Did Raw Suck This Week? 4/13/15

Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to another edition of "Did Raw Suck This Week?" Are you ready to spend three hours watching the most hit and miss programming on television? Well belly up and spin the roulette wheel! We're about to get RAW!

We start with Dr. Johnathon Cornelius Cena coming out to flaunt his thuganomics degree to an incredibly hateful British crowd. Also, it turns out Michael Cole is back.  Is it bad that I was kind of hoping he was really hurt? Cena milks the boos, as one lone Cena fan backs him up. Way to go lone Cena fan. You are truly a hero. He compliments the crowd, and tells them Wrestlemania should be in London for a cheap pop, and they totally buy it. Smart fans my ass. Cena then starts talking about Rusev, and the crowd's give a shit meter plummets. Cena then announces that his open challenge starts right now.

Bad News Barrett comes out to accept the challenge. JBL points out that John Cena is surprised... why? We're in England. Learn to anticipate John. Barrett is over like big tits, to no one's surprise. The problem with these matches is that we know Cena is going to win. It's going to be a while before he loses, so there's not as much drama as there should be. That being said, it elevates mid card talent. Getting a solid, decent length match with Cena is a very good thing. Barrett uses his time in the spotlight well, having a very good, well paced match. Barrett gets a lot of offense, and even kicks out of one AA but Cena wins with the second one.

After the match, Lana comes out to a decent pop.She distracts Cena for a minute so Rusev can attack him from behind with a chain. She then announces their match at Extreme rules will be a Russian chain match... whatever the fuck that means. Rusev then holds up the chain and the US title as the Russian flag falls behind him. Did Cena not see the flag sitting up there and consider that something might be planned?

We go to a shot of the announcer's table, and they babble on about some bullshit about Cole suing Brock Lesnar, but Cole quickly changes topic. They give us a replay of Randy Orton winning the number one contender's match last week. They run down some matches that will happen tonight before the Bella mannequins come down to have a seat at the commentary table. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I would rather watch them wrestle.

Back from break, and we get a Divas battle royal. Oh joy. You know how much I love those! The crowd goes wild for Paige, because British. The first thing I notice are there are only 8 divas in the ring. Are there really only ten diva sin the division? They need to call up some NXT ladies quick. The battle royal isn't as boring as they usually are, but that's the lowest bar anything has ever had to jump over. For some reason Cameron and Alicia are in the final four. The talent in the Divas division is THIN. Thankfully it comes down to Paige and Naomi, and they have a pretty good back and forth with plenty of drama. Paige wins of course, because it's not time to turn Naomi heel yet.

Another break, and when we come back, Byron Saxton is in the ring interviewing Paige. She talks about her accomplishments, and cuts a hometown promo, and the crowd adores her. Naomi then attacks in the middle of the promo... I guess it IS time to turn Naomi heel.She beats the crap out of Paige, getting insane heat for it. Beautifully executed.

A creepy Bray Wyatt promo pops on the TV, and this week crazy Uncle Bray is talking about love. Its ups, its downs, its risks, its rewards. He threatens to rip his opponents love out of his chest and replace it with fear, because fear is stronger. I'm not doing it justice. Bray is amazing.

After another break we get the Lucha Dragons versus the Ascension. It's quick, but spectacular to watch. The Lucha Dragons win with an Asai DDT/Swanton bomb combo. I couldn't help but feel like this match could have used more time, but it was fun for what it was. The announcers pimp the network a bit before sending us to commercial.

Commercial note: I know I bitched about The Marine 4 twice last week, but really guys? Does the world really need a third sequel to that pile of cliched garbage?

Back from break and Booker T is in the ring to interview Roman Reigns. Reigns comes out, and the British crowd actually seems to like him... kinda... a little. Booker asks him how he feels about losing at Wrestlemania. Before he can answer, some of the crowd chants "suplex city". Reigns says he's been there, and it hurt. Roman then says he did everything he said he would do, but win. He claims to have been close to beating him, which nobody really believes. He says Seth took his moment, and now he's going to beat Seth's ass.

