WWE RAW After Mania 4/3/17 feat. The Greatest RAW of the Year, Groundskeeper Reigns, & night of random chants

[Emperor Smeat]

Owens not a fan of going on the List of Jericho

[Droford]

Seth Rollins is gonna need a new partner..

ooooh whoooo could it be...who?

[Dark One]

Seth Rollins is gonna need a new partner..

ooooh whoooo could it be...who?

a returning Brooklyn Brawler.

[ClockShot]

A little late, ref.

[Evil Vito]

Gotta be Finn taking Jericho's place

[KIRA]

Steiner had his way he'd name this Joe/Owens alliance "THEY'RE FAT!"

[Droford]

a returning Brooklyn Brawler.

https://ringthedamnbell.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/whoneidhart.jpg

[slik]

Main-Event FINN is incoming...

[A.J.K]

Steiner had his way he'd name this Joe/Owens alliance "THEY'RE FAT!"

Fatasses Inc.

[Hanso Amore]

They are making it look like Finn but it could be Nakamura.

[Evil Vito]

Will actually be pissed if it's Nakamura replacing Jericho instead of Finn. Gotta leave something for SmackDown.

[Droford]

Steiner had his way he'd name this Joe/Owens alliance "THEY'RE FAT!"

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[Droford]

Main-Event FINN is incoming...

I Still think Finn comes back as a cruiserweight

just to fuck with everyone

[A.J.K]

Will actually be pissed if it's Nakamura replacing Jericho instead of Finn. Gotta leave something for SmackDown.

Unless Finn goes to smackdown.

[RP]

WWE is setting us up for the " It might be Finn Balor............NOPE it's Roman Reigns !!! " move.

[Evil Vito]

lol the fans would rush the ring if it's Reigns

[Droford]

WWE is setting us up for the " It might be Finn Balor............NOPE it's Roman Reigns !!! " move.

crowd would blow up not knowing whether to chant SHIELD or BOO

[Droford]

lol if they moved Ambrose and AJ Styles to RAW for Shield vs Club matches

[Emperor Smeat]

Will actually be pissed if it's Nakamura replacing Jericho instead of Finn. Gotta leave something for SmackDown.

If RAW also gets Nakamura, might as well just pull out a roulette wheel for Smackdown to see if they get Tye Dillinger or the most prized free agent left ... The Drifter.

Can also entice the odds by having Tye's name be on just a small slice of the wheel.

[Lock Jaw]

What if Seth's partner is The Drifter?!

[Lock Jaw]

What are the fans singing......

Da da da da da _______________.......

[Triple A]

What are they chanting

[Lock Jaw]

Da da da da da SHEAMUS CESARO?

[Dark One]

What if Seth's partner is The Drifter?!

Graves' meltdown would be the real Wrestlemania moment this year.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Cass with the slowest run around the ring to get to tag in position

[Lock Jaw]

Fans booing Cass......

[KIRA]

What if Seth's partner is The Drifter?!

Would have to have my heart restarted

[Lock Jaw]

R.I.P. Enzo

[Droford]

The crowd has turned on Enzo and Cass

[Droford]

Remember it was a Sheamus match 4 years ago that started this crowd shit..look now..lol

[ClockShot]

Ah. Seth's partner is a silhouette.

[KIRA]

Graves' meltdown would be the real Wrestlemania moment this year.

His hatred for Samson was one of the highlights of NXT

[slik]

I wonder if Balor will #TURNHEEL

[Triple A]

wtf are they chanting... and doing a lil dumb dance... annoying me, like a bunch of people doing an "inside joke" (due to me not getting what they are doing)

[Emperor Smeat]

Angle picked a really good replacement for Rollins by giving him WWE legend Vacant.

[Evil Vito]

Guess Sheamus and Cesaro aren't moving to SmackDown then. The eventual Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Revival feud will be so fun.

I'm thinking New Day get moved then, SmackDown needs teams.

[Lock Jaw]

New Day would be better on Smackdown because they couldn't have 20 minute long filler segments......

[Poit]

What are the fans singing......

Da da da da da _______________.......

Sheamus and Cesaro!

[slik]

I h8 when crowds "get themselves over" (or try to)

[Lock Jaw]

Were they ever cheering for Enzo/Cass or did they just viscously turn on them......

[Dark One]

Were they ever cheering for Enzo/Cass or did they just viscously turn on them......

WWE UNIVERSE HAS SNAPPED AND BECOME A BADASS SUBMISSION MACHINE

[DAMN iNATOR]

HULK MAD!

[Lock Jaw]

I'm not one to encourage these filthy non-traditional fans, but I hope we get a "Jinder's Veins" chant.....

[Emperor Smeat]

Somehow wouldn't be surprised if Goodell really did try to dock a draft pick for Gronk's interference.

