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**Evil Vito** · 02-10-2010, 12:35 AM

Raw - Week 1, January 2010 - Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT
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New Raw GM Theodore Long welcomes us to a new era of Monday Night Raw! He makes several new announcements, including that many of the new superstars from the former ECW will be attempting to qualify for the Royal Rumble match tonight as well as this Thursday night on Heat. He also announces that the Number 1 Contender for the WWE Title will be determined tonight in a wild 6 Pack Challenge! John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Big Show vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H! Sheamus argues that he deserves a PPV off, Long says there are no months off for the champ.
Segment Rating: B

Sheamus is in a bad mood, which is bad news for his opponent, Primo. 2 minute squash, Sheamus wins with the Irish Curse.
Segment Rating: B-

Orton cuts the first of many main-event related promos saying why he will win the 6 Pack Challenge.
Segment Rating: A

Santino Marella faces off against new addition William Regal in a Royal Rumble qualifier. Santino actually does quite well for himself, but Regal gets the nod with help from fellow new roster member Ezekiel Jackson. Yet ANOTHER newcomer, Vladimir Kozlov, rushes out to chase off Regal and Jackson after, still some unfinished business stemming from ECW. Either way though, Regal stamps his ticket for the Rumble match.
Segment Rating: B+

Graphic shows that Bret Hart will be appearing live next week. Everybody marks out.
Segment Rating: A+

Big Show and Kofi Kingston face off backstage, the largest and smallest guys in the main event tonight argue about who will be the #1 Contender.
Segment Rating: A

Melina is miraculously healed, and still holds the Divas Title. She faces her main villain, Maryse, in a title bout. Not a horrible Divas match by any stretch, back and forth bout that sees Melina retain the belt with a surprise roll-up, stunning Maryse.
Segment Rating: B-

Cena does a fired up promo about the main event, crowd loves it.
Segment Rating: A+

Another Royal Rumble qualifier up next as Shelton Benjamin makes his return to Raw to face Chavo Guerrero. Really good match as the guys were told to do whatever necessary to put on the best match possible. Shelton wins it after the Paydirt, the old ECW guys are 2-0.
Segment Rating: B

DX are up to their usual tomfoolery hyping up the main event. Once again, crowd loves it.
Segment Rating: A+

Oops, turns out DX did too good of a job in their promo...because it somehow made the fans not care about the Miz/MVP US Title match. Jerks. Anyway, MVP really takes it to Miz for a good amount of the match to the point where Miz simply pussies out and walks out to keep his title. MVP wins by countout.
Segment Rating: C+

One last hype package thrown together for the main event. And that match is...NEXT!
Segment Rating: A

The 6 Pack Challenge is a wild bout that the crowd eats up, and lasts over 20 minutes. Everybody gets a good amount of time in the ring, and of course the end comes with a finishing maneuver clusterfuck. Orton ducks a Trouble in Paradise...RKO to Kofi! Triple H kicks him, Pedigree! HBK proves it's every man for himself, Sweet Chin Music to The Game! Big Show comes in, Chokeslam! Then, lastly, Cena takes Big Show out at the knees and locks in the STF and Show taps. The IWC groans, but John Cena will be headed to the Royal Rumble to face Sheamus and try to regain the WWE Title that he lost at TLC.
Segment Rating: A

OVERALL SHOW RATING: B+ (Our popularity has increased)

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But wait, don't forget the tapings for:

Heat - Airing on Thursday, Week 1, January 2010

We open up with a Royal Rumble qualifier, as "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters goes up against Vance Archer. Fans unfamiliar with Archer certainly have to be impressed by what they see in this one. It wasn't a squash, but Archer still controlled the pace of the bout and managed to put away The Boob Man following a Big Boot to qualify for his first ever Royal Rumble. That's now 3-0 for Raw's newest additions.
Segment Rating: C+

"The All-American American" Jack Swagger is out and vows to put an end to his loothing thtreak. And when he does, he will go on to win the Royal Rumble and begin his route towards being the All-American American World Champion.
Segment Rating: C

Swagger's opponent is Tyler Reks, making his first televised appearance in quite some time. Again, as is common in the sub-show matches, it's not a squash...Reks gets in some offense to drag the match to a decent length. But regardless, Swagger finally ends the winning streak the new Raw guys have had, and pins Reks after a Gutwrench Powerbomb.
Segment Rating: C+

