Raw Rundown 08/08/2011

Welcome everyone to the Raw Rundown!

We start off with The music of the COO, The game HHH.  Basically the gist of the segement is that the champion vs champion match is going to be one for the ages and it needs to have an undisputed finish.  In order to do so it needs a larger then life refferee and HHH believes that to be him self so he will officiate the match.  He also says both Cena and Punk will be in matches tonight with Cena's right now.  Cena comes out and they exchange some words off mic.  

I dont know how i feel about HHH as the ref.  I think the match was big enough on its own and it does not really need him to put it over the top.  It also makes me think that Cena is winning because of something HHH does, so that will further the HHH/ CM Punk angle.  While that program might be very entertaining, id rather see Punk march on as the champ.

John Cena Beats Jack Swagger Via Pinfall @ 5:21

Your typical boring Cena match.  1.5 stars

Next we hear from Alberto Del Rio, who will be facing CM Punk.  He call Punk the voice of the gutless because he ran way when Del Rio was going to cash in MITB.  Tonight he is going to show Punk what would have happened that night in Chicago if Punk stuck around

We get a recap of the start of the Truth/Morrison feud.  We then get a standard R Truth promo that makes no sense.  he says he hates spiders because they are creepy and quiet.  He yells at the audience to stop "Whating" him.  He says his mom used to make Spider Stew and the only person who ate it was little Jimmy.  Tonight he is going to step on John Morrison like a spider and squash him.  Ok....  Next up is Rey Vs Miz

Miz attacks Rey from behind on his way down to the ring and really goes to town on him.  After being stopped officials, Miz walks to the ring to be interviewed by Michael Cole.  Miz is mad that he doesnt know who he is facing at Summerslam.  He is sick of the attention Punk And Cena are getting.  He is the one who is all over doing PR and he is the most must see champion in history.  He demands a ref come down and call him the winner via forfeit.  A ref comes down and says that HHH has decided that Miz needs to compete in a new match now.  His opponent will be Kofi Kingston.

The Miz Beats Kofi Kingtson Via Pinfall @ 10:31 (With commercial)

Decent little TV match.  2.5 stars. 

We go backstage to hear from CM Punk.  Punk says he is not surprised that HHH made himself the ref because he has a bigger ego then his father in law.  For someone who resigned Punk because it was good for business, he should know that whats good for business is him keeping his big nose out of the match.  Whats good for business is CM Punk beating John Cena.  Whats good for business now is him kicking Alberto's teeth down his throat.

CM Punk Beats Alberto Del Rio @ 4:40

Kind of surprising they put Punk over so easily, but i dont mind.  2 Stars

We get a recap of the Beth Phoenix heel turn last week.  Its about damn time.

Beth Phoenix Beats Eve @ 2:52

After the match Beth grabs a mic and reasserts how sick she is of women like Eve and Kelly Kelly in the WWE. Beth says there will be no more "booty popping" or "stinkfaces" and then goes to leave, but she gets jumped from behind by Kelly Kelly with the Diva's title.

Alex Riley Beats Dolph Ziggler @ 1:33 via DQ (Vickie Slap)

Not rating this match.  Sure it was just done to have Riley earn a title shot for Summerslam this Sunday.

R Truth beats John Morrison @ 4:04 Via Pin

Seems very strange to not only blow off a 4 month feud in a 4 minute match, but on a Raw 6 days before a PPV?  Not really sure about this.  1 star from me.  Very confused by this booking

Everyone should watch this raw just for the Punk/Cena recap video.  It is pretty epic.

Next week, Rey faces whoever is WWE champ after SummerSlam

Christian is backstage and says he has a major announcement to make on Smackdown on Friday.  He says he thinks HHH should be there