[Dark One]

Great. Jinder vs Sami. I can go take a dump.

[ClockShot]

There's one happy fan.

[KIRA]

Jinder is really the Rogue Titan

[DAMN iNATOR]

Were they ever cheering for Enzo/Cass or did they just viscously turn on them......

Slowly they turned...step by step...inch by inch...

[slik]

Someone give that ultra-creepily happy-dancing guy in the crowd a Xanax.

[Evil Vito]

Thinking about it, I'd quite like this "superstar shakeup" to be like the 2005 draft where they did it over a span of a month. Every week you know somebody new is going to arrive on the roster but you don't know when or how they'll show up.

[Droford]

I'm not one to encourage these filthy non-traditional fans, but I hope we get a "Jinder's Veins" chant.....

Orton vs Jinder Veins match

[KIRA]

Find a way to get Slater and McIntyre on RAW so we can reunite the WWE's greatest team ever.

[Droford]

"We can hear you over our fun"

hmm

[Droford]

Find a way to get Slater and McIntyre on RAW so we can reunite the WWE's greatest team ever.

just send slater and Jinder to NXT

[Poit]

Were they ever cheering for Enzo/Cass or did they just viscously turn on them......

They got some cheers initially, for their entrance. Once the Sheamus and Cesaro chants started, Enzo and Cass were effectively heels.

[RP]

I'm going to laugh so damn hard when this is Roman Reigns

[Lock Jaw]

Orton vs Jinder Veins match

Run in by Finn Balor's disgusting side of head veins.......

[A.J.K]

I'm going to laugh so damn hard when this is Roman Reigns

that would be R.I.P Reigns.

[Lock Jaw]

Lots of commercials for the TV show "Fargo"...... can I watch the new season without watching any of the other seasons, or the movie........

[Evil Vito]

Byron tries to create some intrigue for this nothing ass match and Cole is just like "duh" and shits all over. Good work guy

[Savio]

I missed a bit is Seth's tag team partner the legendary Vacant?

[Poit]

Ring crew is doing something to the ring. Changing the apron skirt?

[Dark One]

Great. Jinder vs Sami. I can go take a dump.

My dump was good. How was the match?

[ClockShot]

Lots of commercials for the TV show "Fargo"...... can I watch the new season without watching any of the other seasons, or the movie........

I'd start from the beginning.

If you like Legion. You'll like Fargo.

[ClockShot]

THAT is a very happy Matt Hardy picture/graphic.

[Dark One]

Ring crew is doing something to the ring. Changing the apron skirt?

Sounds like an excuse to smuggle someone under the ring.

[Dark One]

"Superstar Shake-up" may bother me more than "The Ultimate Thrill Ride!" and "Fantasy Warfare Becomes Real!" combined.

[Droford]

It cant be Reigns but I want it to be

[DAMN iNATOR]

http://i.imgur.com/pV9KVzG.gif
***BAD PORN MUSIC INTENSIFIES***

[Lock Jaw]

I'd start from the beginning.

If you like Legion. You'll like Fargo.

Yeah..... no way to start form the beginning, I guess...... not on Netflix.....

[Evil Vito]

"Superstar Shake-up" may bother me more than "The Ultimate Thrill Ride!" and "Fantasy Warfare Becomes Real!" combined.

Maybe it's Angle and Bryan sitting at a desk in the middle of the ring negotiating transfers for the entire three hours.

Still would be better than most Raws.

[Triple A]

Lots of commercials for the TV show "Fargo"...... can I watch the new season without watching any of the other seasons, or the movie........

The first and second season are totally different stories. In the same "world" but don't need to watch the first season. Both seasons are v good and worth watching though! Show is independent of the movie also, though the movie is also great!

Is there a 3rd season coming up or something, I didn't hear about it

[Dark One]

***BAD PORN MUSIC INTENSIFIES***

What the fuck porn are you watching?

[Savio]

Hope his tag partner is Kane


"That gotta be.... That's gotta be KANE!"

[RP]

Damn u really wanted it to be Roman Reigns

[Evil Vito]

Woooooo Balor

[ClockShot]

Finn Balor.

The guy Seth Rollins put on the DL for a few months, is Seth's tag team partner.

Figure that out.

[Savio]

Seth teaming up with the man he put on the shelf for over half a year.

[Dark One]

http://pa1.narvii.com/5891/e6fe719ac2d37735be042ab7ed53ec93b227525b_hq.gif

[DAMN iNATOR]

What the fuck porn are you watching?

Who are you, ComCast?

[Triple A]

Feels like the camera always cuts away whenever a wrestler does their signature pose

[Emperor Smeat]

Should have done the entrance with red or dimmed lights. Looks way more badass that way.

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

[Dark One]

Finn Balor.

The guy Seth Rollins put on the DL for a few months, is Seth's tag team partner.

Figure that out.

Yeah...

