I checked out of RAW after Nattie Neidhart tapped to AJ Lee's Octopus Stretch by slapping her on the ass. Seriously, I give no quarter to Triple H anymore, because I'm not a dummy. I can't trust him not to hurt me, so I don't. I spent the last half hour of RAW hate-watching. RAW is pretty much my favorite televised show right now. I don't want to hate watch it. This is what he does to me. And hey, he sneaked in garden variety misogyny! Yes, if you don't want to fight the guy you're going to fight in the same environment in six days, you're a "bitch." And this man has three daughters.
But whatever, I won't let him ruin my show for me, but the thing was, RAW was quite uninspiring tonight anyway. The highlight of the show for me was Fandango and Summer Rae pulling the long con on Chris Jericho, and Jericho finally putting Cool Dad to bed for something a little less corny. I know I was a bit miffed when Summer Rae came out instead of Scaramouche/Fandancer #1/OG Dancer to start, but there was a clever endgame to all of it. I hope this is the start of something for the two of them, because they could be a really effective tandem going forward. I also dug the parquet floor-as-a-weapon, because every arcane thing ever should be used as a weapon in pro wrestling.
Everything else was a yawn at best. I still can't believe that they teased The Shield's first pinfall loss being a Super Cena special, because they were doing so well with that group until tonight. Granted, they made the save, but it was such a groan-inducer watching Cena mow through Seth Rollins and then Roman Reigns getting DQed because he gently nudged the ref out of the way. I dunno. They didn't have their fastball tonight, and the last segment was classic 2002 Philadelphia Phillies closer Jose Mesa levels of meltdown. Extreme Rules is looking like a damn good card on paper though, so really I guess I can just chalk this show up to it being really, really hard to do 52 weeks of awesome shows a year. At least for the first 2:45.
There's just no excuse for Triple H anymore, but whatever good he's doing in the front office, I guess this is the tradeoff. It's a shitty tradeoff though.
But whatever, I won't let him ruin my show for me, but the thing was, RAW was quite uninspiring tonight anyway. The highlight of the show for me was Fandango and Summer Rae pulling the long con on Chris Jericho, and Jericho finally putting Cool Dad to bed for something a little less corny. I know I was a bit miffed when Summer Rae came out instead of Scaramouche/Fandancer #1/OG Dancer to start, but there was a clever endgame to all of it. I hope this is the start of something for the two of them, because they could be a really effective tandem going forward. I also dug the parquet floor-as-a-weapon, because every arcane thing ever should be used as a weapon in pro wrestling.
Everything else was a yawn at best. I still can't believe that they teased The Shield's first pinfall loss being a Super Cena special, because they were doing so well with that group until tonight. Granted, they made the save, but it was such a groan-inducer watching Cena mow through Seth Rollins and then Roman Reigns getting DQed because he gently nudged the ref out of the way. I dunno. They didn't have their fastball tonight, and the last segment was classic 2002 Philadelphia Phillies closer Jose Mesa levels of meltdown. Extreme Rules is looking like a damn good card on paper though, so really I guess I can just chalk this show up to it being really, really hard to do 52 weeks of awesome shows a year. At least for the first 2:45.
There's just no excuse for Triple H anymore, but whatever good he's doing in the front office, I guess this is the tradeoff. It's a shitty tradeoff though.