‘Ello everyone, and welcome to this week’s edition of the Raw Redux! This week, Kaitlyn goes for the gold… err, silver and pink, as she takes on Divas Champion, Eve Torres, with the title up for grabs. Not only that, but former champion, Layla sits on commentary for the bout and gives her two cents on both women, and the entire situation dealing with Kaitlyn’s attack at Night of Champions. Who will walk out as the Divas Champ? Let’s find out!
We spot Eve walking towards the ring as Jim Ross promotes that Kaitlyn will be going for the Divas Title after the break! Given that I love title defenses on Raw and SmackDown, this greatly pleases me. We head to the ring and see Layla sitting ringside to do commentary on the match, as out comes both champion and challenger making their grand entrance. Eve is all smiles of course, blowing kisses and playing with her hair… but Kaitlyn doesn’t seem to be at 100%. Don’t get me wrong, she looks ready to go, provided you ignore the big white tape all over her ankle. Perhaps not the best time to cash in your match for the title, but maybe Kaitlyn is on a high from her birthday, or you know, maybe AJ forced this to happen since clearly she has no remorse towards Kaitlyn.
Layla informs us that she is in shock that a fighting champion like Eve would accept Kaitlyn’s match for the title knowing that she isn’t 100%, clearly from the taped up ankle. But that doesn’t seem to phase our bubbly champion. Kaitlyn is all business tonight though, for as soon as the bell rings, she’s on Eve like a government mule… yes, I just said that and I never will again. Kaitlyn throws Eve across the ring and scores with a shoulder tackle, before hitting a few punches and a nice snap suplex for a two count. Eve capitalizes now with a kick, but ultimately ends up on the canvas after a back body drop for another near fall. Kaitlyn looks to attempt an Irish Whip, but ends up lifting Eve up in some sort of modified torture rack! Eve escapes out the back though, and takes the control until Kaitlyn hits a backbreaker. Unfortunately, she hits it on the leg of her injury and it seems to aggravate it.
Kaitlyn limps over to the corner, but Eve kicks her down and now targets the ankle. She slams it, kicks it, steps on it, and drops it with some sort of leg type DDT. From there, Eve locks in a heel hook and after a valiant effort, Kaitlyn ultimately taps out. Eve doesn’t let go through, which shocks us all! Layla gets up from the table and heads in to stop this madness, which sparks Eve to now show concern for the injury she just tried to aggravate. Layla isn’t buying it though, as she shoves Eve back! Eve tries to apologize, before heading up the ramp while staring off with her future competition, Layla!
Thoughts: I really enjoyed the match between Eve and Kaitlyn. It felt different from the usual Raw bout because they continued to play up the story of Kaitlyn’s injured ankle and had Eve target it as opposed to being decimated for a bit and then hitting the neckbreaker out of nowhere. I thought it was a great touch that Layla added the line about Eve accepting this match when Kaitlyn’s ankle still wasn’t 100% (and also noting that Eve opted to face an injured Kaitlyn instead of a ready to go Layla) because it adds more to the story about why Kaitlyn’s title shot is happening here instead of at a later date. Eve, being the friendly competitor that she is, doesn’t want to simply let Kaitlyn down by denying her title shot, even if her ankle isn’t fully recovered yet. Of course, she welcomes all comers, but Kaitlyn’s been waiting longer for this since she didn’t get her promised match at Night of Champions after winning the battle royal, so Kaitlyn’s shot must come first! And another excellent touch was Eve leaving the heel hook locked in past the point of Kaitlyn tapping out. It makes us continue to question where her loyalty lies, as she continues to play up both sides to perfection. I, for one, am loving the division at the moment. Even if they only seem to be using a few select women, we actually have a storyline going and they seem to be putting emphasis on Eve’s title reign which is much needed for that belt as the past few reigns have seemed to go from hot to cold in a matter of weeks with champions disappearing from TV all the time. Eve is getting spotlight, and it’s really refreshing to see as a whole in the division when it comes to their title holder.
But the mystery attacker thing is starting to worry me a little. I don’t want it revealed now or anything, but I do want more clues towards it. It feels like we haven’t moved forward in discovering their identity at all since Kaitlyn stated it was a blonde. I’m not sure if maybe the plan is changing or something and they need to get everything ready, but I feel like it’s been a few weeks now of playing up the big mysterious blonde, but we need a new clue to keep it fresh because there are only so few blondes left in the company and the two I thought it could be the most are now seemingly gone. They could always make it be anyone though and just use a blonde wig, but maybe let us see the footage next week, or at least a short clip of it, so we can feel like we’re another step closer in discovering the identity. If Kaitlyn was able to see it, then we know it exists. I think that would be a cool way to go since you can’t really describe anything else about them given that Kaitlyn said you can’t see their face, and I assume they were probably covered up everywhere else to conceal their identity!
Overall, big thumbs up tonight and I hope we’re leading towards a triple threat feud between Eve, Kaitlyn, and Layla down the line before incorporating some of the other Divas in the title picture after the mystery attacker is revealed.
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This was their best match to the date!
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Building the division around Eve is the best thing WWE has done in a while. She has so much presence and her character is so interesting. I do wish we get more divas evolved in the storyline, but I am really loving it. I love Layla too, but she needs to be a heel soon. She is too flat as a face. I can’t wait to see the division flourish and I really hope Eve has a pretty long reign. It will help all of them.
AJ vs. Eve 2013!!
Johnyfaction3 Reply:
October 9th, 2012 at
I would like to see Layla attack Eve too. That push was too PG for me. It was like standing up to the high school bully push . haha.
