Week in Review – 7/12/10

The first thing that comes to mind for Raw this week was the main event. I loved that they finally got the Nexus in the ring. I don’t usually like handicap matches, but this one was set up well. I also loved that SuperCena didn’t prevail.

Now while that is the first thing that comes to mind, my favorite part of Raw was Randy Orton vs. Edge. I’m glad we got at least one 10min match on Raw. And how about that amazing Shooting StaRKO spot? One of the most amazing spots I’ve seen in a while. It almost makes up for that horrible Brady Bunch match set up by the guest host. Almost. When will they completely scrap that shit?

Aside from those few epic moments, Raw had a lot of misses, most of which were in the first half. For one, Morrison on mic. I’m a huge JoMo fan, but he really needs to work on his mic skills. I wish he had stayed on Smackdown, where he could truly shine. I found the Hart Dynasty and Usos match to be good, but they need much more time than they’ve been getting. I’m glad they were given enough time at the PPV. They really shined.

The biggest miss of the night was easily the match between Alicia Fox and Gail Kim. I always have and always will love Gail Kim. I will never understand why mindless bimbos with zero talent, such as Alicia, are given title runs and people like Gail Kim with true in ring talent are jobbers.

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I didn’t really like that NXT this week only had two matches. However, those two matches were good. The tag match that pitted Miz and Riley against Mark Henry and Lucky Cannon was really good at letting the rookies shine. Especially Riley. I’m huge on that guy. Lucky, not so much. Regardless, this was a nice 11 minute tag match.

The talk show segment with Percy Watson didn’t live up to my expectations. Percy is extremely charismatic and over with the fans. They could have done a lot with this. It came off as more of a lead in to the 20 man battle royal main event.

I liked the battle royal. Battle royals are one of my favorite matches. When I found out the Nexus would be involved, it kind of scared me in that I thought this would open up some dissention in the faction. However, the stable was the last standing, declaring themselves the six winners. Brilliant.

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The kick off to Smackdown proved why it is the superior wrestling show. While Kofi Kingston and Cody Rhodes fought to a no contest, the match was still a pretty good curtain jerker. I wish Kane hadn’t come in. Am I the only one who is already sick of him?

Match number two proved it even further. Drew McIntyre picked up the dirty win on Christian in a really good TV match. I would love to see these two feud over the Intercontinental Title…maybe bring some value back to the worthless strap.

The rest of the show kind of dragged. Dolph Ziggler beating Matt Hardy was average. Ziggler’s a great worker, but Matt Hardy’s work in the ring has been fading in quality as of late. As far as I’m concerned, the promo segments this week on Smackdown were pretty brutal. And I’m not even going to address that horrible mixed tag team match.

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I thought Money in the Bank was pretty good, especially compared to Fatal Fourway, and for a gimmick PPV. I’m really going to miss the match at WrestleMania though. The Money in the Bank match is among my favorite gimmick matches. I love it. And the Money in the Bank matches here were pretty amazing. I think I’ll address those matches first.

Kane won the Smackdown match. It seems that everyone (except Kelly) had him low on the list of potential winners. It kinda pissed me off just that he won. They could have done a lot with that briefcase in terms of elevating someone. I’m really not a huge Kane fan, and the fact that they wasted this briefcase on an angle that will probably end up in a match between him and Undertaker is kinda pathetic. Oh well. The one good thing to come out of this is that Rey Mysterio is no longer World Heavyweight Champion.

The Raw Money in the Bank was nothing short of epic. And I’m not saying that just because I’m a Miz fan. There were many amazing spots and Joey Styles “OH MY GOD” moments. I absolutely loved the spot where Mark Henry took three straight finishers. Beautiful. All in all, the fact that The Miz won makes me very happy. He deserves it. He has improved both his in ring skills and his promo skills so much since his days as a reality star jobber on Smackdown. He’s ready to main event Raw as a heel. I really can’t wait.

The main event steel cage match between Sheamus and Cena was actually really good. I don’t usually say that about a Cena match. It dragged at the beginning, but they really picked it up. Good job. Part of me actually hoped that Cena would win so as to set up for a feud between Cena and Barrett for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam. But hey, Cena without the title is just as good. I loved the way the Nexus interfered for the way the ending played out. Good stuff.

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A little side note: I will be on vacation the next two weeks without internet. I’ll see if I can work out typing out this column and then going to an internet café to post it. We’ll see.

Also, kudos to Kelly for getting more correct predictions than me.

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