1/6/03 Raw
Batista/Rico/3 Minute Warning vs. Dudley Boyz: Very bad opener.
Storm/Regal segment: This was basically just to beat up the Dudleys.
Molly Holly/Victoria vs. Trish Stratus/Jacqueline: Solid match.
Jericho/Michaels segment: Very good...
Booker T/Goldust vs. Lance Storm/William Regal: Solid match.
Test vs. Chris Nowinski: Bad match.
HHH/Steiner posedown: Very bad segment.
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Kane/Rob Van Dam: Pretty good main event.
Very middling show. Not terrible but stuff like the opener and posedown just didn't work.
Grade: C
1/13/03 Raw
Victoria vs. Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline: Not a great match.
Bischoff/Dudleys segment: The Dudleys are fired and attack Chief Morley.
Test/Maven vs. D'Lo Brown/Chris Nowinski: Not a great match.
Jericho segment: Pretty good promo.
William Regal vs. Jerry Lawler: Terrible and Regal looked VERY weak.
Jeff Hardy vs. Raven: Bad match.
Vince segment: Okay promo from Vince.
Booker T vs. Lance Storm: Good match.
Hurricane vs. Steven Richards: Very rushed filler match.
HHH/Steiner bench press contest: Lame.
Battle Royal for #2 spot in Rumble: Pretty good main event.
A show full of bad matches and questionable booking.
Grade: D
1/20/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good HHH/Steiner promo exchange, though it telegraphs another match between them.
Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam: Solid match.
Dudleys/Morley promo exchange: Very "meh" with the Dudleys being attacked and then losing the belts back to Regal/Storm in an impromptu match.
Trish Stratus/Hurricane vs. Victoria/Steven Richards: Solid match.
Bischoff promo: This was basically done to tease an Austin return.
Booker T/Goldust vs. 3 Minute Warning: Solid match.
Test vs. Chris Jericho: Decent match with Stacy accidentally getting hit with a chair afterward.
D'Lo Brown vs. Tommy Dreamer: Bad singapore cane match.
Batista vs. Scott Steiner: Bad "match" that results in a beatdown on Steiner.
Solid show.
Grade: B-
1/27/03 Raw
Booker T vs. Jeff Hardy: Solid match.
HHH/Steiner promo: Very solid promo exchange.
D'Lo Brown vs. Hurricane: Decent match.
Jericho/Christian/HBK promo: Good promo exchange as expected and HBK cleans house on both.
Victoria vs. Trish Stratus: Solid Chicago street fight match with Victoria retaining the title.
Dudley Boyz vs. William Regal/Lance Storm: Okay tables match with the heels retaining the belts.
Matt Capotelli vs. John Hennigan: All angle with Chris Nowinski stoppng it until Dreamer chases him out before nailing the rookies with a kendo stick.
Bischoff promo: This was basically him revealing that Austin won't be at the show.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. HHH/Batista: Solid main event.
Solid show.
Grade: B+
2/3/03 Raw
Opening segment: Decent Test/Jericho promo exchange.
Dudley Boyz vs. 3 Minute Warning: One minute special with Rico getting put through a table so the Dudleys get their heat back.
HHH promo: Tommy Dreamer's match never gets started as Evolution attacks him so the typical HHH promo can occur.
Victoria vs. Molly Holly: Decent match.
Booker T/Goldust vs. William Regal/Lance Storm: Solid tag title match with Regal/Storm winning.
Kane vs. Rob Van Dam: Solid match until Jeff Hardy interferes.
D'Lo Brown vs. Maven: Mediocre filler match.
Scott Steiner vs. Chris Jericho: Okay main event.
Very average show that was lacking compared to the last two weeks.
Grade: C
2/10/03 Raw
Test vs. Christian: This lasts about two minutes with Christian losing to a full nelson slam
Booker T vs. D'Lo Brown: Squash...
Jazz vs. Molly Holly: Despite the predictable outcome it wasn't bad.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. 3 Minute Warning: Squash.
Dudley Boyz vs. Chief Morley: Squash.
Batista vs. Tommy Dreamer: Squash.
Chris Jericho vs. Jeff Hardy: Good match.
Kiss my Ass club: Terrible ending.
A pedestrian show with the main storyline focus being on non-wrestlers. And as bad as HHH was at this time it's stupid to not have your world champ appear on a show.
Grade: D+
2/17/03 Raw
Rob Van Dam vs. Lance Storm: Good opener
Victoria/Jazz vs. Jacqueline/Molly Holly: Solid match.
Rodney Mack vs. Al Snow: Squash.
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Shawn Michaels/Jeff Hardy: Pretty good match...
3 Minute Warning/Rico vs. Spike Dudley: Squash.
Hurricane vs. Chris Nowinski: Decent match.
Scott Steiner/Booker T vs. HHH/Batista: Bad match.
Eric Bischoff vs. Jim Ross: Terrible main event.
This was hit/miss but the bad outweighed the good...
Grade: C
2/24/03 Raw
Opening segment: Very good heel Rock promo.
Jazz vs. Jacqueline: This was pretty much a squash.
Kane vs. Lance Storm: Decent match.
Scott Steiner/Booker T vs. Randy Orton/Batista: Decent match as Steiner never got into the match.
Test/Stacy Keibler vs. Chris Jericho/Christian: All angle as Jericho put Stacy in the Walls of Jericho.
Jeff Hardy vs. Chris Nowinski: Bad match.
