Official RAW Thread for 08/16/10 - All ties have been banned from ringside

[Skippord]

no chance Darren Young wins

[dronepool]

Hey, "famous" guy. Don't do Hogan's hand wave. He's with the competition now.

If only I could see Vince's reaction to that.

[parkmania]

So, we've got to finish the Edge match, have Cena/Bizarro Cena, and still find time for Alex Riley? Ugh. Things are gonna get rushed - even with the overrun.

[teamXtremist]

lol@THIS ENDING

[Ultra Mantis]

So, we've got to finish the Edge match, have Cena/Bizarro Cena, and still find time for Alex Riley? Ugh. Things are gonna get rushed - even with the overrun.

Riley's already been on beating down Bryan then bragging about it, doubt he'll be back again.

[Cool King]

Guy in the front row: I hate you Heath Slater! I hate you!

lol

[Domino]

Hahahaha wow, nice job ginger.

[Joey Slugs]

Hmmmm

[parkmania]

Wow, when did WWE rehire Dusty Rhodes as a booker? SOOOO many Dusty finishes tonight.

[SammyG]

WOWWW that was retarded.

[glanville6]

Holy crap, Cole pulled a Tazz

[Savio]

20 minute W. Cena vs B. Cena match

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>So based on what's happened tonight, Barrett and Sheffield are the only guys that should really be in the Nexus.</font>

[Ultra Mantis]

Guy in the front row: I hate you Heath Slater! I hate you!

lol

Best part about that match :yes:

[SammyG]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/4/12/129155783551739407.jpg

Glad I am not the only one who sees John Cena when I look at Darren Young

[Joey Slugs]

So based on what's happened tonight, Barrett and Sheffield are the only guys that should really be in the Nexus.

Pretty much

[teamXtremist]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/4/12/129155783551739407.jpg

Glad I am not the only one who sees John Cena when I look at Darren Young

HEADS ARE EXPLODING EVERYWHERE

[Destro 2.0]

Fuck what the fuck is going on here tonight. These TV writers are really fucking this up. This could have been the greatest night in the history of our sport. Its turned into an Episode of Impact. So what the fuck is Russo working there part time now?

[bigslimjj]

I feel like I'm watching a re-run of FCW from last year.

[glanville6]

I hope there isnt a Destro 3.0

[Joey Slugs]

Fuck what the fuck is going on here tonight. These TV writers are really fucking this up. This could have been the greatest night in the history of our sport. Its turned into an Episode of Impact. So what the fuck is Russo working there part time now?

"our sport"

You're kidding right? I didn't realize that Tony Schiavone posted here.

[Ultra Mantis]

Pretty sure this is leading to a 7 on 7 countout match at WWE Count Out.

[thecc]

Raw needs more Charlie Day

[Savio]

Khali: "yeah, shes fuckin ugly"

[Destro 2.0]

RAW needs to realize its a wrestling show not fucking SNL.

[Savio]

maaaaaaaaadddddd commercials

[bigslimjj]

Raw needs more Charlie Day
It's always sunny in Stamford?

[Providence Peep]

Will the real John Cena please stand up?

[teamXtremist]

IF there is any one man who can stop super cena its fckn darren young

[Domino]

I've never been such a Darren Young fan.

[Savio]

HHH returns tonight

[SOCCER LEGS]

did daniel bryan fight yet?

[Emperor Smeat]

Randy Orton spaz out/"snapping" moment was better than Cena's mostly because Orton didn't do the constipated faces like Cena.

[parkmania]

Who interferes and costs John Cena the match?

[Providence Peep]

This sorta reminds me of SummerSlam '94: Undertaker vs. Undertaker.... Except now it's Cena vs. Cena

[Providence Peep]

Who interferes and costs John Cena the match?

Hopefully Michael Cole :shifty:

[Cool King]

I'm seeing double here!

Four Cena's!

