RAW Retort – Cena breaks tables and Ryback

I think working the ring with the likes of RVD would be a great thing for Fandango. It would help his skills, teach him how to be more creative in the ring, and think on his feet. But even if it isn’t Fandango, RVD needs someone to work with to give him a reason to be working for the WWE.

I know it’s because of the show Total Divas that the Divas Division has been getting more push and more press lately, but if we’re going to get better matches such as the one between AJ and Kaitlyn, I am okay with it.

I really enjoyed the mic work between AJ and Big E backstage, but it was AJ’s work in the ring with Kaitlyn that showed that these two are strong Divas who really know how to work the ring and work it hard. AJ has been showing more submission work, and it’s impressive. She worked intricately and precisely with Kaitlyn through this match, and it looked great for it. The more I see of AJ in the ring, the more I want to see of her.

I know Kaitlyn is strong and talented, she’s been showing us all along, but AJ has been more of a character than a wrestler until late, and she’s showing that she’s just as talented in the ring as on mic.

Then there’s the Bellas, who are not talented in the ring, or on mic, but they’re dating the right men, so they’re top Divas with the WWE. Don’t get me wrong, I’m learning a lot about the Bellas with the new Total Divas show, and some of it I actually like, but they’re not very good in the ring and they’re not great talkers.

The biggest thing they have going for them is their looks. Maybe if the WWE could write the Divas to be more than catty high school girls who fight dirty over the cutest boy on the football team. The way the WWE portrays women, especially strong and beautiful women like Natalya, makes me ill.

Women don’t spend every minute of their lives attacking each other, and shouldn’t be treated that way. The only woman on WWE TV right now who is being portrayed as strong, powerful, and still very beautiful is Steph, but there’s been many years where she wasn’t portrayed as any more than the rest of the girls, and sometimes much worse than what we’re seeing from the likes of the Bellas.

One feud that the WWE stepped up with this week was Ziggler and Big E. When Big E appeared on WWE TV as AJ’s muscle, it was only a matter of time until he feuded with Ziggler. I’m not sure they’re the best match in the ring, and I still think that Big E should be working as a face, because that’s what his personality gravitates toward.

Hopefully they will be able to carry this feud for as long as it takes, but I don’t see this being the best thing for Ziggler in the long run, but it should help Big E, and be entertaining in the short run.

I am normally extremely adverse to Alberto Del Rio, but this was a solid match for him. Okay, I did have some issues with his ring work in that he looked reckless when he first attacked Christian at the start of the match, and one of the times he threw Christian down, it looked as though he had no control over the slam, and then there’s the fact that ADR spent the entire match again going after Christian’s left arm in the exact same ways as every other match he’s been in.

I know AJ spent much of her match working over Kaitlyn’s left arm, but this is new and fresh. Del Rio does it every match, and in the exact same way every time. It also doesn’t help that I don’t find Del Rio at all believable. I forget that he’s the WWE World Heavyweight Champion when he’s not physically wearing the belt, because he just doesn’t come off as a Champion. He doesn’t have the ruthless aggression that McMahon claims Bryan is lacking.