Raw Thread - 4/2/18 - Wrestlemania go-home show, Rousey/Angle v. HHH/Steph confrontation, Rollins v. Balor

[A.J.K]

Not like most interviews.

[Dark One]

I want Matt Hardy to win and then speak to the trophy for the next 364 days.

[owenbrown]

oh Jesus H. Christ they are doing the graphics again :nono:

[Anybody Thrilla]

Piggie James talking shit about Nia Fat.

[A.J.K]

Piggy james Pt 2 starring Nia Jax.

[Triple A]

What is this shit... with the text... "BLUBBERING"...

[Emperor Smeat]

Can't wait for the 30 minute horror movie starring Michael Cole at the Hardy Compound.

If that doesn't result in an Emmy award for the WWE, then nothing ever will for them.

[A.J.K]

Will We hear a gong next?

[Jordan]

I want Matt Hardy to win and then speak to the trophy for the next 364 days.

Or what if reincarnates Andre The Giant into the body of Bray Wyatt. And Bray had to learn Andre's accent lmao, and wear the singlet. Oh man :lol::lol::lol: that would be good wrestling.

[A.J.K]

Wouldn't mind hearing this on raw again.

"Are you scared? He's here." *American Badass plays*

[KIRA]

Wrestlemania start time 7/4

[KIRA]

Wouldn't mind hearing this on raw again.

"Are you scared? He's here." *American Badass plays*

The first part yes the second part f*** no

[A.J.K]

Wrestlemania start time 7/4

I thought it was 7 hours, that would mean it airs at 3 here in iowa.

[Savio]

Piggie James talking shit about Nia Fat.

DON'T THINK ABOUT IT

[A.J.K]

The first part yes the second part f*** no

Although it seems very likely at this point.

[rez]

Wouldn't mind hearing this on raw again.

"Are you scared? He's here." *American Badass plays*

mention something kid rock and racist widow will show up.

[Jordan]

Here we go! Big match JOOOOOOHHHHHHHHN CEEEEEEEENNAAAAAAAA

[A.J.K]

Here we go.

[Anybody Thrilla]

This isn't wrestling related, but I enjoyed it:

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29683879_10105124222608825_4324199755450853189_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=5f5b039ea38a73b298ffa3d0771f9b6a&oe=5B676CFA

[Jordan]

I fucking kill bawitdaba at karaoke IDGAF

[Dark One]

Or what if reincarnates Andre The Giant into the body of Bray Wyatt. And Bray had to learn Andre's accent lmao, and wear the singlet. Oh man :lol::lol::lol: that would be good wrestling.

Hell yeah. Then they team vs Brainz and Braun Strowman for the tag belts.

[KIRA]

They're selling Cena spooge rags to kids nice

[KIRA]

This isn't wrestling related, but I enjoyed it:

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29683879_10105124222608825_4324199755450853189_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=5f5b039ea38a73b298ffa3d0771f9b6a&oe=5B676CFA
:lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

I thought it was 7 hours, that would mean it airs at 3 here in iowa.

Pre-show starts at 4:30-5PM EST, then 5 hours of the main show starting at 7PM, and whatever over-run WWE needs starting at midnight.

[Jordan]

Then be BRAUNS PARTER DIPSHIT

[Dark One]

"BECAUSE THE BATTLE ROYAL IS FOR JOBBERS"

[Jordan]

Yes good idea's Cole!

[KIRA]

Just tell the truth John you think the rumble is beneath you

[rez]

I fucking kill bawitdaba at karaoke IDGAF

be a normal person and sing toto - africa

[Savio]

And kicking the uso's off the card.

[slik]

John has CENA NUFF of people taking roster spots

[KIRA]

You are so full of shit Cena

[slik]

PreShow is exactly the matches I thought, except the Uso's make the main-card (so far)

[rez]

taker probably forgot about raw and went to the alamo dome for the bball game

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently Cena is a dumbass since Cole's advice was actually good for once.

He doesn't want to take a spot away from someone who worked all year yet he keeps begging for a match even though he's now a part-timer.

[KIRA]

The fans just let themselves be manipulated like that

[rez]

Apparently Cena is a dumbass since Cole's advice was actually good for once.