Booker talks about Big Show costing him the number one contendership last week. Reigns calls Big Show Seth's giant bitch. They're throwing the bitch word around a lot lately. Big Show interrupts from the giant screen, and says Reigns was the one who failed, and people are happy about it. Show says while Reigns was losing, Big Show was winning the Andre the Giant battle royal. He calls Roman a bum, which are fighting words if you're a boxer from the 1940's. Big Show says he's going to derive pleasure from turning Reigns into a failure. The crowd chants boring, and I hate that chant this time they're right.

Roman accuses Big Show of being a wimp who talks from the back. Reigns warns Show that if he doesn't stay out of his business, Reigns is going to shove the Andre Battle Royal trophy down Show's throat. Reigns did a good job here of getting himself over. Big Show still needs to retire. Reigns walks up the ramp, but before he can step backstage, Big Show pops out and beats him stupid. The crowd has clearly been reading my column, as they chant "please retire" at Big Show. Ouch. Big Show responds by throwing Reigns on top of the car, and choke slamming him on the roof so hard it sends us to commercial.

We come back and we get an immediate replay of the last segment. The announcers tell us that Roman walked away from the car under his own power during the break. Orton comes out for his match with Cesaro, and the crowd doesn't care. Not much of a pop and no booing. Not a good sign. The match is slow, and way too short. It ends when Tyson pulls Orton off the apron and gets Cesaro disqualified. After the match Kane comes out and tells Orton not to celebrate. He can't let this match end in a DQ when the stipulation for the Extreme Rules match is on the line. Kane says the match will restart as a handicap match, with Tyson being thrown in.

The match restarts, and it's good enough. I hate handicap matches, and having the tag team champions in it isn't helping. No reason for the tag champs to be beaten by ANY one competitor, even Randy Orton. It's well done, but it ends as you would expect when Orton hits an RKO on Tyson Kidd. It was off of a springboard though, and looked really cool.

Cut backstage to Rollins, Kane and the New Stooges watching Orton win. Rollins mocks Kane, and says he won't be facing Ziggler later. He decides he'll be facing Jamie Noble. I love Seth being the big headed asshole who manipulates everything and tries to call the shots. Noble says Kane should be the one to lay down for Seth, and Kane threatens his testicles with a car battery. Seth says it doesn't matter, but he needs to win, so Kane needs to protect him however he needs to, including losing to Seth.

Back from break and we're getting a match between Dean Ambrose and Adam Rose, because apparently WWE really wants me to keep watching. It's a really good jobber match, which Dean wins with Dirty Deeds. Backstage Corporate Kane is talking on his corporate cell phone. Big Show comes into the shot and gives him a speech telling him he needs to do what's best for business.

Another break and we come back to Stardust coming to the ring for his match with Fandango. It's another short jobber match. Well done but why did it need to happen? Maybe next time don't put the jobber matches one right after the other. Oh well. At least they're still interested in Stardust.

After the match, Fandango cuts a promo where he gets on the announce table and starts dancing. The crowd loves it, and plays along, Fandango-ing as they play his original music. Fandango even takes JBL's hat at one point. Has he just lost his mind and started improvising, because that would be cool. We get a backstage segment with Kane and Daniel Bryan where Daniel Bryan tries to convince Kane to be a monster instead of a corporate sell out, and not lay down for Seth. He even references the finger poke of doom. I can not stress how much Daniel has improved on the mic since coming here. Kane gets pissed and almost snaps on Bryan.

Back from break and we get a replay of Cena beating Barrett, and getting beat on by Rusev. The announcers tell us John Cena will be ok... no shit. He's fucking Wolverine. They also tell us Cena is taking his open challenge to Smackdown. Seth Rollins comes out for his match with Kane. I'm going to go ahead and pretend I'm ten, and have no idea what Kane is going to do. If you do it too, you will probably enjoy this match more.

Kane comes down dressed in a suit, and everyone assumes that means he will lay down for Seth... because apparently they don't watch wrestling at all. The bell rings, and Kane takes off his jacket, tie and shirt. He acts conflicted, and eventually lays down. Seth covers him, but he kicks out. Holy crap! Kane's actually going to fight Rollins?!?! Who could have possibly seen that coming?!?! I am in complete and utter astonish- okay I can't do this. No one was fooled and the whole thing was a waste of time.WWE writing team, you're not fucking clever.

