So here we are once again, and I, your Khaleesi, is putting her fingers to the keyboard and doing her first Redux of 2012. I want to extend my gratitude to my sweet little Bobbita who filled in for me last week and wrote a Redux so beautiful it nearly made me weep tears of joys. And speaking of tears, there were many shed last night as I drowned myself in sloppy kisses and expensive tequila while watching LSU absolutely SUCK against the disgusting babyface team of the SEC, Alabama. Thanks to LSU FAILING I have to endure the heartbreak and trauma, and year-long idiocy of Alabama fans everywhere praising their Coach Nick Satan as the second coming of Paul Bear Bryant, and how Alabama is a juggernaut of superiority in the state, and blah blah blah. It’s enough to make any Auburn want to throw themselves off a cliff, but we shall overcome and beat those sorry pieces of sh-
Whoa… this is supposed to be a Raw Redux right? Yeah, well, back on track. I missed Raw last night thanks to the BCS National Championship game, and once again I stayed away from spoilers despite my longtime wrasslin’ buddy telling me how good Dolph Ziggler was in 140 characters or less. That means it’s time for another “live” Redux so to speak. So lets get to watchin’ Raw, so I can see how everything went down last night!
Thus far, there have been no Diva sightings, but I want to take a moment to congratulate Edge on being the first person announced for the 2012 Hall of Fame. As a life-long Edge fan, this means the world to me. We all know he could still be competing if his body would have allowed it, and as someone who was in Atlanta last year, I’m so grateful that I got to see his final ever match. This is so richly deserved even if it’s coming sooner than it should thanks to his abrupt retirement. Edge was someone who gave us memorable matches, wonderful moments, and let’s not forget that he was almost always involved with a Diva there towards the end. Congratulations, Edge!
Now, on with the show.
We’re brought almost immediately to our first Diva sighting of the night. Yay! Backstage, the United States Champion, Zack Ryder, is on the phone with his dad.
Zack is telling his dad that after almost losing his life last week on Raw, that he’s understandably afraid of what Kane might have in store for him this week. No doubt, the Long Island heartthrob has suffered from severe nightmares thanks to Kane’s violent antics, but at least his boo, John Cena, saved him. Nonetheless, Zack is pretty upset, but when he notices the lovely Eve Torres standing behind him, he promptly changes his tune. He hangs up and turns his charm on, but Eve’s not buying it. She wants to Zack to get serious for a moment and she asks him if he’s alright. He spouts some song and dance about not living in fear, and that brings him to something he wants to ask Eve. He takes a brief moment, and then finally asks her out. He says he doesn’t have a match and they can just go out right now. Eve looks like she wants to reject him, but she just blurts out yes. Zack can’t believe it, but he’s excited. Eve tells him that he has to wait because she has a match with Beth Phoenix tonight. Eve also reveals that if she can somehow beat Beth, she’ll get a shot at the Divas Championship. Zack wishes her luck and tells her he knows she can beat Beth. Eve gives him a flirty little sideways glance and goes “…you know it” before walking off. Zack stares at his crush, and then as if he senses someone has been watching them, he glances behind him. Not seeing anything, he just shakes it off and walks off.
Cue Kane being creepy and walking out from behind a door.
Let me play fantasy booker for a minute. Kane wants to end John Cena. Kane doesn’t seem to like Zack Ryder either. Kane tried to take Zack Ryder down to the fiery depths of hell last week but John Cena saved Zack Ryder. Now Kane is stalking Zack Ryder. Maybe Kane should go after Eve to get to Zack Ryder?
That needs to happen.
What never needed to happen, however, is the debut of Brodus Clay. Or maybe it did. I just never needed to write about it. But yes, here I am, about to sit here and embed a video with the debut of Brodus, and his dancers. Yup, you read that right… his dancers.
For weeks, the debut of Brodus Clay has been Raw’s long running joke. For seven hundred weeks now, Clay has been tapped to debut, or re-debut since he ran around with Alberto and Ricardo on SmackDown for awhile. Lo and behold we finally got to witness the massive beast from NXT make his presence felt on our favorite flagship show. And he didn’t come alone. The suddenly happy, jovial dancing ‘Funkasaurus’ busted through the guerrilla curtains in all his glory. In what is no doubt a tribute to the wonderful Flash Funk and the Funkettes, Brodus and his dancers, NAOMI and Ariane Andrew, surely made an impression.
