The Final Raw Thread Of 2013 (Raw Thread - 31/12/13)

[dronepool]

Lets dub it the Lesnar Dino-Scream.

[owenbrown]

so are the Total Twats, Cunts, whatever.... are they supposed to be the faces or what?

[Cool King]

Oh fuck off, they also get the jobber entrance?

[#1-norm-fan]

I look forward to seeing Lesnar/Henry in the near future.

Elimination Chamber maybe? I can see Henry being Lesnar's "warmup" for his WrestleMania match.

[GD]

Is Kaitlyn a heel now? Has this match taken place many times before? Where is AJ Lee?

[Cool King]

I can see this ending in all the Divas falling out and brawling in the ring, which will then lead to a Diva Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble for the Divas Championship.

[owenbrown]

pisssssssssssssssssssss breeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkk..... piiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss brrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkkkkk....

[Emperor Smeat]

So now just Eva is supposed to be the heel in the whole thing?

[Cool King]

Is Kaitlyn a heel now? Has this match taken place many times before? Where is AJ Lee?

Kaitlyn has sadly been "Alicia Fox'd".

She's teeming with the heels at the moment for the sole reason being that she isn't on Total Divas.

[Cool King]

Yessss Aksana!

[Lock Jaw]

Don't think I have ever seen Aksana win a match, or heard her music

[owenbrown]

yay.... the Total Cunts lost

[ClockShot]

Nikki eat some teeth again?

[#1-norm-fan]

Wait, I missed Lesnar/Heyman's announcement. Did he just simply make the statement that he's gunning for the title or is he actually the #1 contender after Cena/Orton?

[ClockShot]

The latter.

[Lock Jaw]

He is the #1 contender BECAUSE HE SAYS SO


Was kinda wishing he was entering the Rumble, though. Would make the Rumble match "big".

[owenbrown]

Hide your Konami Codes.... he's coming back

[Cool King]

Don't think I have ever seen Aksana win a match, or heard her music

I've seen her live.

She's actually not bad in the ring when given the opportunity.

She's also quite enjoyable to look at in the flesh.

[Lock Jaw]

She was hotter as a blonde

[Theo Dious]

I've seen her live.

She's actually not bad in the ring when given the opportunity.

She's also quite enjoyable to look at in the flesh.

I'm not going to say she's unattractive but she really doesn't appeal to me.

[Lock Jaw]

My TV just went all pixelated and frozen. Only on the RAW channel, though.

[Lock Jaw]

Non-HD channel still works

[Lock Jaw]

Aksana should do this again

http://www.wwe.com/f/styles/ep_trending/public/video/thumb/2012/03/20101116_NXT_aksana_AJ.jpg

[owenbrown]

wtf is on Cena's face in that graphic?

[Cool King]

What was up with Cena's eyes in that match graphic?

They looked a bit weird.

[Innovator]

HES FINALLY GOING TO GET HIS HANDS ON BRAY

[Lock Jaw]

HD Channel still down

[Lock Jaw]

Daniel Bryatt

[owenbrown]

kinda reminded me of this... foreshadowing?! :shifty:

http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/34100000/John-Cena-wwe-divas-championship-34165015-205-246.jpg

[Cool King]

I don't think Bryan will get to Wyatt.

He'll get past Harper and Rowan but Bryan vs Bray will be saved for The Royal Rumble.

[Poit]

Lets dub it the Lesnar Dino-Scream.

I feel like this should follow:

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[Lock Jaw]

Sweet jams

[Cool King]

It's taken them this long to realise that they can make certain "hashtags" for whatever is going on at that moment.

[GD]

Massive reaction for the Wyatts.

[Lock Jaw]

Yes Yes Yes vs Yeah Yeah Yeah

[owenbrown]

#fuckoffwithyourhashtagswwe

[Cool King]

I like Harper's bald patch.

It adds to his character.

[#1-norm-fan]

Hmm. I'd never noticed Harper's bald spot before.

[Lock Jaw]

I like Harper's bald patch.

It adds to his character.

WTF. No joke, I was thinking about making this exact post, but then didn't. Was watching and admiring his bald patch, but thought it would be weird to compliment it.

