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KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
WWE Champ is Brock Lesnar who faces John Cena
Tag Team Champs are Usos who face Gold N Star Dust
US Champ is Sheamus who faces Cesaro
IC Champ is Dolph who faces Miz
Divas Champ is Paige who faces AJ Lee and Nikki Bella

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS IS SUNDAY.
THOSE MATCHES UP AT THE TOP ARE HAPPENING AT THE PPV BUT ALSO:
Jericho vs. Orton
Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns the Rematch!
And the Real Main Event: Rusev vs. Mark Henry.
(no preshow announced unless that was the Christian hour long Peep Show with Jericho thing)

RAW RECAP(Probably not in order)

Raw opened with Cena kidnapping Paul Heyman because Brock was late to the show. Cena had Khali guard the door to his locker room.
Jericho beat Kane by rollup
Renee interviewed Roman about facing Seth tonight before their PPV match. Roman said he will just keep punching Seth.
Damien Mizdow and The Miz lost to R-Ziggler and Dolph Ziggler when Dolph pinned Miz.
Usos and Sheamus beat Cesaro and Gold & Stardust. An Uso pinned Cesaro.
Big Show beat Bray Wyatt by DQ and then double chokeslammed Harper and Rowan
Bo and Swagger had a match and I missed who won.
Paige and AJ and maybe Nikki did something for their title match, missed this too.
Cena dragged Heyman out to the ring to beat him up but decided not to because that was what Heyman wanted. Heyman wanted a darker Cena to become evil and embrace the hate and reveal what a monster he really is. Doing so would make Cena a Paul Heyman Guy. Cena said no and wanted to leave but then Heyman joked about Cena having no balls, which summoned Brock Lesnar. Brock and Cena brawled before being split up.
Cameron and Naomi had the worst match ever. Cameron tried pinning Naomi on her stomach. COUNT IT!
Seth cut a promo on Roman Reigns that he was a Samoan Rhino Monkey Neanderthal and danced around like a monkey to mock Roman. This actually happened.
Roman Reigns beat Seth Rollins clean before their PPV match. Cole instantly said to tune in Sunday for the rematch.
Mark Henry and Rusev with Lana cut promos on each other to end Raw.

I might have forgot stuff sorry.

KungFu Grip fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Sep 16, 2014

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Bard Maddox
Feb 15, 2012

I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.
this was a bizarrely booked raw.

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

Count It

NickRoweFillea
Sep 27, 2012

doin thangs
i hope brock wins sunday

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer
Dangit shoulda waited, but crosspostin' from Raw thread.

SamuraiFoochs posted:

I have never wanted parity booking as badly as I want it at Night Of Champions. Go parity booking, go Rollins, have Dean save Roman from a cinderblock curbstomp, make this Raw pointless!

Actually, I thought of one reason they had Roman win tonight. To give a reason to have the Authority want to make NoC No DQ. Is it still rear end-backwards, dumb, and a convoluted way to get there? Yes, but I honestly see that happening before a Dean heel turn and/or burial after actually trying to process it.

Also anyone saying THEY GAVE HORNSWOGGLE AND KENNEDY AND DIBIASE MOVIES TOO, well they also didn't bother to write them off with one of the hottest injury angles since the Attitude Era.

Writer Cath
Apr 1, 2007

Box. Flipped.
Plaster Town Cop
Raw was not bad enough to be surreal but not good enough to be memorable.

Optimist with doubt
May 16, 2010

Scoop Lover

:vince:

he knows...

Writer Cath posted:

Raw was not bad enough to be surreal but not good enough to be memorable.

that's not a good sign for a lead up to a ppv ($9.99)

Optimist with doubt fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Sep 16, 2014

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Do you want to know what we do to artists?

SamuraiFoochs posted:

Dangit shoulda waited, but crosspostin' from Raw thread.


Also anyone saying THEY GAVE HORNSWOGGLE AND KENNEDY AND DIBIASE MOVIES TOO, well they also didn't bother to write them off with one of the hottest injury angles since the Attitude Era.

I really hope your right and I'm just being dumb and overly dramatic.

I think I've finally turned into the cynical smark rear end in a top hat. :ohdear:

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
I added the card for Night of Champions to the OP. H

Evil Canadian
Sep 10, 2000

No one man should have all that Psycho-Power.

Rusev main evented a raw so I am happy.

Maybe not the best thing to do after a big seth rollins/rhinoape match cause the crowd was a bit dead, but it is still an accomplishment.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

Rhonne posted:

I really hope your right and I'm just being dumb and overly dramatic.

I think I've finally turned into the cynical smark rear end in a top hat. :ohdear:

I don't have overly high confidence I'm right, but I still think I'm more likely to be mostly right than wrong.

I'm worried too buddy, it's okay. :glomp:

OldTennisCourt
Sep 11, 2011

by VideoGames
On a scale of 1 to 10 how awful was Leprechaun.

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

SamuraiFoochs posted:

Also anyone saying THEY GAVE HORNSWOGGLE AND KENNEDY AND DIBIASE MOVIES TOO, well they also didn't bother to write them off with one of the hottest injury angles since the Attitude Era.

WWE legitimately wanted Dibiase and especially Kennedy to be big stars at one point.

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Do you want to know what we do to artists?

OldTennisCourt posted:

On a scale of 1 to 10 how awful was Leprechaun.

He doesn't talk and doesn't use magic.

Shawn Cotureier
Jan 21, 2009

Still better than Umberger
Was Raw a shitshow? I was watching my team win at football.

HulkaMatt
Feb 14, 2006

BIG BICEPS SHOHEI


So was hour 2 and hour 3 swapped or something?

Speedboat Jones
Dec 28, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
Jhon Cena is a bully.