He doesn't want to take a spot away from someone who worked all year yet he keeps begging for a match even though he's now a part-timer.

he is a part of that cock block movie

[Dark One]

Cena is a smark.

[KIRA]

Speaking of did everybody get their Rusev day calendars

[slik]

Good Cena promo so far!

[KIRA]

John you got to accept that He's Just Not That Into You

[Emperor Smeat]

I'd laugh if Undertaker showed up on the screen and just said "No"

[Anybody Thrilla]

I don't give a fucking shit about the Undertaker.

[Savio]

Wish they would all be quiet.

[KIRA]

Undertaker will arrive via express mail delivered by FedEx

[Anybody Thrilla]

My hearing's not the best, Undertaker, but sounds like you've got a few thousand people calling you an asshole.

[rez]

i thought he was happy to go as a fan. stfu, john

[Dark One]

Undertaker is going to come out and then eat a snickers and turn into Gillberg.

[KIRA]

I've never seen somebody itching so bad to beat up on an old man

[A.J.K]

Biker Taker mention.

[KIRA]

I've never seen somebody itching so bad to beat up on an old man

Except maybe Stone Cold Steve Austin

[A.J.K]

That's it?

[Emperor Smeat]

This might be the most one sided build for a Mania feud in years and maybe even ever in the WWE.

If they actually do the match, Taker pretty much needs to win just to make things a bit even with how they built it while Cena doesn't really get any benefit win or lose.

[KIRA]

LOL at the commentators being sad

[Jordan]

What the fuck!?

[Dark One]

That's it?

What the fuck!?

They don't get cable in the underworld.

[Anybody Thrilla]

How many people are supposed to be in those battle royals? So far, there are like 7 per.

[Savio]

PreShow is exactly the matches I thought, except the Uso's make the main-card (so far)

Oh? They posted the card?

[A.J.K]

Unless it happens on Smackdown.

[Anybody Thrilla]

They should have had the tron buzz to life to show Taker cornholing Nikki Bella.

[Jordan]

Man I dunno, this is a real downer for me.

[KIRA]

Nakamura versus AJ

And Daniel Bryan alone are enough to make me want to watch this show

Really Smackdown has all the really good ones

[Jordan]

What if he was there all along, because the Undertaker is actually all of us??? :eek:

[slik]

I think Cena will walk out at WM and still call out Taker and then GONG

[Savio]

Unless it happens on Smackdown.

"Taker pleaseee accept my challengeeee pleaseee"

[Droford]

Lol the Miz commercial

[KIRA]

At this point I think John Cena is going to try to find a way to put himself in the match with the Usos the bludgeon brothers and the new day

[slik]

Oh? They posted the card?



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[Emperor Smeat]

How many people are supposed to be in those battle royals? So far, there are like 7 per.

If they keep with the Mania numbering theme, likely 34 for this year for the men's and maybe 20-30 for women.

[A.J.K]

Anyone else think Cena comes back to the ring to close out raw and then *gong* ?

[Jordan]

Thats the big dog

[owenbrown]

the fuck is Elias wearing?

[KIRA]

Guys I just realized I want Cena to enter the Cruiserweight match really badly

[Jordan]

Anyone else think Cena comes back to the ring to close out raw and then *gong* ?

Hopefully

[Emperor Smeat]

https://i.imgur.com/AFjLyN6.gif

[Anybody Thrilla]

Did Elias raid his grandmother's closet?

[Jordan]

Damn Roman that was deep

[KIRA]

I keep asking every week how is smug Roman Reigns not a heel

[Dark One]

What old lady's house did Elias rip the curtains out of for that frock?

[Jordan]

Did Elias raid his grandmother's closet?

It was Auska's

[KIRA]

Romans a b**** for that he stood in for your sick ass when the shield had to go do their thing

[A.J.K]

Hopefully

Honestly it makes more sense to have that surprise at the end, if not tonight then smackdown.

[KIRA]

Did Elias raid an Asian whore house

[A.J.K]

It was Auska's

Elias couldn't find anything to wear so Asuka forcefully put that around his neck.

[rez]

hahaha. bojak horseman mention

[Dark One]

Rhyno looks like the middle step in an evolution chart between Bo Dallas and Joseph Park.

[KIRA]

Slater and Elias would be the most over thing in all of the WWE

[Emperor Smeat]

Missed opportunity for a heel turn by Slater on Rhyno to form a new musical group with Elias.