[James Steele]

Kind of wish they had this custom hashtag thing back during the Attitude Era.

"Folks, we want you to use the hashtag #MaeYoungsBaby right now."

"JR! I'm so excited about this I can barely tweet using the hashtag #PuddingMatch."

[James Steele]

"GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! WHAT SICK FREAK HAS THE UNDERTAKER BECOME!?! Use the hashtag #StoneColdSacrifice to tell us what you think!"

[Frank Drebin]

"Hey Lebron, its me from WWE again. Thought I missed your call, just wanted make sure I didn't in case you did call back which would be great. Ummmm yeah so Tout and snapchat and Twitter whatever you want. K bye."

[Cool King]

Did I just hear the ref tell Bryan "Start working towards the Bray spot", or something like that?

[James Steele]

#KatieVickLives

[#1-norm-fan]

I like Harper's bald patch.

It adds to his character.

Hmm. I'd never noticed Harper's bald spot before.

WTF. No joke, I was thinking about making this exact post, but then didn't. Was watching and admiring his bald patch, but thought it would be weird to compliment it.

Apparently something happened at about 36 past the hour that made everyone take notice of the bald spot.

[Lock Jaw]

HD Channel still down. UNACCEPTABLE.

[Cool King]

WTF. No joke, I was thinking about making this exact post, but then didn't. Was watching and admiring his bald patch, but thought it would be weird to compliment it.

I've noticed that this happens a lot.

Well, with me anyway. When I think of something but don't post it, you usually post it anyway.

[Lock Jaw]

Apparently something happened at about 36 past the hour that made everyone take notice of the bald spot.

I've noticed it before (hard to miss), just never thought to comment on it.

[#1-norm-fan]

Did I just hear the ref tell Bryan "Start working towards the Bray spot", or something like that?

I heard "Start working on his bald spot".

[Emperor Smeat]

I like Harper's bald patch.

It adds to his character.

That bald spot usually ends up being the first thing I notice about him any time he's wrestling.

[James Steele]

WWE should have DB come up with another submission to use and call it the "Horny Goat Weed".

[Lock Jaw]

BATISTA BOMB FROM THE TOP!!!

[Frank Drebin]

"Hey Lebron, its me and I've got a very special person who wants you to come to a TV taping......"

"Le-broneh. It is Meyah. The Gameah. Triple lksjfglkfjlkdfg"

[#1-norm-fan]

Every time Michael Cole gets loud and excited, I expect him to say "Not this way!". Even when it doesn't make sense to say.

[Frank Drebin]

"Hey sorry, Lebron, dropped the phone. Anyway, WWE, Tout, whatever you want. Call me. K bye"

[Emperor Smeat]

Really good match.

[#1-norm-fan]

I thought Bray was yelling "tap out" to Harper when he was in the yes lock. I'd actually have liked that to be how this match ended. Bray preserving his man by telling him to tap out and sending Rowan in instantly.

[James Steele]

Spoiler: It will be revealed that Bray Wyatt took control over Jimmy Snuka's soul and will use him as a soulless warrior in the Royal Rumble match. It would also be used to explain why he wears so many Hawaiian/Tropical style shirts.

[Frank Drebin]

Think Bray can summon the corpse of the Big Bossman and get him in as an entrant in the Rumble? #immarkinoutbro

[James Steele]

#GoManCity #BeatSwansea

[Corndad]

Bryan is a freakin master in the ring. Dude has amazing matches with about everyone. Some people can have 5 stars with certain people. Guys like Bryan, HBK, Eddie, Punk can have it with a broomstick. Rare.

[#1-norm-fan]

Anyone who never watches wrestling and just tuned into this match is wondering why all WWE wrestlers look like mountain men.

[James Steele]

Watching the SkySports feed. Just had an ad for trains that you can just drive your car into and travel across England or whatever for 55 pounds. That is pretty neat.

[James Steele]

I miss Vince McMahon cutting promos and acting like he was having an orgasm at the mere thought of his enemy getting utterly destroyed.

