Welcome to Dagger's Approval Rating. I will write these as I watch Raw, Smackdown, Impact, etc and start with a neutral rating. Any segment or match gets a LIKE or a DISLIKE. Then in the end I score the show in either a positive or negative number depending on how much I liked about it. Full of random thoughts by yours truly along the way.
So this is my first Raw review in my new approval rating format. Can't wait to see the Punk/Ziggler match and who was behind the cryptic videos.
So we start off with a video package instead of a promo or a match? Different. Cena's out after the video highlights of Kane's promo with Cena last week. That Twitter graphic in the botton left corner is annoying. I will never EVER use Twitter. Cena talks about changes coming for him this year. Cue more heel turn threads.... He does a good promo about how he loves the fans. Here comes Kane with his awesome oldschool music and new mask. Great start for the show.
LIKE.
Bryan is out now. I like that he is our World Heavyweight Champion. He wil have a match against Big Show on Smackdown, but now he's facing.... Cody Rhodes! This should be good. Cody is apparently facing Booker again on Smackdown. Cody and Bryan is a feud I would not mind seeing in the future. What? A dog named Asparagus? Bryan wins and Cole mocks him again....
LIKE.
A recap of Truth attacking Miz. I do not think Truth will be winning this feud or too many others. Laurinaitis texts as Miz walks in. I bet Laurinaitis was texting Brodus telling him sorry maybe next week. Miz's Awesome shirt is pretty cool even though I dislike the guy. Miz storms out and Truth.... quacks....? This segment was kind of dumb.
DISLIKE.
A Royal Rumble commercial. I like when they highlight old footage. Brings back memories. They mention the Punk/Ziggler match. Why wasn't that first? Oh well. Hey look here comes Barrett. Recap of the confrontation with Orton from friday. Barrett brags about what he did to Orton in his promo. He claims we will win the Rumble but gets interrupted by Santino!? What does he want? Good Grief. Why do they bring up how he was second place in the Rumble last year, that was such a joke. A match starts. I don't CARE what's trending on Twitter!!!! Barrett wins. Not much of a match and Santino ruined the segment.
DISLIKE.
Miz with the Bella Twins.... Automatic dislike unless someone else shows up. Truth does a cartoon style SHHHH at the camera. Nope that wasn't enough to save that stupid segment.
DISLIKE.
They plug a 2011 PPV collection DVD that I won't be buying. Here comes my puppy's namesake, Sheamus! He will be facing The Miz. Wow, Cole is surprisingly not going into full Miz fanboy mode for once. That's a miracle. Truth interrupts the match with a promo from within the crowd. Little Jimmy is invisible? Truth sure is weird. At least he is not rapping WHAT'S UP anymore. The water bottle of doom to Miz! Nearly a dislike for involving that kid so randomly like that but Miz getting attaked is usually an automatic like for me.
LIKE.
Another recap of last week to show how Ziggler earned his title shot this week. Matthews has an interview with Ziggler who was standing on his head. He brags about his skills. Decent interview.
LIKE.
Ryder backstage with Eve. Awful joke by Ryder about sending Swagger to the ER.... They get put into a tag team match by Laurinaitis... Might be fast forwarding that one. It doesm't sound like anything more than filler.
DISLIKE.
WWE Championship match time! Punk is out first. There comes Ziggler. He really needs to ditch Vickie. Dolph's skills can speak for themselves at this point. Ugh they brought back that annoying Twitter graphic again. This match should have been the opening of the show. It would have been a great way to set the pace for the rest of the year. So far so good. These guys should do a lengthy feud together. LOTS of two counts. Laurinaitis is out to ruin things. I miss having Trips in the authority role. Ziggler won by countout. Zigger's in the crowd with the WWE Championship! Wait a minute. Something doesn't feel right. What a match though.
LIKE.