[Jordan]

Heath is getting out of shape.

[slik]

Heath is only out of shape when Gertner says he is

[KIRA]

Heath is getting out of shape.

You see how in shape you are after 13 kids

[Jordan]

Heath is probably my favorite WWE job guy. He could be more but I'm happy for him having a good job.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Hawkins shirt

[KIRA]

:lol: at Hawkins shirt

Ooo it looks like I'm headed to the WWE shopzone

[Anybody Thrilla]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Emperor Smeat]

Time to scratch off Hawkins name from the list of potential tag partners for Braun.

[Dark One]

AMAZING

[Dark One]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Braun, I wrote you but still ain't callin'<br>I left my cell, my pager, and my home phone at the bottom<br>I sent two letters back in autumn, you must not-a got 'em<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/giO5tyyWqz">pic.twitter.com/giO5tyyWqz</a></p>&mdash; Brian Myers (@TheCurtHawkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCurtHawkins/status/980959998623801344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Triple A]

Enjoying the puns and gags they are writing for Braun Strowman tonight

[Ruien]

What did it say?

[KIRA]

I wish Hawkins was more delusional about his win-loss record like he has been up to this point

[Jordan]

LOL @ guy standing in dark room alone shifting his weight from side to side.

[Dark One]

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[KIRA]

What did it say?

PICK ME Braun

[Anybody Thrilla]

This Nia Jax fucking sucks ass.

[KIRA]

You're killing me nia

[Ruien]

Love you Dark One.

[Dark One]

This Nia Jax fucking sucks ass.

It's okay.

Here's some Asuka.

http://i.imgur.com/mjmOT1d.gif

[Dark One]

Love you Dark One.

Insert William Regal "I Know" GIF from last week here.

[Dark One]

All these food commercials are killing me after not being able to eat real food for two months.

[Ruien]

I love Bliss but I hope her match with Nia is a 20 second squash match. 0 interest in watching them work an actual match and the storyline is stupid.

[KIRA]

It's okay.

Here's some Asuka.

http://i.imgur.com/mjmOT1d.gif

is it wrong that I love that

[slik]

I read a good comparison of the women's push recently that said for years WWE treated male wrestlers as almost superheroes for young boys and women as objects -- Now they are treating women as superheroes for young girls, an entirely new audience

[slik]

Except Nia, who is a victim of bullying and cries a lot, which is not a superhero storyline at all

[Triple A]

All these food commercials are killing me after not being able to eat real food for two months.

Why not

[slik]

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[Dark One]

Why not

This is a good question that no doctor has been able to answer yet.

I think I'm dying.

[Dark One]

I think I'm dying.

Drebin and ABT can split my rep.

[KIRA]

This is a good question that no doctor has been able to answer yet.

I think I'm dying.

I believe in the power of our Lord and savior Braun strowman to heal others Dark One

[KIRA]

Dana Brooke has huge arms I'm surprised Vince McMahon is not completely in love with her

[Anybody Thrilla]

Is Asuka about to get her first loss as Alexa Bliss pins Dana Brooke?

[Dark One]

Is Asuka about to get her first loss as Alexa Bliss pins Dana Brooke?

This would be the most WWE move ever.

[Anybody Thrilla]

This is a good question that no doctor has been able to answer yet.

I think I'm dying.

Damn, I wouldn't have mentioned my succulent sirloin steak and sriracha flatbread pizza and and amazing antipast(o) salad had I known that was the case. Sorry bro. :(

[KIRA]

In a fair Universe Alicia Fox would be Asuka partner but I get that they don't want the universe to die out

[slik]

Kid Rock getting second placement in HOF commercial

Eeek

[KIRA]

Using the words renowned artist to describe Kid Rock might be a little bit too far

[Emperor Smeat]

I read a good comparison of the women's push recently that said for years WWE treated male wrestlers as almost superheroes for young boys and women as objects -- Now they are treating women as superheroes for young girls, an entirely new audience

WWE can thank both NXT and Bayley for that change in mindset.

AJ Lee sort of started it earlier but its not until NXT morphed into what it is today that the perception swing really took effect.