That kind of bothers me.

[KIRA]

Poit you still with us bud?

[RP]

Damn i really really wanted Roman Reigns. I wanted to see a riot.

[slik]

YAS

[Evil Vito]

So the night after a Mania where Brock Lesnar defeated Bill Goldberg for RAW's top title, the main event of RAW is Kevin Steen & Samoa Joe vs. Tyler Black & Prince Devitt.

Seems legit.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Finn Balor.

The guy Seth Rollins put on the DL for a few months, is Seth's tag team partner.

Figure that out.

It's the old "How will they ever be able to get along?!" cliché.

Solved.

NEXT!

[Lock Jaw]

The first and second season are totally different stories. In the same "world" but don't need to watch the first season. Both seasons are v good and worth watching though! Show is independent of the movie also, though the movie is also great!

Is there a 3rd season coming up or something, I didn't hear about it

Keep seeing commercials for it, advertising "April 19".......

[slik]

will Finn #TurnHeel tho

[Emperor Smeat]

Finn Balor.

The guy Seth Rollins put on the DL for a few months, is Seth's tag team partner.

Figure that out.

Seth teaming up with the man he put on the shelf for over half a year.

Easiest answer is that happened more than a few weeks ago and WWE assumed everyone forgot since they sure did.

Even Cole forgot to constantly mention the DEMON King for Balor entrance.

[RP]

Finn Balor sucks

[Poit]

Poit you still with us bud?

:y:

[Dark One]

It's the old "How will they ever be able to get along?!" cliché.

Solved.

NEXT!

You are officially worse than The CyNick.

[Poit]

Finn Balor sucks

In my dreams, yes, he does.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Good show, IMO, made great by raucous, rowdy crowd just having fun and going batshit crazy.

[Triple A]

Keep seeing commercials for it, advertising "April 19".......

Yeah the 3rd season is also a new storyline and new characters, etc. according to Wikipedia. Should start watching it and then (assuming it's as good as the first 2 seasons) U will wanna go back and watch the other 2 seasons!

[Evil Vito]

In my dreams, yes, he does.

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/250x250/57841588/vintage-michael-cole-oh-my-oh-my-.jpg

[slik]

Every person in this match is a former NXT champion.

[Savio]

In my dreams, yes, he does.

What does he suck on in your dreams?

[ClockShot]

I'm also pretty sure Seth Rollins discovered Game of Thrones recently and pledged allegiance to the Lannisters.

The "Kingslayer" and gold ring attire being the giveaway.

[Savio]

They played up so much damage to his knee which amounted to shit.

[Droford]

Finn turning heel on Seth and joining HHHs stable would actually make too much sense for them to actually do it

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure how wise of an idea it is for Rollins to do multiple dives to the outside on a likely still semi-injured knee.

Like Bryan coming back from a long neck injury only go right back to doing headbutts and dives.

[slik]

Finn is looking a little more Thin than the last time we saw him

[Triple A]

Finn turning heel on Seth and joining HHHs stable would actually make too much sense for them to actually do it

It would be cool but feels like they have no top faces on Raw... Rollins and that's it... Reigns doesn't rlly count.

But I guess they are doing the superstar shakeup so maybe!!!!

[Triple A]

It would be cool but feels like they have no top faces on Raw... Rollins and that's it... Reigns doesn't rlly count.

But I guess they are doing the superstar shakeup so maybe!!!!

But also don't really have any top faces on SmackDown!!!

[slik]

The biggest faces on SD are Dean, Cena and Orton and I don't think Dean or Orton would really help RAW tbh in that aspect

[DAMN iNATOR]

You are officially worse than The CyNick.

Not true, I didn't jizz my pants at the sight of Vince McMahon earlier as he no doubt did.

[Savio]

A Superstar shakeup is the ultimate thrill ride where fantasy warfare gets real!

[ClockShot]

There's the wave.

[Dark One]

It would be cool but feels like they have no top faces on Raw... Rollins and that's it... Reigns doesn't rlly count.

But I guess they are doing the superstar shakeup so maybe!!!!

God damnit AAA

[DAMN iNATOR]

LOL @ crowd chanting/singing WM theme song a couple of minutes ago.:lol:

[Dark One]

A Superstar shakeup is the ultimate thrill ride where fantasy warfare comes to life!

You're dead to me.

It's hilarious to me that WWE worked so hard to get away from and bury all the carny terms, and they have instead generated their own carny language. In 2030, WWE commentary will be an entirely different dialect of English.

[ClockShot]

QUICK! WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

Unless Vince paid off USA for more overrun than usual.

[Lock Jaw]

Very glad Balor grew more hair to cover up the disgusting veins on the side of his head.......

[Emperor Smeat]

If Owens or Joe beats Rollins, do they become the Slayer of the Kingslayer?

