WWE RAW Retort – Say Hi to Dusty for me

I was worried that they were again going to start RAW with another twenty minute Triple H, Bryan, and Orton segment, but Edge really changed it up!

Edge was good with his mic work

Edge stepped up his mic work, in a way only Edge can do, and really ripped Trip a new one. Edge was strong, worked well and really threw his support to Bryan, while ripping down both Trip and Orton – beautifully done.

Even better was that Trip did the corporate thing of pushing Edge’s show Haven – a show I love, created by a favourite author of mine, set in a fake town in my real home state – because it’s good for business.

Edge handled himself well, and still had a moment with his best friend Christian, even though it was a fake moment as I don’t think Christian has been cleared to work since he received a concussion from working against Orton.

Edge has good reason to be pi**** off at Orton right now – he’s WWE Champ, and hurt his best friend while continuing to be pushed. I just wished we could have had more of Edge and Christian together.

I also have to admit that I expected to see Edge return at the end of RAW. I know he can’t work the ring, or take any bumps because of his spine, but that doesn’t mean he can’t cause a huge distraction!

DQ #1

It did make sense for Curtis Axel to lose his match to Kofi via DQ. It further made Axel look like a loose cannon, and a possible liability for Heyman. That helps the storyline, but it doesn’t help Axel look strong and further his career.

I feel bad that Axel seems to be losing a lot of himself to Heyman’s feud with Punk. Then there’s Kofi, who has nothing to do with all this, but has managed to look solid with two wins over the Intercontinental Champion.

Heyman is the one carrying his side of the storyline, and Axel seems to be led around by his hand through it all. Between yelling that Heyman was hurt and to clear room for him to be examined, then helping Heyman to the ring to withdraw from their match, he was clearly playing second fiddle to the unshaven one.

Heyman, on the other hand, sold every bit of all three of these segments, and sold them beautifully! Heyman is a master at what he does and has some of the best facial reactions in the business.

Between being exasperated, shocked, and pissed, Heyman doesn’t really have to say a word because his face says it all. All that being said, I wonder who the wrestler playing Heyman’s doctor was, because that man took some serious kendo stick shots from Punk, especially that last unprotected head shot.

I know the Superstars are not allowed to throw unprotected head shots with chairs, so why is a kendo stick any different? To me, Punk should be fined for that shot.