Miss.
Bray Wyatt promo: The fact that The WWE thinks a cryptic promo
and little fire carries a segment, is very troubling to me. I know Wyatt can
cut great promos. He’s proven that time and time again, but The WWE needs The
Undertaker to respond to keep this feud going, or it just starts to look one
sided. Even if The WWE can’t get The Undertaker on Raw physically, it wouldn’t kill
them to have Undertaker do a prerecorded promo on the titan tron, or even just
a cryptic message of his own, like Sting did with Triple H. The fact that
websites were touting the return of The Undertaker on Monday night Raw, made
this segment particularly underwhelming. On another note. Wyatt setting the
casket on fire, was a great foreshadow for how The WWE should choose to end The
Undertaker’s career. Despite being unable to carry the segment on his own,
Wyatt’s words were immensely chilling to hear.
Hit
keeping John Cena out of WrestleMania 31 Segment:
Keeping John Cena’s WrestleMania 31 status up in the air has to be one of the
most brilliant moves by The WWE in a long time. The WWE Universe went wild
Monday night at the thought of Cena sitting out at The Show of Shows. The fact
that Curtis Axel interrupted the segment with Cena and Stephanie McMahon and
got a positive reaction from fans that were anti cena, made this segment just
that much better. The WWE struck a great storyline chord here, and the next few
weeks will be even more interesting now to see if and how Cena gets a match at
WrestleMania 31. The only problem I had with the segment, was having Cena and
Axel compete in a match after promo. Axel got great pops from the crowd, and a
loss to Cena only worked to ruin that. The fact that it was a submission
victory, made Axel’s stock plummet just that much more. Stephanie McMahon
making the match between Rusev and Cena was kind of let down as well. I was
hoping for Cena to be forced to prove himself to get into the match, but it
looks like he’ll have to force Rusev’s hand with sabotage
Hit
Erectile Dysfunction commercial: Any fan that misses the
attitude era, had to be cheering with glee during the Miz and Mizdow’s segment
on Raw Monday Night. Mizdow repeatedly tried to warn Miz that the commercial
that Miz was in wasn’t what he thought it was. When the Erectile Dysfunction
commercial finally aired, it was one of the funniest segments in a long time.
Miz using references to his below the belt area just made the segment awesome. As
the WWE roster looked on, Miz went on a tirade, ultimately hitting Mizdow in
the face and causing him to get back in Miz’s face. I wish Mizdow would have
went off on Miz right then and there, but I guess The WWE needs a few more
weeks of buildup, before they officially break up this team and give them their
match at WrestleMania 31. Mizdow needs to gain more back bone sooner rather than
later, or the storyline is going to start looking one sided Mizdow has the fan
support behind him and its time he uses it to get out of Miz’s shadow.
Miss
Paige versus Nikki Bella for The Divas Title: It was great to see
The WWE actually give the divas time to go out and have a great match. What wasn’t
so great, was the predictability at the end of the match. It was obvious from the moment Paige attacked
Brie on the ring apron that this match would end prematurely in
disqualification. Paige locking in The PTO for a few seconds on Nikki gave me
hope for a new Divas Champion, but of course The WWE wouldn’t want The Divas
title to change hands before WrestleMania 31. I guess a new champion was just
wishful thinking on my part.
Miss.
AJ Lee’s return to Raw: I
know Raw was live from New Jersey, but Lee’s return came completely out of left
field. Although it was nice to Paige and Lee clean house of The Bella Twins,
this adds a confusing and largely unnecessary twist to the title picture at
WrestleMania 31. One has to wonder where AJ Lee will fit into the title
picture, now that she has returned to the squared circle. Hopefully the answer to
this question is, as far away from it as possible. A WrestleMania moment will
only help to further Paige’s career in The WWE, a win at Mania for AJ would do
next to nothing. She already defeated every diva on the roster in last year’s
WrestleMania to retain her title. She doesn’t need another moment like that.
Its Paige’s turn, and Lee’s return Monday night, just complicates that.
Miss.
Seth Rollins host The Daily Show: Despite a few cheap jokes
about New Jersey, and a few nice jabs at Seth Rollins character, this segment
fell completely flat with me. I know this was great from a promotional perspective,
but I doubt that half the kids watching Monday Night Raw, knew who the hell
John Stewart was. Stewart hitting a low blow on Rollins before high tailing it
was a pretty good moment, but it seems like the segment was just a plot device
to further Orton and Rollins feud at WrestleMania 31. A poorly done one at
that. It would have been better if Orton and Rollins would have interacted
more, or if Rollins showed a little bit more discontent with Orton, but instead
Orton came and went without even getting on the mic to address why he was out
there. I think that hurt the segment the most.
Miss.
Roman Reigns versus Seth Rollins. Authority at Ringside:
Brilliantly paced match. Roman Reigns had so many news tricks up his sleeve, it
had to be impossible for anyone to take their eyes off of the screen during
this contest. The only thing that makes this match a miss, is the how it ended.
Reigns had things firmly in his control, when Orton distracted Reigns, giving
Rollins time for the roll up and the win. Orton leaving ringside after the match
was a nice touch, to show that he and The Authority are close to butting heads
again, and the way Reigns cleaned house at the end of Raw was even more
spectacular. If The WWE continues to build up Reign’s athleticism, this five
moves of doom internet crap will eventually die down in The WWE Universe.
Reigns is getting better and better every time he goes out there, and that more
then makes him deserving of his spot at WrestleMania 31.