They made an impression on me, anyway. I’m not entirely sure what to make of this. Maybe it’s a one-off thing, but I highly doubt it. A lot of time and effort appears to have gone into this and well at least it gets Naomi on the main roster. It’s kind of ironic that fans have cried and cried for the better part of forever to get this woman on the main roster so she can have actual matches and such, and she shows up in the role of dancer. I guess we all have to start somewhere, and if it’s as a dancer, then so be it. Alicia started off as a wedding planner, and then a manager for DJ Gabriel. Victoria/Tara made her debut as one of the Godfather’s “hos.” Kelly started as a stripper on ECW. And last, but not least, Trish Stratus once had to get down on all fours and bark like a dog. It’s wrestling, and it’s business, and that’s how it goes sometimes. Naomi is perhaps one of the most gifted pure athletes the WWE has ever had. I think that in the end she’ll end up being fine.
And before all the cries of outrage happen, just remember, you are all getting what you wanted: Naomi on Raw. And welcome to Raw to you too, Ariane! Both of them looked smoking hot in the little red catsuits and boots.
The Diva goodies keep on coming, but first an update on Zack/Eve. Zack is in the bathroom brushing his teeth when it finally dawns on him that he is indeed going on with Eve later on tonight. He’s praising himself for being the man for finally getting himself in her good graces when something eery comes over the bathroom. Zack kind of freaks out. I can’t say I blame him. Kane is messing with him.
Meanwhile, The Miz is continuing his quest for help in his personal battle against Uncle Troof. He was unsuccessful with Mason Ryan earlier, so this time he tries to convince Primo, Epico, and the lovely Rosa Mendes to help him.
All I have to say is that as brief as this was, it was pretty wonderful. Rosa’s broken Spanish/English always makes me laugh, and the fact she used it to curse out Miz is absolutely brilliant. Rosa was born to play this role and I’m so happy she’s finally getting used properly. I didn’t have to watch her dance, and her dress/fierce ankle bootie combo was hot. Loved this so much. I only wish these three would get more and more screen time. They deserve it, and a tag team title reign as well.
Goodness, so much epicness already and we haven’t even had that match yet! I’m absolutely loving this Raw so far.
What makes me love it even more is that it’s finally given me my first sighting of Vickie Guerrero, Dolph Ziggler, and Jack Swagger! With Ziggler facing Punk in three weeks at the Rumble, his stablemate, Swagger is squaring off against Punk tonight. Vickie and Dolph came to ringside with him.
John Lauricantbebotheredtolookuphowtospellhisname decides to rain on the parade, and since he is the special guest referee for the match at the Rumble, he wants to prove he can be impartial. He tells Punk that if he can beat Swagger, Vickie and Jack will both be banned from ringside come January 29th! I think we all know what happens, especially if you watched the video provided. A beautifully blown call leads to a Swagger loss, and both Vickie and Dolph are beside themselves. Lets be honest, Vickie is the key to Dolph’s success when it comes to title matches. She’s handed him a world title before and with her banned at the Rumble, our favorite heel’s back is against the wall. No doubt Vickie and friends will try and fight the call, but we can only sit on pins and needles and wait to see what happens. The match itself was amazing, and the next few weeks are going to be quite significant for Vickie and her men.
Up next, we have yet more Divas, and this time it’s my favorites! Brie and Nikki Bella, of course.
They are arguing backstage, as per usual these days, and Brie name drops Stacy Keibler. Before their argument can get any further, Ricardo Rodriguez walks into the scene and demands to know why the twins summoned him all the way to Raw while he was back home in Mexico. Brie tells Alberto’s faithful servant that they want him to personally deliver a message to his employer. Ricardo wants to know why they’ve never heard of cellphones, but Nikki cuts him off. Right as she’s about to give the message, The Miz shows up. He’s still trying to get people on his side in his feud with Troof, and this time he tries a different approach. He basically forgets about the STAR campaign and bullies Ricardo into doing his dirty work for him. He demands that the chambermaid head to the ring and offend R-Truth so bad that he comes out to the ring, presumably so Miz can ambush him. He threatens poor Ricardo with bodily harm and Ricardo, bless him, tries to get the girls to accompany him to the ring. They not-so-politely turn down the invitation, and walk off, leaving Ricardo with no other choice than to do the Miz’s dastardly deed. Oh dear.
