Official RAW Thread 10/24/16: Triple Threat Main Event

Only for Raw.

In the beginning, I really thought they were trying to eff Smackdown over, but then once they started putting on shows, I found out that they were just going to keep rehashing the same tired-ass, stale, and boring Raw shtick that's been killing their ratings whilst Smackdown was going to put on an enjoyable show.

I'm literally baffled as to what Vince was thinking with trying to get Heyman & Lesnar to cut a heel promo last night. It's Brock Lesnar, wearing a Minneapolis Suplex City Shirt, in his hometown of Minneapolis. No wonder they cut it short. Even Heyman was struggling. I'm not sure what they were trying to achieve. The crowd didn't know what to do and were confused. I get that Vince wants to keep Goldberg face and was worried that the hometown reaction might do him no favours, but in all honesty the Goldberg sucks chant stemmed purely from the Crowd trying to show Lesnar & Heyman they are with their hometown guy when Heyman tried to make out the crowd was split 50/50. There is absolutely no need to turn Lesnar heel for a feud that at this point will only stem one match long as it is. The only thing I can fathom is that they thought the crowd would be so pro Goldberg after last week that they could carry this into last night, and it would lead to Lesnar taking out a planted hometown fan for chanting Goldberg, at least that's where they appeared to want to go with it. The lack of a backup plan was mind boggling though.

If the novelty of Goldberg wears off by the time Survivor Series arrives, and they've also turned Lesnar heel, then it could be crapped on even worse than Wrestlemania XX.

Aside from that, the rest of Raw was just as much of a struggle. The roster is literally so thin it'll be hard enough to watch 2 hours let alone three. The crowd and eve the commentators are so flat by the time the main event comes around, and we've already seen Rollins, Jericho & Owens at least 5 times each before hand which devalues any interest in the main event.

Another gripe is with Charlotte. She's good on the mic, but she really needs to start learning how to make others look good when she's on it. Jericho is the master of this. She only sees it as a one way street in trying to get herself over, but it makes you better if you can know how to make others look better. She cut Sasha off twice when Sasha was delivering her moment, and she cut Foley off at the height of him trying to sell the Hell in a Cell Match. It's frustrating to watch.