My Post-Wrestlemania WWE Raw rundown

Just finished my rundown of Wrestlemania 29. Read raving reviews about the post-WM Raw. As I understand it, it's because of the NJ crowd in Izod Center. Let's see...

John Cena Promo

1. Ha! Nice shirt "the champ is here" with arrow pointing down. Cena is wearing the WWE belt on his waist.
2. As usual, crowd is pretty split. Boos here. Cheers there. Hehe.
3. Cena talks about main eventing WM and winning and all the perks that go with it.
4. "The adulation." Crowd boos. "The respect." Crowd boos. "The cheers." Crowd boos. "The cheers?" Crowd boos louder. "The cheers??" The crowd responds with even bigger boos.
5. John Cena is having fun with the crowd. The crowd then had their fun at John Cena, chanting "boring!" "Boring!" "Boring!"
6. Championship dance? What in the world is Cena doing?
7. Shake? Crowd says no. Kicking? Crowd chants No! No! No! No! "How about a HEEL TURN?" Crowd took a while to catch up then cheers in agreement! What a tease! :|
8. You can say whatever you want to say about Cena. But he knows the what the people wants. He must be in reading comments from the IWC every now and then.
9. The champ is here! Then crowd chants "Same old sheet! Same old sheet! Same old sheet!"
10. The champ is in a fighting mood tonight and issues an open challenge Before he finishes, 3-6 Mafia's Some Bodies Gonna Get It plays. Mark Henry heads down the ramp! Yes!
11. Been waiting for this for a long time. Mark Henry could have one more run as champ before retiring for good.
12. Crowd chant "sexual chocolate!" Cena says crowd wants to have "sex with chocolate." This is PG14 still, right? Ha! :)
13. Crowd is loving the idea and so do I! Then Booker T hits the ring. Who made him GM all of a sudden?
14. Booker says Rock gets a rematch as #1 contender. "Once in a lifetime, best out of three?"
15. Booker T: Rock was injuted last night. Crowd chants, uhm, "Hoarse sheet! Hoarse sheet! Hoarse sheet!" No idea what that means... Booker was taken aback. This is a wild crowd!
16. Mark Henry gets a title shot if he beats Cena tonight at the main event. Nice!

Daniel Bryan (w/Kane) vs Big E Langston (w/ Dolph Ziggler and AJ Lee)

1. A sort-of rematch from WM29. This time, we see how BigE holds his own against Goatface.
2. BigE takes early control with big slam.
3. Crowd clearly behind DB: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Oooooohhh Yes! (6kicks to chest + 1kick to side of the head.)
4. Distraction from AJ and Ziggy leads to BigE getting upperhand.
5. BigE hits his finisher the Big Ending (according to Cole) for the win. Finally, we have a name for his move.
6. Good debut for BigE. Could have been better if a bit longer.

Intercontinental Champion The Miz vs Wade Barrett (rematch from WM29 pre-show)

1. JBL to Cole: "If you'd have a different head and a different body, you'd look a lot better." Zing!
2. Crowd is booing Miz. Then "Let's go Barrett" chants ring throughout the arena.
3. Wade hits Miz with a neckbreaker on the ring apron. Crowd is impressed. Commercial.
4. Impressive Winds of Change from Wade. Then flying elbow on the floor from the apron.
5. Not sure who botched the Miz's backbreaker-neckbreaker schtick. It looked ugly. Crowd chants "you pucked up" briefly.No idea why...
6. Figure four locked in. Can't say if crowd was saying "woooh" or "boo". Reaches the ropes and crowd cheers. Well, I guess that means those were "boos".
7. Wade is bleeding from the mouth. Not sure where he got that.
8. Wade hits the Bull Hammer. Wade Barrett is once again the Intercontinental Champion. Weird booking though.

Team Brickie-Sheamus Backstage Promo
Sheamus demands a match with Big Show. That's it. :|

Booker T-Randy Orton Backstage Promo
Randy approaches Booker T to have the match with Big Show instead. Booker T overrules Vickie and gives the match to Randy

WHC Alberto del Rio vs Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter

1. Another rematch from last WM. Not really looking forward to this.
2. Zeb Colter is rausing the crowd and chants USA. Well, the crowd did chant USA! I though they were supposed to boo the heels? That just shows one of the many wrongs in this storyline.
3. Unlike earlier, the crowd is pretty quiet when ADR hits the ring.
4. Crowd: "We want Ziggler!"
5. JBL: "I've never taken anything away from Alberto del Rio. He's a great champion and he has a fantastic win last night."
6. Cole: "It was an INCREDIBLE win for del Rio."
7. JBL: "Well, choose your adjective, okay? We're agreeing with you, okay? You don't have to just restate it and say something else." Go shut him up, JBL! Geez. Could somebody please fetch Jim Ross please and take Cole's place?
8. JBL: "Everybody loves freedom of speech until somebody actually uses it!" How true! :))
9. Ha! "We want Ziggler" chants break out again.
10. Crowd chants "USA!" Geez, that's it. This storyline is completely wrong and should be buried. Ziggler really needs to cash in soon to finish this storyline and move on to another one.
11. ADR's knee and/or ankle hurting. Not sure when or where. Not interested to rewind and find out. Must have locked the patriot lock or something at some point. It's not like he has any other move...
12. I'm actually more interested in the commentary. That's how I much I don't care about the match. Well, except the chants from the crowd. Those are gold!
13. Cross arm breaker! Limping ADR gets the submission victory.
14. Dolph Ziggler's theme hits! He's cashing it in!!! CROWD EXPLODES!!! Every crowd's fantasy is finally here!!!

