1/7/08 Raw
Shawn Michaels/Mr. Kennedy vs. Trevor Murdoch/Charlie Haas: The match wasn't very good at all and the stuff with Charlie and the mask was stupid.
Carlito vs. Hardcore Holly: What a funny concept... not when one of the wrestlers is the least charismatic person in the locker room and the other is impersonating that wrestler.
Melina vs. Jillian vs. Mickie James vs. Maria vs. Ashley: Bad lingerie pillow fight.
HHH vs. William Regal: I was disappointed by this match as it was mainly punching... it could have used an extra spark, like weapons.
Chris Jericho vs. Snitsky/JBL: Just a vehicle to hype a very dull feud in Jericho/JBL...
Mick Foley/Hornswoggle vs. Highlanders: Bad match.
Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga: VERY good match with an awesome ending.
Despite the awesome cage match this show was full of bad wrestling and lame gimmicks.
Grade: D+
1/14/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very good promo exchange between Orton and Jeff Hardy.
Melina/Jillian Hall/Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James/Ashley/Maria: Very sloppy match, nothing else to say.
Shawn Michaels vs. Trevor Murdoch: Decent at best Rumble qualifier.
HHH vs. Snitsky: Decent enough match although the stuff after the match with HHH destroying the titantron with the sledgehammer came off really bad.
JBL segment: Very boring promo from JBL and the stuff with the balloons lasted for what seemed like forever.
Mini Royal Rumble: Pretty amusing in spots but still nowhere near a great match and the hornswoggle storyline was dumb.
Ric Flair vs. William Regal: A career threatening match that only got around two minutes of airtime. Brilliant.
Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton: No match thankfully as it would be stupid to give away a PPV match for free and the swanton off the titantron onto Orton was just awesome.
The beginning and end were just awesome but the rest left a lot to be desired as Flair/Regal only got two minutes of TV time, the JBL segment was boring as hell, and the women’s match was very sloppy.
Grade: C-
1/21/08 Raw
Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. Kennedy: Really good match.
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James: Pretty good match.
Finlay/Hornswoggle vs. Highlanders: Bad match.
Jericho promo: Really good.
Umaga vs. Brian Kendrick: Squash.
Hardcore Holly vs. Carlito: Decent match, nothing special.
HHH gauntlet: Very boring and lame. Snitsky, Mark Henry, and eliminates Regal in no time.
Jeff Hardy handshake segment: Wasn't bad at all.
Pretty good show.
Grade: B-
1/28/08 Raw
Opening segment: Good Cena promo.
Mickie James/Ashley vs. Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall: Decent because Ashley never got tagged in.
Elimination Chamber annoucement: Not bad...
Carlito vs. Cody Rhodes: Pretty good match.
DX vs. Umaga/Snitsky: Good except when Snitsky was in there.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Brian Kendrick: Squash...
Maria vs. Melina: Bad match.
Jeff Hardy/Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton/JBL: Pretty good.
Not a bad show.
Grade: B+
2/4/08 Raw
Opening segment: This was a good promo exchange involving Cena and Orton until the announcement of an arm wrestling match between Cena and Mark Henry. Meh…
Mickie James/Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix/Victoria: This match was pretty good for the time given.
6 man segment: Good segment where everybody in the Elimination Chamber will be in a six man tag tonight… and Snitsky too.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Super Crazy: Not much of a match but Kennedy’s promo afterwards on Ric Flair was just AWESOME.
Carlito/Santino Marella vs. Paul London/Brian Kendrick: This match lasted just under a minute and the cruisers were squashed.
Vince McMahon/Hornswoggle Kiss My Ass Club: The previous match lasted 59 seconds whereas this segment lasted around 15 minutes. It was pretty lame and boring too and made Vince vs. Hornswoggle next week.
Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch vs. Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes: This match was pretty short with nothing interesting happening at all.
Jeff Hardy/Chris Jericho/Shawn Michaels vs. JBL/Umaga/Snitsky: Really good 6 man tag match.
John Cena/Mark Henry arm wrestling: Not only was this boring but Cena almost won until the typical arm wrestling finish and Cena FU’ed Mark Henry two weeks after returning from a torn pec. The World’s Strongest Man can’t beat a guy who just recovered from a torn pec?
There was a lot of good and bad on this show… there was more bad though and it was poorly booked too.
Grade: C
2/18/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very good promo exchange between HHH, Orton, and Cena and set up the main event. Works for me.
