RAW Workrate Report
What Worked
TKG: I liked Bischoff’s trendy glasses.
PAS: Yeah he looked like the bassist in The New Pornographers
PAS: Mark Henry is one tough motherfucker as he wrestles an entire match after dislocating his shoulder. I also really dug Beniot’s tope. This match need to be the 17 minute main event though, as it is the best matchup RAW has.
TKG: The Santoish tope did rule. I always dig the Mark Henry talks shit in ring. Mark Henry dislocating shoulder on a shoulderblock and then snapping it back was a TIVo moment. Henry starts to work left like a luchador and then takes the corss-face like a bad-ass. That whole match should be made into a video package.
PAS: Hardy and Booker was better on Heat, but this was still pretty fun. Booker was really stiffing Hardy, if all non Helmsley PPV matches weren’t 4 minutes, I would say that I would like to see a PPV match, but I guess I would rather see these guys get another rematch on Heat
TKG: I haven’t cared about backstage Austin in what feels like forever. But hey Austin as crazy drunk Inoki walking around backstage instilling everyone with fighting spirit was kind of fun. Austin to HBK “You’ve done everything the promotion ever asked you”…Exactly how drunk is Austin. Him not running over ref was disappointing. Inoki would have run over the ref.
PAS: I really enjoyed the different variations of chinlocks Randy Orton was putting on. If they are going to have a style based around chinlocks, Orton is a good guy to build around. That match really had the feel of a early 1990’s gay porn star vrs. a 2004 era gay porn star, like Orton was going to put on a sleeper and wax Shawn’s chest
TKG: The chinlocks were nice but I couldn’t help thinking the real Stevie Richards vs. the real Justin Credible wouldn’t main event 3PW. Why is Nise Stevie vs. Nise Credible maining this show.
What Didn’t Work
TKG: So Raw is going to be in Monterey, Mexico on April 4. So I’m taking bets how many of the “Raw is Coke, Roids, and Pain Killers” stars are going to make it back across the US border. Bischoff is getting stuck in Mexico for sure. Batista isn’t making it in to Mexico without at least one border guard glove up his ass.
PAS: I am not buying La Resistance as guys who would be constantly distracted by women’s tits and ass. Haven’t they seen Conways new bleach job?
PAS: Goldberg v. Kane was pretty useless, although I was amused at how quickly Goldberg scooted out of the ring once it started filling with gas. There is a guy who knows his history.
TKG: Wait wait, I noticed that too. Could Mcmahon really be Paul Touvier hidden under all that roids. Explains so much.