Official Raw/Smackdown Aftermath, Ratings and Review Thread

[jpfizzle]

I dont think we'll see a money in the bank match because its a gimmick match and shown twice in quick succession (i.e monday and wrestlemania) would loose some of the excitement from it.

hhh versus taker is just too good a thought to even get hopes up for. with randy orton in charge and edge and randy orton being on good terms, it is likely that edge will persuade randy to make 'taker face mark henry.

at a long shot, big show versus akebono (i know it sucked) but woud keep in tune with the boxing theme kindof.

With any show like this the possibility of a return or two is always a big draw for me... Will we see a legend back in time for wrestlemania (probably no) but with the rock inducting his father and grandfather, is there any chance of him setting up a one off match with stone cold or hulk hogan (probably no)
Or what about a remake of the mcmahon in every corner match with big show, triple h, mick foley and the rock (slightly more likely but still not very.)

 

[Taker316]

Well like someone said ahead, SAY if randy orton is in charge, edge his good friend... they could even do something like a undertaker n kane vs cena n HHH or god knows... HHH as GM and Undertaker vs Orton (WM rematch). Possibilities are endless! Hopefully they wont blow it this time though and make it better than last years.

But really, no one should get their hopes TOO high on the episode seeing as WM isnt too far away... im sure they wouldnt wanna put on a great show (possibly BETTER then WM) on an episode of raw....we'll see i guess

 

[HardyGirl]

This was definitally a not so good raw. I loved the commercial too but not so long after I fell asleep. I completely agree this Hornswaggle thing needs to be over and this Big Show thing is really dumb. I am still waiting to see what is going to happen to cody Rhodes.

 

[Danmen001]

I was surprisingly annoyed at this weeks raw, because im usually a huge WWE mark.

Exhibition was pretty annoying, mayweather isn't very good at promos, especially for the WWE. Pretty much a big show squashes someone match.

Triple Threat GM thing is pretty interesting, it adds a MUCH needed spin to the fued, and it fills up the weeks to WM, I was kinda anoyed with the fact Randy Orton was yet again made to look weak rather than a heel. 'I dont wanna get hurt 4 weeks before mania.' Etc.

MY NAME IS FINLAY, and I hate my crappy new theme. What a stupid thing that was. No reason, takes away from his character totally. Looks like we will be seeing Mr. McMahons mania inclusion in this. , I doubt the JBL Filay will be anything great.

Maria's playboy introduction was a good promo. Good for the eyes at least.

Y2J's promo was good, EXCEPT, if this is a heel turn for Hardy, it will take the place for one of the stupidest things you could do. The guy who got the biggest face pop in the business going heel, if it is a hell turn, I bet Triple Hoe is behind it.

HHH, Orton match wasn't great, although DQ finsih, Orton coming out on top wasn't too bad.

Average show, nothing memorable

 

[HBK]

I see HBK vs Cena happening and Batista vs Undertaker happening...last years two main events...and Trips will interfere in the HBK Vs Cena and hit them both with a sledgehammer showin he is the true king of kings and how bad he wants the title also makin him turn heel again.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

My only question is, will the "Triple Threat Take Over" be in effect during this show? If it is, I see Triple H. being in charge, and making two Wrestlemania Rewind Matches.

1. Triple H. v. John Cena & 2. Undertaker v. Randy Orton

Those two matches alone would be worth watching 3 hours of Raw. Then you factor in the likelyhood of..

3. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho

Then some type of possible 6 man Tag Team match between former Money In The Bank wrestlers. I'm really not sure how Jeff Hardy will ever be able to have any type of match, short of a Tag Team match with Matt Hardy, since hes never technically had a single's match at Wrestlemania.

I'm hoping the 3 above mentioned matches will happen, and we don't get screwed with a possible Chris Jericho v. William Regal type match. Or dare I say.. Undertaker v. Kane.

Obviously I'm sure not EVERY match will be from Wrestlemania's past, unless they could use the excuse that the "match type" was from a previous Wrestlemania. Otherwise stars like C.M. Punk, M.V.P., Mr. Kennedy and Finlay likely won't have any match on the show.

 

[carbondioxide830]

since orton is in charge, i think we'll see john cena vs. big show (wm 20) and triple h vs. batista (wm 21) and i'm sure some how, orton will get pitted against the undertaker (wm 21). i also hope to see maybe hbk vs. y2j.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

since orton is in charge, i think we'll see john cena vs. big show (wm 20) and triple h vs. batista (wm 21) and i'm sure some how, orton will get pitted against the undertaker (wm 21). i also hope to see maybe hbk vs. y2j.

