Official WWF RAW is WAR thread (3rd Feb 2014) Awwww Did Someone Not Get What They Wanted 2: The New Batch

[#1-norm-fan]

That was the best mic work ADR has done in years.

[#1-norm-fan]

I still don't really care to see the match.

[CSL]

Dancin' Dave whooping a 10k mic because he can

[Droford]

Batista needs to get that piercing out of his nose, it looks stupd

[slik]

#TeamTISTA

[ron the dial]

i still can't get over how ridiculous the calling of xavier woods up to the main roster has been

[Droford]

Christian should have tagged with them.

[Lock Jaw]

Xavier Woods needs his mustache back. Looks weird and offputting without it.

[Lock Jaw]

Had this song randomly stuck in my head earlier today

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[Lock Jaw]

Mark Henry looked like a whale in that graphic.

[CSL]

imagine having to listen to R-Truth's theme for the length of an entire ad break

[Lock Jaw]

Love to sway to the Bray theme

[Fenix122]

So look how long before the shield appears?

[VSG]

Mark Henry looked like a whale in that graphic.

A chocolate whale?

[el bobbo]

imagine having to listen to R-Truth's theme for the length of an entire ad break

I'd rather listen to Coldplay.

[Droford]

A chocolate whale?


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[Lock Jaw]

Yyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

[CSL]

imagine not watching wrestling/knowing who any wrestlers are and coming across the rental car containing Wyatt, Rowan and Harper on the road at some kind of service station or something

[Lock Jaw]

Bray does a good Book End

[Savio]

Rollins has shingles?

[CSL]

Ambrose has the best tone of voice of pretty much any wrestler ever

[slik]

Love The Shield/Wyatt Family feud

[Lock Jaw]

Just downloaded the second issue of the WWE Comic Book gonna read it.

[Savio]

"Papers, Please"

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

CM Punk chant time?

[Corndad]

AJ and Tamina. Both screwed by News this week.

[Corndad]

A Sexy Baked Potato LOL

[Savio]

love Naomi's outfit

[Droford]

Foxsauna?

[Corndad]

"How do you download the App again Cole"

[Poit]

Foxana. :y:

[Poit]

imagine having to listen to R-Truth's theme for the length of an entire ad break

That doesn't happen. They play some random video (Tribute to the Troops video package, etc.) during the break, and they start the wrestler's theme back up before commercial ends.

[Lock Jaw]

Think Naomi is really hurt there.

Also, AJ Lee is pretty great whenever she is on commentary.

[CSL]

definitely the humane thing to do

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Betty White. Automatically the best Raw of the Year next week.

[Droford]

That cage is coming back down to trap Daniel bryan..probably with Brock Lesnar

[Savio]

Wife hates when AJ goes on after 10:30, always has to leave at that time for work.

[slik]

Naomi has a large posterior

[Savio]

Would you tap that?

[slik]

With a paddle followed by a lecture on behaviour for proper young ladies

[Jura]

Django Bryan

[Droford]

Lotta blood tonight

[Lock Jaw]

Forgot to mention this after the Rusev promo but... Lana has man hands

[#1-norm-fan]

Welp. So this match is happening. What's new guys?

[#1-norm-fan]

Thought I felt a lump in one of my balls but then I lost it. Probably nothing. You guys been good?

[#1-norm-fan]

Looked like Orton just did the Orton pose whilst pointing to the WM sign at the same time.

[#1-norm-fan]

Man, I am sleepy.

[ron the dial]

liked that suplex by orton

[Savio]

Brock could walk out of the company and people wouldnt realize until 5 days before mania.

[#1-norm-fan]

Kofi Kingston defeated the WWE champion clean a few weeks ago.

Does not get the chance to even qualify for the elimination chamber.

Jack Swagger does however.

[Corndad]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Someone wanna let this crowd know that this is what the fans at the Royal Rumble would have sold their souls to see? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RAWTonight&amp;src=hash">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/statuses/430550867343712256">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Corndad]

Well so much for Kane working with Bryan Theory we had a few weeks ago.

[Savio]

WOO!

[Droford]

I'm shocked..

[Corndad]

Holy Shit. That happened.

[Tazz Dan]

YES!

[Poit]

Damn, that was a good match.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I guess that will end the CM Punk chants. Maybe.

[Poit]

Wait, are those Kane pyro cylinders?