Jerry Lawler vs. Chief Morley: Decent match as Morley was in control for most of it.
Battle Royal: Very good with Booker winning to become #1 contender.
Very good show.
Grade: B
3/3/03 Raw
Opening segment: Terrible HHH/Booker promo exchange where HHH discredits Booker by being champ when Arquette and Russo held the gold. Just terrible.
Jeff Hardy vs. Christian: Decent match.
Chief Morley vs. Spike Dudley: Not a great match.
Jacqueline/Trish Stratus vs. Victoria/Jazz: Solid match.
Chris Jericho vs. Test: Okay match.
Booker T vs. Scott Steiner: Not a great match.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. Al Snow/Tommy Dreamer: Hardcore squash match.
Final segment: Very good segment with Austin returning to start the build to the Austin/Rock rubber match at Wrestlemania.
Weak matches on this show and the opening promo was unnecessary.
Grade: C-
3/10/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good segment that makes the main event.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho/Christian: Solid match.
Jeff Hardy vs. Rico: Terrible match.
Trish Stratus vs. Jazz: Decent match that served to make both #1 contender.
Rock/Austin/Bischoff promo: Very good as you'd expect for Rock and Austin.
HHH vs. Maven: Extended squash with him destroying Al Snow after the match too.
D'Von vs. Lance Storm/Chief Morley: This was mostly angle.
Rock vs. Hurricane: Great main event where Hurricane actually won.
Good show.
Grade: B
3/17/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good segment that made the main event.
Rob Van Dam/Kane vs. Lance Storm/Chief Morley: Solid match.
HHH promo: Another terrible promo, where HHH said that Booker is a street thug and doesn't deserve to be champ. He destroys Goldust until Booker makes the save. Ugh.
Maven vs. Rico: Not a great match.
Hurricane vs. Rodney Mack: Bad match with Rock getting his heat back afterwards.
Trish Stratus/Jazz vs. Victoria/Steven Richards: Decent match with Jazz predictably walking out on Trish.
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Test/Scott Steiner: Decent match.
HHH vs. Goldust: Solid match.
Steve Austin vs. Eric Bischoff: Extended squash main event with Austin getting Rockbottomed to end the show.
Another solid show.
Grade: B-
3/24/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good Austin segment where Austin is escorted out of the ring so he doesn't get involved in the Rock concert.
Trish Stratus/Jeff Hardy vs. Victoria/Steven Richards: Solid match.
Scott Steiner vs. Christian: Okay match with Steiner actually winning.
HHH/Ric Flair vs. Booker T/Goldust: Good match.
Jericho/HBK promo: Very good promo exchange to hype their WM match.
Rob Van Dam/Kane vs. Dudley Boyz: Solid match.
Rock Concert: Very good as expected with Austin predictably showing up again.
Very good episode before Wrestlemania.
Grade: A
3/31/03 Raw
Opening segment: Solid Austin/Bischoff promo that writes out Austin as a wrestler.
HHH vs. Hurricane: Solid match actually.
Sxott Steiner vs. Chris Nowinski: Bad match.
Maven vs. Rosey: Bad match.
Booker T vs. Chris Jericho: Solid match.
Jeff Hardy vs. Steven Richards: Decent match.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Lance Storm/Chief Morley: Good match with Kane and RVD winning the tag titles.
Rock AAppreciation Night: Very good segment that leads to the debut of Goldberg.
Great show.
Grade: B+
4/7/03 Raw
Trish Stratus vs. Jazz: Solid match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Chief Morley: Solid match.
Scott Steiner vs. Chris Nowinski: Bad match.
Rock vs. Jeff Hardy: Very good match.
Kane vs. Dudley Boyz: Bad match.
Bischoff/JR segment: Decent promo exchange with JR quitting.
Goldust vs. Steven Richards: Squash.
HHH/Chris Jericho vs. Booker T/Shawn Michaels: Good main event.
Good show.
Grade: B
4/14/03 Raw
Opening segment: Bad HHH/HBK/Nash promo exchange. The Kliq opens Raw...
Test vs. Chris Jericho: Okay match.
Trish Stratus/Ivory vs. Victoria/Jazz: Solid match.
Rob Van Dam/Kane vs. Lance Storm/Chief Morley: Solid match.
Goldust vs. Christian: Very rushed match and Goldberg destroys Christian afterwards.
Great Debate: Steiner's antics were the only good part of this.
HHH/Ric Flair vs. Booker T/Hurricane: Solid main event.
Very dull show as there was hardly any energy.
Grade: C-
4/21/03 Raw
Chris Jericho vs. Hurricane: Pretty good opener...
White Boy Challenge: Boring...
Test/Scott Steiner vs. 3 Minute Warning: Very boring match...
Rock Concert: Very good... Rock continues to be the best part of Raw.
Spike Dudley/Trish Stratus vs. Dudley Boyz: Pretty boring match...
Rock Concert 2: Very good as well...
HHH vs. Booker T: Just like WM 19... okay match with a bad finish. They really screwed up with Booker as he had tons of momentum and was good in the ring too.
If it weren't for Rock's segments and the opener it would have been awful. With them, it's mediocre.
Grade: D+
4/28/03 Raw
Highlight Reel: Pretty good...
Hurricane vs. Chief Morley: Good with a surprise result as Morley actually loses.
White Boy Challenge: Boring...
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. HHH/Ric Flair: Not bad...
Scott Steiner/Test vs. Chris Nowinski/Rico: Bad match.