In complete honesty, I think your possible matches are very likely to happen. Although I think Triple H. would likely be in charge for them to happen like that. Also, you could replace Cena v. Big Show, with Cena v. J.B.L. then have Big Show take on someone else.

Either way, if you had those 4 main matches.

1. John Cena v. Big Show

2. Triple H. v. Batista

3. Randy Orton v. Undertaker

4. Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho

Then this up-coming 3 hour special of Raw would be awesome. Unfortunately, I somehow see W.W.E. screwing us out of such classic return matches.

 

[Steamboat Ricky]

I'm pretty stoked about this event. I've always wanted to see a 3 hour RAW and see if it could out-do the 3 hour Nitro shows.

I would bet on seeing:

1) Cena v. JBL....They want to keep putting Cena over, so JBL is a much better candidate than either HHH or HBK.

2) I say Orton gets the takeover stip that night...gives himself the night off...and he makes Trips v. Batista. It makes sense. I don't really see Batista fighting anyone else.

3) I'd put ALL of my chips in on having Jeff Hardy v. Edge. It's a rematch...of sorts. I would absolutely LOVE this match. It would be a good testing ground for Hardy, also. I think these two could put together quite a feud. Blowup Smackdown, do one brand, and let the awesome feuding begin.

4) HBK v. UT...I think Flair somehow causes HBK the match.

5) Big Show v. Carlito....why not?

6) Hardcore Holly v. Big Daddy V (Hardcore Battle Royal WM2000)....again, filler.

7) Y2J v. Regal....um, because they fought at mania 18.

 

[psykohurricane]

If this episode of Raw was made to make me spend 54$ to buy wrestlemania, i did a really poor job at it. First what was it with all these in-ring promos this week, i'm sure that they had more people talking then wrestling during this show. So let'S look at all those in ring promos from this week's raw, First one of the night was the post match confrontation between Big Show and Floyd MAyweather. The only thing that this prove is that MAyweather is either really bad at promos or he did'nt when it was his time to talk because he was basicly talking over the big show. Then the highlight reel was pretty much useless. What was the point of this outside the fact that they took 2 of the most over stars on raw and made one of them turn heel. The Playboy cover unveilling was good but again what the point of it, does it help promote the match at wrestlemania, not really because MElina and BEth weren't nowhere to be seen during the unveilling. Finally we get more nonsense between JBL and Finlay. I use to like the Hornswoggle storyline but now with this promo i'm really getting tired of it. I completly forgot about the Floyd Mayweather interview. This was the most horrible interview ever done on WWE T.V.

HAs for the match themselves, First the MMA Match was stupid basicly because it didn't made any sense. Since when does a MMA match can be won by pinfall? Why would The big show not wearing MMA Gloves and his opponent was wearing boxing gloves. If that supposed to make me excited for the big show vs floyd MAyweather match, vetween that and the interview, they pretty much turn me off this match.

The tag team matchup was a decent match but then again, after the match you get a confrontation between HBK and Ric Flair that didn'T make any sense. The already sign the match for Mania so having HBK say that he can'T do it doesn'T make any sense.

Then we got the match between super crazy and Umaga. What does that prove exactly. That Umaga is a monster when he face a cruiserweight. I got nothing again super crazy but he'S in the same league as Batista and having Umaga beat him doesn'T prove anything.

Cena vs kennedy was a pretty good match and that's pretty much what i got to say about it.

CArlito vs Cody Rhodes was a good match and prove how much they don'T care about the tag team division on raw. Instead of having a tag title match at wrestlemania, they just put Carlito ,who with Santino is the no1 contender for the tag titles, into the money in the bank match.

The main event was your typical boting match between HHH and the forgotten champ randy orton. It wasn't a great match and i didn't help build-up the momemtum for the mania match.

They got 3 weeks left before Wrestlemania and since most of the match on the card are Raw matches, i hope the found a way to build interest for the PPV because after the last couple of weeks, the build-up for wrestlemania is very week and for a event like this one, you really should have a better build-up that the crap that RAw has been delivering lately.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

Triple H vs John Cena - They'll have each of the 3 people win a match in the coming weeks.

Edge vs Mick Foley? - They need to feed someone to Edge so he can still look like a legitimate threat to the Undertaker's streak.

Undertaker vs Batista/Mark Henry - For some reason, they're hell bent on doing these two matches 100 times over. Either one is possible and boring.

