C.S.

HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!

This has been a thunderous bore IMO. I'd actually cheer for something cinematic right about now. I'd cheer even more if it ended right now and there was a cash-in by Otis, Big E showing his intentions to enter the title picture, or really anyone else other than these two. Update: And I got my wish. The match ended within a minute of my post. Thank God!

I knew Drew would retain as soon as Orton started wrestling in slow motion.

Orton's plodding performance tells me this is going long and/or Drew is retaining.

Shawn Michaels looks like an old hillbilly.

I was wrong about this. Glad Asuka eventually won the Raw Title. Still very weirdly structured though.

I can't take Seth seriously with these fucking handcuffs shouting "COME ON, DADDY!" This is some weird S&M shit.

Dom wearing a hoodie that constantly gets in the way seems like an impractical design choice.

Am I a horrible person for thinking Dominik's mother was his abuelita?

LOL!!! at Seth's Rey cosplay costume. First witty thing from him, well, ever.

Looking forward to seeing Dominick carry Seth to a good showing.

My thoughts exactly.

This show has been really flat, lifeless, and heatless thus far. Lack of crowds doesn't help. Thunderdome looks cool but there's still not enough genuine fan noise.

The Bayley match was non-title, with Asuka getting a shot at Sasha if she won. Useless.

Anyone else's Network glitching slightly during this Rey/Dom segment?

Asuka got done dirty there. The Raw Women's Title has rarely meant less than it does now, and no one cares about the Smackdown version of the title. (And don't get me started on the useless Women's Tag Titles.) Note to WWE: A lengthy reign doesn't necessarily mean an important or good reign.

Can't argue with that, Bubba.

Randy Orton won't win now that they've all predicted it.

I think MVP should have won. But even if you like Apollo, running away from Lashley and Shelton makes him look like a total geek.

That's depressing. Under normal circumstances, I think Sonya should have won. Whether she would have is another story. But now, if she needs time off for personal reasons, that's more important than anything else - no matter what Jim Cornette might think.

Only in WWE would a match stip be changed to something less interesting (Sonya vs. Mandy).

I'd normally be sore at the result - I'm not sold on Kross yet - but Keith Lee should have been called up to the main roster a year ago (yes, I still and always will consider NXT developmental) and was obviously a placeholder champ after Dream fell through.

I missed the first hour - I'll catch up after - but joined in just in time to catch the true main event. Pat McAfee vs. Adam Cole Not a great match, but a fun spectacle. Pat was much better than expected. He carried Cole well. The finish looked fake as shit though. I hate overly choreographed bullshit moves like that.

Still one of the greatest debuts I've ever seen. I was wild for him when he showed up as Ron Simmons' tag team partner at that one Clash of the Champions. Then... They teamed him with Marcus fucking Bagwell. Really?! It was all over for him after that. I think he was used fairly well in ECW, but I assume the reason he never made it far in the WWE is because Flash Funk sucked as a name, gimmick, everything. Plus, wasn't he a pothead? Unless you were in DX or the BSK, that wasn't going to get you very far in WWE, seemingly.

I'm not watching, but... Bray sucks. Braun sucks. The sooner they get the title off of Braun and onto Big E, and Bray far away from the title picture, the better. P.S. Jeff Hardy sucks too.