[Lock Jaw]

If they don't put Jake Roberts into the Royal Rumble, they should at least have him show up on RAW next week with DDP.

[Lock Jaw]

Toss a snake on Heath Slater or something.

[James Steele]

Does Rowan tuck his beard under the goat mask?

[James Steele]

#PlayingPossum

[Poit]

So, does this mean the South is going to rise again?

[Frank Drebin]

I like Bray's thumb thingy for no real reason other than I think it looks cool.

[James Steele]

#PlayingOpossum

[James Steele]

#CrabwalkWithGod

[James Steele]

#IWonderIfWWEWillEverFuckUpAndGiveSpoilersInTheSegmentSpecificHashtag

[#1-norm-fan]

Beard vs Beard match a the Rumble. DO IT.

[owenbrown]

#notsuprisingDQfinishanyonecouldhavepredicted

[James Steele]

Like mid-way through the Royal Rumble the custom hashtag changes to #BatistaIsBacktista

[Frank Drebin]

Toss a snake on Heath Slater or something.

Rape is not going to go over well on PG TV

[Poit]

Beard vs Beard match a the Rumble. DO IT.

Imagine if the beard is a required focus for Wyatt's possession of Husky Harris, and after losing the beard he's just a former wrestler who's wondering where the past year went.

[James Steele]

#AcapellaFella #SheamusReturnsForTheSave

[Corndad]

Cue Cena?

[James Steele]

ONCE YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, BRYAN...OPEN YOUR PRETTY MOUTH!!!

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: guy randomly screaming out "what?"

[Frank Drebin]

This is still better than Bryan selling that pedigree at summerslam for what felt like half an hour.

[Cool King]

Some woman in the crowd: NO BRYAN NO!

:lol:

[James Steele]

#PotentiallyEpicHeelTurn

[Frank Drebin]

......?

[Corndad]

This actually happening??

[Cool King]

Someone has to gif Bray's reaction. :lol:

[James Steele]

Does the family have a communal health plan?

[#1-norm-fan]

This is totally a swerve but still... awesome. lol

[owenbrown]

#cuelowblowspot

[owenbrown]

or not

[Corndad]

The fuck is going on right now

[James Steele]

#InterestingWayToEnd2013

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He's a Wyatt.

[Frank Drebin]

Gang rape. Bryan gonna come back next week with nipple piercings

[#1-norm-fan]

lol. Holy shit, what!?!?!?!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Daniel Bryan will win the Royal Rumble as a Wyatt and burn this sombitch to the ground.

[James Steele]

Has The Authority unlocked something inside of Daniel Bryan that will be unleashed by The Wyatt Family? Good God Almighty, we may not know where the hell we're going, but we may have no other choice but to FOLLOW THE BUZZARDS!

[James Steele]

#EmotionalRollerCoaster

[ClockShot]

Would have better if Bryan got dragged off while unconscious to get brainwashed.

Like at the end of Call of Duty: Ghosts

[Corndad]

Is this like the time Cena joined Nexus for like 2 weeks?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Awesome.

[Frank Drebin]

Just can't wait to get Bryan in front of the smarky 'mainia and following Raw crowd this year.

[dronepool]

Good ending.

[James Steele]

#ShockingDevelopment

[#1-norm-fan]

Fucking... epic...

[Lock Jaw]

.... This has got to be a ploy, right? D-Bry getting inside so he can get at Bray and bring him down from within?

[Frank Drebin]

"Hey Lebron, just..."

*The mailbox is full. Please try again later*

[dronepool]

I like how "Christ like" the whole walk back was.

[Corndad]

I get the shocking thing but like why turn the guy who is most over as a face? This part of Vince's there are no faces or heels thing?

[Cool King]

Great ending to Raw and quite a good Raw overall.

A good way to see out the year. :y:

[Cool King]

Though I will say that some parts of the end seemed like what a really bad gay porn would be like, along with Bryan being lead away to be "initiated".

[#1-norm-fan]

I don't know where this is all leading but they've set themselves up for an amazing build to a WrestleMania match. Whether it's Bray vs Bryan or Bray getting massively over from this story and becoming a legit challenger to Cena as Cena tries to "save" Bryan...

