Raw - May 12th

Jester252

Last Week on Raw:

Raw Five-Point Preview:

Where angels fear to tread

Did you really think it was over? After the eerie conclusion of last Sunday’s Steel Cage Match at Extreme Rules, Bray Wyatt wasn’t satisfied with a mere victory over John Cena — he now seeks to rule the entire WWE Universe as a god. Before The Wyatt Family was victorious over Cena and WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos on SmackDown, The Eater of Worlds issued a bone-chilling message to the 14-time World Champion: “… where we’re going, nobody ever comes back.” To what was Wyatt alluding? Perhaps on Raw, the backwoods preacher’s dark words will be illuminated.

Gather ye ‘Rosebuds’!

Grab your lollipops and clown wigs, because The Exotic Express is on the move! After debuting on Raw to interrupt Zeb Colter’s rant against WWE’s international Superstars, the party of “Jurassic proportions” continued on WWE Main Event, exclusively on WWE Network. There. the fun-loving newcomer and his “Rosebuds” created a distraction that earned Dolph Ziggler a victory over Colter’s Real American protégé, Jack Swagger. Will Zeb continue to be a “lemon” this week?

What do you believe in?

Last week on SmackDown, Triple H gave The Shield a chance to “redeem themselves” by placing all three members of the faction in singles action: Roman Reigns battled Mark Henry, Seth Rollins clashed with Batista and Dean Ambrose had his United States Championship rematch with new titleholder Sheamus. With Reigns picking up the sole victory for the trio Friday night, The Hounds of Justice were 1-2 — a disappointing statistic that no doubt brought a smile to The Game’s face.

Still reeling from two SmackDown shortfalls, The Shield likely faces new obstacles courtesy of Triple H and his Evolution allies. What does The Cerebral Assassin have in store for Rollins, Reigns & Ambrose? Moreover, is Triple H genuine when he says he wants to give The Shield the opportunity to prove their worth, or is The Game trying to break The Hounds of Justice to cement Evolution as WWE’s dominant faction?

Who can end Rusev’s rampage?

“Godzilla” might be opening in U.S. theaters this Friday, but it’s Rusev who’s the true behemoth to watch right now. With “The Ravishing Russian” Lana guiding his path of destruction — all in the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin — The Bulgarian Brute remains undefeated after plowing through Xavier Woods & R-Truth at Extreme Rules, and then Kofi Kingston on Raw and SmackDown. Armed with the dreaded Accolade submission hold and a deceptively varied offensive style, Rusev seems unstoppable. Will a Superstar rise to humble this juggernaut and his gorgeous-but-lethal Social Ambassador?

The devil you know

It’s hard to imagine that just last year, Kane and Daniel Bryan were friends and co-holders of the WWE Tag Team Championship. But that was then. Now, after their hellish collision at Extreme Rules, The Devil’s Favorite Demon has only become more dangerous in pursuit of both the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and his wife, Brie Bella. After Kane put both Bryan and Brie in jeopardy last week on Raw, will the leader of the “Yes!” Movement be ready if the masked menace strikes again?

Bonus six point: Will Bree get over her night terrors

Raw is coming live from from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina at 1 am GMT

the groutch

Jester252 wrote: »

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Raw is coming live from from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina at 1 am GMT

so Orton won't be allowed in then? :pac:

Mr.Saturn

That graph charting Cena's reaction relative to state cites South Carolina as one of his hot-spots, so it should be interesting to see how the Wyatt/Cena dynamic unfolds.



http://visual.ly/john-cena-crowd-reaction-map

Super-Rush

Could you not put up a smaller sized picture?

Mr.Saturn

It's the only example of it I could find, I'll leave it up to the mods to decide whether it's too disruptive.

Pentecost

I can't believe someone went to the bother of doing that chart

seandotcomm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

That graph charting Cena's reaction relative to state cites South Carolina as one of his hot-spots, so it should be interesting to see how the Wyatt/Cena dynamic unfolds.



http://visual.ly/john-cena-crowd-reaction-map

That map is soooo off

the groutch

Jayzus Sean, don't go quoting the oversized pic!!!

Jester252

The pic a perfect size for my screen

andyman

Illinois and New York cheer him? What?

riffmongous

Who did Cena piss off in Kentucky?

Deadlie

riffmongous wrote: »

Who did Cena piss off in Kentucky?

Colonel Sanders.
He was abusing the all you can eat offer and was trying to eat three family bucket meals, but was kicked out at two.

/gets coat.

Moneymaker

Deadlie wrote: »

Colonel Sanders.
He was abusing the all you can eat offer and was trying to eat three family bucket meals, but was kicked out at two.

/gets coat.

Dreadful! :pac:

Jester252

riffmongous wrote: »

Who did Cena piss off in Kentucky?

