1/5/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good...
Melina/Goldust vs. Beth Phoenix/Santino Marella: Not a great match.
CM Punk vs. William Regal: Decent match but the idiotic booking really hurt it. These screwy finishes didn’t get Regal any more over.
Miz/John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston: Really good.
Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall: Very bad and real point either.
Cody Rhodes/Sim Snuka vs. Cryme Tyme: Not a great match.
Shawn Michaels/John Cena vs. Randy Orton/Chris Jericho: Pretty good...
Very boring show...
Grade: C
1/12/09 Raw
Opening segment: Decent...
Miz vs. Rey Mysterio: Not bad...
CM Punk vs. William Regal: Same thing as the previous week except the result and my grade.
Kane vs. Randy Orton: Bad match.
Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall vs. Melina/Kelly Kelly: No match and I didn't care for the segment either. Advanced nothing.
John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels: Really good.
Very bland and boring show for the most part.
Grade: C+
1/19/09 Raw
Battle royal: This only lasted like five minutes. Too short for a battle royal.
Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly: Squash...
CM Punk vs. William Regal: The only good match of the night and it was seven minutes...
Contract signing: Wasn't too bad...
Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox: Not a great match.
Cryme Tyme vs. Miz/John Morrison: A #1 contender's match that lasted around two minutes.
Melina vs. Jillian Hall: Another two minute "match".
Orton/Jericho/McMahons segment: Best part of the show due to the punt on Vince.
The show was very rushed and felt a lot like a Raw from 2003, minus the stupid storylines. No Rumble build either as the show was built more around Vince’s return instead...
Grade: C-
1/26/09 Raw
Opening segment: Not bad...
Miz/John Morrison vs. Cryme Tyme: Meh... short once again and Miz/Morrison were really getting overexposed.
Kane vs. Kofi Kingston: EC qualifier that lasted all of a minute.
Jericho segment: Very boring since all he talked about was Mickey Rourke.
Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena: not as good as two weeks ago but still good.
Melina/Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall: Another ridiculously short match.
Rey Mysterio vs. William Regal: Decent.
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho: Not bad.
Orton/Shane segment: This wasn't bad, though Shane beating up Orton was ridiculous.
Another boring show.
Grade: C
2/2/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good...
CM Punk/Mickie James vs. William Regal/Layla: Not a great match...
Cryme Tyme vs. Priceless: Not a great match...
Jericho/Cena segment: It was boring before Cena came out as Jericho continued to talk about Rourke but he made it worse...
Kofi Kingston/Rey Mysterio vs. Kane/Mike Knox: Not bad...
Beth Phoenix vs. Candice Michelle: Pretty sloppy...
HBK/JBL segment: Decent I guess but I didn't buy the storyline at all and thought it would lead to WM.
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho: Really good.
ANOTHER boring show.
Grade: C
2/9/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall vs. Melina/Kelly Kelly: Very short and boring.
Orton promo: Pretty good.
Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase vs. Cryme Tyme: Not a great match.
Kane/Mike Knox/Chris Jericho vs. John Cena/Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston: Really good match.
Shawn Michaels vs. Mark Henry: Okay at best but the end was ridiculous and WHY was Mark Henry on Raw?
CM Punk vs. William Regal: Decent match but way too short.
Randy Orton vs. Undertaker: Good match.
Good show.
Grade: B-
2/16/09 Raw
Opening segment: Typical Cena and Vickie segment.
CM Punk/Cryme Tyme vs. William Regal/Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase: Decent match.
Jericho segment: Awesome.
Kane vs. Jamie Noble: Squash.
JBL/HBK segment: Decent segment.
Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox: Decent match.
Melina vs. Beth Phoenix: Decent match that actually lasted beyond two minutes for a change.
Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon: Decent but the stuff like the punt on Shane and the RKO on Stephanie made this even better.
Good show.
Grade: B+
2/23/09 Raw
Opening segment: Really bad...
Miz vs. John Morrison vs. CM Punk: Pretty good.
Melina/Cryme Tyme vs. Dolph Ziggler/Santino Marella/Beth Phoenix: Decent...
Shawn Michaels vs. JBL: Decent...
Mike Knox vs. Jamie Noble: Squash.
Jericho segment: Really good.
John Cena vs. Chavo Guerrero: This was actually a punishment match for CENA! They expected me to believe that Chavo actually had a chance of winning, even moreso hurting Cena.
Orton/HHH segment: This pretty much sucked.
A complete trainwreck of a show.
Grade: C
3/2/09 Raw
Opening segment: Really good.
Rey Mysterio vs. Mike Knox vs. Kane: Good minus Kane winning... Kane in MITB.
Mickie James/Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall: Not a great match.
Orton/HHH segment: Boring...
Shawn Michaels vs. Vladimir Kozlov: Worst HBK match ever.
Edge vs. John Cena: Decent except for the ending... Edge vs. Big Show for WM? Yeah right...
This show barely passes but it was a booking trainwreck.
Grade: C-
3/9/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good...
CM Punk vs. JBL: Good match except for the stupid result which blatantly shows the lack of planning in the Raw midcard.
Orton interview: Very boring but I'll give it a bit more than it deserves since the other segment was MUCH worse.
Maryse vs. Melina: Bad match.
Contract signing: Terrible Cena/Vickie segment.
Chris Jericho vs. Kofi Kingston: Pretty good.
Rey Mysterio/Finlay/Christian vs. Miz/John Morrison/Kane: Not bad.
Orton/HHH segment: Atrocious on SO many levels, mainly Orton getting thrown through a glass window at full force, NOT BLEEDING, and getting up some 20 seconds later.
This show was a mess!
Grade: C-
3/16/09 Raw
Shawn Michaels/Undertaker vs. VladimirKozlov/JBL: Decent match.
Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall/Layla vs. Melina/Mickie James/Kelly Kelly: Bad match.
HHH vs. Cody Rhodes: If you could tell me WHAT that match was supposed to be I have a bridge I'd like to sell you, because you couldn't. Whatever that match was it sucked nonetheless.
Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler: Average match.
Jericho/legends segment: Good until the handicap match was announced. At least they changed it to an elimination match later on but still...
CM Punk/Kofi Kingston/MVP vs. Mark Henry/Kane/Shelton Benjamin: Decent...
Edge vs. John Cena: Very boring due to Vickie as the ref.
Not a very good show.
Grade: D+
3/23/09 Raw
Opening segment: Awesome segment.
Jeff Hardy vs. Dolph Ziggler: Decent match.
MVP/CM Punk/Kofi Kingston/Christian vs. Mark Henry/Kane/Shelton Benjamin/Finlay: Decent match.
Edge vs. Big Show: Very boring.
Rey Mysterio vs. William Regal: Decent match.
Taker/Michaels segment: Great segment.
Santino Marella vs. Mickie James: Just a comedy match.
Randy Orton/Ted DiBiase vs. HHH: No match but a great angle with Orton giving a DDT to Stephanie and kissing her afterwards while HHH was handcuffed to the ropes. The RKO and DDT to Stephanie were the only real good things about this feud unfortunately.
Very good show.
Grade: B+
3/30/09 Raw
18 Diva tag: This lasts just over a minute and the Santino stuff aterwards was longer than the entire match.
Jerry Lawler vs. Chris Jericho: This was probably the best match of the night, which isn't very good.
Rey Mysterio vs. JBL: They're fighting at Wrestlemania yet are wrestling on Raw under a week before the event. Okay match but you shouldn't book your PPV matches on TV before the PPV.
John Cena vs. Big Show: Meh.
HBK/Undertaker segment: Pretty good.
MITB battle royal: Pretty boring and very short as well.
Orton/HHH/McMahons segment: Not that great as it was boring and had lots of logic gaps.
Really boring show for a pre-WM show.
Grade: D
4/6/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good outside of the main event that was announced for Backlash.
Miz/John Morrison vs. Colons: Really good match.
Melina/Jillian Hall/Kelly Kelly/Layla/Mickie James vs. Gail Kim/Maria/Natalya/Maryse/Eve Torres: Solid match.
Jeff Hardy/CM Punk/Rey Mysterio/Ricky Steamboat/John Cena vs Chris Jericho/Kane/Matt Hardy/Big Show/Edge: Great match.
Vickie segment: Very bad.
Beth Phoenix vs. Santina Marella: The crossdresser beat the dominant heel in a terrible match.
Randy Orton vs. Vince McMahon: Decent at best but this was all about Batista's return which was very well done.
Solid show.
Grade: B
4/27/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Kofi Kingston vs. Brian Kendrick: Decent match.
8 diva tag: This featured "Santina" AND Hornswoggle at the same time and the crossdresser actually got the pin too.
Matt Hardy vs. Goldust: Not much of a match and Matt needed a cast to beat GOLDUST?
Randy Orton vs. MVP: Really good match.
Miz promo: Great promo.
Colons vs. Chavo Guerrero/Jamie Noble: Solid match.
Batista vs. Big Show: Boring match.
Most of the stuff was good but the women's match, Matt/Goldust, and the main event really hurt this show.
Grade: B-
5/4/09 Raw
Randy Orton vs. Shane McMahon: This was a bit rushed although it was much better than it would be in the main event. Rhodes and DiBiase will have singles matches later in the show and if they win they get to join Orton against Shane in the main event.
Matt Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston: Pretty good match although Matt losing in three minutes after being put over Jeff the way he was is just dumb.
MVP vs. Cody Rhodes: These two just didn't click and the booking was VERY weak.
Singoff/Miz/Cena/Show segment: Miz and Cena were the best part of this as the singoff was just a waste of time and the Cena/Show feud was very boring.
Mickie James vs. Maryse: Pretty good match actually, with Mickie winning to get into the title picture.
Batista vs. Ted DiBiase: A very boring match with more weak booking as Batista got DQ'ed for not stopping on the 5 count.
Carlito vs. Brian Kendrick: Didn't even last a minute.
Shane McMahon vs. Legacy: Shane got in a lot of offense and came close to winning several times against Orton AND his lackeys! That is just TERRIBLE booking. They "break" Shane's ankle and Batista comes out for the "rescue" after what seems like ages.
A pretty bad show that was badly booked throughout, especially in the main event, and the wrestling wasn't that good either. Shane almost beating Orton AND his lackeys was beyond ridiculous.
Grade: D-
5/11/09 Raw
Opening segment: Very boring as it made a handicap match between Batista and Legacy where if Batista lost he'd face all three members of Legacy and if he won he'd get Randy Orton one on one.
Batista vs. Legacy: Very boring and uneventful handicap match as expected and my prediction was right in that there'd be another one in the main event.
Maryse/Jillian Hall vs. Mickie James/Kelly Kelly: Very boring and uneventful women's match.
Carlito vs. Brian Kendrick: This was a pretty decent match as it lasted much longer than 30 seconds this time.
Miz vs. John Cena "exhibition match": This was very boring as they just did moves on each other with no story because there was no referee.
Beth Phoenix vs. Santina Marella: Terrible match and the crossdresser beats the dominant heel of the Raw women's division, thus making the whole division look bad.
VIP Lounge: Probably the worst edition of it ever as it really showed that MVP's face character just wasn't working. At least it made a match though.
MVP/Kofi Kingston vs. Matt Hardy/William Regal: Best match of the show although the booking of Matt Hardy on Raw after he beat his more over brother three times continued to baffle me.
Batista vs. Randy Orton: This became a singles match due to Batista taking out Rhodes and DiBiase backstage after his earlier match... this was not much of a match and teased a Batista heel turn.