Jeff Hardy vs. Snitsky: A MITB qualifier that lasted 10 minutes. Not a great match.
Paul Burchill vs. Super Crazy: Just another squash to establish Burchill.
Show/Mayweather segment: Not a great segment.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Val Venis: Pretty decent MITB qualifier although Val Venis as Kennedy’s opponent made this WAY too obvious.
Hornswoggle vs. Vince McMahon cage match: Not really a match but actually JBL beating on Hornswoggle in the cage. This was pretty bad.
Maria vs. Beth Phoenix: Pretty bad match with Maria winning due to her Playboy angle.
John Cena vs. Randy Orton: This was a pretty good main event.
This show was pretty weak as the wrestling was mostly uninspiring and the midget beatdown was just bad.
Grade: D+
3/3/08 Raw
Big Show vs. Brandon Hill "MMA match": This was confusing and stupid.
Shawn Michaels/Ric Flair vs. Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch: Okay match with a good ending...
Umaga vs. Super Crazy: Squash.
Highlight Reel: Very good...
John Cena vs. Mr. Kennedy: Pretty good...
Playboy cover revealing: Meh.
Carlito vs. Cody Rhodes: Pretty good...
Mayweather interview: God, that was lame.
Finlay/Vince/JBL segment: JBL attacks Hornswoggle again, this time with the lights out!
HHH vs. Randy Orton: Pretty good actually...
Overall, a very mediocre show.
Grade: C
3/17/08 Raw
Highlight Reel: This was a pretty entertaining segment outside of the Big Show/Jericho match as it was confusing as to who was the heel and face.
CM Punk vs. Carlito: Pretty good match.
Umaga vs. Paul London/Brian Kendrick: A squash match where London and Kendrick hinted at a breakup. Like they’d have an actual feud or a push as singles wrestlers on Raw…
JBL vs. Colin Delaney: Very boring squash match.
Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon: Quite a good streetfight actually.
Candice Michelle/Maria vs. Victoria/Jillian Hall: Not a good match.
Big Show vs. Chris Jericho: Not a good match and it still left me confused as to who the face and heel were.
John Cena/Randy Orton vs. Raw roster: Mildly entertaining but was it worth burying the entire roster to put two guys over?
This show wasn’t boring at all but it’s hard to call it good either. A lot of weak matches and some of the booking was quite confusing actually.
Grade: D+
3/24/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very corny and boring...
CM Punk/Chris Jericho vs. MVP/Carlito: Very good...
Great Khali vs. Hardcore Holly: Squash.
Flair/Michaels segment: Simply awesome.
Beth Phoenix/Melina/Santino Marella vs. Maria/Ashley/Jerry Lawler: Bad match.
John Cena/Shawn Michaels/HHH/Ric Flair vs. JBL/Umaga/Randy Orton/Big Show: The action wasn't anything special but the story sure was.
Anything that involved Ric Flair saved this otherwise it would have been a complete letdown. As it stands, it was mediocre.
Grade: C
3/31/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Cryme Tyme vs. Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch: Pretty good.
Michaels promo: Really good... and short!
Paul London/Brian Kendrick vs. Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes: Good match.
Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk: Really good match...
Big Show/Khali segment: Okay...
Randy Orton vs. Matt Hardy: Another good match.
Santino Marella vs. Maria: The only low point on this show really.
Ric Flair retirement ceremony: Very good.
Awesome show, nuff said. Flair's retirement was a great sendoff and the show was very wrestling-oriented and well booked.
Grade: A
4/7/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty boring and HHH will wrestle a handicap match against JBL and Orton later to qualify for the WWE title match. VERY boring booking.
Umaga vs. Val Venis: A complete squash match.
Mickie James/Ashley vs. Jillian Hall/Melina: This match was pretty bad and very sloppy at certain points.
Paul London/Brian Kendrick vs. Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch: Pretty good match and London and Kendrick win two in a row… wow.
HHH vs. JBL/Randy Orton: HHH predictably wins a boring match and John Cena comes out, cuts a very lame promo, and wants in the main event. The result: Another handicap match! Ugh…
Carlito/Santino Marella vs. Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes: Pretty boring match with nothing notable happening.
Beth Phoenix vs. Maria: Pretty bad match.
Highlight Reel: Best part of the night by far as it featured the awesome HBK/Batista feud...
John Cena vs. JBL/HHH: Cena predictably wins this boring handicap match to also qualify for the WWE title match making it a four way.
Very boring show… not much in terms of quality matches and unimaginative booking throughout.