[Dark One]

Damn, I wouldn't have mentioned my succulent sirloin steak and sriracha flatbread pizza and and amazing antipast(o) salad had I known that was the case. Sorry bro. :(

Whatevs. We still cool.

Maybe acupuncture will magically cure it tomorrow (probably not).

At the end of the month I'm going to move to the desert to live in a faith healer's commune and see if that works.

[Dark One]

TBH if you're Asuka and you let Dana Brooke start your match, you probably deserve to lose your streak.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Whatevs. We still cool.

Maybe acupuncture will magically cure it tomorrow (probably not).

At the end of the month I'm going to move to the desert to live in a faith healer's commune and see if that works.

Damn, for real?

[KIRA]

WWE can thank both NXT and Bayley for that change in mindset.

AJ Lee sort of started it earlier but its not until NXT morphed into what it is today that the perception swing really took effect.

That's why if anybody deserves to in turn in to a greasy smarmy Eddie Guerrero esqe switchblade carrying heel it's Bailey

[Dark One]

Damn, for real?

Nah, I hate the heat.

But the needles and not being able to eat thing is true, yeah.

[Tom Guycott]

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Farting MIDI trumpets for guys like Jason Jordan are shit. Farting MIDI trumpets for old PPV themes are GODDAMN ICONIC!!! ("...not Ubisoft iconic, real iconic.")

[rez]

Whatevs. We still cool.

Maybe acupuncture will magically cure it tomorrow (probably not).

At the end of the month I'm going to move to the desert to live in a faith healer's commune and see if that works.

I'll get you my shaman's drumbeat number

[Anybody Thrilla]

Sometimes I forget how much I really like Mickie James.

[KIRA]

I love the way Mickie James had her hands up like please stop kicking me

[KIRA]

Asuka should have murdered everybody in the ring including Dana

[Emperor Smeat]

Kind of dumb how Asuka has been used several times as a punching bag for the Jax-Bliss feud. WWE wants Asuka to win but also not look too dominate or else it hurts the Bliss-Jax feud.

They shoudln't have tried to book two feuds at the same time because they still need Asuka's star power for RAW.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cena and Taker have had more interaction in the build up than Asuka and Charlotte... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/qZ8CL4Z3xL">pic.twitter.com/qZ8CL4Z3xL</a></p>&mdash; Grant McDonald (@grantmcdonald92) <a href="https://twitter.com/grantmcdonald92/status/981001112298942464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Anybody Thrilla]

Why the fuck are they essentially giving away a Charlotte/Asuka match just five days before Wrestlemania?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Kind of dumb how Asuka has been used several times as a punching bag for the Jax-Bliss feud. WWE wants Asuka to win but also not look too dominate or else it hurts the Bliss-Jax feud.

They shoudln't have tried to book two feuds at the same time because they still need Asuka's star power for RAW.

I'm not sure why Asuka had to be in that tag match at all.

[Dark One]

Why the fuck are they essentially giving away a Charlotte/Asuka match just five days before Wrestlemania?

Lots of reasons, most of which are bad planning

1) Put Asuka in the tournament, then realized "oh shit, we've talked it up like if she loses a tag match, she loses the streak" so now she can't lose.
2) Don't want to job out Charlotte before Mania--although they will to preserve Asuka's streak, like they did with Bliss a couple of weeks ago
3) Trying to get more eyes on Facebook Watch for better TV rights leverage.

[Dark One]

I'll get you my shaman's drumbeat number

It's cool man, I've got a direct line to the Palace of Wisdom.

[Ruien]

Figured they would have postponed the MMC match for a week.

[Dark One]

TUG OF WAR 2: THE RECKONING

[owenbrown]

so how much of an overrun are we gonna have on the entire roster separating Roman and Brock?

[Dark One]

Smart move putting Titus O'Neil up front. He will grab the shit out of Roman's arm, consequences be damned.

[KIRA]

Titus O'Neil is dressed way too nicely to be involved in this

[Evil Vito]

The Bar being out there with the scrubs makes me sad.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">John Cena about to go to Undertakers house <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#raw</a> <a href="https://t.co/nUqR4KUcZV">pic.twitter.com/nUqR4KUcZV</a></p>&mdash; Cruz (@CruzBandicoot) <a href="https://twitter.com/CruzBandicoot/status/980991677895729152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[slik]

If anything confirms Lesnar is leaving, that is it.