After the match, Swagger annoys everybody by celebrating the end of his streak as though he had just won the World Series. He should probably save some of that energy for the Rumble.
Segment Rating: C

Graphic is shown promotion tonight's main event, Mark Henry and Evan Bourne teaming up to face The Legacy of Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase.
Segment Rating: B-

Tony Atlas is backstage preparing some coffee right before it's time to head out for the Abraham Washington Show. Tonight's guest will be Carlito. Abe says "Apple? Can't think of anything worse to wind up in your face." On queue, Atlas accidentally fucks up the coffee machine and Abe gets sprayed. Atlas lets out his infectious laugh. Comedy gold, but the ungrateful fans crap all over it.
Segment Rating: D

Carlito is the guest on the Abraham Washington Show, and Abe/Tony are up to their usual antics on the show, complete with intentionally terrible jokes. The central point here is that Carlito says he will qualify for the Royal Rumble next week. Dat's cool.
Segment Rating: C

The Raw Rebound shows clips from the 6-Pack Challenge main event from Raw.
Segment Rating: A+

Jillian Hall comes out and, of course, decides it's time to sing. Even though most things are better than this...the segment is hurt by the popularity of the Raw Rebound, even though the fans wouldn't see the Raw Rebound because it was taped before Raw even happened! Jerks. Gail Kim interrupts Jillian, saving everybody's eardrums in the process.
Segment Rating: C-

Decent Divas match that unfortunately didn't have that great of a crowd reaction, divas matches are piss breaks even in TEW. Gail Kim picks up the win though following a Flying Headscissors.
Segment Rating: C

Obligatory graphic reminding people that Bret Hart will be live on Raw next week.
Segment Rating: A+

Our main event tag team bout saw Evan Bourne playing Ricky Morton as the Legacy managed to isolate him and hit him with a flurry of offense. He eventually makes the hot tag to Mizark, and "The World's Strongest Man" gets some big power moves in to the fans' delight, but Legacy catches their breath and Ted manages to score a clean pin on Mark after Dream Street. Impressive win for Legacy to end the show.
Segment Rating: B-

OVERALL SHOW RATING: C+ (We may have lost popularity...meh whatever, it's only the sub-show)

