WWE RAW Reflections – 15/06/2009

-So.  Here I am.  The 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs are all finished (the BEST fucking playoffs I have ever seen).  Nothing to prevent me from watching RAW.  That is, of course, excluding my sense of good taste and desire to maintain what remains of my sanity.  HOWEVER, as a favour to my good buddy JCC, I promised to reflect this week’s RAW.

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WWE RAW Reflections – 11/05/2009

-I don’t wanna do this.  I REALLY don’t wanna Reflect on this boring goddamned show today.  But, I’m going to anyway.  For you.  Not for me.  If I had my way, I would be knee deep into Rock Band 2 right now, or something else.  But, no.  This is for YOU!

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WrestleMania 25 Reflections!

And here we are! WRUSSLEMUNYA 25! Not just the grand return of my WrussleMunya recap (last year, due to the feed I was watching being incredibly glitchy, I didn’t bother), but the return of content from myself (March has been HELL for me)! However, do not expect a RAW Reflections from me tomorrow, because I’m not out of the woods just yet, as far as school is concerned, but I figure I would get the motor running again. ON TO THE SHOW.

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WWE RAW Reflections – 16/02/2009

-So, that PPV I hate so much happened Sunday night.  For the most part, I didn’t enjoy it, what with The H’s winning the Title, and a really dull undercard (although the Shawn Michaels-Breastshaw match was enjoyable).  HOWEVER, the fact that Edge won the World Championship using sweet HEEL TRIX made up for it all…
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RAW Reflections – 02/02/2009

-With the Rumble in the record books, we are on the Autobahn to WRUSSLEMUNYA! Unfortunately, we have to make a slight detour and a pit stop at No Way Out-berg, to pick up some chips, maybe grab some Burger King, and watch an unnecessary amount of Elimination Chamber matches. God, I hate you, No Way Out. Anyway, RAW REFLECTIONS!

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WWE RAW Reflections – 12/01/2009

-Yes indeed, you people get a special treat this week!  Two, count’em, TWO reviews this week!  Thanks to everyone who gave kind words to my sober review of TNA Genesis, to which I promise that this week, I’ll actually be funny!  Or angry!  We’ll see!  On with the show!

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TNA Genesis Review

The last time I watched a TNA PPV with the intent of reviewing it, the whole situation degenerated into a rant about how much I hate the Insane Clown Posse.  So, after a few months, I attempted to watch TNA Genesis, with the intent of reviewing it.  Once again, we have a problem.  I won’t be reviewing the show, match by match, but I will not go into a massive rant.  I shall address the problem with TNA Genesis in a cool, calm, collected manner.

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WWE RAW Reflections – 05/01/2009

-So here it is, the first batch of RAW Reflections for the New Year!  I’m glad you all enjoyed my 25 Best Wrestlers on Television Column.  That is, I assumed you all did, based on all the feedback I got for it.  While there was (foreseeable) disagreements on placement and who was on it and who was not, the bottom line is, everyone’s going to come up with a different list.  HOWEVER, I have a column and you do not, so NYAH.  I jest, of course.  HEY, how about some Reflections now?!

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The 25 Best Wrestlers on Television, 2008

The name says it all.  This is a list of who I feel are the best wrestlers to be on Television during the calendar year of 2008.  The reason why I limit it to Television is because, in all honestly, 90% of all the pro wrestling I am exposed to, and 100% of all the wrestling I write about in this column is shown on Television.  With that in mind, some wrestlers like Bryan Danielson, Nigel McGuinnes, and Austin Aries will NOT be appearing on this list, because they are not showcased on a weekly television program that I have access to.   On the other end of the spectrum, wrestlers like John Cena, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels will not be featured on this list either, because I do not like them, and I am horribly biased.

In my criteria for making this list, I have limited it to wrestlers who appear on a weekly television program.  As such, this list will be primarily wrestlers from WWE or TNA. However, I have also chosen to include several wrestlers that appeared during TNA’S World X-Cup Tournament, because they were showcased rather well on TNA Television.  That, and as I said before, I’m horribly biased.  As well, in using the WWE Power 25 Rule, I have decided to list entries who are regularly showcased as a tag team as a tag team.    ON WITH THE LIST!

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WWE RAW Reflections – 29/12/2008

-And here it is!  The final RAW Reflections of 2008!  And the FINAL RAW Reflections to be posted on WordPress.com!  What a year 2008 has been for wrestling, hasn’t it, folks?  A lot of people have risen and fallen, and we’ve seen some REALLY good stuff, and some really, really stupid stuff.  And, it only makes sense that we close out 2008 with some RAW Reflections!

-We kick off with one of the weirdest sights… Rey Mysterio in the ring with a microphone.  Seriously, that just never happens.  Anyway, Mysterio is no happy.  He wants to face Shawn Michaels for Shawn’s spot in the Four Way Dance for the Number One Contendership of the World Title, and Shawn’s all cool with that.  Unfortunately, his blowhard of a boss comes in and puts the kybosh on what could have been a FUCKING great match to close out 2008 with.  Instead, the Four Way Dance goes as planned…

-And Bruiser Brod… I mean, Mike Knox is out to beat the piss out of Rey, only to be THWARTED BY SUPER CENA DUN-DUN-NA-DUUUUUUUUUN!  TAKE THAT, GENERIC HAIRY BAD GUY!!  Mike Knox would look much more threatening if he wore something other than generic black trunks.

