Away from the news that the Macho Man Randy Savage will headline the 2015 WWE Hall of Fame class, this week’s RAW was a creative disaster.
After the opening match, the show essentially died in the ring and creatively.
From fairy tales to annoying heel tactics, nearly every segment felt force or predictable.
Take away the Dean Ambrose segments and another Seth Rollins Curb Stomp on Lesnar and there were seldom reasons to crack a smile this week.
In the end, WWE Creative lacks real logic. The type that can suspend belief and entertain. Simply put, John Cena can’t threaten people that he’d go home if he won the WWE World Heavyweight Title at Royal Rumble. Why? Brock Lesnar does that already. As a result, it’s just empty threats and nonsense.
After Sting’s debut, it felt like the WWE turned a corner creatively. With the end of The Authority, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and an assortment of other young guys were going to get an opportunity to run with the ball. Upon Daniel Bryan’s return as well as The Authority, the opposite can now be said- the WWE is out of ideas until further notice.
Matches:
Lumberjack Match: John Cena vs. Seth Rollins w/ Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble: Before the match, Triple H told Cena that if he won the match, Dolph Ziggler, Erik Rowan and Ryback would get their jobs back. Cena was able to hit his signature offense and the Attitude Adjustment in spite of attacks from the lumber jacks. He even took the lumber jack with a Splash from the top rope. Rollins fought back with kicks to the face and his signature Turnbuckle Powerbomb, but couldn’t put Cena away either.Cena managed to hit another Attitude Adjustment, but Noble and Mercury broke up the pinfall. A segment later, Cena locked in the STF, but Kane interfered as well. Big Show then took Cena to the outside and hit the Knockout Punch, allowed Rollins to clean up the scraps and get the win.
Tyson Kidd and Cesaro w/Adam Rose and the Exotic Express and Natalya Neidhart vs. Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston w/Big E Langston: Although Cesaro and Kidd performed better and got the crowd going, they were unable to put The New Day Away. After they got Cesaro out of the equation, Woods and Kingston hit Backbreaker, Double Stomp combination for the win.
Roman Reigns vs. Luke Harper w/The Big Show: A lengthy, but solid back and forth between two athletic big men. Although Harper was in control for most of the match, Reigns got back in control with a Turnbuckle Clothesline and a Neckbreaker. An Eye Rack and a Big Boot got Harper back in the match, but Reigns countered a Powerbomb into a Sideslam that set up the Super Man Punch. However a distraction from Big Show led to a Harper Spinning Sideslam and a near-fall. Rather quickly however, Reigns rallied back with Superman Punch and his Apron Dropkick, but more nonsense from Show allowed Harper to hit another Super Kick. But again, seemingly out of nowhere, Reigns countered the Discus Lariat into the Spear for the win. After the bell, Show beat on Reigns and finished him off with The Knockout Punch.
Naomi (with an arm tied behind her back) vs. Alicia Fox: Naomi was better than you’d think, but Fox won with the Scissors Kick.
Jay Uso w/Jimmy Uso vs. The Miz w/Damien Sandow: Thanks to interference from Sandow, Miz hit the Skull-Crushing Finale for the win
Brie Bella w/WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella vs. Paige w/Natalya Neidhart and Tyson Kidd: Why Kidd decided to go on the ring apron to distract Paige is unknown, but it cost Paige the match as Brie used the Rollup to secure the win.
Viktor and Konnor, The Ascension vs. Nameless Jobbers: The Fall of Man and some random strikes and power moves put these youngsters away.
United States Champion Alexander Rusev w/Lana vs. Dean Ambrose: Rusev worked on Ambrose’s knee and got the cheap win after the referee decided to stop the match because Ambrose couldn’t walk. After the match, Rusev hit the Super Kick to cement the win.
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