The Last Perfect WWE Raw

Good quality action, drama and comedy, a really cool surprise at the end and at least one major megastar as part of the whole presentation. This sounds more like a wrestling show than most retrospectives on 2010 - your own writer included - would have most believe.

These were and still are the qualities Punk and most fans look for in a great WWE broadcast, but we're all too aware of how hard it is to get them in the current climate. Made worse still when p*ssed off wrestlers and creative heads alike lash out online when everybody isn't in full and unflinching support of the product.

This Raw didn't move needles, nor likely inspire a wave of new fans to switch back on. The Miz wasn’t really as big an 'A-Lister' as he pretended to be, but it distracted the mind from bothering about all that, just as a good show is supposed to.

It wasn't the best ever, but, bookended by absolute b*stards with genuinely beloved babyfaces in the middle and some very-good-and-never-bad, it was as perfect as the red brand would ever be again. With angles feeding into and out of it all, it’s of some disappointment that they only got worse when it came to spinning all the plates.

But more on that next time. And, sigh, the time after that.