The No Effort RAW Thread For This Specific Date

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Undertaker might be there. Triple H/Lesnar will probably be there. Fallout of the Swagger Stuff. No Rock though so boo on that but yay on everything else.

[Poit]

Damn you! I was writing up a Raw thread.

[Keith]

I'm loving these 3 hour RAW's now. At first I didn't like the idea, but now I can't wait 'til 8pm.

[Poit]

OK, that was harsh. Iginfest, I have no wish to see you damned.

[Cool King]

I really hope Swagger is safe and everything goes the way it was originally planned for him.

[ClockShot]

And uh, VINCE AND PAULY ARE GONNA FIGHT!.................. maybe.

[KyleEmmott]

Heyman/Vince match is opening the show!

[Emperor Smeat]

Can probably guarantee one person who won't be at this show.

Paul Bearer ... unless someone remembered he's still in a freezer somewhere.

[el bobbo]

You know what really grinds my gears?

Ever since I was little, I have always hated every show that leads up to RAW.

Walker Texas Ranger, NCIS, Silk Stalking, whatever the fuck they got syndication rights to just pisses me off so much.

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[ClockShot]

Wasn't Silk Stalkings after Raw?

And don't knock NCIS. That's a good show.

[Frank Drebin]

Silk Stalkings....nice

[Triple Naitch]

La Femme Nikita was on before Raw too, if I recall correctly.

Also, no Jericho tonight. :(

[Frank Drebin]

Was "Murder, She Wrote" before or after Raw ever?

[Keith]

So this Ryan Clark fella posts this question on the main page:

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And when you go in and read, all it says is basically 'NO':

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[KyleEmmott]

............And here we go!

[Droford]

You know what really grinds my gears?

Ever since I was little, I have always hated every show that leads up to RAW.

Walker Texas Ranger, NCIS, Silk Stalking, whatever the fuck they got syndication rights to just pisses me off so much.

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You hated star trek tng too?

[Frank Drebin]

forever

[Heisenberg]

You know what really grinds my gears?

Ever since I was little, I have always hated every show that leads up to RAW.

Walker Texas Ranger, NCIS, Silk Stalking, whatever the fuck they got syndication rights to just pisses me off so much.

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You are not alone in this.

[Droford]

I wonder if jimmy johns pays Brock for the advertising or just let's him eat for free

[ClockShot]

Got a weird feeling that Punk is gonna beat Cena tonight.

Dunno why, I just do right now.

[KyleEmmott]

Still hate the narration

[Corporate CockSnogger]

VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINCCCCCCCEEEE

[Frank Drebin]

No strut tonight

[el bobbo]

You hated star trek tng too?

I don't remember that being on before RAW. I just watched a bunch of that on Netflix the other week.

[KyleEmmott]

What's he going to do? Hit him with his crutch.

[Droford]

If you're on the road to meylife stadium and you take a detour it isn't unexpected
#fuckingnjtollroads

[Poit]

Heyman's got NO CHANCE.

[Droford]

I don't remember that being on before RAW. I just watched a bunch of that on Netflix the other week.

Spiketv days

[CSL]

Vince looking small

[CSL]

and how long have they been doing those recaps/MENACING VOICE OVER GUY gimmicks at the start?

[ClockShot]

Ultimate Fighter?

Is this FX?

[Droford]

Lol ultimate fighter

Maybe Brock taught him some mma

[Poit]

I feel like Heyman needs to be wearing a baseball cap right now.

[KyleEmmott]

Wow, he's actually in a different attire?

[KyleEmmott]

Does Paul Heyman have any wrestling training in his past?

[Cool King]

Heyman has attire.

[CSL]

surprised most of the Dallas crowd didn't pop for the Romo dig

[ClockShot]

Oh shit, Paul's playing dirty.

[KyleEmmott]

Shit is about to get real

[Poit]

Well that was quick.

[CSL]

Vince still has the best facials in the business

[ClockShot]

I'm coming, Dad!

[Poit]

No, please don't do Triple H/Lesnar again.

[KyleEmmott]

Leather jacket and all!!!

[Droford]

Omg its bobby roode..oh wait

[CSL]

pffft any other suit guys showed up in a leather jacket and jeans they'd get chewed out

[KyleEmmott]

When's the last time we even see him come out in his leather jacket?

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Love this

[ClockShot]

Don't recognize Trips without the hair.

Must have lost a bet or something.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Miss the hair so much though

[ClockShot]

BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

[Droford]

Ouch

[KyleEmmott]

Woah, blood....

