WWE RAW Report (September 29, 2014): No Brock Lesnar, no problem

I’m marking out over people dressed in animal costumes.

I’ve said it many times before: wrestling is supposed to be fun and that includes being goofy sometimes; however, it only works if you go all-in on the gag.

Bunny has revitalized Adam Rose’s dead-in-the-water call up to the main roster; however, they can’t keep putting those two in matches with Slater Gator every week and expect it to keep working. The solution? Put Slater Gator in the ring against another tag team that features someone dressed as an animal and while we are at it, let’s have Hornswoggle dress up in a gator costume while we are at it.

To recap, we had the following:

• Puerto Ricans playing Spaniards
• A badass midget wrestler in a bull costume
• A very underrated midget wrestler in a gator costume
• The rebirth of Hornswoggle vs. El Torito (who have put on some legit incredible matches that I would love to see again)
• Slater Gator now has their own music and Titantron video/graphics
• A guy playing a Russel Brand character
• A mystery man in a bunny suit
• Rosebuds
• Rev. Jesse Jackson

Take that above list and it initially sounds like you are attempting to book a WWE match while drunk. Instead, everyone is fully committed to the bit, and it manages to be most amazing segments on the show.

Also, book Horngator vs. El Torito immediately and let them tear the house down again at Hell in a Cell.

I’m down for Rusev vs. Show.

I know this probably all ends with Mark Henry turning on the Big Show, but I certainly won’t mind the next version of a mega-hoss fight between these two next week.

Also, ripping down the gigantic Russian flag? Best cheap pop ever.

Was that Surge, Alicia Fox?

Thankfully, we get a respite in Paige vs. A.J. Lee and Alicia Fox makes her return as Paige’s new best friend. Hopefully, this allows Paige and A.J. to only face off at bigger events and make those matches special instead of just being the same thing every week. Also, we see the return of crazy celebration Alicia Fox.

By the way, did she pull out Surge cans from under the ring? I couldn’t tell if it was that or Mountain Dew, but either way, I started cracking up in my own mind when Alicia only teased Stone Cold’ing the beverages because they weren’t her preferred brand of Diet Coke. I actually watched their fallout segment hoping they would mention that, but alas, they didn’t.

Whatever, it’s still real in my mind.