[#1-norm-fan]

Kane completely set up the cage match a few weeks ago conveniently in a way so that Bryan could get Bray Wyatt alone in the cage just like he had planned when he joined the Wyatt Family 2 weeks before.

Gets kicked in the face.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Who will save him?

[Savio]

lol Corporate Kane

[Poit]

Wait, are those Kane pyro cylinders?

Why yes, yes they are.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Team Hell No Explodes Next Week.

[Lock Jaw]

That was a pretty sweet match.

Despite Orton's lack of selling the fact that his leg was being extensively worked on.

[Savio]

Stock options should have come out of the ring posts instead of fire.

[#1-norm-fan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Someone wanna let this crowd know that this is what the fans at the Royal Rumble would have sold their souls to see? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RAWTonight&amp;src=hash">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/statuses/430550867343712256">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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To be fair, I don't think the Rumble crowd was dying to see Bryan vs Orton in a meaningless non-title match.

[Corndad]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>You thought we were going to let <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan">@WWEDanielBryan</a> get over to close RAW? That's adorable. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RAWTonight&amp;src=hash">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/statuses/430553862080983044">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[ron the dial]

damn good match

[Droford]

Kane vs Daniel Bryan at mania..thanks CM Punk

[Corndad]

To be fair, I don't think the Rumble crowd was dying to see Bryan vs Orton in a meaningless non-title match.

I will agree with that. I just took it as Bryan in the Main Event match.

[CSL]

lol a "from the vault" thing just came on after Raw finished, it's a 4 way a few weeks after Alex Riley turned face. Gets a bigger face pop than Rey Mysterio, had that great string bit at the start of his theme etc. Bet he didn't see his current career trajectory coming

[#1-norm-fan]

I was watching the same beyond the vault. lol A-Ry.

[#1-norm-fan]

If he could see it coming I bet he'd react in the most awful way.

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[CSL]

lol crowd eating up a nearfall for him from a rotten looking top rope hiptoss thing. Was def all "gonna main event WrestleMania in the next few years" to himself at this point

[CSL]

hey Riley just did Roman Reigns' apron dropkick gimmick like 3 years ago

[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

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[Lock Jaw]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Getting ready for This Is Awesome chant when Betty White shows up.

[Droford]

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Someone tell him he shouldn't be ashamed it happens to a lot of corporate monsters in suits

[Corndad]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Wow! <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan">@WWEDanielBryan</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyOrton">@RandyOrton</a> had a Classic tonight! Enjoyed It thoroughly. Real Pros.</p>&mdash; Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKurtAngle/statuses/430555745814581248">February 4, 2014</a></blockquote>
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[Anybody Thrilla]

Orton and Bryan tend to work really well together.

Also, that Emma "debut" was fucking garbage. I don't think they realize how few people actually watch NXT, and I don't think they even realize WHY Emma is over down there. It's not too late to salvage, but I really hope she doesn't get blamed for them using her stupidly.

[MIZantine Empire]

Why aren't the ring ropes black for black history month?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Ouch.

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[Bad News Gertner]

NXT crowds are basically ROH fan levels of douchebag/smark. Can't use the crowds down there to judge how WWE fans will react.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Reports are people were ejected for starting CM Punk chants.

[Bad News Gertner]

Good

[Anybody Thrilla]

NXT crowds are basically ROH fan levels of douchebag/smark. Can't use the crowds down there to judge how WWE fans will react.

Be that as it may, I'd just hate for Emma to get hosed due to WWE not realizing...well, much of anything.

[Bad News Gertner]

Me too. Love Emma.

[el bobbo]

So Orton has to face everyone in he will see in the chamber match in individual competition over the next couple of weeks.

Remember that match he had with Cena at the Royal Rumble? Yeah, we're getting that one again. Remember that match he had with Sheamus before MITB last year that got "boring" chants/ Yeah, we're getting that one again too.

The Christian match on Smackdown and the Cesaro one should be pretty good.

[FourFifty]

Watching Raw right now. Wasn't able to scope it out live because I was working. Not really feeling it. The high light so far has been either the Alexander Rusev promo or the fact that I survived another Monday in survivor.

[Bad News Gertner]

Ryback is entertaining even when he's walking to the ring

Ryback is friggen hilarious. I don't know why the IWC hates him so much.

Lol you know who Ryback reminds me of with his constant yelling at the fans and shit? Iron Mike Sharpe.

[Bad News Gertner]

So Orton has to face everyone in he will see in the chamber match in individual competition over the next couple of weeks.

