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Finally, we get a John Cena-less RAW show last night…

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Oh man, am I seeing my eyes correctly? There was no John Cena appearance on RAW last night at all!!! I’m sure he was there and backstage at the show, he just wasn’t used for WWE TV for some reason. Probably, because WWE was afraid that Cena might overshadow Paul Bearer’s night. I read that John Cena did appear on RAW, after the show went off the air, though, just to make the fans happy. Last night was proof that WWE can do good without John Cena being around. Last night’s RAW was actually a very good show, all the way through.

Last night’s opening segment, is going to be looked at as a classic years from now. Undertaker goes out to the ring to give a tribute to Paul Bearer, and of course, CM Punk interrupts to offer his condolences to his Wrestlemania streak, instead of Paul Bearer. It may have been harsh and disrespectful to get CM Punk involved in the Paul Bearer tribute, but truthfully, that’s what Paul Bearer himself would have wanted. Will Moody (Paul Bearer’s real name) would have wanted WWE to use his death in storylines. So they were doing that stuff in honor of him. Plus, it was to help give CM Punk even more heel heat and it worked. As long as Punk is pissing a lot of people off at the live shows and online, he did his job. That’s what heels are supposed to do. They’re supposed to anger and upset people, and Punk is the best at that.

I also loved the Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar segment too. There was a lot of heel heat in that. I’m also glad to see the Bella Twins back. While I hate most of today’s wrestling divas, I actually enjoy the Bella Twins. The Bella Twins have been gone for a long while. I wasn’t into this Fandango gimmick at first, but that guy grew on me. Fandango is a pretty funny character, and I’m looking forward to seeing what WWE is gonna do that character.

While RAW was a pretty good show last night, most importantly, it was all about the loss of Paul Bearer. Only thing I’m disappointed in that the crowd were terrible when it came to Paul Bearer. It seems kids in today’s generation no longer knows who the legends from the 80’s are anymore. The longtime wrestling fans like me, would know who these old guys are, but kids today would be confused. Undertaker got more of a cheer, than Paul Bearer did. I mean fuck, man. Paul Bearer wasn’t even a trending topic at all on twitter last night, and WWE tried their best to make the hashtag #PaulBearer, a trending topic but they failed.

My only negative of last night’s show of what they were doing with Kane. I was expecting Kane to be the monster, after Paul Bearer’s death. Kane return the scary monster as a way of mourning, Paul Bearer. He was the scary monster for a while, but until the end of the show, they did this stupid segment where Kane was stalking Halle Berry on the phone. I hate what WWE is doing with Kane. Turning him into a funny comedian ’cause of the PG rating, when Kane should be looked at as a scary monster. They should have never put the mask back on Kane. I thought he was better with it off.

Last night’s RAW was decent. See? They don’t need John Cena around, they can do fine without him. That was the surprise of the night, not seeing John Cena on TV.

Kev

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Last night’s RAW: Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar

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Last night’s RAW opened up with a Vince McMahon vs. Paul Heyman fight. Vince stood out in the ring with crutches and Paul Heyman came out with his fight gear on. Paul Heyman, talked on the mic for a while as he made his way to the ring, and when he got in, immediately, he started beating McMahon with one of his crutches. Of course, Brock Lesnar comes out to the ring to save the day for Paul Heyman. As Lesnar entered the ring and started to go after McMahon, Triple H’s music hits with Lemmy Kilmister’s voice blaring over the speakers, “Tiiiimmme to play the gggaammmeee…”. Of course, the crowd goes nuts as soon as Triple H’s music hits. Triple H comes walking out slowly to the music with his usual water bottle, and he is sporting a new buzz cut hair do. Suddenly Triple H starts running after Lesnar to the ring, and it was an all out brawl between the two. Triple H left Lesnar in a bloody mess. Yes, Lesnar was covered with blood.

Sometimes people want to believe the blood in wrestling is fake, but it’s not. Blood in wrestling is real. How do the performers get away with it? How do they fake it? Well, they usually hide a small blade, and they’re usually good at cutting themselves on purpose so people won’t notice.

After that segment got over with, the internet blew up with the entire wrestling community of fans giving that segment positive feedback. I agree. I thought that was the best thing RAW did in years. That’s wrestling right there, folks. That’s the kind of wrestling everyone wants to see. If WWE brings that stuff back, get rid of the PG era, WWE would get good again. RAW has been nothing but shit for the past several years or more, and finally, they did something that was actually wrestling. It was an incredible segment. I LOVED it too.