Grade: D-
4/14/08 Raw
Opening segment: Really good.
Carlito/Santino Marella vs. Paul London/Brian Kendrick: Solid...
Mickie James vs. Beth Phoenix (women's title match): Pretty good with a surprise end.
JTG vs. Trevor Murdoch: This lasted all of a minute.
Randy Orton vs. William Regal: Pretty good.
Chris Jericho vs. Umaga (IC title match): Really good.
Paul Burchill vs. Hacksaw Jim Duggan: Squash.
HHH vs. JBL: Pretty good.
Solid show from the UK...
Grade: B+
4/21/08 Raw
Chris Jericho vs. MVP: Pretty good.
CM Punk vs. Matt Hardy: Pretty good.
Finlay vs. Great Khali: Boring AND a stupid ending.
William Regal vs. Hornswoggle: Ugh!
Michaels/Batista segment: Really good.
Hardcore Holly vs. Santino Marella: Decent match.
Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk: Really good...
Finlay vs. William Regal: Good although a bit disappointing.
"Barack Obama" vs. "Hilary Clinton": Terrible "match".
Divas segment: Meh...
William Regal vs. CM Punk: Pretty good...
Edge/JBL/Randy Orton/Chavo Guerrero vs. HHH/Kane/John Cena/Undertaker: Pretty good.
This was a decent show but also featured some of the worst segments so far this year.
Grade: B
4/28/08 Raw
Opening Segment: Not bad...
12 Diva tag: Pretty bad and was very short...
JBL vs. Robbie McAllister: Squash.
Paul London/Brian Kendrick vs. Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch: Good until the aftermath...
Paul Burchill/Katie Lea vs. Super Crazy: Squash.
Regal/Kennedy segment: Very good promo exchange.
Cody Rhodes vs. Santino Marella: Bad match.
Highlight Reel: It was okay...
HHH vs. Randy Orton: BORING match that has no ending thanks to Regal. Questionable decision...
A show with good talking but terrible wrestling...
Grade: C
5/5/08 Raw
Opening segment: It was decent except for the announcement of the main event...
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James: Good match.
Paul Burchill/Katie Lea vs. Jon Cutler: Squash.
John Morrison/Miz vs. Shawn Michaels/Chris Jericho: Pretty good...
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk: Decent except for the lights out schtick. No result as well...
Carlito's Cabana: Decent...
JBL vs. DH Smith: Squash.
HHH/Mr. Kennedy vs. ECW: This was pretty weak...
Ho hum. Nothing really terrible but it was just... boring.
Grade: C
5/12/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty bad...
Carlito/Santino Marella vs. Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes: Boring but the right team won.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Snitsky: Bad match.
Beth Phoenix/Melina vs. Mickie James/Maria: Typical divas tag.
Jericho/HBK segment: This was actually pretty confusing as this feud started off boring but got good.
Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga: Jeff returns and beats the Samoan Bulldozer in under 2 minutes?
Cryme Tyme vs. Lance Cade/Trevor Murdoch: Nothing match with an aftermath of Cade turning on Murdoch after A WIN. That makes no sense...
John Cena vs. Randy Orton: Best part of the night... and it's the main event.
This show was awful until the last 15 minutes... nuff said.
Grade: D-
5/19/08 Raw
Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga: Very good opener.
Regal/Kennedy promo: This was very good and made a match between them.
Beth Phoenix vs. Maria: Squash.
Batista vs. Chris Jericho: Very good match.
Piper's Pit: Not very good, with this being used to push the Santino/Cousin Sal angle.
Mr. Kennedy vs. William Regal: Good match with Regal getting storyline fired because of the loss.
JBL/Randy Orton vs. John Cena/HHH: Solid main event.
Very good Raw and much better than the last few weeks.
Grade: B+
5/26/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Orton/HHH promo exchange.
Melina vs. Jillian Hall: Decent match.
Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes vs. Paul London/Brian Kendrick: Good match and DiBiase's son debuts after the match.
Jeff Hardy/John Cena vs. JBL/Umaga: Very good match.
Mr. Kennedy vs. Carlito: Solid match.
Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels: Solid match.
Final segment: Vince announces the million dollar mania. Ugh.
Very good show outside of the final segment.
Grade: A-
6/2/08 Raw
Opening segment: VERY corny but made the main event...
Mr. Kennedy vs. Umaga: Solid match.
Vince MDM segment: He explains the MDM... quite boring and he should be explaining it to those who AREN'T watching, not us.
Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes vs. Carlito/Santino Marella: Not a great match.
Chris Jericho vs. JBL: Good except for the ending.
Mickie James/Melina vs. Beth Phoenix/Katie Lea: Solid match.
Lance Cade vs. Trevor Murdoch: So, they blow it off three weeks later with no feud? Not a great match.
John Cena vs. Jeff Hardy: Great match but the wrong man won. Cena/HHH for a throwaway PPV in NOC?
Overall, a very hit/miss show...
Grade: C-
6/9/08 Raw
MDM 1: Boring...
Mr. Kennedy vs. Paul Burchill: Wasn't bad...
MDM 2: Boring...
Mickie James vs. Beth Phoenix: This was a pretty good women's title match.
MDM 3: Boring...
MDM 4: Boring...
John Cena vs. JBL: This was a pretty good match...
MDM 5: Boring...
Highlight Reel: Very good as Jericho turned heel on HBK in this one...
Umaga/Snitsky vs. Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes: Pretty boring match...
MDM 6: Boring...
Cryme Tyme vs. Carlito/Santino Marella: A bit pointless but a solid match nonetheless.
MDM 7: Boring...
Jeff Hardy vs. HHH: Just HHH beating up Hardy for 9 minutes. He did a damn good job of it but that doesn't make it a good match.
MDM 8: This actually closed the show... VERY anticlimatic ending.
This could have been a great episode if it wasn't ruined by the million dollar mania as the wrestling was quite good for the most part.
Grade: C-
6/16/08 Raw
Opening segment: Typical Cena, typical HHH.
John Cena vs. Umaga street fight: Really good match.
MDM 1: Boring...
Bikini contest: Haas was the only redeeming factor. Other than that, very pointless.
MDM 2: Boring...
MDM 3: Boring...
Jeff Hardy vs. Carlito: Pretty good match.
MDM 4: Boring...
Jericho/Flair segment: Good albeit confusing at times.
Cryme Tyme vs. Hardcore Holly/Cody Rhodes: Let's see here... no point whatsoever, "match" only lasted 5 SECONDS, finish was illogical as hell, and who were the heels?
MDM 5: Boring...
Mr. Kennedy/Mickie James vs. Paul Burchill/Katie Lea: This was a solid mixed tag.
MDM 6: Boring...
MDM 7: Boring...
MDM 8: Boring...
HHH vs. Chris Jericho: Solid although Lance Cade interfering was SO random.
This show may have been WORSE than last week! At least last week didn't have a pointless 5 second tag match.
Grade: D+
7/7/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty bad due to Vickie and Cena's toilet jokes. This did make the Raw main event though.
Rey Mysterio vs. Santino Marella: That's what last week built towards? A squash? Ugh.
Kelly Kelly/Mickie James vs. Layla/Jillian Hall: Not a great match.
JBL limo segment: This was ridiculously immature. "JBL is poopy"?
CM Punk vs. Snitsky: Pretty good match.
Michaels/Jericho segment: Awesome promo exchange between the two...
Kofi Kingston vs. Charlie Haas: This was like a minute long with Kofi dominating.
Batista vs. Kane vs. JBL vs. John Cena: This was actually good.
This was a pretty bad show... the wrestling wasn’t very good once again and this show was full of Cena at his worst with all the poop jokes.
Grade: D
7/14/08 Raw
Opening segment: Basically a very chaotic HBK/Jericho brawl.
Mickie James vs. Katie Lea: Solid match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Paul Burchill: Solid match.
Beth Phoenix vs. Santino Marella: Comedy "match".
Rhodes/DiBiase promo: Duggan teaches them to respect who paved the way for them, and they come back with how Duggan's washed up, and Duggan feels sorry for himself. Interesting.
CM Punk vs. Kane: Solid match.
Chris Jericho vs. Paul London: Glorified squash.
Snitsky vs. Jamie Noble: No match as Noble gets destroyed before the match starts.
John Cena/Cryme Tyme vs. JBL/Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Solid main event.
Very solid show that felt like a Raw from 2000.
Grade: B+
7/21/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Batista/Punk/JBL promo exchange.
Lance Cade vs. Paul London: Squash.
Jericho promo: This was one of his best on HBK.
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly: Not a great match.
Duggan promo: This was even better than last week until Lawler and then Rhodes/DiBiase interrupted.
John Cena/Cryme Tyme vs. JBL/Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Solid match in a repeat of last week.
