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OMG MELINA’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the match but i feel real bad for the other faces on Raw. You know Melina is going to get pushed to the title. I just hope they don’t take the title off of Alicia the first time she has a title match with Melina. I believe Alicia has never actually beaten Melina one on one. I loved the faceplant move she did on Alicia. I wonder what she calls it.
even tho i knew Melina was returning 2nite i was going krazy wen her music hit…..She’s Back and better then ever…I hope we get to see Jillian turn face and side with melina
The Lioness is back and all is right with the world. She looked so damn cute when she grinned.
Short, but really great match! Smooth, no real disruptions, great/sick bumps. And Nattie got to shine for a few moments. <3
great comeback, but melina needs to stop with her habit of doing the split ddt on people taller than her – it loses it’s impact. on the same topic, alicia needs to stop sitting on people’s heads/back.
gail and natalya did great. the catwalk crossbody and natty’s suplex were awesome. i hope jillian does turn face, but with the roster as it is now, they need the heels..
i hate that it was pre-recorded.. not because of the surprise was lost, but due to not knowing what crowd noise was genuine and what wasn’t.
MELINA is back!! She looks good! Business is about to pick up!!
The crowd definitley popped big for her, you could see them jumping out of their seats, it wasn’t as EPIC as Lita’s but it was good. Better than Trish in 05.
Melina needs to win the title to end the awful regin of that no taent hack Alica and than turn Melina needs heel becaue she has gotten really boring.
There needs to be a 3 way fued between Melina, Alicia, and Jillian. It would make the most sense.
The segment lasted about 7 minutes and the divas put in work, they crammed in a lot of action into those couple of minutes. The catwalk crossbody was great and Natalya proved why she should be the top babyface. Did you see that Dragon Suplex? Equipped with that Sharpshooter the fans will really get behind her. She is your new Trish, the fans LOVE Nattie and she barely even wrestles. Great to see Melina back. i wish that Raw was live, so i can really be excited
loved how alicia was about to say “i am the most dominant diva” when the self-professed most dominant diva’s music hit ;)
wow, like no reaction at all 4 melina when the dust cleared, i saw no clapping err “nuthin. its sad how easy fans forget about injured divas. cant believe my hometown was so silent, i would of been on my feet cheering!!”
That’s one reason I dislike taped shows. WWE often adds in the noise of a crowd cheering like The Rock showed up or booing like Vickie is cutting a promo when they clearly aren’t that loud or (in some instances) actually are just calmly sitting there.
@Kaledrina- I agree, Melina should have hit the running facebuster (even better, hit a dop toe hold sending Fox to the ropes and then kneed her in the back) on Alicia and finished the segment with the new facecrusher.
Alicia/Melina should be a good match when it happens. They have good chemistry together.
ozzyy we cant really compare it to lita’s cuz it was probably a bigger pop than the average male superstar gets when they return it was so awesome
Oh yeah but was anyone else more impressed by the facebuster than melina’s finisher.
Ok I can say it now: Fuck You WWE. Fuck you for pretaping an episode in which a diva makes her triumphant return. Maybe I’m old school but I don’t wanna fuckin’ know ahead of time. Where’s the bloody magic?
BC i agree. I would love to see Natalya in the title picture as well. I think her only championship match was with Michelle to become the Diva’s Champ. I can’t believe that.
definitely the facebuster looked devastating the leg drop was awkward looking becaus eof how tall alicia is
well loved the match, everyone was great, the crossbody from Gail to Tamina, the clothesline from tamina to eve, and natalya suplex to alicia, it was all great
however, after readin the plans for the raw divas division, that features Melina, Alicia, Eve and Maybe maryse, i dont understand why Jillian has been getting so much time, showin her dislike for alicia, i think it will be Melina, Alicia, Eve and Jillian not maryse
and plus maryse wasnt even in the match so it wouldnt make since to put her in the feud,
Eh it was a nice Raw for the divas but the only one to impress me was Gail. Melina’s return was very meh to me honestly.
Ted will probably buy his French lady love a way into these title matches.
Great match too short!!! Nattie is str8 beast!!! She man handled alicia. But i have to give Alicia propes for hung with her the whole time and her promo was on point. Gail is amazing the cross body from the top rope was fire and the selling off the ring post was FLAWLESS!!! Malina look great and her facebuster was NICE!!! With all that said and as much as I love Alicia and Malina… Nattie and Gail stole the show for me.
it would make much sense to push Jillian with Alicia & Melina….I dont understand how hard it is to PUSH PUSH PUSH jillian is she acting up back stage or something…just turn her face then have her side with Melina , and win the divas championship ….
btw Nattie & Gail did excellent… specally Natalya….Just PERFECT
Best RAW for the divas I have seen in a LONG time, I really enjoyed the divas match thonight, i want to talk about each diva below and my opinion on how they did tonight:
- EVE TORRES: She looked great tonight, though she didn’t do much she sold moved very well espeshally Tamina’s, though she did not get much of a reaction, i think people need to give her more credit, though she got lost in the hurd tonight.
- GAIL KIM: She is being held back why? Gail produced some amazing moves tonight, like the crossbody out of nowhere i was in oar! Wwe send her to smackdown or something Kim needs more than a odd flying move in a tag match please, or turn her heel, raw seems to be running low on them.
- NATALYA NEIDHART: match-wise this girl stole the show, she hit some HARD moves, showing her faboulose rough in-ring gritty style, and i must say aside from Melina, Natlaya recieved the biggest pop; when she was tagged in the fans went nuts, and they were totally behind her powerful moves, with the classic ‘ooooh’ noise, when she pounded on Alicia. WWE take note, please…thanks.
