WWE RAW 5/22/17

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess Jinder's WWE title win still sending shockwaves through TPWW if nobody cares about RAW threads now.

[Triple A]

Just turned it on... Bray Wyatt promo... oy...

[Triple A]

This really sucks

[ClockShot]

Week 2 of no Braun on Raw.

SHOULD WE WATCH?!

[Dark One]

Decided to keep playing Injustice 2 for an extra ten minutes. Given that there was another Bray being Bray promo and now Roman is interrupting... I feel like I made a wise choice up until this point.

[ClockShot]

I mean, yeah sure it's my birthday today and all I wanted is for Braun to get back on TV and kill Roman.

Is that so much to ask?

[ClockShot]

Smackdown is the show to watch tomorrow.

[Dark One]

One show has a giant Braun-sized void and the other is currently championed by a Trump-esque meme-fueled superstar.

I should just rewatch Takeover Chicago until Summerslam.

[Ezra]

Well at least we get Roman out of the way.

[slik]

I legitimately lol'd at Bray Wyatt saying he could beat Brock Lesnar.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

FUCKING HATE how WWE turns descriptive phrases into "buzzwords" or like trademarks.


"Roman Reigns injured the Monster among men, Braun Stroman" WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF SENTENCE IS THAT :rant:

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Like, why in the fuck would you describe Bray Wyatt constantly as "the eater of worlds", it does not sound natural in the least.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Brock Lesnar is the Beast Incarnate. You don't just constantly call someone that. He is certain AAAAA beast incarnate. it's not something you trademark as a nickname. Fucking retards.

[Emperor Smeat]

Two weeks in a row Reigns gets a win of sorts against someone in the upcoming Fatal 5 Way.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

classic The Eater of Worlds, Bray Wyatt.

[Dark One]

Don't know why they're using whatever song this is with "Hellfire, hellfire save my soul" for Extreme Rules and not GREAT BALLS OF FIRE LIVE ON THE WWE NETWORK

[ClockShot]

Oooooooooooooh. Bullet Club co-founders fight tonight.

[Dark One]

THE CLUB EXPLODES TONIGHT...

with no build up.

Just gonna throw that match out there. Okay.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I wonder what the Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar, thinks of all of this.

[Dark One]

"Just so you guys know, Kane and the Undertaker are brothers, and they're going to fight for the first time, tonight, on Raw."

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Perhaps the Big Dog, Roman Reigns, will make another appearance and add some value tonight.

[ClockShot]

Thanks Kurt. You just gave me a reason to not watch tonight.

[KIRA]

One show has a giant Braun-sized void and the other is currently championed by a Trump-esque meme-fueled superstar.

I should just rewatch Takeover Chicago until Summerslam.

How can you hate the abtastic awesomeness that is Jinder Mahal

Dark One are you trying to hinder Jinder?

[ClockShot]

And The Drifter's fighting, too!

[KIRA]

OH SHIT THE DRIFTER IN RING

this show just became the B-MINUS SHOW

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

can people give me more terrible nicknames with no flow. I don't watch enough to pull them off the top of my head.

[Dark One]

How can you hate the abtastic awesomeness that is Jinder Mahal

Dark One are you trying to hinder Jinder?

I think I'm more entertained by Bayley than I am by Jinder Mahal.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I'm a fan of Tozawa.

[ClockShot]

No more snap German Suplex for Tozawa?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

lol that little girl Tozawa was barking at was adorable

[Dark One]

I'm a fan of Tozawa.

You mean the Archduke of Intensity, Akira Tozawa?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

No more snap German Suplex for Tozawa?

gotta homogenize everyone into the #wwestyle.


Don't really know if I used homogenize correctly, will check on google and let y'all know whilst you await eagerly.

[Lock Jaw]

What's up..... Started watching late..... pretty much just fast forwarded through the first 30 minutes.

[KIRA]

I'm a Tozowa fan now if only for the fact that he makes Baley fans uncomfortable

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

You mean the Archduke of Intensity, Akira Tozawa?