Mickie James/Kofi Kingston vs. Katie Lea/Paul Burchill: Solid match.
D'Lo Brown vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Batista vs. CM Punk: Solid main event.
Another solid WWF 2000-esque Raw.
Grade: B+
7/28/08 Raw
Opening segment: It was VERY corny... typical Cena. Cena/Batista vs. JBL/Kane is the main event tonight.
Beth Phoenix/Santino Marella vs. Kelly Kelly/D'Lo Brown: Not much of a match as it was more of a comedy match as Santino pinned Kelly...
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase vs. Jerry Lawler/Michael Cole: Two rookies
against a past his prime wrestler/announcer and an announcer who has never wrestled in his life in a tag title match, with no commentary on the side. You do the math...
Kofi Kingston vs. Jamie Noble: Squash...
CM Punk vs. William Regal: Not bad but Regal was made to be an afterthought after having a big storyline before getting suspended by losing in under five minutes.
Highlight Reel: Good as usual. Jericho’s been even more awesome since turning heel.
Mickie James vs. Jillian Hall: Borderline squash match and Katie Lea gives Mickie her finisher after the match in front of Mickie’s dad.
JBL/Kane vs. John Cena/Batista: Boring man event.
GM announcement: It's Mike Adamle and he blows off Cena/Batista way too early and it gets no reaction. Phew!
Very weak show. Quality wrestling was almost non-existent as was storyline progression, and while Mike Adamle was an out of the ordinary choice for GM, he’s not good on the mic at all and the announcement of a HUGE money match received crickets in the crowd, which can’t possibly be a good thing.
Grade: D-
8/11/08 Raw
Opening segment: Corny... typical Cena.
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly: Basically a squash...
Santino Marella vs. Mickie James: This wasn't much of a match and made me worry that they’d job Kofi to Santino at Summerslam...
Cryme Tyme vs. Highlanders: The Highlanders' last match, and it was their usual match. Not good.
Drinking Contest: This wasn't bad... hyped Punk/JBL really good.
Chris Jericho vs. Kane: Good match, disappointing aftermath in the start of the Kane/Rey feud.
William Regal vs. Jamie Noble: This lasted 90 seconds!
John Cena/Batista vs. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Good match but the second tag title switch in two weeks! Cena and Batista never should have won them in the first place.
This show was very mediocre. The first hour was a wash and while the second hour improved, it still started a very stupid Kane storyline and the tag title stuff was VERY rushed.
Grade: D+
8/18/08 Raw
Opening segment: Really good Jericho promo.
Batista vs. Paul Burchill: Burchill gets squashed just weeks after being #1 contender to the IC title...
Jillian Hall/Katie Lea vs. Mickie James/Kelly Kelly: Decent match, nothing special.
JBL vs. Jamie Noble: Boring... another squash obviously.
Adamle segment: Not that good as it featured Adamle’s mic work and the scramble concept reeked of something TNA would come up with.
John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Solid match but I can't call a match where one guy defeats the tag champs cleanly a high point.
Santino Marella vs. D'Lo Brown: Boring... another nothing match.
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho: Good match, terrible booking. Your WORLD CHAMPION shouldn’t be putting people he’s not feuding with over in random matches!
Terrible show. Not much in terms of quality wrestling and what was good was booked terribly.
Grade: D+
8/25/08 Raw
CM Punk vs. JBL: Not a bad match at all, albeit a bit slow.
Adamle segment: He announced that Cena was injured. That’s pretty much all this was.
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly: Mediocre match, bad result.
Primo Colon vs. “Charlito” Haas: This reeked of 2000 WCW... this was more than the typical Haas impersonation as they took shots at Carlito as well. They wasted time taking shots at a unhappy employee when they could have done something WAY more productive or just plain released Carlito.
Jericho/Michaels segment. Very good promo exchange from two excellent mic workers...
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase vs. Jerry Lawler/Hacksaw Jim Duggan: Very boring and bland tag title match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Santino Marella: Not a very good IC title match and killing Kofi’s momentum for a few months so they could do an angle with the title involving a comedic jobber wasn’t the smartest move although it isn’t anywhere near the worst thing they’ve done.
Adamle segment 2: This was pretty boring and made no sense... Rey's in the scramble although Kane tortured his soul? Come on, at least try to make it look real!
Kane vs. Batista: Very dull main event.
This was a poor showing… the show was pretty boring, especially in the second hour, Punk/JBL was the only good match, and Jericho/Michaels was the only entertaining mic work. Oh yeah, and the “Charlito” stuff was just uncalled for in my opinion.
