RAW - 3.20.17 - OFFICIAL THREAD

[Outsider]

If they haven't signed up to the network by now, they aren't going to do so.

[Dark One]

I heard some fans threw money into the ring after the last PWG main event.

Fans should probably start throwing literal shit into the ring for this show.

[Dark One]

BRAUN WILL SAVE US.

[RP]

" something you wanna tell us about " lol

[Droford]

Well they did it

[Outsider]

Genuinely lol'd there.

[Dark One]

We Want Paige?

[Dark One]

Probably a wise choice not having them out in front of the live crowd.

[slik]

100% crowd chanting about Paige r/n but WWE have cut their mics

[Ruien]

Omg, a New Day segment I enjoyed. They can still pull it off.

[A.J.K]

Finally, A Double is here to save us!

[KIRA]

Can Tex Fergerson and Chadd 2 Badd save this Hindenburg of a RAW?

Nope oh the humanity!


Perhaps it falls to the greatest man to ever stick his nuts in a ring announcers face

A Double

[Outsider]

Still, think the Wrestlemania crowd could be tough to silence on that issue. Two weeks not enough for people to forget.

Probably got things right tonight though.

[A.J.K]

Nope oh the humanity!


Perhaps it falls to the greatest man to ever stick his nuts in a ring announcers face

A Double

A Double Package :naughty:

[Triple A]

why this match

[Dark One]

Tony Nese continues to play "Mini-Boss Neville"

[Outsider]

The downside of Austin Aries being in the ring is more time with Bryan Saxton on commentary

[slik]

this raw is really fucking boring

[ClockShot]

For those who haven't seen Austin Aries in action yet?

[Droford]

southpaw!

[Black Widow]

I'm buying a whole carton of Marlboro tomorrow just cause these commercials pissing me off.

[RP]

I know! Lets have the same match we had 2 weeks ago. But on RAW THIS TIME! YARRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[ClockShot]

this raw is really fucking boring

Hang tough. We're almost there.

[Outsider]

Hang tough. We're almost there.

Fuck that. Still Reigns vs Strowman to go.

My advice: Panic and burn shit.

[Triple A]

crowd probably had to endure 3 mins of rest holds during commercials

[Triple A]

loud woman keeps screaming in the crowd

[KIRA]

Tony Neese Jobbing now to come back strong in his Neville persona later

[KIRA]

Neville can give Taker lessons on appearing to be in two places at once.

[KIRA]

Thats just a fancy hologram on the ramp right now.

[KIRA]

This is the same promo they had on 205 live

[ClockShot]

Emma's got like another 3 months to go for the transformation?

[Emperor Smeat]

Emma's got like another 3 months to go for the transformation?

Should pull another joke once they are ready and have her say she's transforming back to the wacky dance Emma.

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

[owenbrown]

That's too much

[Droford]

they should transform her in to ammE

[Dark One]

Let's not forget that Kurt Angle had that match with a BROKEN FREAKIN' NECK.

[Outsider]

Guessing Reigns/Strowman won't be getting long then.

Might not be a bad thing....

[ClockShot]

This is taking too long.

[Bad News Gertner]

Be sure to join us April 1st in Casual for the wedding between Owenbrown and Rebecca Reigns. I'll be performing the ceremony. It's a white tie affair ( owen doesnt like black things) so see you all there at 7pm eastern standard time

[Emperor Smeat]

Lesnar-Goldberg is going to be one hell of a disaster if that match goes more than a few minutes long. Besides Goldberg's stamina issue, whole feud has been built on both guys being able to make quick work of each other.

[Outsider]

Be sure to join us April 1st in Casual for the wedding between Owenbrown and Rebecca Reigns. I'll be performing the ceremony. It's a white tie affair ( owen doesnt like black things) so see you all there at 7pm eastern standard time

What's that GMT? Adjusted for our summer time too.

[Dark One]

Can't wait for Brock and Goldberg to play tug of war with the belt to close the last Raw before Wrestlemania.