I used to never want to see Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania again, but after seeing what they did on RAW last night, now I’m officially sold to Triple H vs. Lesnar II. This is the stuff wrestling fans want to see, not the kiddie stuff. We want to see hardcore violence and blood. We don’t get much of that anymore. Since that segment got a lot of great feedback from the fans, hopefully, the WWE will listen to us and we may soon see the PG era gone. Hopefully. Cross our fingers.

That segment felt like a Wrestlemania moment to me.

As for the rest of last night’s RAW in Dallas, TX. goes, it was a mediocre show like usual, but the opening segment Triple H vs. Lesnar, was phenomenal.

This is part of the reason why WWE needs Brock Lesnar, ’cause it seems that Lesnar is the only superstar who has what it takes to make WWE interesting again. Hopefully Triple H vs. Lesnar at ‘Mania this year, will be just as bloody and gruesome, would be awesome. It can’t be PG when Brock Lesnar is around, think about it!

Kev

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Cool Photo: Scott Hall shows up at the airport to meet DDP and Jake Roberts!!!

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ScottHall

Well, looks like Scott has accepted DDP and Jake Roberts invitation to the, Accountability Crib. It’s sad to see Scott sitting on a wheel chair but that’s what drugs and alcohol addiction will do to you. Scott is still looking good, though! Hope DDP will do a good job in getting Scott clean and sober.

I’ll be on the look out for the videos, when they get them up.

Kev

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No Vince, you don’t make people smile with your WWE shows…

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I was watching the WWE press conference when they made their so called huge announcement live on the internet, when it was said that the WWE is going to have Wrestlemania 30 at the Dome in New Orleans, and Vince was saying that the only goal with WWE that they want to put smiles on people’s faces everyday, and globally. I just laughed when Vince said that. Why? Because it isn’t true. Vince doesn’t make people smile with WWE shows. Who does the smiling when it comes to WWE? Yes, that’s right. No one other than Vince McMahon, himself. He’s all about making himself smile. All he cares about is making money. He doesn’t care about the WWE fans as he claims. He’s all about doing the things that makes him happy.

Evidence of that. Dropping the TV-14 rating and going PG. Getting rid of great wrestling. Ditching hardcore wrestling. Shoving John Cena in our faces for the past 10 years. Bad writing in storylines. Trying to take the wrestling part out of the WWE. Need I go on? He can bring back the Attitude Era, turn John Cena heel, bring back hardcore wrestling and all that stuff anytime he wants to. He won’t ’cause he knows that the family friendly part of wrestling and John Cena is what helps Vince make the money.

I’ve been so turned off by WWE for the past several years now. I gave up watching WWE ppvs and I’m thinking about bailing out of Wrestlemania 29 this year. Not sure if I’ll watch it ’cause everyone knows Cena will take the belt from the Rock, anyways. I don’t really want to see Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar again either, that match isn’t confirmed yet, but will be soon.

With that being said, the WWE just sucks currently. Ratings are bad, and I don’t like all the current gimmicks. Wrestling is not the same anymore.

As far as TNA Impact goes, they are an alright company, but the only reason they are getting bigger and more successful is ’cause of Hulk Hogan. That’s why TNA hired Hogan ’cause they know he would take their company to the next level. TNA is traveling the world now with their live TV shows. I can’t stand Hulk Hogan either. Wish is why I gave up on TNA Impact. Maybe I’ll start watching again if Hogan will ever leave though.

Back to WWE, if they are going to have Wrestlemania 30 in New Orleans, they better make that card a good one. John Cena, will obviously headline that WM like he usually does every year (*rolls eyes*), but I hope they pick Cena a different opponent for WM-30. I certainly don’t want Cena vs. The Rock III. If they want to make Wrestlemania 30 a historic one, they better have dream matches that people want to see like Stone Cold vs. Hogan, Lesnar vs. Undertaker, and matches such as those. Will they? Nope. They will come up with stupid matches, whatever makes Vince the money.

That’s how much of a greedy businessman Vince is. He’s an egomaniac in real life and only cares for himself. I’m fed up with WWE. Have been for a long time. I still respect the performers and wrestlers, they are great. I’m just knocking the company’s creative direction.

Kev

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WWE to make major announcement Monday…

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WWE.com reported this weekend, that they will make a major announcement for the company this coming Monday at noon. They will hold a live press conference, featuring Vince McMahon, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, The Rock and John Cena.

It is being speculated that the location for Wrestlemania 30 will be in New Orleans will be announced, or the WWE Network (the 24 hr. wrestling channel for cable TV) will be confirmed, or the announcement could be both.

While it would be cool if the announcement will be that they will finally drop the PG rating and return to TV-14, that’s probably not gonna be it. Like they always say, anything is possible in the WWE, so ya never know.