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It really was their best match. I dunno about y’all, but I absolutely love Layla on commentary, she has a natural charisma and it’s great to hear her talk and put over the storyline. It was also refreshing to see some sort of reaction out of the crowd for once when it comes to the divas. The post match stuff was great, and me anxious to see Layla get her hands on Eve again. But I do hope they bring Beth, Natalya, and Alicia Fox back into the fold to add depth to the storyline, and I hope we get more clues or footage or backstage ploterization from Eve to keep this story going.
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Hopefully we do get more clues to the attacker soon. Other than that I really enjoyed Raw diva wise. Kaitlyn and Eve had their best match to date, a story between the three was told and the crowd actually reacted. Hopefully we get something good on Smackdown to go with this.
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i really enjoyed the match the storyline is making progress nothing is being fully forgotton instead of just 2 divas taking part we have 4 and a couple more with that being said i feel like the division is finally being built good pg and all its working towards something
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Agghhhh!!! Fucking love Layla!! She’s so sexy!!!!
Eve too haha when she smiles that bad bitch.. And Kate! Nice match and love me Layla Kate n eve
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Layla is so unlikeable. She seems like a whiner, when she lost her title cleanly.
Kaitlyn has the gripe. Layla really doesn’t.
Adam Reply:
October 9th, 2012 at
how is she whining tho she said she’s going to move on from whatever might have happened to Kaitlyn.
they need someone to build up Kaitlyn’s attack and Eve being the possible attacker and that’s what Layla was doing.
Acrant Reply:
October 9th, 2012 at
She was whining about losing her title, and JBL calls her out on it everytime.
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Good match. But what happened after the match was what really interested me. Love that they’re giving Layla some exposure/character development/screen time now. This is what they should have done with her when she was champ.
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Btw I miss Cryssi, tbh her write ups > Bobby’s. No shade here just stating what everyone was probably thinking
JillianHallTNA Reply:
October 9th, 2012 at
CRYSSI??! Are you serious?!?! She sucks!! Before I even started to read this I checked out who did write it and thank God it’s Bobby!!
It’s better to have someone profession to write stuff like this that actually keeps on topic instead of someone who writes 1000 different things about her lazy life instead of staying on topic, and that is writing about Raw Divas for this week…
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Their best match together yet…even with that sloppy torture rack kaitlyn could hardly perform…i love layla on commentary hopefully after her in-ring career is over she can get on the mic,it was good layla showed she isnt fooled by eve but she should have kicked eve’s ass out of the ring….
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ok match,nice to see Kaitlyn staring to use some power moves like it´s supposed to for someone with her built,but that torture rack looked a bit sloppy and the heel hook wasn´t exactly 5 stars.
i honestly hope they don´t try to make fans forget the “who attacked Kaitlyn” and we can have some new things on Smackdown and have Beth back to the storyline.
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Lmao @ JBL saying Layla was a great champion. Yes her matches were good, but her reign was so forgettable, but so were the past 5 before hers. I actually enjoyed raw. The parts I watched, with the ending of bgc & basketball wives I just can’t watch 3 hours of raw. I loved that sacremento crowd. Eve is still me hoeski & kaitlyn got some cheers to. Good match, great storyline progression. Just a good night over all. & ppl said Eve’s reign wouldn’t be any different smh lol
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I liked this match. Kaitlyn sold her injury very well and I loved that she did the torture rack showing off her strenght and she changed her moveset a bit for this match and I wonder how Eve will explain her actions towards Kaitlyn?
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I hate when they have random title matches without even mentioning it at any point during the show. It makes the belt look totally unimportant. They could have at least mentioned it a few times before we saw Eve in the hallway, or even put something on WWE.com.
Other than that, I like that we got some kind of storyline progression. Eve plays the fake, two-faced heel well, and I like that they keep giving us quick glimpses of her true character beneath the smiles.
I still say that Kaitlyn’s attacker will be Eve in a wig. I doubt WWE will be willing to put any more effort into it than necessary. Plus, the fact that they just dropped the whole Eve scapegoating Beth thing makes it even more obvious that we’re most likely not going to get any kind of surprising revelation in this storyline.
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I think the diva’s division could possibly take off….1st off Brodus Clay’s gimmick is coming to an end so could we finally see Naomi & Cameron stepping inside the ring as I don’t see them involved in Clays new gimmick with truth…..Naomi could help change the division as for Cameron could see her becoming a manager
The NXT girls continue to shine especially Paige and I could see her having a bright future with the WWE….
I would love to see this as the diva roster in the future
Divas
AJ Lee
Aksana (manager)
Alicia Fox
Cameron (manager)
Eve
Kaitlyn
Layla
Mercedes
Naomi
Natalya
Paige
Rosa Mendes (manager)
Sara Del Rey
Tamina
Tenille Dashwood
AND KAITLYN’S ATTACKER IS NATALYA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kim099 Reply:
October 10th, 2012 at
no i don’t see audrey or summer i like them maybe the most thou
JamieKym Reply:
October 10th, 2012 at
I could see Cameron in the ring. She definitely has potential and is a pretty good wrestler at how much time she’s been able to train.
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I really hope they move towards a triple threat. Layla and Eve’s exchanges have been great, but the storyline should be Kaitlyn and Eve.
redsandman99 Reply:
October 10th, 2012 at
For what it’s worth they did do a triple threat at a house show this past weekend. I’m hoping they’re starting that to get a feel on a potential match for Hell in a Cell.
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Eve is great! She is currently my favorite Diva. Go Eve!
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really good match. great psychology both during and after the match.
Do hope we hear more about the attacker
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Just being wishful/hopeful. What if the attacker was Raquel (Shaul) and now with her not wanting to be in the WWE. Theu are now trying to find someone else. I really hope they don’t drop this angle if they “can’t” find another diva.
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I hope Aksana is off TV because she dyed her hair and is Kaitlyn’s attacker. Aksana looks so much better with the natural blonde wavy hair.