[Bad News Gertner]

What's that GMT? Adjusted for our summer time too.

Like 6pm I believe.

[Dark One]

I don't think that's what the shovel's going to be used for Braun...

[GD]

Roman Reigns...the guy with the wettest hair...

[Droford]

WWE MANIA OR FIRED BRIEFCASE MATCH

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERomanReigns">@WWERomanReigns</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/BraunStrowman">@BraunStrowman</a> vs. waiting for The Undertaker <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/844019313447227392">March 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[Outsider]

Like 6pm I believe.

Let's hope you're right.

If I walk in halfway through I'm gonna feel like a Dickleburgh.












I tried to type dick but it autocorrected to Dickleburgh and I thought it was funnier.

[Savio]

Another message? lol.

[GD]

I don't want Roman to go over Braun twice in a row. Unless he's defeating Taker at Mania and becoming a mega heel in the process.

Trade him to Smackdown and have him roughshod the mid card and lower tier talents.

[Dark One]

Hahahaha. I didn't see the commercial earlier--Gallows and Anderson having Finn and AJ cutouts in their backseat is amazing.

[Emperor Smeat]

http://i.imgur.com/qJA8l7u.gif

[ClockShot]

BRAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

[Droford]

maybe braun will hit the 5 star braun splash

[Droford]

MALFUNCTION AT THE JUNCTION

[GD]

maybe braun will hit the 5 star braun splash

Don't count out the Braunacarana yet.

[Dark One]

"Lambasted" was probably on Cole's word of the day calendar.

[A.J.K]

Don't count out the Braunacarana yet.

or the Strowman Star Press!

[Dark One]

Braun should go in the Hall of Fame for getting a chin lock to look devastating and dangerous.

[Droford]

"Lambasted" was probably on Cole's word of the day calendar.

Penultimate

[Emperor Smeat]

Pretty meh main event so far.

[Triple A]

woman won't stop screaming in the crowd

[GD]

Braun should go in the Hall of Fame for getting a chin lock to look devastating and dangerous.

Give Roman Reigns some credit for bumping like a pro.

[Droford]

lol at the kickout Roman just stood up

[Dark One]

woman won't stop screaming in the crowd

Every time I go to a show, this woman is within a few seats of me. Every fucking time.

[Droford]

Wonderwoman Boot

[ClockShot]

Kill the lights.

[ClockShot]

YOU LEAVE BRAUN ALONE!

[Droford]

We gonna get a 3x at WM

[Savio]

Taker looked like he did not want to take that spear.

[ClockShot]

Saw ya wince, Taker.

[Droford]

Taker was like

"god damnit i have to turn around and take a spear"

[RP]

Taker looked like he did not want to take that spear.

Looked like he was selling the fact that he turned his back on the spear.

[Dark One]

Gonna need you guys to stop making Braun a bitch.

[KIRA]

Taker needs to step into the 21st centery and get himself a life like projection the way Neville Nesse did.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Taker suddenly realizing he left himself open for the spear.

Or just got a visit by Papa Shango's Curse.

[Dark One]

Braun should beat both of them to death with the Wrestlemania sign.

[RP]

Hope this dont cut into Chrisley

[owenbrown]

RP supports a tax evader?

[GD]

My stream died. What happened?

[Droford]

THEY CANCELED THE GAME!! NOIOOO!

[Triple A]

My stream died. What happened?

When did it die

[Emperor Smeat]

My stream died. What happened?

Match went to a no contest after Taker's bell rang. Taker had a staring contest with Reigns for a while before chokeslaming Braun and then getting speared by Reigns. RAW ended with Taker doing his vintage sitting up routine.

[Volare]

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[Cool King]

• A four minute long opening seems a bit much for an opening vignette. I also immediately felt like I had time traveled back to before the brand split when Raw was The Triple H & Stephanie Show.

• Charlotte/Dana was cool. Cool in that Dana had a good showing, but it still doesn't make her look that good when you lose a match after taking only two moves.

She pretty much dominated the match but at the end all Charlotte did was knee her in the gut and then boot her in the face and Dana was done.

