Title This: WWE Raw Reaction 7/9

July 10, 2012

-John Cena comes out and cuts a really good promo about Money in the Bank and how important it really is. He reminds us that he wants to stop The Big Show, reigniting that feud slightly, and says he will become WWE Champion.

John Cena and Kane vs. Big Show and Chris Jericho ends in No Contest

What I Liked:

This was a below average tag team match. The pacing was alright in the beginning, with Cena carrying the load. I liked the intelligence of Jericho in the match, between the ropes and even on the outside. I felt like Kane and Show slugged it out once again. I cannot remember more times in this match than others where we saw Show leave his feet. Kane showcased the best offense, including a great looking DDT on Big Show. That is something extremely difficult to do because of each man's brute size and strength. The Big Show adding the spear is also a nice change of pace in the match. You can only punch so many times. Alas, we get some actual wrestling.

What I Disliked:

Why was the match stopped? I had no idea that Show could not break up the count without the bell ringing. That was absolutely ridiculous and a complete lack of knowledge. The writers seemed to be lazy and not come up with a good ending. Also, Kane and Cena should be good partners, huh? I mean, it was only 4 months ago where Cena needed to" Embrace the Hate." I would rather have seen another story implimented in the match. Why not mix in Christian and Ziggler, make it a 6 man tag? Or Cody? There were so many ways to make this more important for more pieces.

Grade: C

Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Sin Cara def. Heath Slater

What I Liked:

What was there to like here? Once again, another quick and useless match that added Cara to the PPV. He does not deserve this whatsoever, especially given his limitations with battling with certain superstars. Once again, this is a complete joke of a match. What was worse was Bob Backlund, who has not really done much on WWE Raw's to be considered a legend in that form. Where is the logical booking, or the sensibility to add something that is not predictable.

Grade: D-

Michael Cole def Jerry Lawler

What I Liked:

Uh, absolutely nothing. We find out Hornswoggle was the Anonymous Raw GM.

What I Disliked:

Everything. Do we even care what happened here? Also, I could b*tch for hours about this, but we already know this has been a horrible Raw.

Grade: F

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Aside from working with WrestleZone, Isenberg began his career in Broadcast Journalism interning at ESPN and worked with CBS Radio for three years. He has also had the opportunity to interview some of the best athletes and performers alive, including Andrew McCutchen, Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Steven Strasburg and others.

Currently, Josh Isenberg works for Major League Baseball in their Advanced Media Productions. He grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Point Park University, which is where Chair Shot Reality is filmed each week.

His life outside of his obsession with wrestling include being a savant for Seinfeld, NFL, NBA, MLB and many television shows. He also has an undying love for musicals, which includes many shows he was a part of in high school. Some of his favorite wrestling moments can be linked to such superstars as Edge, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Great Khali.