RAW Retort – Triple H loses control

Steph get evil with Brie

I have to say that Steph was really strong when she was so mean to Brie and Nikki backstage. Further, the Bella twins, especially Brie, handled themselves really well with Steph. I can’t imagine how hard it is to play a character against someone when you know they’re a much different person in real life, but they’re playing themselves on camera. It has to be odd for them all.

The biggest swing so far

As soon as I realized Tons of Funk was working with The Real Americans, I wondered if Cesaro was going to be trying execute the giant swing on someone. Much of this match was lost for me as I wondered if one of the big guys would be swung by Cesaro. I do have to say I’m glad he didn’t do it in the match, because seeing his feats of strength left me in awe. He lifted and flipped Sweet T, then his the neutraliser on Funkasaurus as if he was half the size.

After the match Cesaro did struggle to swing Sweet T, but he did it, and made it look good. Cesaro is the strongest man, pound for pound on the WWE roster, and I can’t wait to see what they’re going to let him do next, now that they’re letting him show some of the personality that made him worth watching in ROH, one of the reasons he was brought into the WWE.

Divas break the boredom barrier!

I have said recently that I thought Brie had advanced quite a bit in the ring recently, and it looks as though Tamina has advanced a lot herself. Brie and Tamina worked that ring hard, and looked pretty good doing it. There were a couple botches, but compared to what we’ve seen from the Divas over the past couple years, this was just great! I hope Brie continues to improve, as well as the rest of the Divas roster, because more matches like this one can only be great for the Divas Division.

5:33 on the clock

I actually really enjoy Beat The Clock Challenges. They make regular matches that much more exciting. That being said, I enjoyed watching Punk in the ring, because I always do, but I wasn’t able to suspend my disbelief that Axel would be able to get over on Punk so easily. Punk was WWE Champion for 434 days, and then he can’t handle the liked of Axel for five minutes. I absolutely cannot believe that, no matter what way it’s served up. The only good thing coming out of this is that Heyman is going to be stuck inside a Hell In A Cell with Punk in a couple weeks.