• It's crazy to think that at one point in history Kevin Owens wasn't fat. Cool segment though but is it just me or is Owens gaining weight?

When he attacked Jericho, he looked much fatter than usual. Especially in his face.

• Kendrick gets a minute and a half long match.

Why?

• Nia is in at WrestleMania.

Called that about two months ago.

• Gallows & Anderson taking out their tag team partners just made them look like morons.

What made them look even worse is that they went on to lose a thirty second match.

• I can't help but think that that New Day segment was moved to the backstage area at the last second.

• When Aries can't even get Brooklyn to make some noise for him, then you just know the Crusierweight division is fucked and that hardly anyone cares about it.

• Undertaker really looked like an old man and it still looks like Strowman is going to be relegated to the Andre The Giant Battle Royal at WrestleMania.

• Raw seemed like it was mostly vignettes this week. Really loooong vignettes.

I still feel like we're back to Raw being The Triple H & Stephanie Show though.

[Cool King]

I can only hear the toilet now....thanks Cool King.

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[Big Vic]

Remember when HHH (kayfabe) hated Daniel Bryan because he didn't look like a champion?

[Cool King]

Yeah, I don't get how Daniel Bryan doesn't look like a champion but Kevin Owens does.

[Cool King]

Triple H must really love his fatties.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

(kayfabe) being the operative term.

I'd be interested to see HHH's prototype champion once Vince is gone. Then the truth will be out.

[Emperor Smeat]

If I had to guess, Triple H's ideal champ is probably someone like Finn or Rollins but probably also anyone that can fit his classic NWA mentality for big stardom. He likes bodybuilders based on NXT class batches but doesn't have the same overbearing big man and/or overly muscular fetish Vince has for his ideal champs and mega pushes if NXT is any indication.

[XL]

Those were the first 2 names that came to mind (Finn, Rollins)

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Rollins reminds me a lot of HHH. Obviously a lot quicker and dynamic in the ring, but somewhat of a charisma vacuum and even when he finds his groove on the mic it won't be particularly great. I can envision many shitty 20 minute promos referencing "THIS BUSINESS" and about how he is "THIS BUSINESS".

[#1-norm-fan]

Will he tell us "the thing"? I mean... I know "the thing" is this. Here's "the thing". But will he actually tell us what "the thing" is? If so, he's got a leg up on Triple H.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

lol Rollin's use of "dude" in his promo with Corey Graves was almost as bad as "This business" and "the thing".

[Emperor Smeat]

This week managed to break the record for least viewed show since 1997 when not counting sports or holidays.

1 more week before it becomes official this year's Road to Mania sets a new all-time low record for the WWE since the Attitude Era.

Last night's Raw broke the record for the lowest audience to watch the show since 1997 on a night when they weren't facing major sports competition or it being a major holiday, with 3.04 million viewers.

The previous record low outside of shows during football season, or going against either the NBA playoffs or the Olympics was 3.07 million viewers for the February 13th show.

What's bad is that leading up to WrestleMania, and before the NBA playoffs, ratings are often at their highest marks of the year ...

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.16 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.12 million viewers
10 p.m. 2.87 million viewers

[ClockShot]

Sweet. Smackdown got a chance tonight.

EVERYBODY BETTER WATCH!.......................OR ELSE!

[Cool King]

The previous record low outside of shows during football season, or going against either the NBA playoffs or the Olympics was 3.07 million viewers for the February 13th show.

Wasn't that the episode of Raw where Shawn Michaels "lost his smile"?

[Emperor Smeat]

That was actually from this year in regards to the previous record low.

The HBK "lost my smile" episode wasn't the lowest for 1997.

[Cool King]

Ah, well I read that wrong then.

[Lock Jaw]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/Poopenstance/nxtthing_zpsj13gezuq.jpg

[Savio]

Feb 13th show was on a Thursday

http://profightdb.com/cards/wwf/thursday-raw-thursday-2575.html

[XL]

That's not the Feb 13th the note refers to.