Wrestling Lemons

Another week of Raw, another week of missed opportunities, as a lackluster set of matches, more of the same prissy commentary by Michael Cole and a complete absence of excitement helped make this episode one of the least entertaining in quite some time.

With the show’s 900th episode coming next week, it’s a good thing the company managed to squeeze out this lemon in what hopes to be a quality episode.

Overall, between Wade Barrett getting promised a title shot at the next pay per view and the constant nonsense spewing from Cole’s mouth, Raw just isn’t as entertaining as it could be. Sheamus for example is a powerhouse and rather than have him mowing through the competition, the WWE has him play chicken to a rookie in Barrett [hell, Sheamus technically hasn’t earned his stripes in this business yet either and he’s champion] and fighting jobbers with only 15 minutes left in the show.

Talk about a joke- the main event for this week’s RAW, or the fact that Barrett’s boots don’t have a scuff on them yet and he’s already getting opportunities to fight for titles.

Even worse was the fans cheering Barrett on when he was intimidating Sheamus.

That alone is proof indeed that if you want to see quality WWE programming, you have to pay for it.

But after watching this poor excuse of a show, why would you want to?

Sure, the huge match planned for Night of Champions looks like it will be a barnburner, but there’s not enough heat right now between all of these stars to make the drama worthwhile. Just because you throw Sheamus and Barrett in the ring with guys the likes of Edge, Chris Jericho and John Cena doesn’t mean you’ve got a good match on your hands. The faster the marks stop paying for half-baked wrestling, fueled by big names and the sooner the WWE decides to show the world why they’re around today and WCW and ECW aren’t, the better the business will be for the fans that truly enjoy it.

That’s not to say that TNA is much better either, but at least you can watch quality wrestling for free [or close to it] and not be forced to watch Giant Khali embarrass himself. Seriously, why is he even allowed in the ring anymore and someone like Ted DiBiase can’t get a decent singles push?

Like the amount of licks it would take a blind man with a foot fetish to get to the bottom of Awesome Kong’s boots, the world may never get an answer to these questions.

And since we’re asking questions here, why is Cole still so opinionated? If herbing Bryan Danielson and R Truth wasn’t enough to annoy the smart marks, hearing him essentially rub the tummy of The Miz, every time he’s on camera, is getting old and fast.

All in all, it’s enough to drive a knowledgeable fan of this carnival show crazy. Wake up WWE. The “sport” is already in shambles; don’t help it get their any faster. Put this week behind you and surprise the fans for once.

Give them an amazing show.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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