Grade: D
9/1/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Kofi Kingston vs. Charlie Haas: This was pretty much a pointless squash.
ECW battle royal: Boring...
William Regal vs. Jamie Noble: Wasn't bad.
Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall/Katie Lea vs. Candice Michelle/Mickie James/Kelly Kelly: Not bad.
Santino Marella vs. D'Lo Brown: Lasted a minute and D'Lo got pinned after missing the Lo Down. Terrible.
Cryme Tyme vs. John Morrison/Miz: No match whatsoever as the heels attacked them before the bell.
Raw battle royal: Pretty good.
Michaels/Jericho contract signing: Really good.
Despite the terrific opening and ending weak matches kept this show mediocre.
Grade: C+
9/8/08 Raw
Opening segment: Awesome segment.
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James: Decent match though not their best.
JBL vs. "Charles Haas Layfield": No match but a funny segment.
Miz/John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio/Evan Bourne: Great match.
Orton promo: Pretty good.
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase/Manu vs. Cryme Tyme/Kofi Kingston: Solid match.
Santino Marella vs. Snitsky: Bad match.
Batista vs. Chris Jericho/JBL: Not a great match.
Very good show.
Grade: B+
9/15/08 Raw
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho: Very good.
Candice Michelle vs. Jillian Hall: Bad match.
JBL vs. Tommy Dreamer: Squash.
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase/Manu vs. Kofi Kingston/Jerry Lawler/Charlie "Good old JH Jim Haas": Haas' worst parody next to Carlito and the match sucked.
Jamie Noble vs. Paul Burchill: Squash.
Kane vs. Rey Mysterio: Rey carried Kane despite the idiotic storyline.
Ending segment: It was okay... liked the WHC match announcement but did not like the #1 contender match announcement. Oh, and Mike Adamle closing the show is bad too.
This show was a complete borefest.
Grade: D+
9/22/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes: Good match.
Santino Marella vs. Deuce: Bad match.
Kane vs. Evan Bourne: Pretty good match.
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly: Not a great match.
Cryme Tyme vs. John Morrison/Miz: Solid match.
JBL/Lance Cade/Chris Jericho vs. Batista/Shawn Michaels: Good match though Cade beating HBK after months of jobbing came off as WAY too random.
Pretty good show.
Grade: B-
9/29/08 Raw
Batista vs. Santino Marella: Squash.
Miz vs. JTG: Decent match.
Jamie Noble/Mickie James vs. Paul Burchill/Katie Lea: Decent match.
Cade promo: Not bad actually but I didn't buy him being able to hang in there with the main eventers so fast.
CM Punk/Evan Bourne/Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston vs. Kane/Manu/Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Really good match.
Adamle/Orton/JBL/Batista segment: Boring.
Kelly Kelly/Candice Michelle vs. Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall: Shockingly decent.
Deuce vs. "The Great Charli" Haas: Very bad match.
Chris Jericho/Lance Cade vs. DX: Good for what it was, nothing special.
Solid show.
Grade: B-
10/6/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Jericho/Batista promo exchange.
Beth Phoenix/Santino Marella vs. Mickie James/Jamie Noble: Decent match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Ted DiBiase: Decent match.
Mark Henry/Kane vs. Rey Mysterio/Matt Hardy: Solid match.
Shawn Michaels vs. Lance Cade: Decent match.
Khali kiss cam: Bad as usual.
Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall: Bad match that was completely overshadowed by Miz/Morrison commentary.
Batista vs. JBL: Lackluster main event.
Decent show outside of the final 30 minutes.
Grade: B-
10/13/08 Raw
Jericho/Michaels segment: Good and made a match...
Kane/Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy/Rey Mysterio: Pretty much the exact same thing as last week with the faces bumping their asses off to make the heels look good.
JBL vs. Charlie "Haas Hogan": Impersonation funny, match bad.
Orton promo: I wasn't feeling this. He asks us not to vote for him because he needs to stay out of the physicality but if he doesn't want to get physical why is he on the show before he's medically cleared? They've been giving a wrestler who isn't wrestling airtime for a month...
Batista vs. Shawn Michaels (lumberjack match): Ugh, a bad HBK match.