02-10-2010, 12:35 AM	#1991
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,197	Raw - Week 1, January 2010 - Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT --- New Raw GM Theodore Long welcomes us to a new era of Monday Night Raw! He makes several new announcements, including that many of the new superstars from the former ECW will be attempting to qualify for the Royal Rumble match tonight as well as this Thursday night on Heat. He also announces that the Number 1 Contender for the WWE Title will be determined tonight in a wild 6 Pack Challenge! John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Big Show vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H! Sheamus argues that he deserves a PPV off, Long says there are no months off for the champ. Segment Rating: B Sheamus is in a bad mood, which is bad news for his opponent, Primo. 2 minute squash, Sheamus wins with the Irish Curse. Segment Rating: B- Orton cuts the first of many main-event related promos saying why he will win the 6 Pack Challenge. Segment Rating: A Santino Marella faces off against new addition William Regal in a Royal Rumble qualifier. Santino actually does quite well for himself, but Regal gets the nod with help from fellow new roster member Ezekiel Jackson. Yet ANOTHER newcomer, Vladimir Kozlov, rushes out to chase off Regal and Jackson after, still some unfinished business stemming from ECW. Either way though, Regal stamps his ticket for the Rumble match. Segment Rating: B+ Graphic shows that Bret Hart will be appearing live next week. Everybody marks out. Segment Rating: A+ Big Show and Kofi Kingston face off backstage, the largest and smallest guys in the main event tonight argue about who will be the #1 Contender. Segment Rating: A Melina is miraculously healed, and still holds the Divas Title. She faces her main villain, Maryse, in a title bout. Not a horrible Divas match by any stretch, back and forth bout that sees Melina retain the belt with a surprise roll-up, stunning Maryse. Segment Rating: B- Cena does a fired up promo about the main event, crowd loves it. Segment Rating: A+ Another Royal Rumble qualifier up next as Shelton Benjamin makes his return to Raw to face Chavo Guerrero. Really good match as the guys were told to do whatever necessary to put on the best match possible. Shelton wins it after the Paydirt, the old ECW guys are 2-0. Segment Rating: B DX are up to their usual tomfoolery hyping up the main event. Once again, crowd loves it. Segment Rating: A+ Oops, turns out DX did too good of a job in their promo...because it somehow made the fans not care about the Miz/MVP US Title match. Jerks. Anyway, MVP really takes it to Miz for a good amount of the match to the point where Miz simply pussies out and walks out to keep his title. MVP wins by countout. Segment Rating: C+ One last hype package thrown together for the main event. And that match is...NEXT! Segment Rating: A The 6 Pack Challenge is a wild bout that the crowd eats up, and lasts over 20 minutes. Everybody gets a good amount of time in the ring, and of course the end comes with a finishing maneuver clusterfuck. Orton ducks a Trouble in Paradise...RKO to Kofi! Triple H kicks him, Pedigree! HBK proves it's every man for himself, Sweet Chin Music to The Game! Big Show comes in, Chokeslam! Then, lastly, Cena takes Big Show out at the knees and locks in the STF and Show taps. The IWC groans, but John Cena will be headed to the Royal Rumble to face Sheamus and try to regain the WWE Title that he lost at TLC. Segment Rating: A OVERALL SHOW RATING: B+ (Our popularity has increased) --------- But wait, don't forget the tapings for: Heat - Airing on Thursday, Week 1, January 2010 We open up with a Royal Rumble qualifier, as "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters goes up against Vance Archer. Fans unfamiliar with Archer certainly have to be impressed by what they see in this one. It wasn't a squash, but Archer still controlled the pace of the bout and managed to put away The Boob Man following a Big Boot to qualify for his first ever Royal Rumble. That's now 3-0 for Raw's newest additions. Segment Rating: C+ "The All-American American" Jack Swagger is out and vows to put an end to his loothing thtreak. And when he does, he will go on to win the Royal Rumble and begin his route towards being the All-American American World Champion. Segment Rating: C Swagger's opponent is Tyler Reks, making his first televised appearance in quite some time. Again, as is common in the sub-show matches, it's not a squash...Reks gets in some offense to drag the match to a decent length. But regardless, Swagger finally ends the winning streak the new Raw guys have had, and pins Reks after a Gutwrench Powerbomb. Segment Rating: C+ After the match, Swagger annoys everybody by celebrating the end of his streak as though he had just won the World Series. He should probably save some of that energy for the Rumble. Segment Rating: C Graphic is shown promotion tonight's main event, Mark Henry and Evan Bourne teaming up to face The Legacy of Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. Segment Rating: B- Tony Atlas is backstage preparing some coffee right before it's time to head out for the Abraham Washington Show. Tonight's guest will be Carlito. Abe says "Apple? Can't think of anything worse to wind up in your face." On queue, Atlas accidentally fucks up the coffee machine and Abe gets sprayed. Atlas lets out his infectious laugh. Comedy gold, but the ungrateful fans crap all over it. Segment Rating: D Carlito is the guest on the Abraham Washington Show, and Abe/Tony are up to their usual antics on the show, complete with intentionally terrible jokes. The central point here is that Carlito says he will qualify for the Royal Rumble next week. Dat's cool. Segment Rating: C The Raw Rebound shows clips from the 6-Pack Challenge main event from Raw. Segment Rating: A+ Jillian Hall comes out and, of course, decides it's time to sing. Even though most things are better than this...the segment is hurt by the popularity of the Raw Rebound, even though the fans wouldn't see the Raw Rebound because it was taped before Raw even happened! Jerks. Gail Kim interrupts Jillian, saving everybody's eardrums in the process. Segment Rating: C- Decent Divas match that unfortunately didn't have that great of a crowd reaction, divas matches are piss breaks even in TEW. Gail Kim picks up the win though following a Flying Headscissors. Segment Rating: C Obligatory graphic reminding people that Bret Hart will be live on Raw next week. Segment Rating: A+ Our main event tag team bout saw Evan Bourne playing Ricky Morton as the Legacy managed to isolate him and hit him with a flurry of offense. He eventually makes the hot tag to Mizark, and "The World's Strongest Man" gets some big power moves in to the fans' delight, but Legacy catches their breath and Ted manages to score a clean pin on Mark after Dream Street. Impressive win for Legacy to end the show. Segment Rating: B- OVERALL SHOW RATING: C+ (We may have lost popularity...meh whatever, it's only the sub-show)