[el bobbo]

BLOOD!

[Emperor Smeat]

ouch

Lesnar got busted open the bad way

[Corndad]

HHH looks so bad ass right now.

[CSL]

pretty strange he was walking around with his hands taped up as well, WWE boardrooms must be a dangerous place

[Poit]

Vince just sitting there watching. Not gonna help his son-in-law or anything.

[Frank Drebin]

Awesome start to the show

[el bobbo]

Holy fuck that's a lot of blood.

[KyleEmmott]

That's the most blood we've seen in a looong time

[Droford]

They don't build announce tables like they used too

[el bobbo]

and it's all over the ring post too.

[ClockShot]

Shit, they're gonna have words is back.

[KyleEmmott]

To me, blood just adds so much to a match. I wish we'd see it more often when needed.

[Corndad]

Blood everywhere. Shits getting real.

[Frank Drebin]

Lesnar has a Rock-like tattoo of blood on that shoulder

[CSL]

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[Cool King]

What a great start to Raw this week.

[Frank Drebin]

If you weren't psyched up for the show tonight, that opening segment should have done it.

[el bobbo]

This is some fucking wrestling right here.

[Heisenberg]

Just hope they keep up the intensity, but it won't be so.

[CSL]

Brock hasn't looked that surprised since he met The Reem's knees

[Cool King]

Social Media SmackDown?

Oh God.

[Frank Drebin]

back to tout, eh?

[Keith]

Jobber entrance for Dolph?

[ClockShot]

What did Zigs do to deserve this?

[Corndad]

Pissed Ryback

[el bobbo]

back to tout, eh?

How the hell can Tout compete against Twitter's Vine?

[CSL]

wonder if they might build on Ryback's "bad luck" here and have Dolph steal it

[Frank Drebin]

So who are either of these guys fighting at 'Mania?

[Poit]

I could see this match leading to Ryback/Big E.

[CSL]

So who are either of these guys fighting at 'Mania?

that'ssss kind of the point of every RAW and Smackdown for the next 5-6 weeks

[CSL]

hey, Goldberg chants!

who says wrestling fans aren't at the absolute forefront of relevance and creativity!

[Frank Drebin]

that'ssss kind of the point of every RAW and Smackdown for the next 5-6 weeks

I'm wondering out loud, seeing if anyone will throw in their two cents.

[Droford]

Wwe films seems to be actually making legit movies now

[Cool King]

Langston's constant chewing on air is slowly beginning to annoy me.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Lol "AND AGAIN RYBACK... UH, IN TROUBLE"

[CSL]

Wwe films seems to be actually making legit movies now

they've started co-producing/financing films with wrestlers in smaller roles as opposed to creating whole films as vehicles for a wrestler or just simply acquiring distribution rights for already made films

[el bobbo]

Goldberg wins!

[Keith]

LOL did Dolph piss somebody off? WTF?

[el bobbo]

they've started co-producing/financing films with wrestlers in smaller roles as opposed to creating whole films as vehicles for a wrestler or just simply acquiring distribution rights for already made films

A very smart move for legitimacy. I actually want to see that movie Wade Barret is in with Colin Ferrel... primarily because of the "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" cover song.

The Call looks like it could be entertaining for 90 minutes.

[Poit]

Did anyone see David Otunga in that trailer?

[Frank Drebin]

no Otunga in the preview?

[Droford]

This..now?

Guess not

[CSL]

LOL did Dolph piss somebody off? WTF?

reliable, makes everybody look good, jobs don't really hurt him. Still don't enjoy seeing him lose week in and week out tho :-\

[el bobbo]

This..now?

Just a promo.

[CSL]

This..now?

promo time. Punk's a star nowadays

[ClockShot]

Cena/Punk is next?

[el bobbo]

Does the new GI Joe movie use a dubstep version of Seven Nation Army?

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Guessing this is where Punk will "lay the seeds" for Taker to show up, if that's what's going down.

[Frank Drebin]

LOL did Dolph piss somebody off? WTF?

Hes the best seller in the biz, so his job was just to make Ryback look good. Always wonder if that quality we all love about Dolph ultimately holds him back just a lil.

[Droford]

The rock should come out to the gi Joe theme at wm

[Frank Drebin]

Guessing this is where Punk will "lay the seeds" for Taker to show up, if that's what's going down.

Got to, right? If the match is this early in the show at least.

[Keith]

reliable, makes everybody look good, jobs don't really hurt him. Still don't enjoy seeing him lose week in and week out tho :-\

I don't get it. There's few better in-ring perfomers than Dolph right now. Dude has the MITB briefcase. I don't get why he can't win a mach.

