Monday, August 10, 2009

WWE Raw Review: 8-10-2009

Location: Calgary, Alberta Canada

Review by: Mr. Kontot

Guest Host: Sgt. Slaughter

Announcement: Chris Jericho vs John Cena

Big Show vs Randy Orton

Fatal 4 Way – Winner to get future championship match – Gail Kim def. Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox, and Beth Phoenix by Pinfall

I knew this was coming with all the signs pointing to Gail Kim being the next in line for a title shot. It is about time that she gets her shot. It was a very entertaining match the ladies were high flyers in this match. Alicia Fox is becoming a pretty good wrestler improving her skills every week.

Overall Match Grade: A-

Jack Swagger def. Evan Bourne

This was a better match compared to last week. I guess I was wrong about the whole “This could be the beginning of a long feud between these two” that I predicted last week. Instead of feuding with Bourne, Swagger will be feuding with MVP which is an even match up in my opinion. This could be an entertaining feud between the two. By the way, Swagger wins the feud between Bourne 2-1. Hopefully they will face each other again in the future.

Overall Match Grade: B-

Contract on a pole match – Winner gets contract to be on RAW – Calgary Kid def. Eugene

Horrible short match and what made it worse is that the Calgary Kid was The Miz. I hate that guy. It was good to see Eugene but it was good that he did not end up on RAW. I think he would fit best in ECW.

Overall Match Grade: F

The Big Show def. Randy Orton by Count out

Very slow pace match it was like watching a regular wrestling match in slow motion. Big show is a very boring guy to watch wrestle. Nothing entertaining here. Probably the best move in the match was Randy Orton letting himself get count out.

Overall Match Grade: F

MVP def. Chris Masters by Pinfall

Basically a revenge match for MVP after what Masters did to him a couple of weeks ago in the Beat the clock match. Decent match with nothing that really stood out except for the run in by Swagger.

Overall Match Grade: C

Legacy def. Mark Henry and Hornswoggle

Another short match. Highlight of the match was Henry suplexing both Legacy guys. It was about time Chavo got Hornswoggle back.

Overall Match Grade: C

John Cena vs. Chris Jericho went to no contest

Decent match it had potential to be a good match but it was basically a setup for next weeks match. Cena and Orton against Jericho and Big Show.

Overall Match Grade: C

RAW Overall

Love the whole Triple H and Shaun Michaels part of the show I was laughing my ass when Michaels super kicked his boss and that little girl. Degeneration X is back baby!!! Majority of the matches were entertaining couple of wack match leading into a decent RAW. I was not entertained by Sgt. Slaughter as the guest host. He did not really do much compared to the other guest host from previous hosts. He did not even enter the ring.

Overall Show Grade: C+

NOTES:

- Ricky Ortiz was released by WWE