by jellydonut25 » Tue Aug 30, 2016 1:51 am
Stellar end to tonight's show. Made me wish the crowd had been that up all night. Unfortunately, WWE has little idea how to properly book a show (and the three hour time is even more of a burden with the roster effectively sliced in half). I personally loved seeing Neville tap to Jericho to kick off the night's matches, not because I particularly like Jericho, but it's just nice to see a face that isn't a complete jobber tap once in a while; gives a little credence to the heel's ability to make people submit (by far my least favorite thing about Cena is that he will never EVER submit, and so any time he's in a submission hold, or God forbid a submission match, there's NO drama).
Anyway most of the crowd hated seeing the heel win to start the night and they were just dead for most of the show. New Day and Bayley got a little pop, but that was it.
Raw is starved for upper-mid-card stuff (ie: John Cena's current incarnation where he's not in a title scene but he still feels like a major player). There's just nobody that fulfills that role. It's ALL titles (except the US title for some reason, seriously, there are only like 10 superstars and a 3 hour show. You can't feature your "second biggest" title?), or stuff nobody cares about because we've already seen too much of it (Cesaro-Sheamus, Darren Young-Titus) we're over it already and sadly none of these midcard non-title feuds have a person in them we really care about (I like Cesaro but the crowd was just DEAD for him. It was sad, honestly)
Anyway, I'm rambling. I hope they commit to the Rollins face turn and let Owens and Rollins carry the show. Instead, I fully expect to see Roman Reigns parading around, being a dick to Owens at every turn, and for some reason, we're supposed to cheer for him.