Booker T vs. Christian: Pretty good...
Eric Bischoff vs. Trish Stratus: All angle with Bischoff winning as a result of the heel divas interfering on Bischoff's behalf, so he "gets some".
Ending segment: Linda announces that Steve Austin is co-GM with Bischoff.
Not a terrible show, but not a good one either.
Grade: C
5/5/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good segment that made PPV matches, brought back the IC title, and made the next match.
Jerry Lawler vs. Chief Morley: Decent match with Lawler winning so Morley doesn't get rehired.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. Test/Scott Steiner: Not a great match.
Highlight Reel: Solid segment that turned into a big HHH/Nash backstage brawl that lasted a while until at the end Jericho appears saying that he set the whole thing up. Classic.
Booker T vs. Lance Storm: Decent match.
La Resistance vs. Spike Dudley/Tommy Dreamer: Bad match.
Jazz vs. Trish Stratus: Decent match.
Goldberg vs. 3 Minute Warning/Rico: A squash main event.
Solid episode.
Grade: B-
5/12/03 Raw
Opening segment: Hyped the IC title battle royal at Judgment Day. Pretty good segment.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. Legion of Doom: Pretty bad match... luckily the right team won.
White Boy Challenge: Boring...
Freddie Blassie segment: Good until 3MW attacked him. The 3MW attacks were SO 2002…
Goldberg vs. Christian cage match: Not bad...
Ric Flair vs. Hurricane: Decent even though the winner was pretty obvious...
Test/Scott Steiner/Goldust vs. La Resistance/Chris Nowinski: Pretty boring match...
Trish Stratus vs. Victoria hardcore match: Pretty good match...
Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash: Really bad main event.
This show wasn't good at all. The matches weren’t anything special, the show was boring, and Nash as #1 contender just wasn’t working.
Grade: C-
5/19/03 Raw
Opening segment: Very solid Austin/HHH promo exchange that made the main event.
Dudley Boyz vs. 3 Minute Warning: Bad match.
Highlight Reel: Very good segment that made the next match.
Kane/Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho/Christian: Good match.
Rodney Mack vs. Spike Dudley: Probably the best "white boy challenge" ever as Spike lasts almost the whole way only to tap at the last second.
La Resistance vs. Test/Scott Steiner: Bad match.
Goldberg vs. Lance Storm: Squash.
HHH vs. Ric Flair: Good world title match with HHH retaining.
Not a bad show.
Grade: B-
5/26/03 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Booker T vs. Test: Boring and bland.
Val Venis vs. Steven Richards: Decent yet very pointless too as neither had anything going on at all.
Austin/Lillian segment: Decent at best.
Goldust vs. Christian: Decent but Goldust winning, especially with a powerslam, made Christian look pretty weak since Goldust was a jobber pretty much at this time.
Rodney Mack vs. Bubba Ray Dudley: Boring...
Sylvan Grenier vs. Rob Van Dam: A flag match, and not a good one.
Highlight Reel: Pretty solid.
HHH vs. Ric Flair/Shawn Michaels: Okay at best... Flair back with HHH was pretty disappointing while Orton's return was good.
Very bland show as nothing stood out, the wrestling sucked, and nothing really happened.
Grade: D+
6/2/03 Raw
Victoria/Jazz/Molly Holly vs. Ivory/Trish Stratus/Jacqueline: Solid match.
HHH promo: Okay promo exchange that made the main event.
Scott Steiner vs. Steven Richards: Squash.
Highlight Reel: Decent promo that turned Rock face again with Christian claiming he was the real People's Champ.
Kane vs. Rene Dupree: Not a great match.
Booker T/Goldust vs. Chris Jericho/Christian: Solid match.
Shawn Michaels/Kevin Nash/Hurricane vs. Randy Orton/Ric Flair/HHH: Okay main event.
Not a terrible show but it also lacked energy and very little happened.
Grade: C
6/9/03 Raw
Goldberg vs. Rosey: Squash.
Rob Van Dam vs. Rene Dupree: Okay match.
Ivory/Trish Stratus vs. Victoria/Jazz: Decent match.
Scott Steiner vs. Lance Storm: Squash.
HHH/Foley segment: Good in hyping the Bad Blood main event.
Randy Orton vs. Hurricane: Decent match.
Spinarooni Challenge: Pretty funny segment.
Rodney Mack vs. D'Von Dudley: Bad match.
HHH/Foley segment 2: VERY good.
Very hit/miss show. Good talking, bad wrestling. Second hour was better than the first.
Grade: C-
6/16/03 Raw
Opening segment: Really good...
Dudley Boyz/Ivory vs. Rodney Mack/Chris Nowinski/Jazz: Bad match.
Garrison Cade vs. Lance Storm: This sucked... a "boring" angle doesn't work because it'll get the fans to think you're boring.
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Booker T/Goldberg: This was pretty good.
Test vs. Mae Young: Test gives her a pumphandle slam and runs away from guest referee Scott Steiner. That's it.
Rico vs. Spike Dudley: This was a very solid match that basically reinvented Rico
Randy Orton vs. Maven: Not a great match.
La Resistance vs. Kane/Rob Van Dam: Boring main event outside of the aftermath.
This show was good storyline wise but wasn't great wrestling-wise or booking-wise.
Grade: C-
6/23/03 Raw
Booker T/Scott Steiner vs. Test/Christian: Okay...
Maven vs. Chris Nowinski: One minute special.
Highlight Reel: Solid...
