she thought they were family. Charlotte said it wasn't about a championship, it was about who has your back at the end of the day.
Paige said no one will have Charlotte's back on Sunday, not even Ric Flair. Charlotte shouted her down and she just. kept. talking. Then Paige said something about Reid not have much fight in him. God this was awful. They started brawling, but the fans weren't that hot for it. Charlotte kept escaping from the refs in a pull-apart while the fans just watched without reacting. A disgusting segment bringing in Flairs dead son for cheap heat.
Paige said no one will have Charlotte's back on Sunday, not even Ric Flair. Charlotte shouted her down and she just. kept. talking. Then Paige said something about Reid not have much fight in him. God this was awful. They started brawling, but the fans weren't that hot for it. Charlotte kept escaping from the refs in a pull-apart while the fans just watched without reacting. A disgusting segment bringing in Flairs dead son for cheap heat.
The meat of the show was a good, wrestling-oriented program with Roman Reigns, Alberto Del Rio, Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens advancing to the semifinals of the WWE World Heavyweight Tournament. This Sunday at Survivor Series, will be the crowning of Roman Reigns as new champion..... well maybe. Lol.