Raw Thread - 22/04 **London** (Spoilers)

Arrive.... I better not

Confirmed for tonight's show is the return of The Undertaker as he teams with Kane and Daniel Bryan to battle The Shield. Also confirmed for tonight's show is the return of Chris Jericho. Also, Triple H will be live to respond to Brock Lesnar's challenge for Extreme Rules.

WWE is focused on the following points for tonight's show:

* Will The Game accept Lesnar's challenge?

* Can The Undertaker help stop The Shield?

* What’s next for CM Punk?

* Who will make the next move in the World Title hunt?

* How will WWE Champion John Cena respond to Ryback?

Hmmmm I wonder will HHH accept the challenge?

xpletiv

This gonna be good... English crowd are always great. They really should tour Europe more often.

kick off time?

Lord TSC

This nonsense of HHH one week, Brock the next annoys me so much. Slows everything down so much, and really stops the feud gaining any momentum at all.

Cianan2

In London but leaving soon enough, devastated I couldn't go! Been wandering around the city all day hoping to bump into some superstars, but alas no joy!

the groutch

is it still being shown live, or on delay in the usual 1am BST slot.

Loughc

the groutch wrote: »

is it still being shown live, or on delay in the usual 1am BST slot.

On a delay in the usual slot as always for the London Raws.

JP Liz V1

Looking forward to The Undertaker/Kane/Daniel Bryan against The Shield, is this the main event tonight?

chopperbyrne

Shield have to win. They should not lose this momentum on a throwaway pre-recorded RAW.

Lord TSC

I'd be amazed if we don't get some sort of no contest, leading to a PPV match. I don't think we get a full Taker match on Raw tbh.

Also realised I'm out tomorrow, which is frustrating; do I try and watch it quickly in the monring or wait all day and avoid spoilers in order to get the full experience of the London crowd.

rovert

Debut of "No Gimmicks Needed" Zack Ryder perhaps?:
http://instagram.com/p/YaTRRlN9Wz/

Furious-Red

rovert wrote: »

Debut of "No Gimmicks Needed" Zack Ryder perhaps?:
http://instagram.com/p/YaTRRlN9Wz/

Heel turn that no one will care about?

Hashtag_HEEL

rovert wrote: »

Debut of "No Gimmicks Needed" Zack Ryder perhaps?:
http://instagram.com/p/YaTRRlN9Wz/

Meh, he's no Chris Candido. 4/10

rovert

Furious-Red wrote: »

Heel turn that no one will care about?

Rosa's on the boat back to the US but he can still rock the one pant leg look again:

Surprised that there is Smackdown house show tonight in Cardiff at the same time as the Raw Taping?

Thought they would have had most of the roster at TV?

rovert

Deleted User wrote: »

Surprised that there is Smackdown house show tonight in Cardiff at the same time as the Raw Taping?

Thought they would have had most of the roster at TV?

Wade Barrett is being pulled off the Raw brand (Raw brand what? :P) and is doing the Smackdown house show so he won't be at the Raw taping apparently.

I'm probably reading too much into it but Seth Rollins posted up some pictures of Cardiff on twitter (and the shield have been on the smackdown tour so far)

Maybe they don't show up on Raw tonight leading to a match at Extreme Rules?

Lord TSC

Possible for them to do both shows? I've read that The Shield have preformed on two shows in one day before in America.

JP Liz V1

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm probably reading too much into it but Seth Rollins posted up some pictures of Cardiff on twitter (and the shield have been on the smackdown tour so far)

Maybe they don't show up on Raw tonight leading to a match at Extreme Rules?

I think they will get a tag title match at ER

rovert

Fandango apparently is in Cardiff and not Raw.

Won't end well.

starviewadams

Could they not just fly them in for Raw?

rovert

starviewadams wrote: »

Could they not just fly them in for Raw?

2 1/2 hr drive

P_1

You'd have to wonder if they are worried that the crowd may chant for the wrong people

Loughc

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Surprised that there is Smackdown house show tonight in Cardiff at the same time as the Raw Taping?

Thought they would have had most of the roster at TV?

Crazy decision to have a smackdown house show on the same night as a raw taping. The roster is already paper thin!

