By Luke Parks on November 10th, 2009
Welcome to the longest running blog on the WNW Blog Spot…RAW IS BLOGGED!!!
I promise not to Billy Gunn this blog.
Unfortunately, too much crap went on as far as tests are concerned this week. Therefore, Billy Gunn probably got more pre-show notes than I did.
RAW is Blogged:
RAW is semi-LIVE from Sheffield, England with this week’s guest host: Ricky Hatton.
The Skinny:
Ricky Hatton hosted RAW and it’s amazing to see how a top-notch boxer can turn into a beer-belly idiot.
Opening Segment: Ricky Hatton, Jeri-Show
Hatton came out and talked about his memories from Sheffield. They showed one of his previous fights with Lawler going “boom” every time the knockout punch came. I kind of wish they’d let an MMA guy host RAW. That way, they could show all of the knockouts whoever hosts has had. Then again, what MMA guy would be stupid enough to stoop to WWE’s level? Jeri-Show came out and we got the usual tall guy, small guy standover from the Big Show. They continued their crap from previous weeks so Hatton made Jeri-Show against DX.
Match #1 – Alicia Fox vs. Kelly Kelly
One word to sum this match up: sloppy. They attempted moves that are out of their skill set and looked horrible. Alicia won with an axe kick.
Winner: Alicia Fox
Match #2 – Sheamus vs. Local Jobber
Seriously, we got no name for the local guy. They couldn’t playoff William Regal and call him Bobby Regal or something? If you’ve seen a Sheamus squash match, you didn’t miss anything here.
Winner: Sheamus
Meanwhile backstage, we had some horrid comedy featuring Hatton with the Bellas, Santino, & Chavo. Chavo challenged Santino to a match but Hatton instead accepted. YAHOO!
Match #3 – Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne
During the match featuring promising stars, The Miz came out to distract Swagger. After the distraction, Bourne hit a spinning kick, then the Shooting Star Press for the victory.
Winner: Evan Bourne
People wonder why I don’t recap stuff like the previous match. Well, just look at it. They’ve got their future stars in the ring and could certainly showcase them in a legitimate way. However, Bourne needs outside interference to even get a win. And when he gets the win, they put Swagger over as being a clutz, further devaluing him. It would be like this past weekend, when the Falcons beat the Redskins, yet the announcers jump on the Redskins bandwagon, putting them over as the team that should have won but are too much of a bunch of idiots to win. PATHETIC!
In-Ring Segment: The VIP Lounge with Kofi Kingston, Legacy
MVP & Mark Henry were down for the VIP Lounge with special guest, Kofi Kingston. They weren’t talking for long before Legacy came out. Orton said they should go back to the hood where they came from. Apparently, if you’re black and you work in WWE, you’re subject to racial angles regardless of where you came from or what you actually did. Moving on, there was actually a match between Orton & Henry.
Match #4 – Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry
Orton was in control for the early part of the match. As Henry started a comeback, Orton reversed a choke slam into an RKO for the victory.
Winner: Randy Orton
Match #5 – Ricky Hatton vs. Chavo Guerrero
Why me? What did I do to deserve a product that was good when I first started to a weekly dose of Chavo Guerrero comedy when I’m about to leave? This was awful.
Winner: Ricky Hatton
Continuing on the Farewell Tour from Hell, DX and John Cena were backstage with Hornswoggle doing comedy for the Survivor Series match. Horny was dressed as Cena. When DX left, he changed back into their gear.
You know, shit like this won’t sell a match. It’s almost as if the match itself is a joke and just a filler. I’ll never get the WWE.
Main Event: DX vs. Jeri-Show
Super Cena was on commentary for this match. He tried extra hard to sell the match for Survivor Series. I wasn’t buying what he was selling though. Jericho & Big Show worked over HBK for most of the match. Triple H then got the hot tag, tried a Pedigree on Show but he reversed it into a spear. The finish saw Show hit Jericho with the KO punch, Trips & Show end up on the outside, and HBK get the pin on Jericho for the win.
Winners: DX
I give this RAW:
2 out of 4 ring posts
The Final Word:
This show sucked. Hatton didn’t seem over as one would think or at least he didn’t seem over to me.
