Raw: The Goods, The Bads, and The Uglys

I was trying.

I really was trying not to write anymore bad reviews about pro wrestling but ten minutes into the show last night, I muted the TV because Jeremy Piven was so damn lame on the mic.

Let's start with opening segment between Piven, that Asian guy no one really knows, and The Miz. (For the record, I am not a racist. Anyone who knows me knows that I have a thing for blonds.)

The segment...was terrible.

For five minutes we had to endure Piven in his lame attempt to get some kind of reaction from the crowd. The only remotely interesting part about it was his stint on the ramp.

Yeah. I can relate. I've always wanted to make pyro come out from behind me too.

After that though, the rest of the segment was pretty much pointless.

I don't understand why The Miz was subjected to such a burial last night. His mic skills are good but why not have Jericho greet the hosts instead of Miz?

Why must we be subjected to another Cena vs Miz match when precious air time could have been used to fuel the feud between Orton and Cena in preparation for their match at SummerSlam?

Raw's so bad now that we don't even get the "soap opera" part of the show anymore. I mean really?

When was the last time we've had a good, long segment between two people feuding for a championship belt? Where are the Cutting Edge promos?

I swear we haven't seen anything remotely worth mentioning on Raw since Trips, Stephanie, & Orton. Shawn and The Undertaker's segments before Mania are also worth mentioning. Now all we get is 2 hours of a damn informmercial.

What the hell?

Bourne. Poor Evan Bourne. You know, most of the people I know were really excited about having Bourne on Raw but not me.

I've never wanted him on Raw because I knew what would happen.

Since his Raw debut, what has Bourne done that's worth mentioning? I know it's not his fault and that's exactly my point. There's no room for guys like him on the 'A' show.

Just look what happened to Brian Kendrick.

He was doing so good on Smackdown. Let's ignore the fact that he was a pot head. If we can ignore the fact that Hardy was also one then why not give Kendrick the same respect?

The kid was a great performer in the ring. You may not think so but if you watched him on Smackdown prior to his move to Raw then you know what I mean. And let's not forget his classic first promo. (Thanks Sulayman for reminding me of such greatness.)

Kendrick had so much potential but he was sent to Raw and buried. They had no idea what to do with him or his character and that's a shame.

I also think that he had it hard because Raw is stacked with so many larger guys.

You may think that's no excuse but not everyone can fight big guys like HBK did in his prime and make winning against them believable. Just look at Rey Mysterio who's still hated to this day for winning that damn World Heavyweight Championship.

Bourne and Miz should have been sent to Smackdown ages ago. Or they could have left them on ECW.

People are always so quick to shoot ECW down but the show has its purpose.

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