And then whoever beats them later becomes the Slayer of the Slayer of the Kingslayer?

[DAMN iNATOR]

QUICK! WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

Unless Vince paid off USA for more overrun than usual.

BAHGAHD IT'S STING! STING IS HERE!

[slik]

yay

[DAMN iNATOR]

If Owens or Joe beats Rollins, do they become the Slayer of the Kingslayer?

And then whoever beats them later becomes the Slayer of the Slayer of the Kingslayer?

Highlander rules: There can be only one Kingslayer.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: replay of the pin having the cameraman walk away before its over.

Main event was pretty good and so was RAW After Mania overall.

[Lock Jaw]

Turning on RAW Talk to see how BROKEN Matt will be......

[DAMN iNATOR]

I mean, I know there's a brand split in place, but SmackDown! will be having their "WrestleMania Aftermath/Fallout" episode, tomorrow night, too. Cole.

[Droford]

RAW TALK trying to beat out Talking Smack

[DAMN iNATOR]

Turning on RAW Talk to see how BROKEN Matt will be......

Good idea...forgot all about RAW Talk...might as well watch it since news and Colbert are pre-empted by NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Presented By _____________.

[Savio]

WWE is promoting that murderer again.

[Lock Jaw]

GOLDBERG IS HERE

[slik]

I thought RAW was good!

Glad Balor is back and I like the tease of BRAUUUNNNN vs Brock

[Triple A]

Raw was very good

[Lock Jaw]

Anyone else think Golberg's wife is kinda hot.....

[Droford]

the german commentators still out there for no reason

[Lock Jaw]

Goldberg making his son cry

[Droford]

I want Roman to come out and spear Goldberg

[slik]

Goldberg retiring r/n on RAW TALK

[Lock Jaw]

Goldberg's son into the ring

Thankfully kept his shirt on

[slik]

oh no he is making his son get in the ring again

[Droford]

Now his fathers a washed up has been loser

[Triple A]

Going on a lil too long now

[Lock Jaw]

Golberg's son "dabbing" on the top rope......

[Triple A]

Using too many foul cusses and swears for my liking...

[Droford]

NEVER SAY NEVER

[Lock Jaw]

RENEE YOUNG MAGICALLY GREW MORE HAIR

[Evil Vito]

I bet Goldberg will be back at SummerSlam or Survivor Series to put Roman over.

[Lock Jaw]

I want my short hair Renee back

[slik]

lock jaw where have u been that is old news

[Lock Jaw]

Since when

[Droford]

"Roman Reigns is a good guy"

[Lock Jaw]

I guess it could have been like that yesterday, but I didn't really pay attention to the pre-show except for matches.....

[slik]

Since when


since last week's talking smack....daniel bryan spent like 5 minutes talking about it

#ShameOnLockJaw

[slik]

"Roman Reigns is a good guy"

Roman will at least FINALLY have good writing on SmackDownLIVE the A-Show

[Lock Jaw]

I think I was working or something that Tuesday and didn't tape Talking Smack......

[Lock Jaw]

DAMN. I bet it was good.

[Droford]

Bayley's no longer the Underdog

shes the...BIG DOG

oh wait

[Evil Vito]

Renee being disloyal to SmackDown again

https://threemanbooth.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/6cb42-3mb_danielbryan_totaldivas1.gif

[slik]

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[Lock Jaw]

Don't like seeing Renee this way..... can't get over it......

I mean, was one thing when she actually had long hair..... but to know that it isn't natural..... just be yourself Renee....... also, you look killer with short hair......

[slik]

DAMN. I bet it was good.

D-Bry hated the hair extensions and wants the short hair back too!

[Droford]

Kids ashamed of his father for being a loser

[Lock Jaw]

Hardys not "BROKEN" at all

[Triple A]

Hardys completely "normal"

[Lock Jaw]

So pretty much what I expected.... not being BROKEN at all, but still saying "DELETE"......

[Evil Vito]

Welp, there goes any interest I had in the Hardys

[DAMN iNATOR]

Nobody knows what the future holds, but I sincerely hope Bayley has a HoF-worthy career.

[Lock Jaw]

Ok. Turning this off and going to watch the beginning of last week's Talking Smack.....

[Dark One]

Nobody knows what the future holds, but I sincerely hope Bayley has a HoF-worthy career.

You are the Byron Saxton of TPWWF.

[Evil Vito]

Time to think of a new name. God dammit.

[Poit]

What does he suck on in your dreams?

🍆

[Poit]

LOL @ crowd chanting/singing WM theme song a couple of minutes ago.:lol:

Note that we were singing "Joe, Joe, Joe" instead of "oh, oh, oh".

[DAMN iNATOR]

You are the Byron Saxton of TPWWF.

I take that as a compliment.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Note that we were singing "Joe, Joe, Joe" instead of "oh, oh, oh".

