WWE RAW Report (September 29, 2014): No Brock Lesnar, no problem
By Ryan Ritter
Bo Dallas is here to claim broken Rusev victims.
Granted, we saw this same bit with Bo Dallas and Jack Swagger; however, this time we get a twist of Mark Henry is pissed and pissed off Mark Henry is a great WWE character.
This has all the makings of a heel turn for Mark. Yeah, Bo swiped a cheap victory and was his usual jerk self in celebrating it backstage. But getting his head smashed twice with a rolling equipment case as a receipt? Goodness, Mark. The Hall of Pain is once again open for business in earnest.
Please don’t lock Goldust and Stardust in that room again.
Pro: I’m still a sucker for these segments.
Con: They are going to be locked in that room again for a month, aren’t they?
Pro: Well, they aren’t suffering a non-title loss.
Con: I seriously don’t see any doors in that room, they are going to be stuck there for a month.
Pro: I mean, I guess it’s also better than seeing them fight random Uso again for a month.
Con: PLEASE DON’T KEEP THEM OUT OF THE RING FOR A MONTH.
Dear Nikki, handicap matches featuring Eva Marie aren’t handicap matches.
Jokes aside for a bit, since I’ve been doing some shorter reports recently, I haven’t gotten the chance to seriously tip my hat to Nikki. Her in-ring performance at Night of Champions was solid. She’s getting more comfortable on the mic as a heel and is actually making a hell of a lot more sense than her sister right now. Dare I say she’s starting to figure it out?
Well…except for the whole “here’s a handicap match and one of your opponents is the absolute worst wrestler on the roster” thing. However, even that works in its own weird way.
The WWE let’s their babyfaces hit god-mode in handicap matches and it just makes the other two opponents look terrible. Fans know Eva Marie isn’t that great in the ring so even though she and Cameron get the better of Brie for a while in this match, it really isn’t that huge of a stretch that she managed to win.
With Nikki’s skills becoming more honed, I hope her kayfabe skills start to match as well and next week she says “well, Brie, this week you’re having another handicap match” and sends out the entire NXT divas heel roster to destroy her.