Comments on: RAW Is Blogged – And For Reasons That Are Never Quite Explained, I Have An Unhealthy Obsession With Torturing Pete Rose.

By: MasterMind

MasterMind — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:27:54 +0000

Kendra, I've been a fan of WNW for a long time. Your blogs are very biased. Sometimes i agree with what you're saying. Others…. very disgusting. Here are my thoughts on Raw. CM Punk is better as a heel. Even do he's not the best in the world. John Cena is overrated. Been since 05. Triple H NEEDS to retire. Big nose mf. He takes to much air time I.E. Hulk Hogan at WCW. Daniel Bryan is THE MAN! He should be WWE champion.Kofi sold out. WWE title picture is sad. Let some newbloods get a chance. The Miz is trash. In all, Its hard to watch RAW for 3 hrs. Keep up the good work.

By: H.M.

H.M. — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:06:07 +0000

The anger management sessions as a whole were something new and were THE highlight for me as well as Punk. Punk can be a vicious heel but he just needs to be that edgy face again. We need another anti-hero to root for. Hopefully positive fan reactions might wake the WWE higher ups up.

By: tumadre

tumadre — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:27:13 +0000

Dude for real? U r like a total biased cena fan huh?? Get over it man Cena is boring and plain and old already. I get tired of Rocky coming back and forth but at least his matches are for the most part entertaining. And I have to agree with ThatsWhatSheSaid in that HHH, rocky taker Austin the list goes on and on and on that all these legends/attitude era vets all have something Cena don’t have and that’s the ability to not be boring and keep you entertained and tell stories with their matches. Yeah Rocky’s matches had a little bitty similar traits usually but u never knew if he was gonna win or lose it was always a surprise same thing with trips and the rest but no not supercena…not him. Can he wrestle, yeah, can he engage the crowd, obviously. But can he keep us excited on a roller coaster ride each and every night?? The answer is a big HELL NO!! And just like the other dude just said ppl can’t blame the writers or staff or creative for all the blame that’s a copout and a lame excuse Cena is stale and his 5 MOD and so what it HHH has 4 n supercena has 5 math or no math it doesn’t matter. We as fans r tired of it….

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 03:53:08 +0000

You forgot his neck breaker lol that’s 5 lol

By: adam

adam — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:57:41 +0000

HHH is good Im not denying that nor am i arguing for or against Cena and Im not comparing eras. Im saying that I dont understand is how everyone is soo against what Cena does when I have been arguing the same thing about HHH and the Rock. HHH has his 4 moves of doom. Cena has 5 so math is Cena is one better. Plus a typical Rock match goes. The rock gets the upper hand then gets beat down for 15 mins then does his 3 moves of doom and wins, but for some reason everyone is against Cena. Now Im trying to take credit away or give credit. Im just saying the arguments should be the same across the board.

By: George Waldman

George Waldman — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:20:33 +0000

Kendra, my favorite author is Lee Child. His Jack Reacher novels are all excellent. You can't go wrong with any of them. Read just ONE of his books and you'll realize just how COMPLETELY WRONG Tom Cruise is in the role of Reacher.

As for Raw, the highlight for me was Kane telling his life story in Anger Management Therapy. He encapsulated his whole career so well in that segment. What really made it memorable for me was the fades and transitions which made it seem like he was talking for a much longer period of time than he actually did.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:00:02 +0000

If Quentin Tarentino was exec producer of raw then I think id be finally happy.

By: ThatsWhatSheSaid

ThatsWhatSheSaid — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:16:03 +0000

What are you talking about?? Trips has never done anything on his own?? Umm let’s see, I’ll give you all the stables you mentioned but after evolution he went on his own and has been on his own since and has accomplished many things on his own. Also remember when he came back from his first torn quad on the way 2 WM X8 he was by himself.

And the reason, and I think I speak for the majority of “real” wrestling fans here, that we cannot stand Cena and get bored of him and his 5 MOD is because unlike HHH, Rock and even Austin who yes had multiple big moves, his matches bore us to death along with the the whole idea of this “Super Cena” that always constantly wins after basically getting his butt kicked the whole match. I’m not going to be that guy to complain about the attitude era vs nowadays but at least during that time those guys could put on a match that was entertaining and told a story and you didn’t pretty much already know the outcome every time.

Just saying, and I am not a huge fan of Trips nor do I like how he holds good talent back but give the devil his due. Cena is good, no question, but he is horribly stale and that’s not just all on the writers, as he has a lot of pull within the company.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:26:17 +0000

What do you mean by AJ not redeeming herself? Wasn't there a crowd pop for AJ for her first segment, or is my hearing going bananas? And I think you calling AJ boring during her announcement for NoC is unfeasible. How exciting and provocotive can a person be when announcing a WWE Title match? Idk what is wrong with most fans nowadays. It's like there has to be blood, gore, swearing and everything else for it to be considered "good." I mean, does everything in pro wrestling have to be over-the top and edgy? In my opinion, that would be more unrealistic than the current product.

