WWE Monday Night Raw Results: Why Creating a Raw Supershow Is a Terrible Idea

The most recent edition of Monday Night Raw was kicked off by Triple H announcing that from this point on, Raw will feature not only the superstars that we see every Monday night, but also the superstars from SmackDown.

From now on, Monday will bring us the Raw Supershow.

Of course the crowd popped, but why wouldn’t they?  They would have popped if Triple H announced that he was bringing back D-Generation X glow sticks.  While it may seem cool to those in attendance that they get to see Randy Orton and Sheamus, having the SmackDown superstars on Raw (and vice versa) is a terrible idea.

WWE has begun to show signs of the very same problem that many pro wrestling fans continuously criticize Impact Wrestling for.  They have a huge roster, yet they focus only on the older, more established superstars, neglecting those who need the television exposure most.

We constantly berate Impact for neglecting their X Division and other non-main event superstars. Sure, WWE has been guilty of that from time to time, but never in the way that they showed on Raw. SmackDown’s main event superstars hogged the spotlight instead 

Instead of giving us Alex Riley and Dolph Ziggler, we got Otron/Ziggler instead.  The match lasted about 12 minutes, the second longest match of the night, and the man who dominated that match isn’t even a Raw superstar.  

The only match that lasted longer was the Miz/Punk match, which seemed to be a match that was pulled straight out of a WWE house show.  Sure they put on a pretty good match, but they have no reason to be fighting and working the mic against each other prior to the match.  

The only payoff was the interference at the end, and it took over 15 minutes to get there.

We saw the new Tag Team Champions, Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne defend their titles against Otunga and McGillicutty, but that match lasted less than two-and-a-half minutes.  Jack Swagger got some in-ring time but against SmackDown superstar Sin Cara, and again, the match didn’t last three minutes.  Oh, don’t forget the Diva’s match, another three-minute showcase.

Meanwhile, we saw Kevin Nash, CM Punk and Triple H more than once.  As we did with Sheamus, Mark Henry, Christian and John Cena, and again, their main event match was short, lasting just over five minutes.  But hey, at least we got that new Triple H movie trailer in.

Oh, and one more thing.  Where the heck was the WWE Champion, Alberto Del Rio?  You have an entire episode of Monday Night Raw and never even mention the WWE Championship?  

The title that is supposed to be the top prize in the entire organization is left out in favor of the Triple H/Nash/CM Punk storyline.

This entire episode screamed Impact Wrestling.  Old superstars who shouldn’t be in the ring, storylines that stretch the entire episode and neglecting the mid-card superstars and the show’s top title.

I hope that this was a one-time thing, because I could have sworn I was watching Spike TV—not USA.  

I'm sort of worried for SmackDown.