Very boring show with by the numbers booking and the wrestling quality wasn't much either.
Grade: D
5/18/09 Raw
Opening segment: This was actually pretty good because Flair's an excellent promo, although this did make yet another handicap match in the main event.
#1 contendership battle royal: Pretty boring and Kelly wins making Maryse vs. Kelly for the Divas title next week.
Santino Marella vs. Chavo Guerrero: Pretty bad match here that only served to bury Chavo.
Colons vs. Brian Kendrick/Goldust: While it looks like a good match on paper, this was completely secondary to Kendrick's "THE partner" angle as Kendrick and Goldust couldn't work with each other at all and the match was pretty short.
Miz/Lawler/Show segment: Really good with Miz coming out to Cena's old "word life" music and rapping about Cena until Lawler tries to show him how stupid it is to say he's undefeated against Cena when they never had an official match together. Big Show then attacks Lawler to end the segment.
MVP vs. Matt Hardy: Good US title match despite the stupidity of Matt losing once again.
Vickie Guerrero vs. Santina Marella: Vickie wins the "Miss Wrestlemania" crown in what was more of an angle than a match. Pretty bad as it isn't Wrestlemania anymore, makes the whole Miss Wrestlemania thing more pointless than it already was, and starts a feud that nobody wants to see.
Batista/John Cena vs. Legacy: Not a great match and the handicap match has been done for three straight weeks now.
This show started a lot of angles, but very few were any good and the wrestling was bad once again.
Grade: D+
5/25/09 Raw
Opening segment: One of the worst segments this year, easily. It involves Vince and a fake Stan Kroenke in the ring and Vince makes fun of his middle initial by saying it stands for "Enos", which of course rhymes with "penis". All this did was make Vince come off as a jackass and gave non-fans a reason to look down on wrestling.
Maryse vs. Kelly Kelly: A very bad Divas title match that ends with Maryse throwing Kelly into the announce table for the DQ.
Matt Hardy vs. William Regal vs. Kofi Kingston: Best match of the show by far as it actually stayed as an actual wrestling match without any BS thrown in there. The action wasn't bad either.
Flair/Orton segment: Pretty disappointing as it wasn't up to Flair's standard of excellence when it comes to promos and revealing Kennedy as the mystery partner for the "Lakers" one hour before the match took place was very anticlimatic.
Santino Marella/Mickie James vs. Beth Phoenix/Chavo Guerrero: Okay match but the stuff afterwards destroyed anything positive about it with Vickie vs. Santina in a freakin' HOG PEN match being announced for Extreme Rules.
Goldust/Hornswoggle vs. Brian Kendrick/Festus: A pretty bad match that was solely about Kendrick's "THE partner" angle, which led to Kendrick being pinned by Goldust.
"Nuggets" vs. "Lakers": This actually wasn't a bad match when you look past the stupidity of the jerseys and the reason why the match took place.
A terrible show filled with bad wrestling, booking, and a whole lot of stupidity. The purpose of this show was to make Stan Kroenke pay for booking the Nuggets in the Pepsi Center instead of Raw that night, and seeing as how this show sucked and was hammered by nearly everyone and the Nuggets won their playoff game that night, I'd say it failed big time. This show did nothing for anybody.
Grade: F
6/1/09 Raw
Opening segment: Very boring with Orton flipping a coin to see who would get squashed by Batista in the cage. Rhodes wins and the cage match is next.
Batista vs. Cody Rhodes: This was a complete squash with Batista Batista Bombing Cody after he was near the top of the cage.
Beth Phoenix/Maryse vs. Mickie James/Kelly Kelly: Boring and uneventful women's tag match here.
Colons vs. William Regal/Matt Hardy: Pretty good match.
Kofi Kingston vs. MVP: Very good US title match although MVP handing the title to Kofi after the match completely goes against his character.
Vickie/Santino segment: The worst part of the show with Regal and Hardy attacking Santino and Vickie pouring pig slop all over Santino with an evil laugh.
Orton vs. Flair brawl: Pretty bad as Orton getting his ass kicked by a retired wrestler didn't make me more interested in seeing his match vs. Batista at all.
A very boring show here... the wrestling was okay and the PPV hype was decent, but the non-wrestling was just brutal!
Grade: D
6/8/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Kofi Kingston vs. William Regal: Decent at best.
Maryse vs. Kelly Kelly: Bad match.
Santino Marella/Goldust/Festus vs. Brian Kendrick/Jamie Noble/Chavo Guerrero: Decent match.
Miz vs. John Cena: Decent until Big Show came down.
MVP vs. Matt Hardy: Solid match.
Edge/Vickie segment: Really good as Vickie announced that she was leaving and Edge cut a face-like promo on her.
Legacy vs. Colons: Solid match.
Randy Orton vs. Batista: Decent match, HHH's return was better.
Solid show with lots of good matches. A much more straight forward Raw than the last several weeks.
Grade: A
6/15/09 Raw
Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio: Great match.
Christian vs. Tommy Dreamer: Solid match.
Randy Orton vs. Big Show vs. HHH vs. John Cena: Pretty good match.
Vince/Trump segment: Vince sells Raw to Trump... two years too late for it to mean anything.
Mickie James vs. Rosa Mendes: Very bad match.
Miz/Goldust/Hornswoggle segment: Pretty good.
CM Punk vs. Edge vs. Jeff Hardy: Pretty good match.
Hart Dynasty vs. Colons: Solid match.
#1 contendership battle royal: Good outside of the booking where HHH gets a title shot six days before his title match on PPV, in a LMS match.
Good show. Lots of good matches despite some questionable booking decisions.
Grade: B
6/22/09 Raw
Opening segment: Really boring Trump promo...
Cena/Miz segment: To take a page out of Michael Cole's book, Vintage Cena. He was TERRIBLE in this segment which made it bad overall.