By: Evon Reese

Evon Reese — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:16:07 +0000

I liked the Cena vs Miz match better than watching Punk beat up an old man even the fans were chanting boring. I'm disappointed that Slater lost. I was hoping he was on a winning streak. I love Kane in any segment that he's in. He was great last night. He told his story like he really lived it. However did anyone else notice Cena was telling Miz his moves? Looked that way to me.

By: Evon Reese

Evon Reese — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:07:10 +0000

You can't blame the crowd. They were there. There actions are produced by what they are watching. If the show is good the audience shows that if it's boring the crowd also shows that. As bad as everyone wants you can't go out before a show and tell people how to react to certain matches. The crowd reactions are the most true and honest part of the show. They paid money to be there and if they are unhappy with what they are watching it shows. To blame an audience is juvenile .

By: _JIM_

_JIM_ — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:01:39 +0000

The Kane segment was great but the high point of the show for me was CM Punk totally channelling Andy Kaufman during the match with King. When he was screaming “I’m the new King of Memphis wrestling” I actually popped, and that doesn’t happen very often anymore. I thought it was pretty funny and definitely was a tribute to Kaufman.
Other than that match and the Miz / Cena match I thought the show was quite lackluster this week. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how good the shows have been since the change to 3-hours, but this week brought back all the concerns I had about the extra hour and how they would fill it. Hopefully next week they get back on track with quality matches because that’s what was lacking this week. Their match selection and how they were handled was horrible except for the two that I noted.
I also enjoyed Hunter’s segment, but it was a bit drawn out. But he’s totally earned the right to take over a show like that. As far as I’m concerned he can still go with the best of them and it would be a shame for him to hang up his boots just to become some suit. There’s plenty of time for him to be the business guy, but not so much for him to still be able to have high quality matches. So as long as he keeps working with quality opponents in interesting segments I hope he sticks around for quite awhile longer. After Rock and Austin left Hunter did a great job of stepping up and being the man. If it wasn’t for him I just might have quit watching. So I hope he stays injury free and keeps on working until he’s really ready to retire.

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:05:45 +0000

Dominic Monaghan was Meriadoc Brandybuck in Lord of the Rings Kendra. That’s the only thing I know him from though.

By: Guzzie1984

Guzzie1984 — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:56:56 +0000

Love reading your results and blog Kendra. As we get Raw in the middle of the night its my first action on a tuesday morning to read your results,

As for books, my personal favourites at the moment are Karin Slaughter’s Atlanta/Grant County series, currently reading Criminal which is the last in series at the moment and over last 6 months have read all tge otgers in the series,

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:59:07 +0000

At the moment mine is the Steven Erikson series callen The Malazan Book Of The Fallen, very complex and complicated epic fantasy. Ian Cameron Esselmont has a few books set in the same universe continuing the mythology as they created the concept together back in the day.
It's not everyone's cup of tea as it can be very hard going at the time, but I love it.

That, or the ones I'm writing myself, but I've only just started contacting publishing agents so it might be a while yet

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:01:37 +0000

Triple h only had 4 moves of doom not 5 high knee,face buster,spine buster then pedigree

By: adam

adam — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:21:27 +0000

I know that i will probably get a lot of "heat" for this.. lol.. but i have never been a huge HHH fan. I think he is the forerunner to Cena. I felt that HHH could never do anything on his own, he always had somebody or group, DX, Corporation, Steph, Flair, Evolution. When everyone started complaining about 5 moves of doom from Cena i also think of HHH (and the rock also has his moves of doom). Anything that HHH has done this year i have not been into especially this whole pointless story line with Brock Lesnar. I fast forward through every video and got bored during his speech.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:15:43 +0000

I was thinking the same thing about bryan and kane. That there anger management will somehow bring them together as a team that doesnt get along but somehow understand each other and become champs. Just thought it would be funny and interesting.

KB. I think that the crowd wasnt into KIng during his acceptance of the match because he was listing all the legends. While most of us on this site know who they are and have major respect, the WWE is pushing a younger audience that have no idea about memphis or any of those names. Just my thought.

By: jdl

jdl — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:32:47 +0000

They can call themselves "We Don't Need Therapy!"

By: Dave Barton

Dave Barton — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:08:25 +0000

Nice write-up as always, KB. Kane was the highlight of the show for me, too…that deadpan recollection of his life was just off-the-charts hilarious. And I saw Punk purposely cut himself before the blood started flowing…I questioned it immediately & sure enough, he was bleeding shortly after.

By: rjc

rjc — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:07:20 +0000

You should try the song of fire and ice series by george martin and even though its more for the pre-teen age group the red pyramid series by rick rordain…the fire and ice series is good for intrigue and drama and great plot twist and red pyramid is good if you like history and mythology

By: scott seefong

scott seefong — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:02:39 +0000

and i buried my brother alive twice..

By: Bobby W.

Bobby W. — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:44:42 +0000

While I agree that this was definitely a boring show. Some of the blame has to be on the crowd, they were obnoxious last night.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:44:15 +0000

I wish Kane and Bryan would pool their anger and become a tag team. That would be amazing!!!!