Shit, give me more Paige vs. Alicia Fox. That was stiff as shit... Headbutt, three tilt a whirl back breakers, short armed clotheslines. Some crazy hair pulling rag doll shit and the sweet finisher.

I've never formed an opinion of Alicia Fox in five years of watching her on TV, but her yelling "sorry!" at the crowd after cutting off Paige's comeback was awesome. Plus Paige got to use her submission.

Fox yelling "get out of my ring!" after she shoved Paige to the outside was another good touch/

Paige impressed me in NxT so she may be what the women need to spark that division. Dutch is right there. Let him book that shit.

I don't know if the crowd is subdued but the Shield didn't get the pop I expected.

Too bad Mark Henry isn't a main eventer anymore. Henry vs. Cesaro was great while it lasted but there was no doubt in the outcome.

That was what, four minutes of wrestling? Wish it could have been at least twice that.

Lana shouldn't have entrance music.

I remember the good old days when wrestlers who said they idolized the Ultimate Warrior were fired from developmental.

Sheamus vs. Swagger was pretty sweet while it lasted as well. This show is hitting the wrestling sweet spot for the most part. I loved Sheamus missing the shoulder block into the ankle lock. I also love how Swagger shoulder blocked Sheamus out of the ring instead of doing a cliche clothesline over the top tumble. Swagger attacking the leg so viciously only to fall to the Brogue Kick was a bummer.

Also, they had a minute long Warrior tribute video that played as the show started last night. It got a great reaction. It was pretty cool.

Yeah, that definitely got the waterworks going here.

Loved the Paige/Alicia match. Paige looks really talented, should be the future of the division although you can see her getting burned out quite young given her age. First time in forever that I haven't used the divas match to make coffee or check my emails. Rest of the show has just been sort of there, the tournament matches have been solid rather than outstanding. Enjoyable enough thus far.

Jokey John Cena is definitely the worst incarnation. Especially when the lines seem so forced and scripted, and the feud is meant to have got under his skin. 'Mom' jokes and comedy pictures shouldn't really be a booking direction when you are trying to sell a feud as hate filled.

That made local commercials look professional. Does Sheamus walk around toy stores like that?

It was supposed to look like an amateur video. That's the point of the contest they're running, "instagram yourself holding up a WWE Doll and you can win a shopping spree." Now, why Sheamus and Big E walk around Toys R Us stores in their gear, that's another story.

Swagger's intensity on the outside was pretty great.

 

That made local commercials look professional. Does Sheamus walk around toy stores like that?

It was supposed to look like an amateur video. That's the point of the contest they're running, "instagram yourself holding up a WWE Doll and you can win a shopping spree." Now, why Sheamus and Big E walk around Toys R Us stores in their gear, that's another story.

 

It wasn't just the camerawork. The acting was Eagle Man levels of bad.

God, the announcing in the Paige match was so awful for the first minute or two that it was distracting. It wasn't much better after that, as I don't think a single move was actually called. Pretty solid match. I liked that it was a struggle to lock in the submission.

I like Orton/Batista vs The Usos as an idea for a feud, but at any point are The Usos allowed to actually cut a promo or respond to the attack from last week?

That Cena promo was his worst stuff in a while, but "nobody wants to see me get pushed again" line made me chuckle.

Looks like Bryan v Kane at Extreme Rules which I'm sure will piss a lot of people off but I guess they can blow off that 2 year storyline with a gimmick match. Hopefully they don't do anything stupid

Oh and Layla's new boob job looks... Uh strange

This RAW isn't bad, but it's a major comedown from the high of Mania and Raw last week. I'm up to Rusev and stuff like Lana getting "What?" chants while talking is annoying the fuck out of me. How can they send her out there to cut promos and not expect that reaction? If anything, it takes heat away from Rusev's match instead of adding to it, which is what is supposed to be the point.

 

I LOVE Rusev's entrance music though.

Of all the directions they could have taken Cena in the feud with Wyatt, they had to bring back poop joke Cena....ugggh.

 

Boob job or not, I am glad to see Layla back. Did anyone ever figure out what all her time off was about?

Ultimately, this show demonstrates more than anything how much Daniel Bryan adds to the show.

Stephanie looked like she was about to crack up when Kane came back with the mask. I wouldn't be surprised if she is in Kane's corner for the PPv