Cesaro >>>>> Axel
Cesaro >>>>> Axel

Oh, what a night! Raw emanted from the Smoothie King Center (yes, seriously) in New Orleans, and it was a three hour celebration of pro wrestling that almost didn’t feel long enough. Bryan, Cesaro, and The Shield are on top, alongside retaining champions The Usos and NEW main roster talent and Divas Champion Paige. New up and comers from NXT were plugged, and a good time was had by all. Except Triple H. And Rey Mysterio. Sorry (not sorry), Rey…

Featuring: Joshua Schlag (@thesteelcage / @schlizzag), ‘A Bomb’ Adam Hess (@ahess49), ‘The Beast from the Middle East’ Darrell Johnson (@zazzumplop), and Sprung (@jasprung)

Music by The Black Furies, courtesy of Music Alley.

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Joshua Schlag

For most of the last 30+ years of my life, I've been watching WWE. As a kid, Monday Night Raw hooked me from the start. From Bret Hart and Razor Ramon, to Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.. I've witnessed the ups and downs and I'm proud to have enjoyed pro wrestling through the years.

Though I now watch in a much different fashion than I did when I was a kid (finding out Vince McMahon was the owner and Jack Tunney no more than a figurehead was like finding out Santa Claus did not exist), I feel like I have a much greater appreciation for the hard work pro wrestlers do and the things they sacrifice to entertain us.

It's still real to me, dammit!