Dudley Boyz vs. Chris Jericho/Lance Storm: Good match.
La Resistance vs. Sgt. Slaughter/Hurricane: Bad match.
Kevin Nash/Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton/Ric Flair: Good when Michaels was in, bad when he wasn't.
Goldberg vs. Rodney Mack: Second sub-60 second match of the night.
HHH vs. Kane: Okay match, disappointing unmasking since it was obviously makeup.
For a show in MSG this was seriously weak. Outside of the main event little advanced.
Grade: D+
6/30/03 Raw
Highlight Reel: Not bad except for the Jericho/Test vs. Steiner/Stacy match announcement. Ugh…
Goldberg vs. Lance Storm: Didn't even start as Rodney Mack attacked Goldberg only to get squashed. Felt pointless...
Women's title battle royal: Okay but the booking was bad. Giving the title to Gail Kim in her first match?
Christian vs. Booker T: Good until the finish, which got annoying as the show went on.
Chris Jericho/Test vs. Scott Steiner/Stacy Keibler: Bad and lasted like forever.
Rico vs. Maven: Okay but very pointless.
Randy Orton vs. Tommy Dreamer: Wasn't a very good match at all...
La Resistance vs. Hurricane/Spike Dudley: This sucked and was complete filler.
HHH vs. Rob Van Dam: This world title match was okay at best and ended with a DDT on the ramp of all things. Very anticlimactic and HHH as champ was getting very boring.
This whole show felt like filler and was filled with annoying match stipulation changing.
Grade: D-
7/7/03 Raw
Booker T vs. Christian: Pretty good...
Rosey vs. Hurricane: Bad match.
Val Venis/Gail Kim vs. Victoria/Steven Richards: Decent match.
Highlight Reel: Solid and made HBK/Jericho two weeks in advance.
Test vs. Kevin Nash: Boring and Nash lost to Test in under two minutes despite recently going for the WHC?
Chris Jericho vs. Mark Jindrak: Okay match but it didn't click... Jindrak's debut was one of the worst possible ways to debut a new talent.
Trish Stratus vs. Molly Holly: Pretty good with Molly surprisingly winning after doing nothing ever since losing the title at Unforgiven.
Bubba Ray Dudley/Rob Van Dam vs. Randy Orton/Ric Flair: Okay match but 5 minutes is not main event length, especially on a two hour show.
Ending segment: This was an interesting advancement in the Kane storyline.
Hit/miss but a bit more miss due to some questionable booking decisions and the show wasn't very exciting either.
Grade: C
7/14/03 Raw
Highlight Reel: Wasn't bad...
Test/Steven Richards/Victoria vs. Kevin Nash/Scott Steiner/Stacy Keibler: Very boring match...
Maven vs. Lance Storm: Okay match but bad storyline and bad result. I still have no idea why they thought the “boring” angle would work.
Dudley Boyz/La Resistance segment: God, this was terrible... the Dudleys sang the national anthem before their match and they don’t exactly have beautiful voices despite them being good promos.
Evolution vs. Dudley Boyz (elimination match): The focus was on Randy Orton, who scored all three eliminations. This is fine and dandy except that he wasn't ready at the time for such a huge push as his ring work still needed a little work.
Rodney Mack vs. Rosey: Ugly match that served little purpose.
Booker T vs. Christian: Decent match but also a repetitive match too...
Gail Kim vs. Molly Holly: Not a bad women’s title match at all...
Kane/JR interview: Two weeks and they already screw up Kane by having him set JR on fire. Kane's a big man and shouldn't have to resort to such stuff to be scary.
The typical 2003 Raw… weak matches, bad storylines, and questionable booking decisions.
Grade: D+
7/21/03 Raw
Opening segment: Very boring Bischoff/Linda promo exchange about Kane's actions.
Molly Holly/Victoria vs. Trish Stratus/Gail Kim: Okay match until the finishing sequence.
Randy Orton vs. Val Venis: Okay match, nothing special.
Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels: Very good match with Jericho getting his win back from WM.
Booker T vs. Test: Okay match.
Kane vs. Rob Van Dam: All angle as the point of this was for Kane to tombstone Linda on the steps, but her head didn't come close to hitting the steps.
Outside of Jericho/Michaels, very little happened on this show at all.
Grade: C-
7/28/03 Raw
Booker T/Scott Steiner vs. Test/Christian: This was pretty boring and by the numbers... not the best way to start Raw.
Goldberg vs. Steven Richards: Typical Goldberg squash.
Goldberg/Evolution segment: I liked this since the Summerslam main event was announced well in advance.
Val Venis vs. Rico: Even though it was pointless I always liked watching these two wrestle each other and this was no exception.
Highlight Reel: Very good except for the match that resulted from it (Nash/Jericho).
Kevin Nash vs. Chris Jericho: Typical Jericho bumping his ass off for Nash and looking weak in the end.
La Resistance vs. Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade: This match was pretty boring...
Gail Kim vs. Molly Holly: Not bad and Molly wins the belt in a match that wasn't hyped in advance.
Ending segment: This wasn't very good as it was another promo involving non-wrestlers except for Kane and Shane attacks Kane and knocks him off the stage...
This wasn’t a terrible show at all although it was pretty boring. This was a good show to build to Summerslam but the excitement just wasn’t there.
Grade: C
8/4/03 Raw
Opening segment: Really bad segment with Austin, Bischoff, and Shane Mcmahon involved, none of which are active wrestlers, and Shane vs. Bischoff is announced as the main event.
Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Rene Dupree: Not a great match here.
Randy Orton vs. Scott Steiner: Another lackluster match here that furthered the neverending Test/Steiner feud.
Christian vs. Hurricane: Pretty solid midcard match.
Goldberg vs. Ric Flair: Okay match but was booked terribly with a DQ finish.
Trish Stratus vs. Molly Holly: Decent match until run-ins from Victoria (which made little sense) and Gail Kim, who rescued Trish from the heels and then turned on Trish.
Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam: Best match of the night, easily.
Eric Bischoff vs. Shane McMahon: A very bad main event that advanced Kane/Shane.
This show was pretty bad... the first hour was a wash aside from Christian/Hurricane and while the second hour picked up, the main event was just terrible.
Grade: C-
8/11/03 Raw
Opening segment: Once again featured no wrestlers whatsoever and Bischoff vs. Kane is made for later tonight. Yay.
Scott Steiner/Stacy Keibler vs. Rico/Miss Jackie: Pretty bad opening match and the heels won as a result of Test getting Steiner's attention and Steiner chasing him into the crowd.
Dudley Boyz vs. La Resistance: No real match as the DQ happened around 20 seconds in and La Resistance drank French wine afterwards. Meh.
Christian vs. Spike Dudley: Pretty solid midcard match.
Kane vs. Eric Bischoff: Not much of a match and Kane turns full heel here. Not much of a segment either.
Trish Stratus vs. Molly Holly vs. Gail Kim: Decent match with a well-booked finish.
Hurricane vs. Rodney Mack: Not a great match here and it was strictly filler.
Highlight Reel: This was an okay at best edition... it hyped Jericho vs. Nash hair vs. hair for next week, which was sure to be a bad match.
Goldberg vs. Ric Flair: Decent main event due to the carrying ability of Ric Flair.
This show was pretty weak, especially in the first hour. The second hour did pick up however but I just can't give it a good score as the wrestling was bad and not much happened either. Very dull show.
Grade: C-
8/18/03 Raw
Opening segment: This was really good and hyped the elimination chamber very well with all the participants hitting their finishers on each other.
Molly Holly vs. Trish Stratus: Decent match which ends with Gail Kim attacking Molly for the finish of the three way women's title match the previous week.
Shane segment: He cuts a promo on Bischoff and Kane. Yawn. Neither match interested me that much.
Test vs. Scott Steiner for the services of Stacy Keibler: Pretty boring match which ended with a faked injury by Test that didn't fool me in the slightest. And this means that Test/Steiner will continue too.
La Resistance/Dudleys segment: The most notable thing about this was the debut of Rob Conway, as he swerved the Dudleys and aligned with La Resistance. Okay segment but didn't get me interested in the feud either.
Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Nash hair vs. hair: A gimmick match that gets hyped up weeks in advance gets around three minutes of TV time. It wasn't very good and Jericho wins.
Rosey vs. Rodney Mack: Bad match that served very little, if any, purpose.
Linda/Bischoff segment: This segment was in between boring and bad and the theme of the segment was rape. And worse was this didn't involve a single wrestler whatsoever.
Christian vs. Rob Van Dam: Decent match that got cut short by idiotic booking. Christian, the IC champion, was made to look like an afterthought as the whole match was a backdrop to Kane hitting RVD with a chair while RVD did a dive, and carrying him backstage to try and set him on fire but fail. Setting somebody on fire is scary in reality but on a wrestling show it comes off as very goofy.
Goldberg vs. Randy Orton: Not a great main event.
This show built Summerslam really good but it still wasn't a good show. The wrestling was very bad as were the storylines and some of the booking, such as the length of Jericho/Nash and the finish of RVD/Christian.
Grade: D+
8/25/03 Raw
Opening segment: This was very good and the Goldberg/HHH main event at Unforgiven is announced in the first segment after Summerslam.
Trish Stratus vs. Gail Kim: Not a great match.
Rodney Mack/Mark Henry vs. Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade: Very boring squash match.
La Resistance/Rob Conway vs. Dudley Boyz/Spike Dudley: For a tag match this was WAY too short as it lasted around two minutes.
Highlight Reel: Theme of the night right here... this segment showed tons of potential at the start then it became the usual segment focused on the McMahon family, which resulted in Jericho vs. Shane booked as the main event tonight. Okay...
Randy Orton vs. Maven: This was not a great match as both these guys were very bland and inexperienced in the ring. However, this started the build to Orton/HBK, which was actually a very solid build.
Employee Of The Month Award ceremony: Coach was definitely more interesting as a heel than as a face, but it doesn't make much sense for a heel to award somebody employee of the month when his interference didn't win him the match, and this booked a Christian vs. Jerry Lawler match.
Christian vs. Jerry Lawler: Not much of a match AND Christian needed the ropes to beat a retired wrestler and a current announcer.
Chris Jericho vs. Shane McMahon: Once again, not much of a match as this was only used to further the Shane/Kane feud, and Shane threw Kane into a flaming dumpster to end the show. Not only was that stupid but that whole feud was booked backwards with Shane getting the upper hand on Kane most of the time.
This was not a good show at all... the wrestling was pretty bad for the most part and the booking was very much focused on non-wrestlers as it built feuds around Shane McMahon and the Raw and Heat announce teams. Can you believe that?
Grade: F
9/1/03 Raw
Jerry Lawler vs. Jonathan Coachman: Terrible match and an even more terrible choice for an opener.