Jeff Hardy/Great Khali/Rey Mysterio vs. Edge/Chris Jericho/Dolph Ziggler: Really good match, and none of these guys are Raw regulars.
Cody Rhodes vs. Primo: This wasn't a good match as it was pretty slow and there wasn't much of a story either.
HHH vs. Randy Orton Last Man Standing: While it is moronic to give away your PPV main event for free in a gimmick match, this was a VERY good match.
Vince/Trump segment: Very bad segment and the angle with Trump is over just like that. This also announces the beginning of guest hosts starting next week.
Mickie James/Bella Twins vs. Maryse/Beth Phoenix/Rosa Mendes: Very bad match.
John Cena vs. Big Show: Not a really good match and a feud as underwhelming as this one getting a main event slot was not a good idea.
Outside of the Smackdown tag and LMS the whole show was a wash with bad in-ring segments and even worse skits with Vince throughout the show.
Score: D+
6/29/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
HHH vs. MVP: Good match.
Colons vs. Edge/Chris Jericho: Good match.
John Cena vs. Miz: Solid match.
Mickie James/Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix/Rosa Mendes: Decent at best.
Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston: Solid match.
Orton gauntlet: Very good.
Good show as this show had no flaws whatsoever.
Grade: A
7/6/09 Raw
Opening segment: Meh. DiBiase Sr. with two guys who've been buried for months. Focusing the show on them didn't click.
Chris Jericho/Edge vs. Colons: Good match minus the Carlito heel turn. The Colons didn't even last a year.
Maryse/Alicia Fox vs. Mickie James/Gail Kim: Not a bad match and was the most well-booked part of the show actually.
Mark Henry vs. Cody Rhodes: Bad match that gave Henry a countout win after gaining momentum last week with his face turn.
Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase: Meh. Very overrated match... I prefer when young guys are BUILT UP before getting high profile matches like this, not jobbing when they have the advantage.
VIP Lounge: Another storyline about MVP's past. MVP's not a good face either.
Evan Bourne vs. Kofi Kingston: Decent match though I wasn't feeling the Big Show attack after the match.
HHH vs. John Cena: Decent match, very predictable booking.
Pretty boring show actually... focusing the show on young guys who jobbed in handicap matches with the advantage for months isn't a very good idea, even if the guest host's one of their dads.
Grade: C
7/13/09 Raw
Opening segment: This wasn't very good and it made a six man tag main event that involves Seth himself so it technically was yet another handicap match.
Kelly Kelly/Mickie James/Gail Kim vs. Rosa Mendes/Alicia Fox/Maryse: This actually wasn't bad.
Miz vs. Primo: Very average match.
MVP vs. Jack Swagger: This wasn't bad although having Swagger win clean one week after their VIP Lounge segment which started their feud was questionable booking.
Chris Jericho vs. Mark Henry: The promo exchange between them before Seth announced the match was good, but the match itself wasn't and Mark Henry wins by countout once again.
Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero: Hornswoggle wins a brutal match where Chavo had an arm tied behind his back. This storyline was SO pointless and stupid it isn't even funny.
Big Show vs. Evan Bourne: Bourne gets squashed by the Big Show.
HHH/John Cena/Seth Green vs. Legacy: Very boring main event with the majority of the focus being placed on Seth Green, a non-wrestler who wouldn't be there next week. I don't understand that logic.
A lot of people liked this show but it was very weak. The wrestling was pretty bad, Seth wasn't a great host, and he got more focus on him than the PPV Night of Champions did. No wonder The Bash and Breaking Point got such terrible buyrates...
Grade: D+
7/20/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty bad as it was poorly written and made yet another handicap match main event.
Big Show/Jack Swagger/Carlito vs. MVP/Primo/Kofi Kingston: The best match of the show by far and did a decent job of hyping the US title match at Night of Champions.
Jerry Lawler vs. Brian Kendrick: A bad match that was pointless and only served to bury Kendrick even further.
Maryse/Mickie segment: This wasn't that good as the mic work in this was pretty boring and it being on the stage wasn't really justifiable as it wasn't really a legit feud until this segment.
Mark Henry vs. Chris Jericho: Not much of a match here with the most notable thing being Jericho getting DQ'ed.
Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero: This was a "sharp dressed man" tuxedo match and Chavo's pant legs were sewed together so he'd waddle like a penguin. Worst match of the year and gives another reason for non-fans to look down upon wrestling in general.
Gail Kim/Kelly Kelly vs. Alicia Fox/Rosa Mendes: Not a good match.
ZZ Top segment: This was pretty much pointless and bad.
Legacy vs. John Cena/HHH: Pretty much the same match as last week... very boring and the only difference was that no celebrity was involved in the match.
Worst Raw of the year. The ZZ Top backstage skits and Hornswoggle/Chavo match were just brutal and only the six man tag was a good match, and even that was just decent.
Grade: F
7/27/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good, mainly because Shaq made it work.
Mark Henry vs. Carlito: Pretty good actually... Carlito carried Henry to a good match.
Mickie James/Gail Kim/Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix/Alicia Fox/Rosa Mendes: As good as women's matches get these days.
MVP vs. Chris Masters: Pretty solid match.
Kofi Kingston vs. Brian Kendrick: Trouble In Paradise, pin.
HHH vs. Cody Rhodes: Not a bad match and while the finish was idiotic it saves us from another round of Orton/HHH.
Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero: A blindfold match this time... ugh!
Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger: Pretty good match.
John Cena vs. Miz: Decent at best.
Cryme Tyme vs. Big Show/Chris Jericho: Wasn't much of a match and this feud in the main event fell flat, even with Shaq. Plus Cryme Tyme in the main event didn't work for me.
