Raw Preview (8/23/10)

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The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s WWE Monday Night RAW. Tonight's show was taped last week, as the RAW crew is currently overseas

- Edge vs. R-Truth.

- Chris Jericho vs. The Great Khali.

- John Cena vs. WWE U.S. Champion The Miz.

- Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Usos.

- Randy Orton vs. John Morrison vs. Ted DiBiase.

Plus, Sheamus will reveal who he will defend his WWE Championship against at Night of Champions.

Edge vs. R-Truth could be really good. I remember awhile back when R-Truth come out and tried to talk Edge into sense, so this has somewhat of a build. Once again, that seems like a good match.

Chris Jericho vs. Khali will suck. Just doesn't interest me in the slightest and I don't think it interests anyone.

John Cena vs. Miz could be match of the night. I've seen a few of their earlier matches, and they were pretty good, and this one has a pretty good build to it. I expect Bryan to get invovled.

The tag match is awful, I'm not looking forward to it even slightly. It'll probably end up being better than Jericho vs. Khali but it most likely isn't going to entertain me.

Orton vs. Morrison vs. Dibiase seems a little random. Like, why is Orton thrown in there? Could be a really great match though, just trying to figure out why Orton is invovled.

I definitaly think that Cena vs. Miz will be match of the night.

I would love to see Miz get a clean win over Cena. Do I think that will happen? Not tonight.

I really want Miz to cash in MITB soon.

I would LOVE to see The Miz win Cena, but I would love to see anyone beat crap out of Cena, he has like 5 moves, and is a multi-WWE champion? It annoys me and shit he has been the center of attention for too freakig long, they need to throw him off the main scene

Sheamus chooses his NOC opponent?

I thought he was defending it in a 6-pack challenge?

Show looks decent enough I will most likely Sky+ it or watch on Youtube sometime tommorow.

This weeks Raw was tapped last week because the WWE went over seas after last weeks tapping.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

I would love to see Miz get a clean win over Cena. Do I think that will happen? Not tonight.

Yeah, but I think it's fine that Miz doesn't win. I'm assuming that Daniel Bryan plays a role in Miz's defeat, to continue to set up for Miz vs. Bryan at Night Of Champions for the United States Championship, which should be great. I predict Bryan to get over. Although, I wouldn't be surpise if they don't have Bryan win it for awhile.

Master Of Destruction wrote:

I really want Miz to cash in MITB soon.

I'm predicting Miz is cashing in at Hell In A Cell. I see Barrett winning the six pack challenge, Cena beating Wade in an Hell in a Cell match, and then Miz cashes it in on Cena. Miz would've lost the United States Championship to Daniel Bryan at this point. That's what I see happening, anyways.

[SM]The Supreme One[SM] wrote:

I would LOVE to see The Miz win Cena, but I would love to see anyone beat crap out of Cena, he has like 5 moves, and is a multi-WWE champion? It annoys me and shit he has been the center of attention for too freakig long, they need to throw him off the main scene

Oh, come on. From memory, here's Cena's moveset...

I. F-U
II. STF-U
III. Shoulder Block (running leaping variant)
IV. Diving Legdrop bulldog
V. Proto-bomb (have no clue how to explain it, but it's what he normally does before the Five Star Knuckle Shuffle)
VI. Five Star Knuckle Shuffle
VII. Fisherman Suplex
VIII. Sitout hip toss
IX. One-handed Bulldog
X. Lariat (lazy one, yes, but he does it)
XI. Throwback
XII. Vertical suplex

That's more than double of how many moves you stated he has. His moveset isn't the most entertaining and he does focus on doing the same moves (as most everyone in WWE does), and he tends to do those moves in the same order. As for him being a mutliple champion, hell The Rock, Stone Cold, and Hulk Hogan have similiar more limited movesets, but all achieved great success. My main point is I really don't see much legitimicy in that moveset arguement.

I agree that Cena needs to be rotated out of the main event scene though, but I still like him, so I don't really mind.

Lukey Boi (Black Dagger) wrote:

Sheamus chooses his NOC opponent?

I thought he was defending it in a 6-pack challenge?

Show looks decent enough I will most likely Sky+ it or watch on Youtube sometime tommorow.

Just because Sheamus announces, or if he does choose, doesn't mean it won't be a six-pack challenge. I mean, the GM can always pull a fast one on him.

I've given up on RAW.

Last week there was Cena on Cena violence (Face it, Darren Young looks like a black Cena minus the hair), that is so not something I want to watch, it's just annoying...

YeaI'mTheKane wrote:

I've given up on RAW.

