Until the finish the Eve Natalya match was shaping up to be the best women's match on Raw in a long time.
Miz/Bryan put on a great match. I just wished Miz would have sold a bit more post match during his mic segment but I guess that would have made him look weak as champ. How many times did Bryan kick him in the chest? Great Agressive Stuff that we rarely see in the PG era.
Speaking of Agressive stuff, John Morrison's work on Monday Night was very well done. I had glimpses of him soon being at the top of the ladder in the main event scene. He's been walking that tightrope from mid-card to Main eventer for quite some time now and his on screen effort truly showed his passion for the business.
Now for the buzzkill of the night that comes in the form of David Otunga. Aside from some decent mic work, I have to say Otunga may be the new MVP as in most boring wrestler to watch. I really think they should have had Otunga get kicked in the head and still have Harris in the group. Nothing stands out for Otunga. He's not a diciple of his father or has wrestling in his blood or anything like that. He should be sent back down to FCW and be re-packaged with some sort of gimmick that works.
Sheamus/Orton was ok, clean finish out of nowhere was a good changeup.
2.21.11- Wow, what a failure at keeping Smarks and marks alike guessing. Few will agree with me but I think Undertaker should have retired years ago. And spoiling his return by showing his face this week was disappointing to say the least.
Finally...
After 7 long years the Rock returns and will Host Wrestlemania 27. A small part of me was hoping there would be a Rocky Sucks chant but alas even when heels have been away for as long as the Rock has you know he's going to get a roof blowing off the place type of ovation. However no ovation will ever compare to the one Hogan got on Smackdown years ago. That one was damn near 15 minutes and they had to go to a commercial break.
While I was disappointed last week when they scrapped the Vince McMahon Coma angle just to have him make an announcement for this week, I was glad to see that it was high profile and not something disappointing like Bob Barker. It seems Vince knew that this year's road to Wrestlemania was shaping up to be a boring one with Edge/Del Rio not really getting much interest. He shouldn't be surprised though, they haven't pushed someone this hard this fast since Kurt Angle IMO.
Rock's Promo was great and I'm glad they decided to set aside the PG rating for the overrun. Rock stating that he's here to stay and not going anywhere still has me skeptical because that could mean what he's been these last seven years, an entertainer. The burying of Cena was great because it confused the shit out of Aneheim for a while and I think I even heard some mixed boos for the Rock. I would say the chances of the Rock ever wrestling another match in WWE are about as good as Austin wrestling one. I do think it would be a strong move to keep The Rock as an on air character no matter the capacity.
An entertaining way to end Raw as we look ahead to Wrestlemania it's looking like Del Rio/Edge and Miz/Cena is evident. The rest of the card is up in the air. Wouldn't it be nice if the Intercontinental Title could be defended at Mania? That title hasn't had any prestige since Kurt Angle held it and broke down what Intercontinental meant. Another great promo might I add.
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