Pariah Rex
May 31, 2011

If I help you now it sets a bad example to my fans.
All of these are real possibilities at Night of Champions.

1.Cena beats Brock
2.Ambrose returns and turns heel on Roman
3.Nikki Bella wins the divas title AJ and Paige slowly fade out of existence.

All of these are also things that Vince would probably think are good ideas that would sell network subscriptions.

Dimebags Brain
Feb 18, 2013





Sasha aint ratchet posted:

Was Raw a shitshow? I was watching my team win at football.

eh

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

wait so seth is a gigantic racist?

Dimebags Brain
Feb 18, 2013





Pariah Rex posted:

All of these are real possibilities at Night of Champions.

1.Cena beats Brock
2.Ambrose returns and turns heel on Roman
3.Nikki Bella wins the divas title AJ and Paige slowly fade out of existence.

All of these are also things that Vince would probably think are good ideas that would sell network subscriptions.

How do I tell WWE I only re-upped because of NXT?

TheRationalRedditor
Jul 17, 2000

WHO ABUSED HIM. WHO ABUSED THE BOY.
They really can't stand the idea of Cena just taking a sick loss and letting it simmer for a while before hamfisting the RESET RESET RESET ejector seat.

X-O
Apr 28, 2002

Long Live The King!

OldTennisCourt posted:

On a scale of 1 to 10 how awful was Leprechaun.

I've heard multiple people say it's by far the worst WWE movie ever.

Charles Gnarwin
Jul 31, 2014

I joined the #RXT REVOLUTION.
:boom:
he knows...


Dimebags Brain posted:

How do I tell WWE I only re-upped because of NXT?

By keeping your mouth shut and not letting Vince and Co ruin a good thing.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

Pariah Rex posted:

All of these are real possibilities at Night of Champions.

1.Cena beats Brock
2.Ambrose returns and turns heel on Roman
3.Nikki Bella wins the divas title AJ and Paige slowly fade out of existence.

All of these are also things that Vince would probably think are good ideas that would sell network subscriptions.

I would call #3 the only huge possibility.

Garbo
May 30, 2011

TheRationalRedditor posted:

They really can't stand the idea of Cena just taking a sick loss and letting it simmer for a while before hamfisting the RESET RESET RESET ejector seat.

It's weird. In dire financial straits in the 90s they retooled things and were willing to give people a chance. Now? Double down harder on Cena and Reigns.

Gorgolflox
Apr 2, 2009

Gun Saliva

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

i dread smackdown tomorrow

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

Garbo posted:

It's weird. In dire financial straits in the 90s they retooled things and were willing to give people a chance. Now? Double down harder on Cena and Reigns.
Well there was competition back then

Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

SamuraiFoochs posted:

Dangit shoulda waited, but crosspostin' from Raw thread.


Also anyone saying THEY GAVE HORNSWOGGLE AND KENNEDY AND DIBIASE MOVIES TOO, well they also didn't bother to write them off with one of the hottest injury angles since the Attitude Era.

And I'll do the same since it makes better sense to continue our discussion here:


I admit that saying they may view Ambrose as "just a good hand" is a bit much given how they've portrayed him since the Shield's breakup. All I really mean is that there's a big difference between a dude currently receiving a push and a someone they see as a true top level guy, and I'm not convinced they see him in that latter group. We'll see. There's a reason why Reigns has been continually well protected while Ambrose has done plenty of jobs.


When Cesaro won the Mania battle royal I doubt many envisioned his trajectory over the following 5 months, and he's hardly the only one over the years to fall victim to the same poo poo.

SlothBear
Jan 25, 2009

Dimebags Brain posted:

How do I tell WWE I only re-upped because of NXT?

You know it's free on Hulu right?

TheRationalRedditor
Jul 17, 2000

WHO ABUSED HIM. WHO ABUSED THE BOY.

Garbo posted:

It's weird. In dire financial straits in the 90s they retooled things and were willing to give people a chance. Now? Double down harder on Cena and Reigns.
They're toast when he becomes too arthritic to do a five knuckle shuffle

WadeBartender
Aug 18, 2013
They'd never turn a hot babyface heel to feed him to the mega babyface

Right Ryback?

Garbo
May 30, 2011

WadeBartender posted:

They'd never turn a hot babyface heel to feed him to the mega babyface

Right Ryback?

In general, the easiest way to predict WWE booking is to find what makes the least amount of sense towards the long term longevity of the main RAW roster and double down on that.


See: Bray, Wyatt and Cesaro, Cesaro

Rhonne
Feb 13, 2012

Do you want to know what we do to artists?

WadeBartender posted:

They'd never turn a hot babyface heel to feed him to the mega babyface

Right Ryback?

To be fair, Ryback is much more entertaining as a heel than he was when they were pushing him as a potential top face.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

WadeBartender posted:

They'd never turn a hot babyface heel to feed him to the mega babyface

Right Ryback?

There are tons of reasons why this is different, but I don't have the energy to go through them right now.

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Oct 30, 2009

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Who doesn't become more interesting when they turn heel?

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

SlothBear posted:

You know it's free on Hulu right?
Hulu is kind of poo poo though, at least from my experience

Someone going to do a pickem prediction thread this week?

Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

Rhonne posted:

To be fair, Ryback is much more entertaining as a heel than he was when they were pushing him as a potential top face.

I personally didn't really enjoy face Ryback after he stopped squashing jobbers , but he was over and he proved something of a draw before they killed his heat by putting him in nonstop title matches he couldn't win. He's truthfully a better example of someone they may have lost money mishandling than many smark darlings I preferred watching are.

Thauros fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Sep 16, 2014

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Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.

So Cameron is kayfabe as bad at wrestling as a Ugandan savage?

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