{"id":48590,"date":"2017-09-28T22:05:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T03:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=48590"},"modified":"2017-09-28T22:06:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T03:06:48","slug":"wwe-raw-hits-misses-925-enzo-reigns-miz-announcers-curt-hawkins-finn-balor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/28\/wwe-raw-hits-misses-925-enzo-reigns-miz-announcers-curt-hawkins-finn-balor\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW HITS &#038; MISSES 9\/25: Enzo, Reigns, The Miz, the announcers, Curt Hawkins, Finn Balor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2746734512\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3><strong>RAW HITS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>The Miz: <\/b>The Miz has continued to prove his worth as the Intercontinental Champion, and I feel his passion when he talks to other competitors. I particularly liked his line about how \u201cthe guy\u201d is the one holding a championship. During the opening segment, I felt that he had more of a personality than Roman. More on that later.<\/p>\n<p><b>Finn Balor: <\/b>For two nights in a row, I felt that Finn was treated as one of the biggest babyfaces on the roster, and it paid off in fan perception. He is being presented as a guy who is going to fight and work hard to get the Universal Championship, which was nice to see him reference in his promo. I\u2019d like to see him given a gradual push to the top, as I think he is one that the fans can truly get behind.<\/p>\n<p><b>Curt Hawkins: <\/b>I am digging the Curt Hawkins \u201cstreak.\u201d He has a humorous personality, and it\u2019s something fun for him to do. It will be interesting to see if they continue to play this out where the fans can get into it every week or so. Here\u2019s hoping that the WWE doesn\u2019t drop the ball on when the streak will eventually come to an end.<\/p>\n<p><b>Braun Strowman: <\/b>Leading up to No Mercy, I was curious to see if Strowman would become the new champion. Since obviously that didn\u2019t happen, I was then curious to see where Braun would go from there. Thankfully, it looks like he is not going to drop down, as I felt he looked strong against both Hawkins &amp; Ambrose. It\u2019ll be interesting to see where he goes from here based on Rollins challenging him next week.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bliss vs. James: <\/b>It is nice to see a potential Women\u2019s Championship feud on Raw that doesn\u2019t feature Bayley, Banks, or Nia Jax. Nothing against any of those women, but it seems like they play musical chairs with the #1 contendership, which leads to repetitive matches and repeat stories. In addition, it seemed like Mickie had her best promo since her return to Smackdown last year, and seemed to get a positive response.<\/p>\n<h3><b>RAW MISSES<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Roman Reigns: <\/b>Raw kicked off with Reigns, and after a minute, I already heard Cena\u2019s voice in my head about not staying strong\/motivated after a feud with him. It seemed that whatever passion he had the last few weeks was gone, and it was back to memorizing lines. I know that the WWE is going to continue pushing him, but 24 hours after one of the biggest wins of his career should have come with a more fired up Reigns. This was the same one that we\u2019ve seen in the past. His repeated use of the word \u201cidiot\u201d towards the Miztourage was uninspired as well.<\/p>\n<p><b>Announcers: <\/b>If I was an occasional fan just tuning into Raw, I would be completely confused by who I was supposed to cheer or boo. First, you have Michael Cole, the voice of reason, cheering on Elias, who talks poorly about the town he\u2019s in. Next, you have Corey Graves, who is the cool announcer, but goes back and forth between faces &amp; heels. Then there\u2019s Booker T, who can be all over the place. It pays to have consistency, and this is just something that I find very frustrating.<\/p>\n<p><b>Closing Segment: <\/b>First, I don\u2019t mind the company turning Enzo heel, if that is the intention. But just like the announcer issue, it\u2019s very confusing to even the hardcore fan. For the past year, Enzo has done a lot of heelish moves, yet still been treated like a face. Therefore, it\u2019s hard to understand where the storyline is going. Secondly, if this is a double turn so to speak, there\u2019s not been much to cheer Neville for, considering that he was still running down the fans recently, and intentionally avoided the Red Arrow at No Mercy. Finally, the segment wasn\u2019t overly entertaining since the Cruiserweights have been presented as an afterthought, with hardly any of them having characters\/personality. It ran a bit too long, and the crowd did not seem invested.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3378687660\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK\u2019S COLUMN:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/09\/22\/wwe-raw-hits-misses-918-bobby-heenan-tributes-reigns-promo-miz-jordan-jax-bliss\/\">WWE RAW HITS &amp; MISSES 9\/18: Bobby Heenan tributes, Reigns Promo, Miz-Jordan, Jax-Bliss<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For another view from the original Hitlist author, compare Jason Powell\u2019s views to mine by visiting ProWrestling.net\u2019s \u201cHitlist\u201d section <a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/category\/viewpoints\/jasonpowell\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Jeff has been a fan of professional wrestling since he was knee high to a grasshopper (little kid), after coming across the Wrestling Challenge episode after WrestleMania 7, and has not looked back. His passion has led him to winning wrestling trivia contests in his city, and even won him his Senior Talent Show by dancing to Shawn Michaels theme song. When not annoying others with wrestling talk, he loves spending time with his family and friends, and focuses on his other passion: movies. 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