Smarks?

deano546

Meltzer on tonight:

Internally, a lot of eyes are on Adam Rose, since his debut was viewed as a failure and we're told that's a bigger story that people are letting on, although I don't know why. However, we just heard that everything major was changing today, but all we heard is the changes have to do with Daniel Bryan.

Hashtag_HEEL

I hope rose gives over well. He seemed to get a decent pop on main event and the crowd love the song afaik. I love the gimmick!

Ape Lincoln

RAW scripts change at the 11th hour almost as often as Nitro did.

Mr.Saturn

Rose's theme reminds me of 'Chelsea Dagger' by The Fratellis. I'm not sure I'm grateful for the fact.

JP Liz V1

Big Show or Mark Henry next for Rusev I think

deano546

Looks like the "major changes" concerning Bryan is that he's injured

WWE World Heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan will be taking several weeks off due to a neck injury. Bryan is expected to announce the injury on tonight’s episode of WWE RAW.
Bryan most likely need a minimally-invasive neck “procedure.” If it goes well, he could be back in time for the June 1st WWE Payback pay-per-view in Chicago. Otherwise, he’ll be back by Money in the Bank.

http://www.sescoops.com/exclusive-daniel-bryan-suffers-neck-injury/

JrdanB

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Rose's theme reminds me of 'Chelsea Dagger' by The Fratellis. I'm not sure I'm grateful for the fact.

Do you remember Cesaro's First theme in WWE?

Moneymaker

Jesus DB is having some awful misfortune lately.

Jester252

Can't wait for the last 30 seconds of NCIS

CastorTroy

I think one problem with Rose's debut was he didn't do enough to get a good reaction. Coming out with a long entrance for only a few seconds in the ring with a heel, not doing anything memorable(I seriously don't remember) then celebrating. Only ones who can get away with that are established stars.

Insect Overlord

CastorTroy wrote: »

I think one problem with Rose's debut was he didn't do enough to get a good reaction. Coming out with a long entrance for only a few seconds in the ring with a heel, not doing anything memorable(I seriously don't remember) then celebrating. Only ones who can get away with that are established stars.

Fair point. Even Chris Jericho didn't really get away with that on one of his come-backs!

Jester252

CastorTroy wrote: »

I think one problem with Rose's debut was he didn't do enough to get a good reaction. Coming out with a long entrance for only a few seconds in the ring with a heel, not doing anything memorable(I seriously don't remember) then celebrating. Only ones who can get away with that are established stars.

Don't be a lemon

deano546

Someone alert Rovert

CastorTroy

Jester252 wrote: »

Don't be a lemon

Only if you don't stop Bolieving

Jester252

CastorTroy wrote: »

Only if you don't stop Bolieving

I'll never stop Bolieving

Lithium93_

Watched the beginning of Raw, and now i'm glad they (WWE Creative) didn't split up The Shield....... The feud with Evolution will drag on a bit longer.

Jester252

How many road agents can you name?

Insect Overlord

Jester252 wrote: »

How many road agents can you name?

I got IRS and Finlay. Who was the bald one?

Jester252

Why is Wade not on the list?

Insect Overlord

"All we're missing is Kurrgan and the Oddities".

Epic reference, JBL!

Professional Griefer

I really don't like Rose.

Jester252

An File wrote: »

I got IRS and Finlay. Who was the bald one?

Could it been Road Dogg?

Moneymaker

If you don't give people a reason to care....guess what they won't.

Jumping around the ring ain't gonna cut it.

Still early on but this has bombed so far.

SureYWouldntYa

Michael Cole: "You can't deport a bunny"

JBL: "You can eat him"

Brilliant

Jester252

Guy looks like a smaller Scott Steiner

mrkiscool2

It's Bo time for Paige!

Jester252

JBL mess up
big time

seandotcomm

Sheamus! UK... JBL!!!!! FFS!!!

Jester252

Damn Fox must really hate Mondays. Its the only way I can explain the happy go lucky Fox on After Total Divas to the cheap shot biotch we have on Mondays

P_1

Oh JBL, there goes your Paddy Power gig

andyman

To be fair to Fox, she's got the crowd properly behind Paige...

Jester252

AJ and Tamina have nothing on Fox in terms of viciousness.

Jester252

Incoming night terrors

J. Marston

Is Alicia high?

P_1

I presume that was scripted, awesome heel(er) turn if it was, future endeavors if it wasn't

A Brad Maddox Guy

P_1 wrote: »

I presume that was scripted, awesome heel(er) turn if it was, future endeavors if it wasn't

I'm assuming it was making fun of Beyonce's sister

J. Marston

A Brad Maddox Guy wrote: »

I'm assuming it was making fun of Beyonce's sister

That crossed my mind too.

Feck sake, WWE.