CM Punk has the theme song titled "Cult of Personality," but if there's anyone in the company who embodies that term, as artificial as it is in his case, it's Triple H. The buzz before the show was whom Paul Heyman selected as his third client. After Michael McGillicutty was rechristened Curtis Axel (a brilliant rebrand, if you ask me), out came Trips to slap him down, literally. Then the match happened, and in what should have been a moment to put Axel over hard by having him fell Trips, the attention hound had to have the cameras on him with the doctors tending to him rather than as the result of a Perfect Plex. He's Poochie, which I can only hope that this is the part of the arc where he dies en route to his home planet. I'm not holding my breath.
Other than that, RAW tonight was actually outstanding. All the wrestling got time to breathe and unfold. Even the short matches, like Layla/AJ Lee and especially Big E. Langston/Alberto del Rio, felt like complete stories were told in them. I completely dug Ryback's opening promo as well. The former Skip Sheffield seems to be the perfectly polarizing wrestler. I know there are some people out there who are lukewarm on him, but they seem to be a silent group. Most of the reactions I see migrate into either extreme. He's either awesome and one of the best things going, or he's a pox who should be sold for scrap. I personally think he's more the best than dirt worst. I still think it was awful timing in turning him heel, but I don't think it's fair to say he's not holding up his end of the bargain.
But yeah, the best part of this RAW, by far, was the trios match. The Shield could go in there against Great Khali, Jabba the Hutt, and Mr. Game 'n Watch, and it would be a passable match at the very least. With the best wrestler in the world and two cromulent WWE superstars on the other side, it's going to be magic. The match lived up to every expectation and then some, and it's a good thing too. With the way RAW ended, there needed to be a strong positive force in it to cancel out the Triple H Ego Parade.
Think about it though. It's 2013. Part-time COO Triple H is still making it all about himself, years after his expiration date had passed as a prime in-ring competitor. Yet, here he is, making it all about him at the expense of a dude right on the night of his rebrand (replete with a totally rad remix of his pops' theme music too). You stay classy, Triple H, and by "stay classy," I mean "please coat yourself in honey and run around Yellowstone, thanks."
Other than that, RAW tonight was actually outstanding. All the wrestling got time to breathe and unfold. Even the short matches, like Layla/AJ Lee and especially Big E. Langston/Alberto del Rio, felt like complete stories were told in them. I completely dug Ryback's opening promo as well. The former Skip Sheffield seems to be the perfectly polarizing wrestler. I know there are some people out there who are lukewarm on him, but they seem to be a silent group. Most of the reactions I see migrate into either extreme. He's either awesome and one of the best things going, or he's a pox who should be sold for scrap. I personally think he's more the best than dirt worst. I still think it was awful timing in turning him heel, but I don't think it's fair to say he's not holding up his end of the bargain.
But yeah, the best part of this RAW, by far, was the trios match. The Shield could go in there against Great Khali, Jabba the Hutt, and Mr. Game 'n Watch, and it would be a passable match at the very least. With the best wrestler in the world and two cromulent WWE superstars on the other side, it's going to be magic. The match lived up to every expectation and then some, and it's a good thing too. With the way RAW ended, there needed to be a strong positive force in it to cancel out the Triple H Ego Parade.
Think about it though. It's 2013. Part-time COO Triple H is still making it all about himself, years after his expiration date had passed as a prime in-ring competitor. Yet, here he is, making it all about him at the expense of a dude right on the night of his rebrand (replete with a totally rad remix of his pops' theme music too). You stay classy, Triple H, and by "stay classy," I mean "please coat yourself in honey and run around Yellowstone, thanks."