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PTH2009 · 08-09-2020 01:08AM

How bad ass by drew

Driving in the ambulance

PTH2009 · 08-09-2020 01:20AM

Bobby vs Bobby jnr

Heel turn for Cedric, thought it would be Ricochet

Lord TSC · 08-09-2020 11:26AM

Is Rusev actually doing anything right now? I remember Impact teasing him but haven't heard anything since.

I ask because Retribution's promo has a vibe of "We can't believe you sacked us!" off it, but thats clearly Djokovic and Yim talking, neither whom have been "discarded". If the idea is someone who was sacked comes back and leads a stable of people, including NXT people, fine. But if it's just NXT guys, then it feels a little weak. Rusev feels the level of guy who could lead such a group easily though.

CastorTroy · 08-09-2020 12:43PM

Was sure Riott Squad would lose which would make the title match uncalled for. Of course they couldn't have Nia lose so just throw the match out.
Speaking of Nia why was she so surprised when sh4e was told she would be in a handicap match as well, considering it was mentioned a couple times before that?

What's with Adam Pearce getting so much screen time? Until recently I wouldn't even have known he worked there or even his name, only seeing him break up brawls.

Why did Drew arrive in a ambulance? was he still supposed to be in hospital before then?

Are Rey's wife and daughter involved in the business?

jaykhunter · 08-09-2020 01:10PM

Lord TSC wrote: »

Is Rusev actually doing anything right now?

Bítching about Meltzer on twitch atm

https://twitter.com/WrestleCritic/status/1302980750602645504

RollieFingers · 08-09-2020 01:21PM

"We are left to feed on nothing but the scraps of contempt..."

"The darkness of Retribution will seep into the pores of every superstar and the WWE universe."

Who talks like that

Retribution could not be any more lame if they tried!

CastorTroy · 08-09-2020 02:10PM

Nice of them to only restrict their actions to Raw now.

Peyton vs Billie happened very quickly.

TimesArrow · 08-09-2020 02:46PM

Quarterly brand v brand invitational??

hynesie08 · 08-09-2020 02:55PM

TimesArrow wrote: »

Quarterly brand v brand invitational??

Yeah, they've actually followed their own continuity for once, it's how Sasha and Bailey started showing up on raw.....

Agent Coulson · 08-09-2020 02:57PM

Ivar want to a local hospital not a medical facility that's how serious his injury from his dive was.

When a wrestler instantly throws up the X sign themselves he must have done some serious damage.

Did 6/7/8 years olds write that Retribution stuff.

J. Marston · 08-09-2020 03:00PM

Peyton's entrance theme and walkout was like a generic sexy diva from 2004.

Loughc · 08-09-2020 03:01PM

J. Marston wrote: »

Peyton's entrance theme and walkout was like a generic sexy diva from 2004.

Explains why Vince is so high on her so.

CastorTroy · 08-09-2020 03:50PM

One week after breaking up Peyton and Billie each get new themes. How many years after the Shield split and Reigns still has that theme.

Agent Coulson · 08-09-2020 03:50PM

I do like the new Nation of Domination sorry Black Lives Matter no sorry The Hurt Business faction.

Loughc · 08-09-2020 03:54PM

CastorTroy wrote: »

One week after breaking up Peyton and Billie each get new themes. How many years after the Shield split and Reigns still has that theme.

They left Roman the shield theme in order to get him over..... never worked.

Agent Coulson · 08-09-2020 04:13PM

So Owens and Black are going to settle a real deal underground shoot fight now with a pro wrestling match now I guess.

CastorTroy · 08-09-2020 04:42PM

Well both were taken out by Babadook so that was pointless.

Agent Coulson · 08-09-2020 06:40PM

Dave is saying Mojo is one of members of Retribution

Now Vince and Bruce will pull Mojo so internet fans can slam Dave.

PTH2009 · 08-09-2020 10:28PM

Drew looking extremely jacked last night

Vince must of been delighted

beakerjoe · 09-09-2020 09:51PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Drew looking extremely jacked last night

Vince must of been hard

Fixed your post

beakerjoe · 09-09-2020 10:00PM

So now that ny my daughter is old enough, shes happy to watch Raw. I download it to the Sky box and watch when she comes home from school.

I work while she watches, but keep an eye on it in the background.

