Quickie: RAW Christmas

Opening Segment:

• Kane in a Santa hat. YES.
• Randy just gets better and better as a heel. At the same time, I like the bit of dissention between him and The Authority over the past few weeks.

12 Diva “Jingle Bell(e)s” Match:

• LOLWut?
• AJ Lee on commentary. YES.
• Some flashes of good wrestling, here.
• Oh hey, Vickie’s wrestling tonight? Heh, guess not.
• Do-se-do LARIATOOOOOOOOH
• This match wasn’t terrible.

“Inconvenient” Curt Axel (Thanks for the joke, MFX) vs Sin Hunicara:

• Oh man, they really got rid of the old Sin Cara. They even updated his Titantron!
• JBL saying Sin Cara is a bad man because of the mask. I love it.
• Sin Cara lighting during the match. YES.
• “South Pole, south of the border” Horrible. #Racism

Bad Santa Segment:

• Sandow as Bad Santa. YES.
• Definitely a good example of WWE being a live action cartoon.

Side Note: Big Show in a diaper. I’m crying on the inside.

Batista Returns 1/20:

• Why!?

Bad News Barrett Segment:

• YES.

Wyatt Promo:

• “They can’t love you, not like I can” Deep.
• Bryan has the beard to fit in with the Wyatt Family.

Rhodeses/Bryan vs Wyatt Family:

• The Rhodes’ music isn’t so terrible after all. Maybe.
• YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
• The Wyatts still have one of my favorite entrances ever.
• Some great action here, from some great wrestlers. It’s WRESTLING, on a WRESTLING show. Oh my gosh.
• This match has had like 3 or 4 commerical breaks. I LOVE LONG MATCHES WITH WORKRATE #Smark

Good Santa Segment:

• Mark Henry as Good Santa. YES.

Bad News Barrett Segment 2:

• YES. YES.

Christmas Carol Contest:

• Xavier Woods is a great singer. Shut up, R-Truth!
• Run 3MB with the “Jingle Bells” screecher.
• Santino Marella and (WMS regular) The Rizz’s favorite wrestler The Great Khali
• “Fa la la la la, fa la la la la”

Christmas Present on a Pole – Fandango vs Dolph Ziggler:

• Poor, poor Dolph. He’s a former World champion, for crying out loud!
• YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REVEAL THE PRESENT BEFORE OPENING! #XMasRage
• Decent little match.
• FAHHHN…DAHHHN…GOOOOOOOOOOO

Side Note: Not one but two trios matches…what is this, CHIKARA? #IAmWWE #IAmCHIKARA

Primetime Players vs Usos:

• “DAAANNNNG USO CRAZY” – Best. Sign. Ever.
• “This is Austin” and “Houston Sucks” means it’s one of THOSE crowds.

Good Santa (Mark Henry) vs Bad Santa (Damien Sandow):

• I like the themes for these guys, especially Bad Santa. I hope they put these on iTunes.
• This match. Oh my gosh. 5 stars!

CM Punk/Big E Langston/John Cena Promo:

• CM Punk with mic GOLD as always. YES.
• Big E Langston. YES.
• John Cena. YES.

Side Note: Jeff Dunham on Tribute to the Troops. YES.

Real Americans vs Matadores:

• “Santa is an illegal immigrant” YES.
• I don’t care what anyone says, I love Cesaro in this almost ironic role with the Real Americans.
• Swing…swing…swing…swing…swing…swing…swing…swing…swing…YES.
• That move where one Matador stayed on the turnbuckle, and went into a headscissors was awesome. #Ole

“Cool Dude” Kofi Kingston vs “Chef” Ryback:

• SOS…They hear me jobbin’…
• Those tights, though.
• GOOOOLDBERRRG…GOOOLDBERRRG…
• Well, this match happened. Decent.

Bad News Barrett Segment 3:

• YES. YES. YES.

Side Note: THAT BIG SHOW IN DIAPER AGAIN. NO. NO. NO.

Punk/Langston/Cena vs Shield:

• Great match approaching.
• “Let’s go Cena…Cena sucks” EVERY TIME.
• Seriously great wrestling. World. WRESTLING. ENTERTAINMENT. YES!
• Show ends with each face’s music playing. Possibly worth noting that Big E’s was the last played. YES.

Overall:

• Good stuff for a holiday show. YES.