Official 3 Hour RAW Thread for 04/26/10 - Duct Tape Holds Grudges... And Feet.

[Ermaximus]

Favorite part of the draft. SD! Gets fucked, and reboots by doing what they do best on the blue brand.

Making new stars that people will actually give a shit about? Until Taker comes back to bring them back to reality I mean?

[Splaya]

I'm thinking Cena/Orton/Sheamus/Batista Fatal 4-way at OtL.

As much as I would be fine with that, I think the PPV after that is Fatal Four way

[Loose Cannon]

Orton and Batista look like brothers

[RawRocks]

FUCKING COMMERCIALS!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Oh and for the Supplemental Draft tomorrow. ZACK RYDER TO SMACKDOWN PLEASE!!! I really couldn't care less who else gets moved after that, I just want Ryder to go somewhere where he may actually do something.</font>

[BigCrippyZ]

Wow, a main event match revolving around a world title. I guess the WWE title is important again.

[RawRocks]

we will probably come back to Sheamus owning the ring with Bats and Orton down

[RawRocks]

well.. i was close

[Providence Peep]

In the Supplemental Draft, CM Punk to rehab... to save souls.

[BigCrippyZ]

Dear God Cole, did you not learn anything from JR? Way to emphasize the fact that Orton could be out cold. Douche

[RawRocks]

God the skin complexion difference between Bats and Sheamus

[RawRocks]

EDGE

[ClockShot]

!?

[Loose Cannon]

thank god Edge is a heel again

[Juan]

holy shit

[RawRocks]

Edge vs Orton feud .. i like it

[ClockShot]

Sooooooooo? Edge's feud with Jericho is over?

[SOCCER LEGS]

thank god edge is a heel again, i couldn't stomach much more of face edge

[Johnny Vegas]

lol damn. Edge is back to the dickhead persona. This should be interesting b/t Edge and Orton

[Emperor Smeat]

Sooooooooo? Edge's feud with Jericho is over?

If it is then it makes no sense to have drafted Jericho to Raw.

[RKO'em]

uh, so that wasn't a DQ? lolz

[Juan]

I'll chalk it up to the Draft, but that was a great episode of Raw

[Johnny Vegas]

Should be a GREAT Raw next week. JoMo is there, Orton is still there, Edge is there, Cena is there, Bats is there, Jericho is there..definitely worth my two hours of TV viewing

[Juan]

uh, so that wasn't a DQ? lolz

Since when have there been DQ's in Triple Threat matches?

[KIRA]

I love how the draft picks are just starting crap with new people the reasoning seems to be "I just dont like you"

[Favre4Ever]

hey xero that chat was a great idea, def will be there next week

[Favre4Ever]

also face Orton vs. Heel Edge. I like it.

[BigCrippyZ]

I love how the draft picks are just starting crap with new people the reasoning seems to be "I just dont like you"

Yes, way to go writing team!

[Mr Amazing]

Since when have there been DQ's in Triple Threat matches?

probably before dq's in cage matches

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah this was a really solid episode of Raw. SmackDown's gonna kinda be in rebuild mode, and I like that. Send Zack Ryder (and preferably Evan Bourne and MVP) over there in tomorrow's Supplemental Draft and I'll be happy with this thing.</font>

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Some of combination of Ryder, Tatsu, and Bourne will be shipped over to Smackdown.

Also, maybe the Miz.

[Emperor Smeat]

Kofi defiantly benefited the most from being traded since he wasn't doing much on RAW last few weeks after getting a small push during his feud with Orton.

Feel a bit bad for Morrison since the short term has the main event and upper mid-card stacked but gets better once a few wrestlers leave/retire during the summer.

[KIRA]

Yes, way to go writing team!

Actually its kinda fun that way and its the easiest way to kick-start a program I really dont mind the lack of back story much.

[Jordan]

The main event was a MOTYC wow what a match, Sheamus was awesome.

[dronepool]

Yeah, RAW finally got a really good lineup, it hasn't been that good of a roster since I started watching RAW again in 2008. RAW had some good guys, but now it has a lot more wrestlers that I enjoy.

[KIRA]

The main event was a MOTYC wow what a match, Sheamus was awesome.