The Sultan of Sneaky Brian Kendrick seemed rather unimpressed.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You'd think with the amount of effort WWE has to put into switching the ropes around, they'd give the CWC guys longer matches. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a></p>&mdash; kate. (@makeitloud) <a href="https://twitter.com/makeitloud/status/866814298731020288">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Lock Jaw]

#BringBackFatTozawa

[KIRA]

Alicia Fox and The Drifter in one night?My cup runneth over

[ClockShot]

Did my TV switch to MTV Unplugged?

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You'd think with the amount of effort WWE has to put into switching the ropes around, they'd give the CWC guys longer matches. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a></p>&mdash; kate. (@makeitloud) <a href="https://twitter.com/makeitloud/status/866814298731020288">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Should just use some CGI to change everything from red to purple. Probably a lot less time needed than what the WWE wastes for weekly setups.

[KIRA]

I missed Corey Graves insulting The Drifter

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

The Lunatic Fringe Dean Ambrose is unpredictable as usual.

[slik]

I don't understand why the crowd is booing this, like, why are they booing?

[Lock Jaw]

Feel like The Miz is one of the only people I genuinely care about on Monday Night RAW.........

[Dark One]

THE SOPRANO OF SUFFERING, THE DRIFTER, Elias Sampson.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Vintage The Soprano of suffering, the drifter, Elias Sampson

[Lock Jaw]

Ambrose going for the flying nothing, but caught by a knee!

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Drifter beats Ambrose.

[Lock Jaw]

RIP Enzo

[ClockShot]

Enzo's dead.

IS BRAUN BACK??!?!?!?!?!

[KIRA]

Elias Samson just beat the current IC and former World Champion.

It is the rise of The Jobbers.

[Dark One]

Quite a cunning plan by the Conniving Director of Discord, The MIz.

[Emperor Smeat]

One of these weeks Enzo won't get beaten up at all and it will be among the biggest shocks of recent years like Jinder's title win or Lesnar breaking the streak.

[slik]

Enzo got rekt by a cuppa haters, a cuppa haters

[Triple A]

Turned it off until now due to not being able to "bear" the Bray Wyatt / Roman Reigns stuff... but I am back now... I like posting in this thread live... I like every1 here....

[ClockShot]

The Real Rock n' Roller vs. The Machine Gun. Let's do it.


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[JimmyMess]

so is it Cass that beat up Enzo?

[Savio]

Rikishi attacked Enzo most likely

[Lock Jaw]

THE DEMON KING Finn Balor is here!

[Savio]

Enzo's dead.

IS BRAUN BACK??!?!?!?!?!

IM NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!

[KIRA]

You have the best parts of the Bullet Club (and whatever Age of the Fall was ) and you arent going to form a badass heel stable?

WHY?

[Lock Jaw]

Sometimes Finn Balor just looks so much like a Gollum creature

[ClockShot]

PAULIE'S HERE!

[Lock Jaw]

WHOA

Paul Heyman

Speaking of Gollum creatures

[owenbrown]

Reigning... yes

Defending?.... No, Paul, no

[ClockShot]

Waiting for someone to slip up and say "Seth Fuckin' Rollins".

[KIRA]

I'd like to think Paul Heyman is lamp shading how ridiculous these nicknames are with his emphasis

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Heyman is better when Lesnar is there. Feeds off his energy.

[Lock Jaw]

Paul Heyman should turn Finn Balor heel

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I'd like to think Paul Heyman is lamp shading how ridiculous these nicknames are with his emphasis

He is reading my mind.

[slik]

Paul Heyman confronting Finn Balor gives me hope we are getting Beast vs Balor at GBOF - and I will be there live!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

this is so dead

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Finn is good on the mic. not like fucking the tits by any means, but he's very confident. Doesn't seem out of place.

[Emperor Smeat]

Even though a Bray feud would have been a good way to redebut DEMON Balor, Balor-Lesnar feud will be even better especially after Heyman just helped sell the idea with the Beast talk of Lesnar.