WHC Alberto del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler

1. One-legged ADR faces Dolph. Crowd is on their feet!
2. Crowd: LET'S GO ZIGGLER! The crowd is really in to it!
3. Cross arm breaker on Ziggler! Ziggler twists ADR's bad ankle.
4. Zig-zag! 1! 2! 3! We have a new World Heavyweight Champion! Crowd explodes again!
5. Crowd is on their feet! Extremely happy to finally FINALLY see Dolph Ziggler cash in. Wow!

Undertaker promo

1. Undertaker begins the slow walk to the ring. I was hoping to see the creepy hands from the ground reaching out to Taker like in WM, but they're a no-show.
2. As Undertaker speaks out about dedicating his match to Paul Bearer, the SHIELD hits the ring. Nice! They've clearly moved on to better feuds!
3. Boom! Hellfire and brimstone! Kane and Daniel Bryan hits the ring. The SHIELD retreats.
4. Wow! The rub the SHIELD are gonna get from Taker is great!
5. Does that mean Taker will have some matches post-Mania??

Dolph Ziggler interview with Josh Matthews

1. Dolph: "I've been too damn good for too damn long!" Crowd agrees!
2. Dolph: "I know, it's the day after. But this... THIS is my Wrestlemania moment!" Crowd cheers loudly in agreement again.
3. Dolph: "It's about damn time!" Crowd agrees again.

3MB vs Zack Ryder, Santino Marella and R-Truth

1. Okay bathroom break. Hehe
2. King on 3MB: "The audience booed so loud they couldn't hear themselves suck"
3. JBL: "No, no. They're not that good."
4. Wow! Crowd is really digging Santino's Cobra! Cobra hits, Santino pins for the win.

Randy Orton, Sheamus backstage promo
The two are arguing who gets Big Show. *sigh* I thought this lovefest was over...

Sheamus vs Randy Orton "shoot" match

1. Sheamus asks the crowd who they want to see lick Big Show's arse. Randy Orton hits the ring.
2. King: "I dunno if I'd be asking our fans here tonight anything. I dunno if it's me or if it's opposite night."
3. JBL: "These guys have a mind of their own. They're having a great time. I love it." Amen!
4. Oh great. Another tweet vote to see who faces Big Show.
5. Booker T and Vickie show up. Sheamus vs Randy Orton to face each other to determine who faces Big Show? What happened to the tweet voting thingie?
6. Probably a shoot. If it's a worked shoot match, it's really terrible.
7. Not everyone is happy including the crowd. What's going on behind the scenes?
8. Hahaha! Crowd is chanting Ole Ole Ole Ole. Orton a bit disturbed.
9. Crowd is chanting "Mike Chioda!" First time I heard the crowd cheering for the ref.
10. "Boring" chants erupt.
11. Crowd: "RVD! RVD! RVD!"
12. King: "Don't look at me with a quizzical look on your face, Cole. I can't tell what they're chanting either." Ha ha ha. Nice try, King.
13. JBL: "I don't think this WWE universe even thinks there's anybody in the ring right now. They're having a great time!"
14. Crowd: "JBL! JBL! JBL!"
15. Cole: "Are they chanting for you? Oh my Lord! This place is insane!"
16. JBL: "Smart fans! They're not insane! They're brilliant! These folks are brilliant!" As the camera then focuses on JBL on commentary, crowd gives him a huge pop. The guys in the ring really lost the crowd.
17. Crowd: "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!"
18. JBL: "They'll never chant Cole, I can guarantee you that!"
19. Crowd: "Michael Cole! Michael Cole!"
20. Cole: "They're chanting my name!?"
21. JBL: "They've gone nuts!"
22. Crowd: "ECW! ECW! ECW!"
23. Crowd is now doing the wave from one side to another.
24. King: "They've resorted to a wave!"
25. JBL: "I wish Michael would drown it!"
26. Sheamus delivers Irish hand grenades! Crowd finally pays attention to the match for a bit.
27. Crowd: "Randy Savage!" "Randy Savage!"
28. King: "The wrong Randy!" Randy Orton is about to lose it, like he lost the crowd. Will this lead to his heel turn???
29. Big Show hits the ring. The crowd laps it up and chants "Thank you Big Show!"
30. Huge Big Show Spear on Randy Orton right in front of the announce team. Crowd goes "Holy sheet! Holy sheet!"
31. While Big Show is manhandling Randy Orton all over the announce table, the crowd is chanting "we are awesome!" This crowd really cracks me up.
32. Big Show started throwing the announce team's chairs to the ring. The two chairs fall short and did not go inside the ring. Crowd chants "one more time" and later "one more chair." This crowd is nuts and totally ignores Randy.