I dunno about MOTY but it was awesome:y:

[Jeritron]

Yeah, RAW finally got a really good lineup, it hasn't been that good of a roster since I started watching RAW again in 2008. RAW had some good guys, but now it has a lot more wrestlers that I enjoy.

probably because they have a lot more wrestlers that everyone enjoys. They stacked the roster, and aside from Christian leaving, they only really added to it.

Pretty suprised that Orton and/or Sheamus didn't go over to Smackdown at the end of the night. I figured they would going into the night, but with Edge and Jericho moved over to Raw, I figured something big had to give in the other direction.
I guess they're just stacking Raw.

This can be a good thing though. Raw has been inferior to Smackdown for quality for a year or two now, in my opinion.
Raw's main event scene has a biggg feel to it now, and it's not as stale as it had gotten with Cena/Orton/HHH. The addition of Edge, and Sheamus stepping up freshens it a ton.
Sheamus was great tonight. He came off as a huge star all night.

Smackdown got stripped a bit, no doubt, but that's not a bad thing. They can really commit to Swagger now. He won't get lost in the shuffle now, since he's one of the big fish over there.
It also makes Christian and CM Punk's stock go way up. They're right on top there. Should be a good year for them.

And their midcard is obviously still great, with the addition of Kofi and probably a few others tomorrow. Hart Dynasty should get a lot of exposure there too now.

I feel like Smackdown could have used maybe one more big star, like Jericho staying put. Other than that, it was a pretty awesome draft and good for both brands.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Yeah this was a really solid episode of Raw. SmackDown's gonna kinda be in rebuild mode, and I like that. Send Zack Ryder (and preferably Evan Bourne and MVP) over there in tomorrow's Supplemental Draft and I'll be happy with this thing.
Agreed.

The main event was a MOTYC wow what a match, Sheamus was awesome.I dunno about MOTY but it was awesome:y:

MOTYC - Match of The Year Candidate...he wasn't saying it should definitely be considered 2010 WWE Match of The Year.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Is that really a big enough distinction that it needs to be commented on?

[Juan]

Clearly

[BigCrippyZ]

Actually its kinda fun that way and its the easiest way to kick-start a program I really dont mind the lack of back story much.

I wouldn't have minded so much if it had been a one on one match and Edge had interfered claiming he deserved to be #1 contender AND he just doesn't like Orton. Of course it may play out that way, but it was kinda random which bugged me a little. Great match though.

[Lock Jaw]

Pretty solid show top to bottom. Minus Hornswoggle.

Match of the night was probably Morrison vs. Swagger.

[Jordan]

Orton was great tonight as well, he had the crowd hanging on all of his moves it felt like the 90's when the wrestlers were good enough to make the audience react!

Sheamus is the man for stepping up and I think he proved that last night and tonight. Congrats to him for proving a lot of people wrong.

BTW does anybody have trouble distinguishing Orton and Batista in the main event? They have the exact same look, except Batista is obviously twice as big.

It was cool to see Edge turn heel, interested in why he chose Orton before Cena.

[Mr. Pierre]

Edge could be angry that Orton was given the first one-on-one shot against Swagger, since it was Edge who was responsible for Swagger winning the belt in the first place? I dunno, just a thought.

[Lock Jaw]

BTW does anybody have trouble distinguishing Orton and Batista in the main event? They have the exact same look, except Batista is obviously twice as big.

Yeah. All three of them were standing in the ring and I'm like:

"Ok, one big pale guy. Two orange bald guys with full arm sleeve tattoos. One of these things is not like the other."

[The Franchise]

I'm really excited at the strong possibility of a CM Punk/Christian World Title feud sometime this year.

[Londoner]

fuck i totally fucking forgot about the 3 hour raw :mad:

[Lock Jaw]

I'm sad that Christian got no mic time tonight. Pretty sweet match he had with Jericho, though.

[The Franchise]

I kinda wish SNITZKY would come back to punt Hornswoggle. or maybe Sheamus could destroy him. Either way, I want to see the little fucker get destroyed.

[Jeritron]

I'm really excited at the strong possibility of a CM Punk/Christian World Title feud sometime this year.

Yea seriously. Normally this would be a pipe dream but it's pretty possible considering Smackdown is wide open, and Raw is stacked.

