11-25-13 Raw results and thoughts

Coverage and thoughts on the November 25, 2013 Raw

The show starts with Randy Orton coming to the ring. He thinks he is owed an apology from all the doubting fans who thought he wouldn’t still be champion. HHH & Stephanie will join him & he tells everyone to welcome them. Out come HHH & Stephanie. HHH congratulates Orton, he & Stephanie couldn’t be more pleased with Orton’s win. When HHH picked Orton to be the future 10 years ago he knew he had the potential. Stephanie says they gave him motivation. They planted seeds of doubt & Orton reached down inside & won. Plus it’s always nice when she & HHH are right. Orton says Stephanie made this about herself. He didn’t need their help to prove he’s the face of WWE but they came out when it looked like he was about to lose. HHH says they didn’t interfere physically. They came to ringside because it looked like there would be a new champion. Orton says he can take care of himself. He took everything Show had unlike someone else he knows. Orton got the job done & slayed the giant because he is the face of WWE. He’s the greatest star in the 50 years of WWE & no one can take that from him. Out comes John Cena. Cena says he’s the world champion & Orton’s the guy who slayed the giant & the guy who looks like a giant…Then Stephanie cuts him off & asks Cena what he wants. He wants them to listen to the fans. He says they chant for Daniel Bryan because they’re sick of guys like Orton being confused little boys. Then Cena asks who is champion. The way he sees it there are 2 champions. Time to cut through the administrative B.S. & there should only be 1 champion. Orton protest but Cena cuts him off & says this is about the 2 of them. This is a match 11 years in the making. Cena challenges Orton 2 a title unification match.  Stephanie says they’ve been talking about that for a while. Orton then accuses HHH & Stephanie of plotting against him. HHH tells Orton to grow up. Then HHH says that at TLC the World Title & the WWE Title will both be hung above the ring. History will be made when Orton faces Cena in a TLC match. I’m all for unifying the 2 world titles but we’ve seen Cena vs. Orton God knows how often! Come on WWE give us a different match! I’m kinda surprised they’re having this match at TLC, but HHH never actually said this would be a title unification match. If it isn’t then hanging the belts above the ring will be pointless.

WWE Tag Team Champions Goldust & Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio vs. The Shield. The Shield wins when Ambrose pins Cody. This was a solid match.

Tonight the fans can pick the stip for a Dolph-Sandow rematch. A Strong Island street fight, a Long Island Lumber jack match or a Hampton Hardcore match. Why are these 2 gonna be a pointless gimmick match again?

The Miz is in the ring for Miz TV. UGH! Tonight his guest is a super bowl champion & is 1 of New York’s most beloved & accomplished athletes, etc. He introduces Michael somebody but out comes Titus O’Neill dressed like this guy. Miz says the guy never looked so good. Then Titus talks like this guy saying how much of an honor it is to be on Raw & in the ring with a Mania main eventer. This is entirely pointless. Miz rags on whoever this guy is; asking what’s with the gap between his teeth, who cares, this is stupid! “Michael O’Neil” says there’s 1 guy who has a lot of personality & charisma, he’s talking about Titus O’Neill. Then out comes the real guy. Michael thanks Titus & Miz. They were “great” but their jokes were weak (That’s a mild way of saying it). Michael rags on Titus for a bit. WWE is all about fun (which I’m not having recapping this). The guy thanks WWE for letting him be the guest host. Tonight there will be a “double team, tag team main event.” Orton & Del Rio will face Big Show & John Cena. (That was predictable). Miz says this guy’s a great host. Miz is also a host & he also performs in this ring every week. Can Michael “Hack it” against Miz? Michael says Kelly Rippa is tougher than Miz. Miz is the most must see WWE guy. There’s a lot of pointless yapping here! Then Titus tells Michael if Miz gives him a simple move he might not make it to Kelly Rippa. Miz asks if Michael can handle a hip toss. Michael’s all for it. Titus says he’s available to be on with Kelly if Michael isn’t available. They tackle or something. Then Titus takes his jacket off & Miz asks the fans if they think Titus can hip toss Michael. Michael attempts a hip toss but Titus doesn’t move. They say more pointless crap & Michael hip tosses Miz. Then Michael & Titus do the millions of dollars dance & then Michael hip tosses Titus. Then all 3 guys to the millions dance. WHAT WAS THIS!? I thought Miz was a heel again! This segment was beyond idiotic! I have no idea who this football player is, I have no idea why Titus came out dressed like him & I have no idea why they had this idiotic segment on this show! TERRIBLE!!!!

Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston & Mark Henry vs. Curtis Axel & Ryback. Big E & Henry win when Henry pins Axel. This wasn’t much. I have no idea why they had this match. They took the 2 singles matches from last night & made a tag match! WHY?

There’s also gonna be a 7 on 7 Divas elimination rematch from last night too. WHAT!?

WHAT IS WITH THIS PLACE!? THEY TAKE 4 SINGLES MATCHES FROM LAST NIGHT & MAKE THEM 2 TAG MATCHES TONIGHT & THEY’RE HAVING THAT DIVAS ELIMINATION MATCH AGAIN!? I’m running out of things to say about the insanity that goes on in this company. What’s the point of the PPVs if you’re gonna have the same matches on Raw the next night?

Time for the Total Divas vs. Regular Divas elimination match. * Brie pins Aksana * Nikki pins Rosa *Tamina pins Naomi * Tamina pins Cameron * Jo Jo pins Tamina (Are they kidding) * Alicia pins Jo Jo * Eva Marie pins Alicia * Natalya makes Kaitlin tap * AJ pins Natalya * Brie pins AJ * Nikki pins Summer Rae. WINNERS – EVA MARIE & THE BELLAS. This match was totally pointless! Why’d they have the same match that they had on a PPV last night?

Time for a video package on the Dolph-Sandow Broadway Brawl. Why are they reminding us of this? Anyway, their rematch is next. Yay.

Damien Sandow & Jerry Lawler are in the ring. King says we’re about to find out what the fans picked. Then Sandow says that he is above this. He shouldn’t be forced to be in a circus like condition match that’s decided by the halfwit fans. You’re welcome. Time to find what the fans picked. Hampton Hardcore. Dolph comes out along with production guys who are carrying “weapons.” This is gonna be just as weird as last week.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Damien Sandow in a Hampton Hardcore match. Sandow gets the pin. This was just as pointless as last week’s gimmick brawl. I hope they don’t have a tie breaker next week.

Time for a sneak peak at the movie The Miz is in, Christmas Bounty. Then they show a female costar in the front row.

Backstage we see Santino & the football player doing idiotic comedy stuff. Then in comes Erik Rowan. He gives Michael a sheep mask & Michael puts it on. He & Rowan then stare at each other through the sheep masks. Rowan leaves, Santino asks Michael if Rowan is gone. Then Santino gives Michael another sheep mask & says more idiotic stuff about Thanksgiving & turkey. This was terrible! Why is a member of The Wyatt Family in a comedy bit? This was pointless.

Renee Young is in the ring. She brings out CM Punk & Daniel Bryan. Renee congratulates them on their win. She also wants their thoughts on their handicap match later. Punk asks if they survived last night. Daniel says yes. Punk asks if the deck is stacked against them because they have to face all 3 members of The Wyatt family. Daniel says yes. Then Punk asks if the silver lining in this is that they get to face Bray. Daniel again says yes. Then Punk asks if their name should be Greatest of all time (G.O.A.T) or the beard & the best. Daniel then says that’s not a yes or no question (That was funny. Then Punk asks was if it was weird that Renee had a mic but wasn’t saying anything (That was funny too). Tonight they have a handicap match with The Wyatt family. Handicap matches seem to be the authority’s way of fixing things. You can put any body against the beard & the best. The Bushwhackers, The Rock N’ Roll Express, Midnight Express, Colt Cabana, etc. It doesn’t matter how many people you put in front of them because they’ll take them all out. Then Daniels says that Bray isn’t gonna stop with his mind games till he has finished him & Punk but they won’t let that happen. There’s only 1 question left. What time is it? Punk says it’s clobbering time. Then The Wyatt Family Tron comes on & they come out. Break time. This was a good in ring promo. Punk & Daniel were entertaining here. Punk said a lot & it was hard to keep up with everything he said!

