Official Raw/Smackdown Aftermath, Ratings and Review Thread

[Sicko]

I liked everything about the Y2J moment the crowd was very into it well when he hit the guy with the torch and came out at first maybe he went on too long with the talking, probably shouldn't have showed him hitting the guy with the torch it kind gave everything away not that everyone did not know he was returning

Y2J always dresses weird, when he first debut he had a shinny weird looking shirt on as well

still awesome on the mic, I miss those shoot style type of interactions with wrestlers which Y2J and The Rock was best at pointing out what others do so bad hahahaha but he was right on about Orton robotic mic skills LOL Orton is actually horrible on the mic well I won't say horrible but he is average, I don't know if it is because he nervous or what, I reminds me of Billy Gunn when he was in the WWE just sounded so nervous or something

but that was probably the only good moment on Raw this week, the entire show just felt like they was killing time for that one big part of the show, would have been more exciting if Y2J interrupted Santino Marrella or someone like that with excellent mic skills

but I thought it was a great debut/return, looking forward to see a Y2J vs Mr Kennedy fued that would be fun, even a Y2J vs Santino Marrella fued especially on the mics would be very entertaining

either way it is great to see him back

and does anybody know if Melina was ok? Jillian Hall almost killed her with that top rope move

 

[Mad Metal]

I see people already bashing Jericho. Honestly, someone with the talent that he has as well as his outstanding performance, why shouldn't he be in the position he currently is in? I don't know any one else that should become the WWE champion right now other than Jericho. I was always impressed with his matches and listening him on the mic. Maybe some may still see him as the "mid carder" that he was for majority of his career but everyone always ends up climbing up the ladder, and now it's Jericho's time. He isn't crippled, he's not old, he still has a number of years left in him.

I, for one, am happy he is back. At least we have someone (other than Edge & Undertaker) that's a main eventer that actually has talent to keep me entertained and wanting to tune in weekly.

 

[Sicko]

^I agree

but Y2J is on the level that he does not need to be champion to be one of the most entertaining guys on the entire WWE roster, if he gets another title run then fine, if not that is fine too he will still be entertaining in everything he does regardless


on another Raw topic, but is it just me or HHH working with and helping Jeff Hardy seems so weird I don't know, but I give credit to Jeff he got a second chance with the WWE an the guy has been awesome since returning especially in the ring WOW!, even his mic work has improved alot

 

[vtoa27]

Why would anyone look at Chris as a mid-carder? He has all the tools of a main eventer and a champion. Excellent mic-skills along with great wrestling. What more do you need? I for one hope to see him thrust into a feud with Orton, win the belt, and eventually feud with Cena when he returns or even someone like Kennedy.

 

[RikRaines]

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the fact that Jericho is back. I marked out big time, even though I already knew it was him. I also would love to see the belt around his waist again, cause he deffinitly deserves. Especially since he has amazing in-ring and mic skills.

I just honestly wish they wouldn't of immeadilty of thrown him in a program with Orton. I was hoping that they would of given him a month or so to work off some ring rust, so that when he does take the belt from Orton (and he will), it can be another one of those amazing Jericho matches that he always has given us fans.

THANK YOU CHRIS!!! THANK YOU CHRIS!!! THANK YOU CHRIS!!! THANK YOU CHRIS!!!

 

[Papa Shango]

Jericho didn't say he was immediately gonna challenge Orton for the title. He said he was gunning for it. He was putting Orton on notice, that when Y2J decides to come for the title, he WILL win it. He probably will come for title immediately, but you never know.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

TheOneBigWill's "take" on Raw:

Opening Segment: So, as predicted it was either going to be Randy Orton bragging about defeating Shawn Michaels, or Shawn Michaels trying to gain yet another Championship match. (ended up being the latter) So, my overall thought is this. I love H.B.K., can't say it enough, I wish he could be World Heavyweight Champion, unfortunately it just isn't in the books. The one thing I hate, however, is when a person get multiple title shot oppertunities, & fails each time. I don't care if they win via DQ, or Countout, its still "failing" to win the Championship.. therefore, pointless.

