WWE Raw Discussion Thread

[Eamonn]

Great Raw, good to see Ambrose inserted into the match, will likely be the one to get pinned but we get all 3 members of The Shield in the same match! Cena vs Zayn was pretty good as well for the time it got, hopefully hes called up soon. New Day were on form all night as well, pretty much every segment had a point and was built up well. Just need to start lessening Kanes presence.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

Zayn popped that shoulder out during his entrance on Raw. When he was on his ring steps you see him awkwardly try to throw his arm up and then it be hanging loosely by his side.

The fact he worked a stellar match with probably a seperated shoulder makes Zayn look even better

 

[Oaf]

Wow, fantastic Raw. And that Ambrose vs Rollins match... those two are MAGIC. That was probably my 3rd favourite match of the year, with only Lesnar/Reigns and Rollins/Lesnar/Cena ahead of it. But every single time, Rollins and Ambrose deliver. They honestly feel like the best natural pairing of wrestlers since The Rock and Austin for just connecting and getting the best out of each other.

Stuff like Zayn's debut was just icing on the cake. Really good show. Although, speaking of Zayns debut... they cut to adverts for the start of the match?! Criminal. The worst timed adverts I've ever seen.

Payback main event is sounding great now. Pretty much everybody Rollins has ever screwed over getting payback, pun intended I'm sure, on him. Though... I'd kind of like to see Orton get taken out now so we can get that dream Shield triple threat we all want!

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

Wouldn't it be interesting if Ambrose & Reigns suddenly realised that they should have done exactly what Rollins did in joining the Authority, and both turned on Orton to create a Shield 2.0 and helped Rollins retain the title?

It would, so therefore it won't happen.

 

[Eamonn]

That lacks any logic, why would they help Rollins retain? He would be champion for the foreseeable future and Reigns and Ambrose would just what? Do protection? Not want the title? I do think we will see a mini reunion mid match when they triple powerbomb Orton leaving all 3 in the ring alone, the reaction will be awesome. I do think Ambrose needs a heel turn but then I do see him winning MITB and teasing Rollins cash ins

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

That lacks any logic, why would they help Rollins retain? He would be champion for the foreseeable future and Reigns and Ambrose would just what? Do protection? Not want the title? I do think we will see a mini reunion mid match when they triple powerbomb Orton leaving all 3 in the ring alone, the reaction will be awesome. I do think Ambrose needs a heel turn but then I do see him winning MITB and teasing Rollins cash ins

Lacks logic because it's just an idea I just threw out there. It won't happen.

 

[Eamonn]

There were strangely enough dirtsheet rumours today about Reigns and Ambrose turning heel at Payback

Anyone see the ESPN (America) documentary on NXT - Behind the curtain. Followed Adam Rose, Xavier Woods and Corey Graves over last 2 years lots of backstage footage, personal insights and stories. A very good watch and to be honest has made me like Rose and Woods ten times more, Ive went from completely disinterested in both to interested in seeing them again aa we actually got some backgroudn to them, understood their stories and their journey and now Ive invested more in them as performers. It shouldnt be a surprise and its another frustration of the potential of the current roster all through the card but they dont get character development and mic time and chances to build feuds.

 

[Saddlerrad]

WWE has added Ambrose in to be the fall guy. That and the fact they don't want another big triple threat anytime soon as that's the way they are heading at Summerslam with a Lesnar/Reigns/Rollins triple threat main event.

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

There were strangely enough dirtsheet rumours today about Reigns and Ambrose turning heel at Payback

Anyone see the ESPN (America) documentary on NXT - Behind the curtain. Followed Adam Rose, Xavier Woods and Corey Graves over last 2 years lots of backstage footage, personal insights and stories. A very good watch and to be honest has made me like Rose and Woods ten times more, Ive went from completely disinterested in both to interested in seeing them again aa we actually got some backgroudn to them, understood their stories and their journey and now Ive invested more in them as performers. It shouldnt be a surprise and its another frustration of the potential of the current roster all through the card but they dont get character development and mic time and chances to build feuds.

Yeah Adam Rose has a great backstory that you could get behind. Play him off as a family man who is doing this for the love and support of his family. Have him cut an awesome heart-felt promo on Raw. Could then have Wyatt or even a scum bag like Barrett or Sheamus run him down & cause him to doubt himself.

 

[mase]

Cena vs Neville was a great match last night.

 

[mase]

Spoiler: spoil spoil spoils

 

[NiallQuinnDiscoPants]

Lovely touch with the US Title and Owens stamping on it.

Shame he's losing at Elimination Chamber.

