TAKE PWTORCH
WITH YOU! Get our iPhone App (FREE!): Click Here Or enter "PWTorch.com" on your Blackberry or other Smart Phone browser for mobile-version of PWTorch.
Torch Feedback
WWE Raw Reax #1: "I was thoroughly let down by this episode. What happened to the Flair push?" Dec 3, 2007 - 10:32:26 PM
Amo (6.0): Best: Kennedy to fake Razor, "Glad you could show." Worst: Jericho's Hair. Kennedy dissed TNA in a big way, but at the same time, let everyone know the WWE is watching. If Y2J had some hair dye, I swear he would be the Red Rooster. I don't like that J.R. slammed down our throat (not his choice) that Beth Phoenix is to be know as Glamazon. I think the name is a slam to Beth for all her hard work... injury and all, but Tony Atlas was Samba Samba, I guess. Rest of the show was boring as usual, but, Hell Yea to the return of the APA... Damn!
Trevor Dumais of Lawrence Mass. (6.0): Best Match: CHris Jericho vs. Umaga. Worst Match: Hornswoggle vs. Coach & Carlito. If Ric Flair didn't return last week, this show would have been pretty good. But with him being invisible, it seemed real uncomfortable. Where was he? Did he quit? Why should I put any faith or get excited for an angle if he gets "forgotten"? Besides that nagging obvious question, the show was solid. It was nice to see Regal add an incentive to push the Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy dynamic forward. Will Triple H turn? It's almost like when he does turn, it will be like a face turn when everyone will cheer to see Triple H be natural again. And it will add another reason to rally behind Hardy in his feud with Hunter. Although Jericho and Umaga showed less action than HBK vs. Orton, Jericho vs. Umaga is completely new. I thought to myself how I have seen two brand new matches in the last week with Santino-Jericho and this week's match. At this point, any new match for the modern Raw era is a welcome sight compared to HBK-Orton again. A last thought, Hogan should have waited until after the impeding drama before asking Vince for a paycheck. Hogan knows going into next Monday that half of the payoff is going to Linda, doesn't he? I thought he knew best.
M.L. Jordan of Myrtle Beach, S.C. (2.0): Best match: None. Worst Match: Carlito/Coach vs. Hornswaggle. In all, I was thoroughly let down by this episode. What happened to the Flair push? In Flair Country and he can't even make an appearance to progress the angle? For Pete's sake, he pinned the World Champion last week! They can give time to Hornswaggle and Stephanie, but not the "Nature Boy"? Poor, poor booking. I really wish the Hollywood writer's strike would have affected WWE. Why does Vince still have his head up his ass and allow others to influence his "vision"? With all of the crap that this show was, it was good to have angles advance in the Kennedy-Michaels, Hardy-Helmsley and Phoenix-James programs. I was also happy to see that WWE acknowledged TNA, even though it was a slight on "Da Bad Guy." Dusty's booking was better than this crap because at least he got you emotionally invested.
We welcome your 1-10 score and comments on this show for a "Raw Reax" feature in the Torch Feedback section of PWTorch.com. Just to add a twist to this feature, include not just your hometown, but also your occupation (mechanic, lawyer, stay-at-home-dad, college student, etc.) so readers get a flavor for what everyone does as "day jobs." To contribute your thoughts on Raw, click here.
Send feedback on this article to pwtorch@gmail.com and we'll regularly publish reader feedback in the "Torch Feedback" category on the Main Listing.
INCREDIBLE BENEFITS! Over 50 full-length audio updates per month (iPod compatible)... New weekly award-winning Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter (text and printable pdf versions) with latest exclusive insider news, new Torch Talks, great columns, Keller's cover story, much more... Hundreds of full-length back issues of PWTorch Newsletter from late-'80s to today... Ad-free access to PWTorch.com's Main Listing... VIP Forum with interaction with other subscribers and Torch staff... Torch Talk Library with text and audio of hundreds of interview installments from last 20 years... Great layout... Deepest archives on pro wrestling history anywhere... Keller's PWTorch Today PDF Bulletins with email alerts... VIP Email reports on major PPVs and TV shows... Staff Roundtable Reviews (text and audio) followiing major events... The best staff of writers and world class reporting since 1987... We'd love for you to join us and experience the most entertaining, authoritative, experienced staff of professional reporters and commentators in the business...
Compare the value of four or five months of PWTorch VIP content to the price of just one PPV. Can you cut 25 cents a day from your budget to make room for PWTorch VIP?
AND NEW FOR 2009! Monthly "Vintage Audio Torch Talks." We are releasing for the first time ever audio versions of our text Torch Talk updates, the historical first series of insider interviews ever. Wade Keller's newsmaking in-depth interviews with wrestling's biggest names are now being made available exclusively to VIP members. But you must be a member each month, as these are not archived, so they are replaced with a new one each month! This debuted in January 2009 with a 68 minute interview with the late "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith. Who's next? Hulk Hogan? Eric Bischoff? The Rock? Goldberg? Jeff Hardy?
