Raw 05/08/13 *Spoilers*

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Tonight, WWE is taping this week's edition of Raw from The Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The following is being advertised for the show:
-Brock Lesnar, Triple H and Vince McMahon are all advertised to appear.
-The dark match main event is being listed as John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio in a Champion vs Champion match.

GTR63

Daniel Bryan is getting a makeover isn't he?

andyman

They're planning one. This could go either way. Daniel Bryan will agree to it and become a corporate sell-out (turn heel, or at least attempt to) or he'll just say "NO!"

jaykhunter

Or it'll work out exactly like when SCSA had a "corporate makeover" the night after WM14! : He's go along with, get booed, and finally reveal it was a rouse and whoop someone's ass.

....I can't see Bryan doing that to McMahon...but who knows.

GTR63

I could imagine Vince insist that Bryan choke him out or breaks his arm.
It'll be like the time that Mankind got the 'Corperate Makeover'.

jaykhunter

GTR63 wrote: »

It'll be like the time that Mankind got the 'Corperate Makeover'.

I remember in TNA Bischoff sent Foley away to get a Corporate Makeover, what was the WWF one like? Was that the tuxedo one...?

GTR63

jaykhunter wrote: »

I remember in TNA Bischoff sent Foley away to get a Corporate Makeover, what was the WWF one like? Was that the tuxedo one...?

Yeah he wore a tux and shaved his beard, which looked really weird with the mask.

DM_7

This may appear on the Tron

Palo Alto

Looks like an ugly Ben Affleck!

Lord TSC

WWEShop just put this up...

http://shop.wwe.com/Daniel-Bryan-%22The-Beard-Is-Here%22-Authentic-T-Shirt/W05624,default,pd.html?dwvar_W05624_color=White&start=1&cgid=superstar-current-danielbryan

So can't see a proper shave coming in soon...

Furious-Red

That looks like such a cheap t shirt(desgin wise)

D2D

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

WWEShop just put this up...

http://shop.wwe.com/Daniel-Bryan-%22The-Beard-Is-Here%22-Authentic-T-Shirt/W05624,default,pd.html?dwvar_W05624_color=White&start=1&cgid=superstar-current-danielbryan

So can't see a proper shave coming in soon...

Some amount of effort went into that anyways:pac:

sockmo

Where is Shane in all this nonsense?...he would make the whole power struggle thing perfect if he were to feud with either hhh or his auldfella, stephanie back is good but we want shane o mac!

Lithium93_

Shane quit the WWE in '09 if i remember correctly

And my response to Daniel Bryan's 'Corporate Makeover' = NO! NO! NO!

TheBantam

Looks like a carbon copy and Sandow now.

B.A._Baracus

He openly said 5ft8? :eek:

meaning he is 5ft6 surely? :pac:

Lithium93_

A Daniel Bryan heel turn in the making perhaps?

riffmongous

I wonder will Bryan get away with using language like that? :P

B.A._Baracus

"...the W-E has never had a champion..." :pac:

The mistake is just awesome coming out of the man who owns the company.

GTR63

A minature Mick Foley, Roy Nelson more like but Vince knows nothing about that sort of thing.

Lithium93_

Shaving of Daniel Bryan's beard is blasphemy

B.A._Baracus

is it me or does Vince keep saying "W-E" champion and not WWE

Could of sworn he said it 3 or 4 times. Then finally said it correctly :pac:

J. Marston

He won't do it.

riffmongous

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

is it me or does Vince keep saying "W-E" champion and not WWE

Could of sworn he said it 3 or 4 times. Then finally said it correctly :pac:

Yeah I reckon he said it a few times maybe to cover up his first mistake? Make it seem like he was doing it in purpose

riffmongous

Bringing out Barrett sort of killed the suspense

B.A._Baracus

Good opening segment I thought

andyman

Jesus, wasn't aware it was 30 days already.

TheBantam

How is that not a DQ!?!

GTR63

Alberto couldn't draw heat if he beat up a pregnant woman.

Hashtag_HEEL

No more bucket?
SÍ! SÍ! SÍ!

Lithium93_

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Shaving of Daniel Bryan's beard is blasphemy

A bit like when Dolph had his hair died brown.

andyman

Rhodes/Sandow has definitely been the most interesting feud on the build up to Summerslam imo.

andyman

Shield interference, Ryback and Henry team up to become the World's Strongest Human Wrecking Balls

riffmongous

andyman wrote: »

Shield interference, Ryback and Henry team up to become the World's Strongest Human Wrecking Balls

Instead we got.. nothing..