Sounded like they were singing WM theme to me but whatever...if I misheard it, then I misheard it, but it was hilarious nonetheless.

[Emperor Smeat]

Either WWE is going to wait too long to pull the trigger on the Broken gimmick or they really are that afraid of legal threats from Impact. Supposedly Matt owns full legal rights to the gimmick and not Impact.

[Dark One]

Time to think of a new name. God dammit.

I would suggest "Dark One 4 KotF"

[Simple Fan]

Hardys definitely took a dip in the Lake of Reincarnation for their WWE run.

[Dark One]

Either WWE is going to wait too long to pull the trigger on the Broken gimmick or they really are that afraid of legal threats from Impact. Supposedly Matt owns full rights to the gimmick and not Impact.

I really think they're testing the waters first. The subtle gestures, the social media stuff, etc.

Assuming Anthem doesn't try to draw a line in the sand, I could see them doing it more bluntly.

[DAMN iNATOR]

I really think they're testing the waters first. The subtle gestures, the social media stuff, etc.

Assuming Anthem doesn't try to draw a line in the sand, I could see them doing it more bluntly.

There's an idea...let WWE kinda sorta rip off the Hardy's stuff they created and Impact gets to kinda sorta rip off Evolution...:shifty:

[Lock Jaw]

since last week's talking smack....daniel bryan spent like 5 minutes talking about it

#ShameOnLockJaw

Skimmed the show trying to find that part, but couldn't.......

[Evil Vito]

Maybe if the chants persist they'll gradually "break" again - or at least Matt will because they probably see more money in Jeff being 2008/9 era Jeff. But it seems clear early on that the focus is cashing in on them as a nostalgia run and since their broken run happened in TNA, it may as well have never happened.

I'm sure they had them on Raw Talk instead of doing an actual promo on Raw because this particular crowd would've turned the second they realized they were "normal".

[slik]

Skimmed the show trying to find that part, but couldn't.......

It's after Renee shows her flair on her vest after the AJ Styles interview!

[DAMN iNATOR]

UGH..Still got the stupid net-cutting ceremony then late local news before Colbert...might as well pick up watching WWF Capital Carnage 1998 I guess...

[RP]

Goldberg needs to get his kid under control

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[DAMN iNATOR]

Goldberg needs to get his kid under control

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Leave him alone, dude. He was excited to be invited into the ring. Of course he would be, he's a kid. Let him enjoy the moment in the limelight for a few minutes...yeesh.

[Triple A]

The Superstar Shakeup will be "trades" and not a draft... http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/wwe-raw-april-3-2017/article/mr-mcmahon-announces-wwe-superstar-shakeup

Mr. McMahon also announced he has already conferred with lead representatives from Raw and SmackDown LIVE in advance of the shake-up that will take place for both brands. That includes the newly named Raw General Manager, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle, as well as SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan, who are already in ongoing discussions with each other regarding next week's anticipated Superstar movement, WWE.com has confirmed.

The WWE Chairman will be granting both sides an opportunity to make trades, deals and other moves that they feel fit, according to WWE.com sources.

[Volare]

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[Dark One]

Here's to hoping The Owl shows up to next week's Superstar Shakeup and trades the rights to #BROKEN for the right to Cody Rhodes' last name.

[Evil Vito]

Hope SmackDown still has a hot crowd tomorrow especially if there are more debuts.

Usually the Brits fly back on Tuesday rather than staying the extra day but that was before SmackDown was important.

[Droford]

Smackdown isn't even in Orlando no chance the crowd is like raw

Edit..take that back..they are

[Tom Guycott]

I'm also pretty sure Seth Rollins discovered Game of Thrones recently and pledged allegiance to the Lannisters.

The "Kingslayer" and gold ring attire being the giveaway.

Made that joke already when he confronted Trips and dropped the crutch. He was wearing the "brand new" shirt.

"Kingslayer"?

Seth is a Lannister?

[Bad News Gertner]

These crowds are fucking horrible

[Tom Guycott]

Feels like the camera always cuts away whenever a wrestler does their signature pose

This has been something that bothered me for quite awhile now. Not just with signature poses, either, but seemingly intentionally cutting away from things. Most noticeably was the instant where they decided a close-up of Roman and a crowd shot was more important than airing the reveal of the words "I AM PHENOMINAL" for AJ's debut... but they have been doing that type of editing a lot in recent history.

I don't want to see the crowd reacting to the thing instead of the thing itself. It's kind of like a fuck you to the television audience. "Oh, you can't bee here? Too bad, you don't get to see the moment. But you *can* see our live crowd react to that moment for $9.99!"

[Tom Guycott]

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Still more way more bearable than TJ Perkins doing it. Partially because this kid is like 10: he doesn't know better.