Overall, this segment wasn't to continue with Orton/Michaels, but instead to end it & begin with Kennedy/Michaels, which I am pleasantly surprised with. I think these two will put on a great match, most likely at the next p.p.v. -- There brawl around the arena for the "opening match" was excellent, & saves their true match-up, hopefully, for Armageddon.

The Matches:

Santino Marella v. Jerry Lawler: Has it truly come to this? Does the creative higher ups just feel that they have no better talent to stick with Santino, than continuing to use Jerry Lawler? Don't misunderstand me, I think Lawler was a decent wrestler in his day.. about 10-20 years ago. But now, the guy winning is only hurting any talent he gets in the ring with. And sadly, Santino wasn't exactly "huge" before this match.. but cleanly losing to Lawler in back-to-back weeks isn't going to help him, either.

The only decent part of this, was Santino saving the day with his incredible mic. skills & way to control the crowd. Honestly, Santino will fail as a "wrestler" but live forever as an "entertainer/commentator."

Jeff Hardy v. Umaga: Could this match have went on any longer? It was absolutely amazing, & personally, I thought Umaga was gonna gain some revenge by simply squashing Jeff Hardy. Instead, I was given a treat, in seeing two good wrestlers, putting on the Match of the Night! Hardy takes incredible "bumps" & sells them very nicely. Umaga & Hardy, in my personal opinion, are matched nicely to each other.

I truly wish we could've seen an actual winner, instead W.W.E. decides that they don't wish to keep an incredible thing great.. so they toss Snitsky in the mix. (Why Snitsky? Because he's another monster?) So Triple H. comes to the aid of Jeff Hardy. The plus side for Hardy is, I doubt he'll lose with Captain Unstoppable by his side.. but the downside is, if they as a team DO lose.. it'll be Hardy taking the ass-beating on his teams end.

Hardcore Holly v. Cody Rhodes: Cody only continues to prove to me, with every match he has, that he isn't ready for mainstream yet. When Holly was in the corner, how long did Rhodes stupidly stand there, waiting for Holly to do something.. when Holly (who should've knew better) stupidly waited for Rhodes to turn around.

So Cody FINALLY picks up a win over Hardcore Holly. Who hasn't?! Overall, when he looks back on his career.. when explaining a defining moment in it, how do you think it'd come off, when you hear him say.. "Kids, I beat Hardcore Holly!" Yeah. If HeAT was still an actual t.v. show, a good portion of tonight's matches would've been seen on it.

Jillian Hall & Melina v. Maria & Mickie James: Is there truly any one reason why Beth Phoenix wasn't Melina's tag team partner? I mean, we were building James/Phoenix, right? The "move" of the night, had to be Jillian's 450 off the top rope, botch, onto Melina, which I truly think hurt her ribs.

I have no true comments outside of that, for this match. I give Jillian all the credit in the world for being brave & gutsy enough to go out there each & everytime, intentionally screwing up her vocals the way she does. lol

Main Event: Carlito v. Hornswoggle - Yeah, you read that right.. it was officially the "last match" of the night, therefore, the "Main Event" of the night. Its no wonder the head of U.S.A. network, Bonnie (something) is getting pissed off with Vince McMahon's production of Raw. They have the full capability to have matches like.. H.B.K. v. Kennedy, H.H.H. v. Umaga, World's Greatest Tag Team v. Paul London & Brian Kendrick, Carlito v. Jeff Hardy.. but nooooo.. our Main Event has to be a mock match.

Carlito is on his way out, so what does W.W.E. wanna do to help him out the door? Have him lose to a midget. (little person, whatever) I honestly feel bad for W.W.E. when Carlito goes to T.N.A., then shows the world that he actually STILL has talent..