[CSL]

Does the new GI Joe movie use a dubstep version of Seven Nation Army?

yah. At least the trailers that first came out like a year ago did anyway

[Cool King]

Guessing this is where Punk will "lay the seeds" for Taker to show up, if that's what's going down.

Yeah, if it's going ahead, Punk will probably say something negative about The Undertaker or something along those lines and then during his match, the gong will sound, distract Punk and he'll lose and that creates the start of Punk/Undertaker.

But we'll see.

[CSL]

I don't get it. There's few better in-ring perfomers than Dolph right now. Dude has the MITB briefcase. I don't get why he can't win a mach.

because they can easily turn him around, it'll be easy for people to get behind him/buy into him suddenly winning/"putting things together" based simply off of how good he is. They're just realllyyyyy taking their time pulling the trigger. He's almost the odd piece of the puzzle atm, the 12th man

[Emperor Smeat]

Guessing this is where Punk will "lay the seeds" for Taker to show up, if that's what's going down.

Yeup just did it by saying the WWE title doesn't matter now.

Also going the HBK route saying he's done it or beat them all.

[Droford]

The m stands for ME

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Sounds like this is going to draw out the dead man.

[KyleEmmott]

"I am God."

[el bobbo]

"I am GOD."
-CM Punk.

[Droford]

That's not gonna go over well

[Keith]

The seed has been planted for "The Lord of Darkness" to make his move.

[Volare]

CM PUNK IS MY GOD!

[ClockShot]

Great. Trump's going in. :roll:

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Here we go. Simple bigging up of himself, saying he's a legend etc. Use of the word "Immortal". Sets it up nicely.

Although it could've worked if Cena beat him in the main event, then he went on a rant afterwards and then

*GONG*
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[Keith]

Wow, so Donald Trump's ties to WWE go way back.

Didn't know.

[ClockShot]

Yeah, then Trump "bought" the company and the stock tanked.

That was funny.

[KyleEmmott]

Well deserved too.

[Droford]

It'd be nice if they drop money at wm lol

[dronepool]

Trump? Fuck that.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Oh good, this is just a mini-feud and not a potential WM match.

[KyleEmmott]

I could "stand" the Great Khali, if he was just booked and made like serious competitor.

[Emperor Smeat]

Might have been Ali this year if the dirtsheets saying he refused or couldn't make it was actually true.

[CSL]

don't see Punk losing clean and then Taker challenging him, maybe Punk about to win via fuck job and lights out or a screwy finish where Punk's foot is on the rope or something so he has a "legit gripe" to kick off about etc. If he even shows up

[ClockShot]

I know it's wishful thinking, but I wanna see the ring collapse.

[Droford]

Cm punk vs Foley vs jbl battle of gods at wm

[ClockShot]

That didn't take long.

[el bobbo]

They're really playing up this god stuff with CM Punk.

And that was the perfect length for a Mark Henry vs. Khali match.

[Cool King]

Fucking love Mark Henry.

[Innovator]

Wooooooo wig splitting

[Corndad]

That's what I do!

[Droford]

Cena vs dibiase vs miz battle of the marines at wm

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Hey it's Mr Ouellet!

[Frank Drebin]

"We the people" now "I am god." An entire segment dedicated to baiting Glen Beck is next.

[el bobbo]

Cena vs dibiase vs miz battle of the marines at wm

With interference from Randy Orton of course.

[ClockShot]

All rise. Court is in session. The Company vs. Jack Swagger is about to commence.

[Droford]

Fully expecting "Glenn beck" to show up in this segment

[Keith]

Fully expecting "Glenn beck" to show up in this segment

"Ben Gleck".

[Droford]

Fan Dan go Friday!

[Corporate CockSnogger]

THIS FRIDAY

[CSL]

FRIDAY

[Frank Drebin]

"Ben Gleck".

Jimany Glick

[CSL]

best Friday ever

[ClockShot]

The online ticket website debuts this friday on smackdown..

[CSL]

better than Good Friday

[Frank Drebin]

Zeb cuts a hell of a promo

[Keith]

Haha wow. ADR is over as a face.

[Keith]

A lot of uncomfortable moments coming up during this exchange.

Brace yourselves.

[ClockShot]

Zeb should make an appearance on Whisker Wars.

Damn.

[Droford]

Kinda funny being real Americans using fake names

[Theo Dious]

This is the best damn heel positioning in years.