Another home-run for Raw. Not only did this segment give me Bella Twins in fierce dresses, but it lets me know that the WWE hasn’t forgotten about their crush on Alberto Del Rio. This is the perfect example of storyline continuation despite the main player being injured. I love this Raw so much. Seriously, what else can happen?
I’ll tell you what… a Divas match can finally happen! It was teased earlier in the night, and now it’s time. Beth versus Eve.
Eve’s theme music starts to play and she makes her way to the ring. She actually gets a pretty good reaction from the crowd this week, and that’s nice to see. She plays it up, gets in the ring, and now we get to see Beth, who’s not been on Raw since being injured by Alicia.
Uhhh wait a second, that’s not Beth’s music!
Kane’s music starts to play and immediately Eve starts to panic. She looks around frantically trying to find the Big Red Machine, but to no avail. She gets out of the ring, crying from fear I assume, and Zack rushes to the ring. He grabs Eve’s hand and takes off running, not wanting any harm to come to his lady love. It’s so cute, yet so cheesy, and he takes her to the parking lot. They rush towards what can only be assumed is Zack’s waiting rental car, but of course, OF COURSE, it has a flat tire. Eve is freaking out and like any good, and when I say good I really mean bad, horror movie, Zack has a solution. He reaches in the back of the SUV, grabs a spare tire that just happens to be there, as well as one of those things you use to get the lugnuts off a tire. Eve is telling him to hurry, Zack make sure she locks the door, and he goes to work trying to yank the tire off.
Dun… duuuuuuuuuuuun… duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!!!!
Cue graphic for John Cena versus Dolph Ziggler which is up next! We’re just going to keep going with it. I refuse to believe I’m going to be left with such a daunting cliffhanger.
Raw returns with Eve screaming at Zack to hurry. He’s still struggling with the tire, except he’s trying to get the spare on now, and Eve is growing more and more frightened by the minute. Dolph has made his way into the ring, back inside the arena, and he looks like he’s ready to go! Vickie is staring at her man with stars in her eyes, and I don’t blame her. Dolph is one hell of a man. Oh my.
Anyway, ahem.
Cena makes his way to the ring, and he has a thunderous ovation. He’s ready to rise above the hate tonight, I reckon, and get a victory over The Show-Off. The match gets underway after Cena proves that his skill set is not limited to running the ropes during his entrance. Dolph breaks a potential lock-up with a show of arrogance, and Cena just looks amused. The men lock up again and this is where I tune out and just picture my own wrestling match versus Dolph Ziggler.
Dolph is perfect. Grass is mostly green. Water is wet. The sun is hot. He keeps Cena grounded with a headlock and decides to see if he can do a headstand while keeping his grip on Cena. He succeeds. After dropping a series of elbows on Cena, Dolph decides to show us all the proper way to do crunches. The man does have nice abs. Vickie is swooning on the outside. Cena moves when Dolph goes for another elbow, and this gives the 23498203498-time champ time to get in the five moves of doom. He starts doing his thing and right when he goes in for the kill, or whatever it is that Cena does, he is distracted by the titan tron. Zack Ryder is still outside, unable to get that tire on completely. Cena stops to watch. Cena asks the referee what is going on, and suddenly we hear Eve’s shrieks of horror.
Kane has come up and starts beating the tar of out Cena’s bestie. He’s pretty much killing Zack in front of Eve, and Dolph uses what’s going on and Cena’s worry to his advantage. He locks in the sleeper hold and starts to bring Superman down to his knees. I swear I know how this is going to happen. SuperCena is somehow going to overcome this and save Zack. I can’t even handle this right now.
Okay, well, he may not save Zack since the champ just got choke slammed off the loading dock. For the love of God, can we make sure Eve is okay?
Meanwhile, Cena has indeed gotten rid of Dolph, and he’s looking at the titantron with tears in his eyes. Cena wants to go save the day (despite that fact it’s too little, too late for Zack), and he leaves. Dolph catches him and tries the sleeper hold again. He just ends up slammed into the steel ring steps. Cena takes off running to the back and the referee begins to count. Vickie begins to scream at Dolph to get in the ring, but he’s wounded and moving a little slow. Cena storms the back where Kane is waiting and they fight while the camera gets a creepy look at Zack Ryder’s unconscious body. Cena ends up getting choke out. Ryder is like I said basically dead for now. Eve is probably still in the car, with the doors locked, screaming. And my only question is, did Vickie urge Dolph into the ring so he could get another win?
