NXT Rookies destroy RAW

So, last night I am up late watching the special 3 hour edition of RAW.  This was the viewers choice episode, that saw stars from both RAW, and Smackdown compete, with the fans voting for the stipulations.  And I couldn’t help thinking how this seemed to be anything BUT special.  Of course there were a couple of interesting matches.  Sheamus going head to head with Kane was nice to see.  And the tag match between R-Truth, and the returning John Morrison vs The Miz, and his partner Zack Ryder was entertaining.  But for the most part you got a lot of fluff, like a dance off between Santino and the worlds most boring man, Kozlov.  And the total waste of time that saw a great team like The Hart Dynasty, have to face Hornswogle and The Great Khali. 

     But the main event looked like it would fix all that.  The fans voted for a match between John Cena, and C.M. Punk.   And as far as matches go, it was turning out to be a good one.  But then a strange thing happened.  Wade Barrett, the winner of NXT season one approached the ring.  But Barrett wasn’t alone.  Out of the crowd came the rest of the rookies.  They proceeded to surround the ring, and then……..they attacked.   First they laid waste to Punk, and Gallows.  After that, they entered the ring, and it was Cena’s turn.  The rookies took Cena apart bit by bit, with each taking turns getting their best shots in.  But they weren’t finished yet;  in fact they were just getting started.  The rookies spread out and attacked anything and everything.  Announcers, the crew at ringside, and even the ring itself was destroyed.  And they still weren’t done with John Cena.  A fresh round of beatings took place before the group finally left the area.   Cena was taken out on a stretcher, and a buzz was all you could hear from the stunned crowd in the arena.

     Now I have to say that I haven’t seen carnage like that since the beginning days of the NWO.  In fact, I haven’t found RAW to be that interesting in quite some time.  But this new angle was something I never saw coming.  And judging from the reaction it is getting, neither did anybody else.  But one thing thats for sure, is that a lot of people liked what they saw, and it has everybody talking.  Years ago when WWE bought their rival, WCW, they tried to do an invasion angle and messed it up completely.  Lets hope that they can take the momentum from last night, and build something great from it. 

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