Bella Twins come out to face Kelly and Eve while I go to the kitchen to grab some chocolate to snack on and a bottle of water. The match gets fast forwarded and was an automatic dislike.
DISLIKE.
Punk runs in on Laurinaitis and Otunga. Punk VS Ziggler at the Rumble? I'll take it! Punk is MAD. Otunga could have said more but I liked this segment. Honestly it was probably because it followed a pointless divas match. It's hard to not like the next segment after one of those. I wonder who the cryptic videos will be for.
LIKE.
Cryptic video time! WHO IS IT!?!? Lights are off. Jericho!!!! Cool jacket. So do we get a promo or what? He's just walking around in the ring. Oh come on! Jericho is awesome and all but this is a waste of time. I DON'T CARE WHAT'S TRENDING!!!! Seriously, they could have done two matches by now. No promo at all? No return match? Wow. Way to mess with the fans. Is he back for good? Hope so. This could have been done far better because it completely wasted several minutes.
DISLIKE.
Back to Raw and Big Show is out first. Oh this is for that big tag team match I wasn't that interested in. Ryder is out next. I'd rather see him in a singles match than something like this. Cena is out after that. Now we have their opponents. Mark Henry comes out and I fight the urge to hit fast forward. Swagger follows. Better than Henry but not enough to make me interested in this match. It just seems put together at the last moment. Had Jericho not wasted so much time these could have been three singles matches. Kane's turn.... He didn't come out? Otunga comes instead with a memo. No Kane? Ok I am even less interested. Fast forward. Big Show hit Henry with a chair! That's more like it. Not fast forwarding anymore. Cena and Ryder win the match. Kane's in the ring! He attacks Cena and Ryder. Kane tried to drag Ryder under the ring. Wait, isn't the area under the ring Hornswoggle's house? Cena saves Ryder before pyro goes off from the hole. Kane set fire to Hornswoggle's house! This started off boring but got really good.
LIKE.
So for the overall rating....We started with a neutral rating. Each match and segment are worth one point. Likes are positive and dislikes are negative.
This edition of Raw gets a +3. Dagger Approves!
Another of these will be coming again next week, I will try to do Smackdown and Impact too.
So this is my first Raw review in my new approval rating format. Can't wait to see the Punk/Ziggler match and who was behind the cryptic videos.
So we start off with a video package instead of a promo or a match? Different. Cena's out after the video highlights of Kane's promo with Cena last week. That Twitter graphic in the botton left corner is annoying. I will never EVER use Twitter. Cena talks about changes coming for him this year. Cue more heel turn threads.... He does a good promo about how he loves the fans. Here comes Kane with his awesome oldschool music and new mask. Great start for the show.
LIKE.
Bryan is out now. I like that he is our World Heavyweight Champion. He wil have a match against Big Show on Smackdown, but now he's facing.... Cody Rhodes! This should be good. Cody is apparently facing Booker again on Smackdown. Cody and Bryan is a feud I would not mind seeing in the future. What? A dog named Asparagus? Bryan wins and Cole mocks him again....
LIKE.
A recap of Truth attacking Miz. I do not think Truth will be winning this feud or too many others. Laurinaitis texts as Miz walks in. I bet Laurinaitis was texting Brodus telling him sorry maybe next week. Miz's Awesome shirt is pretty cool even though I dislike the guy. Miz storms out and Truth.... quacks....? This segment was kind of dumb.
DISLIKE.
A Royal Rumble commercial. I like when they highlight old footage. Brings back memories. They mention the Punk/Ziggler match. Why wasn't that first? Oh well. Hey look here comes Barrett. Recap of the confrontation with Orton from friday. Barrett brags about what he did to Orton in his promo. He claims we will win the Rumble but gets interrupted by Santino!? What does he want? Good Grief. Why do they bring up how he was second place in the Rumble last year, that was such a joke. A match starts. I don't CARE what's trending on Twitter!!!! Barrett wins. Not much of a match and Santino ruined the segment.