And where exactly is this new angle going? I LOVE Finlay being face, & if you ask me personally.. I think it'll finally be revealed that Hornswoggle is NOT Vince McMahon's son, but instead, Finlay's son. Then.. (I can only imagine) a Tag Team match - Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon v. Finlay & Hornswoggle. (Wrestlemania headliner? In today's wrestling, absolutely)

Ending Segment: "DID YOU BREAK THE CODE?" Who the **** didn't, should be the actual question?! I mean, come on. And you know what.. this is my honest opinion & take on this whole situation, ending on Raw.

Randy Orton.. is NOT Main Event "Heel" quality, he doesn't deserve to be the heel going into Wrestlemania with the Championship, yet he likely will be. So, whats the possible next month feud? The returning Eric You.. I mean, Chris Jericho.

Yeah, did anyone else FINALLY, after waiting oh-so-long give a big sigh of.. "eh?" I know I did. I knew it was coming, for monthes, it was coming. And now that its here, it did exactly what I thought it was going to do.. & the Raw live audience proved my point. The pop for Jericho highly awaited return.. sucked majorly! They stood, they clapped, but hardly anyone cheered. And Jericho's had monthes to think of something, anything new to say.. but instead, he finds something he said a long time ago.. to call Randy Orton.

"The robotic voice" thing.. that he claimed Orton was, it was the exact same thing he claimed Chris Benoit was. So, is Randy Orton the new W.W.E. version of Chris Benoit?!?! Jericho sure seems to think so.

And yeah, he returned/redebuted in the same outfit he debuted in to begin with. The only catch.. the short, Eric Young, hair-do.. is NOT doing him any favors. When I seen Jericho in that outfit, I thought two things..

1. Village People reject
2. Holy crap, he's skinny! (anyone else truly notice that?)

Overall Thoughts: So, the big (long awaited) return of Chris Jericho caps off the night. All in all, I'm HAPPY & THRILLED that Jericho is back.. ONLY as long as he hasn't lost a step, inside the wrestling ring, like he seems to have, on the mic.

The matches on tonight's card sucked, outside of Jeff Hardy v. Umaga, which was the match of the night to me.

The Kennedy/Michaels beginning feud was the highlight of my night, because I can only assume these two will light it up in the ring, & I can't wait to see it on p.p.v.

This has been my take. You don't have to agree with it, or like it. But if you read through it all, good for you, & Thank You.

 

[wwerules4000]

My take on BillWill take on Main event. It clear he's a Y2J hater and watched some other show,because the crowd poped huge.

 

[Bottom_Line]

I just saw the Y2J part again. When Randy Orton talked about "kicking him in the head,etc"...awful, Y2J was thinking one thing. He comes back to work the mic with this guy? Last time he entered the WWE was against Rock. Whata downgrade

 

[TheOneBigWill]

My take on BillWill take on Main event. It clear he's a Y2J hater and watched some other show,because the crowd poped huge.

Its clear that you're not reading my entire post. In all actuality, I love Chris Jericho & think he's a great performer, or thought he was, anyways. I have yet to see him do anything of great importance yet.

So far, his return promo sucked. And if I knew it was going to be that bad, I would've at least opted for him to return & promo against Santino Marella, at least then maybe Santino could've mocked Jericho's sayings or something, which could've got Jericho more into the promo. What did Orton do to help anything? A whole lot of nothing.

Jericho v. Randy Orton is a bad return feud for Jericho, simply because Randy Orton isn't the right type of performer to match someone who's returning up against. Jericho could've went up against Mr. Kennedy, & it likely would've had a better outcome.

Again, I LOVE Chris Jericho, but the one that returned last night was skinny, & rusty on the mic. -- I'm sure with time, he'll return to normal, but for now.. combined with the horrible re-debut of W.W.E. having him clothesline that runner with his trademark stance.. it just hurt Jericho's overall "hype."

