WWE RAW Coverage: The Night of the No Confidence Job-Out

The first show after a pay per view is supposed to set the scene for the next few weeks of shows and the next big event.

Aside from an excellent 12-man tag match at the end of hour one, this week’s Monday Night RAW did neither.

The final segment, which revolved around Triple H’s tenure as Chief Operating Officer, was bland and a complete bore.

Overall, it has got to be one of the weakest main storylines the company has written since the “Attitude” era.

The show started off well enough though, as it featured four matches during the first hour. Unfortunately, none of them were any good. Three of them were job matches, which saw Randy Orton, Santino Marella and Mark Henry gain lop-sided victories. The other match, a tag match between Kelly Kelly, Eve Torrez and the team of Beth Phoenix and Nattie Neidhart never got started.

A big tease, this week’s RAW did nothing as far as story development. Sure, Triple H’s angle will develop over the next few weeks, but nothing really memorably good happened during this episode.

Matches:

Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre: A routine job match that saw McIntyre receive two RKOs, while he administered barely any offense of his own. After the match, World Champion Mark Henry hit the ring and he and “The Apex Predator” fought on the outside. It was an interesting way to start the show to say the very least.

World Champion Mark Henry vs. John Morrison:
For a second, you thought Morrison had a chance, but Henry came out of nowhere and caught Morrison with the “World’s Strongest Slam” for the win. Like the opener, Henry made a statement as well, as he hit Morrison with his finisher once again.

Kelly Kelly and Eve Torrez vs. Divas Champion Beth Phoenix and Natalya Niedhart: Kelly went crazy and took out Phoenix before the match got close to getting started. Ultimately, it was a waste of time. Kelly is super over as a face. This just confuses the audience. Although it makes her more of a real character, it’s a bit out of her character to act the way she did.

Santino Marella vs. Jinder Mahal: Wow. Just wow. Guess what? You guessed it; another job match. Marella beat Mahal with the Cobra in less than a minute. What does this accomplish?

12 Man Tag: Cody Rhodes, Christian, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler, David Otunga and Alberto Del Rio w/ Vicki Guerrero vs. John Cena, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Sheamus and Mason Ryan: Earlier in the show, there was a terrible round of “Pass the mic and bitch,” which forced Triple H to hit the ring and get a few cheap pops. In spite of that, the eventual match itself was fun and frenetic. It was one of the best matches on RAW this year. It had an old-school Survivor Series-esque feel to it, as every superstar got in the ring at once during one scene. Ironically, considering the short matches earlier, this contest lasted well over 30 minutes. While the commercial breaks almost killed all of the intensity, it was worth it. Every superstar had a few moments to show what he had as well, but Bourne got the biggest pop after he delivered the Shooting Star Press. Sheamus ended up getting the win however, after he hit Ziggler with the Bicycle kick. At that point, the match went into TNA mode, as every competitor hit a signature move of sorts, except Otunga, who hit a measly neckbreaker.

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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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