Bizarro World segment: This was Santino calling out Johnny Knoxville, Beth giving him a weak slam to the canvas, Hornswoggle giving him the "tadpole splash", his buddy Chris Pontius checks on him, Big Dick Johnson comes out, Pontius strips down to his underwear and dances with him, receives a mouthful of worms from the Boogeyman, Knoxville recovers, cuts a promo, and then gets slammed to the mat by Khali. Very bad segment.
Cryme Tyme/Kelly Kelly vs. Miz/John Morrison/Jillian Hall: Good when the men were in, REALLY bad when the girls were in.
Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk (Batista special referee): Good match that gave Punk a good rub, or at least I thought it would.
This wasn’t terrible but it was very boring and there wasn’t much storyline advancement.
Grade: C
10/20/08 Raw
Candice Michelle/Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall/Katie Lea: A very boring match to open the show.
JBL vs. Charlie “Stone Cold Steve Haastin”: Good impersonation, match was a squash.
Rey Mysterio vs. Snitsky: Rey squashes Snitsky right before his match with Kane, who’s a similar size to Snitsky. Terrible booking.
John Morrison/Miz vs. CM Punk/Kofi Kingston: Good match except for the booking where Miz pins Punk after Punk beat Jericho the previous week.
Santino/Duggan segment: Not very good as Santino was getting stale and this lasted for what felt like forever.
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase vs. Cryme Tyme: No match as Rhodes, Manu, and DiBiase attacked Cryme Tyme before the bell. This made no sense as these teams weren’t feuding anymore.
Batista/Chris Jericho double gauntlet: Batista squashes Henry, Kane, and Regal, one of which could be in the ECW title match and the other facing Rey and needs to look like a threat, and Jericho, the champion, looks really weak getting pinned by a big boot from Kane. The champion got pinned by a guy’s non-signature move... bad main event.
Just a terrible show all around. Bad matches, bad booking, bad writing, bad pacing, bad PPV build, bad everything.
Grade: F
10/27/08 Raw
Opening segment: Really good and it hinted that Adamle would finally be gone soon.
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase vs. CM Punk/Kofi Kingston: Great match.
Santino Marella vs. Charlie "Glamahaas" Haas: Great impersonation but the stuff with Santino and the legends was middling because Santino was very stale at this time.
Batista promo: Decent.
Kelly Kelly/Mickie James/Candice Michelle vs. Layla/Jillian Hall/Katie Lea: Okay match.
Rey Mysterio vs. Evan Bourne: Great match.
Miz/Morrison promo: Good but didn't make me believe they had a chance at beating DX.
Batista/Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho/JBL: Not that great as it felt like a handicap match rather than a tag match.
Solid show, nothing special. Saved by two great matches.
Grade: B-
11/3/08 Raw
Hardy Boyz vs. MVP/Brian Kendrick: Good but short.
IC title #1 contendership battle royal: Much like the match above.
Orton segment: Two words... Adamle's gone!
Vladimir Kozlov vs. Charlie "Bret the hitman Haas": Squash.
DX promo: Very bad.
DX vs. John Morrison/Miz: Decent until the predictable finish.
16 diva tag: Bad "match".
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk: Decent until the ending. It made sense but it was anticlimatic.
Undertaker vs. JBL: Decent until the ending... AGAIN.
Dance filler segment: Completely pointless.
Kane/Mark Henry vs. Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston: Just two guys bumping for two others and bad booking with having one of the tag champs squashed by Henry.
Chris Jericho vs. Batista: Best match of the night BY FAR and the surprise title change was awesome.
Ho-hum.
Grade: C
11/10/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
William Regal vs. Santino Marella: Bad match, great aftermath.
Mike Knox vs. D'Lo Brown: Squash.
Jericho promo: Pretty good.
Rey Mysterio vs. Kane: Good match.
Batista vs. Cody Rhodes: Pretty good match actually.
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James: Decent match.
Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels: Great match.
Good show.
Grade: A-
11/17/08 Raw
Opening segment: Boring...
Victoria vs. Kelly Kelly: Not a great match.
Batista vs. Manu: Decent match.
Bourne/Knox segment: It was alright but Bourne in a feud with Knox when he gets back is a waste.
Shawn Michaels/Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison/Miz: Really good and they threw a curveball with the young guys getting the win, especially Miz pinning HBK.
Kane/JBL vs. Cryme Tyme: Not a great match.
Matt Hardy vs. William Regal: Under a minute in it's a double countout.
Jericho promo: Good but not one of his best.
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk lumberjack match: Pretty good although the brawl afterwards was too choreographed for words.
Pretty weak show.