-Back from break, Randy Orton is holding fucking TRYOUTS for his Legacy stable.  First up, PLYWOOD CODY RHODES!

-..And his opponent?  CM PUNK.  CM Punk’s pre-match taunting was adorable.  It was actually something of a decent match.  Perfectly acceptable for TV Wrestling, and having Regal cause CM Punk to get counted out was the only plausible way Cody could have won without hurting CM Punk, going into his IC Title Match… which apparently they’re doing next week, and not at the Royal Rumble or anything.  I would be excited, but I don’t expect WWE to give a match THAT good on free television.

-Backstage, Cena was screaming something at Stephanie McMahon about commentary, but I wasn’t paying attention.  I’ll admit it, I was too busy staring at Stephanie’s chest.

-Back from Break, Goldust is here to give a WACKY Christmas Poem!  Cody and Dusty were namedropped, and I prefer the old, creepy Goldust to the new, manic cartoon Goldust.  It still beats Black Reign, though.  And hey, couldn’t Goldust try out for Orton’s Legacy Stable?  I think an Odd-Couple Tag Team composed of Goldust and Cody would be hilarious.

-Apparently, in the past two weeks, misfortune has fallen upon Dave Batista!  Not only did Randy Orton scramble his brains, he needed EMERGENCY JAW SURGERY! Oh, he also decided to have hamstring surgery for an injury he claims to have had since SUMMERSLAM.  I’m surprised that they didn’t show Batista eating a bowl of iron pellets and wrestling bears to further beat me over the head with just how fucking tough Dave Batista is.

-The Diva’s Battle Royal was BLAH, but you already knew that.  HOWEVER, Eurotrash Superstar wins quote of the year by calling Melina a GYPSY.  If you think about it, she does kind-of look like a Gypsy…

-Backstage, Chris Jericho is talking to Nadd Grisham about how insulting it is to be named WWE’s Jerk of the Year for 2008, and I find it absolutely hilarious.   The idea of a grown, mature man in a nice suit, using big words to explain his disapproval about not being liked by the readers of a Children’s Magazine (presumably children), or just being called a ‘Jerk’ in general just makes me laugh.  I only wish he tore the magazine up, too.

-Admit it.  You got a smidge excited when you heard the Superfly theme.  You thought Jimmy Snuka Jr. was actually going to wrestle his dad, just like I did, for a brief second.   And you were slightly disappointed when you saw Charlie Haas.  Nothing against Charlie, he’s a great wrestler and he seriously works hard on his impersonator gimmick, but still.  Jimmy Snuka Jr. wins his tryout match, and his first match in like 76 years.

-Backstage, Rey Mysterio and John Cena are walking to the ring.  Apparently Boobs McMahon signed off on some match with them and Mike Knox?

-You know, the 10-man tag match was a smart idea.  Have all of your dependable guys, and Mike Knox, in a match to close off 2008.  And the match was actually alright, as far as massive clusterfuck matches go.  And giving Kofi a little rub by playing off of John Cena was nice, too.  I really want to see Kofi succeed.  However, I think Michael Cole would be better served to keep his unsettling factoids about Mike Knox’s body hair to himself, next time.

-Backstage, Nadd Grisham is trying to get some words out of Shawn, in regards to the up-coming Four Way Dance.  Shawn’s all “I’M MR. WRESTLEMANIA.”  That’s great, but it REALLY didn’t answer Need’s question.

-FURTHER backstage (the first time I’ve said that in this Reflection…) Kelly Kelly’s mystery boyfriend is… Randy Orton?  But, Randy blows off their night of supposed romance.  Also, Kelly Kelly REALLY needs acting classes, if you’re going to start having her talk.

-In a pretty long match (for undercard TV Matches, anyway), Afa Jr. fails his tryout, and is presumably CUT from the team!  And Afa Jr. actually looked like he was going to cry about it!  Awwww Afa Jr., there’s always Varsity Track, or Volleyball!

-Don’t care about Ken Kennedy’s Movie.  Actually having a hard time caring about Ken Kennedy right now…

-The Main Event… Um, well… I actually kind of dozed off at the beginning, and didn’t wake up until Breastshaw was ordering Shawn Michaels to lay down, and Shawn looked like he was about to cry.  It was actually kind of gripping, or would be, if I was a Shawm Michaels fan.  Or had feelings.

-Seriously, though, Shawn Michaels has proven himself to be a pretty good sympathetic character in 2008.  That’s as close to a compliment as you’re getting out of me, Ol’ Man Hickenbottom.

-All in all… this show was kind of strange.  It’s as if it were… a WRESTLING show?  Seriously, there was a HIGH degree of wrestling on this Variety Show!  Who allowed this?!  Did WWE Creative get replaced by Pod People?  Because I think that’s what happened.  Pod People DO book better Wrestling shows than WWE Creative does.  Then again, some forms of one-cell organisms book better Wrestling shows than WWE Creative.

And what a way to close out The RAW Reflections for 2008… with a WRESTLING Show.  Well done, guys.

-Coming sometime soon will be my 25 Best Wrestlers On Television List!  Maybe tomorrow, maybe at the end of the week?  We’ll see.

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