Oh Raw… 2012 is being so good to you so far!
As hilariously awful as the Eve/Zack flat tire fiasco was, I absolutely love her being involved in this. If this wasn’t the greatest episode of Raw ever, then I don’t know what is. It’s going to be hard to top this, but man. I’m really excited for next Monday and I definitely won’t be missing it!
Until next week, Cryssi out!
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Lmao! Yes Da ZaEve segment had me literally crying on the floor espically Eve ! She’s in the car yelling “Hurry Up Zack ,Hurry Up”. Im like B*tch where da hell is your rental car jump in yours and dip outta there. I really think that the same way Zack acts on camera is the same way he acts in real life.
I enjoyed the segment though i would take this over a 30 second Eve vs Beth to be honest. Eve must have took a Kelly Scream 101 Class before Raw lol.
About Naomi eh i dont care im just glad she is finally on raw and she will break away soon and debut in her first match and trust me we are all looking foward to that day.
xXxUniquelyiXxX Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Lmao. Eve was overreacting big time.
MickieJamesFan07 Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Lets be honest here, none of the other divas acting would’ve been any better.
Melina&Mickie4ever! Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:05 pm
@XXXUNIQUELYIXXX – I know thats what made it funny as hell. 1st off the window is halfway down even if they tried to get away kane would have snatched eve’s a** up throught the window. lol
@MickieJamesFan07 – Maxine! Kell….Aj or aksana lol
Great write up this week Cryssi. The only way I can describe watching RAW last night was like being in a weird ass dream that was so good, you didn’t want to wake up from lol. I really love that they added Eve in the Kane/Cena/Ryder mix. Its nice to see a diva involved in a storyline with the male superstars. When Brodus debuted, I kid you not my jaw dropped to the floor. I couldn’t stop laughing!
1. I was crying with laughter when I saw Naomi and Ariane come out with Brodus.
2. I was crying with laughter as I watched Eve scream for her dear life.
We might have not gotten the 2 minute Beth vs Eve match that we wanted, but god damn, last night was entertaining on so many levels.
Does anybody remember flash funk and his funkettes? Probably not. Already tried and alreay tired gimmick.
I like women’s wrestling. This show didn’t seem to give that to me.
I do agree that it’s a good idea to add the ladies into male stories because it adds more interest to them. I still want to see solid women’s matches though..
Poison_Ivory Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 3:49 am
Solid women’s matches? Then you should stay away from any WWE reduxes (minus the PPV’s) and start watching TNA
I kind of wish that it wasn’t all about Naomi. Don’t get me wrong, I love the girl, but it was Cameron’s debut too, lol. I quite like the Bellas being used like this. They’re good as secondary heels, but when they’re not being used in the ring, they shine in segments like this. The whole Eve thing was just… well, it was awful. At least in the future when I have to watch her matches, I’ll just say a silent thanks that she’s in the ring and not ~acting.
WWFoverWWE Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Theres not much to say about cameron because she’s still training and theres no benefit of her being on the main roster yet. With Naomi we’ve waited forever and we know she’s ready. Hope that helps.
Mr. Asstastic Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
With Cameron we now have two new Divas on the roster and not just one and she should be recognized because they did the exact same thing. Hope that helps.
WWFoverWWE Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
The dancing was great, but that’s not what people care about. The fact that Naomi was there is what people care about.
WWFoverWWE Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
And also, what makes you think they are divas? yes they debuted but we don’t know if WWE will recognize naomi and cameron as full fledged divas on the roster. Pwinsider wrote this:
“– The two dancers flanked by Brodus Clay in his Raw debut were WWE developmental Divas, Cameron Lynn and Naomi.
Naomi finished second in the third season of NXT while Lynn, whose real name is Ariane Andrew, was the first contestant cut on last year’s Tough Enough series. Both performers appear for Florida Championship Wrestling.
It’s now being speculated that WWE will have Naomi soon get in the ring and compete on the main roster while Cameron continues her work in FCW.”
