WWE Raw Review - 22nd September 2008

Tonight was the 800th episode of Raw and I was looking forward to a great show. Wasn’t expecting any major shocks or news but a well produced show in the run up to No Mercy.

Good Points

Punk back in the mix

Was great to see CM Punk in a face to face with Orton and watching him slapping Orton down after Orton had informed everybody that Mike Adamle had passed a sanction which meant no one could touch him. This forced Adamle to suspend CM Punk indefinitely which was then overruled by Shane McMahon who made a rare Raw appearance. Can’t wait to see how the Punk / Orton feud develops.

Jericho does his best to push the main event

Jericho started the show off on top of a ladder in the centre of the ring to cut a good promo for the No Mercy main event however with HBK only appearing in the main event on Raw and having no mic time he needed to deliver. If Jericho keeps this up and HBK gets more time then they can this feud to even higher heights.

More time for Evan Bourne

Evan put in a great display going one on one with Kane and although Kane picked up the win Kane really did a lot to help Evan and put him over in the match. I think Evan’s going to have a bright future and if the WWE sign a few more lightweights they could have an exciting lightweight division again.

Bad Points

Storylines not followed through

There is a lot happening on the periphery at the moment on Raw. We have Zolph Digler a guy that is new to raw and all he seems to do is just introduce himself to people backstage. We have Charlie Haas now breaking in to doing videos either paying tribute to mocking other wrestlers and many more. WE needs to invest its time properly in a handful of storylines and not try and jam too much on a show. This is added to by strange booking like at the last minute changing the tag team main event to a handicap match.

Wrong time to push Lance Cade

I think WWE should push Cade and see what he can do but in the run up to Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels at No Mercy it wasn’t the time. Cade went over clean getting the pin for his team which pushed him as the main attraction as Raw went off air.

Overall

Really good solid show. If WWE deliver another good outing like this one next week I’m sure people will be buzzing for No Mercy.