RAW Retort - You look at me like that little 12 year old girl

How many shows in a row can Bryan be left in a heap? If the WWE keeps up with this, then Night of Champions isn’t going to be well ordered. Who wants to see the fan favourite get beaten up each week, and have no chance of winning at the pay-per-view? Bryan has to at least look somewhat viable going into the pay-per-view, or it’s not worth the time or the money.

On the other hand, I’m loving that the WWE has really been stepping things up with their creativity lately, and that, at least in appearances, Steph and Triple H are becoming more important in running the company. We all know what we see on TV is not what’s really going on backstage, but it’s nice to see McMahon seeming to pass the torch – at least for the moment.

The face of the WWE!

The way Trip keeps telling us that Orton is “the face of the WWE” only makes it that much more obvious that he isn’t. Further, it was nice to see both Orton and Bryan take much of Trip’s 20 minute promo away from him. I was worried that the WWE was going to backslide into that when Trip started playing the heel boss. He’s doing a great job in the role, but his 20 minute promos were always a huge problem, and he could end up there again if he’s not careful. But Bryan and Orton really carried that segment well, and showed that they should be the ones competing for the WWE Championship.

Cody’s in trouble!

Cody really stepped in it without even trying, and I think showed that you can say something that wasn’t meant the way it was taken. Further, I wonder if that segment was aimed at Ziggler, and all the things he’s said that he shouldn’t have that have landed him in the doghouse lately. The saddest thing about this segment is that it was some of the best acting we’ve seen from Cody.

Fandango‘s pretty face!

I have to admit that it was pretty amusing when this match came back from commercial and King said that the match was stopped during the break because of Miz’s big boot just before. A simple big boot, a move that we’ve seen hit numerous times by numerous wrestlers, and this one time, one of the lightest looking big boots – nothing like JBL’s big boot – and it looks like Fandango’s nose was broken.

Now, I have to say that I’m very proud of Fandango for continuing the match, especially after the way Sin Cara bailed on his match a couple weeks ago over a finger. I also have to admit that I’m especially proud of Fandango as he’s a local boy, and there are very few wrestlers who make it big from my home state. As of right now, the biggest are Tony Atlas, Scotty 2 Hottie, and Fandango, so I absolutely have to cheer the local boy for toughing it out, though it would have been better if it had been a better match, but I can’t blame that on Fandango, as Miz looked rather blah in this match to me.

Tell me you did not just say that!

Was the WWE just trying to find a way to put Booker T on RAW so he could get a show bonus? It made little sense for Booker T to talk to Bryan the way he did, other than to let Bryan come out with Booker T’s catchphrase, which was adorable! And they didn’t need to send Booker T in to get his show bonus, as every Superstar and Diva was on the stage at the end of the night – including JoJo, Eva Marie and Ryder – so this whole segment made little sense to me. Honestly, more of a waste of time since it was only Booker T who did it. If a number of Superstars went in to talk to Bryan – and they might do more of this in the following shows leading up to Night of Champions – then Booker T would have made more sense and seemed like much less of a non sequitur.

Loose lips sink ships!

Well, as I said, Ziggler doesn’t seem to know when to keep his mouth shut, and it’s killing his career. He’s not even feuding with Big E any longer, it’s all about who doesn’t get along with the boss, or the direction of the company – in storyline, or real life. It seems to me that Ziggler really wants to work for TNA.