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What time is been recorded at tonight?

Lithium93_ wrote: »

paulie21 wrote: »

What time is been recorded at tonight?

Going out on a limb, I'd guess RAW from 7-9, then Smackdown afterwards..

Smackdown is tomorrow not tonight and raw is three hours not two lithium. To quote Damien sandow "you're welcome"

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Going out on a limb, I'd guess RAW from 7-9, then Smackdown afterwards..

There is a circle in hell where you are forced to watch a 3 hour plus Raw taping followed by Smackdown in one sitting. God bless anyone who can manage to sit through a 3 hour Raw at 1 o'clock in the morning.

The Celtic graphic seemed to get quite a lot of boos. Must be lots of Rangers fans there. :pac:

Still can't believe I saw raw live in person

The bayley segment was brilliant, fatal 5 way main event was very good, crowd were red hot for that, bit of a lull for a few matches (new day vs the club and goldentruth vs shining stars), sheamus (we were the only guys with an Irish flag in the arena and waved with proudly, didn't expect the image of Celtic park to be booed so much) and Cesaro didn't wrestle either did Enzo and Cass. Seeing y2j in person was unreal and he is still the most over superstar in the WWE today

bar and toilet ques were horrendous in the arena (and choice of cider strongbow is disgusting) and I missed the start of the enzo and Cass segment cause of them.

Dark segment was funny, we got a Rollins vs Owens match and Rollins won by dq. Enzo and Cass came out to help Rollins who was attacked by Owens and Jericho. All the guys grabbed mics and started taking the piss, jericko took the piss out of enzo/Cass entrance, Glasgow was added to the list

Pics to follow later in the week. Smackdown tonight can't wait

I'm probably in the minority but I really did not like the way the fans hijacked that Bayley segment. I wouldn't put it in the same bracket as the time the fans in Washington hijacked the Orton/Cena confrontation - which I think was great - for two reasons: 1) the Washington segment had Bryan as a peripheral figure when the audience wanted him to be centre stage; last night Bayley WAS the central figure. 2) in Washington, the fans focus was all on Bryan - they were trying to get him over; last night it felt to me like the fans were trying to get themselves over: the very worst type of hijack.

Last night also makes you appreciate the value of a guy like Cena who can take the fan reactions and bounce off them effortlessly. I felt the women were really bad at that, although at least Sasha tried. In fairness, only a few men would be able to take it in their stride like a Cena could.

I thought it was a poor show overall. I read that there was only one match in the first 75 minutes of the programme which is desperate. The New Day segment did nothing for me and went on way too long. I thought Sheamus had a few good lines though.

Best thing on the show by far imo was the Brock Lesnar talking package that they did. These are ALWAYS gold. There is no one in this business today that can exude menace the way Brock does. There is no one even in the same ballpark.

It was also nice to see Sami Zayn pick up a win. Anyone who missed Raw I'd advise seeking those moments out and ignoring the rest.

I don't think they needed to be told Bayley was over. After making her look bad recently they have her win over the champ seems more like they were keeping the fans happy more than anything else.

Once again the cruiserweights seem to be booked badly. Having Noam Dar debut in his home country and teaming him with the heel? Though maybe was just for the post match bit.

Surpirsed to see a Sami win, especially over Rusev. Guess they prefer having Sami lose to Ziggler than having Rusev lose to him.

So will Emma be face or heel. Seems like a heel gimmick.

And surprised for a company that's all about "Smack down your vote" that they tour Europe on election day.

CastorTroy wrote: »

Surpirsed to see a Sami win, especially over Rusev. Guess they prefer having Sami lose to Ziggler than having Rusev lose to him.

Probably wishful thinking but Zayn to beat Ziggler for the belt and jump ship to Smackdown. He's wasted on Raw and Smackdown needs some decent mid careers.

The fatal 5 way was good fun. Shame Rollins and Reigns didn't get to do the Shield powerbomb to Strowman through the table. Would've been interesting to see if Seth could've managed to lift his 400lb frame onto Reigns shoulders. I know he would've jumped a bit but it still would be no small feat. :P

DM_7 wrote: »

I think IC title is switching shows, cruisers to Smackdown to fit the decision to have the 205 Live show.

Couldn't see them having both the IC and US title back on the one show, would see the IC title pushed down to a lower mid card title like the old European title.

Couldnt see the cruisers switching to Smackdown, would be weird to have them switch to Smackdown and still have the 205 live on after the show finishes which I think is gonna flop big time. Think they made a big mistake not having the cruiserweights on both shows or just exclusive to Smackdown.

Lord TSC wrote: »

LAW Radio guys had the idea...Zayn loses and Dolph retains. Steph snaps and fires Zayn. Shane hires Zayn to Smackdown. The point of this isn't to move the IC belt to Raw. It's to move Zayn to Smackdown.

Didn't see Raw yet but read that Steph ripped him a new one over something and made him fight Rusev with the number one contendership on the line. So makes sense and anything that gets him off Raw and onto Smackdown is a plus.

Lord TSC wrote: »

LAW Radio guys had the idea...Zayn loses and Dolph retains. Steph snaps and fires Zayn. Shane hires Zayn to Smackdown. The point of this isn't to move the IC belt to Raw. It's to move Zayn to Smackdown.

or he wins the title steph looks delighted but then he signs for smackdown keeping it on the show. shane looks smug so she sends brock to attack him.