The New Stooges get in the ring and try to convince him to lay down, but he tosses them away. Seth yells at him, and gets the shit slapped out of him for his troubles.He signals for the choke slam and Seth begs him not to. Kane looks like he is going to relent, but choke slams Rollins. He goes to make the cut throat sign, but rethinks it. He lays down and drapes Seth over him for the pin. Interesting move. Not sure exactly what they were trying to do. Very confusing match. The crowd seems confused too. Seth comes to and smiles like he just won the title again. Hilarious stuff. I know I gush over him a lot, but Seth is a fucking star. Before commercial we get a shot of Damien Mizdow walking down the hallway, which gets a pop from the crowd.

Commercial note: Stanley Cup playoffs start on Wednesday. No joke here, just wanted to say Let's go Wild, and fuck the Blackhawks.

Back from break, and the Miz comes out to little reaction. Mizdow then comes down to a decent sized pop. Summer Rae comes down with him to get the full Marine 4 tie in... and I am just no realizing why it took them so long to pull the trigger on this feud... fuck you WWE... fuck you.

The match is way too short and ends when Mizdow wins with a roll up. I assume they'll have their blow off match at Extreme Rules. I would have no issue with this if so many of the matched tonight weren't so short. After the match we get a pre-tape from the Prime Time Players. In this one they mock Los Matadores. I'd call this racist, but it's less racist than Los Matadores actual gimmick, so I can't really complain. They even point out the serious lack of bull fighters from Puerto Rico. Excellent point guys. It's a halfway funny segment, and I'm a PTP mark.

Commercial note: Ok, apparently Mr. Robot is not a wrestler. It's USA's (probably horrible) new show... what a stupid campaign.

Back from break and Ryback! Hooray! Sarcasm is fun! He comes down to the ring for his match with Luke Harper. Ten bucks says this goes longer than most of the matches I actually wanted to see tonight. It's a stupid, boring slug fest with little psychology. It ends quickly, but not quickly enough, when Harper hits Ryback with the top of the announce table. Ambrose comes down after the match and attacks Harper. He beats him up a bit before Harper leaves through the crowd. How did they miss the ball on naming him Lee Harper? Not a lot of readers in the WWE creative team? I can't say I'm surprised.

We get a replay of Naomi's heel turn, and then a segment with Naomi backstage with Byron. She says she's disappointed with herself, but then starts laughing and calls Saxton an idiot. She says we didn't need a Diva's battle royal, because she already deserved a shot at the title. She's right honestly. I sympathize with her here. I can't blame her. She does a great job with this promo, and I am really excited to see what she does as a heel. Ziggler comes down and we get a commercial break.

Back from commercial and Ziggler chastises Kane, calling him a dumbass for laying down for Seth. Ziggler says he's issuing his own open challenge tonight, and cuts a better promo than I've seen form him since he became a face. Neville answers the challenge to a giant pop, because... do I even have to say it anymore?

The match is as fantastic as you expect it to be. They hit some really cool spots, and then give them time to breathe instead of moving right on to the next. At one point, in an amazing looking spot, Neville walks along the black barrier, and hits a 450 splash off the edge. The thing I really love about Neville is nothing he hits looks sloppy. His is always crisp and clean and in control. It's visually stunning to watch. The match ends when Ziggler hits the Zig Zag for the pin.

After the match, Sheamus comes out and kicks Neville in the face. He then slaps Ziggler around, and goes for the brogue kick, but Ziggler knocks him out of the ring and attacks. They have a great brawl that Sheamus ends with a brogue kick on the outside. He taunts on top of the announce table to end a great segment. We get a replay of Big Show attacking Roman Reigns earlier in the night. You know, maybe if the show weren't three hours, you wouldn't have to worry about your audience forgetting what happened half way through. Just a thought.

Commercial note: Coca-cola... we need to talk... we think you've been doing drugs.

Back from break, and it's time to find out what stipulations Randy Orton and Seth Rollins are putting on their Extreme Rules match. He sits in a recliner, and reminds us that he is the future of the WWE. He says what Kane did doesn't make him less of a man, because a real man knows when the team is more important. He then calls Randy out so he can tell him his stipulation in person.

They go back and forth a bit to fill out the show, and it's not bad promo work from either man. Seth is obviously the superior mic talent here though. Seth Rollins is the Prince Geoffrey of the WWE and it's amazing. Seth says his stip is that the RKO is banned at Extreme Rules... Seth, watch wrestling. He's just going to punt you in the fucking head. Orton prattles on a bit before saying that his stipulation is that the match is a cage match, so the Authority can't help him. Orton... watch wrestling. The authority is going to find a way to help him anyway. Seriously, am I the only one who actually watches wrestling?

