Okay, I actually watched all of RAW this week!
RAW has been a major chore to watch over the last two months. The last couple of weeks have been improvements. Not great, but better.
At least this week we had a reason for everything that happened and they actually built toward something. This broadcast was better than both recent go home editions of RAW for Night of Champions and Hell in a Cell.
Survivor Series is already looking to be better than both those shows. As the Thanksgiving show, and the second longest running PPV, it had better be.
The show started slow with another overlong promo segment to set up Cena versus Ryback and which team Ryback would be on. Ryback gave Cena a spine buster and appeared to make his choice.
THE HIGH POINTS
The best parts of RAW had to do with setting up Team Cena versus Team Authority.
Look at the matches we got from that, and they meant something and had an effect on both teams.
Jack Swagger’s match with Seth Rollins, which lead to Swagger being taken out.
Dolph Ziggler versus the new member of Team Authority Mark Henry. Henry was set to put Ziggler out when Big Show came down to make the save. He subsequently joined Team Cena.
The Authority caused Sheamus to be counted out and lose his rematch against Rusev. This lead to Rusev officially joining Team Authority and Sheamus joining Team Cena.
During the night, Kane, Rollins and Mark Henry all talked to Ryback. Kane and Rollins both told him to listen to them. Mark ‘jokingly’ reminded him how he crushed Ryback at WrestleMania. This didn’t bold well for later in the night.
During the main event, Kane became so enraged at Ryback for not being aggressive enough on Cena that he attacked Cena, leading to Ryback attacking Kane. This lead to a free-for-all that saw everybody left lying and Ryback walking off, no longer on Team Authority. Is he on Team Cena?
The only person that didn’t get involved in the main event was Dolph Ziggler. We found out why when Luke Harper dumped a beaten Ziggler at the feet of Stephanie and HHH, telling them he is a ‘Team Player.”
THE LOW POINTS
The Divas, as usual. The Brie/AJ match was bad, but this whole angle is.
The floating eyes promo that is plaguing Ziggler. I don’t care who it is, this is dumb.
The overboard shoving of the Network down our throats. I have the Network. I love the Network. But promote it better. Stop with this $9.99 crap and give people a real reason to buy in.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Above average edition of RAW. The build up to Survivor Series is going well, I think.
RATING: 6
MATCH OF THE NIGHT: SHEAMUS VERSUS RUSEV
WRESTLER OF THE NIGHT: RUSEV
IMPACT OF THE NIGHT: LUKE HARPER AS A ‘TEAM PLAYER.’
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