 

[Mad Metal]

I really don't understand what was so bad about his re-debut or return. We all knew what to expect... for Jericho to return tonight thanks to Dave Meltzer, Dixie Carter and many more who decided to break a big surprise which seeing everyone knew what to expect, the expectations seemed to be higher. I'm sure if Y2J just appeared out of nowhere when none of us even expected it I'm sure there would be a much better reaction. We all knew he was going to return and [of course] was going to return as a face. What should happen here? Seeing he got a new haircut, does he need to change his name along with his mic style to fully separate himself from his past and come up with a different character? Damn. Maybe for some the hype was sucked out after finding out for a quite time that the promos were indeed for a Jericho return, but if that's the case (which I'm not verifying anything) then it's more of a personal problem because I didn't see the WWE announce on TV or on their website that Jericho was returning.

It really seems a lot are pissed off to see Chris Jericho for.... being Chris Jericho.... for wearing his trademark unique outfits.... for saying his usual Chris Jericho lines.... and for being smaller. If you want someone completely different, there's over 60 other wrestlers on the roster. I'm happy to see Chris Jericho for who he is, not for someone else I am expecting him to be. If The Rock were to return, you would expect him to say his usual "If Ya Smell What The Rock Is Cookin" lines with the same theme song and such. Or if Austin would return, you know you will be hearing glass shatter and him drinking a lot of beer. Same case with Jericho, except he has a new haircut now.

Where did the true excitement come from? When the first Chris Jericho "Save Us" promo aired. It aired out of nowhere unexpectingly and it got people excited, only problem was people got excited 2 months too early.

 

[ZoneHound]

It didn't look like Jillian botched the 450 splash to me. I think it just looks that way to some people because she always lands it with her legs so as to not hurt her boobs.

 

[Rated K for Kennedy... Kennedy!]

Finally...... The Millenium Man has come back to (insert city where Raw was last night), personally I can't wait to see it via the magic of the internet, unfortunately its the only way I can, so all of this is based on readers reviews/results from the show but...


The Ayatollah is back, WWE have been promoing him for what, 2 months? 3? They clearly didn't have a time frame in mind as they kept changing his return date, and I believe I'm right in saying that Cena was champ when the first one aired. Now if that is true was Y2J's original "Saviour" gimmick to be against Cena? He was the champ, he was seemingly holding the title hostage, makes sense to me.

Anyways he's back, and he clotheslines some bloke who said he'd do steroids to get into WWE, smart move Vince! ?That is the stupedest move ever, suspension is important in returns/debuts like this, look at his original one you didnt see some guy's shadow in front of a coke machine in the back before he interrupted the rock, did you? My point is the crowed was peaked early by giving us that teaser and it would almost certainally have detracted from his entrance pop. If they wanted to do something like that they should have shot it over the shoulder, where you cannot see anything and then when the runner was knocked down do an "over the shoe" (tm) shot!

 

[Miles and Miles]

That "Marathon runner" was pathetic. Please don't dress up a guy with a gut and call him a "Marathon runner". That was an insult to real runners everywhere. What did they make him jog like 20 feet and he couldn't even hold up the torch.

 

[bigballa545]

TheOneBigWill's "take" on Raw:

Opening Segment: So, as predicted it was either going to be Randy Orton bragging about defeating Shawn Michaels, or Shawn Michaels trying to gain yet another Championship match. (ended up being the latter) So, my overall thought is this. I love H.B.K., can't say it enough, I wish he could be World Heavyweight Champion, unfortunately it just isn't in the books. The one thing I hate, however, is when a person get multiple title shot oppertunities, & fails each time. I don't care if they win via DQ, or Countout, its still "failing" to win the Championship.. therefore, pointless.

Overall, this segment wasn't to continue with Orton/Michaels, but instead to end it & begin with Kennedy/Michaels, which I am pleasantly surprised with. I think these two will put on a great match, most likely at the next p.p.v. -- There brawl around the arena for the "opening match" was excellent, & saves their true match-up, hopefully, for Armageddon.

