Back in the locker room, AJ was talking to Layla about the wedding and being mentally unstable. Wow, a shameless plug for Sonic. Not only that, but a squash match between Brodus Clay and Jack Swagger was next. This show is going downhill quickly. I take that back. Brodus Clay just introduced Dude Love. What a great way to include Mick Foley on the show, it was such a surpriser. The match was 10 seconds and it was over.
Although the match was short, it was more about Foley than anything, who gave Swagger the mandible claw. Again, seeing Dude Love was fun. Then, Triple H was talking to Trish Stratus!
Wow she looked great. DX reappeared to interrupt their "yoga" session. It was funny, but it featured a really awkward moment with X-Pac. What a great surprise, even though nobody knew who he was. The crowd was hot for the segment. Just as the end was coming to a near, AJ said she was saying yes to someone else, which kind of makes no sense.
Apparently, someone else made a proposal earlier in the night. Vince McMahon appeared and announced the new general manager of Raw. It was AJ! Wow, did not see that coming in a million years. AJ then left Bryan at the alter, concluding an Not a lot of what happened made sense.
Couldn't she marry Bryan and be general manager? Confusion lingers, my friends. Daniel Bryan was still in the ring freaking out until CM Punk came out.
Punk was ripping on Bryan and Bryan responded by calling himself the greatest WWE superstar of all time. The Rock then came out. It was a classic Rock promo which gave me chills up my spine. That is a huge announcement!
Even more than that, he severely burned Bryan bad. He followed it up with a Rock Bottom on Bryan to finish the segment. Bret Hart came out to the ring to be the ring announcer next, which I expected to be an alumni battle royale. Instead, it was the Intercontinental title match between Christian and The Miz. This match was a nice changeup, as I figured it would be yet another battle between Christian and Cody Rhodes. It's amazing after all these years, Christian is one of the most popular wrestlers in the WWE.
The match was a good pace and did justice to the Intercontinental title. I couldn't believe it, The Miz won the Intercontinental over Christian. Christian sold the knee well all match.
Paul Heyman emerged first, without Lesnar, telling him that Lesnar's answer was no. After some back and forth, Stephanie McMahon appeared! This made it way more interesting. Stephanie put on a pretty good "shoot" if you ask me. She tore into Heyman pretty good. This was a great way to push the Triple H-Lesnar feud into overdrive. Heyman finally accepted the challenge after Stephanie's epic promo.
I didn't think she had it in her, but she did an amazing job. She then assaulted Heyman until Lesnar finally came out. A brawl broke out with some great back-and-forth action. It ended with Lesnar being clotheslined out of the ring, which adds an interesting moment to the feud.
Good thing they have a delay or that could have been a dream come true for the FCC. They then showed some poll on a dream match the fans wanted to see. It was basically a plug for WWE ' They then showed a clip of the pivotal Stone Cold-Mr.
McMahon rivalry during the Attitude Era. But, Howard Finkel is in the ring, which means the legends battle royale was next! Maybe not, as Heath Slater came out for his match with a legend. Get out of town, it's Lita who is taking on the challenge against Slater! Good Lord, she is still insanely hot. No way, she hired the APA as protection! Bradshaw and Faarooq have reunited and I flipped out! Then, all of the legends who faced Slater in the past weeks came out and put Slater back in the ring for Lita after he tried to run away.
Of course, Faarooq I mean Ron Simmons, got his patented "Damn! Animal, Rikishi, Vader, Sgt. We then had an interview with the ,,th social media follower. The Rock has returned to spice up a few Raws this year, as has Brock Lesnar. Who could be next? What next great cameo could come next week? Don't you hate it when the time comes for your favorite TV show to come on, only to see that it's an old episode? Repeat episodes are enough to ruin your day, especially if you make it a point to set your schedule around watching your favorite show.
Rarely in the history of Raw has there been an episode that did not include a unique match that had not been seen before. There have been rematches and matchups that have happened in the past, but those rematches are completely different matches than those that came before. No two episodes of Raw are exactly alike, and you can be sure you'll see something each week that you didn't see in the last. If people aren't interested in watching, networks won't be interested in showing that program on television.
That isn't the issue with WWE Raw. The investment of WWE programming on a channel means consistent ratings.
With Raw now expanding to three hours, USA enjoys an extra hour of Raw, which means the ability to own all of Monday night primetime in the cable ratings. That's what made boxing popular for so many years.
That's what makes MMA such a rising sport in the world today. It's what makes people stop and watch people who are fighting nearby. The WWE has that ability to give us good fights. The knowledge that the fights are choreographed and that participants are not supposed to get seriously injured is nice for peace of mind. Seeing wrestlers using weapons and doing damaging moves to destroy one another can feel pretty terrible.
It makes some feel guilty. Knowing that things are going this way on purpose, and that the participants are—for the most part—going to be fine, makes that guilty pleasure a little bit easier to stomach. You may just end up being one yourself. No matter what happens with the product, your heart is set on watching Raw, no matter what.
Even if things look bleak, many fans will simply check in every week to see if things are getting better or more to their liking.
Millions persevere through pointless segments and comic relief that makes a former rising star look completely foolish. Chant for other promotions all you like, but when CM Punk vs.
John Cena comes on, you'll still watch it. Turn on a televised show from another wrestling company—chants, references on signs and t-shirts in the crowd will all reference the WWE.
It's good to have that many people obsessed with your product. Shows like Psych, Suits and White Collar certainly round the station out nicely now, but things were bleak for a long time there. Raw, a condensed version of the show to air overnight instead of infomercials.
Raw actually drives decent ratings for a graveyard shift show. Sure, this is the same guy who tried to create a professional bodybuilding federation and a pro football league, but he also created the sports entertainment juggernaut we are speaking about today. Without McMahon, there is no WrestleMania. Each week, it is a different city and a different outcome to the night.
That's ultimately thanks to McMahon and his people. However, with the money that USA offers to broadcast the show, it may not be going anywhere.
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