DISLIKE.
Miz with the Bella Twins.... Automatic dislike unless someone else shows up. Truth does a cartoon style SHHHH at the camera. Nope that wasn't enough to save that stupid segment.
DISLIKE.
They plug a 2011 PPV collection DVD that I won't be buying. Here comes my puppy's namesake, Sheamus! He will be facing The Miz. Wow, Cole is surprisingly not going into full Miz fanboy mode for once. That's a miracle. Truth interrupts the match with a promo from within the crowd. Little Jimmy is invisible? Truth sure is weird. At least he is not rapping WHAT'S UP anymore. The water bottle of doom to Miz! Nearly a dislike for involving that kid so randomly like that but Miz getting attaked is usually an automatic like for me.
LIKE.
Another recap of last week to show how Ziggler earned his title shot this week. Matthews has an interview with Ziggler who was standing on his head. He brags about his skills. Decent interview.
LIKE.
Ryder backstage with Eve. Awful joke by Ryder about sending Swagger to the ER.... They get put into a tag team match by Laurinaitis... Might be fast forwarding that one. It doesm't sound like anything more than filler.
DISLIKE.
WWE Championship match time! Punk is out first. There comes Ziggler. He really needs to ditch Vickie. Dolph's skills can speak for themselves at this point. Ugh they brought back that annoying Twitter graphic again. This match should have been the opening of the show. It would have been a great way to set the pace for the rest of the year. So far so good. These guys should do a lengthy feud together. LOTS of two counts. Laurinaitis is out to ruin things. I miss having Trips in the authority role. Ziggler won by countout. Zigger's in the crowd with the WWE Championship! Wait a minute. Something doesn't feel right. What a match though.
LIKE.
Bella Twins come out to face Kelly and Eve while I go to the kitchen to grab some chocolate to snack on and a bottle of water. The match gets fast forwarded and was an automatic dislike.
DISLIKE.
Punk runs in on Laurinaitis and Otunga. Punk VS Ziggler at the Rumble? I'll take it! Punk is MAD. Otunga could have said more but I liked this segment. Honestly it was probably because it followed a pointless divas match. It's hard to not like the next segment after one of those. I wonder who the cryptic videos will be for.
LIKE.
Cryptic video time! WHO IS IT!?!? Lights are off. Jericho!!!! Cool jacket. So do we get a promo or what? He's just walking around in the ring. Oh come on! Jericho is awesome and all but this is a waste of time. I DON'T CARE WHAT'S TRENDING!!!! Seriously, they could have done two matches by now. No promo at all? No return match? Wow. Way to mess with the fans. Is he back for good? Hope so. This could have been done far better because it completely wasted several minutes.
DISLIKE.
Back to Raw and Big Show is out first. Oh this is for that big tag team match I wasn't that interested in. Ryder is out next. I'd rather see him in a singles match than something like this. Cena is out after that. Now we have their opponents. Mark Henry comes out and I fight the urge to hit fast forward. Swagger follows. Better than Henry but not enough to make me interested in this match. It just seems put together at the last moment. Had Jericho not wasted so much time these could have been three singles matches. Kane's turn.... He didn't come out? Otunga comes instead with a memo. No Kane? Ok I am even less interested. Fast forward. Big Show hit Henry with a chair! That's more like it. Not fast forwarding anymore. Cena and Ryder win the match. Kane's in the ring! He attacks Cena and Ryder. Kane tried to drag Ryder under the ring. Wait, isn't the area under the ring Hornswoggle's house? Cena saves Ryder before pyro goes off from the hole. Kane set fire to Hornswoggle's house! This started off boring but got really good.
LIKE.
So for the overall rating....We started with a neutral rating. Each match and segment are worth one point. Likes are positive and dislikes are negative.
This edition of Raw gets a +3. Dagger Approves!
Another of these will be coming again next week, I will try to do Smackdown and Impact too.