Hello jobber raw tonight!

the groutch

lockie1983 wrote: »

Crazy decision to have a smackdown house show on the same night as a raw taping. The roster is already paper thin!

Hello jobber raw tonight!

could even have JTG winning on RAW! :eek:

Angron

the groutch wrote: »

could even have JTG winning on RAW! :eek:

Woah, woah, woah. Let's not go overboard now!

kksaints

the groutch wrote: »

could even have JTG wrestling on RAW! :eek:

Fixed your post.

Andy_rse

Fandango and The Shield are indeed on Raw.

the groutch

Andy_rse wrote: »

Fandango and The Shield are indeed on Raw.

It's Faaaaaaaaaaan-daaaaaaaan-goooooooo!

Andy_rse

Heads up for anyone on Virgin and possibly Sky, my series link wasn't set to record raw tonight presumably because it's not the usual raw live name. Virgins epg is balls!

Stereomaniac

Looking forward to being able to actually stay up and watch this tonight. Am excited for seeing my favourite of recent years, Daniel Bryan, teaming up with one of my all-time favourites!

x43r0

Got back from this earlier. Great show, the crowd was mental! The highlight was the crowd booing a make a wish video showing cena granting wishes

D.Q

Jimmy Savile is Innocent wrote: »

Got back from this earlier. Great show, the crowd was mental! The highlight was the crowd booing a make a wish video showing cena granting wishes

apt username.

x43r0

D.Q wrote: »

apt username.

Haha, yeah I lost a bet

To be honest, the real highlight for me personally was seeing Triple H and The Undertaker live for the first time

jaykhunter

HA! Poor lad. Hey, could you write up your thoughts of the show while it's still fresh, and spoiler it please? Would love to hear the live report, what chants, if they re-did any segments etc.

orestes

Jimmy Savile is Innocent wrote: »

Got back from this earlier. Great show, the crowd was mental! The highlight was the crowd booing a make a wish video showing cena granting wishes

If that's true then it's one of the lousiest and most pathetic things I've heard of in quite a while.

ricero

Cool entrance for the shield

PinkFly

Obviously it's not great with the lack of action on here!!

TheBantam

Has Cesaro slept with Stephanie or something!?

ricero

Gotta love sweet t

Strongbow10

clean your nose ambrose

ricero

The shield are great. Hope they dont **** them up

riffmongous

ricero wrote: »

The shield are great. Hope they dont **** them up

I just hope that everyone who was running down Ryback last week for doing a taped promo are as critical of the Shield this week.

orestes

riffmongous wrote: »

I just hope that everyone who was running down Ryback last week for doing a taped promo are as critical of the Shield this week.

The Shield do taped promos because they fit with their entire gimmick and they work really well.

Ryback did a taped promo because he can't be trusted with a live mic, and half of it was video footage.

There's a big difference.

ricero

orestes wrote: »

The Shield do taped promos because they fit with their entire gimmick and they work really well.

Ryback did a taped promo because he can't be trusted with a live mic, and half of it was video footage.

There's a big difference.

Ryback rules !

riffmongous

orestes wrote: »

The Shield do taped promos because they fit with their entire gimmick and they work really well.

Ryback did a taped promo because he can't be trusted with a live mic, and half of it was video footage.

There's a big difference.

Pretty much what I expected

Kerplunk124

And the crowd goes wild!

orestes

Aaaaaaand that's why Ryback isn't given a live mic. When it comes to promos the guy is like a robot with a gum problem.

mrkiscool2

Really enjoyed the Ryback promo a second ago. He hasn't been allowed on the mic as a face (that's the way Vince likes his monster faces) thought Ryback gave a decent interview.

riffmongous

A rare Big E singles match!

He needs a better entrance theme though, you can hear the arena reaction too loudly with this one (the sound of silence :pac:)

Kerplunk124

Ah Ryback is alright on the mic, definitely not the worst

riffmongous

I don't think he's going to set the world on fire when he's on the mic or anything, but I do enjoy his promos, they get the job done.Tonight anyway he was better than that bit with Ziggler backstage imo (fingers crossed he doesnt come out sound awful with foley later )