[rez]

ohhh you called him a bitch. here he comes...

[Evil Vito]

This is reminiscent of the build to WM20 when the whole SmackDown roster let Austin get through to attack Brock

[slik]

"You're just Brock Lesnar's bitch"

cuts to a giant screen reading "Believe That"

[KIRA]

Uh oh NOBODY CALLS DA BIG DOG... a pregnant female dog.

[Tom Guycott]

I wonder if he's gonna do bawitdaba.

I hope he does his verse off of ICP's Carnival of Carnage where he said the n-word.

And if he does I hope somebody Nails him in the eye with a D battery

... without removing it from that big-ass, old school grey and red Radio Shack flashlight that uses like eight D batteries.

What I'm saying is, I hope it lands him in a coma. Nothing life threatening, just remove him from music for a couple of decades. Then, when he wakes up, he's totally irrelevant and can live the rest of his days in obscurity. If he dies, he'll somehow be one of the greatest entertainers of all time, and that can't happen.

[Savio]

Wow great convincing by reigns.

[KIRA]

Should have just had bruan and Asuka for security

[Anybody Thrilla]

Wow great convincing by reigns.

Think about it, guys.

[Dark One]

When I think "heated brawl" I definitely think telegraphed leaping jab.

[Emperor Smeat]

That was better than the last time they faced off for Mania's go-home show

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view6/20150326/5189287/brock-lesnar-roman-reigns-segment-o.gif

http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2015/03/tumblr_nlp585nsPy1saykaxo2_400.gif

[Dark One]

Think about it, guys.

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[Dark One]

Save_Us.BRAUN

[KIRA]

Brock Lesnar just became that one boss and a game where when you have to face them they are all powerful then in the next game when they're part of the roster their weak as shit and slow

[Dark One]

All I'm going to say is that the crowd was infinitely more hyped for BRAINZ Strowman than they were for the closing segment on the go-home Raw for Mania.

[Jordan]

My gosh I can't believe that Taker didn't show.

[Dark One]

My gosh I can't believe that Taker didn't show.

Can't blame him.

I wouldn't want to get shown up by BRAINZ Strowman either.

[Savio]

Wow great convincing by reigns.

Haven't heard better convincing since:

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[Jordan]

Roman did a good job and didn't get a lot of hate.

[Tom Guycott]

Don't worry.

Anybody that keeps talking about their baby long enough becomes uber heel. Just give it another 10-15 minutes and wait until he starts shoving baby photos into the camera.

The next direction of Miz: Uber-annoying new dad. Wears shirts with his kid's picture or some type of "world's greatest dad" novelty on it every week. Beats people and instead of money in their mouth like Ted DiBiase, he puts baby 8x10s over their face.

[rez]

Brock Lesnar just became that one boss and a game where when you have to face them they are all powerful then in the next game when they're part of the roster their weak as shit and slow

https://youtu.be/D0O1BRtDBPg

[KIRA]

https://youtu.be/D0O1BRtDBPg

You just reminded me it's on Netflix I'm going to go remind myself how it's the most bloodless thing named Mortal Kombat ever.

[Anybody Thrilla]

The next direction of Miz: Uber-annoying new dad. Wears shirts with his kid's picture or some type of "world's greatest dad" novelty on it every week. Beats people and instead of money in their mouth like Ted DiBiase, he puts baby 8x10s over their face.

No. Pacifiers.

[Ruien]

Good Raw. Hyped for Mania. Into a lot of the matches.

Braun. No more needed to be said.

Miz is amazing as ever. I am the biggest Rollins fan ever but they need to do something to not make him so bland. He has the charisma but the character sucks. Balor blows but whatever. Miz makes this a must see match.

100% interested with Cena and Taker. Feels so odd they dont have Taker officially announced to draw some audience in.

Hyped for Brock and Reigns. Reigns isn't my favorite person but I rather have him being the champ than Balor or Owens. Or 95% of the roster. So if he does win excellent. Build has been done nicely for the match. Rollins should make a joke st Mania about ruining their moment again.

I dont care about Bliss or Nia but that match will be like 30 seconds long.

[Ruien]

Since they did not reveal Brauns partner it has to be a legit surprise. It can't be someone like Big Show. It has to be some like camera man or someone like Y2J. Just dont let it be Joe.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'm surprisingly stoked for Reigns/Lesnar. Who would've thought?

