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Post by Crimson Dragon on Jan 3, 2012 14:36:21 GMT -5
Well what to say about the first RAW I have watched in two years. Well the Jericho segment was the kind of stuff that made me leave the WWE in the first place not so much the segment the placing of it in the show my opp ion it should have been where the Punk Ziggler match was and have the Punk Ziggler match be the start of the second half of the show or the match going into the main event. Another thing why follow the Punk/Ziggler match with a women's match that match to me was like watching paint dry boaring and painful. I know there is a lot of TNA haters out here but I still say they have a better women's division. Anyways in all RAW was an ok show didn't overly wow me but I am willing to give them a chance.
As with the Jericho stuff for someone not having seen the videos hyping the return the video and then Jericho's appearance made absolutely no sense. How in the hell is his return ending the world as we know it? Who is the she that speaks to him? with him not speaking this makes no sense. To be honest the video felt more like an undertaker thing then Jericho but I am hoping they answer some of these questions. With more options out there now for wrestling fans TNA and now ROH being more available especially for me here in the great white north, I think they need to step up and keep the old fans interested and the New fans from changing the chanel.
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Post by Travis on Jan 3, 2012 15:06:55 GMT -5
I loved the Jericho segment. I thought it was completely over the top and we still have the mystery going about what the hell the videos were supposed to symbolize or for that matter WHY is Jericho back? Who is he going after? What's his angle?
I thought the WWE did a great job of giving us something to talk about, whine about, moan about, or get excited about. But most importantly, it gave us a reason to tune in next week, even if we just expect them to drop the ball.
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Post by j on Jan 3, 2012 17:06:44 GMT -5
I loved the Jericho bit. It leaves so many questions and I'm actually very excited for RAW next week to see how this plays out.
Know that no matter what Jericho would get a huge pop last night. If they plan on him being a heel than that was the perfect thing to do to get fans to turn against him.
Last night we saw a 1999 Y2J Chris Jericho walk to the ring. Next week I hope to see 2009 suit wearing Chris Jericho get out of his limo and walk around backstage (never saying a word). Finally in week 3 we see a reinvented 2012 Chris Jericho.
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Post by Phoenix on Jan 3, 2012 20:54:31 GMT -5
I had actually changed channel and came in when Jericho was already in the ring. I was surprised there was such a strong reaction for him considering he was a heel when he left. Same thing happend when he came back last time after being heel though.
I thought it went on too long..and then he said nothing.
Cena...crowd really didn't like him. They were just dead when he was talking. Feud with Kane is interesting.
I was really getting pissed with the Punk match at the end. Hopefully though Punk can finish off Ziggler at Rumble.
Divas'...waste of time as usual.
As for Miz, Swarm i think the thing is everyone can't be in the title hunt every month. I wouldn't be surprised to see Miz vs. Punk at WrestleMania for the WWE title. I actually thought it was funny Truth found a real "little jimmy ' in the crowd.
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Post by Sickman on Jan 3, 2012 21:14:50 GMT -5
When Kane came up through the ring and tried to pull Ryder in; I kept hoping he would actually pull him in and then in a few weeks debut Ryder as a disciple of Kane. Not sure why I wanted that. But I kept thinking, "wow; they (WWE) really are paying attention to Toms stuff"!
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Post by Big Bri on Jan 3, 2012 22:10:10 GMT -5
R-Truth is entertaining. Miz is not.
Like I said before, Jericho has let success go straight to his head. He thinks he's 10X more important to the world than he actually is. I figured it's be Jericho but was still hoping for someone different.
Oh well, let's wait and see where it goes.
Yeah, Punk-Ziggler was BS. Hopefully they are allowed to put on a great match at the Rumble.
I fell asleep around 10:45. It was that bad.
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Post by chewey on Jan 3, 2012 23:48:29 GMT -5
While I do have to admit the scene itself was agonizing, I do agree with Fringe that it did exactly what they hoped to do. Jericho was going to get a huge pop, but it makes more sense to have him as a heel. Sure it could have been done with a promo, but it could have been hokey. This may be a bigger statement to build on. I'll hold my judgement for now. This marks my exact opinion of last night. I give Jericho props for always trying to do something creative that no one has done before. I can't say that last night worked as well as he probably would have liked, but I'll also hold my judgment for now. Anybody else think that Cena and Ryder could co-star in a buddy cop drama after Cena saved Ryder from Kane? |
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Post by Crimson Cross on Jan 4, 2012 7:23:14 GMT -5
I'd laugh if Johnny Ace as the guest referee awards Ziggler the Rumble victory over Punk and gives the WWE belt to Ziggler and force a rematch on Raw or the next pay-per-view. It's good to have CM Punk the Champion, but he is truly in the 2nd or 3rd Main Event Storyline which hasn't been that good. Anyway, we'll see if the annual improvement of the WWE product picks up with the Rumble or if this will be a off year in the WWE...
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Post by payback on Jan 4, 2012 10:23:42 GMT -5
Interesting reveal with Y2J back and apparently as a heel. I hope he does eventually feud with CM Punk but with Punk - Ziggler going on, I don't see that happening just yet, but I guess those 2 are having some sort of "Twitter war" - ugh. I'd like to see Jericho challenge UT to a WM match. I really don't wanna see HHH - UT again. Speaking of HHH, it was cool that he didn't get Punk over  , and had to have his stupid feud with Nash, and now they're both off of TV. I couldn't hate anyone more than HHH. Such a glory hog prick. I also really hate when guys are done on TV, they just totally ignore it and never even have the commentators address it. |
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Post by vx on Jan 4, 2012 10:54:48 GMT -5
I don't watch wrestling unless something gets a lot of buzz and I catch it on You Tube. Otherwise, I realized almost a decade ago what Swarm said a few months ago...
I am not WWE's target audience. I am probably not going to like what they do. These things happen. I pretty much stopped watching on a regular basis way back when HHH was simulating having sex with a corpse.
WWE will still go on. It hasn't missed me all these years and it won't care that I watched the You Tube replay of Jericho's return and shrugged and said "meh....whatever."
I'll stick to reruns of old Gordon Solie GCW and I'll get my fix and WWE will continue to reel in the audience they aim for.
People younger than me.
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, and had to have his stupid feud with Nash, and now they're both off of TV. I couldn't hate anyone more than HHH. Such a glory hog prick. I also really hate when guys are done on TV, they just totally ignore it and never even have the commentators address it. 