HBK vs Jericho - Can't see them doing many of the other options.

*Possible Undertaker vs Orton, which ends in a no-contest as Triple H, Cena, and Edge get involved*


Eh, you know what, they probably won't have every match be something from a previous Wrestlemania anyway, so its sort of pointless to predict. I mean, who is Jeff Hardy going to face when you can't bring back a lot of talent that has left in the past few years? Kennedy has nobody to face, and neither does CM Punk.

 

[Rusty]

In all honesty Im actually really looking forward to the special 3 hour Raw Wrestlemania Remind next week. I think the WWE should at the very least, give us 2 good matches involving main eventers preferably.

Im hoping Cena vs HHH will happen and if that match were to take place, I would hope that match lasts over 14 mins.

Undertaker vs Orton sounds pretty darn gd to me aswell.

HBK vs Vince is another option but I wont be too interested in that match.

Khali vs Kane could also take place but this match will most likely suck.

Edge vs Jeff Hardy would be awesome because hey.. they were both involved in the MITB match last year.

I really hope the WWE puts on a darn entertaining show.. the last time we had a 3 hour Raw.. it was the best Raw ive ever seen IMO, so I hope Wrestlemania Rewind is a night to remember and is much much better than last years Wrestlemania Rewind.

 

[Cage917r]

This should be good and I believe that it is Orton's turn for Triple Threat Takeover. So there are a few main event possibilities, Orton could choose Cena vs. HHH which i hope he doesn't, because it would be too similar to last week and then it would be Orton vs. Cena next week, which would be dull. On the other hand we could get lucky and Orton could put HHH vs. Taker', that would be good, then HBK vs. Cena, probably the best match Cena could be in. I dont expect Orton to wrestle, because he isn't going vs. Taker if he has control, and his other Mania' matches were MITB and the Evolution vs. Rock and Sock, and Rey vs. Orton vs. Angle, obviously wont happen. Which means unless he is forced to face Taker', and sense he has control, that probably wont happen, Orton will just get involved in Cena's and HHH's Matches. Which would be fine because HHH vs. Taker and Cena vs. HBK would be a great 1-2 main event.

 

[a7xoff]

Wow this Raw, for me came on the heels of a really tough day, and it made it no better. I was so let down by what I thought was going to be a great show that I had to turn it off twice. Once I went and played Nintendo 64 and the other I just sat around in the Live Discussion. Ok so let's review...

Opening: Another promo of HBK talking about how he's Mr. Wrestlemania until Orton comes out and makes 2 matches. HHH vs Kane and Cena vs HBK. Why HHH vs Kane???? Kane has been beaten just about by everyone over the past couple years... I give the segment a 1 out of 5...

Mark Henry vs Undertaker Casket Match: Worst casket match I've ever seen. 1.) I'd rather see Heidenrich in a casket match against Taker again over Mark Henry...
2.) By WWE making it a casket match, did anyone actually expect Mark to win? I don't think so... However the ending with Takers submission was cool. That thing just looks vicious... My rating: 2

Finlay vs Kennedy: Why make Kennedy the whipping dummy??? Two weeks ago he mic checked Cena as the show went off the air, now he gets pummeled by Finlay. Kennedy was my choice for the MITB match at WM, but when you have a guy literally get the shit kicked out of him... Well let's just say that it sent a message to JBL and that's about it...Nothing interesting involved, just a plain old whipping... My rating: 1.5

At this point in the show I turned it off... After watching it up to this point I give the show a 1.5 out of 5... Which for me in a word is... Terrible... I missed Y2J becoming the IC champ, but after hearing about it I could only think... What is happening to Hardy's push. Unless they felt that he held the title long enough and they'd move him to do something different, his push seems to be on it's last legs...

Iron Sheik/ Volkoff vs US express: Uhhhhh... if this match happened I'd give my opinion on it... Jillian came out to sing, but that's besides the point... Another waste of time segment gets a 1 out of 5... Though it was nice to see a couple of legends on the show tonight...