Maybe the announcement could even be another Hall of Fame induction too? If Scott Hall is going to make the Hall of Fame finally, that would be worthy of a press conference announcement, instead of announcing it on RAW.

Read, the report, here.

Kev

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Cool Video: Jake the Snake and Diamond Dallas Page call Scott Hall on the phone…

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Wrestling legends Jake the Snake Roberts and Diamond Dallas Page are seen here calling, their old wrestling friend, Scott Hall, trying to talk him into going over to visit them and join them for DDP’s “Accountability Crib”, which I believe is a program where DDP helps wrestlers get clean and sober. They haven’t seen each other in a long time and they want to reunite. If you don’t know who Scott Hall is, he is a former WWE star, used to go under the name of Razor Ramone and he was one of the original founders of the nWo group.

Over the years, Scott has had problems with drugs and alcohol addiction, and you can tell by the way he is talking over the phone.

No matter what you think of Scott Hall, the man is a wrestling legend, and he has had a successful wrestling career. He had many classic wrestling matches. He was a great mic worker and he was a phenomenal wrestler. The man’s got a lot of problems now and it’s amazing to me that he’s still alive.

I think Scott is Hall of Fame worthy, so hopefully WWE inducts him this year too, if not, there’s always next year. Scott has been one of my favorite performers for years, though. It’s a shame how he is now.

Will Jake and Dallas actually reunite with Scott? The video says stay tuned, so it’s a possibility. Can’t wait for the next video.

Kev

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The WWE will continue to over hype John Cena to death until he decides to retire!!!

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I know how much all of us are getting fed up with WWE over hyping John Cena so much, as if he was the next Hulk Hogan, but the WWE is not going to stop. They will keep giving him so much screen time. Hogging all the main events, and getting all the Wrestlemania spotlights, you get the deal. This is why the WWE will never bring back the Attitude Era. I know us longtime fans want the Attitude Era back, but the popularity of John Cena, the PG era will be around for a long time. Here’s why…

…simply put, John Cena is a powerhouse when it comes to helping marketing the WWE. The Make-A-Wish-Foundation, Fruity Pebbles, etc. Things like that. Even though the ratings are really bad for the PG era, the PG rating stays ’cause of Cena. Cena is only popular with women and children. Not too many men like Cena too much, as he gets a lot of boos at the live shows from the male fans and Cena has his share of haters online.

This is part of why I almost gave up watching WWE several times ’cause like most everyone, I too am sick of Cena. Cena is also never gonna turn heel even though a lot of us would want him to. Even though, I’m not much of a Cena fan, I want to see him turn heel ’cause that would make an interesting storyline. They wouldn’t turn Cena heel ’cause the WWE are afraid to lose their sponsors that he’s good at marketing for, and of course, they don’t want the children to get turned off by him. Cena started off as a heel earlier in his career when he was younger.

I’ll admit it, that Cena had quite a few amazing matches in his career, and you can’t deny that he’s a hard worker, I just think he’s very annoying. I think rap gimmicks in wrestling is awful to begin with. If Cena never had the rap gimmick that he has had for years, then he wouldn’t have gotten this big now. He’s not the next Hulk Hogan, guys. Yes, the Rock will probably keep the title and Cena will probably end up taking it from him at ‘Mania. I don’t even know if I want to watch Wrestlemania this year.

If the Undertaker doesn’t have a match at this year’s ‘Mania, then I wouldn’t even bother. I love Undertaker matches at ‘Mania ’cause they make it worth watching, his undefeated ‘Mania streak.

Back to John Cena, I don’t really hate the guy, honestly, but I just want the WWE to cut him some slack. There are plenty of other talented performers who deserve the same spotlight Cena is getting, like Ryback for example. I think Ryback is the best new performer we have today. Ryback is a great character and I think he’s going to be a big icon down the road, for sure.

John Cena is a pretty young guy, he’s just about my age, actually, lol. Cena will probably be around WWE for a long time. The only time if he’ll get forced to retire if he gets injured for real that prevents him from wrestling. Yes, wrestling maybe fake and scripted, but serious injuries do happen for real in wrestling. I’m not saying that I want Cena to get injured badly so he can be gone, just sayin’. Edge, was forced to retire at a young age ’cause of an injury and he can’t wrestle anymore ’cause of it.

I’m probably gonna watch RAW tonight, to see what’s gonna happen after the Rumble. I want to see Jericho ’cause he’ll be on tonight, I think. I also want to see CM Punk’s reaction now that he finally lost the belt. I’m sure Punk will deliver an amazing speech. I like CM Punk. He’s an amazing performer who I’ve admired for years. A lot of people hate Punk ’cause of his “Respect me, best in the world” stuff, but come on, it’s just a scripted wrestling show. I never take it seriously. On top of that, the bad guys (heels) are more interesting performers to begin with.

