Thoughts on Raw is Patriotic
By JustinRuff · · 2 CommentsI did a live Raw blog last night. I’m not sure how it was received or if anybody thought it was nice. Looking over Raw I wanted to point out some things I really liked.
1. John Cena. I liked this John Cena. Let’s be honest. John Cena is not going to be Ric Flair or The Rock or Macho Man. He is a charismatic larger-than-life star, but he’s not on the level of some of those great talkers. I won’t say that he never will be, but right now he’s built like the Pied Piper of Hamlin leading the kids away. He has recently sounded like he was trying to get all the other kids to gang up on Little Jimmy (See what I did there?) in the schoolyard. But last night he was different. He seemed honest, transparent, self-depricating. He championed free speech. He sounded like John the guy you would find in the bar, rather than Captain Kangaroo gathering up the rest of the Children of the Corn.
2. Sgt. Slaughter. I enjoyed seeing Sgt. Slaughter last night. Done that way, it was perfect. We got to see our legend, our villain got to crush our hero and then a new hero came out to save the old one. I was going to rip them a new one, but it was fun and it gave Swagger and Bourne a nice rub.
3. Vicky/Lawler. I preferred Jerry Lawler calling Vicky an “old bag” rather than fat. Vicky has worked really hard to lose a lot of weight. Matter of fact, I think she looks a lot better than Lawler. It’s one thing for the Bellas to bully Kharma. They’re heels. It’s another thing for a babyface commentator to make fun of somebody for being fat, especially when they make David Otunga’s soulmate look like an underachiever (Jennifer Hudson reference).
4. Commentary. The commentary was very good last night. Jerry Lawler told us what “Rey Misterio” means, like he was Jim Ross or WCW Mike Tenay. The commentators were summarizing Miz’ losing streak. Michael Cole was fine in his heel role. Commentators should not be involved in matches because they spend all their time putting over their own storylines other than what is going on in the ring (and outside of it).
5. Questions. Raw answered some questions. But it also left a lot of questions unanswered, but in a good way. What will CM Punk say the next time he gets a mic? Why did Zack Ryder come out at the end of the tag match? Since Alberto del Rio won the triple threat, what does he get? Can Dolph beat Kofi alone? How will Riley react with Miz’ beatdown.
To follow me on Twitter, click here. For Facebook, click here.
For my site, click here.
Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed today and never miss another!
2 Comments
ThinkSoJoE
Another excellent commentary. I'm definitely feeling this John Cena. He's not on my list of top mic work guys, but I loved what he did last night. He's got the potential to be great, so long as we fans allow ourselves to see him as such in the role that he's filling.
I absolutely agree with you on the Vickie Guerrero thing. She's lost a ton of weight over the last few months and there is no need for, as you said, a face commentator mocking her weight. Yeah, sure, she's still a little bigger than most of the Divas, but she's closing in on a few of them.
I did very much enjoy the commentary last night. The two bickered a little bit, as they should, but they were informative and put over the storylines and the wrestlers. I wouldn't put King on the level of JR or The Professor just quite yet though.
_G_
For me the most important part was Cena not cracking poop jokes, but I wish the "Cena is fired if he loses" angle was not involved at all.