Seth says that doesn't phase him. He says Orton without the RKO is just his first victim. Orton attacks, beating on all three men, and RKOing Joey Mercury. Seth uses that distraction to run away. We end on a shot of Seth yelling at Orton while Orton poses in the ring like a ballerina

So... did it suck? No, but a few really good segments had to save it. I was ready to put this one in the suck column before Namoi's promo, and the Ziggler/Neville match. Those two things really saved this one. The grouping of short matches, and sort of meandering, pointless storylines really hurt it, and the crowd noise showed that. I'm hoping the go home show for Extreme Rules is better than this.

MVP: Ziggler and Neville without question. They had an amazing match that got me, and the crowd back into an otherwise disappointing show.

Worst in show: The Kane storyline. This was stupid, uninteresting, and the crowd hated it. No one was fooled, and it felt like time filler.

That's all for me this week. I'm working on a number of things, and I'm honestly not sure what's coming out next, so just keep your eyes peeled. Remember, it's just a show. Try to enjoy it.

Did Raw Suck This Week? 4/6/2015

Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the triumphant return of "Did Raw Suck This Week?" The last few weeks have been crazy. We had Wrestlemania 31, followed by one of the best episodes of Raw I have ever seen. Can we keep this pace up, or are we doomed to inevitable disappointment like the fragile snowflake that is life? Come with me on a journey, won't you? Where are we going, you may ask... a little place called Suplex City, bitch!

We open with the theme song, and it turns out Byron Saxton will be replacing Michael Cole... really guys? After his performance last week, I'd think you might be willing to take a SHOT at sending out Renee Young. No? Alright. I won't tell you how to do your jobs... but you really suck at your jobs. The announcers recap the DX/NWO/Sting/HHH clusterfuck from Wrestlemania, which was the absolute worst part of the entire PPV.

Live shot of Big Show standing next to his Andre Battle Royal trophy, after which we see Seth Rollins standing in the ring with the Authority, WWE title wrapped beautifully around his waist. The crowd really hates him. They keep interrupting him, trying to stop him from speaking, and he plays to it well. He tells us Trips and Stephanie are not here tonight, which instantly makes me optimistic about the show. He tries to tell the ungrateful fans how awesome Wrestlemania was, but they chant "You sold out" like metal stud laden teenagers at a Green Day concert.

Seth is fantastic here, and the crowd is absolutely hot. All Seth has to do is mention the Authority, and the crowd loses their minds. He runs down all the awesome stuff the Authority did, but comes up with nothing when he gets to Kane, which is hilarious. Big Show then starts talking, because why would WWE want me to enjoy the opening segment? Show slobbers all over Rollins, which sets the crowd off again. If we can replace 20 minute Triple H segments with 20 minute Seth Rollins segments, that would make me a very happy, wrestling obsessed manchild.

Orton comes out while Kane is talking, because he's rude as fuck. Orton and Rollins go back and forth, and it's only half bad... that's Orton's half. He challenges Seth to a WWE title match, but Corporate Kane says nuh-uh. He announces a triple threat, #1 contender's match tonight between Roman Reigns, Ryback, and Randy Orton. Seth doesn't seem happy with this announcement. Kane also says each competitor will compete in a second match tonight, and Orton's match is against the Big Red Middle Management Monster himself, and it's right now!

Maybe this is the rose colored glasses still being on from last week, but these two actually have a good match. I know I rip them both apart on a constant basis, but the match is fast paced, hard hitting, and I could tell both men were giving it their all. It makes me think the fan reaction last week threw them off and made them rethink their complacency. The match ends abruptly when Kane hits Orton with a chair. That doesn't stop the Big Corporate Burn Victim from throwing him in the ring and going for a chokeslam. Orton reverses and goes for an RKO, but Kane escapes and heads up the ramp.

The announce team is slightly less shitty this week. Thanks Byron. They run down what we're going to see tonight, before cutting to commercial. The first twenty minutes were really solid. Not mind blowing, so some people will likely be disappointed, but this is wrestling. You can't let your expectations get too high... you can't have expectations at all really. Just blank out your mind and be prepared to swallow what they hand you... it may not sound like it, but I swear I like wrestling.

