5 Talking Points of WWE RAW this week - 29th April

The Shield is the hottest property in WWE currently

RAW was live from Colombus, Ohio this week and like the past two weeks, the poor show continued. The disappointing moments outweighed the very few good moments that it had. With Extreme Rules getting close and a lot of work still left as far as building feuds is concerned, WWE now has a huge hurdle in the form of Cena’s injury. Here are the top 5 talking points of RAW this week.

1. How bad is John Cena‘s injury?

There was huge news that WWE’s top star John Cena was injured after a live event in Europe last week and ever since, the news has spread like wildfire. There was huge speculation when Cena later announced that he will participate in RAW this week, which made several people doubt the legitimacy of Cena’s injury. While several people felt that this injury was just to develop his storyline with Ryback, on a personal note, I think the injury is legitimate. The question that remains now is how bad Cena’s injury is. Will he be sidelined for a few weeks or will Cena continue to wrestle despite the problem? I guess we will have to wait and see what WWE does with this.

2. Where is Fandango-ing?

Are you Fandango-ing? I guess not, but WWE still expects us to. Anyway, after watching RAW this week, I was just wondering where Fandango is really going with his character. Yes, he is in a feud with Chris Jericho but instead of promoting that, WWE apparently puts him in a dance off with The Great Khali. Great, isn’t it? Sorry to say that segment was outright pathetic. Though we could have laughed a bit at Khali’s moves, there wasn’t anything the segment proved. It looks the writers in WWE aren’t sure what they have to do with him now that Jericho is hitting the roads with his rock band, Fozzy. Hopefully, WWE has something constructive for Fandango next week.

3. Is WWE unaware of the smaller championship titles?

Looks like the only two Championship titles that WWE is aware of now is the WWE and the World Heavyweight title. The Intercontinental and United States Championships have become meagre possessions in the hands of wrestlers. Not only are fans concerned about it, even the WWE isn’t making any effort to improve its status. Kofi Kingston lost to Dolph Ziggler and Antonio Cesaro lost to Alberto Del Rio, making it difficult for us to understand just how far are we going to see these championships go disregarded. Wade Barrett wasn’t in RAW this week and it seems WWE has reserved the Intercontinental Champion as a regular in WWE Main Event. Enough needs to be done to make sure that these titles get the respect that they deserve.

4. Is the Shield eyeing the Tag Team Titles?

The hottest thing in WWE at the moment is the Shield. Every move WWE is making with them is turning out to be fruitful, and the same can be said with their recent feud with Team Hell No. The Shield faced Team Hell No and John Cena in the main event this week and they managed to pin Cena clean, giving them a huge momentum. The question that needs to be asked now is whether the Shield is looking for the Tag Team titles and will we get to see a tag match between Team Hell No and the Shield for the Tag Team titles at Extreme Rules. Looking at the proceedings, this seems the most likely outcome of this feud.

5. Who will hold the advantage in the Ladder Match Stipulation?

The first match on RAW this week was a tag team match between Ricardo Rodriguez, Zeb Colter and Big E Langston. Ricardo picked up the victory and got the opportunity to choose the stipulation for the World Title match between Del Rio, Swagger and Ziggler at Extreme Rules. Later we saw that the stipulation announced was a ladder match. Now the question that arises is whether a character like Del Rio would have really chosen such a stipulation. Everyone knows the only person of the three who would be profited most by such a stipulation is Dolph Ziggler, and the fact that Del Rio announced it made it a bit strange. Anyway, let’s hope we get to see a great match at Extreme Rules between the three.