[PullMyFinger]

LOL colter is the best character in yrs

[el bobbo]

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[Poit]

Zebby

[KyleEmmott]

I love Zeb Colter

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Zeb has such sincere eyes.

[Frank Drebin]

Are we only getting that one Glen Beck reference? Thought they would be all over that.

[PullMyFinger]

Lmao @ corruption talk

[Corndad]

Damn Zebby

[Droford]

Jack swagger might as well be a cardboard cutout in this segment

[Keith]

Zeb has such sincere eyes.

You can see the pain in his eyes when he talks.

[Keith]

Jack swagger might as well be a cardboard cutout in this segment

LOL you'd think Zeb was challenging ADR at WrestleMania.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: I Took Zeb's Job sign

[Droford]

Yak swagger

[Frank Drebin]

WILL THE COUCHES BE OK AT THE END OF THIS SEGMENT???

[Corndad]

WEED THE PEOPLE

[el bobbo]

WEED the people.

[ClockShot]

Wow. Swagger gets a free pass?

[Rollermacka]

Random thought, would it be "too racist" to have Zeb Coulter tell Kofi Kingston to leave his country?

[Droford]

Glenn beck is trending

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Huh, guess they're letting Swagger keep his spot on the card then.

[Cool King]

lol Glenn Beck is trending.

[CSL]

Wow. Swagger gets a free pass?

you were expecting him to disappear? Hardly the first guy in company history to get a DUI

[Keith]

Huh, guess they're letting Swagger keep his spot on the card then.

I don't know if he'll win at WM tho (after his arrest and w/e)

[Droford]

Old school!

[CSL]

oh fucking brilliant, another old school RAW

[Corndad]

OLD SCHOOL RAW IS BACK! Yes!

[ClockShot]

OLD SCHOOL RAW!

FUCK YES!

[PullMyFinger]

Old school! #throwbackmonday

[Cool King]

Another Old School Raw!?

[Poit]

So, if Punk wins tonight, what does that do to the "in the past X years, Y% of Royal Rumble winners have won the title at Wrestlemania" statistic?

Fuck, who cares. It's not like WWE cares at all about accurately reporting things like that. :-\

[Frank Drebin]

Wow. Swagger gets a free pass?

Huh, guess they're letting Swagger keep his spot on the card then.

According to section 2 paragraph 1 in the Wellness Policy: "Exceptions are made when good shit is goin' down."

[Frank Drebin]

Is an "old school" Raw really needed on the road to Wrestlemania? Seems like something you do over the summer or fall.

[Volare]

I'm with the Suspended/punished after WM story.

[Droford]

Swagger vs miz

[el bobbo]

Is an "old school" Raw really needed on the road to Wrestlemania? Seems like something you do over the summer or fall.

I could see them bringing out Piper's Pit to escalate a feud. Maybe the del Rio/Swagger feud.

[CSL]

According to section 2 paragraph 1 in the Wellness Policy: "Exceptions are made when good shit is goin' down."

his shit had nothing to do with the Wellness Policy

[CSL]

Orton's def put some size on the last month or so

[el bobbo]

his shit had nothing to do with the Wellness Policy

Doesn't the wellness policy prohibit fake weed, but fines real weed?

[Droford]

Hhh will need to wear a wig next week

[Theo Dious]

Hmmm Sgt Slaughter squaring off with Zeb on Old School Raw perhaps?

[CSL]

Doesn't the wellness policy prohibit fake weed, but fines real weed?

not sure but it doesn't matter, it was possession, no failed drug tests

[Theo Dious]

Doesn't the wellness policy prohibit fake weed, but fines real weed?

Actually I thought it fined fake weed but was non-condemning of real weed...

[CSL]

300 fat virgins just screamed at the TV about how "forearms have been Claudio's trademark for years"

[Droford]

Hmmm Sgt Slaughter squaring off with Zeb on Old School Raw perhaps?

Maybe they'll dig up the patriot or Mr Ameri...

[ClockShot]

BOOM!

[Theo Dious]

And for fuck's sake, can you imagine the heel heat Swagger would get at Wrestlemania if he came out to Real American?

[CSL]

I'd like Orton to stop clapping

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I'm the most tired I've ever been in my life but I want to see if Taker shows up :(

[Poit]

I think the wellness policy punishes synthetic weed with suspension. I forget if it was Orton or Truth/Bourne, but at least one of those suspensions was from fake weed.

[el bobbo]

Actually I thought it fined fake weed but was non-condemning of real weed...

I thought R-Truth got a suspension for K2 a couple of years back.

