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Originally Posted by keg in kc

One thing I forgot: I love the way the show was structured. Yeah, I hated the Cena shit at the beginning, and I hated the Cena shit near the end, but the reality is the focus of the show was the last few minutes. Which was CM Punk, Chris Jericho, and the WWE ****ing Championship. So for the first time in I can't remember how long, guys fighting for, among other things of course, the goddamn belt, which should be the biggest deal every week, closed the show. HHH and Taker got the middle of the show. Cena jerked the curtain. The champ and the new number 1 contender got the overrun. Exactly how it should be.

(I honestly thing that could do more for the company than anything else right now: making the titles meaningful again. Storylines are important, but it's so much easier to buy into things if people have real things to feud over. Just simple things, like "I'm better than you." You don't need Kane trying to get Cena to embrace Eve, I mean hate.)

Agreed completely. WWE Title needs to always be the focus of the show, especially when it's almost Mania and a guy who's as over as Punk has the belt. Punk-Jericho needs to close out every Raw from here on out, although I'm sure it won't with Rocky showing up next week...

I sincerely doubt this happens, but I hope they take a page from WM 18. They had Rock vs. Hogan, which was the equivalent of Rock vs. Cena, go on as the 3rd-to-last match of the night. Then the women's match, then the Jericho-HHH match for the Undisputed Title to close the show. Understandably, the belt meant a lot more back then, and they didn't build up Rock-Hogan for a year, but whatever. Punk-Jericho outta end the show.

Originally Posted by blazzin311

For what its worth, it looked like there were quite a few bad landings during that Battle Royal. Tough luck.

Or just a lot of dumbassery. I don't understand why they do spots like that around the announcer's table when they could do the exact same spots in front of the ramp, especially when the stretcher/EMTs are out for a guy right there. Change the freaking spot to the other side of the ring.

Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

What was up with Taker getting "what'ed". Are you kidding me? Yeah he was off on the mic and the story line isn't everyone's favorite, but give me a break.

Eh, far as I'm concerned, they bought a ticket & can react however they'd like. Is it that much different than people bringing laser-pointers & shooting them at his face during his entrances during the Attitude Era?

I thought they might do the best story line they could do with Taker/HHH but they aren't. Michaels guest ref, HHH wants him to help him and he does. As HHH goes for the pin Michaels has guilt, doesn't count. HHH yells and Michaels Super-Kicks him to even the match back out and leaves the ring.

I can't believe they won't get HBK involved in this somehow, especially after Taker pulling the "Shawn's better than you" card last night.

Hell in the Cell is a decent twist atleast. Wish Taker had to do some "dark side" stuff to get HHH to agree. Whether it be fire, messing with HHH for a few weeks, or even screwing with Stephanie. "Where to, Stephanie?"

I haven't been able to stand HHH for a long time and frankly am tired of Taker coming back for 1 match at Mania every year, but I'm excited to see HIAC with these 2. I have a feeling they'll kill each other trying to make it as brutal as they can, plus it has a decent story behind it (as opposed to "Hey, we have a PPV named Hell in a Cell. Uhhhh....").

I thought it was a really good Raw last night (save the first 10-15 minutes), and am excited to see what happens tonight, although I'll have to catch up after the fact.

And Bryan vs. Punk needs to main-event Mania one of these years.