[Bad News Gertner]

Leave him alone, dude. He was excited to be invited into the ring. Of course he would be, he's a kid. Let him enjoy the moment in the limelight for a few minutes...yeesh.

So fucking annoying. I hope he breaks his leg.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Maybe if the chants persist they'll gradually "break" again - or at least Matt will because they probably see more money in Jeff being 2008/9 era Jeff. But it seems clear early on that the focus is cashing in on them as a nostalgia run and since their broken run happened in TNA, it may as well have never happened.

Makes sense since although clearly the Broken run had more of a reasch than anything else TNA has ever done, there's still going to be more casual fans that have no idea why the crowd are chanting what they've been chanting.

They may wait until they split them up and have Matt go full broken after that since they'll probably want Jeff near the top of the card again and Matt might get over enough to do the same on the other brand. Either way, it's a bummer for now, but there's enough broken in there to course correct later on.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Hope SmackDown still has a hot crowd tomorrow especially if there are more debuts.

Usually the Brits fly back on Tuesday rather than staying the extra day but that was before SmackDown was important.

The travel packages included Smackdown this time when they haven't before, so they might.

[The CyNick]

Welp, there goes any interest I had in the Hardys

The WWE Universe needs to be introduced to what that character is. I've heard the term broken, but I have no idea what that entails or why Matt is broken in the first place (is it because he's on drugs? Still upset about Lita? Damaged from bumps? Ran out of hair dye?). I don't think you can book assuming the majority of your audience watches the other junk wrestling promotions out there. Give them time to tell the story if it's a worthwhile gimmick.

[The CyNick]

Not true, I didn't jizz my pants at the sight of Vince McMahon earlier as he no doubt did.

Watch out. I'm evaluating talent on here. You may not want to be on my bad side. I'll give you 24 hours to retract your statement.

[Poit]

Sounded like they were singing WM theme to me but whatever...if I misheard it, then I misheard it, but it was hilarious nonetheless.

That's what we were doing. Singing the Wrestlemania theme while replacing the lyrics with "Joe".

[Evil Vito]

Makes sense since although clearly the Broken run had more of a reasch than anything else TNA has ever done, there's still going to be more casual fans that have no idea why the crowd are chanting what they've been chanting.

They may wait until they split them up and have Matt go full broken after that since they'll probably want Jeff near the top of the card again and Matt might get over enough to do the same on the other brand. Either way, it's a bummer for now, but there's enough broken in there to course correct later on.

I imagine Matt's going to continue to play off the chants and maybe work in a "Wonderful!" or something into promos but yeah, it's all about nostalgia and pushing some merch right now, a Broken run will need to wait.

Jeff can stay himself and probably be just fine as he'll stay over via doing crazy stuff in the ring and I'm pretty sure he's still gonna get loads of girls screaming in the crowd anytime he takes his shirt off. As fun as it would be for him to become Brother Nero-like, I can see why WWE would keep him the way most fans last remembered him.

But I'd think/hope WWE realize that once they're solo, Matt needs to do something outside the box to stay interesting as a singles character.

I don't think there'd be much argument that V1 was Matt's most entertaining run as a solo act in WWE. He got huge pops when he first showed up and attacked Edge but once that feud ended he was just...there for four years without doing too much interesting. Meanwhile his first ROH and of course the Broken TNA run were all great because he was allowed to just be over the top and ridiculous.

[#1-norm-fan]

Meh. Wake me up when these fuckers break again.

[Simple Fan]

Maybe the completion of the Expedition of Gold cured their brokenness but their are still remnants of it and they could be broken again.

[Ruien]

They will just do their own broken storyline on WWE so everyone knows what is going on.

[Big Vic]

Maybe the completion of the Expedition of Gold cured their brokenness but their are still remnants of it and they could be broken again.

They need to win the SD! tag titles now.

[#1-norm-fan]

Maybe Goldberg's son can take over the broken gimmick after that bump he took.

[Emperor Smeat]

Odds that Smackdown gets raided with next week's trade episode likely shot up more now that this week's RAW numbers got released.

Higher than last week but that pretty much is the end of favorable comparisons. Couldn't reach 4 million, down 320k compared to last year, down 1.6 million compared to 2015, and only 140k better than the previous best week so far this year.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

AJs gone to Raw, easy. I assume Charlotte and New Day to Smackdown and they're good moved. Kind of hope Sami moves too.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Meh. Wake me up when these fuckers break again.

Matt's been favouriting a lot of Tweets saying he'll be broken again by summerslam.

[Ruien]

AJ and Boring Corbin to Raw. New Day and Reigns to Smackdown.

[Cool King]

• Three minutes of constant Undertaker chants followed by five minutes of boos and general anti-Reigns chants was quite something.

I'm also going to assume that by saying that "non-traditional WWE fans" were in attendance that they meant "A lot of smarks are here tonight and the majority of them are British".