[Blonde Moment]

Would have preferred Bray/Bryan at the rumble with Bryan going over and the Wyatt's crushing the wrong Bella in retaliation

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He was out popping Cena. So, like Punk he had to turn heel. It had to happen eventually and I love the way it happened.

[Corndad]

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[KIRA]

AAARRRHGGHH EVERY GODDAMN YEAR AS SOON AS I GET THE GAME THEY CHANGE THE FUCKING ALLIANCES FUCK!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Would have preferred Bray/Bryan at the rumble with Bryan going over and the Wyatt's crushing the wrong Bella in retaliation

Cena: That's my pie.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

AAARRRHGGHH EVERY GODDAMN YEAR AS SOON AS I GET THE GAME THEY CHANGE THE FUCKING ALLIANCES FUCK!

The Wyatt's aren't even in the game.

[#1-norm-fan]

Though I will say that some parts of the end seemed like what a really bad gay porn would be like, along with Bryan being lead away to be "initiated".

lol. There were some homoerotic vibes to it.

[Blonde Moment]

Cena: That's my pie.

Yeppers and there would be the reason for Cena/Bray at Wm. Of course thats pure crap and odds are they will spend the first quarter of the year ruining Bryan.

[Corndad]

Bryan maybe using Wyatts to win Rumble?

[James Steele]

Tremendous shocking swerve to end the show, and all most of you can do it bitch about it and how this obviously is just to bury Daniel Bryan.

[Emperor Smeat]

What a way to end the year and great RAW overall.

Love that Bryan's turn wasn't against the fans but him hinting he wants to become an even bigger and uncontrollable threat to the Authority.

[Innovator]

Though I will say that some parts of the end seemed like what a really bad gay porn would be like, along with Bryan being lead away to be "initiated".

The post that launched a thousand tumblrs

[Lock Jaw]

I hope next week that Bray Wyatt sicks Daniel Bryan on some legends. Have him beat up IRS, since IRS represents "The Man".

[KIRA]

The Wyatt's aren't even in the game.


Thats just salt in the wound.

I was saying it more towards in game characters

Bryan possibly turning heel

The shield showing minor cracks in the ranks

Brodus Cl..well I actually don't give a fuck about that,but see what I mean?

[Savio]

Would have better if Bryan got dragged off while unconscious to get brainwashed.

Like at the end of Call of Duty: Ghosts
That's not a good way to use spoiler tags

[#1-norm-fan]

lol

I'm kinda surprised something like that hasn't happened before.

[Volare]

Great ending to the year. Hyped to see what happens with Bryan/Wyatt family going forward.

[MIZantine Empire]

Well least I don't have to watch Cena win the Rumble live lol

Lucky you.. I had that "luxury" last year

[MIZantine Empire]

I've seen her live.

She's actually not bad in the ring when given the opportunity.

She's also quite enjoyable to look at in the flesh.

I saw her once too back at a smackdown here a few years ago.. Think it might have been her first match, or first win.. Something like that.. Back when she was making teddy long have tag team matches in his Hanes

[Fignuts]

Tremendous shocking swerve to end the show, and all most of you can do it bitch about it and how this obviously is just to bury Daniel Bryan.

What are you talking about? Most people here seem to like it. You've been mad aggro lately. Whats up

[James Steele]

I've grown malcontent and dislike the metavibe of the wrestling forum.

[James Steele]

Kind of hoping they eventually strap Daniel Bryan to a giant metal cutout of a sheep/goat and do some crazy "satanic like" ritual ala 99 Undertaker.

http://www.artfire.com/uploads/product/2/112/75112/1375112/1375112/large/sheep_mailbox_topper_metal_farm_wall_art_silhouette_set_of_2_e6db785e.jpg

...and RAW will close with this song playing over the PA as fire is going off and the lights are dimmed in the arena.

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[James Steele]

That'd be fucking creepy.

[Fignuts]

Stop saying meta.

[James Steele]

It's a common modifier and just shows that I like using prefixes for accuracy in my metasyntax.