I was wondering if Christian might fued with Swagger, but I think that would be counter-productive to what they'd want to do there. Swagger just got elevated, so putting Christian against him would be a bit awkward since he'd be new to the main event too.
Still could happen but I doubt it. CM Punk seems like the transition there. I think he's next in line for a world title reign after Swagger, and since he's already established, he'd be the perfect guy to elevate Christian against.
That would be a hot fued in the late summer or fall.

[The Franchise]

I hope that is the Smackdown main event for Summerslam. Some great promos and matches would come out of that feud. I'm thinking they may do Swagger/Rey next for the title since Rey is the biggest face on Smackdown (other than Taker but he's chillen) and this would be a good way to ease Punk into the feud since he's already feuding with Rey. Do a triple threat or fourway and have Punk win the title in that. That can get the title from Swagger --> Punk despite both being heels.

[Lock Jaw]

Maybe they'll reference the time that Swagger/Christian spent on ECW, and how Christian was the one to beat Swagger for the ECW Title.






:rofl: BAZINGA!

[owenbrown]

Draft Cole to CZW

[Jeritron]

I could see Big Show getting a face push against Swagger too. Rey is a good call, but he'll probably end up fueding with Joey Mercury or whoever the hooded attacker was. They could wrap that up on TV though.

Not really sure how the new Smackdown will unfold.

[Skippord]

I'm pretty excited for the possibility of a Kofi Kingston/Dolph Ziggler feud

[Jeritron]

I'd kind of like to see McIntyre move to Raw, and Miz over to Smackdown. Mostly because I have little to no interest in McIntyre, and the midcarders are going to get way more television time on Smackdown.
I'd rather see Miz and the US Title getting that.

[dronepool]

Undertaker vs CM Punk vs Christian = Awesomeness

[Rammsteinmad]

I'm actually disapointed with the draft. Jericho, Edge, Morrison all on Raw? Fresh cannon fodder for Triple H I reckon... :(

[Juan]

I felt that way too at first, but then I realized that these guys can only make Raw better, considering how awesome Smackdown has been and how shit Raw has been.

[St. Jimmy]

I felt that way too at first, but then I realized that these guys can only make Raw better, considering how shit Smackdown has been and how awesome Raw has been.

[Juan]

very clever! St. Jimmy strikes again!!

[Juan]

I bet you can't wait to see what kind of hjinx Wayne Brady gets into next week, Jim

[St. Jimmy]

I was going to make a comment about a john morrison/drew mcintyre mid card snoozefest they'd air on smackdown, but they don't even have that now. Enjoy your Swagger promos, FELLA.

[#1-norm-fan]

I felt that way too at first, but then I realized that these guys can only make Raw better, considering how awesome Smackdown has been and how shit Raw has been.

No. They were good on SD because of the booking. Morrison was getting put in good matches with Swagger. Made both men look strong. Now he'll be booked to lose 5 minute matches to Sheamus and be relegated to nothing. That's why Raw has like 5 guys who look good and the rest of the roster is clustered as fighting for "best jobber" while on Smackdown, even Cryme Tyme as singles competitors seem like a valuable part of the roster. Raw booking right now may be the worst I've ever seen.

[Juan]

Only one way to find out

[Jordan]

I was sad to see Big Show go back to Smackdown! he gets used like a drunk cheerleader at a frat party.

[Juan]

ya Nickelback rocks dude

[D Mac]

Burn it Down is a great theme for Raw. It gets you pumped.

[#1-norm-fan]

I thought the last Raw theme was much better than the current one. Like... MILES better.

[#1-norm-fan]

Actually, I prefer most Raw themes to the current one.

[Skippord]

Well I prefer getting punched in the mouth to the current Raw theme

[Johnny Vegas]

Another thing: Bats was on his game tonight. I LOVE this persona he has right now and want him to stay like that. He is definitely worth watching as a heel now and i believe has the "heel star power" to put people over. Usually, some heels are OK, but not good enough to make others look good. I think Bats, with this "new" look and persona, has that ability now. Like, if Bats would fued with somebody like JoMo (which he probably won't off-camera), and lets say JoMo won the title off of Bats ala Jericho/HHH in 2000, it would definitely have that same effect, IMO.

I'm sorry if im sucking Bats's new character off too much, but he, imo, can make anyone who is facing him look good now. It seems like it is more natural as well.

[Londoner]

After seeing bits of the raw replay i don't feel so gutted about missing it, seems like another dull/boring show. They needed the draft helping them, cause im not sure i can take many more shit raws!