It was the WWE Draft once again on a special 3 hour Raw last night. On a funny note: I forgot it was 3 hours once the show started so I was wondering why the show didn't end at 10. I thought it was 11. Then I realized it was only 10 and thought that only one hour passed. When I went home(I was at my cousin's place), I remembered it was 3 hours which is why it felt like 2 hours were over at 10.
Anyway, there were a few surprises and a few good drafts.
Once again, Raw held the draft. Why wouldn't it? It's the dominant brand. How can we make ECW and Smackdown get higher ratings? Make it live. Put SD on Wednesdays. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and now Thursday Superstars. It could help a little. I hope the new show is good. Can't wait!
On to the show:
I'm not gonna give you exactly what happened since you either saw it or probably read it somewhere else like wwe.com. But I'll give you my opinions. The first segment wasn't amazing. But it was decent. Cena has better mic skills than Batista. Why couldn't they get revenge together? In a 3 on 1 handicap or something right? They're fighting for who gets to get revenge? Well, like I said, this segment was okay...
We start the first match with Mr. 619 vs 'Air' Bourne. This should've been exciting, but it was short. I really wanted to see a Shooting Star Press. I guess it's only on ECW. Rey wins. A nice match. Raw gets MVP. A nice one although ECW would've profited more from MVP than Raw. But this is good to see MVP on Raw. That's definitely a new, fresh change.
Kane vs Brian Kendrick. Brian Kendrick is useless and it's not his fault. He needs to get a push. He just jobs to everyone but he has potential. Maybe he might get released? Kane wins, no surprise there. Big Show comes to Raw. This is a good change too. Nice new challenges and interesting storylines with Show. Hopefully they won't continue his love for Vickie now that she's GM of Raw too. Hopefully.
Smackdown vs Raw Divas. Michelle McCool gets the win for her team(Maryse and Natalya) by pinning Mickie James and defeating her team (Melina and Kelly Kelly). SD gets draft pick and Melina goes to SD. Nice one too though I'd rather see Candice go to SD. Nonetheless, this was a good pick, though I wont miss Melina much. So far, the drafts aren't disappointing. BTW, how in the world did Mickie get fatter? She needs to lose weight fast cause she used to be one of the hottest. Now Maryse is the hottest but sometimes she is the ugliest too at different angles. =)
Cena has a segment with Swagger. He was actually funny. Until he stopped telling the jokes, then he got corny.
Cena beats Swagger. Nice match. Raw gets 2 picks. Matt goes to Raw. That is definitely nice. Matt on Raw and Jeff on SD. Amazing move now that he's heel. He can be one of the top heels if he tries. Hopefully won't turn out like Rey's move to Raw last year as it was just pointless and did nothing to Rey. Triple H gets drafted to Raw. Not a big surprise. Not an amazing one. I mean he's been on Raw for the last month or so anyway. But at least he won't be on SD. Jeff and The Undertaker can be on top.
Great Khali beats Santino. Santino is hilarious. Gotta love him. Santina is going to kiss Khali on SD. Interesting only because I know Santino is going to be hilarious. He might get drafted to SD in the Supplemental draft. CM Punk goes to SD. That is a great move. He can start fresh and have a better title reign if he wins the title after cashing in the MITB.
Kofi Kingston vs The Miz. Great match. Longer than I expected. Kofi wins by DQ. Miz goes to Raw. I thought it'd be Morrison. Miz betrays Morrison and attacks him. I wish he didn't get drafted yet only because a Miz vs Morrison feud would've been interesting. Maybe since the Dirt Sheet is over(damn it!) they might start their own internet shows and have a war online. Maybe...I hope Miz can do well on Raw.
Tri-Branded battle Royal. Edge wins second year in a row. Not a great match. I was hoping to see people like Jeff Hardy, HBK, Undertaker and such in the match. At least Edge was in. Kane goes to SD. Nice as he was useless on Raw. Jericho to SD. That's an amazing move and possibly the best move so far I think because he can be the top heel on SD with Edge. I heard they were friends which I didn't know. Maybe now instead of Christian and Edge, it can be Jericho and Edge. Oh I hope that happens. The possibilities...Maybe Christian will be drafted to SD or Raw in the Supplemental draft. Hopefully to SD.
Christian defeated Shelton and of course, he was the one person who could get ECW a draft pick. Kozlov gets drafted to ECW. A good move. It can help him and maybe ECW.
Matt defeats Punk by DQ. Jeff interfered. Guess this feud is still on. Yay! I didn't want it to end so soon. Maybe Jeff will come out victorious in the end. Maryse to Raw. Nice. I liked this move and Maryse on Raw will definitely be interesting.
Jericho beat Tommy Dreamer. Awesome match. Wasn't the best thought. The cdebreaker at the end was great too. Rey goes back to SD. Not surprising for me and not a big change as he was there before last year. Nonetheless, I am happy and ecstatic cause now we can see rey dominating Friday nights and go back on top.
I wish the handicap match wasn't the main event. But HHH wins. He faces Orton next week. Would've rather seen Shane for some reason. I hope Steph comes back soon...
I give this weeks Raw a 4.5 out of 5. Plenty of good matches. Nice draft picks. Hopefully more pleasant surprises on the Supplemental Draft.
The people wh got drafted:
Raw: MVP, Big Show, Maryse, Triple H, Matt Hardy and The Miz. (I predicted HHH would go)
SD: Jericho, Melina, Rey Mysterio, Kane and CM Punk. (I predicted Jericho, Kane and Punk and I felt Rey would go)
ECW: Kozlov. (I predicted he would go) Hopefully they get Santino, The Great Khali, R-Truth and such...
Quote of the week: The Champ is Here...Here...You can't see me...me! (Cena to Swagger)
Where was Mr. Kennedy?
The new WWE Superstars show is coming out on Thursday. Taker vs Matt Hardy. Should be good. Hopefully the show is successful. Unfortunately I don't have WGN.
Till next week....
Questions will be answered and comments are appreciated.