Decent show, nothing special though as Shaq's awesomeness overshadowed everything. The Hornswoggle/Chavo BS and the 3 second special were so bad that they kept it from a higher grade though.
Grade: B
8/3/09 Raw
Opening segment: Absolutely terrible with Piven and Dr. Ken being VERY annoying and Piven calling Summerslam "Summerfest" making the whole company look bad.
Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger: Bourne gets very little offense here as Swagger wins in under two minutes.
Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall vs. Gail Kim/Mickie James: This was a pretty good match and the best booked part of the show.
Legacy vs. HHH: A really boring match that Legacy actually won until HHH cut a very damaging promo that buried Legacy and killed the effect of their win.
Carlito vs. Primo: This was a pretty good match despite it being a very anticlimatic way to end the "feud".
Chavo Guerrero vs. Mark Henry: Almost as bad as Hornswoggle vs. Chavo as "Markswoggle" squashed him.
Big Show vs. Kofi Kingston: Pretty good match until the lame DQ finish.
John Cena vs. Miz: The match wasn't bad but the booking sucked and the celebs' heel turn was stupid since they were hated already and weren't going to be on next week, making it completely pointless.
The wrestling was okay but the booking and the entertainment of this show were just awful!
Grade: D+
8/10/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Gail Kim vs. Beth Phoenix vs. Alicia Fox vs. Kelly Kelly: Best women's match this year.
Slaughter segment: Wasn't bad and turning him heel in Canada was the right decision.
Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger: Better than last week's two minute special.
Slaughter segment: Jillian sings in this one. Terrible.
Eugene vs. Calgary Kid: Bad match and Calgary Kid got the contract and revealed himself to be Miz. So that whole angle last week is now pointless... lovely.
Randy Orton vs. Big Show: Wasn't bad actually as Orton carried it.
MVP vs. Chris Masters: Solid match.
Slaughter segment: He teases the fans with Bret and they get Duggan instead. THAT is hilarious and a great heel move.
Legacy vs. Mark Henry/Hornswoggle: Not good at all but it beats Hornswoggle/Chavo any day.
John Cena vs. Chris Jericho: Really good match.
Pretty good show actually. The booking and writing problems were still there as usual but the show was very well wrestled and Slaughter was an awesome host.
Grade: B+
8/17/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good.
Kofi Kingston vs. Carlito: Good match.
Miz vs. Evan Bourne: Solid match.
Mickie James vs. Gail Kim: Good match until Gail suffered the stinger, then it ALL fell apart.
Jack Swagger vs. MVP: No entrances and lasted less than a minute.
Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero: Bad as usual and capped off with a Home Alone reference.
Chris Jericho/Big Show vs. John Cena/Randy Orton: Good match.
Solid show.
Grade: B-
8/24/09 Raw
Opening segment: This had a few moments but was mostly stupid, especially Big Dick Johnson coming out of the cake.
Miz vs. Santino Marella: This was pretty much a squash and Miz announces that he’s going after Kofi and the US title after the match.
Mickie James/Gail Kim/Kelly Kelly vs. Alicia Fox/Beth Phoenix/Rosa Mendes: This match was pretty bad.
Mayweather/MVP/Jericho/Show segment: Not very good as Mayweather is bad on the mic and MVP’s just not good as a face as everything that made him so popular was taken away from him.
MVP/Mark Henry vs. Big Show/Chris Jericho: Not a great match/
Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero: This was a boxing match and it was as bad as usual with Chavo having to wear giant rubber boxing gloves instead of the real thing.
Legacy vs. DX/Vince McMahon: Very boring main event where Vince pins Orton after HHH pedigrees him. I didn’t see the point of the finish except that it was Vince’s birthday so he wanted to pin the WWE champion. Not good business…
Very boring show void of any highlights whatsoever.
Grade: F
8/31/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good and Dusty made Orton vs. Cody for the title to give his son a title shot.
6 diva battle royal: This was an okay match but the booking was very disappointing with yet another Beth vs. Mickie match coming out of this.
MVP vs. Chris Jericho: This match was really good and probably the best part of the show.
Hornswoggle vs. Chavo Guerrero: This was brutal as usual as it was a bullrope match where Chavo had to wear a cow head so he couldn’t see anything.
Big Show vs. Mark Henry: This was booked pretty well but the wrestling itself was pretty bad actually.
Jack Swagger vs. Carlito vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Miz: This was almost as good as MVP/Jericho and Kofi retained the US title.
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James: Not only was this match overdone but these two didn’t click in this match either. The pacing was off and Mickie won too.
Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes: The good thing about this is that the heels came on top at the end of Raw, which was a big surprise. The bad thing is that they hyped this match up more than they built up Orton vs. Cena at Breaking Point. Hey, that show got the lowest buyrate this year…
This show was liked by many but it was another poor showing as the booking involving the women fell flat, crap was still prevalent in Hornswoggle/Chavo and the DX/Dusty segments full of insider references and typical DX comedy, and a non-match in Orton/Cody was hyped up more than Orton/Cena at Breaking Point.
Grade: C-
9/7/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty funny... this is much better than what I expected (something like playing Plinko in the ring to determine a match was what I thought would be the norm).
Chris Jericho vs. MVP: Pretty good match once again.
Evan Bourne vs. Chavo Guerrero: Solid match, however Bourne won only because of Hornswoggle. Not the way to push younger talent...
John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes: Good match despite it obvious that Rhodes had no chance of winning.
"Price is Raw" segment 2: Not as good as it was in the opening segment because that one had Jericho but it was still solid.
Big Show vs. Santino Marella: Pointless bodyslam match. Nobody gained anything from it.
Big Show vs. Mark Henry: Another bodyslam match. Eh... at least this was part of a storyline.
DX vs. Randy Orton/Chris Masters: Solid match but Masters as Orton's partner shows that Raw REALLY needs a second main event heel... he really looked out of place in the match.
