RAW Superthread

ok raw

good too see Finn balor is not ruled out

loved the strowman segments and laughed when he through Kalisto in the dumpster and when he took out the Golden truth. Its good to see excess talent such as Slater/Rhyno are getting screen time thanks too Strowman Someone mentioned on another wresting fourm last night that there was prob a reason why there was no video screens on the ring apron and posts and after the ME we know why

Rollins vs Joe seems like it will be a good feud but what will they do with each of them when its over

Miz vs Ambrose was Meh, as was the Wyatt promo (the dogs in the street know he not going to beat Orton at payback)

Y2J is set to go to fozzyland and do a few irish shows soon so he will be gone after Payback and wont win the us title

Enjoyed the drifter apperences but have a feeling it may get old fast and he will be on the lower card til he is potenially released

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I thought it was a good Raw. Pleasantly surprised to see Balor back so soon. I liked Alexa getting the win. I think her and Bayley could play off each other very well.

Not really interested in Miz and Ambrose. I've seen it before and I find Ambrose very bland and his jokes unfunny.

I thought Enzo was concussed for sure when Anderson hit that spinebuster and the back of Enzo's head hit the mat hard.

I thought Joe making Jericho tap out was a mistake prior to Jericho having a title shot with Owens. I get they want Joe to be put over before Jericho departs but the timing for this was all wrong.

I really liked the main event ring collapse. I thought the ref flying off was the highlight.

I agree with most of what you say here MNG.

I find it odd that Seth and Joe are feuding now when both need wins. Seth needs to continue his momentum from his match with Hunter while Joe needs to continue to be built up too.

Surely a Joe v Jericho would have been better served for the PPV and put Joe over there. While KO doesn't need to be present at all since he moved to SD anyway. The US title would have been better sticking with Jericho and have him lose to Joe

Ambrose and The Miz again has been done to death, how about Seth v Miz. Miz has the uncanny ability to take losses and not really seem affected by it. It would be fresh and Im sure Miz v Seth would have potential to be a great feud character wise.

As for Ambrose, I always think he should of dropped the title to Corbin. I really think his stock has dropped massively since the spilt of the shield and he needs freshing up. a Heel turn would be perfect.

Strowman's treatment at Mania looks all the more sh*tty given he's now the number one guy on Raw at the moment.

Rollins vs Samoa Joe will make for an excellent
match but I've a feeling the build will suffer a little for lack of investment in the heel/face dynamic.

Then again, I think that is part and parcel of how Raw is booked at the moment. Balor is probably the only over face they have (and that's probably only because they haven't had enough time to ruin him yet) and Miz the only over heel I can think of.

Essentially, WWE (this has manifested more on Raw as the flagship show) hasn't been able to adapt to the fact that their crowds want to cheer for the best technical wrestlers whether portrayed as face or heel, and that the crowd won't cheer for someone just because Vince keeps telling them they should.

I know some people care less about the face/heel dynamic and just want to see good matches, which is grand too, but nearly all my favourite wrestling memories happened when both the face and the heel were really over, and watching Raw these days just seems like one gigantic midcard.

Thanks Michael Cole for the reminders ever 10 minutes that David Otunga is filming a movie...

I have to say, it's been really hard to watch Jeff Hardy since he came back. He's constantly wincing in pain, and that even applies to him coming down the entrance ramp before a match and climbing the turnbuckle. It's not a case of good selling since it's going on before matches, he still seems to be working through a fair amount of pain in his leg since he came back from the dirt bike accident. I wish he took some time off before his return to WWE, it's uncomfortable to watch him these days.

When they eventually decide to split them for singles runs, hopefully he gets a bit of time to heal up and they launch him into the main event scene on Smackdown. He was ridiculously over in his last run and the fans were genuinely heartbroken when he left.

I seen that. Is a dumpster match the same as a casket match but a dumpster instead of a casket? Not bothered at all by that match will skip through it when i watch raw on tuesday

lycan238 wrote: »

I seen that. Is a dumpster match the same as a casket match but a dumpster instead of a casket? Not bothered at all by that match will skip through it when i watch raw on tuesday

Something tells me you won't save too much time by skipping.

Lord TSC wrote: »

Which will leave us wondering why, if he was going to help Kalisto win, did he wait till after Braun had murdered him before leaping out to help

Roman rang Kalisto and told him he would help him but kalisto refused it and told him not too come out during the match as he doesn't need help but Roman can't tolerate seeing his friend getting hurt and comes out to save him

That's my take lol

CastorTroy wrote: »

Payback is this weekend? Nice to have it on a long weekend for us

yeah true that. I might stay up for it or get up early Monday and watch it