[Lock Jaw]

I've never seen Finn Balor as a heel, but have a gut feeling he is much better at being a heel........

[Savio]

Finally been awhile since I got to hear this song.

[Dark One]

Well, that took an interesting turn.

[slik]

Finn is going to look so tiny next to Brock but I'm fine with it.

[KIRA]

I hope this is a sign they arent gonna put Roman in again and wanna go with Balor

This is the first time Heyman has done nothing but heap praise on a possible Lesnar opponent

[Lock Jaw]

Finn is good on the mic. not like fucking the tits by any means, but he's very confident. Doesn't seem out of place.

He's no James Ellsworth

[Savio]

and they cut it off.

[Triple A]

I've never seen Finn Balor as a heel, but have a gut feeling he is much better at being a heel........

Seems like 98% of people in WWE are better as heels

[Lock Jaw]

I hope this is a sign they arent gonna put Roman in again and wanna go with Balor

This is the first time Heyman has done nothing but heap praise on a possible Lesnar opponent

Heyman heaped praise on Roman Reigns before their Wrestlemania encounter.....

[owenbrown]

goddammit Burger King

[Lock Jaw]

Even though a Bray feud would have been a good way to redebut DEMON Balor, Balor-Lesnar feud will be even better especially after Heyman just helped sell the idea with the Beast talk of Lesnar.

Demon Balor going to redebut at Extreme Rules.......

[Lock Jaw]

Seems like 98% of people in WWE are better as heels

Yeah....... feel like it is much easier, I guess......

[KIRA]

Heyman heaped praise on Roman Reigns before their Wrestlemania encounter.....

I either missed it or because its Roman Reigns I didn't pay attention.

[slik]

Heyman heaped praise on Roman Reigns before their Wrestlemania encounter.....


Yes - He literally said Roman Reigns was better than Andre The Giant, Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Stonecold Steve Austin and The Rock.

[KIRA]

He's no James Ellsworth

Who is honest to god good as a face(sympathetic underdog) and makes you wanna kill him as a heel

[Lock Jaw]

Nnnnnnnnnngggggggg aaaaaahhhhhhh

[rez]

Ugh. dumb to pit the (whatever) clubs against each other.

[Lock Jaw]

Alicia Fox jobber entrance

Not promising

[Lock Jaw]

Shocked at Michael Cole not yelling out "IT'S BOSS TIME!"

[KIRA]

fingers crossed

[Emperor Smeat]

Seriously what is it with Cole's mic in recent weeks that it sounds messed up at times.

Figured WWE would have fixed it by now or Cole now has a random spitting problem.

[Lock Jaw]

Didn't even lose to her finishing move

[KIRA]

Son of a motherless dog!

[slik]

RAW thread seems "dead" this week

[KIRA]

GODDAMN RIGHT

Keep Alicia strong

[Lock Jaw]

#HeelApollo

[owenbrown]

ugh this show

[Lock Jaw]

Really don't know why Kallisto still isn't in the cruiserweight division.......

[owenbrown]

kendo stick on a pole match? when the fuck did they hire Russo back?! :wtf:

[Dark One]

"Alexa Gets Extreme"

Go on...

[KIRA]

Really don't know why Kallisto still isn't in the cruiserweight division.......

At this point it really does not make sense.

[Triple A]

RAW thread seems "dead" this week

show feels unwatchable to me :-( ... keep groaning ... in a bad mood I think

[KIRA]

old school Goldust makeup

[Emperor Smeat]

RAW thread seems "dead" this week

Everyone would rather just wait for tomorrow's A+ show and the anointing of the Maharaja Era.

[Savio]

Already like goldust 3 times more.

[Lock Jaw]

Sweet Goldust promo getting back to the movie reference roots.......

[Triple A]

Nice @ Goldust

[slik]

Vintage Goldust <3

[Emperor Smeat]

Goldust's promo was pretty good.

