Thursday, June 5, 2014

RAW 6/2/14 (Hulu edition)

1. Evolution opens RAW. Hunter has a black eye. Batista has a suit on. This is supposed to be his last night for a while, so I'm guessing this is a farewell speech, and maybe a "Here's his replacement" intro. Who will it be? Reigns? Cesaro? Ambrose? Sheamus?
2. That's an unhappy Batista. He *can't* have a one-on-one championship match. And Hunter says he'd choke anyway. And Batista quits! Again! *Laugh*
3. Cesaro and Bad News Barrett v. Sheamus and RVD. Expecting a physical match...and a rol-up by Sheamus for the win?
4. Love hearing Heyman mock Sheamus for winning with a small package.
5. Cesaro leaves after ducking a Brogue. After tagging out, Sheamus hits the Brogue on BNB. RVD hits the Splash and pins Barrett for the win.
6. Steffie: How many times have you and Hunter physically abused employees? Maybe *you* should be fired too?
7. Hey, Johnny. Coming to mock Steph? Youbetcha!
8. Very good storytelling there. John was the only one who could get away with saying all that, even kayfabe. As a 14-time Champion, he knows better than most what makes a champion.
9. Steffie makes Cena v. Kane for right now. Never figured Kane for a lapdog, but it will be a good match.
10. Kane gets DQed for not breaking a 5-count. That's okay. Just keep beating him up! Go Kane! Cena escapes a tombstone, throws the steps at Kane. Boo!!! But you can't keep Kane down for long!
11. Luke Harper with an excellent promo. Good work, lots of progress.
12. Usos v. Harper and Rowan. This has been a good rivalry, and I look for that to continue again tonight.
13. Good back and forth match with believable near falls. I didn't expect that much flying from the Junior Wyatts though.
14. Rowan gets the pin at the end of a long match. Good stuff all around. This is what the tag division needs.
15. AdR v. Dolph Ziggler for a spot at Money in the Bank. I will be really angry if Dolph jobs to AdR, but that's exactly what I expect.
16. *sigh* AdR is played out. Is there an upcoming WWE visit to Mexico? I can't understand this booking otherwise. Ziggler deserves better, and he's earned better. I don't know of many on that roster that work harder.
17. A ceremony to honor Rusev? Hero of the Russian Federation? For pinning Big E? Maybe if he'd pinned Rocky Balboa...
18. Yeah, Ambrose still disturbs me.
19. Here comes Orton with Hunter (and Hunter's hammer). Rollins goes for chairs. That's ominous. Is he...?
20. Yep, there it is. Seth Rollins (alone) turns on the Shield and joins Evolution. I think that's the only scenario I didn't consider. Wow. That...was unexpected. And here I was hoping Hunter would get his mouth shut for a while. Oh well.

Great episode...especially the twist at the end.

Not on hulu:
1. No Sandow/Big Show segment. *sigh* Poor Sandow.
2. No Kofi v. Bo, which is good. No desire to see Bo win.
3. No Nikki v. Alicia and Aksana. Steffi taking Brie and John out on Nikki? Of course.
4. No Swagger v. Adam Rose. Swagger still paying for his previous sins?
5. No Axelback v. SinDust. Poor Goldy. Poor Cody.

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