WWE Monday Night RAW 17th February 2014 - Superstar ratings
There wouldn’t have been many fans in the WWE universe that might’ve seen the company pulling off one of the best matches of the year this week along with providing some exciting buildup for the Elimination Chamber on Sunday.
Randy Orton once again fell while running the gauntlet when the other contestants in the Elimination Chamber match stole the show. Christian and Daniel Bryan provided a well worked contest with Kane pushing the story hard.
The storyline between the Wyatt Family and Shield also reached undefined heights but the show belonged to Cesaro and John Cena. In a match that saw the crowd rooting for each and every move, Cesaro showed glimpse that he has the potential to be the next face of the company while Cena showed that he could deliver excellent matches as well.
However, there was nothing worth remembering in the mid card as most of them were matches thrown randomly at the will of the writers. To sum up the show was better than last week’s show in many dimensions. So let’s take a look at how the wrestlers faired with the Superstar ratings.
Santino Marella – 3/10
Just when you thought that we were done with Fandango and Santino Marella matches, the WWE threw in another one into a hot crowd which was still recovering from the Kane- Daniel Bryan match.
There were no signs of epicness at any point of the match as it only served the purpose of pushing the Emma storyline further. Santino was made to look bad once again but then again you can’t expect a lot from the writers who doesn’t even give Dolph Ziggler some good booking.
Los Matadores and Sin Cara – 3.5/10
An exciting trio in the card, Los Matadores and Sin Cara unfortunately ended up in the wrong end of a squash match this week.
The efforts of the trio were no match to the power and skills of the creepy guys as nothing needs to be said about their performance. They didn’t even look graceful in the defeat which leaves nothing to cheer about here.
Fandango – 4/10
From the guy who defeated Chris Jericho in his WrestleMania debut to the guy who is confined as a support character for a diva’s push, the fall of Fandango has been monumental.
He still is booked ridiculously by the creative team and this was there to be seen when the Emma- Summer Rae cat fight took over the fans rather than Fandango’s win over Santino. Even though he won, there wasn’t anything worth remembering on this one.
Mark Henry – 5/10
Henry’s run as a high profile jobber continued he fell prey to an emerging Roman Reigns this week. Last week’s embarrassment also repeated when Dean Ambrose pounced on the World’s Strongest Jobber after the match ended with a spear from Reigns.
He seems to be buried deeper and deeper as weeks go by and there is only a slim chance of Henry even making it into the WrestleMania card.