WWE Raw Review 9/10/12

Note: This is the first time that Bret Hart was in Montreal since being fucked over at Survivor Series 1997. This should be interesting because of that and more. Here's WWE Raw...........

Opening Segment: Bret Hart comes back to Montreal. CM Punk interrupts.
(Bret Hart and the infamous Montreal Screwjob with Vince and HBK was the catalyst for the Attitude Era. Without this match and also the things afterwards, WWE would have died in 1997. So Bret coming back to Montreal is the final closure point of this event. Bret is Candian. Montreal is a screwy place for Amercians. Bret's ovation was good. Once he spoke it was like nostalgia in motion. Then CM Punk came out to boos. I still support CM Punk even though they want him as a heel to lead to him facing the Rock at Survivor Series. Basically CM Punk gloated about being champ longer than Bret, Stone Cold, and others. This was a very interesting opening segment.)

Match#1: The Miz and Antonio Cesaro vs. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth
Winners: Little Jimmy in Paradise (Kofi and Truth)
(This was a last minute match to me. This was something you would do while playing a video game. I like Kofi and Truth but it is time for someone else to be tag champs. Also with the IC and US titles, we need people to make the titles mean something again. The Miz is a good IC champ but he needs to be back in the WWE title hunt. Cesaro is a bad champ. He needs work. )

Match#2: Eve Torres, Kaitlyn and Layla vs. Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox and Natalya
Winners: Eve Torres, Kaitlyn and Layla
(This was a what the fuck moment. This was not only a short match but the fact that the divas title is pointless. These women barely made me want to see this match. Beth and Natalya are the only ones that can wrestle. They kept hyping that Eve won a NBC reality war show. Who fucking cares? This was a dumb match! )

Match#3: CM Punk vs. Randy Orton
Winner: Randy Orton by DQ
(This could have been a good match. This was a PPV match. However, this was a setup for RKO and Dolph. Even though Dolph was not working with CM Punk, he lost by DQ. This was another dumb ass Raw Active Match. This is how WWE is using social media like Twitter to make matches. This is mostly fixed like the PPV Cyber Sunday. This also led to the brawl with RKO, Lawler, Dolph, and Punk. )

Match#4: CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler vs. Jerry Lawler and Randy Orton
Winners: RKO and Lawler
(So after the melee from earlier, this was the result of it. This was a good match. Nice to see Lawler in action. CM Punk leaves the ring after talking to Paul Heyman. What was funny was that Vickie was being an annoying bitch while Paul Heyman and Punk was talking. Also you could see Dolph try to fight off RKO and Lawler. This was a good match but the stress got to Lawler.)

Match#5: Ryback vs. Heath Slater
Winner: Ryback
(This was a typical match for Ryback. Slater was shocked to lose to Ryder last week and Ryder set up this match for Slater. This was a jobber match for Ryback. Still was funny to watch.)

Match#6: Prime Time Players vs. Kane and Daniel Bryan
Winners: Kane and DB
(This was a match to set up the fact that Kane and DB will win the tag titles. This is also a way to set up their funny segments about anger management. PTP is getting old and without AW it is getting stale. WWE cannot do a good black tag team right because they use stereotypes to make a team. Most black men act like dumb asses not all. This was a good way to set up for a title change.)

Match#7: Alberto Del Rio vs. Tyson Kidd
Winner: ADR
(WTF!!!!!! This was a gimmie match for ADR who is still looking stiff and being boring. This was a wasted match for Raw. They could have put this on their C show or the kids show.)

Match#8: Sheamus vs. David Otunga
Winner: Sheamus
(The whole deposition angle with them suing Sheamus for the Brogue Kick and also banning it is a funny angle. Even Sheamus was cracking jokes and kicked the shit out of the camera during the segment. This match was fucking hilarious because it was a jobber match for Otunga. Also at the end, Sheamus kicked Otunga. Then both AJ and Booker T come out to tell Sheamus that if he does the kick again, he will be stripped of the title. This is dumb as fucking hell. This is just like RKO and the punk kick.)

Match#9: Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes
Winner: Cody Rhodes
(Boring........)


Main Event: Bret Hart interviews John Cena. CM Punk interrupts.
(Well I find this segment the best of the year only because this was basically a real life segment. CM Punk is being the heel and Cena was the face. Cena was speaking his mind and Punk was also proving his point. This whole thing is a full circle to me because of the events of last year. All we need is Stone Cold to finally come on WWE Raw. Cena was being real not the corporate mouthpiece. This made me happy to see WWE is letting this be more realistic. The ending was also cool because not only did Cena get a lick in but Bret did as well.)


Final Thoughts: Jerry Lawler was hospitalized after his match. Most the of the show was silent out of respect to Lawler. Cole was close to crying after seeing his friend have a heart attack. Lawler will be back because we all are praying for him to come back to work and also finally retire from active wrestling. #getbetterlawler......

The whole show was good except a few spots. Even after what happened with Lawler, the show got more realistic and also very close to outside PG. So this could be a good thing for WWE because I hope to see better things with WWE. No more bullshit and catering to kids. I will see you all for the aftermath of TNA No Surrender on TNA Impact.












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