HHH vs Kane: I hate to say it, I really do, but Kane just looked horrible in that match. I mean he is one of my favorites, but he is getting older now. Perhaps he'll be hanging up his boots soon.. ... HHH did not put on that impressive of a showing either here as he botched the Pedigree at the end of the match...Thus a painful Raw continues... 2 out of 5

Melina vs Ashley...Maria: So I was not at all surprised that Melina wound up facing Maria again. I was however surprised that she beat her. Melina's finisher is probably one of the sickest finisher in the Women's division. Santino came down and did his thing, which was funny as always. One of the best parts of the night right here. I gives it a 3 out of 5

Weigh In: Just when I thought the show was improving... Another stupid ass waste of time, I'm Floyd Money Mayweather waste of 15 minutes blah blah blah 20 million dollar man. Give me a break. Worse WWE celebrity angle ever IMO... Cannot wait until it's over... Terrible segment gets a .5 out of 5

Edge vs CM Punk: Save_Raw.Edge... Even though the show was really beyond saving I completly freaked when Edge came out. I don't watch SD! so I don't get to see him anymore, but for what this match was, it was really not all that bad. Edge got huge reactions from the crowd, and the crowd for the most part was into the match. Edge winning actually put a smile on my face. My rating 3 out of 5

Umaga and Batista thing: So... Let's cut a cool Umaga promo, then have him get owned by Batista... Ok... makes sense right... Another waste of time when it could have just been the promo without Umaga getting owned... My rating... 1 out of 5

End Raw for me. At that point I said enough is enough and shut it off till the end 11:00EST. HHH tells us that next week it will be Cena and Orton vs the Raw roster... Ok... They'll probably win it.

Cena vs HBK: Again... Didn't see the match, but read that Cena sold a knee injury rather well, and Orton wound up getting Fu'ed by an injured Cena... Probably happy I didn't watch it...

My Overall opinion: HUGE LETDOWN. I would have taken the two hour Raw over this 3 hour disaster anyday. I was really excited for this show, but as it went on it just was one letdown after another... My Overall rating...... 2 out of 5... Show got that simply due to the diva's match and Edge's match...

Funniest moment: Santino... of course

Worst Moment: The entire weigh in

Best Match: Edge vs CM Punk

Worst Match: HHH vs Kane

 

[Mighty NorCal]

My first show as a newly converted RAW guy...ended up being a pretty big let down. Besides one match of course.

Shawn-Ric promo
Eh, was ok, nothing really good. Just kept reaffirming for me that the right decision was made as to who would do the honors at WM. And it also kinda made me think the symbolism of "to be the man, you gotta beat the man" was cool, as in, after WM, Shawn will be established as, THE MAN. 7/10

Casket match was pretty ho hum, some decent outside action going on. I liked the finish with UTs new submission. seemed pretty brutal puttin the big man down for the long count with that. 6/10

Y2J Vs Jeff Hardy, IC title match

Hell yes. very very good match, with lots of back and forth action, reversals, high flying, spots, and some brawling. good hard fought, clean finish for Jericho as he becomes the new IC champion. Im not sure why so many are doubting Hardy's push becuase of this match. He cant be fighting for the WWE title with the IC title around his waist for fucking ever can he?? LOL if anything they may have been further elevating him tonight. Now he is more than primed to win MITB. I mean who elsewill win NOW? Jericho who just won the IC belt?? No...Kennedy, who they obviously could give a fuck less about right now?? No. Hardy, who they have been grooming for the main event, and to be in the title hunt, and who just got himself out of the IC title division?? DUUUUH. LOL. He even has real music now. cmon. anyway, excellent match, showing that Hardy is very ready to be in the position they are about to put him in. 9/10

Iron Sheik/volkoff Vs Us express
Fuckin sweet even having hope of getting to see Mike rotunda. Sheiky baby looked ridiculous. Jillian has big boobies. 2/10

Kane Vs Triple H
eh, so-so okay power match here. Kane made the pedigree look like shit. Nothing special or good, but Ive seen worse 6/10

Melina Vs Maria
Pretty damn terrible, but what do you expect with Maria. gosh she is terrible, and not particularly hot, so is practically useless. At least Melina won, and with one of the more impressive finishers in the entire WWE id say. It was awesome.Santino's involvement was minimal, which was unfortunate.

The weigh in
well, this actually was about the only segment in this whole thing that ive enjoyed. I liked them playing to the crowds natural dislike of mayweather, and playing up all the wrestlers not appreciating him and his big money being around. Shane took a damn rough shot, and it mightve been legit. I personally really liked the segment, and though it was badass of mayweather to let the big show chuck him through the air like that. Is this really "good"...no...does it own the holy living fuck outta the celebrity angle of last year..hell yes...7/10

CM Punk Vs Edge
Marked out crazy for Edge, and was very happy to see him, as I dont get to watch SD anymore and he is one of my favorites. pretty bland match, that the crowd was supremely hot for, becuase BOTH guys were crazy over, and got fat pops when they came out. Another ending that makes edge look weak, as they further and further weaken the intrigue of the WM match with Taker. Way to go WWE.