Remember that match he had with Cena at the Royal Rumble? Yeah, we're getting that one again. Remember that match he had with Sheamus before MITB last year that got "boring" chants/ Yeah, we're getting that one again too.

The Christian match on Smackdown and the Cesaro one should be pretty good.

Calling Sheamus boring and Christian not is ridiculous. Sheamus always has great matches, and if ignore the fags in the audience at the Royal Rumble, Cena vs Orton was very entertaining.

[Bad News Gertner]

NO to Ryback vs Sheamus

Sheamus works very well with bigger wrestlers. Id love to see that match.

RYBACK RULESSSSSSS!

[Tazz Dan]

Calling Sheamus boring and Christian not is ridiculous.

That's your opinion, doesn't mean it's the right one ;)

[Tazz Dan]

#opensacanofworms

[Bad News Gertner]

Motherfucker! It's the correct opinion!!!

[Tazz Dan]

Hahaha :heart:

[Droford]

I kinda missed Sheamus, but I think they missed an opportunity to bring him back as a heel, though I guess he can always switch

[Hanso Amore]

Orton is definitely coming out of the chamber with the title. They are stacking it against him having to face everyone in the coming weeks so he will be victorious.

[Innovator]

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[#1-norm-fan]

Ryback is friggen hilarious. I don't know why the IWC hates him so much.


Because he's over 6 feet tall, weighs more than 220 lbs. and is measured too low on the official ROH workrate-o-meter.

[#1-norm-fan]

Orton is definitely coming out of the chamber with the title. They are stacking it against him having to face everyone in the coming weeks so he will be victorious.

I can see him keeping the title but there also being some sort of shady double pin or something with him and Bryan which puts Bryan in the WrestleMania title match to make it a triple threat.

[Innovator]

Just film videos of Ryback going about his everyday routine. 10 million viewers

[Innovator]

Fandango made the town and put his gear on for that

I thought that when Daniel Bryan was the "nerd" who danced like an idiot in the ring with the Divas that one time.

Then I remembered he probably made easily 50x what he made for Morishima caving in his eye socket.

[CSL]

oh for sure. Wasn't stating it so much in a bad way, booked on TV but no bumps taken = a pretty successful evening. Was just a bit absurd. I'd rather have been Fandango last night than Cody coming off that fucking cage or having to go anywhere near Aksana.

[#1-norm-fan]

WWE needs to have writers who are solely dedicated to actually booking storylines and pushes for the undercard so that Fandango Curtis' career can stop being wasted away.

Other guys too I guess... But mostly him.

[Innovator]

oh for sure. Wasn't stating it so much in a bad way, booked on TV but no bumps taken = a pretty successful evening. Was just a bit absurd. I'd rather have been Fandango last night than Cody coming off that fucking cage or having to go anywhere near Aksana.

I don't get it, did Angle call Cody and tell him that you feel fine after doing that spot? Angle had to be in a wheelchair to come home from the tour.

[CSL]

madness. Like Lance Storm said, nobody asks you do to do a spot like that. Boy has a screw loose, especially given the fact that it looked a bit shit

[CSL]

and lol people giving Road Dogg some shit on Twitter for "not catching him properly". Mongoloids.

[Innovator]

What the hell was Road Dogg to do? Take a knee to the face probably going 20 mph?

[CSL]

apparently so. Risking death appears to be a perfectly acceptable risk for the Twitter experts.

[XL]

You could almost forgive that moonsault if it were on PPV, but on Raw, in a non-main event slot?

Unless it's leading to Goldust calling Cody out for being reckless/costing them the belts.

[el bobbo]

WWE needs to have writers who are solely dedicated to actually booking storylines and pushes for the undercard so that Fandango Curtis' career can stop being wasted away.

Other guys too I guess... But mostly him.

I've never understood why they don't do this. They have 6 hours of TV time a week and most of it is filled with throwaway crap.

[Volare]

Fandango will never be massive over without Tyler Breeze.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Did Cody hurt himself at all? Any reports?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Maybe Cody saw an opening on the main event face side with Punk's absence, so he'd thought he'd make people take notice?

[Heyman]

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LMAO.

Boom.

Zeb for the win. :D

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[NormanSmiley]

Fandango will never be massive over without Tyler Breeze.


fandango will never be over because his gimmick is dog shit

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at Cody's moonsault botch. Seems like Road Dogg thought Cody would move towards his direction and not the other way when he flipped.