 

[Eamonn]

Where is everyone on here? Been 3 pretty good Raws in a row, last nights was very good. All got a good build up and of course Kevin fucking Owens!! Great promo, just straight to the point, hes going to be huge, I hope Cena helps cost him at Takeover and then Owens debuts and beats Cena at EC and is on the roster full time. But damn EC is going to be awesome - Tag title EC match, IC title EC match, Cena vs Owens, Rusev vs Ziggler, Rollins vs Ambrose, I cant wait! Not sure what Reigns, Wyatt, Orton are going to do though.

 

[Luke]

Enjoyable show after a decent PPV, let's hope this good form can continue.

Thought EC was built well and that should be a good event.

Eamonn Ziggler and Rusev are in the IC title match. Might see Dallas Neville in a singles match which Would be good.

Think the tag team match will be good, hopefully new day cesaro Kidd n Lucha dragons are last three teams all in together as that could be pretty special.

Enjoying WWE again long may it continue.

 

[mase]

I'm wondering if Owens facing Cena at EC is a one-time thing to get NXT more exposure and people buying the Network or if it's KO coming up full time.

 

[BigDaveCUFC]

Where is everyone on here? Been 3 pretty good Raws in a row, last nights was very good. All got a good build up and of course Kevin fucking Owens!! Great promo, just straight to the point, hes going to be huge, I hope Cena helps cost him at Takeover and then Owens debuts and beats Cena at EC and is on the roster full time. But damn EC is going to be awesome - Tag title EC match, IC title EC match, Cena vs Owens, Rusev vs Ziggler, Rollins vs Ambrose, I cant wait! Not sure what Reigns, Wyatt, Orton are going to do though.

no one wants to talk about shows when they are good as horrible as that sounds.

I'm loving TNA, at present 2015 is on par with 2001 as my favourite year watching wrestling, but I hardly post much about the shows.....when its good you just nicely sit back and enjoy, when its bad comes the 500 word posts about the evils of the company.

good to see if they have a good run of shows as they have been poor for a long while, maybe a much needed change of direction has happened behind scenes and its paying off, I see their ratings have been ticking upwards also which is good as it'll mean they stick to the current set-up.

 

[T.A]

Thought Raw was 100x better than the PPV.. You'd think that it would be the other way round? I think that's what lets WWE down for me personally.

 

[Saddlerrad]

Agreed, 2 very good Raws in a row I thought, this weeks was excellent. Looking forward to seeing Owens.

 

[Stevencc]

This new guy with no forehead, Owens, seems cool - any chance of him beating Cena at Elimination Chamber?

He reminds me of this man...

 

[Libertine]

Ryback cracked me up with his interview on Smackdown. Renee mentioned she was thinking of vegan in the middle then he comes back at the end saying 'by the way, I have some fantastic high protein vegan recipes - the big guy's quite the cook!'

 

[Relentless]

Stardust to special guest appear as the villain for an episode of Arrow next season pls.

 

[Captain Scumbag]

Have I temporarily taken leave of my senses, or is John Cena (and more specifically John Cena's open challenge) currently the best thing in wrestling?

 

[Relentless]

Nah you're still sane.

 

[mase]

Wasn't fussed with Zack Ryder but they were playing up to the crowd i guess.

Meh.

 

[Ovenbaked]

Really cant stand these runaway with the title stories, shows how lacking people are when it comes to thinking something new up, the same story was used only a few months ago!

 

[Oaf]

I dunno, it sort of makes sense from Ambrose perspective to steal it (more so than with the IC title, for sure) because he got robbed by that dumbass referee who wanted to thank Seth for pulling him into danger by letting him keep his title. The stupid referee is the issue for me in the feud, not the fact that they're doing what they did before.

 

[Ovenbaked]

I dunno, it sort of makes sense from Ambrose perspective to steal it (more so than with the IC title, for sure) because he got robbed by that dumbass referee who wanted to thank Seth for pulling him into danger by letting him keep his title. The stupid referee is the issue for me in the feud, not the fact that they're doing what they did before.

Don't get me wrong absolute idiotic thing as well, I still see The Shield coming back together in the next 6 months or so.

 

[Christian Slater]

This is old but came to my attention again today. If you haven't seen it I envy you, I could listen to this shit all day:

 

[Oaf]

Well that was a very uneventful Raw. Started off well with the NXT open challenge, then never really got interesting.

Edit: Oh, besides R-Truth That was fucking gold. I fucking love that man.

 

[Libertine]

That was hilarious.

Really struggling to get into WWE at the minute though overall. The PPV overkill isn't helping.