What a waste of time that was

ricero

Bah gawd cenas heel !

PTH2009

3 on 3 tag match

riffmongous

That should be fun. I am liking this RAW a lot so far

Xinkai

Since when is Teddy Long white?

ricero

Inferno match ?

bradlente

Fun Raw so far,Axel's push seem's a bit bit forced but I'd genuinely like to see him do well.

jaykhunter

This crowd, wow. Much of the show is met with utter silence. Such a come down after the rowdy crowds of recent memory. Even with Cena he had to really work to liven them up.

I doubt Curtis Axel will get over but I really hope he shows us something great.

riffmongous

jaykhunter wrote: »

This crowd, wow. Much of the show is met with utter silence. Such a come down after the rowdy crowds of recent memory. Even with Cena he had to really work to liven them up.

I doubt Curtis Axel will get over but I really hope he shows us something great.

Yeah I mean Cena wanted them to boo him and the chant was so weak Cena had to explain it to the tv viewers

bradlente

They chanted the unholy word during his promo too...

Ziggler-Big E is PPV material,Surprised they're giving it to TV.

JrdanB

Good old' Randy Orton, moving with all the speed of Continental Drift...

Nuri Sahin

jaykhunter wrote: »

This crowd, wow. Much of the show is met with utter silence. Such a come down after the rowdy crowds of recent memory. Even with Cena he had to really work to liven them up.

I doubt Curtis Axel will get over but I really hope he shows us something great.

Never more evident than during the Rhodes and Sandow segment. You could hear a pin drop.

rovert

Legendary

Loughc

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

"...the W-E has never had a champion..." :pac:

The mistake is just awesome coming out of the man who owns the company.

Who says it's a mistake, maybe they're dropping Wrestling from WWE making it World Entertainment W-E

Lord TSC

I thought that was quite a good Raw tbh.

Cena and Bryan both cut great promos, that set themselves up as opposite sides of the same coin; Bryan, the wrestler, who loves wrestling and never wants to stop. Cena, the entertainer, who loves WWE and wants to give everything to the fans. I really liked how Cena took Bryan's negatives and turned them into positives, and the two promos made me want to see the match more.

I would have thought Orton's heel turn would have got more reaction as well; we've been waiting for it long enough. It seems as if they are moving Orton towards being Vince's "Chosen One".

Del Rio, as a heel, really needed rid of Ricardo, even if it is a shame we lose the character. The tag division actually seems to be growing a bit stronger, what with some genuine teams and all. Kofi is back, and I liked the new pants. Would love to see him get a bit more of a push. And Cody and Sandow continue to impress me with the time being given to them.

The Brock/Punk segment was good, if not brilliant. I'd have liked to see Axel get a bit more involved to try and gain some of the rub from being in Brock's shadow. The "Paul, say something stupid" line was weird but funny, in a bad way, mind.

But over all, thought it was a decent enough Raw.

2nd Row Donkey

The beard is here!

http://shop.wwe.com/Daniel-Bryan-%22The-Beard-Is-Here%22-Authentic-T-Shirt/W05624,default,pd.html?dwvar_W05624_color=White&start=1&cgid=superstar-current-danielbryan


I have totally got to get one of these for the Summerslam event in the woolshed.

bobby_says_hi

was a really good Raw. i especially like the possibility of Kane vs Bray Wyatt in an Inferno match. that would be one hell of a way to give him his first proper WWE match in ages

i liked the Rhodes/Sandow segment but was disappointed with the length of it. more could have happened and when it was over I was like 'was that it?', hopefully much more come Smackdown.

RVD/Del Rio was a good match though was it explained why The Miz was on commentary?

the Divas match would have been good if any other Diva had been in it instead of Layla. good lord without Michelle McCool she is a godawful excuse for a heel. seriously one of the few Divas that actually gets how to play a face and they turn her heel? shocking that she actually won her match but she'll likely be getting buried within the next two weeks

amazing CM Punk/Curtis Axel segment. i've no idea why they decided to push Curtis Axel but they've been doing something right with him so far.

cian68

I'm confused by a few things in the Daniel Bryan story. Am I supposed to care about his beard? Was that what made him popular? I thought it was his talent and personality. Is Triple H supposed to be a face? I do not appreciate him sticking his big nose in what should be a fairly straightforward title chase. Is Vince supposed to be a heel? I entirely appreciate his dancing.