[rez]

Since they did not reveal Brauns partner it has to be a legit surprise. It can't be someone like Big Show. It has to be some like camera man or someone like Y2J. Just dont let it be Joe.

Daniel Bryan, Big Show and More Announced for “Greatest Royal Rumble”
By Triple A on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 at 1:00 PM ET
WWE announced the first five names for the “Greatest Royal Rumble” in Saudi Arabia on April 27.

Daniel Bryan, Kane, Big Show, Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt will all wrestle in the 50-man Royal Rumble match.



so...yeah, probably Kane or Big Show :rant:

[slik]

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[Ruien]

Daniel Bryan, Big Show and More Announced for “Greatest Royal Rumble”
By Triple A on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 at 1:00 PM ET
WWE announced the first five names for the “Greatest Royal Rumble” in Saudi Arabia on April 27.

Daniel Bryan, Kane, Big Show, Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt will all wrestle in the 50-man Royal Rumble match.



so...yeah, probably Kane or Big Show :rant:

How does that correlate with Mania? I am confused.

[rez]

How does that correlate with Mania? I am confused.

Big Show aint quite retired. they won't give us something we want. we can't have nice things

[Tom Guycott]

Hell yeah. Then they team vs Brainz and Braun Strowman for the tag belts.

Eeh. Too much like the team of Abyss/Joseph Park for my liking.

[Dark One]

Eeh. Too much like the team of Abyss/Joseph Park for my liking.

Fair.

Counterpoint: Braun makes the most absurdly stupid shit into the most amazing stuff. (Emerging from a garbage truck, pulling down the set with a grappling hook, etc)

[Tom Guycott]

Oh, I was thoroughly amused by the giant bass with Elias. He pulls the one-off comedy shit well. It shows depth to the guy rather than simple "Hulk Smash". Just needs to stay one-off. Brains Strowman should not be a consistent thing, or it will lose its luster.

[slik]

The only annoying thing about reading Twitter each week during RAW is seeing grown adults throw temper tantrums online when something doesn't play out the way they would "fantasy book-it" in their heads.

It's not that serious people, it's just fun.

[Anybody Thrilla]

No. Pacifiers.

Come on. This is brilliant.

[rez]

The only annoying thing about reading Twitter each week during RAW is seeing grown adults throw temper tantrums online when something doesn't play out the way they would "fantasy book-it" in their heads.

It's not that serious people, it's just fun.

Twitter is the devil but I'll hashtag whatever thinking it makes it to twitter. #braunbrainz #universaltitlesucks #hateroman #woken #carlthegayjanitorisblackwidow #sting

[Dark One]

It's not that serious people, it's just fun.

Wait. What.

[Danny Electric]

Seems as though my prediction was right and their going to have Taker show up at Wrestlemania for one of those 'Wrestlemania moments'. Would laugh if Naked Mideon came out instead .

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ladies and gentlemen...<br><br>Your home for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WrestleMania</a> 35 next April... oh, and picture taken today �� <a href="https://t.co/UoZL3wu7DM">pic.twitter.com/UoZL3wu7DM</a></p>&mdash; Bill Neville- New Age Insiders (@BillNevilleNAI) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillNevilleNAI/status/980898089451089920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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posted that in the wm35 thread but not sure many will see it, sort of discourages me from wanting to attend next year (but I have to make it thru 34 first!)



Also....


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[Mr. Nerfect]

Absolutely brilliant Raw.

* Having Steph beat up Ronda is great for business. Now fans don't necessarily see Ronda as the superior athlete, which creates DRAMA and TENSION for the upcoming match.

* I like the story of Angle being a failure. Hopefully fans that have never seen Angle before will be able to appreciate him trying to redeem himself and prove that he is relevant in 2018.

* I like the Q&A and photo-op stuff. Very MMA and makes this match seem LEGIT.

* I'm really pumped about this Women's Battle Royal. You only get to be the first one time. Just ask Becky, Carmella, Asuka, Charlotte and Sasha about that.

