So yeah… John Cena’s off my TV this week due to an injury. That’s the best belated Christmas gift I’ve ever got. Unfortunately, he might return next week to sell more merch. Because that’s all the fucker could sell.
Other RAW thoughts:
– So the whole story is that Wade Barrett has been usurped from Nexus by new arrival CM Punk. Does this mean Barrett goes away for a while or is this the beginning of a face turn of some kind? I’m probably reading too much into this, because Nexus’ relevance died in 2010 and I have very little faith that CM Punk’s inclusion into the group is going to revive it. Yeah, CM Punk is a solid talent and a great talker, but even he can’t save Nexus from being a footnote.
– The Miz retains his WWE title in a match against John Morrison, defeating his former partner in an pretty awesome match (Did I say it was okay? I was stupid). Strange that a title match would open the card, but whatever… Watching the match again, I have to tip my hat off both guys for opening up with a phenomenal match. This should have been the main event – this was good enough to close out the show – but instead we’ve got a lethargic cage match between Orton, Sheamus, and Wade Barrett… that Orton won.
– So anyone willing to fork money over for the Royal Rumble will get yet another Miz/Randy Orton main event. Some people might get upset over this because Orton’s been in one too many title matches (last one he had was LAST MONTH), but as long as it’s not John Cena in the title match, I’m very happy either way. That fucker needs to go away and get new material.
– Nice job by the tag-team champions. Those will really boost the credibility of those titles… wait, Santino and Koslov are still the champions? Never mind.
– Alberto Del Rio defeated R-Truth in the only real sour spot of the night. It wasn’t a bad match per se, but nothing that kept me from fast-forwarding.
– So they’re bringing back Tough Enough, huh? Hopefully they’ll play it straight and make good use of whoever wins the competition… oh, who am I kidding? This is going to be a complete waste of time. I have very little faith in these people’s ability to run a credible show.
– Why do the Bella Twins still have jobs? And where’s Daniel Bryan Danielson? I want a good wrestling match to my wrestling show, not more plastic.
But, yeah this was actually a good show. A rare one that included a lot of wrestling. John Cena should suffer more injuries more often if it means giving the WWE Universe quality sports-entertainment programs such as this one. Top-notch effort.
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