Jim Ross Blog: Best Wrestler In WWE?, CM Punk And HBK's Segment, Lesnar And Heyman's Returns
WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with another new blog this week on jrsbarbq.com. Here are a few highlights with his thoughts on RAW:
- The highlight of the night was the strong, WWE World Title Bout featuring Orton and Bryan. Excellent story....good pacing...plenty of near falls....the live audience engaged and emotionally invested...a tried and true, villainous conclusion that put all the steam on Orton and not on the referee. Plus, the message was made loud and clear that Daniel Bryan looks to have Orton's 'number.' ... Bryan may be the definitive, best wrestler in the business at this point in time.
- Pleasantly surprised to see Shawn Michaels unadvertised appearance on RAW and his segment verbalizing with CM Punk was entertaining. It seemed as the two were mostly ad-libbing their dialog which is usually better than when a writer creates copy while role playing as the talent and then the talent being challenged to memorize their lines on show day and accurately interpret someone else's copy/creative direction in one take.
- I'd also expect Paul Heyman to return to WWE TV soon as the serious build to WM30 begins in earnest, as usual, after the New Year and leading into the Royal Rumble. That means that one can expect to see Brock Lesnar return as well. I'm still of the belief that Lesnar's TV persona will get significant and much needed exposure in one form or another to make the "Next Big Thing" as valuable an asset as possible for whoever he faces at WM30. I don't expect to see Lesnar at an overabundance of RAW TV's, which has to be strategically addressed, but I do expect his 'presence' to be on every show in some form including spokesman Heyman representing Brock. This is also were the great work done by WWE TV production people really steps to the forefront, too.
Much more is contained in Ross' latest blog, including his thoughts on tag team wrestling, not being a fan of coronations, the build for Roman Reigns, the Variety article on WWE's television deals, SmackDown airing live and much more. You can check out the full entry by clicking here.
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