[Lock Jaw]

Two girls getting extreme and fighting over a wooden shaft

[Triple A]

sweet theme / gimmick / titantron

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[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Get excited for what's basically a pole on a pole match <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/866831051326357506">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;I'm back in the director's chair, and I control how and when my next film will end... The Golden Age is BACK!&quot; - <a href="https://twitter.com/Goldust">@Goldust</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/eizEpJxz0Y">pic.twitter.com/eizEpJxz0Y</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/866831286895169537">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Triple A]

Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt are wrestling again........................................................

[Ruien]

That Charlie chick is super hot. Want to see more of her.

[Ruien]

Roman package came on though so I am done for awhile.

[Lock Jaw]

Kallisto actually had a pretty sweet theme before this one.......

[Evil Vito]

I got chills seeing that Goldust promo :o fucking love that character

[Emperor Smeat]

Kallisto actually had a pretty sweet theme before this one.......

Yeah. New one doesn't sound as good as the last one. Maybe if he made some tweaks to his entrance routine, it might feel a bit better.

[Evil Vito]

The first time they showed the graphic for the Matt/Sheamus match, Matt had his goofy smile/BROKEN face.

Now they just showed the graphic again and changed it to him looking normal.

It's never gonna happen, is it? :(

[Emperor Smeat]

The first time they showed the graphic for the Matt/Sheamus match, Matt had his goofy smile/BROKEN face.

Now they just showed the graphic again and changed it to him looking normal.

It's never gonna happen, is it? :(

Nope based on the recent news from the dirtsheets.

[slik]

I missed the Kalisto match...did anything cool happen, just tuning back in!

[Lock Jaw]

Kalisto won..... not sure if anything happened after.....

[Emperor Smeat]

I missed the Kalisto match...did anything cool happen, just tuning back in!

Not really. It was a very short match and only thing of note was Kalisto hitting his finisher because Crews got distracted.

[slik]

TY Smeat and Lock Jaw

[Lock Jaw]

Were fans just chanting "This is awesome" before the match ended?

Was a bit bored, tbh........

[Emperor Smeat]

This might be the first time in years a big tag feud doesn't involve both teams just swapping wins around. Hardys haven't lost a match yet to Sheamus & Cesaro since the feud started.

[Lock Jaw]

Well. I guess Jeff Hardy is jumping off a cage in a few weeks.

[slik]

sweet, that cage match should be good

[Lock Jaw]

Can Rollins and Reigns co-exist?!

Sure, we saw them co-exist vs. Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho repeatedly....... BUT CAN THEY CO-EXIST TONIGHT??!!

[Lock Jaw]

I'm seeing double

Four Nevilles

[KIRA]

Fun fact:Neville takes more damage in his Tony Nese form

He also sacrifices speed for power

[KIRA]

Neville is also able to split his form to directly interact with Tony Nese if/when the need arises

[slik]

How is a "Kendo stick on a Pole Match" a real thing in 2017 and not something from WCW circa 2000?

[A.J.K]

Goldust's promo was pretty good.

Hopefully he gets that last big major singles run before hanging up his boots.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Brock Lesnar is the Beast Incarnate. You don't just constantly call someone that. He is certain AAAAA beast incarnate. it's not something you trademark as a nickname. Fucking retards.

"AND THE LUNATIC FRINGE, DALE NEWSTEAD, HAS SNAPPED!"

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at the slow mo replay of the kendo strike

[Triple A]

Seems like Vince McMahon probably noted that Alexa Bliss should "stroke" the kendo stick whenever she grabs it

[DAMN iNATOR]

Aww, the little bitch, Alexa's running scared. :'(

[KIRA]

Baley and Alexa need to consult Sasha Banks on how to swing a cane.

[A.J.K]

This might be the first time in years a big tag feud doesn't involve both teams just swapping wins around. Hardys haven't lost a match yet to Sheamus & Cesaro since the feud started.

Honestly it's a nice change of pace.

[slik]

I would say that RAW overally has been kind of boring this week. Not bad or terrible, just sort of boring.