Austin segment: He destroys the Highlight Reel and books Jericho and Christian against each other. Not a bad segment.
Chris Jericho vs. Christian: Pretty good match here with both playing the heel role.
Gail Kim/Molly Holly vs. Trish Stratus/Ivory: Typical formulaic tag match here. wasn't bad, wasn't great.
Kane/Shane segment: Here's where it starts to go downhill... Kane attaches a car battery to Shane's testicles and electrocutes them. That is just goofy and not how you build a monster heel. His power moves should be more than enough to get that same message across.
Hurricane/Rosey vs. La Resistance: Blah to this... Hurricane was the only solid worker in this match as the rest are either inexperienced (La Resistance) or just plain bad (Rosey).
Test/Stacy Keibler vs. Steven Richards/Victoria: Another bad match here with the only redeemable parts being the heel antics of Richards and Victoria. The Test/Steiner feud continues after a one week hiatus...
Evolution vs. Goldberg/Maven/Shawn Michaels: A really good main event that continued to build momentum for Goldberg/HHH.
While this was easily the strongest show in the build to Unforgiven I can't say it was really good either. For every main event or Jericho/Christian there was a Lawler/Coach or Shane/Kane segment to kill the momentum. It wasn’t boring at all but the storylines were just SO BAD that it gets a just below average score.
Grade: C+
9/8/03 Raw
Kane vs. Rob Van Dam cage match: Match was okay at best (disappointing for a cage match), but the booking... Kane destroys RVD pretty much yet can't destroy Shane McMahon the same way?
Bischoff segment: He makes matches for Unforgiven in Kane vs. Shane and the Raw announce team vs. the Heat announce team, and makes tonight's main event in HHH vs. Goldberg with mystery partners of Bischoff's choice for each.
Lance Storm vs. Rico: Pretty decent match here when you look past the stupidity of Lance Storm dancing. It felt so forced as Lance doesn't have Michaels/Jericho/Cena-esque charisma at all.
Gail Kim/Molly Holly vs. Trish Stratus/Jacqueline: The standard formulaic tag match here. Wasn't bad but wasn't great either.
State of Raw address: While it did run a bit long and end in the obvious Stunner on Jericho, it was not a bad segment at all and was actually quite entertaining.
La Resistance/Rob Conway/Mark Henry/Rodney Mack vs. Dudley Boyz/Spike Dudley/Hurricane/Rosey: A 10 man tag where the length wasn't even half as long as the number of guys in the ring. It was mainly a finisher fest and the most notable part was La Resistance injuring Spike's neck on a table spot.
Scott Steiner vs. Steven Richards: Once again, blah. Even with Test interference Steiner prevailed.
Coach segment: He shows some doctored photos of JR and JR punches him in the face. Bad segment.
HHH/Ric Flair vs. Goldberg/Randy Orton: No match obviously and the angle lost its effectiveness due to how predictable Orton being Goldberg's partner would be.
Not a great show, especially in the second hour. No feuds were really advanced except for the women’s feud (as well as the tag title feud but that was unintentional) and the match quality was subpar as usual.
Grade: C-
9/15/03 Raw
Opening segment: This was pretty good with Jericho and Christian protesting about Steve Austin in the ring. Jericho wants an IC title match at Unforgiven and Austin makes a match with Jericho against RVD, who also wants a PPV match.
Chris Jericho vs. Rob Van Dam: Pretty good match although the finish was obvious before the match even started. Jericho and RVD were not going to be left off a Raw only PPV.
Rob Conway vs. Spike Dudley: If you blinked you'd probably miss this one as Conway beat an injured Spike with a neckbreaker very quickly and the Dudleys and La Resistance brawled after the match. The whole thing felt very rushed.
Victoria vs. Fabulous Moolah: This was short and bad with Moolah actually winning against the psycho heel of the women's division. The segment with Moolah and Orton afterwards was good though.
Rodney Mack/Mark Henry vs. Goldust/Lance Storm: A boring squash match.
Kane/Shane contract signing: Pretty bad as the storyline was ridiculous and Shane got the upper hand on Kane before their "epic" encounter at Unforgiven. Bad booking.
Trish Stratus vs. Gail Kim/Molly Holly: The match was pretty good and Lita returns and takes the heels out, which was also well done.
Test vs. Val Venis: Meh. Not much of a match and Val actually wins due to interference from Scott Steiner.
Jerry Lawler vs. Al Snow: Once again, blah.
Goldberg going away party: Man, what a letdown. Very boring, HHH's mic died, and it killed all the momentum the feud had going.
This wasn't as bad as the show after Summerslam as the handicap match and anything involving Jericho/Christian/RVD was good, but the WWE really tried. The matches were bad for the most part, the booking was worse, the show had a boring feel to it, and the storylines were just terrible. Kane/Shane, Raw vs. Heat, Test/Steiner, and Dudleys/La Resistance were all either bad or repetitive and that's half of the PPV matches!
Grade: D
9/22/03 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Goldberg promo after his title win that made the main event.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christian: Solid IC title match.
HHH promo: Very bad promo that basically telegraphed him winning the belt back after attacking Jindrak and Cade before a match.
Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer: Squash.
Lita/Trish Status vs. Molly Holly/Gail Kim: Solid match.
Hurricane/Rosey vs. La Resistance: Okay filler match.
Evolution vs. Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade/Maven: Solid match though HHH cut another bad promo afterwards.
Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho: Solid main event.
Much better show than the last few weeks, though the show still had its problems.
Grade: B-
9/29/03 Raw
Opening segment: Was okay but the announcement of Coach vs. JR was ridiculous.
Dudley Boyz vs. Test/Scott Steiner: A pretty boring match with the only notable part being Steiner’s heel turn after the match.
Kane segment: It wasn't that good (he cuts a promo on Shane meaning the feud's still in progress although Kane beat him at the last PPV) although they tease a Hurricane push... maybe.
La Resistance vs. Maven/Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade: It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be but it still wasn't very good.
Jonathan Coachman vs. Jim Ross: This was atrocious and JR and King are the Raw announce team again with his win.
Lita promo: Started out terrible but thankfully got better as it progressed thanks to the heels.
Kane vs. Hurricane: So, they build up a SQUASH? Come on...
Goldberg/Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair/Randy Orton: Good except for the end with Henry and Mack attacking HBK.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christian: GREAT match... definitely top 5 in terms of Raw matches that year.
There was some good stuff on this show like the last two matches but there was still the usual Raw crap like the announcer match and anything involving Kane and Mark Henry as #1 contender to the WHC when guys like Jericho, Christian, and even Randy Orton are on the same show as him is just dumb. One great match does not make it a good show, especially when the rest of the show was as dumb as it usually is.
Grade: C-
10/6/03 Raw
Kane vs. Rosey: Basically a squash but the real story was Kane chasing Shane after the match into a limo, where Shane crashed the limo, which had Kane inside, into a trailer. It came off as REALLY lame and the show was focused on this for the rest of the night.
Lita vs. Gail Kim: Not a great match.
Scott Steiner vs. Spike Dudley: A very boring squash that kept being interrupted with coverage of Kane being tended to.
Jericho/Christian/Coach/Storm segment: This was pretty good and made the next match.
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Rob Van Dam/Lance Storm: Pretty good match with Storm pinning Jericho.
Evolution vs. Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade: Decent match though it felt like complete filler.
Maven/Trish Stratus vs. Steven Richards/Victoria: Same as the previous match pretty much.
Goldberg vs. Mark Henry: This main event was pretty bad and Mark Henry as the top heel in the absence of HHH is juÒ’ stupid.
A better show than last week but it was still very boring and not much happened except for the limo crash.
Grade: C-
10/13/03 Raw
Opening segment: Very good segment involving the midcard heels, Shane, and the Dudleys that made a match for later.
Rob Van Dam vs. Scott Steiner: Not a great match.
Maven vs. Rico: Absolute squash until Flair runs down to attack Maven.
Goldberg promo: Pretty solid with a match being made and Tommy Dreamer trying to collect the bounty and failing.
Chris Jericho/Christian/La Resistance vs. Dudley Boyz/Shane McMahon/Booker T: Solid tables match with the babyfaces winning.
Lita/Trish Stratus/Ivory vs. Molly Holly/Gail Kim/Victoria: Average match.
Goldberg/Shawn Michaels vs. Mark Henry/Randy Orton/Ric Flair: Decent main event.
Decent episode, much better than the last couple weeks.
Grade: B-
10/20/03 Raw
Opening segment: This mostly dragged until Test got stunnered and Bischoff made the challenge for Survivor Sries.
Dudley Boyz vs. La Resistance: Okay match.
Booker T vs. Randy Orton: Decent match but a bad finish with Booker winning by countout in his first singles match back.
Chris Jericho/Scott Steiner vs. Rob Van Dam/Lance Storm: Good match.
Lita/Trish Stratus vs. Molly Holly/Victoria: Solid match.
Maven vs. Ric Flair: Decent match.
Kane promo: Despite the storyline, this was a good promo on Shane.
Shawn Michaels vs. Goldberg: Good main event that ended with Batista returning and collecting HHH's bounty.
Very solid show with actual good booking.
Grade: B
10/27/03 Raw
Opening segment: Wasn't bad as it capitalized on Batista’s momentum from returning and collecting HHH’s bounty...
Rico vs. Booker T: Squash...
Mark Henry vs. Lance Storm: A squash until HBK comes in and attacks Henry...
Hurricane/Jon Heidenreich vs. La Resistance: Was pretty good until Heidenreich came in...
Shane McMahon vs. Test: This was STUPID... Test's foot was broken and they put him in a match with Shane involving WEAPONS? That is just wrong!
Lita vs. Trish Stratus vs. Gail Kim vs. Victoria: This was a mess and Lita's #1 contender to the women's title.
Ric Flair/Randy Orton vs. Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade: Okay match until the embarrassing finish of Maven completely missing a clothesline on Flair, who actually SELLS it and gets pinned for the win.
Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho (IC title match): Jericho wins the belt until Austin orders an impromptu steel cage rematch with RVD winning it back. That sucked.
This show was below average as there wasn’t much quality wrestling and the storylines were still quite bad. Oh, and having a guy with a broken foot compete in a match…
Grade: C-
11/3/03 Raw
Booker T/Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho/Christian: Good opener.
Segment: Molly beats up on Terri until Lita makes the save, until Gail Kim hits Lita with a wrench in the first row. Effective although the beatdown on Terri was VERY sloppy.
Batista vs. Maven: Bad match.
Dudley Boyz vs. Garrison Cade/Mark Jindrak: Not a great match.
Contract signing: Very solid with Orton being announced as Team Bischoff's final member.
Lance Storm vs. Rico: Solid match.