[CSL]

THE DAZZLER

[Corporate CockSnogger]

What? I thought Darren Young was supposed to be injured. I took him out my WWE Pool!

[CSL]

never ever going to tire of these two

[Droford]

Excuse us

[ClockShot]

Clark Kent forgot his glasses.

[Poit]

Team Brickie!

[Poit]

What? I thought Darren Young was supposed to be injured. I took him out my WWE Pool!

Titus will probably pin a blindfolded Bryan without Young ever wrestling.

[Cool King]

Team Brickie.

[Droford]

Rehashing the wm 21 promos?

[VSG]

lol this trailer

[Frank Drebin]

I think the wellness policy punishes synthetic weed with suspension. I forget if it was Orton or Truth/Bourne, but at least one of those suspensions was from fake weed.

Truth and Bourne both for fake weed, but Truth was in a Cena storyline so his suspension was delayed (if I remember correctly).

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Titus will probably pin a blindfolded Bryan without Young ever wrestling.

He'll still be in the match though which would've got me points :(

[Poit]

Yeah, Truth finished the storyline without pay, then he served his suspension.

[ClockShot]

Everyone in the audience is saying, "Who are the Bashams?"

[Theo Dious]

lol God those WM21 promos were sweet.

[Cool King]

The WWE's target audience was probably born in 2005. "Who's Orlando Jordan?", "Who are The Bashams"? They'll say. :(

[Poit]

We hoped you liked that awesome first hour. Now we're going to make Oscar jokes.

[Cool King]

We hoped you liked that awesome first hour. Now we're going to make Oscar jokes.

Sheamus will probably mention Brave in some way. Something about the main character and himself both being Ginger or him being Brave.

[Droford]

Wrestlemania 29 goes Broadway

*insert clips of wrestlers singing and dancing*

[dronepool]

I didn't watch WWE during like 2003 or 2004 til 2008 so these WM21 promos are new to me.

[Emperor Smeat]

Truth and Bourne both for fake weed, but Truth was in a Cena storyline so his suspension was delayed (if I remember correctly).

It depends on status. Getting the punishment delayed or as a fine ("pot tax") only is given to main event stars or those in a main event type program.

Bourne was in neither so his occurred right away.

[Droford]

The undertaker probably got pissed wwe didn't ask him to be in dead man down

[Cool King]

Wrestlemania 29 goes Broadway

*insert clips of wrestlers singing and dancing*

Brodus Clay.

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[Corporate CockSnogger]

Lol that graphic of Triple H just then was a terrible photoshop job.

[CSL]

expecting like Hornswoggle and Brodus or something in this segment

[Droford]

I didn't watch WWE during like 2003 or 2004 til 2008 so these WM21 are new to me.

As much press as Stacy kiebler got last night, they should have shown her basic instinct triker

[RockySucks]

who gives a fuck about the oscars?

[HTrain90]

I wasn't into the Zeb/Swagger thing, but that segment just made it click. Confronting the Miz on biased journalism and attacking him - this is going to be a brilliant angle leading up to WM. And, just for kicks, I want Swagger to take the belt.

Zeb for President! Well, not really, but he's just awesome.

[Frank Drebin]

As much press as Stacy kiebler got last night, they should have shown her basic instinct triker

Ms. Handcock

[Cool King]

Ahh I see.

They're using a face to plug the movie.

Nobody is going to listen to a heel.

[Droford]

They should rip the rock's acting skills the same fashion

[dronepool]

Who's covering Pink Floyd here?

[CSL]

how to give the whole film away in the trailer #101

[el bobbo]

They're really going to shove this feud down our throats.

[Poit]

Well, it looks like Sheamus/Barrett at Mania?

[CSL]

who gives a fuck about the oscars?

do you walk around with your eyes closed and ears blocked?

[CSL]

well I guess it makes more sense than fighting over a Japanese shampoo advert

[CSL]

bet these two are loving this tho tbf, especially if they work Mania together

[Droford]

This is a step up from a feud over a shampoo commercial for a wm match

[Droford]

well I guess it makes more sense than fighting over a Japanese shampoo advert


Damn you!

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Hey Barrett, just talk about his receding ginger hair.

[Poit]

Remember when these two were buddies?

[Droford]

Should be sheamus' hair vs Barrett's beard

[RockySucks]

do you walk around with your eyes closed and ears blocked?

haha, only after I've had sex with your mum

[Theo Dious]

I didn't watch WWE during like 2003 or 2004 til 2008 so these WM21 promos are new to me.

Oh, Sir!

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[el bobbo]

King is gettin' Crunk'd