From her POV its awesome, just like I did when I was a kid. She loves everyone and thinks everyone is believable.

Quotes like 'why did Cedric turn bad' , ' why did retribution turn yhe lights out' and 'did you see that Claymore' haopen regularly. She buys into it all. She think Nia is an unstoppable force, that Cesaro and Nakanura are a big deal and that Murphy had it coming.

The product may appeal to adults, but its kids who truly believe in the product.

WWE need to tap this market. I dont mind my daughter watching because I know it can do no harm with the right parenting approach. But so many parents just wont both with WWE and I can see why.

If WWE wants to get more viewers, they need to make the show more accessible to kids and more appealing to parents.

Its possible to have a product that appeals to everyone with good story telling and logical angles without being too edgy.

J. Marston · 09-09-2020 10:14PM

beakerjoe wrote: »

So now that ny my daughter is old enough, shes happy to watch Raw. I download it to the Sky box and watch when she comes home from school.

I work while she watches, but keep an eye on it in the background.

From her POV its awesome, just like I did when I was a kid. She loves everyone and thinks everyone is believable.

Quotes like 'why did Cedric turn bad' , ' why did retribution turn yhe lights out' and 'did you see that Claymore' haopen regularly. She buys into it all. She think Nia is an unstoppable force, that Cesaro and Nakanura are a big deal and that Murphy had it coming.

What a mark.

Only joking! I can't remember the last thing in wrestling that caught my wonder. Maybe Becky in the main event of Mania. That was great but unfortunately I'm always looking at wrestling through a cynical lense these days.

Agent Coulson · 09-09-2020 10:35PM

For sure when I was a kid I loved the mad incoherent Warrior, Savage promos and now I often wonder how internet fans would have slammed them if the internet was around then.

jaykhunter · 10-09-2020 01:19AM

That's awesome to hear about your daughter enjoying the show! The worry i have is that WWE are incapable of putting on a broadly entertaining show; which alienates everyone, and kids will get sick of it after 2 years. Maybe hooking children for 2 years is the best they can hope for without major changes.

there's so much of it, how much of it does she watch? Is there a saturation point?

JP Liz V1 · 10-09-2020 02:22AM

Lord TSC wrote: »

Is Rusev actually doing anything right now? I remember Impact teasing him but haven't heard anything since.

I ask because Retribution's promo has a vibe of "We can't believe you sacked us!" off it, but thats clearly Djokovic and Yim talking, neither whom have been "discarded". If the idea is someone who was sacked comes back and leads a stable of people, including NXT people, fine. But if it's just NXT guys, then it feels a little weak. Rusev feels the level of guy who could lead such a group easily though.

Spoiler

Miro in AEW

10-09-2020 05:01AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

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Thanks for the spoiler!

RollieFingers · 10-09-2020 08:26AM

Raw ratings down from 1.896 million this week to 1.725 million this week, which is also a 31% drop in viewers compared to the corresponding episode in 2019.

Have the recent additions of Retribution, Shane's fight club, the wider Mysterio family becoming active participants in the action and the bells and whistles of the Thunderdome helped, or are they just a flimsy plaster covering the real issue - the horrible writing and atrocious story-lines that plague the show?

beakerjoe · 10-09-2020 09:33AM

RollieFingers wrote: »

Raw ratings down from 1.896 million this week to 1.725 million this week, which is also a 31% drop in viewers compared to the corresponding episode in 2019.

Have the recent additions of Retribution, Shane's fight club, the wider Mysterio family becoming active participants in the action and the bells and whistles of the Thunderdome helped, or are they just a flimsy plaster covering the real issue - the horrible writing and atrocious story-lines that plague the show?

Raw underground is not gonna being in viewers. Infact Id argue that and Retribution may drive viewers away as they have both misfired.

Zero direction with both

I dont mind Dominik and Fam. Hes actually very decent for someone so green loved his sliding sunset powerbomb through the table. Murphy made his look great

JP Liz V1 · 13-09-2020 11:52PM

Keith vs. Drew happening on Raw but no doubt Randy will be around

TimesArrow · 14-09-2020 12:02AM

Drew v Lee on Raw? Why are they giving this match away rather than save it for a PPV? I expect some sort of shenanigans or this match won’t even happen and they’ll end tagging against someone like Seth and Murphy

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