RAW 9-5-16

Lithium93_

High stakes and 'Extreme' circumstances

1. Will AJ Styles embrace his ruthless side?

2. Who deserves to challenge The Miz?

3. Where is Dean Ambrose?

4. Is Charlotte running scared?

5. Will Rusev devour Kalisto’s ‘big heart’?


Sky Sports 5 @ 1 am

CSF

The excitement is palpable.

Agent Coulson

I'm guessing someone other than Finn will get the NXT call up this week.

JP Liz V1

I hope there is Sandow chants

Itssoeasy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I'm guessing someone other than Finn will get the NXT call up this week.

I've seen a report that dana brooke is backstage at raw. That seems like a random one if she's there for a call up.

seandotcomm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I've seen a report that dana brooke is backstage at raw. That seems like a random one if she's there for a call up.

There to help evil Emma against Becky maybe

martyos121

Mitch the plant has had better character development than Reigns, sad but true.

J. Marston

Enzo getting a concussion is Vince's dream. Now he gets to push the big guy.

martyos121

That was a pretty awful promo from Cass, as much as it pains me to say it. Sounded so unnatural and scripted.

Agent Coulson

I think this might be the start of a new Era :P

PTH2009

Baron Corbin reminds me of Jon snow for some reason

Speaking of wwe/got lookalikes there's a guy in castle black who really looks like Neville

Me_Grapes

PTH2009 wrote: »

Baron Corbin reminds me of Jon snow for some reason

Speaking of wwe/got lookalikes there's a guy in castle black who really looks like Neville

Braun Strowman IS Samwell Tarly.

J. Marston

"The Club."

Cringe.

Chain Smoker

J. Marston wrote: »

"The Club."

Cringe.

On a par with

Depp

seandotcomm wrote: »

There to help evil Emma against Becky maybe

good shout!

Loughc

A lot of excitement here for last nights Raw! They really seem to be losing momentum fast.

I'm enjoying the Styles Reigns build but finding it hard to get into as you know Reigns is going to retain.

CSF

Loughc wrote: »

A lot of excitement here for last nights Raw! They really seem to be losing momentum fast.

I'm enjoying the Styles Reigns build but finding it hard to get into as you know Reigns is going to retain.

Not just that but nobody's even allowed get significant offence in against him. Weird to see a fairly pro-Reigns crowd even if it was pointed out that it was pro-Cena country.

Lord TSC

It was an ok Raw, but there wasn't anything spectacular, and my usual complaint applies....nothing progressed, storywise, meaning it was entirely skipable.

The best part was the Reigns/Styles showdown, but it was the crowd that made it. They were incredibly hot for that staredown. Its incredible to me that WWE have created a new main eventer in the space of 4 months when they really wanted to. Don't know who to credit there, and how much/little is WWE booking. But if you'd told me 6 months ago that Styles would be a main eventer in a program that was being so well received by fans, I'd have said you were dreaming.

Only other positive thing of note was that they created a link between Balor and "The Club" last night. Running the Balor ad on Raw to hype him for his NXT return was one thing. Having Cole follow it straight up with the line "Of course, Fin Balor well known to the men in the ring right now!" during the six-man match.....thats no mistake that a link has been floated there.

Negatives...Shane and/or Steph were in every second segment, which was overkill. The final one was weird, as it achieved nothing. It felt like someone forgot the killer final line. Similiarly, the final segment seemed to be as if someone forgot to call cut on the show. It just kept going with nothing happening. Big Cass is NOT ready for a singles push. Roll-ups Everywhere!

Angron

Seems like not a huge amount of interest happened last night from reading results.

Depp

can they not call it the bullet club for copyright reasons or something?

martyos121

Depp wrote: »

can they not call it the bullet club for copyright reasons or something?

They haven't made any logos for it yet so I'd say there's a very strong chance it'll become the Balor Club before too long. They certainly have the copyright for that.

The Club absolutely must be a placeholder until that happens, I can't see them sticking with such a terrible name.

Depp

martyos121 wrote: »

They haven't made any logos for it yet so I'd say there's a very strong chance it'll become the Balor Club before too long. They certainly have the copyright for that.

The Club absolutely must be a placeholder until that happens, I can't see them sticking with such a terrible name.

theyre selling balor club shirts already anyway...aye its not the best alright but its not the worst considering its the bullet club and not just a heap of randomers

sky88

I think the club is ok for now as it keeps us all guessing if finn will eventually come up and it will become balor club.

Ageyev

Depp wrote: »

can they not call it the bullet club for copyright reasons or something?

I assume NJPW have it so that they can sell merch in the US?

Agent Coulson

The Young Bucks have been using The Bullet Club name on ROH shows and its used in Joint R0H NJPW shows in the States so I would guess NJPW have a worldwide copyright on the name.

CastorTroy

Looking forward to Dana meeting Renee and Jojo and patting them on their heads.

hufpc8w3adnk65

I thought the lads came up with the bullet club name the selfs?

Adiboo

Joe Musashi wrote: »

I like Baron Corbin and his finisher looks great. Would love to see him break that azz Ziggler's f'ing neck. Hate that guy.

You're a really cool guy.

PTH2009

Anything special going to happen for the 2000th raw show in 2 weeks ??

CastorTroy

Are we there already?

Clearly it'll be a special to honour the career of Big Show and Roman Reigns

Angron

It's... It's not even close to 2000? Two weeks is episode 1200.

ERG89

PTH2009 wrote: »

Anything special going to happen for the 2000th raw show in 2 weeks ??

4 hour Raw

Joe Musashi

I am a fan of Baron Corbin. His finisher looks excellent - one of my favourite finishers currently.

Jericho is one of the most entertaining guys. Not so great in the ring at this point but almost unmatched on the mic.

PTH2009

Angron wrote: »

It's... It's not even close to 2000? Two weeks is episode 1200.

Sorry half listening to Cole saying the number

So episode 2000 won't be til when ???

Angron

Well 1000 was in 2012, 52 episodes a year, so roughly 2031 I think?

PTH2009

Angron wrote: »

Well 1000 was in 2012, 52 episodes a year, so roughly 2031 I think?

Sadly a lot of WWE legends may not be with us then

Love to make a time capsule of WWE merch and open it up on the date of raw 2000

Angron

PTH2009 wrote: »

Sadly a lot of WWE legends may not be with us then

Depressingly, that'll be very true.

PTH2009

Angron wrote: »

Depressingly, that'll be very true.

Taker and SCSA will be about 65/66 then

Triple H wil be 61

Reigns will be 45

Cena will be 54

Vince will be 85

Rock will be 59

Our own Finn Ballor who will a mega star by then will be 49

the groutch

Flair will be 103, and still be stylin' and profilin'

Agent Coulson

The King will still be dating 18 year olds.

ERG89

Review a Raw said it & I was thinking it too but what is up with the weird kinda sexual tension with Shane & Steph

Angron

Damn it Vince, they already said no to that kind of family angle!

PTH2009

ERG89 wrote: »

Review a Raw said it & I was thinking it too but what is up with the weird kinda sexual tension with Shane & Steph

Yeah noticed that myself lol. I'd love if Shane kissed Steph and triple h beats him to a bloody pulp after starting the new r rated WWE

Cough cough cersi and Jamie lanister cough cough

sky88

ERG89 wrote: »

Review a Raw said it & I was thinking it too but what is up with the weird kinda sexual tension with Shane & Steph

Theres always been some kind of weird tension with all the McMahons.