Thought on Old School Raw
Last night WWE gave us a real treat and that was the Old School Raw. I knew right from the beginning that it was going to be special. They used the old Raw into with the current superstars. They had the old WWF logo, the interviewing stage by entrance way and they had the old ring scheme. I loved how the mixed in the legends with the current roster. Here are the quick and non-detailed results:
* Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler def. Mark Henry
* WWE Tag Team Champions Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater def. The Hart Dynasty
* Ezekiel Jackson def. The Brooklyn Brawler
* John Cena def. Alex Riley
* Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov def. The Usos
* Kofi Kingston def. David Otunga
* Wade Barrett def. R-Truth
* Alberto Del Rio def. Sgt. Slaughter
* Mae Young def. “Co-WWE Divas Champions” Michelle McCool & Layla in a No Disqualification Non-Title Match
* U.S. Champion Daniel Bryan def. Jack Swagger
So lets see, before Marella and Kozlov came out The Iron Sheik and Nicoli Volkoff came out and sang the Russian National Anthem. Jimmy Snuka came out with The Usos. During Kingston and Otunga’s match George “the Animal Steele” came out and ate the turnbuckle. There was really funny backstage segment that’s hard to put into words so here is the video:
Also they had the old backstage interview set up the and the old WWF studios said up that they use to run Colosseum Video out of. I couldn’t forgot about good ole J.R. and him coming out to do play by play. He and King completely owned Michael Cole. I personally think Cole is not as great as his TV persona makes him out to be. I don’t care how high Vince McMahon is, I’ve seen better.
I will go on record as saying this was probably the best Raw of the year. The ending with WWE Champion Randy Orton, John Cena and Wade Barrett on “Piper’s Pit” was awesome. It ended with Cena give the A.A. to Orton and Barrett, and Piper raised Cena’s handed to end the show. If you missed this Raw, you missed a great show and something that won’t be done again for awhile unless the fans demand it. I know that I was happy with what I saw on Raw for the firs time in a long time. My hats off to WWE for giving us Old School wrestling fans a special night. Maybe you should considering going back to the old ways. That’s just a thought.