So we’ll see what happens
Teri Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
“Theres not much to say about cameron because she’s still training and theres no benefit of her being on the main roster yet”
….
lol.
While it was nice to see alot of the divas shown in various segments. Raw to me was sub par only because I feel that it would be nice to see the Divas Champion on Raw every once in a while.
To me I cant fathom why the WWE is pushing Eve with Ryder. Lets be honest if you watched Raw last night when she came out to the ring nobody cared. Shes not over and everything they have tried to get her over hasnt worked. I just hope that she dont bring down Ryders popularity instead of them trying to raise hers. I mean maybe its just me but Eve is Boring
And if anyone thought that Beth vs Eve was really going to happen WWE gave you the inkling it wasnt going to happen the minute Kane stalked Ryder and Eve.
MickieJamesFan07 Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Like Cryssi mentioned before, she did get a nice pop last night.
Melina&Mickie4ever! Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Way to be the debbie downer of the whole fiasco ! -_-
Tamms Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
didnt know that having an opinion was being a debbit downer.
Melina&Mickie4ever! Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Kidding! sheesh! :)
Tamms Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
apologize for that. I have had several people here bash me and get attitudes with me for my opinions
Teri Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
@ Tamms
I totally know what you mean. Sometimes I feel reluctant to make a comment knowing that within 1 minute of posting it, people will be down my throat.
Melina&Mickie4ever! Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:48 pm
@Tamms – Yeah I know how you feel…i think thats why less new ppl comment and more of the old ppl
cutymania Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 11:24 am
lol dont pay attention the diva marks, they go gaga for some lame gimmick that’s a cross between the Godfather (& his hos) and Ernest ‘the cat’ Miller…..plus Eve’s epic audition for the new season of VH1s Scream Queens.
if this was a good ‘divas night’ than lol sorry but your standards are pretty low..no shade.
I rather see a diva involved in many segments and storylines insteqd of a 20 second match.
I love these stories lol
Been a while since kane&kelly?
And dam eve never get in a car bitch! Lmao. Lucky kane didn’t slice yourb ass!lmao
Jamesgangforever Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Oh man I remember that whole Kane and Kelly storyline. I always thought that I was the only person who found it funny when Kane followed Kelly to the back and then I had her in the room interrogating her. The FUNNIEST part was when he told her to leave and then yelled at her to sit back down. Kelly looked like she was about to crap herself.
LayTorres Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
I didnt really get the storyline with Kane and Kelly…was he in love with her or somethin ?
Jamesgangforever Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
They both presented an award together during the slammys in 2008. I think it was the couple of the year and Kelly made a comment(I don’t remember what it was) and then Kane said the last time I was in a wedding I chokeslammed a priest. So I guess after that Kane thought the comment that Kelly made meant something, but then it was known that there was someone else in Kelly’s life(Randy Orton) so he was trying to get her to tell him who it was. Kane had attacked The Miz and everyone thought it was the Miz who was in K2′s life.Sorry for the long comment.
LayTorres Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:41 pm
ooooooooooo….ok thanks for the info. : )
ZaEve? no no no no…sounds stupid. How about RyTorres. LOL.
Anywayz….Eve’s acting was hillarious!! Nobody can match up to the way Trish and Lita were afraid of Kanneeeee……..and does it take that long to change a tire!? Naomi was bootylicious last night…and I loved it!!
Kane proved last night the he is the REAL pimp daddy of WWE…..Tori, Katie Vick, Lita, Trish, few encounters with Lillian, Kelly, and now Eve. DAMN!!
Who’s next….AJ ?
Melina&Mickie4ever! Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
I know did you see her face and the way she look’d around when Kanes music hit. She was looking around like “Oh no” … its more like “Oh yes fool” run..
LayTorres Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
The way she was saying ” HURRY ZACK! HURRY!!” had me in complete LMFAO moment. It was hillarious…
Note to Eve, you are an awesome wrestler…but please improve your acting a little bit. Especially when encountering creepo superstars like Kannneeee…..
Zack isnt as smart as he tries to make himself to be because he didnt even jack the car up how did he think the tire was going to be changed #EpicFail -_-
Tamms Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
lol better yet get in the car lock the doors and wait for AAA to come change it. or I dunno flat tire means run Zacky Run
mariah. Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
LOL Last I checked though, Eve had a degree in engineering, yet her ass sat in the car as Zack Ryder attempted to change the tire, smh.
