Monday, April 30, 2012

Tuesday Morning Wrestling Hangover 5-1-2012


Monday Night Raw continues to just be great. Last night was filled with a bunch of shocking moments throughout the program. Brock Lesnar and John Laurinaitis have in one night made themselves the top heels in the business. They have helped make Raw and WWE unpredictable TV. I loved it.



Thoughts On Raw

Opening Segment
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The opening segment on Raw was absolutely brilliant. Triple H coming down to rain on the parade of Lesnar and Laurinaitis by taking away the demands Brock was given last week. It was great in the opening promo before the show when it said Raw starring Brock Lesnar. We all had an idea that tonight would lead to a Triple H/Lesnar feud but I didn’t realize how well it would be done. When Triple H took away the demands Lesnar completely snapped. He beat the hell out of Triple H and broke his arm. (kayfabe) Brock Lesnar seems like a man that is extremely dangerous and can snap at anytime. WWE has complete gold with him. It didn’t even matter that he lost at Extreme Rules. WWE creative you should be applauded.



Kofi Kingston and R-Truth New Tag Team Champions
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Ok Epico and Primo really weren’t going anywhere as the champs. I don’t really think they are over with the fans and frankly they just aren’t that entertaining. My problem here WWE has just replaced Evan Bourne with R-Truth. Kofi Kingston is becoming a career tag team wrestler. I guess he really will never climb out of the mid card and besides the IC and US titles it’s not going to get any better for him. R-Truth however is getting stuck in the mid card because of his change to being a baby face. This guy showed what a great crazy heel he can be. He was even part of the main event at Survivor Series and I will add Awesome Truth was a way better tag team than Kingston and Truth. I just think R-Truth has the talent to be much more. I think if Kofi was better on the mic he would too.



Beat The Clock
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I honestly usually really hate when this is done. But honestly tonight it was done very well. I found myself confused that SmackDown wrestlers were involved in it. But after tonight I guess any wrestler from any brand can wrestle for any championship. With it being Raw Super Show I guess that makes sense. I am grateful Miz was able to avenge his loss to Santino from the Extreme Rules pre show. But what is the deal is he on a losing streak or not? Jericho and Big Show gave an interesting match involving a count out. JeriShow was a great tag team by the way. There were two other matches but they aren’t important enough to talk about here. What is important is Daniel Bryan won and will face CM Punk at Over The Limit and that’s a great thing! But enough with Jerry Lawler getting into the ring, I understand wrestling is pre determined but we are suppose to look at it as real. Why did Daniel Bryan get to wrestle someone in their 60s? How is that fair?



The Bella Twins fired? Ok. I guess they are getting released.
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Ending Of The Show:

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This was truly a great ending to the show. Cena shows up in a sling and has words with General Manager John Laurinaitis. It seems now that at Extreme Rules it was Laurinaitis who wanted him to take six months off. Laurinaitis then had everyone thinking it would be Lord Tensai and Cena at Over The Limit as Tensai was making his way to the ring. Instead Johnny takes a cheap shot and he, Lord Tensai, and Tensai’s manger beat the holy hell out of an injured John Cena. Then it was announced that Cena’s opponent will be John Laurinaitis. I really liked this ending just made for terrific TV. WWE creative has really come around.



Random Thoughts:

·         That crowd was anti-Lesnar.

·         Could they have picked a worse bunch of guys to help Triple H? R-Truth was fired by Triple H. Sheamus put Triple H out of action for almost a year. Do I really have to talk about the years of feuding between Big Show and Triple H? Kofi was the only one that would make any sense.

·         Big Show’s small package on Jericho.

·         Jericho won’t be facing Punk again! Yes they put on great matches but the feud was stale.

·         JTG on Raw. Alright good for him. Somebody should have called his Momma.

·         I thought the Orton Swagger match was pretty good.

·         Kane and Khali was a rematch for WrestleMania 23. Didn’t care to see it then and didn’t care to see it on Raw.

·         Jerry Lawler stay out of the ring!

·         CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan will be a great match on a crappy PPV.

·         John Cena referenced the DVD release of No Holds Barred. This is truly a horrible Hulk Hogan movie but I love it. I can’t wait to purchase it.





Wrestler of The Night: Brock Lesnar. This comeback keeps getting better and better.

 


Wrestler Who Had A Rough Night: Triple H. I realize Lesnar didn’t actually break his arm but DAMN  did that look like it hurt.

 






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 Dan Venus

 


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