The top angle on RAW is based on what a damn midget is doing and who he’s impersonating. It’s one thing to push a match as the greatest of all-time when it’s not but it’s another thing to push a comedy angle for the main title. United States title? Fine. Women’s title? Who cares. But the angle around the WWE Championship should not be a bunch of comedy bullshit.
Survivor Series in essence is a throw-away PPV. I used to be interested when the teams actually meant something. Nowadays, I could care less because it’s a bunch of random superstars paired together. The days of “Smackdown vs. RAW” or the Alliance vs. Team WWF, I cared about those. Now, I don’t care at all.
“RAW is Blogged” Power Rankings
1. The Undertaker
2. Christian
3. Jeri-Show
4. John Cena
5. Randy Orton
6. Kofi Kingston
7. The Miz
8. DX
9. John Morrison
10. Jack Swagger
Honorable Mention:
The Legacy, Mark Henry
“RAW is Blogged” Match of the Week – Top 10 of All-Time – #8
Wrestlemania 21
Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle
“RAW is Blogged” YouTube Clip of the Week – Top 10 of All-Time – #8
DX Mocks The Nation – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD5FrCVfg3s
RAW – Mondays at 9PM on USA Network
Survivor Series – November 22nd – 8PM – Only on PPV!
Tags: Clip of the Week, Match of the Week, Power Rankings, RAW is Blogged Farewell Tour
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November 10th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I haven’t been following what Ricky Hatton’s been up to lately but you pretty much hit the nail on the head by saying he’s become a “beer-belly idiot.” When did he develop that gut? I’m not too sure I’d be promoting the fact I just opened a health club if I were him…
RAW sucked last night!!! I usually like when WWE goes over Europe because the crowds are normally really into it!!! Everything just seemed so stale last night though. As much as I can’t stand Cena he usually cuts good promos, but listening to him on the mic commentating on an entire match gets obnoxious!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
I do hope we see the HBK of Wrestlemania at Survivor Series. If they do the HBK VS HHH feud starting at Surivior Series That is fine so long as it doesn’t end up as “your supposed to be my friend” way of starting it like on SD between Batista and Mysterio.
The Cena/DX match it’s self should be good. I don’t worry about the build up leading to it with all the comedy (which was funny) between them and hornswoggle.
I’m still looking forward to the match because when the time comes all 3 of them will be serious and have a good match.
I’m suprised WWE is giving Alica Fox another chance since they didn’t seem to happy with her work the last time she had a title shot.
Sheamus is doing well, him squashing jobbers is good to get him noticed more but at the same time they should have him feud with someone maybe Evan Bourne since he isn’t doing much aside from loseing to Swagger or Miz.
I’d really like to see Swagger and Miz have a match.
DX/Jerishow was all right but I’m looking forward to the main event next week.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Hatton hasn’t fought since he was KO’s by Pacaquio, he usally does this every time in between fights, he puts on 30-50 lbs then gets into shape for fights, doesn’t sound like a healthy way to live.
The King’s line was perfect when he said a tad over 140 lbs? more like 50 lbs over
November 10th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I have to agree with you Luke , this show stunk . I had it DVR’d and left the Monday Night game to watch this crap , big mistake . Each open is the same , face host comes out , gets cheap pop from crowd , bad guys come out talk smack , DX music , DX runs down everyone not DX , two words for ya , then rest of the show down hill .
This show can only get worst and thats the bad part , especially if Vince does leave and Steph and HHH take over , yikes .
Sheamus
If this guy is such a big deal , have him destroy Cena like Brock did or does HHH not have that much stroke backstage ? Beating Jamie Noble and some random guy and Cole and King acting like he just killed someone each week , ain’t going to get this guy over . Think Mike Knox and that guy with bad teeth , can’t think of his name off hand , but they build them up as something only they never get over . I mean in 5 years is this guy going to be even an upper mid carder ?
Comedy Skits and Horny
Like the last few openings , this is no longer funny and shows they have run out of ideas of what to do with the talent they have when they are not feeding them to HHH , HBK , Cena and Baroidsta .
