Hits & Misses

Opening Segment – HIT: Raw got off to a very good start with Seth Rollins coming out to talk about winning The Royal Rumble the night before. He gave a great promo to kick things […]

Opening Segment – HIT: Smackdown got off to a good start with Becky Lynch coming out to talk about her Women’s Title match against Asuka at The Royal Rumble. I particularly liked how she put […]

RAW HITS AND MISSES Opening Segment – MISS: There were good parts of the opening segment, but it went on for far too long and had too many bad things too. Paul Heyman was good […]

Becky Lynch – Asuka – HIT: The interplay between Becky Lynch and Asuka took up several segments at the start of Smackdown and was Hit or Miss. It was good enough to be a marginal […]

Braun Strowman – MISS: If WWE knew all along that Braun Strowman wasn’t going to be able to wrestle Brock Lesnar at The Royal Rumble, then they handled this situation terribly. If they just found […]

Opening Segment – MISS: I had mixed feelings about the start of Smackdown. I’m not a fan of this Daniel Bryan character. It is too similar to the character that failed for Juice Robinson when […]

Opening Segment – HIT: When fans talk about wanting a return to the Attitude Era, I never know what aspect of that era they are referring to. One of the aspects was unpredictability, the idea […]

SMACKDOWN HITS AND MISSES New Day Opening Segment – MISS: New Day’s act is starting to wear thin. Or I should say, it has been wearing thin for awhile now. Once upon a time, New […]

Inspired by the McMahon family and the New Year, I have decided that it is time to freshen things up here on the Raw Hits & Misses (and I will be returning later in the […]

RAW HITS Balor vs. Ziggler: I am not a big fan of what WWE is doing with this three-way feud between Finn Balor, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. But, it has resulted in some good […]

HITS Silas Young vs. Flip Gordon: Gordon challenges Young to an “I Quit” match before the match begins. As the “Last Real Man”, Young accepts but attacks Gordon cowardly before Gordon officially accepts. Ian Riccaboni, […]

RAW HITS Rollins as Top Guy: This Hit is for the idea that WWE made it clear on this night that they are getting behind Seth Rollins as the top guy on Raw. This felt […]

RAW HITS Rousey – Jax: Raw was much better this week (although not without its flaws) than last week. It got off to a hot start with the non-match of Ronda Rousey & Natalya vs. […]

HITS Kenny King vs. Christopher Daniels: Nice promo from King before the match began. King teases Daniels in regard to Daniels having one foot out of the door because his contract is just about up. […]

RAW HITS Rollins vs. Ziggler: After a terrible first two hours of Raw, we finally got the first and only Hit with this Intercontinental Championship match with Dolph Ziggler answering Seth Rollins’ open challenge. I did […]

HITS The Kingdom (Matt Taven & TK O’Ryan) vs. The Boys: Before the match, Taven infers that The Kingdom vs. The Boys is a joke. Taven sends TK O’Ryan to the commentary booth because Taven […]

HITS Dalton Castle, Taven, and The Kingdom: This started out as Castle discussing how hard he worked to get back after dealing with all of the injuries he faced this year that ultimately cost him […]

RAW HITS Banks & Bayley vs. Jax & Tamina:This was a pretty good tag match. Sasha Banks and Bayley continue to be wasted on Raw, but they performed well and carried Nia Jax & Tamina […]

HITS Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane (NXT Women’s Championship Match, 2 out of 3 Falls):  This match did not exactly kick off the show, but it was the first substantial match and it did not […]

RAW HITS Strowman: I give WWE credit for addressing some of the problems with the stupid Raw vs. Smackdown theme for Survivor Series. I appreciate the fact that Braun Strowman told Stephanie McMahon to her […]

HITS Shane Taylor vs. Jeff Cobb (Non-title match): This match was exactly what I thought it would be and that was a battle of two big powerful men. Both big men were able to get […]