[DAMN iNATOR]

bad porn music intensifies

[slik]

Austin Aries randomly eating a banana post

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[rez]

Aww, the little bitch, Alexa's running scared. :'(

That'd anger me if this was Smackdown and she was still there but meh...RAW is no emotionz here.

[slik]

I would say that RAW overally has been kind of boring this week. Not bad or terrible, just sort of boring.

RAW is basically the embodiment of Roman Reigns.

[DAMN iNATOR]

That'd anger me if this was Smackdown and she was still there but meh...RAW is no emotionz here.

Well any real woman would've defended herself and/or taken her lumps. If you're gonna dish out punishment, you better be ready to be punished back.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I would say that RAW overally has been kind of boring this week. Not bad or terrible, just sort of boring.

RAW is basically the embodiment of Roman Reigns.

I dunno, crowd has been pretty hot tonight, and there's been very little if anything that I haven't found interesting, plus the storytelling and character development towards Extreme Rules has been filled with intrigue, IMHO.

Different strokes for different folks though, I guess.

[Dark One]

Mildly surprised that Roman sold the spider walk. Fully expected him to just shrug and Superman Punch Bra's upside down face.

[DAMN iNATOR]

kendo stick on a pole match? when the fuck did they hire Russo back?! :wtf:

Yell at Kurt, he booked it last week.

[rez]

start some Samoan storyline with the usos, reigns, joe.

his character isn't working without any authority and minimal mic time.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Guessing some sort of no contest, Bálor comes out for whatever reason, gets beaten down in surprise attack by Brock.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

impressed y'all kept watching i tapped out after like an hour

[DAMN iNATOR]

impressed y'all kept watching i tapped out after like an hour

Dark One gave everyone a free Oxy. He said everybody gets one.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at how terrible the Reigns accident spot was.

Legit thought Reigns and Bray were taking a random nap outside because of the bad camera cut. Replay showed Bray actually hit a move to lay out Reigns instead.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Wait, did Kurt really just butcher Bálor's name? SMH...

[Lock Jaw]

"Whoa" at matches being made for RAW next week. Normally the show/main events are just booked as it is going on.

[slik]

smh at "Finn BAYlor" lol

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/EVIL_KEN">@EVIL_KEN</a> for this.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash">#WWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/nrRVDkcrmy">pic.twitter.com/nrRVDkcrmy</a></p>&mdash; Kenton Lane (@TheKentonLane) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKentonLane/status/866853156550049792">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[DAMN iNATOR]

smh at "Finn BAYlor" lol

Cringe inducing.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TOP GUYS <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/CCOVKmP1fn">pic.twitter.com/CCOVKmP1fn</a></p>&mdash; Italo Santana (@BulletClubItal) <a href="https://twitter.com/BulletClubItal/status/866815932647309312">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[owenbrown]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/EVIL_KEN">@EVIL_KEN</a> for this.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash">#RAW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash">#WWE</a> <a href="https://t.co/nrRVDkcrmy">pic.twitter.com/nrRVDkcrmy</a></p>&mdash; Kenton Lane (@TheKentonLane) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKentonLane/status/866853156550049792">May 23, 2017</a></blockquote>
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this is a better "big dog" than Roman Reigns

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[Tom Guycott]

I've never seen Finn Balor as a heel, but have a gut feeling he is much better at being a heel........

"The Real Rock n' Rolla is rolling through Osaka; he's gonna play a little tune for all you muthafuckas!"

Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt are wrestling again........................................................

Read this and thought "That kid is back on the escalator again!"

[Big Vic]

Who were those guys in the background?

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Who were those guys in the background?

The Revival

[Stickman]

Raw has been boring for months. KO and Y2J plus Strowman were the only things worth tuning in for. Everybody else just seems to go through the motions. Throw in a three hour show, terrible uninspired announcing, choppy canera work, commercials mid match, Raw is almost unwatchable. For the first time since the original brand split years ago, I am of the opinion that Smackdown is better.