The Wrestling
Was there any? Why did the Slammy segments fall flat? Why did Dennis Miller fall flat? Because there was NO ACTION to disrupt the stagnation of the talking. Raw is not a talk show, it’s not an award show, it’s not a comedy show. It’s a WRESTLING show, and that is first and foremost what needs to drive the action of an event. Especially one that is 3 hours long.
Kane, The Great Khali, and Christian vs. William Regal, Vladimir Kozlov, and Ezekiel Jacksonn: Why was this on the show if it wasn’t going to be used in any meaningful capacity? Why not have this match be a continuation of the great angle between Christian and Benjamin the night before? This match was a foreshadowing of the meaningless wrestling that was to come for the rest of the night. And I wouldn’t even have minded the meaninglessness if the matches had been any good. But from bell to bell most of them were under 2 minutes long.
Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes, which became Kingston and Evan Bourne vs. Legacy: This could have been an amazing match, and could have been used to catapult Evan Bourne into the mix to prove he is capable of working with guys like Kingston and Legacy, yet in the end it was simply a pile of nothing that used Bourne as the fall guy. WWE cannot make the mistake of demoting Kingston now that his feud with Orton apparently seems to be over at this point, but on the other hand it’s hard to tell considering last night’s Raw did nothing in terms of story line development, and I fear that will be the case with Raw until January 4th.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