We cut back to the ring for our main event contract signing with Triple H and John Laurinaitis​ already in the ring. Punk is out first, followed shortly by Cena. Both men sit down at the table in the middle of the ring but before they can sign the contracts, Punk picks up a mic and decides to talk for a bit. He wonders out loud when the last time was when they had a contract signing that didn't end in a physical confrontation and he asks Cena if he should just flip the table over now and get the fight started already. Punk talks about feeling like a movie star getting ready to plug his latest film on Conan and then takes a shot at Triple H for the dismal sales of The Chaperone. Punk says he in fact does have a clip from a movie star for Cena, and introduces a clip from none other than The Rock! In the clip The Rock cracks some jokes about Cena's goofy ring attire and calls him a bloated transvestite Wonder Woman​ lookalike among other things. He mimics Cena's theme song and does his usual Cena impersonation. He talks about Cena going to his own hometown in Boston and getting booed and about how the majority of men around the world don't like Cena because they see through his bullshit and can smell a phony punk from a mile away as the clip wraps up. Crowd really liked that last bit Rock had to say. Cena goes on a rant about how he knows that he'll never win over alot of WWE fans and he begrudgingly agrees with Punk about his recent comparison of Cena to the New York Yankees. Cena continues to get some pretty big heat here from most of the men in attendance, but he puts over his own fans again and we get the usual rousing cheers from the women and children. Cena turns the tables on Punk and accuses Punk of being a phony for continuing to play up his role as the "voice of the underground". Triple H agrees with Cena on that and Punk asks Johnny Ace if he personally let the recently released Vladimir Kozlov​, Chris Masters​, and DH Smith​ know they were fired. He's (sort of) shooting again kids! Punk talks about when he won his first title in the WWE (the ECW title) and how Cena went up to him afterwards and told him that he had "almost given up on him", and Punk accuses Cena again of being a phony and a failure, bringing up his bodybuilder training and his time spent in UPW. Punk promises to walk out this Sunday the Undisputed champion and we wrap things up with both men signing their contracts and getting into each other's faces. Punk knocks Johnny Ace down and Triple H separates him and Cena again. Punk asks Hunter if "the fix is in" and we go off the air with the crowd chanting "CM Punk!" as the two champions stare each other down.

This was a fantastic promo to close the show.  CM Punk really is in the zone, and crowds are reacting which is great to see considering they are no longer in Chicago.

My Thoughts On: Breaking Bad "Bullet Points"

""  Oh, God. How did everything get so screwed up?"

Breaking Bad, much like most AMC programming, is show built on the development of its characters.  Because of this, the show often moves at a pace that some may describe as slow.  I feel like this can be one of the shows strengths, but i also realize that it is not for everybody.  For those of you complaining that the beginning of this season has been too slow, I am guessing you werent complaining after this episode

What started out as an episode that seemed like it was not going to feature Jesse at all, became very Jesse centric by the end.  The episodes starts with a long scene between Walter and Skyler.  They are basically scripting out the way they are going to lie to the rest of their family.  They are very committed to the "Walt has a gambling problem" lie, going as far as attending a gamblers annonomoys meeting to see how those people talk.  I know a lot of people don't like Skyler, but i think that those people are not looking at the situation as a whole.  By keeping this awful secret from her, Walt has put her in a position where she can either cut him out of her world compeltly and go flat broke, or take his money and forced to live the rest of her life as a lie.  Does she go way over-the-top in preparing for the dinnertime confession to Hank and Walter Jr? Absolutely.  But its what Walt does all the time, and what the show is about.  She is, at this point, Walt's only moral compass.

In a way, no body is really thinking all to clearly in this episode other then Jesse.  Its clear that everything has become or is about to become a huge mess.  Clearly we show that Gus is far from done with the fall out from murdering Cartel members last season.  Walt is so busy going forward and ignoring his horrible deeds in the past that he's especially thunderstruck to see Gale singing karaoke at him on TV.  Jesse on the other hand has no false images of what he is at this point.  He is a cold blooded killer and criminal.  The only way he can get through the day is by keeping a group of degenerates around him, and a steady flow of narcotics inside of him.  In fact, when his partner Walter brings back the awful memory of what Jesse did to Gale, all Jesse can do is pay someone to throw him out.  Aaron Paul is amazing here just with his facial expressions.

But Jesse can not continue living life like this forever.  Either he is going to completely lose it, or he is going to cause a lot of problems for Walt, Mike, and Gus.  They realize he is a liability and something must be done.  Walt can't get through to Jesse. Jesse's not afraid of Walt, and no doubt blames him for what his life has become. But Mike at least has the gravitas and muscle to put Jesse in a car to a destination and solution unknown.  Clearly i don't think this is the last we have seen of Jesse Pinkman.  Walt discovering that the moving camera in the lab cant follow both of them sure ensures that we will see the return of Jesse.  But that leaves us with the question, Where is Mike taking him?


QUICK HITS:

Saul Bring up a way for Walt and his family to disappear.  Could this be how the show will end?

Hank believes Gale was Highsenberg, How long will that last?

