Raw Thread, 7/19: I ain't afraid of No Host!

This was seriously one of the best Raw episodes in a long, LONG time. Everything had focus and made sense. I am surprised Khali is involved in the match but I imagine Bourne is being saved for Miz at SummerSlam. I'm seriously stoked to see how they follow this up next week but everyone hit their marks tonight and the writing was pretty damn solid. Big credit to Sheamus who had multiple appearances and was spectacular all show long. He's definitely coming into his own.

I wish they would have done Morrison/DiBiase for SummerFest and put Mark Henry on Cena's team

I actually don't mind Bret Hart, but Khali, are you kidding me? I really hope he's just there for Nexus to take him out.

1. I wasn't expecting Danielson per-say, I was hoping it would be him. If the released Bret Hart can come back and Team with Cena and company, why couldn't the released Danielson do the same?

2. No-one denied he was fired, but like Hart, it was hoped he would be re-hired.

3. Oh, well if Khali's on the team, let's just pile on more crap. Don't try to add quality, since one guy in Khali's that awful is on the Team, just throw on more useless Mid-Carders.

Pretty entertaining Raw, to be honest. Triple Threat match was the highlight of the night, by far.

I was a little perplexed by the Edge/Jericho promo leading in to the Nexus beat down. I know they needed a set up, but it could have been better than that. The two of them don't really have THAT much history.

I'm not interested in Sheamus/Orton at all, but then again, I'm not terribly interested in any main event that features Sheamus as Champion.

7-on-7 being announced was pretty apparent, but exciting at the same time. I'm incredibly disappointed in the choices for Cena's team, though.

Khali? Seriously? This guy has no business being on Pay-Per-View, let alone in a match that is likely to main event. Huge mistake.

R-Truth? Again, he doesn't fit, and by the looks of things, he's been brought back in to feud with The Miz. No logic here.

Morrison? I'm a huge fan of Morrison, don't get me wrong, but why start this feud with Dibiase if you have no intention of finishing it anytime soon?

Where is Evan Bourne? He's had plenty of Nexus problems and has been a favorite of Cena's for weeks, he's obviously a logical choice.

What is The Miz supposed to do now?

I'm hoping a lot of Cena's team gets changed due to beat downs, etc. It just doesn't make sense right now.

I'm liking the whole feel of this, though, has an Alliance-y feel to it, which I love.

Wow. I literally was going to post these exact same thoughts. Exact same. Except, I was an idiot and thought Triple H would come out or something.

Yea as other have said, I really enjoyed Raw as well. The Nexus vs. Team Cena storyline is looking even better now.

I do agree that some of the picks for Cena's team were questionable. Don't really get Khali. Hasn't been doing anything of importance in awhile, soo i don't see why he would be in the biggest storyline in the company. Would have def. had Bourne replace him.

R-Truth is slightly questionable as well. Not as bad as Khali, but still kinda random. Henry would have prolly fit better in this spot. Really don't see how he could be boring though. He may not be the greatest wrestler per say, but he is constantly flying around all over the ring, so don't really see how constant moving action could be boring. Calling him a bad wrestler would be more appropriate if anything.

Cena, Edge, Jericho, Hart, are all good choices who fit really well with the storyline.

Morrison is kinda in the same postion as Truth, not a horrible choice, but wasn't currently involved in the angle. Doesn't make too much sense since he was starting the feud with DiBiase, but w.e. I think they could use the guys left out in a match at SS for the U.S. Have Miz vs. DiBiase vs. Bourne vs. Henry. Ideally Bourne would win, that way, you get the belt of Miz and he can officially move up into the main event.

Opinions, opinions...

This was a damn exciting Raw tonight. From the starting Triple Threat, to the Nexus beatdown on Edge and Jericho....even Barrett's match was good. Miz almost cashing in, I'm not gonna lie, had me marking. And then Truth came out and ruined it...and then the naming of Team Cena was cool. And BRET!!!! Who in the hell would have called that?! If you say you called it being Bret, I will call you a liar to your face.