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I think the last RAW I liked was Owens winning the title. They genuinely surprised me, I thought he had no shot going in. I remember a writer I like once said that one of the tricks to writing stuff people like is surprising them with something they didn't realize they wanted. I definitely wanted Owens to win, but I think it felt like them trying something new and good at the time. They hosed it up, IMO, but it was a nice moment.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 05:41 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 12:34 |
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i feel like I remember Braun standing up after getting hit by a truck but a samoan drop through fiberboard seems like its worse than that so he's fine
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 05:45 |
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bartok posted:When was the last genuinely good Raw? The post Mania XXX that opened with Daniel Bryan standing in the ring as the crowd cheered for 10 minutes and then The Shield turned face.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 05:55 |
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They were face before that, which was also a good moment.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 06:01 |
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Have the people at E! ever watched an episode of Raw?
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 06:09 |
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Rarity posted:Have the people at E! ever watched an episode of Raw? All they watch at E! is test patterns while high frequency dog sounds play through speakers.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 06:09 |
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Almas vs Truth would be a great PPV match. Then again Almas vs most people would be. I hope Carmella is with truth because my curiosity has to know how that pairing goes.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 06:11 |
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KungFu Grip posted:the only good thing from raw was that the police sheriff's last name was also Ambrose and WWE didnt even loving do anything with it when him and Dean were talking. It was a subtle joke. I’m surprised they didn’t call it out on commentary dozens of times.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 06:35 |
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DarkstarIV posted:Oh sweet summer child. I would set your expectations near the very bottom. An R-Truth vs Andrade match was set for tomorrow, Charlotte vs Sonya is announced, The Bar vs Rusev Day, and the main event is Brie Bella vs Maryse. All of those things, aside from Brie vs. Maryse sound pretty cool. And any Brie match is at least watchable in its hilarious shittiness, which is more than can be said of any matches on Raw tonight. It's amazing (and early), but Roman as Champ has somehow been even more of a cancer to the product than Brock as Champ was. In a matter of weeks, they've already completely ruined Braun Strowman, Dean and Seth have been neutered as sidekicks, and The Shield has now beaten up most of the heel roster by themselves...twice.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 06:50 |
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bartok posted:When was the last genuinely good Raw? raw was never good
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 07:51 |
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Here for Slick Jr https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1039348152103448577
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 07:58 |
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Why does Dean have weapons they're not going to let him ever use.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 08:06 |
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Mick Foley looks like a literal corpse
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 09:41 |
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I'm guessing that picture of everyone holding up Reigns' hand in victory will need to be updated to include Foley now.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 09:44 |
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rovert posted:Here for Slick Jr lio should be wearing a massive clock around his neck
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 09:46 |
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I sincerely hope that Roode and Gable become a tag-team and not a feud, because Gable's enthusiasm while Roode's astonishment about how good he is is drat fine. Roode traditionally has always been good in a faction or tag-team and Gable's always shined so far in his career as a hot tag so I think there really is something here. Lio Rush trying to be Lashley's MVP was also pretty amusing although it took embarrassingly long for me to realize that was Lio Rush. The third amusing part of RAW was when Ambrose hit up that officer trying to get a bailout for the next time he was in jail Other than that, RAW really loving sucked.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 10:59 |
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Lio looks like everybody’s 15 year old cousin that gets WAY too hype about sports video games
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:00 |
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so KO is just helping Braun now and apparently the best reason writers could up with is him saying "I CAN DO WHAT I WANT" am I missing anything here
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:24 |
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In three months time all the cruiserweights will be managers.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:36 |
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bring back el torito
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:39 |
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Rarity posted:In three months time all the cruiserweights will be managers. WWE: "See Neville, you could have stayed, we were gonna keep our promise of you being back on the real main roster!"