Kev

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Good! Linda McMahon loses her Senate seat bid!

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How much do you want to bet that she’ll get right back to WWE real soon? Lets see if this will have an affect on WWE. Will they get back the Attitude Era or not? We’ll have to wait and see.

Linda is trying to make her dream come true in politics but with her WWE past, it’s making it real tough for her. Just shows that politics is not for her and she belongs in wrestling.

Kev

Politics/war

Prays that Linda McMahon loses her election for US Senate…

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Another thing I’ll be looking out for, other than the President Election tomorrow, is looking to see if Linda McMahon on whether or not she will win or lose the spot for US Senate, from the state of, Connecticut. I’m sure wrestling fans are hoping she’ll lose. That way WWE can bring back TV-14. They’ll bring back good wrestling and turn John Cena, heel. Linda McMahon was a former WWE CEO but she left the company to focus on politics. If you think WWE will never bring back the Attitude Era even if Linda loses, I would say you’re wrong on that. Each week, WWE have been getting pretty low ratings for both, RAW and SD. They’ll bring back the Attitude Era, for sure. They’ll do anything for ratings. I would think if WWE brought back the Attitude, it would start to get real big again, and all the old fans who gave up watching, will start watching again.

The Attitude Era is what made me addicted to WWE. The hardcore violence, sexy DIVAS, the bloody matches, etc. I miss all of that. Hopefully, they’ll consider bringing that stuff back if Linda loses. Linda was CEO in WWE before she left for politics, and after she left, that’s when WWE changed everything, so she can have a clean election without anyone attacking her. It’s just typical Vince, doing whatever it takes to help her win. Lets pray she doesn’t win tomorrow. It’ll be nice to see WWE go back the way they were before, so they can get all of their old fans back. All the adult fans, that is.

Kev

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Why Mr. McMahon being the babyface superhero doesn’t work…

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So Vince McMahon returned to WWE RAW last night to give a WWE “State of Address”. Nobody knew what McMahon’s plans were storywise. There’s been a lot of speculation that he is going to fire AJ Lee of the RAW GM position. While McMahon was out in the ring, about to give his “WWE address” speech, of course, he was interrupted by CM Punk. CM Punk and Paul Heyman, came out to the ring. Punk like usual cries about how he is being disrespected in the WWE and how no one cares for him anymore, when everyone should since he is WWE Champion. Punk has a huge ego thinking he’s the best in the world. Punk wants McMahon to think so too.

I was expecting McMahon to do something mean like a heel kind of thing and agree with Punk that he’s the Best in the World, but sure enough, Vince is against Punk like most people. So Vince challenged Punk a wrestling match for the main event. Last night during the Punk vs. McMahon match, they were beating each other up for a good ten minutes. Punk was beating McMahon in the beginning, then McMahon came out on top in the middle of the match beating Punk like crazy. When Punk finally found a way to come back at McMahon, Ryback’s music hits, and he comes out to save McMahon. Of course, John Cena had to come out and help too, *yawn*. CM Punk runs away from the ring and stands out in the audience while watching McMahon speak of what he is about to say. McMahon forces Punk to be in a Hell in a Cell match against either Ryback or Cena of Punk’s choice. If Punk refuses, then he would FIIIIIrreeeedddd…

Well, that’s how RAW went last night with McMahon’s return. McMahon doesn’t perform full time as much as he used to. I think he’s getting too burned out about performing so much, which is why he has a RAW General Manager, give someone else the spot light. McMahon has been a babyface superhero for a while now, and I don’t think it works for him. McMahon is much more interesting being a menacing heel. Someone you really want to hate. I think the only reason McMahon turned into a babyface is well, it’s part of Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign. If McMahon was a heel during her campaign, then Linda will get attacked by the media for it. A good guy Vinnie-Mac, is just weird. I’m used to seeing him as the badguy. McMahon was pretty weak in his promos last night. He can give really amazing promos when he’s heel.

McMahon has been a heel for 90% of his entire career performing on TV. I understand he wants to do something different, but there’s something about him being good guy that doesn’t work. Maybe it’s his acting. Maybe he doesn’t know how to control the crowd when he’s babyface. He’s better being the badguy! Will McMahon ever get a heel turn again? I think he will. Just wait until Linda loses her election, and then maybe he’ll turn heel then. If McMahon turns heel, he’ll have to bring back all the offensive stuff like the Kiss My Ass club for example. The PG era today is just unreal. Can’t stand it.

Kev