We come back from break to a shot of the announce team letting us know AJ Lee has announced her retirement. I could make a joke here, but fuck it. She did some good work while she was here. I wish her nothing but the best... now call Charlotte up!

We get a segment with Kane yelling at Brad Maddox. He gets interrupted by Seth telling him that he's not doing his job, which is to protect Seth. Kane retorts that Seth wouldn't have gotten the money in the bank briefcase if it weren't for Kane. He suggests Rollins might be scared of Orton, and Seth denies it. Seth says he thinks Kane should step down, and Trips+Steph would agree. I love him playing the bratty kid of the Authority. Kane tells him Steph and Mr. Steph are gone, so he's running shit. Seth yells at Kane some more, so he tells Seth he's in a match next. Kane's goin' rogue!!!

Back to the announce team... just because I said they were slightly less shitty doesn't mean I wanted you to cut to them every three minutes. They talk about Brock getting suspended, before showing us a video package of exactly what they just talked about. We really could have been spared the announce team bloviating and just had them cut to the package. To the editing team's credit, the video package is as well done as any of their work, which I think is a vastly underrated part of WWE programming.

After all that we get Seth Rollins versus Adrian Neville. Interesting choice. Before the match, Seth takes the mic, and tells the crowd to give Neville a warm welcome. He then continues being awesome, cutting a promo trying to get Neville to leave, which works about as well as you think it would. These two have an incredibly entertaining match, as if there was any doubt. It's mostly Seth beating the crap out of Neville, but they make it look amazing, and Seth does a good job acting with his face. It ends when Seth curb stomps Neville and pins him clean. Interesting call, but they both looked good so well done. After the match, the New Stooges pick Neville up so Seth can stomp him again. Great way to get heat on Seth Rollins. The announcers remind us about the main event and John Cena's US title open challenge before cutting to commercial.

Commercial note: They made The Marine 4... This universe fucking blows. Burn it down and start over!

Back from break, and Super Pope Christ is on his way to the ring, US title in hand. He informs us that the city of Austin has declared today WWE day. He then shouts a tired catchphrase, before playing both sides of the crowd. He cuts another fucking super patriotic promo that doesn't land at all, even with this easy crowd. He finally gets around to talking about the open challenge, but just when it looks like we're going to get a match, Dr. Cena gives us more promo. Eventually he does shut up, and his open challenge is answered by ... (imagine a drumroll here)... Stardust!?!? I think I'm having an acid flashback... which is even weirder considering I've never done acid.

The match is decent, but it sort of feels like they're working against each other. It's not bad, the chemistry just seems a little off. Other than that the match is good, and just gets better as it goes. It's really cool to see Cena fighting guys we never thought he would. Having him do the US title open challenge gives him a whole roster full of fresh match ups, because he isn't committed to working solely with established main eventers. The match ends when Cena wins clean with the A.A. That's okay though. I knew it would happen, and it came after a fantastic match. We get another run down from the announce team, and a shot of the Bella Mannequins walking down a hallway before we go to commercial.

Back from break and we're getting the Bellas versus Paige and Naomi, also known as the talented Funkadactyl. The match is quite good. Paige has grown on me recently, and even the Bellas have improved quite a bit lately. It's a little slow, but in a way that actually aids the story of the match, so it's a nice change of pace from three minute divas matches where they have to jam a bunch of shit in. The match ends when Naomi pins Nikki Bella with a weird head scissors face slam.

Next we get a promo from the Primetime Players, which is fantastic. They make fun of the Ascension and New Day and some people might think it's stupid, but I'm a PTP mark, so it makes me laugh. We then get the news that we're getting Miz v. Mizdow tonight... instead of on a fucking pay per view for some reason!

Back from break and we get Luke Harper versus Ryback... because the night was going too well and WWE needed to squash that shit. The match is slow and sloppy, but they keep it short. Ryback wins with the shell shock, as if you cared. We then cut backstage to Renee Young interviewing the New Day, and she addresses the audience chanting that they suck. They say it hurts, and it's disappointing, but they're going to stay annoyingly upbeat. It looks like they're going to turn this into a heel gimmick by doubling down on the cheese. Brilliant move if that's the case.