• The "Delete" chant has got to be one of the most annoying chants in wrestling. It ranks up there with the "What?" chant, the "This is/We are awesome" chant, the "TEN!" chant during a referee's ten-count and the "Olé Olé Olé Olé" chant for Zayn.

I was really just wanting the crowd to shut the fuck up.

• The whole beach ball thing during the Cruiserweight match was funny but not funny.

• We all knew it was going to happen but Teddy Long coming out was a nice "faux-swerve". I really hope Kurt Angle as Raw GM is a success and adding that with this "Superstar Shake-up" next week that Raw can really recover from the "Foley Term" which was just dire.

I don't know if I should look forward to next week or fear it, as SmackDown and its roster is pretty great just the way it is and any changes has the chance of ruining all that, but on the other side of things, Raw really needs some help and Kurt Angle as GM is a great start.

• This is my introduction to The Revival. From what I saw, they were "meh".

• With what looks like a Charlotte/Jax thing going on and Emma debuting, I can only assume that she'll be chasing the title from Bayley.

Either that or Sasha Banks turns on Bayley and chases the title or someone from SmackDown chases the title after they're drafted while we get Emma and Sasha trading wins with each other.

I have a small feeling that Dana will be going to SmackDown.

• I was expecting Angle to add a new "I" to his "Three I's" when he was talking to Zayn and that it would be "Irritating".

Jinder Mahal though. What a guy. He really should have won at WrestleMania.

• Strowman coming out when Lesnar was in the ring was a nice surprise. I really wasn't expecting him. Seeing them face to face and thinking about the two of them facing each other, really made me want to see some Strowman vs Lesnar.

It really didn't help Strowman that they had him be a pussy yet again.

• I was so happy that Cesaro & Sheamus won. Enzo & Cass have really passed their expiration date and Enzo is just straight up annoying now and he's really holding Cass back.

I really wouldn't mind seeing them split up next week with Cass going to SmackDown to flourish and Enzo remaining on Raw to either be a heel manager or a heel in the Cruiserweight divsion.

The division needs more faces and Enzo is great on the mic, I'll give him that, so maybe he could use that talent during a heel run to hide the fact that he's not all that great in the ring.

• Jinder really deserves a good push. I thought maybe with what happened at WrestleMania that it was possible, but him losing to Zayn the next night just killed all that.

• Triple H's Fabulous Fatties vs Seth Rollins and <s>Finn Bálor</s> Mystery Partner was alright, I guess.

I'm not really phased by the return of Bálor and his Castlevania music if I'm honest. I'm just glad he didn't return doing that ridiculous demon thing.

• Things look promising for Raw now. Hopefully I can say the same thing after Raw next week.

[BigCrippyZ]

Watch out. I'm evaluating talent on here. You may not want to be on my bad side. I'll give you 24 hours to retract your statement.

Shut the fuck up you faggot. I hate that term BTW, but it's the only term that accurately describes you, and it has nothing to do with you or anyone else's sexuality or sexual preferences.

[DAMN iNATOR]

That's what we were doing. Singing the Wrestlemania theme while replacing the lyrics with "Joe".

Oh, OK. Gotcha, LOL. :lol: #NothingWillEverBeFunnierThanMisunderstandings

[#1-norm-fan]

Watch out. I'm evaluating talent on here. You may not want to be on my bad side. I'll give you 24 hours to retract your statement.

Shut the fuck up you faggot.

:lol:

[Tom Guycott]

The WWE Universe needs to be introduced to what that character is. I've heard the term broken, but I have no idea what that entails or why Matt is broken in the first place (is it because he's on drugs? Still upset about Lita? Damaged from bumps? Ran out of hair dye?). I don't think you can book assuming the majority of your audience watches the other junk wrestling promotions out there. Give them time to tell the story if it's a worthwhile gimmick.

Yep, the crowd has absolutely no idea about anything outside of the WWE bubble, and that's why they chanted "DELETE" and played on the use of "OBSOLETE" from that Rollins promo. There is no such thing as the internet, word of mouth, or, you know, the possibility of people watching more than one product.

Just because Vince thinks that way doesn't mean ALL of the fans who attend live events/watching their show does. Especially with the influx of ways to absorb such outside knowledge. This is the same line of thinking that persists about "internet fans = basement dwelling, neckbeard, virgin, lifeless tape traders" when internet access is LITERALLY in everyone's pocket. It isn't the same atmosphere anymore. If someone doesn't know why the other people are chanting "DELETE", all they have to do is spend about two minutes whipping their phone/tablet out and Googling "hardy delete".