MUCH better show than last week although there are still booking problems (no Swagger, Carlito, Miz, and Kofi, all of which fought over the US title last week, Evan Bourne needing Hornswoggle to beat a guy who has lost to Hornswoggle non-stop the last few months, Chris Masters in the main event, and the entire women's division got no airtime at all).
Grade: B+
9/14/09 Raw
Batista/Orton segment: Pretty good and I still don't see how Batista's mic skills are bad.
Trish segment: Very good.
Miz/Jack Swagger vs. Primo/Kofi Kingston: The exact same match that was on Superstars last week but it was a good match and Miz stealing the US title was great.
Gail Kim vs. Alicia Fox: Good match, terrible result with Alicia becoming #1 contender..
Shawn Michaels vs. Ted DiBiase: Good match. The promo before it was "meh' though.
Hornswoggle/Evan Bourne vs. Carlito/Chavo Guerrero: Decent match though it's hard to be emotionally invested in anyone in this match...
Beth Phoenix/Chris Jericho/Big Show vs. Mark Henry/MVP/Trish Stratus: Great match and I'm not counting the regular tag as it barely happened and turned into this.
Batista vs. Randy Orton: This wasn't a bad match actually as Orton carried it.
Good show. The wrestling was very good and great story progression throughout.
Grade: A-
9/21/09 Raw
Opening segment: Cedric and the Bellas come out of a limo as well as various other people and this lasted almost forever.
HHH vs. Cody Rhodes: Best match of the night and the DX promo wasn't as bad as usual.
Cedric The Entertainer segment: Very lame segment that made Chavo vs. Cedric for later.
Miz vs. Evan Bourne: Solid match.
Cena/Orton contract signing: This wasn't that bad... Cena was corny but not to his usual annoying level and a 6 man match was made as the main event. I like it when matches are built in advance.
Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James: Mickie gets squashed in a minute.
Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger: Not a great match.
Cedric The Entertainer vs. Chavo Guerrero: Terrible match.
Lillian segment: This was a great segment and the best part of the night... even though she messed up A LOT the last few years she deserved this segment.
Chris Jericho/Big Show/Randy Orton vs. John Cena/MVP/Mark Henry: Not a bad match.
Not a good show. The show had its fair share of redeemable qualities but also a lot of stupidity and the booking was atrocious. The wrestling wasn’t that good either.
Grade: C
9/28/09 Raw
Opening segment: Really good.
Chris Jericho/Big Show vs. MVP/Mark Henry: Good match.
Mickie James vs. Rosa Mendes: Absolutely terrible.
DX/Legacy segment: Awesome segment.
Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne: Decent match though Evan deserves better than to be enhancement talent.
Hornswoggle/Santino Marella vs. Chavo Guerrero/Chris Masters: Boring match and while Chavo/Hornswoggle finally looks like it's over, Chavo vs. Masters? You have to make fans care about THEM before they care about a FEUD between them!
Sharpton/Jillian/Bellas segment: Pointless filler.
Cena gauntlet: Very boring outside of the stuff on top of the cell. Cena and Big Show have no in-ring chemistry whatsoever.
Very boring show. The first hour was okay but the second hour took a nosedive.
Grade: C
10/5/09 Raw
"Diva Bowl": This was probably the worst divas match this year.
Orton/Cena segment: Really good but the awfulness of the opener hurt my enjoyment of this a bit.
Jack Swagger vs. Primo: Decent match.
MVP/Mark Henry vs. Chris Masters/Chavo Guerrero: Very boring match and Hornswoggle's involved in the Chavo/Masters feud now. Ugh!
Roethlisberger/Jericho/Show segment: Meh. DX was also the most unfunny they've been in a while.
Miz vs. Kofi Kingston: Best match of the night so far.
DX vs. Chris Jericho/Big Show: Great match.
Okay show that was completely saved by the main event.
Grade: B-
10/12/09 Raw
Opening segment: Decent at best. Jericho and Big Show saved it.
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show: Solid match.
Mickie James vs. Jillian Hall: Meh.
Melina vs. Jillian Hall: Okay, this was pointless. Instead of one good Mickie vs. Melina match we get two bad Jillian matches and makes the first one pointless.
Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase vs. John Cena: Best match of the night.
Jack Swagger vs. MVP: Solid match though MVP has no momentum whatsoever considering he was one of the rising stars in 2007.
Kofi Kingston vs. Evan Bourne: Solid match.
Beth Phoenix/Alicia Fox/Rosa Mendes vs. Kelly Kelly/Gail Kim/Maria Menounos: Boring match though Menounos was probably one of the better workers in the match surprisingly.
Miz promo: Pretty good.
Legacy vs. John Cena/Randy Orton: Decent match with some good booking for once. Show some guts more often, Raw writers!
Good show. The matches were good and the hosts didn't take up anywhere near as much time as usual.
Grade: B+
10/19/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty bad as it was full of HHH burials and lame jokes.
Team Raw vs. Team Jobber: I did make up the name of the last team but none of them are doing anything... anyway, decent at best.
Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase: Not much of a match but a really good angle.
John Cena vs. HHH: Great match.
Miz vs. Marty Jannetty: Another decent at best match.
Melina vs. Jillian Hall: Squash though the lame dancing segment afterwards lasted much longer.
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho: A bait and switch as this turned into a Vickie promo instead.
This show had more good segments than bad segments and Cena/HHH is very muc worth checking out, but the divas stuff and the opening promo really hurt the quality of this show.
Grade: B-
10/26/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good actually considering that NASCAR drivers were hosting.
Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho: Pretty good match.
Santino Marella/Melina vs. Jillian Hall/Chavo Guerrero: Not a great match.
Cena/Legacy segment: Pretty good.
MVP/Mark Henry vs. Legacy: Decent match but the Kofi promo on Orton's custom NASCAR car afterwards was awesome so...
