After listening to John Cenas typical yelling promo to open Raw, it was refreshing to hear Kevin Owens come out and just calmly call Cena delusional as he put him down. Owens demeanor is a lot different than most wrestlers, who tend to either speak aggressively or go into self-promotion mode. By contrast, Owen will calmly explain himself and deliver self-confidence. Maybe some of that is slowly rubbing off on Cena, because when he sat down on commentary, he became calm and complementary of Owens, admitting that he needs to win at MITB, and that if he loses, then Kevin Owens claims are validated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhN98YT46Gs Owens match against Neville also was a high point for the show, with the two NXT Champions battling and giving fans the match of the night in the curtain-jerker. Owens got to bust out some more innovative offense, which further establishes himself as a threat. Its likely that the temptation is there to do the 50/50 booking Sunday and have John Cena get his win back (or have Owens win due to shenanigans), but hopefully WWE will realize it has something special going here and it doesnt screw it up. Then again, its WWE.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
