Raw 9/1: The Pre-Show for the Inaugural WCW Monday Nitro

It's not going to happen.  

The Saved By The Bell movie has been more entertaining than Raw.

I can't wait for Nitro.

Cena over-acting on the apron not getting the tag is hilarious/painful to watch.

Why couldn't he just man up & take the damn flying knee from Rollins? He didn't even come close!

Those 2 things aside, I'm really glad they're giving this match a lot of time. Beats the hell out of last weeks clusterfuck.

Good Lord, I don't care if he's being super intense or not, fucking Cena is going to hurt someone. Dropped Rollins right on his damn neck with the sloppiest suplex ever. If its not the sloppiest STF, I guess it has to be something.

Main event was strong though. Hopefully Wyatt/Jericho cage next week is just as good.

Also the Michael Sam "open invite" is beyond dumb.

I would venture to say Michael Sam open mic is beyond insulting. #cheapratingsgrab

Is John Cena gonna bury less than 5 more wrestlers tonight?

Does anybody understand what the whole Sheamus/Dolph tag team dealio is all about?

The tags between the behemoths could've almost been cool had the Wyatts beat the Usos during one of those 10 title matches they fought them in.

The Bella stuff is.....oh gosh it's terrible.


Am I just exhausted or does this show suck ass tonight?

Velvet Sky is amazing. Melina is kind of yucky.

Michael Sam has been invited to Raw and Adam Rose is fighting Titus O'Neil...........and I have no idea what or who Slater is rooting for.

I feel like I'm losing at life right now.

I would say the universe feels the same as us about Raw lately.  



Vince Russo has written an open letter to Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Vince McMahon after watching this week’s WWE RAW. The letter was published on Russo’s website PyroandBallyhoo.com. Here’s what he wrote:



Dear Vince, Stephanie and Hunter,



First let me apologize for my rant last night on Russo on Raw. I’m Italian, I’m emotional, I’m sorry I get that way sometimes. Come to think of it, you probably witnessed it first hand in a galaxy far, far away—many light years ago. The truth is—I hate to criticize RAW. I really do. Having been there and done that, I realize how difficult it is to come up with two hours of compelling content every week – let alone three. The job is not easy, I understand that, and nobody can be criticized for TRYING and giving their BEST EFFORT—nobody. But . . . the question I have to ask is: “Is what we see every Monday Night honestly and truly your best effort? I just know that having worked with all three of you in the past, I don’t think any of us would have been satisfied, or even ALLOWED last night’s show to air in its final form. Are we seriously not better than that? What happened to our mantra during the Attitude Era when this week’s show was going to be better than last weeks? Remember that, Vince?



I don’t know what it is. I don’t know the structure, because I am not there, but nobody—NOBODY—can tell me that with a bit more effort you couldn’t be doing better than what WE THE PEOPLE are being exposed to every Monday Night. Look—we all love wrestling, we are all HUGE fans of the WWE and in all truthfulness—WE WANT TO LIKE THE SHOW!!! But, you just make it so difficult. Asking anybody to sit through three hours of what you’re currently putting on the air is not only asking too much . . .but, it’s also unfair.



Look, I’m not going to tell you what to do, or how to do it, who am I? All I’m asking is that you all ask each other—is this the best that World Wrestling Entertainment has to offer its fans? If the answer is yes, that I guess I’ve just over-rated you, however, I think we all know that’s not the answer. I don’t think any of you can walk away from that building on Monday night honestly believing that you had just put your best foot forward. I don’t believe that for a second.



Right now, you have an UNBELIEVABLE talent roster, up and down from first match to main event, but the writing and producing of the show is just not serving them justice. You have to know that. What happened to the work ethic and the commitment that we all shared during the Attitude Era? What happened to that passion, when we literally used to leave our own BLOOD, SWEAT and TEARS on the script that we wrote. If something didn’t exceed our expectations we were sick over it for days—I know I was.



Vince, Stephanie, Triple H, YES we will always be here no matter what. We support you, and we support the WWE, but the truth is . . . we deserve better. And, deep down inside I know that you know that.



With 1,000% sincerity.



Peace,



Your Former Head Writer



Vince Russo

He's not wrong on the fact that WWE is pretty bad though.

And after hearing Hunter talk about the meeting where Vince sat guys down and asked them to give their feedback, I think he knows that it is bad.

Russo is definitely a shitbird.

Vince is untouchable. There is no one to challenge him.

And he is free to do everything and anything he wants, including all the things he abandoned when WWF got hot in the late 90's/early 2000's.