Back from break and we get New Day versus the Lucha Dragons. The match is decent, and makes it clear that New Day are heels now, which they're much better at being. Kalisto's offense is astounding to watch. The match is far too short, and ends when Sin Cara hits the swanton bomb for the pin. Of course they tell us we're getting Roman Reigns v. Big Show, which will probably get about twice the time while being nowhere near as good.

Back from break, and Roman is coming down through the crowd, which given how a lot of fans feel about him, may not be the smartest move. It's ok though. The Austin crowd is easily pleased, because Texas. Before the match, Big Show poses by the trophy again, which I already hate. It does nothing for him, other than serve to remind us that WCW based his character entirely on Andre's legacy. The match is incredibly slow, and Roman Reigns' strategy seems to be keep punching Big Show, and then punch him some more. Roman desperately needs a third move. When Cena has more than you, you're doing it wrong.

After the break, Roman changes it up by kicking Big Show, but even THAT doesn't work! Big Show basically just tosses Reigns around a bunch. It's more interesting to watch than I expected their match to be, but it's still really slow and plodding. Roman wins when he decides that instead of punching Big Show, he'll punch Big Show three times really hard, and then spear him. We cut to Kane backstage on his phone trying to get a hole of the McMahon-Helmsley's. Suddenly a bunch of divas come in for and compliment him before asking for a diva's battle royal for the #1 contendership. Kane says ok, probably just to get them the hell away from him. We get a shot of Sheamus walking down the hall before commercial.

Back from break, and now Roman Reigns is walking down the hallway. This hallway is getting a lot of screen time this week. Maybe it's getting more over than I thought. Roman delivers what is barely a two line promo before rudely walking away from Renee Young. Back to the ring and Sheamus is on his way down the ramp looking like an awesome, bad ass barbarian. He grabs a mic and... doesn't cut a stupid promo where he tells a story about a family member! It's a miracle! He talks himself up while mocking Dolph Ziggler, calling him an insect that needs to be weeded out.

Sheamus does a good job in this promo, but is interrupted by Mark Henry, getting a decent pop from the fans. I know he's been gone for a while, and they're in his home state, but I have no idea why the fans are happy about this,. We saw these guys feud way too many times before, and it was rarely good. The match is a hundred times better than Show v. Reigns. These two know how to work a match with two big men. It's not amazing or anything, but it's solid and tells a good story. Sheamus wins with the brogue kick. After the match, we get a shot of the announce table, and they recap the Rock/Stephanie/Ronda Rousey segment from Wrestlemania... I have no idea why.

Back from break and we get a creepy Bray Wyatt promo. Do I even have to say it's amazing anymore, or can we all just assume I get a wrestling boner every time Bray Wyatt is on the screen? We get Renee Young backstage with Ryback, who cuts a typical, stupid Ryback promo that isn't short enough for my tastes. After this we get Miz versus Mizdow.

Commercial note: I'm still having trouble getting over this whole "Marine 4" thing. This kind of shit is why I'm an atheist.

The match is really good, and surprisingly aggressive. It does a great job of getting Mizdow over, and making me think they might be able to extend his push past this particular feud. The problem with this match is that no matter how good it is, it should have happened at Wrestlemania. It's too short, and Miz wins with a roll up and a hand full of tights. I have a feeling this isn't their last match. We go backstage to Renee Young interviewing Randy Orton. Orton cuts a decent promo. Maybe it's my fault. I can't help but see him as generic and boring.

Back from break and we have our #1 contender triple threat. The match is clunky, overbooked and weird. The crowd isn't very into it. Of course they aren't being douchey self marks and starting a wave. Go Austin. Randy Orton wins with the RKO on Ryback. After the match, Seth curb stomps him and stands over him with the title.

So... did it suck? Not at all. People will complain because it wasn't as good as last week, but it was never going to be. What they gave us this week was a solid Raw with good storytelling and a LOT of wrestling. They even gave Divas a chance. I was entertained and I think this Raw was perfectly fine.

MVP: This goes to Rollins and Neville. Best match on a very good card.

Worst in show: Big Show... why hasn't he retired yet?

Thank you for joining me for another week! Keep an eye out for the first episode of "Displeased Wrestling Geek" and another Bible review. As always, remember, it's just a show. Watch it and have fun.