Fandango vs Kofi Kingston

1. Fan-daang-goh is up next. Good effort in WM, except for that weird finish.
2. King: "JBL he needs to tell the truth. The first time he saw his wife dance, he had to pay the cover charge." Hahaha. Kids, it's alright if you don't get it. I don't either ;)
3. After the huge Fandango's lighted silhouette pyro thingie on the ring (whatever that is) Cole says "I want one of those!" JBL responds with "The dancer? I do to!" Hahaha.
4. What the?! The crowd is humming his theme! Dan dan! Dan dan danan dan. Dan dan. Dan dan danan dan. Quite a catchy tune. I'm doing it justice. You have to watch it yourself!
5. Crowd explodes as Jericho assaults Fandango! He's really doing a number on him, in the ring, out the ring and to the announce table again! Crowd likes this feud!
6. JBL: "Come on. Where's the Spanish announce table?" Hahaha.
7. Jericho's really beating him. Way to go to put him over to the crowd!
8. Refs forced Y2J away, but not after delivering the Walls of Jericho and Codebreaker. Crowd was chanting gor a Lionsault but did not do it, with so many refs already in the ring.
9. Bell rings, and Fandango wins via DQ.
10. Fandango, still in character, corrects Justin Roberts and says "It's Faaahn-daaahng-gooh." Crowd cheers!
11. His music hits and the crowd is now totally into humming Fandango's theme!
12. Well, whatever went wrong the previous night, that was redeemed this time. He's waaay over to the crowd. Not sure though if he should still be heel or face. This crowd's really something else!

Paul Heyman interview by Josh Matthews
Two things: Brock Lesnar is ready to fight, but he doesn't fight for free. CM Punk will be in Raw next week.

Tons of Funk and Funkadactyls vs Rhodes Scholars and Bella Twins

1. The match that was nixed the previous night is up next. Still wondering which segment went overtime in WM29 that they had to take their match of the card. It's not like they were going to have a long match. Probably 10 minutes tops.
2. JBL: "These guys shop with Michael Hayes?" referring to Tons of Funk's new Mafia-like threads.
3. Naomi hits rear view on one of the Bellas who tags in Cody. Naomi does the hurricanrana on him before Sweet T crushes him on the corner. Crowd's into it as well, who were just chanting Fandango's theme still.
4. Sweet T...uhm...basically runs then flips over, crushing Cody on the corner with his rather sizable back. What is that move called? Rolling Thunder? Rolling sushi? Sushi rolls? Funky roll? Sweet roll? Hehehe.

   

   Rough trajectory of Sweet T's, uhm, "Sweet Roll"

5. JBL: "What in the world's going on?!?" in a rather confused comedic tone.
6. JBL: "I think Sweet T's wrestling by himself. He's wrestling by himself...
7. King: "Like a Ric Flair match!"
8. Sweet T gets hit with a disaster kick, landing on the second rope. Bella's then hit, according to Cole, double bump muck. "Crushing" Sweet T's head with their rather sizable hips... Moving on...
9. All the while crowd is STILL. Humming Fandango's theme!
10. After Brodus' T-Bone (steak) suplex and a rather weird cover, Bella's get in and so did the Funkadactyls. Cody gets clotheslined to outside, leaving Damien with the Tons of Funk. Damien gets crushed with a double splash. One two three!
11. Crowd goes wild and dances to Tons of Funk's theme.
12. JBL: "I'm beyond speechless. I'm calling my momma. 'Mom!' And I'm telling my momma this is the craziest criwd I've seen in my entire life."
13. King: "Cole, is this your version of getting funky or are you having a seizure."
14. JBL: "You got the rhythm of a drunk elephant."
15. Cole: "Hey, the fans chanted my name, I trended on twitter tonight, this is a good night for me!"

Mark Henry vs John Cena

1. Mark enters first. Some of the crowd are actually dancing to his theme!
2. John Cena comes up next again to a mix of cheers and boos. Although the boos sound a bit louder than usual.
3. RTIME=NOW ? Sure, nice shirt, Cena.
4. Crowd is chanting Fandango's name still!!! Cena dances a bit and pays for it.
5. Action spilled to the announce table. Again. Crowd's yelling "Same old sheet! Same old sheet!"
6. Cena wins via count out victory. Not the best or impressive way to end it.
7. Post-match, Henry hits the World's Strongest Slam and raises the WWE belt to a huge pop from the crowd.
8. Ryback hits the ring and lays out Henry with a spinebuster. Goldberg chants ring out.
9. Ryback helps John Cena up, and crowd boos.
10. Ryback hits Cena with the Meathook. Huge pop from the crowd. Then shellshock. Ryback raises the WWE belt to an even bigger pop from the crowd.
11. Well, there's a turn. Perhaps not the turn that we're expecting.

Well, the WWE creative team got their work cut out for them. They struck gold with Fandango. The NJ crowd really put Fandango over big time. I f he continues to be in this character in the next few years with much success, he owes a lot to the NJ crowd at the Izod Center.