[GD]

I did not stick around for the ending. I am not a fan of it. I hope they make me one.

[Krimzon7]

So bryan goes from piping hot face pops to needing cena in law to wrestle him out of his prison rape romance?


Triple H and Vince should be ashamed. This sets up cena and wyatt for wm...but what about bryans payoff?

[Heisenberg]

I wish I would of gotten to watch it, but DirecTV cut off at the most important part of RAW, Brock Lesnar. I have Hulu so I'll rewatch the good parts and witness the goodness fully.

[Innovator]

I didn't know that Brock was a huge Howard Dean fan

[Anybody Thrilla]

I have this weird uneasiness about me now after watching the end of that Raw. I think that's a good thing. We'll see.

[Heisenberg]

Motherfucking Khali :yes:

I dl'ed the app just to help make it happen, it was everything a Khali match should've been. Good outing by the Punjabi Poopster

[Volare]

Take Bryan off the air for a few weeks, let him grow his hair change his look with Wyatt talking about he's "Teaching Daniel before he unleashes him" or something along those lines.

Let him come back when Bray is going for a title shot or something or if Rowan/Harper are going for the titles at Rumble. IMO give it a bigger feel.

[GD]

The chances of the "Daniel Bryan joins the Wyatt family" angle being successful are very slim. I don't know how they will end the storyline and make it convincing.

[#1-norm-fan]

I have this weird uneasiness about me now after watching the end of that Raw. I think that's a good thing. We'll see.

I know what you mean. It was jarring having Bryan go from one extreme to the other on what seemed like it was just gonna be another inconsequential ending to Raw. You don't get moments like that very often anymore. Everything is so subtle and "minor" in recent years.

[#1-norm-fan]

The chances of the "Daniel Bryan joins the Wyatt family" angle being successful are very slim. I don't know how they will end the storyline and make it convincing.

Honestly, I still kinda have a feeling it will end up with Bryan turning against them. Whether it's Bryan knowing what he's doing from the start and using The Wyatts to win the Rumble or this ACTUALLY leading to a WrestleMania match between Bray Wyatt and John Cena where Bryan finally snaps out of it and helps Cena.

[James Steele]

Daniel Bryan could be the Linda McMahon to Cena/Bray's Vince/Shane.

[James Steele]

I still get goosebumps whenever I watch the match and Linda rises out of that chair to a huge pop in the AstroDome.

[Heisenberg]

I think the DB/Wyatt Family stable could grow more with a goat, the pandering to the haters will commence and the goat would be given the mic and show the audience his ways and be mad over

[#1-norm-fan]

"Baah! Baah! Baah!" could be the new "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

[Frank Drebin]

Does anyone actually think the writers themselves know where this is going?

[parkmania]

I'm just glad that Bray was finally able to convince SOMEONE to join them. It'll hopefully give a storyline to the Wyatts other than "come in, beat down, leave".


On the DB front, hopefully this will unlock the "tap or snap" aspect of the submission specialist he's always been touted as.

[#1-norm-fan]

Does anyone actually think the writers themselves know where this is going?

I may be gullible here but I do. Something this major happening at this time of the year I'm assuming they've actually thought of something they want to happen at WrestleMania and this is the beginning of something that's meant to culminate there as opposed to another "Do something that will be cool for one night and maybe think of where we're going with it later if we feel like it".

[Frank Drebin]

"Lebron, hey it's me over at WWE HQ. If you've gotten the last few voice mails, but maybe your phone is broken and you can't use the keypad or something on your blackberry, you can always download the WWE App and contact us that way. Here is Michael Cole's number. He can tell you or one of your friends how to download it. K. TTYL, Lebron."

[Lock Jaw]

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[GD]

"Lebron, hey it's me over at WWE HQ. If you've gotten the last few voice mails, but maybe your phone is broken and you can't use the keypad or something on your blackberry, you can always download the WWE App and contact us that way. Here is Michael Cole's number. He can tell you or one of your friends how to download it. K. TTYL, Lebron."

I hate it when WWE wag their tail when it comes to celebrities. I will never forget K-Fed.