[Destro 2.0]

The 6th Jobber is main eventing. Hurry up and crush him so his career can be over with. This has just been a terrible show. I mean down right fucking horrible. Wade Barrett is the only one who is going to last. All the others are killing the wrestling business.

[Domino]

did daniel bryan fight yet?

Yes, he lost to Michael Tarver after some AWESOME distractions.

[jerichoholicninja]

Have there always been giant spot lights behind the announcers table?

[Providence Peep]

White Cena: "You can't see me!"
Black Cena: "Yeah I can, I just look in the mirror"

[Domino]

Hopefully Michael Cole :shifty:

I would jump out of my seat.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>More and more I think Young is getting kicked out. Don't think they need to be losing guys yet, but maybe they want to team him with Percy Watson.</font>

[Providence Peep]

Have there always been giant spot lights behind the announcers table?

Nope. Good eye. Did Darren Young stick in his finger in one of the sockets?

[Destro 2.0]

Yes, he lost to Michael Tarver after some AWFUL distractions.

fixed*

The Miz is leading the death of wrestling for in the ring entertainment.

[Savio]

Can Cena overcome the odds of Nexus on the Stage?

[teamXtremist]

cena smash

[Providence Peep]

what did Cena say to him?

[parkmania]

AT TIMES, King????

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Yeah, I wouldn't imagine Nexus would be out there if Young weren't getting the boot. Even if he wins I think he's out.

[teamXtremist]

dare i say young looks good!!??

[Domino]

What the hell was that "falling to one knee" thing?

[bigslimjj]

I hope young does the adjustment of attitude. It used to be called the UF.

[Ultra Mantis]

Is Cena wearing matching purple and yellow underwear? :wtf:

[BizarroKing]

This isn't going anywhere really...

[teamXtremist]

i think young has used every basic move in the book

[Savio]

Cena does the worst sell jobs.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

What the hell was that "falling to one knee" thing?

It's an amateur wrestling thing. Backlund did it too. It's a muscle memory drill.

[Domino]

LOL at the Wade Barrett facepalm.

[RawRocks]

bye bye Darren Young

[teamXtremist]

great effort by young

[Joey Slugs]

saw that coming...

[BizarroKing]

Wow, big f'ing surprise...

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Bring on the South Beach Boyz!</font>

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Cena is gonna come back and save Young from his ass whoopin.

[parkmania]

Not a Cena beatdown, though.

[Joey Slugs]

Cena does the worst sell jobs.

Superman doesn't sell.

[teamXtremist]

now young gets beat out of nexus

[Savio]

Cena will come back and help

[teamXtremist]

did king call him daniel bryan??

[teamXtremist]

welcome to death dY

[The Show Off]

Superman doesn't sell.

But his comics do.

[RatedGSuperstar]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TH2QE2XFL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[parkmania]

Rip his armband off, Wade!

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Superman doesn't sell.

He does. just once the kyrptonite is removed, he's back to 100%. Same with Cena, once the move is done (ddt on the concrete for instance), he's back to 100%.

And I think Gabriel is gonna show remorse and be out...

[HeartBreakMan2k]

I actually expected him not to hit the splash...

[SammyG]

LOL did that ref just yell GET BACK IN THE RING

[teamXtremist]

Rip his armband off, Wade!

no shit strip him of that badge

[Ultra Mantis]

There's only room for one guy who looks like Cena in the WWE.

[VSG]

LOL did that ref just yell GET BACK IN THE RING

He actually did.

[RatedGSuperstar]

Removing the armband would've been epic.

Kind of an "ehh" episode of Raw. Disappointing.

[VSG]

Seriously, seems like 80% of you guys get disappointed over just about anything now.

[bigslimjj]

Young had to go.If they wrestled for much longer I'm sure it would have done something to the space time continum

[Providence Peep]

Did you guys hear Cena giving Young instructions throughout the entire match?