Miz vs. Evan Bourne: Decent match.
Sheamus vs. Jamie Noble: Just a squash pretty much but at least it was entertaining.
HHH vs. Big Show: Pretty decent main event.
Very good show. The hosts were terrible but Jericho's greatness on the mic outweighed them and the wrestling and booking were very good all night.
Grade: A-
11/2/09 Raw
Opening segment: Very bad with Ozzy screwing up wrestlers’ names and the “really” stuff being very annoying. This did make the main event though.
Miz vs. Evan Bourne: Solid match but VERY repetitive as is Swagger/Bourne.
Sheamus vs. Jamie Noble: This was better than last week’s version of this match but still a low point of this show as there wasn’t any real standout match.
Legacy vs. Kofi Kingston/Mark Henry/MVP: Pretty decent tag match.
Raw’s Got Talent: Outside of Santino biting off the head of a bat… man, this was very bad as the only thing it accomplished was giving Masters a lame pec dancing gimmick and Chavo and Jillian get humiliated by Hornswoggle dressed up as Jack Osbourne. I can’t believe I typed that.
#1 contendership battle royal: Your typical divas battle royal.
Chris Jericho vs. Big Show vs. John Cena: Not a bad match despite DX’s lame commentary filled with insider remarks and Jericho finally beats Cena.
A very weak show… no real standout match and too much of a focus on goofiness rather than PPV build.
Grade: C-
11/9/09 Raw
Opening segment: Typical guest host segment that Jericho/Big Show interrupted to save as well as DX.
Alicia Fox vs. Kelly Kelly: Bad match.
Sheamus vs. Jobber: Squash.
Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne: Decent outside of Swagger's winning streak being ended in a less than 5 minute match.
VIP Lounge: Very good segment.
Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry: Not a great match.
Ricky Hatton vs. Chavo Guerrero: Bad "match" with Hatton winning.
DX vs. Chris Jericho/Big Show: Decent main event.
Very weak placeholder show. Hardly anything advanced all night and the in-ring action wasn't anything special.
Grade: D+
11/16/09 Raw
Opening segment: Even though Piper was the guest host, they still opened with Luis Guzman, an actor.
Miz vs. MVP: Solid match.
Santino Marella vs. Chavo Guerrero: Your typical comedy match and HHH pedigrees Hornswoggle after the match..
Melina vs. Alicia Fox: Decent divas title match.
Piper/Vince promo: This hyped a Vince/Piper match... in 2009. Ugh.
Sheamus promo: Very dull with him attacking Lawler.
Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne: Very rushed and repetitive match.
Vince McMahon vs. Roddy Piper: Thankfully no match as this is an awesome Orton/Kofi brawl instead.
DX vs. John Cena/Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho/Big Show: Very good main event.
Outside of the last two segments this show was very overrated. Yes, the crowd was hot, but parts of this show were the typical 2009 Raw, like the opening segment, Swagger/Bourne again, and teasing Vince vs. Piper in 2009.
Grade: C
11/23/09 Raw
Opening segment: Very good Jesse Ventura promo that made the matches.
Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler: Good match.
Sheamus vs. Finlay: Decent match.
John Cena vs. CM Punk: Very good match.
MVP/Mark Henry/R-Truth vs. Chris Masters/Chavo Guerrero/Jack Swagger: Decent match.
Randy Orton vs. Evan Bourne: Glorified squash.
Melina/Mickie James/Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall/LayCool: Terrible pilgrims vs. indians match.
DX vs. Hart Dynasty: Decent match, nothing special with a good Jericho promo afterwards.
Batista promo: His best one as a heel so far.
Legacy vs. Cryme Tyme: Okay match.
Breakthrough Battle Royal: Good main event but Sheamus gets a WWE title shot shortly after debuting and brogue kicks Cena afterwards.
Very good Raw, as it was filled with good wrestling and only the divas match was really lame.
Grade: B+
11/30/09 Raw
Opening segment: Really good as it featured good mic work from Jericho and DX of all people. They’re good when they’re serious but brutal when it comes to being funny.
Melina/Gail Kim vs. Maryse/Jillian Hall: Was not much of a match as it only lasted around two minutes.
Sheamus vs. Santino Marella: This was more of a beatdown than a squash as there was no official decision.
Miz/Troyer segment: Started out okay then kept getting worse… Henry/Miz for later in the show was made… yay.
Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston: This was probably the best part of the show as it was more of an angle than giving away a big match yet there was a lot of wrestling involved in this too.
Cena/Carlito segment: Very boring as it’s hard to take Carlito seriously next to Cena as he hasn’t been on Raw in ages and this did nothing for Carlito either.
Henry/MVP/Troyer segment: Henry and MVP start singing something straight out of Soul Train. Ugh.
Mark Henry vs. Miz: Pretty boring match and Henry and Troyer dance with Kelly, Eve, and the Bellas afterwards.
Chris Jericho vs. HHH: A solid main event but a disappointing one too.
A pretty bad show here as it was very wrestling-lean and the stuff involving Henry and MVP was just ridiculously stupid.
Grade: D+
12/7/09 Raw
Opening segment: This was basically Cuban welcoming the fans to Raw…
John Cena vs. Carlito: Just a squash... and a pointless one with no action whatsoever in the middle as Cuban had security block Sheamus from Cena, which took around a minute.
Cuban/Legacy segment: This was actually pretty good and I'm surprised that they mentioned Survivor Series 2003... considering that they said Jack Swagger was still undefeated after getting pinned by Matt Hardy in a tag match that's quite an accomplishment...
Legacy vs. Evan Bourne/Primo: Decent match and the obvious winners won. Legacy get ejected after their win.
Maryse vs. Gail Kim: WAY too rushed and an anti-climatic ending.