Grade: C-
11/24/08 Raw
Opening segment: Very boring as it hinted at yet another feud between the McMahons.
John Morrison/Miz vs. Shawn Michaels/Rey Mysterio: A good match but not anywhere near as good as the previous week.
Kennedy promo: This was basically making fun of Barack Obama with "humor" only Vince finds funny. Very, very pointless.
Kane vs. Kofi Kingston: Okay until the stupid ending.
Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista: Really good #1 contender match.
Goldust vs. Santino Marella: Very boring squash match.
CM Punk vs. Snitsky: Very boring and Punk, a former WHC, having a 6 minute match with Snitsky, a jobber, makes him look very weak...
Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall/Katie Lea vs. Mickie James/Candice Michelle/Melina: Melina’s return match and it was pretty good.
Cena/Jericho segment: A segment hammered by many but THIS is how Cena should be booked. Very well-written segment.
This show had its share of bright spots but had more bad parts though, like the booking of Punk, the McMahon feud tease, and the Kennedy segment.
Grade: C-
12/1/08 Raw
Opening segment: Really good.
Mysterio/Knox segment: Knox attacks Rey leading to another failed Knox push.
CM Punk/Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes/Manu: Solid match.
Jillian Hall vs. Melina: Decent at best, nothing special.
JBL/HBK segment: Decent at best... never really bought HBK being "broke". They tried though so...
Batista vs. Dolph Ziggler: Wasn't feeling this match at all.
John Morrison vs. Finlay: Solid match.
Stephanie McMahon slammy announcement: Meh.
Rey Mysterio vs. Miz: Really good, even with the injury angle.
John Cena vs. Kane: Bad main event.
Decent show.
Grade: B-
12/8/08 Raw
Tag Team of the Year: Miz/Morrison win the award.
CM Punk vs. John Morrison: Solid match.
Finisher of the Year: Bourne's SSP wins until Mike Knox takes the award. Ugh.
Orton promo: Wasn't terrible but this resulted in a bait and switch on HHH/Batista. Ugh.
MVP vs. "MVC" Charlie Haas: Complete comedy match with MVP actually losing.
Most Extreme Moment: Jeff's swanton on Orton from the stage is nominated.
Chris Jericho vs. Jeff Hardy: Solid match.
Couple of the Year: Vickie and Edge win.
Santino Marella/Beth Phoenix vs. Finlay/Hornswoggle: Terrible match.
Diva of the Year: Beth wins the award.
Kofi Kingston vs. Rey Mysterio: Solid match.
Match of the Year: HBK/Flair wins the award.
Randy Orton/Manu/Cody Rhodes vs. HHH/Batista: Very good match.
"Damn" moment: The Khali kiss cam wins. Ugh.
R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent match outside of the screwy finish.
Superstar of the Year: Jericho wins the award.
John Cena vs. Edge: Very good main event.
This actually wasn't a bad show.
Grade: B-
12/15/08 Raw
Melina/Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall/Beth Phoenix: Bad match and the end resulted in a nothing storyline between Kelly and Kane full of bad acting.
Rey Mysterio vs. Sim Snuka: Decent at best.
Jericho/Duggan promo: This was pretty pointless and anticlimatic for a guy who wrestled John Cena one night ago.
John Morrison/Miz vs. CM Punk/Kofi Kingston: Really good match.
HBK Armageddon speech: Meh... I never bought him being broke. A guy who works 5-6 days a month and gets paid a lot would have to be REALLY bad with money to be broke and that's not a good face trait.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Charlie "Santa Claas": Not a great match.
Batista/John Cena vs. Legacy: Not a great main event.
Pretty boring show.
Grade: D+
12/22/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Kane vs. Shawn Michaels: Good match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Manu: Solid match.
Jillian Hall/Layla vs. Mickie James/Melina: Match was "meh" and was overshadowed by the faces' entrance.
Rey Mysterio vs. JBL: Good match.
Orton promo: Pretty good.
Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk: Great match.
Beth Phoenix/Santino Marella vs. John Cena/Trish Stratus: Great match.
Great show.
Grade: A
12/29/08 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes: Decent match.
Divas battle royal: One of the few decent ones.
Sim Snuka vs. Charlie "Jimmy SuperHaas Snuka": Boring match.
John Cena/Cryme Tyme/Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston vs. Kane/Miz//John Morrison/Dolph Ziggler/Mike Knox: Great match.
Matt Hardy vs. Manu: Good match.
Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. JBL: Really good match.
Great show.
Grade: A-
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