[SammyG]

lol @ that ref

[nrt4]

Would've been better if they had Barret take a mic and be like "Turn in your Nexus armband" and have Young refuse, then the beatdown

[SammyG]

I have been watching a bit more with this Nexus thing. Hope Bryan, Cena and Young team up

[VSG]

I have been watching a bit more with this Nexus thing. Hope Bryan, Cena and Young team up

Are you still going out with that amazon?

[BizarroKing]

Well, that was kind of lame...Hopefully the tapings will prove next week will be better.

[HeartBreakMan2k]

With Young's elimination I would love to see Barret bring it Kaval; "I know you Bryan... and I understand what you're capable of... but more importantly, there's someone who knows you even better; and is capable of far more"

[Destro 2.0]

Fucking Christ goddamn this was just terrible. Danielson got fucked over again. He will probably get fired again because he let his forehead touch the suit case. Now some stupid fuck post on here with some push over from Jersey Shore. What the fuck GODDAMN THIS FUCKING BULLSHIT! WWE is going to lose alot of fans because of this.

[SammyG]

Are you still going out with that amazon?
Sure am

[Domino]

Did you guys hear Cena giving Young instructions throughout the entire match?

Reminds me of every Cena match.

[Savio]

Young needs more time in development.

[SammyG]

New Deadman Inc. and we about to make you famous, takin' over Earth and still kickin' in Uranus

[Volare]

Did you guys hear Cena giving Young instructions throughout the entire match?

Figured he would've kept saying "fall down" or "play dead" everytime.

[Emperor Smeat]

The mainevent was pretty good since Cena didn't just squash Young and Young did have his chances even after Cena went through his predictable move combo.

Only bad part was Cena's tendency to suddenly pop up or no sell certain actions like nothing happened. Tonight he suddenly pops up at "9" then goes back acting tired without going through the dramatic slow rise during the count or during the PPV where the DDt spot got wasted when he suddenly pops up after a few moments.

[Next Big Thing]

Good luck to Heath Slater ever trying to cut a legitimate heel promo again. Cena calling him Wendy is equivalent to Stone Cold calling Christian a creepy little bastard or Lance Storm boring. Sucks for him, hope he enjoys his new gimmick passing out tainted hamburgers.

I believe they're going to give Young a monster push based merely on the fact that he looks like Cena and two Cenas selling merchandise is better than one.

[Cool King]

So the new Tag Team Championships are bronze.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2755/64682327.png

It can been seen, in a way, that the WWE are sortof shitting on the Tag Team division....even more. It gives of the feeling that the Title's aren't good enough to be Gold or Silver.

Though the belts do look like giant shiny 1p and 2p pieces glued to a strap of leather.

My crudely drawn representation:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2185/58524528.png

But I'm not complaining. It's good that after 16 months of being unified, the belts have actually been unified into one belt. :y:

[VSG]

Are you sure they weren't canadian quarters coated in bronze?

[Lock Jaw]

Frickin' Bret Hart. :mad:

[XCaliber]

Don't get why Young was the one they chose to be the scapegoat in all of this I have a feeling Barrett will reconsider since he was up against Cena and had the guts to face him and will conclude his beatdown this past week was enough of a punishment.

[Londoner]

Lol, tag titles are bronze now? :lol: the hart family screwed once again! Genius vince!

[Lock Jaw]

I like the looks of the new titles.

[Londoner]

They do look cool tbf.

[Juan]

It can been seen, in a way, that the WWE are sortof shitting on the Tag Team division....even more. It gives of the feeling that the Title's aren't good enough to be Gold or Silver.


Only people are that are gonna look at it like that are people on the internet.

[Xero]

At least they aren't mauve.

[Juan]

I just read that they're "rose gold alloy." Which is 25% copper and 75% gold.

[DAMN iNATOR]

RAW needs to realize its a wrestling show not fucking SNL.

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii12/REexpert44/You_mad_grimace.jpg

Nope. Good eye. Did Darren Young stick in his finger in one of the sockets?