The Umaga promo was fuckin dumb. why not just have them square off, why the fuck would u have Tista own him ALREADY?? We all know Tista will win, in probably a glorified squash, but shit WWE at least TRY to hide it a LITTLE. whatever. lets start ruining Umagas small re push already. Why wait til Mania?

HBK Vs Cena
The crowd was fairly apathetic during this, and was getting downright aggravated with it by the end. Cena tries to reverse the music into an STFU, and it looked terrible, which received a chorus of boos. It was ok, but not even close to their best. Actually probably the worst match these two have put on. At least Cena semi sold the knee injury this time. 6/10

Pretty lackluster show, especially given all the time and the roster they had to work with. Didnt really do much besides LESSEN and weaken any build for WM. they are reverse building I guess, its the new strategy. The Jericho-Hardy match was the diamond in the rough, and the bets match ive seen on free TV since HBK-Cena from London.

 

[Danmen001]

I think this night has just been wasted in some cases. The Casket match.....sure great gimmick match but seriously, I respect mark henry as a company worker who acts well for the business. But he isn't a great wrestler as such. Other than that, it was a decent night worth of matches, although the matches weren't fantastic.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'm really not sure why last nights show was 3 hours. Wasn't it WrestleMania Rewind? I haven't seen the show so I might be wrong. But weren't there only 5 rewind matches? On a 3 hour show. Why did they bother? They should have had a WrestleMania themed show just with opponents teaming with each other or something.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Loved the MVP/Batista match. To have MVP in the MITB is a total waste. You can argue that nobody has had a better year than him. If Hardy isn't ready to come back then they should have added him to the Big Show/Mayweather feud. Because that won't be a match in the end, it'll just be an angle.

I'm unsure why #1 WWE would promote 2 handicap matches on a card and #2 Why Big Show (Face) demolised Yang & Moore (Faces).

And when the angle started didn't McMahon say that if Flair lost he'd have to retire? I might be wrong. But I'm pretty sure he said lose, not pinned. Well Flair lost on Smackdown. So is his career over?

 

[TheOneBigWill]

Loved the MVP/Batista match. To have MVP in the MITB is a total waste. You can argue that nobody has had a better year than him. If Hardy isn't ready to come back then they should have added him to the Big Show/Mayweather feud. Because that won't be a match in the end, it'll just be an angle.

Wait, why do you want M.V.P. involved in the Big Show/Mayweather crap? I'd much rather see him in the MITB Ladder match. Everyone has been begging to see M.V.P. and Matt Hardy in a ladder match. Now I don't know everyone's reasoning behind it, but mine for it is to see how he'd do with a ladder. I'll get to (possibly) see that come Wrestlemania.

I'm unsure why #1 WWE would promote 2 handicap matches on a card and #2 Why Big Show (Face) demolised Yang & Moore (Faces)

Technically Big Show isn't meant to be a face. Hes suppose to be playing a heel.

And when the angle started didn't McMahon say that if Flair lost he'd have to retire? I might be wrong. But I'm pretty sure he said lose, not pinned. Well Flair lost on Smackdown. So is his career over?

And yes. McMahon did indeed say that the next time Flair lost, his career would be over. I'm mightly pissed about this too, because its utterly pointless and the chance is, they'll play it off as if it wasn't "billed" as a Career Threatening match.. when in fact, McMahon said ALL of Flair's matches from 'said' point on, could be his last.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Wait, why do you want M.V.P. involved in the Big Show/Mayweather crap? I'd much rather see him in the MITB Ladder match. Everyone has been begging to see M.V.P. and Matt Hardy in a ladder match. Now I don't know everyone's reasoning behind it, but mine for it is to see how he'd do with a ladder. I'll get to (possibly) see that come Wrestlemania.

When MVP & Hardy have a ladder match it should be after several months of build. After several singles matches. Outting them in this match together (If Hardy does become involved) will lessen the impact of their first one-on-one encounter. I know they faced each other at The Bash. But that was thrown together.

MVP would go well with Mayweather. I really don't know how you can say different. The original plan was supposed to be Rey/Floyd vs. Show/Shane.

Rey's injured so it turnes into a simple Big Show/Mayweather match. That won't sell. Did Mayweather turn heel on Monday? I'm unsure. Have him with MVP. They are both blinged up. They can both talk. And with the Big Show returning he could be have been face.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

When MVP & Hardy have a ladder match it should be after several months of build. After several singles matches. Outting them in this match together (If Hardy does become involved) will lessen the impact of their first one-on-one encounter. I know they faced each other at The Bash. But that was thrown together.

