WWE Raw (on Netflix) Superthread

Production level was great and everything looked really well, but the show itself was fairly uninspiring. Crowd seemed pretty dead by the end. I'm sure it'll pick up over the next few weeks.

It makes me feel old seeing Punk. I'm not sure how much left he really has in the ring, he seemed a bit sloppy and I wince at the sight of him taking anything beyond a moderate bump in case he gets injured again. I don't know if him struggling to lift Seth for that final GTS was intentional or not. :(

Agree that this face Rock stuff is bizarre.

UFC is murder too for that largest gate / PPV buy nonsense. It’s an MO now for TKO

One thing that distracted me the whole time were those red lights on the seats. What's that about? To help people find their seats?

As a production it looked great, I liked the shorter ramp and backdrop, similar to royal rumble 1999. Triple H has already stated he prefers this setup

Agree with the bits about the Rock being a face again, we all waited for him to drop Roman but hugs and high fives all round?

Taker appearance was pointless, Hulk Hogan getting the negative reaction was my highlight of the night!

What happened rey mysterios match?

Disappointed we got no penta debut or significant returns such as Becky

Thing that stuck out the most was you've the premiere of Raw yet your champion Gunther only gets a pre taped vignette?

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That was an incredible letdown tbh as most have said.

Some positives. The matches were okay but often felt rushed. Punk/Rollins was decent but felt like they held back for future bouts. Production wise it looked amazing, I thought. I didn't watch live, I saw someone say there was audio issues, my understanding is that it isn't an error, Netflix are cutting out advertising from commentary (still shows up in subtitles apparently). Macaulay Culkin got a massive pop (played his reveal well), liked the Cena promo.

Negatives, boy was there a lot. I know WWE have a lot of filler, it usually doesn't bother me as there's enough stuff in between it. This was endless spamming of celebrities, you don't care about, wrestlers that have no place anymore. Undertaker segment was pointless and bizarre, Hogan segment was worth it just to hear him booed to oblivion, hope he falls off a literall cliff. So all that bollocks filler stuff. Some of the stuff they actually did was worse.

Not only did the Rock cut a boring pointless promo (emphasis on the PR), he undid a possible interesting story thread for future matches. If he won't be at Mania, that's fine, just don't have him there. He's a big star, I get it but this can't possibly have made anyone interested in WWE. I totally agree with what others have said in that, this did little to get over today's stars, didn't do much to entice new viewers and if it did keep new people interested, they didn't manage to set up anything that captivating for the future. Shambles.

I've generally found the weekly shows pretty decent over the past 12 months, and found the PLE's predictable and boring. Long matches, and not enough happening. This was like a PLE, with extra shite on top. Who cares about the celebrities in attendance? And that Rock promo was nonsense... Cody standing in the audience grinning like a goof? Jesus

This was never to be the RAW to base RAW on Netflix. Of course they are looking for new viewers its entertainment and the first show was the perfect time to show it. The only match I think they got wrong was Uso winning I feel it should have gone the other way.

The finish of the match was Punk scraping a win through fortuitous circumstances more than skill. It was a clean win but it wasn't a decisive one. Almost certainly setting up a rematch further down the… road.

I wonder how people who paid to go to that Raw felt seeing a three hour promo for Netflix.

It was a 3 hour quarterly conference call in a ring , man did Dwayne kiss ass.

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