Back from break & it is time for the handicap match.

Daniel Bryan & CM Punk vs. The Wyatt Family. Daniel & Punk win by DQ when the referee calls for the bell after The Wyatt Family kept attacking Daniel & Punk.

Then Bray & Rowan pull Daniel out of the ring & Harper clotheslines Punk. Then they send Daniel into the ring barrier. Then Rowan picks up Daniel & The Wyatt Family walks up the ramp. Then Punk comes to but then out of nowhere Reigns comes in & spears him. Then The Shield stands over Punk. Then they throw him back in the ring & give him the triple power bomb. This was good. I wasn’t too into The Wyatt Family taking Daniel but I liked having The Shield come out of nowhere & attack Punk. It looks like Daniel Punk will be feuding with 2 trio factions.

Backstage we see The Miz & his female costar. She asks if he’s ready for his match tonight. He’s ready. Whatever. This was pointless.

Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz. Miz gets the pin. This was solid but what was the point of having Miz cleanly pin Kofi 2 nights in a row?

Mick Foley plugs WWE merchandise. He plugged this as himself, Dude Love & Mankind. What no Cactus Jack? This was pretty funny though.

Jerry Lawler interviews a guy in the front row. The guy says his wrestling name would be The Kosher Butcher & his finisher would be the circumcision. They also had a Kosher Butcher t-shirt. This was weird.

R-Truth’s in the ring. He says he & Brodus had a talk. They came up with something to give a brother a chance. Tonight courtesy of Brodus Clay & himself, accompanied by Naomi & Cameron he gives us Xavier Woods. Now Naomi & Cameron are seconding Truth & Woods. Who’d Brodus & Tensai tick off?

Xavier Woods vs. Heath Slater. Woods gets the pin. This was ok.

They show a video package on Saturday Night’s Main Event as part of the 50 years of WWE DVD. This was when the product was good.

Backstage we see the football player with The Bella Twins. He signs a couple of footballs for them. The leave & then in come Naomi & Cameron. He signs their footballs too. They leave & then in comes Eva Marie. She asks if he’s watched “her show” Total Divas. She leaves & then Goldust comes in & does a bit of his shtick. This was pointless too.

They plug 2k14.

Then we see Michael the football player being all buddy-buddy with Cena.

World Champion John Cena & Big Show vs. WWE Champion Randy Orton & Alberto Del Rio. Cena & Show win when Cena makes Del Rio tap. Big Show is all loopy & a Dr. comes in to check on him. Then Show makes a slight come back before Orton gives him a DDT. Then Show tags in Cena. Then Cena gets Del Rio in the STF & Del Rio taps. WINNERS – JOHN CENA & BIG SHOW.

Then Del Rio kicks away on Cena. Then Del Rio was going for the arm breaker but Cena got Del Rio up on his shoulders & then Orton hits Cena with the WWE belt. Then Orton grabs both titles, gets in the ring, stands over Cena & holds both belts up to end the show. The match was ok but Del Rio got to be the job guy here.

I felt like this week’s show was bad on purpose. There was a lot of pointless idiocy on this show plus the matches were either different variations of last night’s PPV matches or actual rematches from the PPV. The Daniel & Punk promo was good. Daniel & Punk were great like usual. The handicap match they had with The Wyatt Family was also good. I’m not sure what they’re gonna have The Wyatt Family do with Daniel. I also liked that The Shield came out of nowhere & attacked Punk. That was easily the best part of this week’s show. The rest of it was terrible for the most part. That’s all I got to say about this week’s show.