- TAMINA: though she did not do much, unlike Eve to me she did not get lost in the hurd of divas, she stood out to me, though i hate her street like attire, but anyways her moves were powerful and shocking, when she took out Eve, must admit i let out an ‘oooh’ watching on justin.tv ahaha, I’m really liking Tamina!
- JILLIAN HALL: This was either hinting a face turn, OR it was showing that Alicia does not get on with any of the divas face or heel; either way i LOOOOVED the fired up Jillian tonight, Jillian was more aggresive with everything tonight, her in-ring style, her speech when she spoke and even her facial expression, she gave off the feeling that she was putting all joke aside tonight and she was going to vent her anger. LOVED Jillian tonight, ALOT!
- ALICIA FOX: Personally i love this girl and I do not think she get the credit she deserves, in the match she sold moves well from Natalya (etc) and she also produced some lovely in-ring moves, also her finisher tonight looked extremly nice/painful. When she was on the mic and was the only diva in the ring, looking down on the other girls, it made her look so fierce and powerful, also i liked her on the mic, she seemed like she was chilled as she felt like she was running the division *cue melina* she would then squirm in the ring and try to escape, however when faced with Melina she did not back down, she sucked it up and went after Melina, however she failed. Until Melina arrived Alicia looked VERY powerful tonight.
MELINA PEREZ: She came back with a bang, i loved Melina tonight, whens she screamed ‘IMMMM BBBAAAACCCKK’ when she hit her finished, her outfit, her hair, her attitude….this girl is the best thing in wwe ring (yep, i called it) Also I want to mention that tonight is the BEST I have pretty much EVER seen Melina, she looked amazing espeshally seeing as she had JUST come back from an injury, <3 love her!
( sorry for the long post, just wanted to share! )
“Ted will probably buy his French lady love a way into these title matches.”
That makes a lot of sense, so I doubt it will happen.
@eyeofthetiger
Do you have to start again? You dont need to call alicia a no talent hack and say her reign is awful because to be honest it was 100 times better than melina’s reign just saying. She is half way better than half of the divas in the division and thats a fact. Also i do agree on melina going heel but dont think WWE would give her the belt right away since there high on Alicia Fox and it would seem weird for her to win it right away since there is no real heels she can lost it unless they plan on having eve go heel. But since jillian is now face they will need someone to change a face to a heel because alicia and tamina cant be the only one’s.
“Also i do agree on melina going heel but dont think WWE would give her the belt right away since there high on Alicia Fox and it would seem weird for her to win it right away since there is no real heels she can lost it unless they plan on having eve go heel.”
If WWE wanted, they could have Melina win the title and feud with Maryse. That’s where things were headed in Melina’s last month on Raw before she got hurt.
@ChrisP on the footage of Melinas return on youtube you can hear the crowd popped, I think raw took it down cause you can see people out of their seats!
MELINA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i didn’t know they made prison jumpsuits with short sleeves ..
so happy, I was on the phone with a friend when she came out and even though i was expecting it i got so excited and had to contain myself so my friend wouldn’t think i was crazy lol.
@chris P
True but right now there having maryse in the “gold digger” gimmick which will last maybe 2 months more.
“@ChrisP on the footage of Melinas return on youtube you can hear the crowd popped, I think raw took it down cause you can see people out of their seats!”
I saw that, and the low quality of the video made it Melina’s pop sound like the biggest reaction in wrestling history. It was never going to sound like that on TV, since it’s camera phone video on YouTube vs. footage shot with WWE’s expensive HD cameras.
WHAT ?! is somebody’s weave matching ?
I missed it. Maryse finally got that situation straight?
Maryse looked nice as usual :) I thought it was funny she acted like she felt that slap to the chest. If I were her I would’ve ran when they came out lol I guess she sticks by her man’s side…
For Maryse’s sake, she should hope WWE doesn’t point the blame at her when they finally admit DiBiase is mid-card for life (at least right now).
they stole maryse’s dress !
I turned too quick. I love seeing Maryse outside of the ring. I think her new role fits her better
lol @ The Bella segment. Also I like Ted and Maryse enterance.
Did Alicia just get a shout out from Marky Mark? WWE must really like Alicia right now.
@sugarrush28 – girl yes . it was even all the same color . i’m so proud of her .
Maryse looked unconcerned for Ted lol. She was like, “Okay..what am I supposed to do ? Oh yea, i m supposed to act like I give a damn..” makes confused expression.
I saw people jump out of their seats for Melina. It wasn’t everyone but it wasn’t bad at all. And people don’t need to be hating and saying she’s boring when she’s been back for two minutes. Relax!!
Natalya is flawless in there. Jillian’s new agressive side was good to see, Tamina looked good, thank you Eve for getting the crowd involved(clapping), and Gail Kim owned!
Alicia’s Axe Kick looked very weak tonight btw and I wasn’t convinced with her promo. I like her, just not tonight.
I said they stole her dress too! That was funny, Mark said he like Alicia anyway and whatever Bella it was got pissed lol
e beauty i’m a guy lol anyway i’m going to roll back the dvr just to see it lol. I like Maryse but her hair bothers me more than her wrestling. I’m glad she got that situation right
“Maryse looked unconcerned for Ted lol. She was like, “Okay..what am I supposed to do ? Oh yea, i m supposed to act like I give a damn..” makes confused expression.”
I notcied that, too.
And if what she does at ringside is the extent of her managing talent, then she might as well just walk Ted to the ring and leave because both work equally well.
@sugarrush28 =/ whoops . lol sorryy !
@i <3 maryse he did ? i gotta see lol .
all managers/valets stand at ringside and dont do much, why is it any different when Maryse does it?
She did look really unconcerned or she was just shocked that that happened…
@e.beautyy i’m pretty sure he did because that’s why she shoved him. it made me laugh