He's been taking hairstyling tips from Sheamus, actually, FELLA!

[DAMN iNATOR]

So the new Tag Team Championships are bronze.

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2755/64682327.png

It can been seen, in a way, that the WWE are sortof shitting on the Tag Team division....even more. It gives of the feeling that the Title's aren't good enough to be Gold or Silver.

Though the belts do look like giant shiny 1p and 2p pieces glued to a strap of leather.

My crudely drawn representation:
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2185/58524528.png

But I'm not complaining. It's good that after 16 months of being unified, the belts have actually been unified into one belt. :y:

Yeah, that's actually a decent representation, as I was sitting there thinking about the lighting hitting those huge things, and I was wondering to myself "copper belts?" Although to be honest it's a pretty slick design - modern yet infused with a tinge of retro chic in there...the only thing I honestly don't like is how fucking far apart the rivets are spaced on the ends but oh, well. Ya take the bad with the 99% "WIN! :love:", I guess.

[Mr. Pierre]

I really enjoyed RAW. Nexus looked pretty good. I'm just happy that this is far from over. The idea of "re-building" Nexus since they failed at Summerslam is a great idea to keep things fresh and interesting. I guess this way at Survior Series we'll have a revamped and "stronger than ever" Nexus team. Cool idea :y:

RAW's side of NOC looks great so far with the Orton/Sheamus rematch and Miz/Danielson

[DAMN iNATOR]

I'll just say this: It was a solid RAW for what it's worth, save for the gay guest host segments. I never thought I'd say it but the diva match toward the end was really a welcome breath of fresh air for once, because even though it was a pretty great show, the matches were obviously very one-dimensional and at times felt a little heavy on the "anyonymous G.M. e-mails" and guest host segments, with a slight dose of lame-to-mediocre attempts at comedy thrown in. Hopefully next week will see some improvements though, as we begin the road to Night of Champions in just under 5 weeks from now.

[Cool King]

Only people are that are gonna look at it like that are people on the internet.

It's what they do best. :p

But I like the design, the more I look at them the more they remind me of the WWF Championship.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7845/wwfchampionship19982002.jpg

[James Steele]

The belts look OK, but FFS the Spartan Hemlets? Really?

[Cool King]

I went to the Title History section of WWE.COM to try and get a better picture of the new belts but the best I got was tiny.

I would really love to have a proper look at them, but I hope they do what they did when the ECW Championship got a new design and put up a couple of photos showing it off.

But while I was at the Title History section, I noticed that the belts continue on the World Tag Team Championship's history, which is good. I thought it would be a shame to lose almost 40 years of history to a new design.

[Executioner]

http://wrestlingsuperstore.com/images/view.aspx?productId=7036

Apparently replicas were already made before the belts were unveiled...

[Cool King]

Wow, I didn't know what James Steele was talking about before but....

The belts look OK, but FFS the Spartan Hemlets? Really?

[Executioner]

Wow, I didn't know what James Steele was talking about before but....

Yea....I understand wrestling is the world's oldest sport...but damn that center plate looks horrible.

[VSG]

It's what they do best. :p

But I like the design, the more I look at them the more they remind me of the WWF Championship.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7845/wwfchampionship19982002.jpg

Ahem:

Those remind me of this:

http://cdn2.ioffer.com/img/item/562/930/41/o_Belt_WingedEagle.JPG

:'(

[Savio]

http://wrestlingsuperstore.com/images/view.aspx?productId=7036

Apparently replicas were already made before the belts were unveiled...Still looks like a butterfly

[GD]

I went to the Title History section of WWE.COM to try and get a better picture of the new belts but the best I got was tiny.

I would really love to have a proper look at them, but I hope they do what they did when the ECW Championship got a new design and put up a couple of photos showing it off.