Last week there was Cena on Cena violence (Face it, Darren Young looks like a black Cena minus the hair), that is so not something I want to watch, it's just annoying...

Although last week was awful, I actually think Raw has been at it's been in over a year. I mean, I might stop watching if the quality stays the same as last week but I don't think that will be the case. Of course, they were building to there second biggest show, so more effort went into the past shows I've enjoyed a lot, but I still have hope.

Ah, I haven't watched it in a long time, and only tuned in last week due to Bry returning at Summerslam, and I was disappointed by it. :/

Might've just caught it on a bad week, but this card doesn't look that much better in all honesty.

^I guess, I'm positive that two matches are going to suck, and Edge vs. R-Truth could easily be bad (not that I think that it will). I think Miz vs. Cena will be good, and the triple threat could be really good (albeit I don't have a fucking clue why Orton is invovled in the match, but whatever). I'm rooting for this Raw being great, just hope I don't fall asleep while watching Khali vs. Jericho or the tag match so I can watch the entire show.

Meh, I REALLY don't like R-Truth in ring wise, he just bores me, so I doubt I'll enjoy that match that much, and as for the Triple Threat, they might do something during, or after the match to set something up for the competitors, not really sure.

I remember reading that Morrison vs. DiBiase was being planned for Night Of Champions and I do remember them feuding (if I'm correct, the last match between the two was two or so weeks before Summerslam, Morrison banged into Truth and then lost). The only thing coming to my mind, is that it's some kind of qualifying match for the six pack challenge, but that would make no sense as besides Sheamus, Orton is the last person who should need to qualify.

It would be better for Bryan to struggle to win the US title. He comes close a few times, Miz cheats a few times, and then, on a big PPV, Bryan wins his first title in the WWE.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

It would be better for Bryan to struggle to win the US title. He comes close a few times, Miz cheats a few times, and then, on a big PPV, Bryan wins his first title in the WWE.

I think Bryan should win it at Hell in a Cell, and that's the longest I want to see it take. He can cheat Daniel out at Night Of Champions, but I'd be pissed if he doesn't win it at Hell in a Cell (As I'd be disappointed if Miz doesn't cash in at Hell in a Cell). I really don't see any reason he shouldn't win it at Hell in a Cell.

What I meant was he gets several chances on TV, but can't seem to find the answer. Then, at HIAC or even Bragging Rights (both are Oct PPV's) he finally overcomes and becomes US champ

^I'm not sure about that either, I mean, it's better than what I thought you meant, but it would probably get old within his second shot if they did it on TV and PPVs.

Picture this. The first time, Bryan dominates the match, but Miz gets a clean win after Bryan makes a big mistake. The a couple of weeks later, Miz finds a way to cheat or just walks away from the match entirely. Then, the GM Emails Cole and says Miz will defend his US, at HIAC, against Bryan and if Miz gets counted out, or DQed, he loses the title.

Concrete Jesus wrote:

Picture this. The first time, Bryan dominates the match, but Miz gets a clean win after Bryan makes a big mistake. The a couple of weeks later, Miz finds a way to cheat or just walks away from the match entirely. Then, the GM Emails Cole and says Miz will defend his US, at HIAC, against Bryan and if Miz gets counted out, or DQed, he loses the title.

Really depends on what the Miz-take (yeah, it's lame but it was on WWE.com) is depends on whether I love the idea or not. Overall it's a really good way to book it, the only thing I'd change is the GM e-mailing Cole. I want them to announce who the Raw GM is already, it's been old for weeks. Oh, but in this scernio, I'd want Bryan to win by either submission or pinfall. Something tells me, in this scernio, WWE would do something like have Daniel Bryan completly dominate Miz, and then have Miz get out of the ring and get counted out, so he'd be fresher for when he cashes in. I don't like the thought of that, so if this happens, I'm hoping Bryan beats him by pinfall or submission.

I miss sub holds in wrestling and it would be pretty cool for Bryan's primary finisher to be a submission hold.

^He's using the LeBell Lock as a finisher I believe (a modified Crossface)

Dunno what they're naming it though...

YeaI'mTheKane wrote:

^He's using the LeBell Lock as a finisher I believe (a modified Crossface)

Dunno what they're naming it though...

I fucking love that submission move. Why not just call it the omplata crossface, if I'm correct that's the technical name for it (at least if you type in omplata crossface, you get about five or so links about Daniel Bryan/Bryan Danielson doing it).

RAW was great tonight. The best match was definitaly Miz vs. Cena.

Maryse looked very great tonight too. (Just Saying).