The best thing going on RAW lately are the Heath Slater segments wrestling a match against a legendary wrestler from the past. Heath Slater is a young wrestler from the NXT wrestling show and he was a former member of the Nexus. Every week on RAW, he has been going against a different legendary wrestler from the past leading up to the 1000th episode of RAW. The whole point of this is to celebrate 1,000 episodes of RAW so they bring in a legendary wrestler from the past who used to be a RAW superstar. So far the legends Heath has been going against are: Vader, Sycho Sid, Cyndi Lauper, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Doink the Clown, Diamond Dallas Page, and Bob Backlund (which was the latest from last night).

This is a good idea that RAW is doing this. I like it a lot. Bringing the old guys back from the past for a one off appearance, however, this is bad timing doing it. Why? Because wrestling is no longer the same anymore, today. In today’s wrestling with it being the “PG” rating, there’s a new generation of young fans who are pretty new to wrestling. Most of the new fans don’t know who the older wrestlers are anymore. Yes, the older wrestlers that’s been performing with Heath Slater has been getting cheers from the crowd, but not much. Pretty sad to see too. I’m willing to bet the cheers are coming from the longtime wrestling fans who know a lot about wrestling. The legends don’t get much of a reaction from the younger crowd at all.

This is a good opportunity for Heath Slater though, I’m sure he’s thrilled to be performing with all these legends.

What legends from the past should go against Heath Slater in the future? Here’s my top ten list in no particular order:

• The Ultimate Warrior
• Scott Hall
• Val Venis
• Rikishi
• Ken Shamrock
• X-Pac
• Chyna
• Terry Funk
• Jake the Snake Roberts

That’s it. Enjoy.

Kev