But while I was at the Title History section, I noticed that the belts continue on the World Tag Team Championship's history, which is good. I thought it would be a shame to lose almost 40 years of history to a new design.

Agreed. But at the same time I am a little sadden by the fact that the Smackdown's WWE Tag Team titles aren't linked to them.

[Loose Cannon]

Amazing show last night. that's a fucking wrestling show. felt like a 2 hour movie. you had everything revolving around 1 angle, with multiple players. When a wreslting show is like that, I LOVE it. Orton and Miz get the co MVP's of last night. Loved the run in by Miz and Riley especially. Orton going nuts with the chair was awesome.

We all saw the Darren Young thing coming, but it made sense. That guy sucked.

Looked like Gabriel hurt himself a little on that splash

[Testicle]

Im a little disapointed that Young was the one to go. I think he has more to offer than Slater.

[Damian Rey]

Im a little disapointed that Young was the one to go. I think he has more to offer than Slater.

:y:Agreed. But seeing as he had been the one who had been getting jobbed out since Nexus' inception, there was really no contest as to what member wouldn't make it.

I do agree with what was stated earlier that the entire show (sans the GM email and the horrible guest host fodder) was written pretty darn well. The show had a lot and stuck to it with everything revolving around Nexus and team WWE.

The interesting part is where they will go with Darren Young from here. Daniel Bryan is pretty much guaranteed to transition away from the Nexus angle and into a feud with the Miz, which could open a spot for Young to get pushed as a face trying to gain retribution against Nexus.

I'm very intrigued to the point that I don't want to read the spoilers.

[parkmania]

I'm amazed that there weren't more cries about "They redesigned the wrong belt" in this thread.

Thinking forward: With there only 1 set of tag belts now, and the holders of the belts on Raw, how easy is it gonna be for Michael Hayes to not bother putting together any "real" tag team matches?

[Snowden]

Not sure if the same "rules" apply to these belts as the last ones, i.e they can move between both shows. Not that the "rules" really matter, and not that the Hart Dynasty are going to SD!, but just curious.

[Haze]

Amazing show last night. that's a fucking wrestling show. felt like a 2 hour movie. you had everything revolving around 1 angle, with multiple players. When a wreslting show is like that, I LOVE it. Orton and Miz get the co MVP's of last night. Loved the run in by Miz and Riley especially. Orton going nuts with the chair was awesome.

We all saw the Darren Young thing coming, but it made sense. That guy sucked.

Looked like Gabriel hurt himself a little on that splash

Darren Young didn't look half bad last night.

Not a fan by any means but he showed that at least he has a shred of potential.

[Mooияakeя™]

wait if the mysterious GM doesn't like Bret Hart, why did he have him present the new tag titles?

Lol. So fucking true

[Savio]

Because tag titles mean nothing

[DAMN iNATOR]

Agreed. But at the same time I am a little sadden by the fact that the Smackdown's WWE Tag Team titles aren't linked to them.

They're "linked" to both brands, dude. They were the Unified Tag Team Championships, now they've gone back to being called just the WWE Tag Team Championships. They can still be defended on both brands, they just have a new name and design.

[Mr. Pierre]

I hope they unify the Women's belts at the PPV. Between both brands, they could have a solid division, but the two belts with split rosters is crap.

[Damian Rey]

Darren Young didn't look half bad last night.

Not a fan by any means but he showed that at least he has a shred of potential.

I think Young has more than just a shred of potential. In his defense, he hasn't actually been booked credibly since Nexus came about.

I think this may be a turning point for his character if the writers can legitmately come up with something for him to do. He could be a tweener in the sense that he doesn't feel at home nor is welcomed with WWE yet has a now justifiable disdain for Nexus.

[parkmania]

I hope they unify the Women's belts at the PPV. Between both brands, they could have a solid division, but the two belts with split rosters is crap.

Won't happen until McTaker either a) retires or b) divorces Mark.

[Savio]

Or she could just win the unified belt.