Cookie Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 1:18 am
LOL I SAY THAT yestrday i was like really eve?? stop playing eve!!
Naomi & Cameron Debut was Epic i didnt expect that…No complaints from me Naomi Is here & i canit wait to see Were this story Line Goes! #TeamNaomi!
Not having a Divas match didn’t disappoint me because the match would’ve
been two minutes and we could possibly see a match on NXT,SD or Superstars?
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You guys just face it, the divas are just PURE eye candy right now, and while im secretly loving it, some divas need to be in that ring, just as much as some are made out to be arm pieces. Im already use to the gimmick, and who knew Ariane could dance, personally im a fan, i was a fan of hers since day one, you may hate it, but Ariane will go far.
For a woman as smart as Eve the segment with the car really didn’t do her any justice and kind of made her look useless!
Cookie Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 12:57 am
lol u know she have degere in cars lol
“Eve got a good crowd reaction”
No she didn’t. They were so quiet you could hear all of her music. They were dead silent…I don’t know what Eve has to do to get people to care about her in the audience if they couldn’t even react to Zack Ryder with her.
I was having flashbacks to Lita/Matt/Kane where the crowd would go absolutely nuts any time any of them was out…why isn’t Zack’s reaction rubbing off onto Eve?
I don’t understand it but maybe last night’s crowd just sucked. I’m not an Eve fan but it annoys me that someone who works so hard and is actually not bad in the ring the crowd doesn’t seem to give a crap about. What do they want?
shameronstar Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Don’t most wwe crowds suck these days! I wonder why? Also, maybe to get a reaction Eve has to stop acting so calm and reserved and start telling people what she actually thinks!
norisclouds Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 6:29 am
She’s too subdued…but she can speak–so maybe if they wrote better dialogue for her? I dunno.
I’ve been critical of Eve in the past. Very critical–but she’s improved a great deal, even stopped botching her moonsault and shown that she’s a hard worker not just going through the motions in the ring.
But the girl cannot get any crowd reaction to save her life. No one cares when she is on screen or comes out. Sometimes, very rarely they’ll pop for a move, but not enough that shows you they care about Eve.
Steve_x Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:14 pm
No diva really gets crowd reaction, other than Kelly Kelly. It’s WWE’s fault. Why would the crowd care about the divas, when WWE doesn’t? WWE has even made it difficult for us diva fans to be supportive.
norisclouds Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 6:31 am
Too true. Maybe if all of their matches weren’t 2 minutes and most of them weren’t written to be obnoxious the crowd would care. Back in ’00-01 A LOT of matches were 5 minutes. I remember Trish having 3 minute title defenses but the crowd still gave a damn. They are going in the right direction with this Ryder storyline, but not if it does nothing for Eve and thus far it is all about Ryder’s character development and she’s just a prop.
That might be partly her fault–I can’t imagine Maryse reacting to these scenes in such a subdued fashion.
OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
NAOMI’S FUCKING ON RAW!!!!!!!
Eh….that’s all I really cared about :)
I dont know why….but I want Kane to go after Aj next…that may be a possibility if he starts a fued with D-Bryan.
LayTorres Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
and maybe go after Maxine like the way he went after Trish.
I don’t understand why people are complaining about Eve’s acting. The divas rarely get time to wrestle, so i doubt they get much time to practice “acting”
If last night didn’t show people that Eve can act, I’m not sure what will. She did pretty good, but Eve gurl are you serious? You just waited in the car? Stop playing -,- lol & about Naomi’s debut. My jaw hit the floor when I saw her & Cameron come out I was legit shocked. Girls have debuted in worse ways, hopefully Naomi gets in that ring soon though. The Bellas shined again, those acting classes are paying off! :) I loved Eve tonight though despite her moment of stupidity :p she proved she can act & wrestle. (she’s proven she can wrestle before though haha)
shameronstar Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
“HAHA! Good one Nikki!”
I miss the second “W” -_-’
xJonFer12494x Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 1:58 am
ditto :L
So you’re telling me while both Zack and Cena were attacked Eve sat her ass in the car. She really couldn’t of hit Kane with something or at least use her car jacking skills to use. Doesn’t she train in some Brazilian martial arts or something she couldn’t have at least tried to fight Kane off. SMH. At least the divas are apart of a storyline with the boys.
