{"id":44893,"date":"2010-12-22T07:55:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T12:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2010-12-22T07:55:13","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T12:55:13","slug":"john-cena-the-problems-with-wwe-raw-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=44893","title":{"rendered":"John Cena & the Problems with WWE RAW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Kevin Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest edition of RAW took place in Austin, Texas. In what can only be described as \u201cMiz being Miz,\u201d we learned that after the TLC Pay Per View, The Miz is still WWE Champion and he went out of his way to tell everyone that he is the champ and will be for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Along with his cohort Alex Riley and his number one fan, WWE announcer Michael Cole, they celebrated when \u201cTHE SHAMAN OF SEXY\u201d John Morrison interrupted and told Miz that he has beaten him twice and, after beating Sheamus to become the number one contender, he will defeat him and win the WWE Title.<\/p>\n

At this point Alex Riley and The Miz attacked Morrison and Jerry \u201cThe King\u2019\u2019 Lawler came to John Morrison\u2019s defense by clothes lining Riley. Michael Cole received an email from the anonymous RAW GM declaring the main event to be Morrison, Lawler, Orton against Sheamus, The Miz and Alex Riley\u2026a six man tag team match main event.
\n\u00a0
\nWe also learned that John Cena has his job back after defeating Wade Barrett at the TLC PPV. John Cena would face WWE Intercontinental champion Dolph Ziggler after Cena insulted Vicki Guerrero for her weight issues. The match was a non title match and Cena was victorious.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, it was announced that on Smackdown that Cena would face Dolph Ziggler and Vicki Guerrero in a handicap match. A triple threat match for the number one contender for the Divas Title had Melina, Eve, and Alicia Fox mix it up with the winner being Melina. Shortly afterwards, the Divas Champion Nathalia went to congratulate Melina only to be slapped. The US Title was on the line as Daniel Bryan defeated William Regal.\u00a0 The WWE Tag team champs Santino and Tamina defeated Ted Dibiase and Maryse.
\n\u00a0
\nThe main event mentioned earlier had Randy Orton, Jerry Lawler and John Morrison face Alex Riley and The Miz as well as Shamus. Orton hit the Miz with a surprise RKO while the referee was not looking as Jerry Lawler pinned The Miz.
\n\u00a0
\nRaw Analysis
\n\u00a0
\nThis particular episode of RAW was not the most entertaining. Whenever you have a six man tag match for a main event you\u2019re not exactly putting a good match together. Several issues one concerning John Cena after a great feud with Wade Barrett has finished.\u00a0 It seems as though the WWE is running out of ideas for their superstar by getting him to feud with Dolph Ziggler. I don\u2019t quite understand the thinking regarding that storyline. I also don\u2019t get why they are having Jerry Lawler involved in a feud with \u201cThe Miz.\u201d\u00a0 It is all so confusing\u2026the direction the WWE is going with their superstars.
\n\u00a0
\nThe number one problem facing RAW right now is the announcing team of Michael Cole and Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler. Although Michael Cole is hated (which in wrestling, is a good thing to have that kind of heat, but not in the case of an announcer), he is insufferable and has been for years being on Smackdown. But some big changes have to be made. The problem is finding the right people to do the job of selling the matches while entertaining the viewing audience. Being an announcer is not an easy thing, but I think we are all longing for good ole Jim Ross.
\n\u00a0
\nIn the case of The Miz: he has played the part of a heel to perfection while also good on the microphone, but I\u2019m worried his first title reign is going to be shortened by John Morrison. In order to gain credibility as champion, you need legit wins and that goes without saying for any sport.\u00a0 But in the case of \u201cThe Miz,\u201d if he were to have a lengthy reign, it could go along way for the future of the WWE.
\n\u00a0
\nThe WWE is in a transition phase while wrestlers like Triple H and Shawn Michaels are retired. With John Cena seemingly not in the current title picture, the WWE has some wrestlers like The Miz and John Morrison that are more than capable of carrying the company. Let\u2019s not forget about Daniel Bryan, who is a breath of fresh air in that the WWE has seemingly gone back to bigger and stronger brawler type wrestlers.\u00a0 He is the exception\u2026a small but gifted mat tactician who is as enjoyable to watch as the late Chris Benoit was.<\/p>\n

For the WWE to get back to their glory days, they need to decide what their identity as a company is. Although they have transitioned to a more kid friendly programming, they are not getting the ratings they used to. In order to understand how to do that, they have to know what the viewers want to see.
\n\u00a0
\nIn all fairness, it may seem as though I am coming down hard on the WWE, but that is simply not the case. I do understand the thinking around the weak card on Monday.<\/p>\n

After all they just had a tables, ladders, and chairs PPV and I\u2019m sure a lot of the WWE Superstars are not exactly healthy. But the storylines and overall stale feeling of watching RAW made me want to change the channel.<\/p>\n

I could only imagine what the viewers who paid good money to see it live must have felt.<\/p>\n

Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n

Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Kevin Nelson The latest edition of RAW took place in Austin, Texas. In what can only be described as \u201cMiz being Miz,\u201d we learned that after the TLC Pay Per View, The Miz is still WWE Champion and he went out of his way to tell everyone that he is the champ and will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1337,1250],"class_list":["post-44893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-john-cena","tag-raw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}