Diva’s
Waste of time . Poor Gail Kim , guess she’s not sleeping with the right wrestler cause she’s is just collecting a pay check at this point instead of being allowed to earn it . And when did Melina turn into a man ? Her side profile is just weird looking …
Cena
Nice segment I suppose . Hits key demo cougars and kids .
PPV
They mention it , but is there ANY real build for it ?
DX
I can’t stand these two anymore , and even turning HHH bad won’t help since people are sick of him anyways . For a guy who claims to put others in front of him and has no insecurities , he has his friend play punch drunk , and is CONSTANTLY is front of the camera . Take a step back please , this guy is almost as hammy as Cena .
Question is the Kofi push the one they were going to give to MVP ? And enough with the racial angle , that’s so 90’s . There has to be a better way to handle this angle , what do you guys think ?
Raw this week 1.5 out of 4 , I couldn’t even watch after the Santino / Chavo skit . Maybe next week will be better , doubt it though …..
November 10th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Wasn’t too thrilled with the host this week… I follow 0% of boxing so that is probably why lol
Luke you totally phoned it in for this blog today. U are finishing up in the next few months, finish off strong.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
ive got 2 word for ya – raw sucked!
I could barely understand ricky hatton and there were random matches . Next week should have a good main event.
Luke, what are youre thoughts on MVP and mark henry? In my opinion, they are getting really stale. I was excited for them when they got the tag title match but now , it seems like they have fallen off the earth.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
“RAW is Blogged” Match of the Week – Top 10 of All-Time – #8
Wrestlemania 21
Shawn Michaels vs. Shawn Michaels
That was a great match :p
Raw wasn’t too painful. I like overseas Raw/SD tapings cause that’s the only time everyone gets any kind of reaction. Kelly Kelly got a mid card male wrestler pop.
Hornswoggle thing, and Hornswoggle himself, really need to just disappear. He was great during the JBL/Finlay feud, but now he’s just terrible. The whole bit where Chavo felt bad for him and saved him from Masters, only to go back to the same things weeks later made no sense.
The Miz is 90% back to being awesome. Kofi is a believable character and finally a face hitting/at main event level I can cheer for and not wish they were not so tacky. Change his theme perhaps, and get him off the bright colors.
So upset I’m going to miss seeing the Undertanker in MSG Monday. May be his last ever appearance there ever. Well at least my dad will see him. Kinda glad I am not going though. Raw has just nose dived from what it was this time last year, although it wasn’t much much better, just not as much satire and stupidity. Damn I also miss Piper
though good to see him hosting. Kinda dispells stories about his health recently, perhaps?
November 10th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Ok guys. Was it me, or did RAW seem to drag on forever? The host really sucked. In my opinion, they could of used Ozzy for the UK tour…it would of been 10 times better.
DX
Ok, I gotta agree with someone on here, the DX gimmick is getting really stale now. They are getting cheap pops and this is not a once in a while thing, this is EVERY week. I would expect it from Cena, but DX? Come on guys, you should be embarrassing people, not trying to sell stuff.
Sheamus
This guy is good, but who has he wrestled? Noble and a loser who no one has heard of. I wanna see what this guy can do. Let him go through Cena, Show, Henry, Triple H. I wanna see if this guy can take on a top wrestler on RAW and not just jobbers.
RAW this week: 1 1/2
November 10th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I’ve said it bfore, and I’ll say it again. The way The E is going, it’s not gonna take much for TNA to catch up with them. They clearly have the better show right now. (Last week’s not withstanding. I’ll chalk that up to a fluke, right now.)
I think Hatton’s been bashed in the head to many times to put forth a decent on-screen persona.
I didn’t want to laugh at the Cena/DX promo. GOD KNOWS I DIDN’T, but I couldn’t help it in some parts. Hopefully, If Hunter turns heel, he’ll file some kind of infringement lawsuit and the troll gets fired.
The only thing that I’m looking forward to is Piper and the new intro. I’m still wondering why we haven’t heard more from this Nickelback instead of the Photograph-singing-douchebags you usually hear on the radio.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Agree with all that has been said about how raw sucked…
Only thing i have to add is that i can´t believe your #8 match of all time is the HBK vs Angle WM 21 match… would´ve ranked it higher… so now I´m waiting to see which are your top 5. And yeah, it sucks you have to live up to this crap when you’re about to leave…
November 10th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I was there live at the taping and it was a pretty poor show to say they only come over here twice a year. There was hardly any atmosphere and the crowd was pretty much dead. I can assure you that the pops you were hearing on TV weren’t what we heard in the arena! Raw at the minute is lacklustre, at best.