The Matches:

Santino Marella v. Jerry Lawler: Has it truly come to this? Does the creative higher ups just feel that they have no better talent to stick with Santino, than continuing to use Jerry Lawler? Don't misunderstand me, I think Lawler was a decent wrestler in his day.. about 10-20 years ago. But now, the guy winning is only hurting any talent he gets in the ring with. And sadly, Santino wasn't exactly "huge" before this match.. but cleanly losing to Lawler in back-to-back weeks isn't going to help him, either.

The only decent part of this, was Santino saving the day with his incredible mic. skills & way to control the crowd. Honestly, Santino will fail as a "wrestler" but live forever as an "entertainer/commentator."

Jeff Hardy v. Umaga: Could this match have went on any longer? It was absolutely amazing, & personally, I thought Umaga was gonna gain some revenge by simply squashing Jeff Hardy. Instead, I was given a treat, in seeing two good wrestlers, putting on the Match of the Night! Hardy takes incredible "bumps" & sells them very nicely. Umaga & Hardy, in my personal opinion, are matched nicely to each other.

I truly wish we could've seen an actual winner, instead W.W.E. decides that they don't wish to keep an incredible thing great.. so they toss Snitsky in the mix. (Why Snitsky? Because he's another monster?) So Triple H. comes to the aid of Jeff Hardy. The plus side for Hardy is, I doubt he'll lose with Captain Unstoppable by his side.. but the downside is, if they as a team DO lose.. it'll be Hardy taking the ass-beating on his teams end.

Hardcore Holly v. Cody Rhodes: Cody only continues to prove to me, with every match he has, that he isn't ready for mainstream yet. When Holly was in the corner, how long did Rhodes stupidly stand there, waiting for Holly to do something.. when Holly (who should've knew better) stupidly waited for Rhodes to turn around.

So Cody FINALLY picks up a win over Hardcore Holly. Who hasn't?! Overall, when he looks back on his career.. when explaining a defining moment in it, how do you think it'd come off, when you hear him say.. "Kids, I beat Hardcore Holly!" Yeah. If HeAT was still an actual t.v. show, a good portion of tonight's matches would've been seen on it.

Jillian Hall & Melina v. Maria & Mickie James: Is there truly any one reason why Beth Phoenix wasn't Melina's tag team partner? I mean, we were building James/Phoenix, right? The "move" of the night, had to be Jillian's 450 off the top rope, botch, onto Melina, which I truly think hurt her ribs.

I have no true comments outside of that, for this match. I give Jillian all the credit in the world for being brave & gutsy enough to go out there each & everytime, intentionally screwing up her vocals the way she does. lol

Main Event: Carlito v. Hornswoggle - Yeah, you read that right.. it was officially the "last match" of the night, therefore, the "Main Event" of the night. Its no wonder the head of U.S.A. network, Bonnie (something) is getting pissed off with Vince McMahon's production of Raw. They have the full capability to have matches like.. H.B.K. v. Kennedy, H.H.H. v. Umaga, World's Greatest Tag Team v. Paul London & Brian Kendrick, Carlito v. Jeff Hardy.. but nooooo.. our Main Event has to be a mock match.

Carlito is on his way out, so what does W.W.E. wanna do to help him out the door? Have him lose to a midget. (little person, whatever) I honestly feel bad for W.W.E. when Carlito goes to T.N.A., then shows the world that he actually STILL has talent..

And where exactly is this new angle going? I LOVE Finlay being face, & if you ask me personally.. I think it'll finally be revealed that Hornswoggle is NOT Vince McMahon's son, but instead, Finlay's son. Then.. (I can only imagine) a Tag Team match - Mr. McMahon & Shane McMahon v. Finlay & Hornswoggle. (Wrestlemania headliner? In today's wrestling, absolutely)

Ending Segment: "DID YOU BREAK THE CODE?" Who the **** didn't, should be the actual question?! I mean, come on. And you know what.. this is my honest opinion & take on this whole situation, ending on Raw.

Randy Orton.. is NOT Main Event "Heel" quality, he doesn't deserve to be the heel going into Wrestlemania with the Championship, yet he likely will be. So, whats the possible next month feud? The returning Eric You.. I mean, Chris Jericho.