Trish Stratus/Jon Heidenreich vs. Vicoria/Steven Richards: Okay match at best with this being the match where Richards got injured as the match fell apart when Heidenreich came in.
Shawn Michaels vs. Mark Henry: Solid match.
Final segment: This was good hype for Goldberg/Batista next week.
Solid show that promoted Survivor Series very well.
Grade: B
11/10/03 Raw
Opening segment: This was the typical stale HHH heel promo, nothing more.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christian: Okay match… this wasn’t up to their usual standards.
La Resistance vs. Hurricane/Rosey: Boring filler match as neither were doing anything at Survivor Series whatsoever.
Lita/Terri Runnels vs. Molly Holly/Gail Kim: Terrible tag match, as you would expect with any match involving Terri.
Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels: The highlight of the night, even if it wasn't up to par with their Unforgiven match. Built up Survivor Series very well.
Kane/Shane dinner segment: Absurd way to hype a PPV match... have two enemies, one of which is a monster, go out to dinner! Who honestly thinks stuff like this works?
Dudley Boyz vs. Mark Henry/Scott Steiner: Very bad match.
Booker T vs. Chris Jericho: Pretty much the same thing as RVD/Christian.
Goldberg vs. Batista: Very bad main event.
Very wrestling-lean show focused on bad storylines. The show felt like an absolute trainwreck.
Grade: D
11/17/03 Raw
Opening segment: Very good segment that made most of the show's matches.
Booker T vs. Mark Henry: Not a great match.
La Resistance vs. Garrison Cade/Mark Jindrak: Okay match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Ric Flair: Solid IC title match.
Highlight Reel: Very good segment that made a match later.
Dudley Boyz vs. Test/Scott Steiner: Bad match.
Lita/Matt Hardy vs. Molly Holly/Eric Bischoff: Not much of a match but a compelling angle.
Val Venis vs. Rico: Decent match.
Evolution vs. Goldberg: Bad "match" with HHH pinning Goldberg and telegraphing winning the belt back at the next PPV.
One of the better Raws as the booking and writing were very well done.
Grade: B-
11/24/03 Raw
Opening segment: Decent Bischoff promo with him announcing HBK/Batista for Armageddon and the main event.
Lita vs. Victoria: Decent cage match.
Randy Orton vs. Sgt. Slaughter: Squash.
Bubba Ray Dudley/Garrison Cade vs. Matt Hardy/Christian: Not much of a match as it was a strange bedfellows match..
HHH vs. Goldberg: This was all angle to get Kane involved in the title feud.
Booker T vs. Mark Henry: Bad Salt Lake City street fight match.
Capture The Midget match: Hurricane and Rosey were booked in the match yet Terri joined in and JR won as the midget hopped onto his lap. Amusing.
Rob Van Dam vs. Scott Steiner/Test: Bad Singapore Cane handicap match.
Trish Stratus vs. Miss Jackie: Bad bra and panties match.
Ric Flair/Batista vs. Shawn Michaels/Chris Jericho: Solid main event.
Middling show as it failed to live up to last year's Raw Roulette, with no standout match like last year's TLC match.
Grade: C
12/1/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good Goldberg promo that results in Mick Foley being named co-GM of Raw.
Dudley Boyz vs. Mark Jindrak/Garrison Cade: Not a great match.
Booker T vs. Test: Okay match.
Test/Steiner segment: This was done basically to free Stacy and storyline fire Test and Steiner.
Val Venis/Lance Storm vs. La Resistance: Decent match with Foley storyline firing La Resistance after the match.
Trish Stratus/Chris Jericho vs. Rico/Miss Jackie: Not good as it was a typical Jackie Gayda match.
Matt Hardy vs. Christian: Decent match despite it being heel vs. heel.
Jerry Lawler vs. Jonathan Coachman: Bad match with Coach being "fired" because of his loss.
Rob Van Dam/Shawn Michaels/Goldberg vs. Randy Orton/Batista/Kane: Solid main event.
Very middling show as firing the heel portion of the tag division and Coach took more of a focus than promoting Armageddon.
Grade: C-
12/8/03 Raw
Opening segment: Good segment that built the "battle of the sexes" match at Armageddon.
Dudley Boyz vs. Chris Jericho/Christian: Solid match.
Batista vs. Rob Van Dam: Not a great match.
Garrison Cade/Mark Jindrak vs. Val Venis/Lance Storm: Decent match.
Foley/Rock promo: This wasn't bad and they attack La Resistance, who interrupted them.
Booker T/Hurricane/Rosey vs. Test/Scott Steiner/Mark Henry: Very boring match.
Lita/Trish Stratus vs. Victoria/Molly Holly: Decent match.
Goldberg vs. Kane: Not a great lumberjack match.
Decent show as it promoted Armageddon very well.
Grade: B
12/15/03 Raw
Opening segment: Boring...
Chris Jericho/Christian vs. Trish Stratus/Lita: This was pretty much all angle.
Booker T/Maven vs. Mark Henry/Matt Hardy: Okay match.
Goldberg vs. La Resistance: No match as Bischoff suspends him for 30 days for beating up Coach.
Evolution vs. Shawn Michaels/Rob Van Dam: Great match.
Rico vs. Jon Heidenreich: Bad filler match.
Kane vs. Chris Jericho: Not very good.
Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley: Tough to rate... A for intrigue but an F for the lack of delivery. I'll give it somewhere in the middle.
This show was really boring.
Grade: D
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