WWE RAW Reaction 11-2-15
Last night's edition of Monday night RAW was another good show, filled with good wrestling and good stories. Strong build to Survivor Series.
Check out the Great, Good, Bad, and Pathetic from my perspective.
Check out the Great, Good, Bad, and Pathetic from my perspective.
Great
- Roman Reigns, The Usos, Dean Ambrose and Ryback defeated Seth Rollins, The New Day and Kevin Owens in a Survivor Series match that went 30 minutes. I love elimination tag matches and this brought back that old feeling. Great booking as well. Reigns is really over gain, which is good, and I really like how they have been using him as of late. He has good star qualities.
- Big E. and Kofi Kingston walked up to Rollins and volunteered to be on Team Rollins. Seth wondered who would be the fifth person on the team. Big E. and Kingston threw up their unicorn horns, and Xavier Woods popped up!!!! He's back. They really needed him too. Act was getting a little rough without him.
- Cesaro won after a 25-rep Giant Swing and a Sharpshooter, which forced the Miz to tap out. Fans haven't given up on pushing Cesaro even if creative has him headed straight for an undercard program.
Good
- The Usos made their return to a big pop. Jimmy Uso pinned Woods in :33 with a splash off the top rope to give them momentum right away.
- Paige defeated Becky Lynch to become the number one contender to the Divas Championship in a four-way that also included Sasha Banks and Brie Bella. Good action because all four women were allowed to be wrestling at the same time. Crowd was in to it as well.
- Lucha Dragons defeated King Barrett and Sheamus. Very good match where Kalisto pinned King Barrett with Solina del Sol. I guess they are the transition challengers for the New Day until the run with the Uso's.
- Kevin Owens defeated Dolph Ziggler when Tyler Breeze distracted Ziggler by taking a Selfie at ringside, which led to Owens hitting the Pop-Up Power Bomb. I can't lie, I like the VIP Lounge and selfie stick gimmick for Breeze. Lol.
Bad
- The Wyatt Family did another promo in the ring. Bray Wyatt said his family has harvested the souls of Undertaker and Kane. To prove it, Wyatt said he summons the thunder. Flashing lights and thunder went out. Wyatt summoned the lighting, and Kane's pyro went off along with cheesy looking lightning bolts. I hate this type of stuff. I really do. This just doesn't work for me in 2015. Not when Brock Lesnar is kicking ass like its a shoot. I hate it.
Pathetic
The Del Rio-Coulter pairing has zero chemistry. Jack Swagger met with Zeb Coulter backstage. Swagger wanted to know what was the deal with Coulter joining up with Alberto Del Rio. Coulter said it was time for two great countries to unite. Del Rio walked in and told Swagger to back off. So this is what you pay him all that money for, to feud with Jack Swagger? Then in his match with Truth there was absolutely no heat. No one boo'd, nobody cheered. Just dead silence. Pathetic.
Another step forward in getting Roman Reigns over as the company's next big star. The shows without Cena and Orton have been a positive so far, ratings be damned. The match quality has been good, even with the depths of the roster tested.