Tdaddysmooth Raw Review for 10/26/09
Live from Albany, NY
The show hypes up Bragging Rights 14 man tag with highlights. It mainly seemed focused on showing Big Show betraying team Raw which I assume would set up a tag feud with dX vs. Jeri-Show. Jeri-Show opens up the show and Jericho brags about Team Smackdown’s victory. Show interrupts and says that the only reason he betrayed Raw is that Teddy Long promised him a title match at Survivor Series against the Undertaker. No matter the hype, the match will not be good. The Undertaker is too banged up to have a good match against a good wrestler, so the Big Show match will fail more. To make things worse, this match was done a few times in 2008.
Nevertheless, they argue back and forth, and the guest hosts from NASCAR come out. I am from the Northeast where this sport has low penetration, so I can’t even be bothered to get their names right. They scheduled the Big Show vs. Triple H and Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Johnston. I think they meant Kingston, but whatever.
Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Johnston (Kingston).
Good match. Kingston nearly landed on his head doing a dive to the outside on Jericho. Jericho hit a nice powerbomb out of the corner during the match. Jericho hits a Codebreaker on Kofi but takes forever to cover and Kofi gets his foot on the ropes. Jericho argues with the ref, and Kofi catches him with the Trouble in Paradise for the win. Dave Meltzer says Jericho is jobbing too much, and I agree.
Kofi celebrates, but Randy Orton attacks him and throws him off the Raw stage to end the segment. Crowd chants for Cena to come out for the save, and I get the feeling that Vince already knows exactly when he wants to go back to Cena vs. Orton on PPV. After the break Orton does a backstage interview and says he attacked Kofi because he interfered in his title match last night. Legacy joins Orton and shows him a NASCAR with Orton’s picture all over it. Orton falls in love with the car and cannot stop staring at it. That was kind of funny in a creepy way.
Backstage the NASCAR dudes are hanging with the Eve and Jack Swagger asks for a title match at Survivor Series. Miz interrupts and asks for a match too while both flirt with Eve.
Next match is Santino and Melina vs. Jillian and Chavo Guerrero. Santino has no credibility as a worker, but I love his matches because he has great matches for the style he wrestles. Santino has a niche for comedy wrestling. Melina and Jillian nearly kill each other with a few botched spots, but Melina wins after Hornswoggle in DX gear distracts the heels. A suit then comes out and gives Hornswoggle a cease and desist order from DX to stop wearing their merchandise. DX actually are pretty smart because with Hornswoggle as a mascot, they’ll sell more merchandise.
After the break Cena’s music hits, but Rhodes and Dibiase come out and demand a title match at the Survivor Series. Cena comes out and verbally belittles them. He tells them they haven’t earned it. He then books MVP & Mark Henry vs. Rhodes & Dibiase. I thought for sure MVP and Henry were jobbing, but they got the win after a weak clothesline from Henry. That was a humbling finish indeed. Orton comes out and demands another title match vs. Cena. Kofi Johnston is on the big screen and talks a little trash and then destroys Orton’s new car. I’m glad Kofi dropped the Jamaican accent. He can develop himself during his feud with Orton, and hopefully he looks strong by the end of the program.
During the break there’s a promo for Christian vs. Yoshi Tatsu on ECW. That should be a good match. It seems no matter how much ECW and Smackdown get robbed from Raw, they always rebuild and new guys step up.
Next match is Evan Bourne vs. The Miz. Eve is guest ring announcer which means an angle is coming. Bourne gets a rare when on a count out after Swagger comes out and gets into it with Miz over Eve.
Ozzy Osbourne…and wife are announced as guest hosts of Raw next week. That’s more interesting than random NASCAR dudes. Next match is Shamus’ debut from ECW vs. Jamie Noble. It was a quick squash as expected.
Main event is Big Show vs. Triple H. I was dreading this match but they at least spiced it up by making it a lumberjack match with all the angry Raw wrestlers. Jericho bailed on Show which I hope they at least address at some point. Cena also came out as guest referee. The match was fine since there wasn’t much one-on-one action. Finish came with a bunch of Raw guys beat up on Big Show, sweet chin music and pedigree. The NASCAR dudes came out and announced they had picked Cena’s opponent for Survivor Series. Hornswoggle came out and DX gear and they announced a triple threat with Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. John Cena. The match should be good, but same old story about the same guys in main events. Overall, it was not a horrible show. At least they have 2 matches announced and a probable Kofi vs. Orton match. Too match I only care about 1 out of those 3 matches.
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