This Week's WWE

RAW Rumble, RAW 1/31

This was considerably better than the actual RR. Cena was real good in this and full of energy, and the double lift on Morrison and Truth was impressive. Morrison's gymnastics/parquor schtick has made him so much better as a wrestler and adds so much to his matches of late where he comes up with all sorts of crazy counters and escapes that are not only cool looking but logical for his character. He still overshoots his finisher by a fucking mile though, so there is that. Truth was awful and his botch of the skin-the-cat was embarrassing. The Punk/Orton stuff was a fun way of building their feud. The part with Sheamus, Cena and Morrison all fighting on the apron was great and probably more dramatic than anything in the actual RR. Lawler winning was a great surprise and really interesting booking move, and I am amped for him getting a PPV title shot.

Drew McIntyre vs Kofi Kingston, Smackdown 2/4

This solid but kind of bleh. It was perfectly acceptable wrestling most of the way, though I thought this was maybe Drew's weakest outing of the year. Kofi's comeback was pretty laughable as he can't pull off anger and the superman punch was just kind of silly. Drew was also way out of position on the Boom Boom legdrop. Meh.

Rey Mysterio vs Jack Swagger, Smackdown 2/4

This was much better. The difference between Swagger and Angle is that Swagger will actually work his opponents leg before the Ankle Lock rather than randomly going for it during the finishing run of his matches, and I liked the set-up to it here with him knocking Rey off the ropes as he attempted a dive. Also enjoyed Swagger casually beeating down Rey on the outside and posing. Rey's DDT was a great comeback spot and Swagger drove himself into it, and I liked Rey swiching it up for the finish with a roll-up that wasn't flukey.