DX/Hornswoggle segment: The worst part of Raw. Hornswoggle being in the box was obvious and outside of it being another skit that shows why non-fans look down on wrestling in general, this made NO SENSE. Didn't Hornswoggle want to sue them last week? UGH!
Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton: Good match although the fast count win made me worry that Orton will win on Sunday. Unless they want to continue the feud, it's a bad move as a fast count win isn't a convincing win.
Miz vs. Mark Henry: Better than last week but still not good.
Hornswoggle/Eve Torres vs. Chavo Guerrero/Jillian Hall: Obviously not a good match and the stuff after the match was lame.
Jericho promo: This was pretty bland.
DX vs. Chris Jericho: Decent for what it was and the aftermath was good but all of DX's interaction with Hornswoggle hurt the build to the actual PPV match.
Sheamus/Cena faceoff: Pretty boring and focused more on Cuban, who wasn't going to be on the PPV, going through a table than promoting Cena/Sheamus.
Very boring show. A LOT of stupidity, weak matches for the most part, and poor hype for the already unconvincing main event. If you were a first time viewer, you'd think Mark Cuban would be involved in the main event.
Grade: D
12/14/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty bad as it was full of lame political jokes.
Slammy 1: Jericho and Big Show win tag team of the year and they cut a promo. Not bad…
Christian/Great Khali/Kane vs. William Regal/Vladimir Kozlov/Ezekiel Jackson: Very short and boring match.
Slammy 2: Sheamus wins breakout star of the year and cuts a promo. Eh.
Legacy vs. Kofi Kingston/Evan Bourne: Solid match although I’m worried about Kofi’s push now. They need to make new stars…
Slammy 3: CM Punk wins shocker of the year and cuts a good promo.
John Cena vs. CM Punk: Cena squashes Punk in unde two minutes, which is absolute BS, and cuts a very forced promo afterwards.
Slammy 4: HBK wins MOTY (for HBK/Undertaker) and makes a challenge for a rematch because he can beat Undertaker. Not bad…
Randy Orton vs. Undertaker: Decent match while it lasted but booked very lazily with the countout win.
Slammy 5: Bob Barker wins guest host of the year and cuts a promo in front of his house. This made these awards look VERY predetermined.
Vince/Miller segment: This was pretty lame with Vince shooting on the crowd although the Bret Hart mention was quite interesting.
DX vs. Chris Jericho/Big Show: This wasn’t even a match as HHH shoved the referee a few seconds in and it was a very lame segment with various babyfaces dressed in DX merchandise forcing Jericho out of the arena.
Slammy 6: Matt won extreme moment of the year but this was a lame segment as it involved Masters and Carlito.
Yoshi Tatsu/John Morrison/Mark Henry vs. Drew McIntyre/Zack Ryder/Miz: Decent for what it was but a very rushed match unfortunately.
14 diva tag: VERY bad “match” with all the girls wearing dresses. Absolutely pointless.
Slammy 7: Maria wins diva of the year… meh. Batista cut a promo afterwards.
Slammy 8: Michael Cole wins the “oh my” award in a terrible segment featuring Abraham Washington, Tony Atlas, and ugh… Big Dick Johnson.
DX/Hornswoggle segment: Not as bad as last week but still bad and the lawsuit’s on again next week. Ugh.
John Cena vs. Randy Orton: Best match of the night and Cena’s superstar of the year.
Awful show… no real storyline advancement, lame “comedy” throughout, terrible booking decisions, and quality wrestling was almost nonexistent.
Grade: F
12/21/09 Raw
Opening segment: The most notable part about this was some girl chasing a guy in a tiger suit with a golf club. All the energy that was put into that should have been put into making a good show.
Melina/Gail Kim/Kelly Kelly vs. Maryse/Jillian Hall/Alicia Fox: Not a great match at all.
Little People’s Court 1: As dumb as you’d expect.
Legacy vs. Kofi Kingston/Evan Bourne/Mark Henry: A pretty good match.
Little People’s Court 2: Just as dumb with the most notable part being DX running away from the midgets like they were a swarm of hornets.
John Cena vs. Jack Swagger: Another good match.
Chris Masters vs. Carlito: Very short and not a good match at all.
Sheamus vs. MVP: Decent match though MVP deserves MUCH better than jobbing to Sheamus in three minutes.
Miz vs. Santino Claus: This was not a good match at all.
Final segment: Very bad with Jericho appearing on Raw one week after he was banished from the show and Hornswoggle being DX’s mascot now. Ugh.
This wasn’t as bad as last week but they tried their hardest. The only difference was that some of the matches were good and the bad was like a trainwreck in that you had to watch to see how bad it would get rather than it being just BAD like last week. Still nowhere near good though.
Grade: D-
12/28/09 Raw
Opening segment: Pretty good as it set up the main event.
Ted DiBiase vs. Evan Bourne: Decent match.
Mark Henry vs. Cody Rhodes: Ridiculously short match.
Maryse vs. Kelly Kelly: Very short and bad.
Vince/HBK segment: This was good although it dragged a bit until HBK came out. Too bad Bret coming back isn't enough to make me forget all the Hornswoggle and guest host stuff lately.
Miz vs. Kofi Kingston: This lasted under a minute.
Miz vs. Kofi Kingston: This US title match barely lasted a minute until Orton came in for the DQ. The booking was fine but why such a short match?
DX vs. Big Show/Chavo Guerrero: The best match of the night... and it lasted only 5 minutes.
John Cena vs. Sheamus: This WWE title main event barely lasted two minutes until the screwy finish.
This show was pretty bad. The match quality was WAY below average, both the US and WWE champs looked ridiculously weak, and the backstage stuff with Timbaland was just terrible. This set up 1/4/10 nicely, but wasn't entertaining in the process and all the matches were rushed beyond belief.
Grade: C-
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