Main event was really good.

[Vastardikai]

http://i.imgur.com/e7847XP.gif

Nope, he's still not over it...

[CSL]

Unless it's leading to Goldust calling Cody out for being reckless/costing them the belts.

I figured this was may be the reasoning as soon as he started looking at the top of the cage. Definitely many different and safer ways to get that kind of thing over tho

[Anybody Thrilla]

Yeah, a moonsault off a cage is more of a Wrestlemania sort of thing.

[Poit]

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[Tazz Dan]

fandango will never be over because his gimmick is dog shit

YOU WASH YOUR MOUTH OUT WITH SOAP.

[#1-norm-fan]

I've never understood why they don't do this. They have 6 hours of TV time a week and most of it is filled with throwaway crap.

lol. It sounds like I'm just trying to insult them but laziness is literally the only explanation I can think of.

There were more guys involved in stuff and being groomed to be stars of the future when there was less than half the TV time. Now it seems like the schedule is: Eat chips all week... 7:50 on Monday randomly pick some people to throw into meaningless matches... 7:55 more chips.

Then in about 6 months when you realize no new stars are being built up, call up The Rock, Brock Lesnar or Batista to come back and hotshot one of the guys who have been booked as boring and irrelevant to the main event for a couple months before forgetting about them again.

Then, more chips.

[Anybody Thrilla]

What makes you think they eat chips? The blandness lends itself to salt-free crackers.

[#1-norm-fan]

Good point. Gonna tweet Ranjin Singh and ask him what he and the other writers snack on throughout week.

[BigCrippyZ]

Rice cakes or quinoa?

[BigCrippyZ]

Seriously though I feel like creative really just can't think outside of the box for some reason. They'll give us basically the same matches and segments week after week when building a feud or storyline.

In the last month how many times have we seen The Usos vs the New Age Outlaws and Rhodes Brothers vs New Age Outlaws for example? I feel like we've seen one of those two matches on every RAW and Smackdown for weeks now.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I really feel like this might be because of WWE being publicly traded. An air of uncertainty (read: surprise) is not welcome to people with money behind a product. I think the blandness is (oddly enough) good for business.

[#1-norm-fan]

Wait, what? What's the connection between writing compelling storylines and pissing off the investors?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Predictability is worth investing in to some people. I'm not saying I agree with it, but it sort of seems that way to me.

[el bobbo]

I really feel like this might be because of WWE being publicly traded. An air of uncertainty (read: surprise) is not welcome to people with money behind a product. I think the blandness is (oddly enough) good for business.

I see your point here. Usually stuff coming out of corporate America tends to be bland so it can appeal to as many people as possible. If the show is predictable, but people are still watching it, they have no real reason to change anything.

The recent uproar of fans and the hijackings of shows could be the tipping point for this though and we might see something shake up, but probably not...

[Anybody Thrilla]

I see your point here. Usually stuff coming out of corporate America tends to be bland so it can appeal to as many people as possible. If the show is predictable, but people are still watching it, they have no real reason to change anything.

The recent uproar of fans and the hijackings of shows could be the tipping point for this though and we might see something shake up, but probably not...

Yes, precisely. That's why pop music is popular.

I hope the hijackings change things, but nothing's really going to change unless revenue stops being generated...and oddly enough, the most vocal fans I think will still show up, having some sort of perverse fun with chanting things that they don't think the machine wants them to. In a roundabout way, they probably feel like part of the show themselves.

[#1-norm-fan]

I think there's a middle ground though. You can have storylines and angles that don't "shake things up" too much. I'd say no storylines at all appeal to far less people than even safe, run of the mill storylines.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I tend to agree, but we're not the ones calling the shots, and our opinions are pretty irrelevant. I think they're playing it extremely "safe" right now. At least what THEY think is safe.

[#1-norm-fan]

Actually, I think the fact that they turned Daniel Bryan and made him a member of the Wyatt Family a month ago goes against that theory. That shook things up a ton(despite the fact that they ended up ending it abruptly a couple weeks later). And that was with Daniel Bryan. I'm talking about guys much less significant than him at the moment involved in much more inconsequential storylines.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I still don't think they understand why people like Daniel Bryan.

[The Rogerer]

I've always thought Cody Rhode's moonsault is just scary and unpleasant to watch. Why the hell he or anybody thought it would be a good idea to try a moonsault on a standing opponent from the top of the cage, I do not know. Please stop it.