RAW 4/14/14 (hulu edition)

1. Excellent tribute to the Ultimate Warrior to open RAW. The ten-bell salute was beautiful. Thank you WWE. And thank you Warrior. "The spirit of Ultimate Warrior will run FOREVER!"
2. Will the Authority strike back at the Shield? Really, Cole? The only question is whether or not Flair will be standing with the rest of Evolution when they attack the Shield.
3. Like the IC tournament idea. My prediction for winners: Cesaro, AdR, Sheamus, Barrett. This is not a tournament of mid-card talent, so the mid-card talent (Henry and Swagger, both former World Champions who are now mid-carders), RVD (the short-term guy), and Ziggler (who is not mid-card but is jobbing to everyone lately) will lose.
4. R! V! D! He and AdR had a good match some months ago. Great to see the high flyer back, even for a short stint.
5. Oops. Guess I was wrong about AdR.
6. Hunter is on his own, eh, Orton and Batista. I'll believe it when I see it.
7. Ultimate Moment: Warrior v. Honky Tonk Man, Summer Slam '88. Warrior wins the strap! (And...my Roku resets. Nice.)
8. I don't BoLieve. Ugh.
9. Paige!!! I wanted to see her ring entrance, but seeing her win the belt was fine too. Great to see her on the main roster.
10. Oh, Alicia, you don't stand a chance. Paige has more talent in her pinky toe than you've dreamed of having.
11. Love the scorpion submission. 7 days and counting. Only 289 to go to pass AJ!
12. Orton/Batista v. the Usos could be a good match if they let it be.
13. It was good while it lasted. Not surprised to see the Shield interfere. Not surprised to see Orton and Batista leaving. Builds for the return of Evolution later.
14. Ultimate Moment: Warrior v. Hogan, WMVI. Warrior wins! One of my all-time favorit matches.
15. Not cheering for Heyman right now, but they *will* cheer for Cesaro even if Bischoff were to walk out with him.
16. Cesaro needs music. Really.
17. Oh, that is an impressive man. Keep pushing him, Vince, all the way to the bank.
18. Ultimate Moment: Warrior v. Rick Rude in the cage at SummerSlam 90.
19. Sheamus v. Swagger will be a physical match. I hope Swagger can keep himself clean. He's too talented to be allowed to keep shooting himself in the foot.
20. Sheamus looked like he was having leg troubles even before the ankle lock. Still, good match. Sheamus wins.
21. The Exotic Express. *sigh* That can go away already.
22. Wyatt has the golden tongue. Creepy or not, they struck gold with this gimmick.
23. No one pokes the bear like John Cena. Not his best effort with the pics, but not his worst either. ("CM Sucks," anyone?)
24. Is the Big Red Monster coming back? Will he be independent of the Authority?
25. Good to see Barrett back in the ring. Not at the expense of Dolph Ziggler, but still...
26. Very good match. I'm still iffy about the Bad News gimmick, but he's got talent in spades.
27. Shield v. the world. Because Evolution needs them to be softened up.
28. Yeah, didn't expect the match to last long. There's the beatdown...
29. And there's Evolution. Yeah, some things are so obvious that even *I* can see them.
30. People, Daniel Bryan is on his honeymoon. He ain't gonna show up to rescue the Shield. Get over it.

Not on hulu:
1. AxelBack v. the Brothers Rhodes. Don't mind missing this, really. AxelBack needs to go.
2. Rusev v. Woods. I guess the IC Tourney is too important for them to promote their new talents.
3. No Sandow/Big Show segment. Would have been nice to see.
4. No Santino/Emma v. Fandango/Layla. Missing Emma, but I can do without Fandango abd Emma.
5. No Evil Kane promo. *sigh*

Barrett v. Ziggler was one of the best matches of the year to this point. Quality matches, and the promise of the Monster that is Kane returning makes me smile.