BE A STAR

I always blame Japan.

Sure but I mean, Bate himself looks and wrestles like a slightly failed Gallagher clone.

I think it looked kind of dumb and not very impactful. Also maybe this is nitpicky but it's clearly some kind of powerbomb, so them calling it a "driver" really annoys me.

C- seemed a little high for what was written in that one, too.

That's a travesty. If they're going to keep cutting to audience all the time, genuine reactions like you jumping up and down with joy are what they should be highlighting, not burying.

And how proud he was of being United States champion.

NXT's weekly show is way less enjoyable than it used to be for me. Probably a combination of the mass call-ups last year and Ryan Ward writing for SmackDown now. I still watch the TakeOvers as they always have some great matches, but the week-to-week stories just aren't compelling enough to keep me tuning in.

Not that this would have made the commentary a great deal better, but she wasn't even weird-looking! She was quite pretty! But they acted like she was Ellsworth 2.0, what the hell?

I really wish Bryan had been on Talking Smack to take some potshots at Raw for poaching Undertaker.

Remember kids, be a STAR. Unless you see a woman with a slightly unusual haircut, then rip her to utter shreds.

Hell, I'll take Strowman vs. Taker over Roman vs. Taker or Roman vs. Strowman.

When you consider that Shane has actually been in two marquee PPV matches in the past year, it's almost impressive that Steph is still the most overexposed of the two.

She straight up sounds like a phone sex operator in these latest ones.

I agree, Miz should be the WWE Champion.

I remember the SmackDown after Orton first turned on Kane and suggested he might join the Wyatts. After the opening promo, they showed a no holds barred match between Orton and Kane was coming next and I thought "great, I really want to see what happens here!" Then it hit me. SmackDown had managed to get me invested…

It feels like a Raw A- is a SmackDown B.

Sami doesn't need the win, more than anyone Sami Zayn has the ability to benefit from losing a feud. Hell, it didn't even have to be a third match, they could have just saved the Last Man Standing match for the Rumble. I think the Sami/Braun program deserves a PPV blow-off is all.

I mean, technically Undertaker was never drafted, but if anything he seemed way more loyal to SmackDown than anyone on Raw is to their brand. But hey, who cares about the b-show amirite?

Maybe this is nitpicking, but if you say this Raw was "truly abysmal", a C- seems kind of high.