And when the hell is Beth going to come back, she’s been gone forever the bruise should of cleared by now.
French.One Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
I’d like to see Beth posting on twitter a picture of her laying on a beach saying :
“Since there’s no competitor worthy enough, I’m on holidays”.
xJonFer12494x Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 2:02 am
that would actually be really cool, not only does it contribute to the story line, it would help “explain” to the fans why she’s been so absent recently. why couldn’t the “E” be this smart? .-.
great that the Divas Champion was again absent and a match that was supposed to dictate a title was scrapped in favour of a lame segment where the worst part was Ryder never ending tyre change…
i enjoyed eve being involved in the whole zack ryder- Kane thing… but their was no match and all of those backstage segments were so pointless :L
The Fans don’t even cheer for Kelly and Eve now!!
Anyway OT: What an entertaining raw, Naomi and Cameron Debuting made my night! I Hope they debut properly next week on raw as a tag team with that gimmick, i don’t mind as long as they kick butt in the ring!
lol soo is naomi and ariana 100% african-american or somewhere along those longs and they reminded my when alicia fox had the dance gimmick!
Jamesgangforever Reply:
January 10th, 2012 at 11:59 pm
Do you mean lines. You said longs.
wweandtnadivafan Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 12:53 am
ohhh yea thanks for finding my mistake
norisclouds Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 6:33 am
Most Black people in the US are mixed, more than 55% of the population. You can’t tell just by looking at them. It’s more polite not to try guessing based on people’s facial features/skin tone and body build. Just FYI.
Shan Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Well Naomi’s got the original Black Booty and her facial structure (broad nose and such) as ell as her dark skin say that at least her parents are both primarily African-american. Ariane is iffy. She could be mixed but she might not be.
Whatever it is I’m just glad they’re both on RAW now! I personally wanted to see more dark-skinned women on my TV. The black women the ‘E employs usually tend to be more of the lighter type. I like my variety. I’m still waiting for them to bring in more of the other races.
Rosa Mendes is sooooo pretty.
Alright here’s my question, where is Alicia Fox? Girl beat Beth cleanly and didn’t get a title shot or even a mention of one yet if Eve were to beat her she would get another title shot? I’m so tired of these “almost” Fox pushes.
Anyway that’s my only negative, I thought the segments with Eve were funny and I feel she did an okay job. It was like any other horror movie actress though that’s not necessarily a compliment.
Naomi and Cameron? All I can say is I hope it is a continuous thing and both divas continue to appear on television. Namely Naomi as she is ready to be on the main roster. Cameron should probably not wrestle on TV any time soon as she’s still no where near ready for the big times.
VarsityBaseDude Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 1:14 am
I wondered the same thing, but I’m guessing they gave her a Foxy holiday.
Jhonmarco Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 1:27 am
LMAO!
Mike in Like Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 6:30 am
Well played sir that was certainly hilarious<3
norisclouds Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 6:35 am
I think she’s being punished off screen. Probably have her training somewhere. People complained about the botch and rightly so–but were so quick to assume that she wouldn’t be punished. It happened all the time in the past.
ok so naomi and cameron on raw was nice, although i didnt know what to do about the “funkasaurus”…. oi vei…
anyways, Bellas and Rosa backstage segments are always welcome :) and I thought that Eve did pretty well in the segments, although it did feel a bit like a Titanic marathon (the keys under water part)when Eve kept crying “come on Zack, hurry Zack…” lols..
if theres anything negative to say its that they couldve just as easily of done the match then after eve won, gone on to the kane music thingy… but story line isnt going that way. good Raw over all :)
I don’t care about Eve or this PG style horror movie, all I care is the absent Divas Champion… Where has Beth been?! I’m pretty sure she is completely healed now.
Beth phoenix is taking care of her pretty little face lmao. Big tough beth can’t appear with a bruise -_-
Jazz did?why not beth?
Eve needs to get crucified like taker did to stephanie lmao
3 points to say:
1. I am very pleased to see the debut of Naomi. WWE is apparently planning to bring Naomi into the ring. but how? While I am very happy to see her debut and am a big fan (maybe its the music) of the Funkasauaras gimmick, I’m not confident that WWE will do Naomi right. And for Cameron, she’s doing well and hopefully when she’s ready, WWE can transition her into the ring as well.
