RAW Retort - The authority falls

El Torino strikes again

Fans had been wondering that since McIntyre hadn’t been seen with 3MB, maybe he was being repackaged, but this match changed that possibility. Further, Los Matadores continued to beat down 3MB, but they can only work against that one team for so long before it gets boring. Wait, it’s already boring. Personally, I think Los Matadores are too far out there to last more than a month or two, but I worried about Fandango for the same reason, and he’s doing fairly well as the mid-card worker he is.

CM Punk is a bolly

I am over Punk feuding with Heyman, and it’s all because of Ryback and Axel. The WWE have put both Axel and Ryback with Heyman as a last hope for them to make anything of themselves in the WWE.

I’m not completely sure about Axel, but at this point I think Ryback is a lost cause. Ryback can barely carry himself in the ring, his mic skills are downright putrid (he cannot even pronounce the work bully correctly), and his attitude is one of the worst backstage right now.

Anyone who would attack the top workers after Ryback was the one who cause problems in the ring, or almost injuring them, is not the smartest move. Other wrestlers have lost their jobs over less, and only because Vince McMahon has a strange obsession with recreating the Goldberg phenomenon, is Ryback still employed with the WWE. Goldberg was something that Eric Bischoff created in WCW, and McMahon had nothing to do with.

I think McMahon feels he could have done it better, the way he feels DX was better than nWo, and Ryback is McMahon trying to prove that. That Ryback is failing at every turn is causing big issues for McMahon, but he cannot let it go. At this point I think it’s time they drop the storyline and move on.

Orton after Kofi now

I honestly do no understand why they put Orton in the ring with Kofi. It didn’t accomplish much of anything. Yes, Orton came out looking strong, but no stronger than he has in past week, and possibly a little weaker. If they want Orton to look strong, they should be putting him in the ring with stronger faces.

The problem being that other than RVD, who appears to be out for a bit, there’s few strong WWE faces who are not in big storylines right now. I think it’s time they push people like Ziggler further so they can continue to prove themselves, and help Orton along.

Super Cena bounces back again

I know this match was supposed to be about the continuing problems between ADR and Ricardo, as well as Vickie showing ADR that she’s in charge, not ADR, but in reality it was all about setting up for Cena’s return. I’m continued to be shocked by Cena’s ability to recover from injury and rehab back from health problems that could end the career many other wrestlers, and do so in less than half the predicted time is shocking, and unheard of.

John Cena has amazing genetics, as well as healing abilities and drive to get back in action as quickly as possible. The man is astounding, but I hope he’s physically ready for his return when he does come back. I’d hate to see him re-injure himself because he didn’t wait long enough before returning.

Dancing around the issues

Those issues being that Fandango has no feud, and no storyline right now, and is getting lost in the shuffle because of it. I’m especially fond of Fandango because he’s a local guy made it big, and he continues to be interesting, even through a strange character, but at this point he’s just flailing around. Hopefully something comes around the corner for him soon, and he will be able to show off more than his two step and his unique left leg drop.