WWE Raw Review - 9th June 2008

The last week has been a hive of press conferences and media relations for the WWE in the build up to Mr McMahon’s Million dollar Mania which was happening tonight on Raw. With Smackdown gaining on Raw every week in the viewing ratings WWE were hoping this would be a ratings winner.

Good Points

Three Good Feuds

Chris Jericho / Shawn Michaels feud

This has to be the best feud on Raw after tonight’s show. Jericho is one of the most intelligent guys on the mic and played the crowd brilliantly tonight. This ended with Jericho finally snapping after weeks of threatening to by putting HBK’s head through a TV screen.

Mr. Kennedy / Paul Burchill

Great to see Burchiil in a feud with such an established star. Although Mr. Kennedy got the victory in their match an attack by Burchill on Kennedy after the match means it isn’t dead in the water. Unfortunately though unless one of them gets a title in the next couple of weeks we won’t see them at the next PPV.

HHH / Cena

Good to see these two headlining again. Although this has been put together due to injuries to other stars I would quite happily sit through a series of matches of these guys culminating at Summerslam.

Bad Points

Mr. McMahon’s Million Dollar Mania or should I say madness

The viewing ratings are in from Monday night’s and after Vince gave away his own money and the ratings haven’t improved so Vince gave away his money for nothing. There were many segments of the show dedicated to the competition which were agonising to watch. First off when Vince tried to dial the number of the winners many of the calls didn’t work and watching someone make a phone call in a five minute segment isn’t entertaining.

Beth Phoenix getting misused

After being built up for months as an unbeatable wrestler Beth seems to now be coming out on a weekly basis to lose to Mickie James. For Mickie James to be built again she needs a strong opponent to go against.

Santino and Carlito getting the mess around

Again it’s another case of crazy booking. After weeks of being built and getting mic time this week they lost to Cryme Time to who are regularly on Raw and with no mic time. If this wasn’t bad enough Ted Bibiase Junior and a partner of his choosing have next tag title shot and the tag champs just lost to the new pairing of Snitsky and Umaga in a non title match.

Overall

You could fast forward through a lot of this week’s show if you have it on record. Besides Jericho’s Highlight Reel there wasn’t much mic time for anyone and there was no flow to the show thanks to the Million Dollar competition. Three good feuds are in place they just now need to give them time and develop them properly.