Wednesday, March 19, 2014

WrestlingNerd Review: Raw is best for business

"You hit like a girl!" Daniel Bryan shouts to Stephanie McMahon
Hey everybody! Welcome back to The Wrestling Nerd's Channel. I know that I have some make up to do, so I should probably get some things out of the way.

  1. My new upload schedule has obviously changed. RAW is on Tuesday. I want to watch RAW, then re-watch it for the review. My editorials and top tens are on Wednesday-Friday. The bigger they are the more time I need. Smackdown is going to be done Saturday-Sunday. PPV Predictions are going to be on Friday. PPV reviews will be on Monday.
  2. I will be making a Facebook, so you can reach me better. After all, you all are growing my fanbase and I appreciate that. 
  3. There will be times when I can't make Smackdown. Last week was one of them. 
So now onto RAW. As we get closer to Wrestlemania, RAW and Smackdown is going to get better. However, does it answer any questions? Does it make Wrestlemania much more special? Does it oversell the WWE products? Lets grab some Rolling Rock and find out.

Triple H is going super-saiyan

We start out with Triple H in the ring. Unlike Cena and all his speeches, Triple H was and still is one of the best on the microphone. He talks about beating Bryan and his YES! movement. However, both Orton and Batista come to the ring. Each claims that Triple H doesn't have his head on straight and a possible chance that Bryan will beat him at Wrestlemania. They bitch and moan, but damn was it good. Orton tells Batista that nobody cares that he is back. Batista tells Orton that he is a paper champion that has been handed victories by Triple H. Their bickering is generating a fun energy. It's great to finally see them at each others throats. After all, Daniel Bryan is making them an afterthought. Then Triple H goes fucking nuts.
He tells both of them exactly what he wants. Then he has a revelation. He wants in the match for the WWE World Heavyweight title. As long as he beats Bryan, he can headline Wrestlemania. This a genius way of keeping Wrestlemania unpredictable. After Triple H heads back Batista is met with an RKO.

Swagger and Cesaro The Real American Heroes

The Real Americans vs The Usos
Apparently, they had a run in with The Usos on Smackdown and now they have a match. Now the end of the match was good. Cesaro hit the uppercut to counter Jey Uso's dive. Then the neutralizer followed by the pinfall gave Zeb Coulter's company a shot at the Titles. Of course, I don't see the Usos losing them at the moment. It is way too early. However, what I don't understand is Cesaro and Swagger working together without problems?!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Sheamus w/Hornswoggle vs Titus O'Neil
Hornswoggle is giving out Lucky Charms. You know I wanted a picture on Google Images that has Hornswoggle on it, but no luck. If John Cena can be on Fruity Pebbles, why can't Hornswoggle be on Lucky Charms. Fuck It! Anyways Bad News Barrett arrives to tell us the horrors of drinking. Speaking of Guinness
Sheamus drinking Guinness
, Sheamus comes out to fight. I thought he would go after Barrett, but Barrett goes back to obscurity. Then Titus O'Neil arrives with a green top hat and an orange goatee. Sheamus wins, but nothing really happens except Christian attacks Sheamus and both claim a spot in the Andre the Giant Rumble.

John Cena is scared...dafuq!

John Cena comes out and gives a much better speech. He made Bray Wyatt look awesome. Scared Cena is afraid that the audience is believing his words. Cena hypes the match and does little child's play. However, Bray Wyatt comes on with his usual riddles, but one thing...he is wearing Cena products. Wyatt acts like happy little kids until he lets on about his childhood. The World gave Bray Wyatt scars as a child...dafuq!

Bray Wyatt vs Kofi Kingston
Not much to say but that Kingston made Wyatt look great in the ring.

Midcard and Paul Heyman

Heyman promotes a video of how the Undertaker is getting too old for wrestling, and that Brock Lesnar is a conquerer. Repeat!

Fandango w/ Summer Rae vs Goldust w/ Cody Rhodes
Goldust made this pointless match fun. For one, he mocked Fandango with dancing (with Cody and Fandango), and he did a breathing scare to Summer Rae while she was on the apron. She fell into Cody's arms, and Fandango got mad that Summer Rae liked it. At the end, Fandango botched a Frankensteiner that hurt Goldust's eye and a botched suplex. Lets just say, Dustin Rhodes not Goldust took out Fandango. After the match, you can see the pain and blood on Goldust where Fandango botched the Frankensteiner.

Funkadactyls vs AJ Lee/Tamina
Eyepatch Naomi got the win. After the match, AJ and Tamina got into it. Tamina heard enough and pushed AJ then they stared off.


8-man tag match: Big E/Big Show/Mark Henry/Dolph Ziggler vs Damien Sandow/Rybaxel/Alberto Del Rio
This match was to promote the 30-man Rumble at Wrestlemania. It looks like the Big Show is the Favorite.
Big Show wins.

Justice turns face

The Shield and Kane talk in the back about being an asset to the Authority. The Shield snickers and complies half-heartedly.
Kane comes out to talk about happened last week on RAW with Daniel Bryan and his occupy RAW debacle. He blame Jerry Lawler for it since it was Memphis. Kane gets the Shield to coerce King into the ring. Kane says he is going to punish King for last week. The Shield slowly back King up into the corner. Rollins says that Daniel Bryan is not going to come out and save him  When the tension is high enough, The Shield turns on Kane. Kane tries to fight out of it, but he gets blasted by Rollins and speared by Reigns. Then for the icing on the cake Kane gets a triple powerbomb. I love this as The Shield has been teeming with a face turn. Now we have an open story that sets The Shield against the Authority. How will this play out as we head to Wrestlemania?

I know I am barreling through this, but I have had a really bad week. Death in family.

Main Event

Randy Orton vs Daniel Bryan No DQ
The best match of the night. During the match, Bryan and Orton beat each other with the ring, chairs, kendo sticks and the Announcers' Table. Bryan gets a rare headshot from a kendo stick that looks like it really did hurt. Orton dropped Bryan on the table while all the laptops and computers still on it. This was 50 times better than the Memphis street fight last week. In the end, Batista interferes and spears Orton. Bryan takes out Batista then gets the pinfall. Afterward, Orton gets a Batista Bomb.
Later backstage Stephanie McMahon and Triple H argue about the turnabouts of late. Triple H says that he has this, while Stephanie says that he doesn't. Tensions rise as Stephanie says that Triple H better make certain that he takes care of it.
Triple H comes out to have a man to man with Daniel Bryan. In a calm manner, Hunter tells Bryan all about how he tried to stop Daniel in his path from being a WWE World Heavyweight Champion. HHH even took a shot at CM Punk about the COO he dumped the world on Bryan and while others would he just took the ball and went home... Triple H stuck out his hand for a handshake, and Bryan refused. After HHH said that he respected Bryan, Stephanie came out disgusted at her husband. She placed charges on Bryan, and fake cops came down. They used nightsticks and punches as they handcuffed him. HHH and Stephanie argues until it was done. Triple H clears the ring and it looks like things were going to go well for Bryan. Fate had other plans. Bryan is stomped by The Game as this was all a ruse. Bryan tried to fight back, but Triple H countered and kept beating Bryan. A shower of "You Suck" chants erupted. Stephanie talked her smack to Bryan and even got a few slaps in. After HHH put Bryan back in the ring, Triple H Pedigreed Bryan, and it ended with Stephanie and HHH sharing a victory among the YES! movement.

Overview

The show was another great one. I'm really rushing this, but I'll place a rivalry list among what is going on later. I know this wasn't my greatest write and for that I'm sorry, so if yall want give me an idea on what you want  for next week's editorial in the comments. Thanks for your patience.

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