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:42 |
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jesus WEP posted:so KO is just helping Braun now and apparently the best reason writers could up with is him saying "I CAN DO WHAT I WANT"
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:44 |
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jesus WEP posted:so KO is just helping Braun now and apparently the best reason writers could up with is him saying "I CAN DO WHAT I WANT" I actually thought Owens did a reasonably good job of addressing it. He specifically said he wasn't there to help anybody or do favors for anyone, he went out there because he hates the dudes in The Shield and it was an opportunity to beat the poo poo out of them and he knew he would face zero consequences for it. The idea that Owens had worked out a deal where he can't be punished for doing whatever the gently caress he wants, and in fact doing whatever the gently caress he wants IS his job, is a pretty fun concept. Whether WWE leaves him alone to make it work or decides to "help" I guess remains to be seen.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 11:49 |
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Rarity posted:In three months time all the cruiserweights will be managers. Drew Gulak doing a powerpoint whilst Brock Lesnar stands menacingly behind him would rule so hard.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 12:38 |
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That E award show they advertised during WWE programming sure had a suspicious amount of WWE superstars up for nominations. I had to lol at Nia Jax being in consideration alongside Aly Raisman for most influential woman or whatever.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:10 |
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explosivo posted:That E award show they advertised during WWE programming sure had a suspicious amount of WWE superstars up for nominations. If WWE wins anything assume the voting is rigged.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:17 |
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E! seems to have only nominated Raw for Top Show of the Year in their own award show. Considering they have a partnership with WWE, 2 ongoing shows from that partnership, and like 100 awards to give, they already didn't rig it enough if it all amounts to one nomination
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:29 |
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Nia Jax taught little girls everywhere that if you're large you can be a wrestler. How dare you.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:35 |
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Since on RAW it looked like Owens was once again relegated to poo poo! i'll post these two quotes from the man himself about his philosophy about angles and wrestling.quote:It's because of drive and passion for business. That's not a knock on anybody else, and I'm not implying that other people aren't as passionate or driven as I am, but the difference is that ill take no for an answer because once in a while, you have to. quote:I'm not looking to be the best match, I'm not looking to be the best, I'm not looking for people to look at me and think that I am the best in the world, I don't care. I want people to look at me and remember what I did and have memorable moments from my match. I want them to walk away and talk about what I did, whether its a moment or part of the match or an actual match. I want to leave them with memories, I've always been about that, whether its Wrestlemania or not. At WrestleMania, that touch is multiplied. That's what it's all about. It's about creating memories that will last a lifetime
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:36 |
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its funny how HHH still thinks that Taker needs to prove something to him despite losing three times. HHH-Taker II and III loving sucked.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:38 |
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Rarity posted:In three months time all the cruiserweights will be managers. Hey it worked for the Singh Brothers I’m trying to career mode book a way for Tony Nese to join the Riott squad, Jack Gallagher to be Tyler Breeze’s hype man, and for the lucha house party to follow Kevin Owens everywhere. On a side note, the lucha house party vs the new day vs the shield in a tlc match would be godlike.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 13:43 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:its funny how HHH still thinks that Taker needs to prove something to him despite losing three times. HHH-Taker II and III loving sucked. It's funny how WWE still thinks we want to see a built that is 70% or more of people talking about Undertaker instead of any meaningful interaction or feud. It feels like the last decade of Undertaker feuds was "guy talks mad poo poo about the Undertaker until Undertaker finally shows up to tell him to cut it out, the feud is on!"
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 14:02 |
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DoctorGonzo posted:its funny how HHH still thinks that Taker needs to prove something to him despite losing three times. HHH-Taker II and III loving sucked. The absolute madman declared himself the number 1 rival of Taker in WWE rankings.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 14:07 |
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Grendels Dad posted:It's funny how WWE still thinks we want to see a built that is 70% or more of people talking about Undertaker instead of any meaningful interaction or feud. It feels like the last decade of Undertaker feuds was "guy talks mad poo poo about the Undertaker until Undertaker finally shows up to tell him to cut it out, the feud is on!" He's a notorious deep sleeper, you gotta poo poo talk him just loud and just long enough for it to really stir the beast awake
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 14:10 |
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DarkstarIV posted:Oh sweet summer child. I would set your expectations near the very bottom. An R-Truth vs Andrade match was set for tomorrow, Charlotte vs Sonya is announced, The Bar vs Rusev Day, and the main event is Brie Bella vs Maryse. All I'm getting from this post is that there's two matches that will probably own, a match that could be pretty good, and the knowledge that I can stop watching early since the bad match is already the main. Smackdown sounds great.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 14:10 |
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Taker should go back to ministry Taker. His current gimmick of old man with eye liner is really unconfortable. HHH gimmick of pudgy biker dad is really funny.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 14:19 |
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Can they wrap Mick Foley in a protective layer of bubble wrap or secretly replace him with Kassius Ohno or something because i am just going to watch the entire match like . Like I doubt he plans to take any bumps but neither did Tim White, you know?
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 15:22 |
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The HHH v Undertaker thing is not a feud though, it is a "special attraction" match between two old has beens whose best is at least 5-10 years ago. It exists on the SuperDuper "hey look we have the MCG" Showdown to make it seem big time, because WWE can't make new stars, so the biggest ones, (at least in terms of mainstream name recognition) they have are old and irrelevant 40+ year olds. Talk to a non wrestling fan and they will know who The Undertaker is, but not Roman Reigns. Talk to non wrestling/non sport media and they wouldn't give a gently caress about Roman, (to use their current top name), but would be happy to talk about Undertaker vs HHH. HHH plugging it on TV is to try and get ticket sales up for sure, (the MCG is loving huge and they will need every bum on seat they can get), but mostly for him to wank on about how "Yeah the Undertaker was a big star, but he was mainly a big star because he wrestled ME! Remember ME, I am HHH and I am the coolest and toughest and bestest ever!" on his father in law's TV show.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 16:08 |
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My favorite moment from Raw was when Renee was excited to see Balor win and Cole reprimanded her.
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# ? Sep 11, 2018 16:11 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 12:34 |
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I like how there was absolutely no huge rollout for the Bella Twins comeback. They.....were ringside at SummerSlam. Then Brie got mad at The Miz. And now they're back full-time, I guess?, wrestling on both shows for reasons. Oh and they're also feuding with the Riott Squadddd, who heretofore were feuding with Sasha and Bayley, hey, remember them? And Ember Moon? She was a person, right? What is happening?
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