RAW? Great Balls of Fire Will Do That...

How Goes It, Enthusiasts?

So, how did Great Balls of Fire treat you?  Well, to be honest, I was a little surprised at the direction they’re going in.  I’m glad I called the good contest between Neville and Akira Tozawa.  Have to say I didn’t expect the Tag Team IronMan Match to be as fun as it was in the end.  Cesaro giving Jeff Hardy the “little brother” treatment to close had me rolling.  Yet, I’m sure many of you were confused a bit by the Ambulance Match and upset by the Brock Lesnar win.

Personally, I didn’t mind the Ambulance Match until it got “real”.  Thing about trying to add realism to a genre such as this is that for the most part, We the Audience know that all of this is scripted.  So, given that, the bulk of us peruse the WWE’s offerings looking for a good time and fun.  So, to see a wrestler – doesn’t even really matter who it is but, in this case we all know it was Roman Reigns – “go to extremes” by actually trying to hurt a fellow wrester, we begin to think the point is getting missed somewhere.  Are we supposed to believe that’s actually happening?  Perhaps the kiddies can bite their fingernails but, I feel moves like this are best saved for when WWF: The Series starts to stream, if they ever just go and make the show.  I could find that being compelling if it were something that happened after the show in real time but as an act of frustration for messing up?  We then just wonder where WWE Creative is going with it.  Left me scratching my head.  Does this set-up for a “suspension” or some sort of “punishment”?  Is Reigns going to take some time off?  Is it just for the “drama” of it? Is this the long awaited heel-turn?  I guess but, I find the approach a little off for live television.  They might want to hit up some SNL alumni writers if they haven’t already.  Might help to keep this believable.

As for the Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe match, I liked how it was exciting and fun to watch with Samoa Joe just blitzing Lesnar to start it off but I really thought they were going to have the title change hands.  Just thought it’d be more fun and cleaner by keeping the title in-house, so to speak but they have their plans, whatever they may be.  Guess, Jinder Mahal is enough of a deviation from the norm for us, presently.  Let’s see what goes down in the fallout.  Funny tweets get retweeted and as for Likes/Favorites, we’ll see if we can find one that’s pertinent.

See You in a Bit,

-Nicole Alexis (^_~)