[3.0] "jeez this was such a bad show. so, last week they get rid of the hardcore title and this week they add a new world title? This is how it starts with all the fucking belts huh. So stupid. Then you have two HHH / Flair matches in one night, as if one wasn't shitty enough. Crowd was fucking dead even through the pillow fight, which is something they'd typically get up for. But yeah, two HHH / Flair matches, that's what you get for moving all the best guys to smackdown. Not that RVD or HHH are slouches, but the roster is just so damn thin at the top, mid, and bottom, while smackdown has most of the top stars now plus the cruiserweights. At least Raw still has the best announcers. Best match to me was the mix tag match with Bubba and Trish who have been building a lot of chemistry together and look like they're really having fun. Also, there were tables so there's that. The 3 minute thing was pretty good, and I love the pillowfight stuff even though I know most people don't. Outside of that, this episode was fucking bad. Simply giving a title to HHH was so dumb. This is what happens when you let a guy like Bischoff run the show. Dude has some fun ideas but he has no idea how to really run stories. He just throws shit at the wall to see what sticks. One good thing that came from this episode is RVD beating HHH somewhat cleanly in the main event even though it was a tag match. If the main goal from this current stretch between two PPV's is to elevate RVD then i'll be ok with some shitty tv in the mean time."

[0.0] "I don't really comment on these '02 RAWs cause I feel like I got nothing to say. However this my friends is absolutely an atrocious two hours of television. I have never ever felt the passage of time weigh me down by the boring tedium of Triple H. This show starts with an overly long twenty minute promo by Bischoff, Triple H, and Ric Flair. This segment is to crown Triple H as World Champion, even thought there really should've been a match or tournament for the belt, but whatever who cares. I tell you someone who didn't care and that's Ric Flair, he did not give one iota of a rats ass about this segment with Triple H, there was zero passion in his delivery. We move on to the first match and Chris Nowinski says after he burst Bubba & Trish through Tables, he's gonna burst Molly Holly's hymen, this may be the worst line I've ever heard in a promo. Booker T vs. William Regal happens. We get a boring Triple H vs. Ric Flair match, we get a horrendously boring Handicap match where the most memorable part is the APA music playing after Kane does his pyro gimmick, we get a fine Big Show/Tommy Dreamer match which may be the match of the night even if it ended in DQ, those chairshots to the head were awesome. I was actually pumped for Jeff vs. Crash, but Bischoff accuses Jeff of defecting to Smackdown and Three Minute Warning whoop his ass, and that was awesome. Then Crash says he's defected to Smackdown to eventually become Shannon Moore's bitch. A Lingere Pillow Fight Happens. And we get a boring typical heat filled RAW main event. This show sucks, don't bother watching anything on it, it's tediously awful."

[3.0] "Pretty terrible show that highlighted everything that was wrong with the brand! The only thing of redeaming quality was the main event was decent, but it's also a disappointment because of the bait and switch tactics where we was supposed to get a RVD v Jericho IC title match, but for some reason it needed more Triple H so it was changed to a tag match! Also we're meant to believe Jericho is now happy to be Triple H's lacky despite spending a good chunk of the year feuding with him and just costing him a title match? The reign of terror is in full effect with Triple H being awarded the big gold belt. Unfortunately the show is lacking so badly in star power that he is plastered all over the show and wrestles twice after that segment. Most of the matches are average but the booking is baffling where the opening match is a mixed tag team table match where the rules are randomly changed. They have Kane return and beat the tag team Champions in a handicap match rendering them a joke. The lingerie pillow fight is absolute trash tv. There's a tease where someone is joining Smackdown to join a family member so Bischoff has Jeff Hardy beaten up. Oh it was Crash Holly by the way. What a wet fart! It may not be the worst show from an in-ring perspective even if it is mostly below average, but the booking here is just lazy and senseless and there's very little to be excited about."

[4.0] "Triple H is just awarded the world heavyweight title which is funny but he was supposed to be the #1 contender for the undisputed title so I guess it makes sense, his match with Flair was boring. The setup for the main event tag was good and they had a solid match with RVD actually shockingly pinning HHH I didn't expect that. Fine show but pretty boring"

[6.0] "The Redebut of the big gold belt, the world Heavyweight Title, just kinda given to H. Opening tables Match was fun ***, H and Flair in the first world Title match was mid, the rest of the show is just mid. **Πstars on the main event tag"

[2.0] "Bad show, which is par for the course with Raw in 2002-2003. This show was notable for HHH becoming the World Heavyweight Champion, after being handed the belt by Bischoff. I get why they did it, but the belt has no prestige right off the bat, because the champion didn't earn it in a hard fought match. Outside of that, this show was the usual bad wrestling and booking with a lot of filler."