Yeah, did anyone else FINALLY, after waiting oh-so-long give a big sigh of.. "eh?" I know I did. I knew it was coming, for monthes, it was coming. And now that its here, it did exactly what I thought it was going to do.. & the Raw live audience proved my point. The pop for Jericho highly awaited return.. sucked majorly! They stood, they clapped, but hardly anyone cheered. And Jericho's had monthes to think of something, anything new to say.. but instead, he finds something he said a long time ago.. to call Randy Orton.

"The robotic voice" thing.. that he claimed Orton was, it was the exact same thing he claimed Chris Benoit was. So, is Randy Orton the new W.W.E. version of Chris Benoit?!?! Jericho sure seems to think so.

And yeah, he returned/redebuted in the same outfit he debuted in to begin with. The only catch.. the short, Eric Young, hair-do.. is NOT doing him any favors. When I seen Jericho in that outfit, I thought two things..

1. Village People reject
2. Holy crap, he's skinny! (anyone else truly notice that?)

Overall Thoughts: So, the big (long awaited) return of Chris Jericho caps off the night. All in all, I'm HAPPY & THRILLED that Jericho is back.. ONLY as long as he hasn't lost a step, inside the wrestling ring, like he seems to have, on the mic.

The matches on tonight's card sucked, outside of Jeff Hardy v. Umaga, which was the match of the night to me.

The Kennedy/Michaels beginning feud was the highlight of my night, because I can only assume these two will light it up in the ring, & I can't wait to see it on p.p.v.

This has been my take. You don't have to agree with it, or like it. But if you read through it all, good for you, & Thank You.

I agree with some of this. The pop was ruined by Jericho taking out the marathon runner. Although, i cant believe you said hes skinny. Ive never seen him more ripped in my life.

 

[relik]

I agree with some of this. The pop was ruined by Jericho taking out the marathon runner. Although, i cant believe you said hes skinny. Ive never seen him more ripped in my life.

I agree, I think he's lost body mass but is more cut like how HHH is now. All in all great opening segment. My only problem with the Hardy and Umaga match is that Umaga did that damn nerve pinch lock too many times. I am psyched for this Hardy and HHH team up, my immediate thought was is HHH gonna mentor Hardy for a while kinda like Holly/Rhodes only this will be succusful, then eventually lead to HHH turning heel by back stabbing Hardy. Santino I think is a great entertainer but can't wrestle much. The only thing that made me enjoy that match was when he took the King's crown and talked during the match. Jericho's return, very much expected but was still amazing. I agree he shouldn't have clotheslined the guy and revealed him like that first but oh well. That was the first amazing promo i've seen in years. Anyone else who wants to main event needs to take classes from this man on how to do a promo. I thought it was simply golden. I loved how the countdown was still in effect for him. If they change it later that's fine, but for his return I think it was needed to use the old song and countdown theme even if it was modified. Great Raw and I can't wait for next week's episode.

 

[ZoneHound]

And she always lands on her partner to right?

Haha, do you really believe that was unintentional? It was pretty clear to me that she was supposed to land on her partner, thus why Mickie James knocked her into position right before the 450.

 

[Lil Kru]

Haha, do you really believe that was unintentional? It was pretty clear to me that she was supposed to land on her partner, thus why Mickie James knocked her into position right before the 450.

there is a difference between landing on her and stepping on her if she was suppose to land on her she wouldnt go feet first she would land on here with her body

 

[Shocky]

I love how people are already bashing the return of Jericho. Nobody can be satisfied can they?

First of all, we're talking about Ft. freaking Lauderdale, not Chicago. For Ft. Lauderdale, they had a pretty damn good pop, and, the pop was lessened by Jericho taking out the marathon man.

Jericho was right on cue with all of his stuff. The guy is the best promo man in the business today, and with the rock, the best promo guy in the business the last decade. I for one am glad to see Jericho back, because finally, I'll start to be entertained on Monday Nights for the first time since 2005.