Brain Cranston may be the best at acting without saying anything

We see the brief return of Gus on screen.  With him being a series regular, i would have to assume his role is about to pick up

Fantastic episode.  9 out 10.

My Thoughts On: Big Brother 13 "Week 5 Nominations"

Last we left our Big Brother hamsters, the Veterans were dealt there first big blow with the elimination of Brendan.  Danielle knew she know had an x on her head.  That coupled with the fact that as the outgoing HOH she could not compete in the next HOH competition, pretty much made it a must that Kalia had to win HOH.  Much to the relief of Ms. Donato, Kalia did win HOH and that brings us to tonight's episode where we find out who is going to go up on the block.

Prez Obama better not fuck with my DVR tonight.

Adam is sadly out of his elf suit.  I think i enjoyed Enzo in the penguin suit last year more.  I miss the brigade.  Theres no good alliances this season.  We start with 5 solid minutes of recap.  Kalia is very happy about being HOH.  She starts crying.  Rachel is not happy.  This was basically the worst case scenario for her.  Jeff thinks hes in trouble.  Jeff also realizes that Porsche kind of screwed there alliance over by making him and Shelly go against each other.  Porsche realizes she may have pissed off Jeff and is now trying to be buddy buddy with Kalia and Danielle.  Rachel is crying alone in the have not room. Enter Porsche and Jordan to console her.  Its like the First Wives Club, without the big musical number at the end.  This week, the person that gets evicted will have the chance to come back.  After a pep talk from Jeff and Jordan, Rachel is back into fighter mode.  Oh goodie.

Kalia's HOH room is like every other HOH room.  Shocking!  Something about her mom makes her cry like a baby.  The highlight is Rachel standing right behind her smirking.  Ah, nothing says high school girls like Big Brother.  Danielle is coaching Kalia.  She tells her not to agree to anything.  Rachel is the first one in to try to butter up Kalia.  Rachel asks Danielle to leave the room.  BURN.  Rachel now respect Kalia because she won an HOH.  Kalia does not seem to care.

Were back with Kalia and Shelly and Kalia talks about her hard life as a black woman.  I think im going to throw up.  Kalia is now sleeping on a hammock and Shelly feels the need to be a prankster.  She sneaks under the hammock and freaks out Kalia.  Its finally time for the Have/Have not competition.  Its a food competition.  There are two teams and someone on the team has to mix a disgusting drink and the other team mates need to guess whats in it.  Jeff starts for team Blue and Lawon for Red.  Jeff guesses first and guesses correctly.  He also gets the 3nd ingredient correct.  He gets the last one wrong however.  Lawon also gets 2 of 3.  Now they need to chug there drinks to see who wins.  Jeff wins the point.  Porsche beats Shelly in the next round to tie it at one point each.  Last round is Danielle for Red and Jordan for Blue.  They tie and now have to have a chug off!  Oh man this is gross.  Danielle wins.  So the have nots for the week are Jeff, Jordan, Shelly, and Rachel.  Jordan is sad she made he team have nots.  Shes adorable, i must say.  The Have Not menu is Coconut and Catfish.

Jeff and Jordan are in the have not room and Jordan is angry at the amount of floaters in this house.  I have to agree with her, there are so many people this season who are just blah and not doing much.  I guess that was the flaw with giving people a pass for so many weeks until they were in the top ten.  Kalia calls Shelly into the HOH room because she doesn't know where she sits.  Shelly has been the biggest flip flopper so far in the house.  She says as much in her talking head.  Jeff and Jordan are next in line to talk to Kalia.  Kalia wants to put up Rachel and Jeff so Jeff and compete in veto.  J and J don't like this at all.  Kalia insists shes straight shooting, but Jordan has had enough of Kalia's bullshit and chews her out and leaves.  Atta girl!  Now Jeff is tearing her a new one.  Kalia just really screwed herself over.

Kalia has locked in her nominations.  I'm fairly certain  we are seeing Rachel and Jeff here.  In a hilarious scene,  Rachel literally sits right next to Danielle, like almost on top of her.  Danielle scoots over, and Rachel follows.  How i love cattiness.  and in a shocker to nobody,  the nominations are Jeff and Rachel.  Kalia goes into normal excuse mode.  She makes some awful analogy about having wings.  Rachel tries to instigate Danielle again.  Jeff calls her Big Kalia!  That was classic.  See ya guys Wednesday!