2. I enjoyed Eve and Zack’s relationship for the storyline purposes. But Zack annoys me and Eve doesn’t seem to give any affection back. Her yes to his date sounded like peer pressure. But maybe this Kane storyline will let Eve see Zack as her “prince in shining armor”
3. Anyone remember 3 weeks ago? When Alicia beat Beth. Yeah where the hell has that been. They haven’t been on the last 3 episodes of Raw. Better yet, Beth hasn’t even appeared on Raw! Or Smackdown! Ridicolous. But yet Eve has an oppurtunitiy to BEAT Beth to get a shot, something ALica has done to both Divas of Doom. For all the damn heat that was generated from that, there was sure alot of follow up from that -___-. The Divas division is such a rut. They need a breath of fresh air and I don’t think even Naomi, Cameron or Layla could do that without WWE getting their heads out of their asses and seeing that people actually do care about the divas.
Smackdown Spoilers: no sign of Beth
The Samoan Princess squashes The Hart Jobber
* facepalm*
AGAIN!!!!
Any comments people?
Kessuki Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 6:26 am
what a load of utter monkey sh*te!!!!!!!!
Well… I was happy that so many divas got screentime and liked most of it.
The tire fiasco was partially horrid and thats not because of kane but because of the way they pulled it.
I mean he tries to change a tire and she sits in the car? O_o
Also, why not take HERS instead when they are in such a hurry?
It was like a bad horror movie that turns out to be a sucky comedy instead.
You know what I would had done?
- Zack and Eve run to his car and see that the tire is flat.
They getting more afraid stating that Kane had planned all out and that they need to think their next move (instead of switching tires).
Eve suggests to go for her car.
When they are almost near Kane comes out of the shadows and attacks both.
Eve makes the run for the car while Zack fights Kane and loses.
Zack screaming in agony makes eve to run back and try to help him.
Kane drops zack like he did in this segment so cena can find him and grabs and chocks Eve when she is kicking and punching him.
Then he slams her on the floor, grabs her leg and drags her into the shadows while she is screaming.
Zack is awake already but all he can do is scream “nooooo” and her name.
After this segment Zack and John are trying to find Eve but there is no sign of her.
Kane cuts a promo at the end that he holds a “surprise” for them the following week.
- next week Kane presents Eve as the queen of darkness while eve comes out as a heel with dark eyes (make up or even a face painting).
The only way Zack and John can get her back will be one of them to replace Eve on his side as his “minion”.
Even both would want to help her, they both deny and say they will find a other way.
Eve stays heel and goes for the title in a heel vs heel feud with a vicious returning Beth (improved gimmick as the dark glamazon/phoenix ).
mariah. Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 7:01 am
Whoa, you just went in.
Raekon Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 7:14 am
Forgot to add! ^_^
Zack and John failing to save Eve a other way and thats the reason why she stays heel!
Kane manages her during her matches and she manages him during his matches aswell.
After 3 weeks(next month), Eve says she got bored to be alone with him and she wouldn’t mind another companion.
Kane says he was prepared for that and the returning Layla comes in as another queen sharing the gimmick with Eve.
A tag team is build with Eve and Layla as the “Queens of Darkness” that Kane manages during their matches and vice versa.
The team goes into a winning streak against other teams (DoD inclusive).
Beth loses the championship to Layla after Eve interferes in the championship match when Kane attacks Natalya at ringside and the referee gets distracted through it.
Shan Reply:
January 11th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
…Words cannot express how much I love this idea!!! Why oh why couldn’t creative read this and implement it!?!!!!! Oh yeah, they’re trying to revive Cena’s dying fanbase.
VelVelHolleringSky Reply:
January 12th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
this has to be the best idea ever!!!! IF ONLY WWE WOULD GET RID OF THIS PG CRAP AND BRING BACK TV 14 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
The tire segments acting was so bad I think it was done on purpose to be funny It worked it can’t top trolls 2 though just look it up on YouTube you’ll laugh the acting is so horrible.
WWE writers/bookers proved again just how little the Diva’s mean to them on RAW. Everything they had them do was just so fucking stupid the diva segment with Eve & Zack changing the tire was sooooo bad it was funny. Seems to me Stephanie with all her clout would fix this because it makes all the divas look foolish for the most part
John Cena’s gonna throw a hump into Eve and Zack turns heel. Like Savage & Hogan in 88-89