A Shot in the Dark - Raw

[The Pez]

It is time, once again, for another edition of A Shot in the Dark! This weeks Raw, being the Raw coming of of a PPV, was a HUGE let down! It only had 4 matches, the best being the opening Jericho/Christian IMO.

That being said, let's take a look at what happened.

WrestleMania Rematch - This shouldn't have been the opener! These two guys deserved better than the opener! It was a quality match. The interference of newcomer, Tyson Tomko, was an interesting touch. Let's hope this guy doesn't flounder like Batista or Nathan Jones.

Benoit Promo - Usually Benoit isn't great on the mic, and Monday night was no exception, but the promo he delivered was awesome! The HBK interuption and match proposal was a nice touch, as was Bischoff rejection. All in all, it was a great segment.

Women's Title - Standard womens match. Nothing special. Molly going psycho was interesting. Wonder how that's going to play out.

Orton Promo - Yet again, a very nice promo. Anyone else hear the "Orton" chants? This guy, despite being hated, is main event material. It's only a matter of time before he gets there. Edge interfering was odd, but it played out in the end as Evolution killed both him and Benoit.

Hirohito - Who the hell is he and why is he on Raw??? Shouldn't this guy be on SmackDown!??

Tag Title Match - I missed the match, but the outcome surprized me. Benoit now with two titles. Should be interesting to see how long they keep them.

All in all, a disappointing Raw. I was none too pleased with it at all.

Please let me know what you think

Josh "The Shua" Pesme

[wwechick1982]

I thought all the matches, and remember there were only four went from a **star match to a ****star match. Jericho and Christian was a good opener, I'm not sure what to make of the new guy but he looks like he could be an interesting character, as for Trish? Well, she's about as stale as the Dudley Boyz are so that's not saying much.

I like the idea of Molly becoming the new psycho diva, that was held by her opponent, Victoria. It was a short match, but you could tell that there was a new spark that lit inside Molly and I like it.

I'm not sure why, but at Backlash didn't Victoria AND Lita get punked out by Molly and Gail? That's what I thought, so why is she bait for Kane? And what's up with Matt Hardy? All of the sudden were supposed to believe that he is a knight in shining armor after he humliated Lita on national TV? I'll have to see if I can weigh that out and Kane? Well, after he lost to Edge at Backlash, what better way than him to vent his anger(as if he's going to lose it anytime soon :rolleyes: ) than to beat up a woman? Please, we've seen Kane beat up women before and light J.R. on fire, what else is there left for him to vent on? Tajiri isn't really doing anything, how about him?

As I thought back to Backlash and Chris Benoit Day, it was awesome. Not that I'm going to start celebrating Chris Benoit Day every April 18th. but it was good to see the champ get some mic time. I've always said that Benoit had a different kind of charisma as HBK and HHH and he proved that you don't have to be superb at handling the mic, he did it his way.

Which goes into the main event: Benoit and Edge vs. Batista and Flair. I kept thinking to myself, two wrestlers thrown together again :mad: , but it's not like Raw has that many tag teams(two: La Resistance and Hurricane and Rosey), All four men did a good job and to see Edge get another victory after his win over Kane was a good move. He may be moving too fast up the ladder, but unlike Brock Lesnar, Edge has the passsion!

All in all, Raw was just an okay follow up to an okay PPV. I rate it a 5/10.

~Rachel

[The Pez]

Oh ****! You know what? I missed the Tajiri/Cade match! It was an alright match. Nothing spectacular. For whatever reason, I really don't like Garrison Cade.

And how about the Eugene segment? As much as really don't like the gimmick that Dinsmore got stuck with, he's really giving it his all. I had to cross my legs after Regal got shot with the tshirt. Poor Regal.