 

[r_m2000]

I liked everything about RAW last night, i felt entertained-the WHOLE night.That is the first time in a long time i have felt that. I usually find a dead spot of some sort. I like how the story lines are running, like Triple h renewing (well sort-of) his fued with Umaga. I always felt they had some unfinished business. I also like seeing Bob Holly back in singles action. He just comes across as a solo man. The only times i enjoyed seeing him in a tag-team was w/ crash holly.The best of all last night was Jericho's return. I loved how he came into the picture by lying out the torch runner, went great w/ Orton story line. He is just as entertaining as ever. I can't wait for next week!

 

[LgKQc]

that was a great Raw last night! but there's one thing though! what is all your damn problem with Randy Orton?? Before winning the title, i read a lot of people saying that orton was the best heel on Raw! he looked weak in his feud with Shawn because he was not well booked! For those saying that he's terrible on the mic! cant you just understand that its his damn character of being cold and showing no emotion! sure he's boring recently but its only because of his gimmick! just watch his old promos back in evolution or even after! the cocky arrogant Orton was pretty good on the mic! and one last thing that makes me laugh, saying that jericho vs kennedy would be better! sure kennedy is good on the mic! but what else?? why are you all into him?? what has he done that makes you all into him?? you can't put orton and kennedy in the same league as for the inring skills! kennedy is slow, and he botches moves in like every 3 matches! dont get me wrong! i like kennedy! but saying he's better then Randy in the ring and saying that he would make a better feud with jericho is ridiculous! to return on subject! I'm exciting to see what will happen between these two! i dont think its the proper time to already book him in the title picture, but hey! who gives! it'll be damn good but dont expect orton to drop the belt to jericho! because the One man dynasty has only just begun!

 

[Sean™]

WWE's only wrong last night was showing Jericho clothesline the runner.

Other than that, bravo WWE.

 

[Dj Martyn]

I actually watched raw on mon for the first time in ages ( i usually just catch highlights or read results) But did anyone else leave the show thinking....wow those last 25 minutes was the best thing on wwe tv in the past 3 years. The show was boring and just full of sports ent nonsense...Jericho is a god and his 20 minutes of promo outshone anything the rest of the roster did that night. Jericho why cant you make your return every monday and save us from the dribble that usually drips across the broadcast.

 

[Rated K for Kennedy... Kennedy!]

Personally I majorly marked out. I'd known he was coming back for months but that was the best return ever, better than HBK when he came back from 4 years on the shelf, and HBK's my fave. I loved the buildup, I loved the marathon runnner thing and the clothesline was cool but I maintain that by making it clear it was Jericho who clotheslined him it ruined the suspension of disbelief and lessened the crowd pop, although as already stated b Paul Bearer, its not exactly like Ft Lauderdale is known or their reactions is it?

Either way congrats WWE keep up the good work (and the J Hardy push)

 

[The not-so Great Khali]

Didn't anyone else think that Jericho looked and sounded like a gay stripper? His voice has become more squeaky than it was and I thought he was a rock singer! All that living on a tour bus with several other guys have turned to bat for the other side.

On a serious note Raw wasn't overly spectactular, just because Jericho unsurprisingly returned. The best match of the night was obviously Jeff/Umaga and that was ruined by Snitsky/H. Jeff is supposed to be the Intercontinental champion who defeated Umaga for the title and yet he wasn't allowed to get the clean win. If this was a rookie like Cody Rhodes or D H Smith then fine let Triple H take them under his big nose'd wing but Jeff is already over and a champion. Cody/Holly suck as a team, I hate seeing Lawler used in feuds and Michaels/Kennedy was crap. It looks like they were building a great Kennedy/Jeff feud over the IC title but then they have him go after Michaels, while Snitsky is brought in to attack Jeff. The divas match wasn't bad though. Ok Orton giving rko's to everyone is fine to build him up as an arrogant heel but the torch runner thing was stupid.