Raw 16-2-15

Lithium93_

The go home show before FastLane



As SmackDown drew to a close Thursday night, the “Yes!” Movement was in full effect, a celebratory moment that could very well be a sign of things to come at WWE Fastlane if Daniel Bryan overcomes Roman Reigns and punches his ticket to the main event of WrestleMania. However, even though The Big Dog and The Beard were seemingly on the same page when they stood triumphant after Tag Team Turmoil on SmackDown, Reigns isn’t about to just hand over the opportunity he earned by winning the 2015 Royal Rumble Match. As WWE Fastlane approaches, both Superstars will be looking to gain important momentum in anticipation of their high-stakes battle, live on WWE Network. How are these ring warriors preparing for battle, and what does The Authority have in store for them on Raw?

1. How will The Authority deal with Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns … and Big Show?

2. Will Dusty Rhodes be able to get his sons through hard times?

3. How will Dean Ambrose strike back against Bad News Barrett?

4. Will Cena retaliate against Rusev?

5. What is Triple H’s mindset after Sting’s bizarre response?

rovert

HYPED for Dusty

Hope Big Show doesn't punch him again.

Moneymaker

rovert wrote: »

HYPED for Dusty

Hope Big Show doesn't punch him again.

Saw that on the Network recently. Phenomenal promo.

Hashtag_HEEL

Always good to see Dusty on the show! Miss seeing him on NXT but Regal is so good.

Been waiting for Goldust and Cody to have a match. Been predicting it since Wrestlemania 27 and it looks like it's on the horizon.

CastorTroy

Big question is will Big Show make a full face turn? Or will it be ignored since he punched Kane on Smackdown?

WinnyThePoo

CastorTroy wrote: »

Big question is will Big Show make a full face turn? Or will it be ignored since he punched Kane on Smackdown?

He might just turn on himself

Moneymaker

CastorTroy wrote: »

Big question is will Big Show make a full face turn? Or will it be ignored since he punched Kane on Smackdown?

The build for Kane vs Big Show at WM31 is well under way. Both are talented young guys and would benefit from the spotlight and Show could use the rub.

nasty_crash

Show definately needs the rub although you have to think that Kane is probably showing the more potential! Either way its really gonna be one of the more interesting storys to date..... Will Show go Face, Heel, Face, Heel.... and back Face again in record time - or will Kane need is Mask, no Mask, Mask, no Mask....

Real edge of the seat stuff!

rovert

https://twitter.com/LewwyDear/status/567391487542165504

rovert

Hashtag_HEEL wrote: »

Always good to see Dusty on the show! Miss seeing him on NXT but Regal is so good.

The old story used to be that Sasha really resisted being a heel in NXT. She though it wasn't in her. Anyways Banks did a radio interview last week and said Dusty would always tell her "Sasha be sassier". Say it with Dusty's lisp.

mrkiscool2

Another legend will be on Raw tonight. It's

Ric Flair

rovert

mrkiscool2 wrote: »

Another legend will be on Raw tonight. It's

Ric Flair

Ric told people this weekend that Charlotte will be called up to the main roster before Wrestlemania

mrkiscool2

rovert wrote: »

Ric told people this weekend that Charlotte will be called up to the main roster before Wrestlemania

Not sure if that's tonight though.

Flair is there to have a segment with a Triple H, most likely about Sting

JP Liz V1

I wouldn't be surprised if Show starts out tonight as a face but then ends Raw as a heel

Rock Lesnar

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I wouldn't be surprised if Show starts out tonight as a face but then ends Raw as a heel

And will have done it all for his.....family

rovert

Zahra is backstage at Raw with the newer NXT students:

rovert

Hope Devitt is a Rosebud:

https://twitter.com/_rampaigers/status/567475261613301760

rovert

Millions of Dollars
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/567486554026016769

diusmr8a504cvk

rovert wrote: »

Millions of Dollars
https://twitter.com/WWE/status/567486554026016769

In the words of V1 from OSW Review, the state of your face Darren Young!

mrkiscool2

Jaysus, Cena looked awesome then. Also, this quote
"I'm John Cena, you think you're untouchable?" Rapper Cena is coming back :P

ricero

I actually enjoyed that from cena

mrkiscool2

Wow, the mid-card titles getting a lot of love in the run up to Fastlane. I'm liking it

ricero

Big show said may 13th instead of may 19th to kane

brianregan09

I thought that sounded wrong alright

IncognitoMan

What's may 19th?