I agree that a Ladder match should be their finale. However the sad thing is, they've been feuding for almost a year through stupid "contests." And then Matt goes down with an injury.

The likely ending to this feud could be Matt Hardy returning in MITB, simply to cost M.V.P. the victory. (Like Jeff did to Edge, last year) Then, they could have a single's match, or some type of stipulation match at Backlash, whereas Matt would win.

MVP would go well with Mayweather. I really don't know how you can say different. The original plan was supposed to be Rey/Floyd vs. Show/Shane.

Rey's injured so it turnes into a simple Big Show/Mayweather match. That won't sell. Did Mayweather turn heel on Monday? I'm unsure. Have him with MVP. They are both blinged up. They can both talk. And with the Big Show returning he could be have been face.

I honestly think Mayweather did turn heel on Raw, but I can't be certain. Also, I think he got injured too. So with any luck, we could see Mayweather pick a replacement to face the Big Show. (Khali? As awful as it sounds, with the word going around that Khali needs to leave the W.W.E., this could be a way to play him out)

All I hope, is that this doesn't turn into another one of those W.C.W./Music Industry matches. (remember, I think the West Texas Rednecks faced off against Master P's no limit soldiers. Something like that, it was awful) Last thing I want is to see Mayweather and his "posse" against the W.W.E. in a collective group of Big Show, Hardcore Holly, Cody Rhodes and Charlie Haas.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I agree that a Ladder match should be their finale. However the sad thing is, they've been feuding for almost a year through stupid "contests." And then Matt goes down with an injury.

The likely ending to this feud could be Matt Hardy returning in MITB, simply to cost M.V.P. the victory. (Like Jeff did to Edge, last year) Then, they could have a single's match, or some type of stipulation match at Backlash, whereas Matt would win.

The only involment Matt should have in the match is if he does a run in. Anything else will devalue there next encounter.

I honestly think Mayweather did turn heel on Raw, but I can't be certain. Also, I think he got injured too. So with any luck, we could see Mayweather pick a replacement to face the Big Show. (Khali? As awful as it sounds, with the word going around that Khali needs to leave the W.W.E., this could be a way to play him out)

All I hope, is that this doesn't turn into another one of those W.C.W./Music Industry matches. (remember, I think the West Texas Rednecks faced off against Master P's no limit soldiers. Something like that, it was awful) Last thing I want is to see Mayweather and his "posse" against the W.W.E. in a collective group of Big Show, Hardcore Holly, Cody Rhodes and Charlie Haas.

That angle is great. It's not like the match at Manai is going to be anything other than an elaborate angle. It'll be 10 minutes of posing. A couple of punches. That's it. It'll probably end in a no contest.

But the most important thing of all is it's different. And it feels like something that could only happen at Mania.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

That main event was beyond stupid. Cena & Orton vs. Everyone. Come one. It's ok to make heat regulars look like jobbers. But why was Birchill pinned several weeks into his re-debut, why was a tag champ pinned so easily, and why were Umaga & JBL on the team?

And why have your new IC champ look like shit one week after he wins the title? WWE have a habit of doing this, but I'm unsure of the point of it.

 

[conman]

I don't understand why they try to bury the entire roster for the sake of 2 guys who don't need to get over anymore. Ridiculous. How is Umanga going to stand a chance against Batista when he AND 15 OTHER SUPERSTARS couldn't even beat orton or cena. just baffling how they feel the need to destroy any sense of competition.

Are we as fans supposed to think "oh look how good cena and orton are, they can beat the entire raw roster by themselves. that is gonna be one good match at wrestlemania between those two and triple HHH. They are so tough since they can beat 16 superstars. who cares about the other matches on the card since non of them can ever stand a chance at beating orton or cena for the title. i mean they are just soooo good."

 

[Havocxx]

I really gotta agree with ya Y2Jake, they made Jericho and the entire RAW roster aside from Umaga look like trash.

The Jericho/Show match had my hopes up, I thought that match would easily steal the match of the night, but no. They just turned Jericho into another jobber for the Mayweather Interactive Experience. And here I thought they had started to care about the IC belt again.

The RAW roster vs Cena/Orton was jobtastic. Apparently if you are a lower midcarder, your greatest talent is running into finishers. And the ending was completely predictable, the RAW roster clears out then HHH comes out and finishes them off. Spectacular.