Please please please somebody get rid of Hornswoggle! I mean, who the hell finds it funny, aside from kids under 10?
November 10th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Raw Sucked
I don’t follow boxing at all and I didn’t know who the dude was.
I agree with AT3374. Raw has basically been that exact formula and it sucks that it is really that predictable.
I can’t wait for the draft. Evan Bourne NEEDS to be on ECW or Smackdown. It is sickening how he is resorted to jobbing with an occasional cheap win.
It sucked how Swagger lost but the undefeated streak was absolutely stupid. The only possible good that will come out this is if they continue the Swagger/Miz feud for the US title.
Kofi and Orton is probably the only thing I like to watch on Raw nowadays. The feud is coming nicely and Kofi’s push is coming nicely.
Kelly Kelly is horrible. She should just be eye-candy like the Bellas. I agree with Patrick. The last I heard the officials weren’t high up on Fox and I heard she wasn’t getting a push. One thing I don’t understand is why Alicia has the sissors kick as a finisher. It’s different but she cannot do it at all.
Why is Gail Kim not getting pushed? Is Vince’s ego that big? Big deal she went to TNA. It’s horrible how she goes from being the BEST in TNA to being eliminated by Kelly Kelly and not getting any kind of shot.
I didn’t really watch the main event. I’m guessing it was the best match of the night though since everything else really sucked.
Survivor Series is going to suck. It’s stupid to have the same kind of matches at two PPV’s.
I hope to God that Roddy Piper will be a good host and next week will not be this bad.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Raw pissed me off, especially burying Swagger after his undefeated streak lasted about a month.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
WWE is the best in sports entertainment!
Yay! I watched MNF instead of this as usual. This is why nobody should watch the ” E “. It is tanking and Vince blames everyone but himself. Change this crap we watch to something worthwhile.
I read the re-cap and honestly I am pissed I missed Bourne going over WWE’s Tebow, Jack Swagger!
As far as the rest of the crap that was wrestling in the eyes of the ” E “, well I am happy I watched MNF!
November 10th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I was going to comment but everyone said everthing i was going to say. So I’m going to say it one more time for everyone: RAW SUCKED BIG TIME THIS WEEK.
November 10th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Even with all the mis-placed anger, I do agree with the way Swagger-Bourne was done. It was lazy, poorly booked, and it just goes to show you how little effort the creative team is putting on anything other than the segments they plan out for the guest host. None of them ended up looking strong, not even The Miz, and specially not Bourne.
Also, when I read on the spoilers that there would be a Team Kingston-Team Orton Match at Survivor Series I thought it would be really cool to see. Turns out it just kinda happened, there was no solid or convincing build up behind it. Survivor Series had to have those traditional tag team matches, so creative just put togheter a random team of faces and a random team of heels. It does however do wonders for Kingston.
A terrible show, I must agree
November 11th, 2009 at 3:07 am
Instead of whinging about how careless and effortless this blog was..
I will not read it anymore
Looking forward to who ever takes over..
November 11th, 2009 at 8:33 am
please stop posting valerie i cant take much more of you,, for the love of god stop now woman
November 11th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Raw was pretty good actually
The thing that bothers me is the joke angle they are making out of the WWE title match between DX and John Cena but then again they made a joke out of the TNA title by putting it on fat ass foley so i guess it’s not as bad as i thought.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
I thought Survivor Series was supposed to be one of the Big 4 PPVs. Ok they got the three biggest stars involved in the main event but the setup for the match involves freakin’ Hornswoggle!
Everything else going on is just as bad. The Miz/Swaggar feud is about who can beat Evan Bourne this week and who could srew who out of a victory.
The women’s division is about bad wrestling and not much else. BORING!
If I have to keep seeing idiots like Hornswoggle and Marella on my tv I’ll stop watching Raw for good.
The only good thing going on on this bland, horrible show caled Raw is the Orton/Kingston feud.
RAW SUCKS!