Official RAW Thread: 1/7/08

Eh, I never viewed Bradshaw as fat. He's just a bigger guy, who doesn't have a Lashley-esque anabolic powered body. It's not like he needs the help of a Jazzee scooter to finish a match.

There's a scientific explanation...I just can't be bothered to find it.

Did anyone else dislike the fact that they didn't even show the wheel spin for 3 of the matches?

Jeff is not that bad on the mic - he's no worse than Mysterio, Orton or Batista... In fact, I'll go on record as saying that I'd rather listen to Jeff on the mic, than someone like Morrison, Mysterio, Orton or Kennedy... They bore the piss out of me...

Yeah, Jeff can work a decent main event match.

Regardless of his obvious flaws, he was given a gimmick match for the main event and pulled it off better than I would have thought possible. Orton's constant berating of Hardy throughout really added to the match, and all the normal cage spots seemed to work great.

Now, I still cringe whenever the interview spotlight is on Hardy, but if the fans in attendance are able to wake up from their slumber to cheer for him, then he's fine by me.

Speaking of the crowds, they are one of the major reasons why it's hard to enjoy watching Raw anymore for me. The crowd seemed dead quiet throughout most of the show, and I'll never understand the younger fans reactions to things.

I kept noticing a few kids in the front row, or maybe they were dead corpses, I'll never know since I hardly saw them get excited for anything. Man, I remember when I was a kid and I marked out for everything. Whether it was seeing Bret Hart, the Undertaker, Yokozuna or even Papa Shango live, it was like a dream come true. Kids nowadays only do one of a few things (whenever I watch Raw):

1. Cheer for Jeff Hardy.
2. Make the "X" DX sign with their hands whenever Shawn and Hunter make an appearance (even though most of the time neither make the sign themselves).
3. Go apecrap whenever Hornswoggle shows up.

That's about it. I understand they're just kids, but 90-95% of the time they either look uninterested or clueless to what's going on in the ring. Maybe I'm looking into it too much, but that's one of the reasons Raw is harder to get interested in then it was years ago for me. TV probably doesn't do the crowds justice, since live events usually sound louder when you're there versus listening on television.

It was a decent show overall, but I, too, thought the actual wheel would be shown more. HBK/Kennedy teaming fit for their feud, but honestly, Charlie Haas and Trevor Murdoch? The Carlito/Holly match was entertaining, but like most of the matches last night, the crowd absolutely killed it for me. Hardy/Umaga was the saving grace for the show, in my opinion, as other segments ran too long (Diva match/JBL dragging Jericho around) or others were just not very interesting.

Foley was nice to see, too, but I also think Triple H being named partner would've made more sense given his current storyline situation.

I am no Jeff Hardy fan but he put on a decent match last night,i give him credit, even though hes a spot monkey, that whisper in the wind of the cage was in crazy..

I love sig jokes, really shows how desperate people are.

Michael Jackson is the crap, and any one with common sense would at least respect him for his talent.

Sorry JaySee but I have to agree with him. Boy did last night's show ever suck. The cage match was great, and the Trading Places was entertaining, but everything else was horrible. Especially Ashley's return.

I like Jeff on the mic, he has a sorta real approach rather than putting on a front. Sure there are better but there are also worst.