RAW Instant Fantasy Impact Analysis
Posted by: choke May 7, 2012 | 1276 views | 4 comments
Who's rising, who's falling after tonight's RAW?
Rising:
1. Randy Orton: From a meaningless feud with Kane to thrown into the WWE Championship match just like that. Right now Sheamus vs Orton is far more intriguing than Sheamus vs Del Rio.
2. Lord Tensai: Hard to ignore that he's now pinned Cena and CM Punk within the last several weeks. Crowd doesn't seem to be crazily responsive which is an issue, but the WWE sure is trying to sell him. Gotta think that'll last for a little while longer
3. Mason Ryan: Well I mean he was actually on the show. And a new stable usually is good for some wins.
Also liked Ziggler getting a clean pin on Kofi (is this leading to Swaggler getting a tag title shot?), and Brodus gets his best win yet (though to me the crowd still isnt buying what he's selling)
Falling:
1. Alberto Del Rio: He still has a chance to win the title, for sure, but one could make a case for Jericho or Orton instead so IMO he's less valuable at the moment.
2. Brock Lesnar: One could argue this was good because it still keeps his storyline open, but to me it just confirmed what most of us knew, that his time in the WWE will definitely be a limited engagement (either timewise or straight up # of appearance-wise)
3. John Cena: If I held Cena I'd be a little concerned over this injury angle. I do still think it'll lead to a big point win over Johnny at the PPV, but leading up to it I could see him getting beat down to create doubt that he can beat even Johnny with his injury.
Also: The Big Show is so terrible. Why do they subject us to this? Most of the crowd genuinely hates him it seems. Not sure what's worse for Natalya: her farting gimmick or teaming up with Maxine and losing in 20 seconds.
Would love to hear anyone's thoughts (except Goukijones') in the comments below.