On the whole, the announcing for Raw was 100x better than it has been in recent weeks. Like you said, Cole was toned down and JR got a lot more talking time. Lawler was actually more annoying than Cole tonight. Hopefully this trend of JR getting more time continues.
It's all well and good that HHH has these good intentions, but until Vince is dead and gone, I just don't see it happening. Yes, HHH has a ton of power, but he's still #2 in charge. Vince still has the final say on everything.
Yes, it's definitely a slow build towards Punk vs HHH, but I don't see it lasting until WM. That's just too long in modern WWE. I will say they have their match at Survivor Series.
One way or another, they're setting up Punk vs Nash @ NoC. And since Laurinaitis is in charge of signing talent and they've acknowledged this on TV, it makes sense. I just don't know why there is distension between HHH and Laurinaitis. That really hasn't been explained, although they could play that Laurinaitis is still acting on behalf of Vince.
WWE does understand why people don't like him. Cena acknowledged it himself in his promo with Punk a few weeks back. He said people don't like his work rate, his five moves of doom, his corporate lifestyle. Regardless though, WWE is set on keeping Cena as the top face forever and ever and ever.
Kofi/Bourne, Miz/Truth, Swagger/Ziggler would have been a nice start to reinvigorating the tag team division. Then they could get serious about the Usos, and bring in Kings of Wrestling, and you have 5 solid tag teams.
Laurinitis sent the text. It was clear after last night.
Completely agree about Punk/Nash. The match will probably suck (I'm sure they'll use every gimmick they can imagine to get through the match) and Punk BETTER go over clean, but it definitely is a good way to prolong the program. Especially because they are also teasing problems between Nash and HHH. I'm just hoping this all ties together nicely in the end and isn't one of those WWE angles that gets so messy that it never comes back together.
Club leaves and you reappear?Originally Posted by Let Me Post
sorry, not uploading properly.
text reads: "After 9 years, I have decided to call it a career here on NT
I was recently banned and will not be "re-signing" anytime soon, as I have decided to kill off the Club character."
I've come to terms with this also a while back.
Not good with MNF getting ready to start up. That always knocks .3-.4 off the normal Raw rating. Could be ugly, especially if it gets to the point where USA starts getting unhappy.
There was no hope for Otunga/McGuillicutty with or without the straps. Both guys are terrible in the ring and have zero charisma. Send them back to FCW for a year and hope when they redebut, the fans don't remember this failed tag team run. It's funny looking back at NXT when a lot of people (me included) thought Otunga had the most potential of anyone on the show (well, other than Danielson). I definitely saw Otunga ahead of Barrett.
Bring them back! About %*!+%%% time!