BMMachine

FINALLY Cody is getting rid of that gimmick

Mr.Nice Guy

Am I the only one that thought Dusty looked really sickly looking? Hope he's alright.

Adiboo

"You can't wrestle"

Kids - "Yes he can"

That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.

RodVelvet

Drop the Towel!

seandotcomm

was sure Seth was gona make a reference to last week's "incident" there...

Mr.Nice Guy

Was hoping Ziggler would tell him to keep his pants on.

rovert

Probably one of the better shows of the last few months. Still lots of 3 hour-itis

Insect Overlord

Paige's new outfit was lovely, in fairness.

Lord TSC

I super enjoyed that ending, and actually am excited to a PPV main event. It's nice to see the duo being given that trust, even if it is only a B-Show. They also have a chance to establish a long term story as well imo; if Bryan wins at the PPV, he can face Brock and win, and then continue with Heel Riegns vs Face Bryan for a good few months, building two massive stars (if they can hold back on Cena interjections).

Paige was adorable.

A lot of very good "B" stories as well, with BNB/Ambrose, Ziggler/Rollins and Star/Golddust all actually having developments.

Thought it was a good show.

Moneymaker

I enjoyed that. Plenty of decent wrestling and storyline development. Solid.

Watch as we're all raving mad Sunday night when Reigns wins in 17 seconds with a Spear clean in the middle :pac:

Paige is a damn goddess. Nuff said.

Lithium93_

An actual solid Raw last night, what is this bizzaro world?

Angron

Just watching Raw now, it's nice that a lot of the mid-card stuff seems to be getting some actual progression. The Dean Ambrose/BNB thing is probably my favourite thing from the show, it was so absurd

WinnyThePoo

Did Charlotte debut last night?. If she did..what happened.

Lithium93_

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

Did Charlotte debut last night?. If she did..what happened.

Charlotte didn't debut last night.

Rock Lesnar

Paige better win sunday night or im gonna be very disappointed

Andersonisgod

Even when it's quite a good show like this week's Raw actually was, 3 hours is still too much so you end up not appreciating the show as much as you probably should. It's a shame because if you took out all the bad and squeezed all of the good into a 2 hour show then this weeks Raw would have been excellent.

I really liked the Tyson/Cesaro/Natalia stuff this week, I'd say Tyson's character progressed more on Raw this week than it has done so previously.

The Paige stuff was a nice addition.

Ambrose and Barrett was fun, granted you have to throw all logic out of the window to enjoy it but I guess that's just a given when watching wrestling these days.

Triple H's promo was strong, it gave a bit a backstory on the wrestlers past and added to the story (which had been rather hindered given that, despite Sting's best efforts The Authority weren't out of power for very long at all)

Best of all was the Reigns/Bryan stuff throughout the night. Stripping away the regular cheesy comedy that seems to come part and parcel of main event feuds in WWE, playing to the participants strengths and avoiding rambling, scripted monologues what we got here was a perfect go home show where the excitement for the big match at the ppv has piqued at the right time. Credit to both performers, I thought their reactions, expressions, body language ect. all felt 100% genuine, they reacted exactly how you would expect these characters to react if they were thrust into a real life situation such as this, personally I thought this was an all time high point for Reign's and his prospects of being the main player in WWE, he was pitch perfect tonight, as was Bryan. Infact by tying reality into this feud and the ultra-realistic interactions between the two tonight, this felt akin to Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels interactions on tv before Bret went to WCW, it's gone from being a match and story I didn't care for all that much to being a must see match on Sunday, credit where it's due on that front.

The bad was limited this week to Cena making Rusev look like a dweeb (he got no offence in at all!), infact by the end of the segment I again sympathised more with Rusev than Cena.

Also Bray Wyatt's rambling riddles to nowhere are a waste of time. Yes it's probably leading to Taker but the second Taker shows up these riddles will be instantly forgotten about, imo it's just dead tv time.

tvercetti

rovert wrote: »

Zahra is backstage at Raw with the newer NXT students:

Why is that man not wearing pants???

CastorTroy

So who was Darren young's partner?