If done right, people could get the gist of the #BROKEN stuff without having to relegate the two back where they were in about 1998 first; with Jeff getting over by taking his shirt off and jumping down from tall things and Matt just being there. Not everything needs a reset button for the dummies in the back. There wasn't a need to revisit Gallows being a slobbering mushbrain until the bell rang to re-introduce him with Anderson. They :gasp: acknowledged them as a pre-existing tag team!:gasp: From another promotion! :gasp: That isn't WWE!!! They documented that they had a relationship with AJ instead of pretending nobody knows about Bullet Club... another thing that exists outside of WWE. Really, this head-in-sand, contrarian viewpoint you present doesn't hold water.

It likely has more to do with the lawsuit nonsense- avoiding anything overt for the time being (ironically similar to "The Adventures of Cody and The Missing Surname", where he has legal entanglements with WWE on where and how he can use his last name) We'll see if the elements that make up #BROKEN Matt takes a turn if that clears up sometime soon. "Fuck that owl".

[Ruien]

Yep, the crowd has absolutely no idea about anything outside of the WWE bubble, and that's why they chanted "DELETE" and played on the use of "OBSOLETE" from that Rollins promo. There is no such thing as the internet, word of mouth, or, you know, the possibility of people watching more than one product.

Just because Vince thinks that way doesn't mean ALL of the fans who attend live events/watching their show does. Especially with the influx of ways to absorb such outside knowledge. This is the same line of thinking that persists about "internet fans = basement dwelling, neckbeard, virgin, lifeless tape traders" when internet access is LITERALLY in everyone's pocket. It isn't the same atmosphere anymore. If someone doesn't know why the other people are chanting "DELETE", all they have to do is spend about two minutes whipping their phone/tablet out and Googling "hardy delete".

If done right, people could get the gist of the #BROKEN stuff without having to relegate the two back where they were in about 1998 first; with Jeff getting over by taking his shirt off and jumping down from tall things and Matt just being there. Not everything needs a reset button for the dummies in the back. There wasn't a need to revisit Gallows being a slobbering mushbrain until the bell rang to re-introduce him with Anderson. They :gasp: acknowledged them as a pre-existing tag team!:gasp: From another promotion! :gasp: That isn't WWE!!! They documented that they had a relationship with AJ instead of pretending nobody knows about Bullet Club... another thing that exists outside of WWE. Really, this head-in-sand, contrarian viewpoint you present doesn't hold water.

It likely has more to do with the lawsuit nonsense- avoiding anything overt for the time being (ironically similar to "The Adventures of Cody and The Missing Surname", where he has legal entanglements with WWE on where and how he can use his last name) We'll see if the elements that make up #BROKEN Matt takes a turn if that clears up sometime soon. "Fuck that owl".

I have no idea why anyone is chanting everything except from a few things I read on this site. It would be 100% smart to break Matt on WWE tv but do it really quickly. That way everyone is introduced to the character and Matt can go from there.

[The CyNick]

Shut the fuck up you faggot. I hate that term BTW, but it's the only term that accurately describes you, and it has nothing to do with you or anyone else's sexuality or sexual preferences.

Don't get mad bro.

[The CyNick]

Yep, the crowd has absolutely no idea about anything outside of the WWE bubble, and that's why they chanted "DELETE" and played on the use of "OBSOLETE" from that Rollins promo. There is no such thing as the internet, word of mouth, or, you know, the possibility of people watching more than one product.

Just because Vince thinks that way doesn't mean ALL of the fans who attend live events/watching their show does. Especially with the influx of ways to absorb such outside knowledge. This is the same line of thinking that persists about "internet fans = basement dwelling, neckbeard, virgin, lifeless tape traders" when internet access is LITERALLY in everyone's pocket. It isn't the same atmosphere anymore. If someone doesn't know why the other people are chanting "DELETE", all they have to do is spend about two minutes whipping their phone/tablet out and Googling "hardy delete".

If done right, people could get the gist of the #BROKEN stuff without having to relegate the two back where they were in about 1998 first; with Jeff getting over by taking his shirt off and jumping down from tall things and Matt just being there. Not everything needs a reset button for the dummies in the back. There wasn't a need to revisit Gallows being a slobbering mushbrain until the bell rang to re-introduce him with Anderson. They :gasp: acknowledged them as a pre-existing tag team!:gasp: From another promotion! :gasp: That isn't WWE!!! They documented that they had a relationship with AJ instead of pretending nobody knows about Bullet Club... another thing that exists outside of WWE. Really, this head-in-sand, contrarian viewpoint you present doesn't hold water.

It likely has more to do with the lawsuit nonsense- avoiding anything overt for the time being (ironically similar to "The Adventures of Cody and The Missing Surname", where he has legal entanglements with WWE on where and how he can use his last name) We'll see if the elements that make up #BROKEN Matt takes a turn if that clears up sometime soon. "Fuck that owl".

Do you think the makeup of the Mania week crowd is representative of the average crowd you will see in mid May? The average WWE fan would have no clue what TNA is, nevermind know what WWE castaways were doing while there.