* The WWE is so varied. On one hand you've got the legit fight between Triple H & Stephanie and Ronda & Angle, and then you've got matches like the Triple Threat. Unlike real fighting, the WWE is willing to say "we don't mind putting three people in the ring at one time." It helps sets them apart from the monotonous one-on-one formula that I think most fans must be bored of. Boring old wrestling would have had Seth Rollins and Finn Balor fight to decide who gets to face the champion, but these modern innovations throw out rankings and the like. It's exciting and unpredictable. I hope they add more people to this match by Sunday.

* At WrestleMania you don't get just ONE Battle Royal, but TWO. Talk about value for money.

* Goldust vs. Matt Hardy was such a clever way to promote just how many weird and interesting characters the WWE has under their employ. This Battle Royal is going to be hilarious. Will an old veteran like Goldust win, or will a young blue-chipper like Matt Hardy take it?

* "PROCURE! PROCURE!" Haha, Matt Hardy is so funny. How can people think wrestling is getting worse?

* Alexa Bliss might be the best actress the WWE has ever had, and that's taking into consideration a lot of very talented performers. Her acting inside the ring is almost as good as her acting outside it. I expect her bout with Nia Jax to be wrought with emotion.

* Wow, John Cena right up there with Alexa Bliss in terms of those acting chops. What a promo. The WWE has never not promoted such a high profile match heading into WrestleMania. What a brilliant marketing strategy. When this match does happen at Mania, everyone will collectively lose their minds. "Anything can happen in the WWE!"

* Elias is such a good heel. I hope that when they turn him face he gets to actually release a music CD, because he could be one of their biggest crossover stars.

* It looks like Curt Hawkins might be Braun Strowman's WrestleMania partner. I like the way the WWE sends the message that even if you lose and lose constantly, a big moment and championship win could be right around the corner. Gone are the days of win-loss records boxing wrestling into making only a select number of decisions. Predictable. I'm looking forward to Curt Hawkins' second Tag Team Championship reign.

* Braun is so funny. I like the way he sends the message that you can be a bad-ass and still enjoy a good joke.

* Nia Jax is such an inspiration for being big and BEAUTIFUL. The WWE have created another successful role model. I imagine that they will get a lot of sponsors and that Nia will get invited to talk in high schools as the champion, bringing in a whole new generation of fans.

* I love the face turn for Dana Brooke. As a heel she wasn't doing anything, but there is definitely place for her as a face. She might be a darkhorse to take the Women's Battle Royal.

* What an end segment. Holy cow. Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns have a big fight feel, and they've done a tremendous job finally getting Reigns over as a babyface. I like that Reigns used logic to defeat the Raw roster and get his hands on Brock. But Heyman said that it is a spoiler that Brock wins, and Heyman's spoilers are usually correct. Bad news for the Big Dog.

Overall a great Raw and I think the electric atmosphere for this packed 7 HOUR SHOW is going to rise it to a level never seen by a WrestleMania.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Glad you had a good time watching Noid. Seems like it's well worth 3 hours of valuable time when it's a show you enjoyed and knew you would in advance :y: :y: :y:

[Simple Fan]

Read more like a CyNick post than a Noid post. Wasn't a bad Raw but it was nowhere near brilliant.

[Juan]

Who hacked Noid’s account?

[Jordan]

Maybe it's just the Goldust affect... maybe it's because he had to wrestle Bray Wyatt on repeat for months on end, but Matt Hardy actually looked mobile and athletic and in control of his body last night. Short but encouraging match for me.

[Jordan]

It's very smart but also very annoying that WWE did the "Pick Me Braun" shirt. Genius to not reveal his partner until the match starts because they are going to sell a ton of those shirts all week.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Who hacked Noid’s account?

Noid used to do these parody posts during CyNick's run. Nothing new from TPWW's resident smartest guy in the room.

[Evil Vito]

I remember during the awful Vince illegitimate son storyline, they did a poll with everyone on the roster as options for who could be Vince's son, and the internet hijacked it so that Stevie Richards was one of the top vote getters. So they did a segment where Coach mentioned that to Vince and he just belly laughed at the notion before moving on.

That's kinda what the Braun/Hawkins backstage segment reminded me of. Just WWE saying "yeah, we're aware that this idea has gained momentum online.....but we aren't doing it, so stop".

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I remember during the awful Vince illegitimate son storyline, they did a poll with everyone on the roster as options for who could be Vince's son, and the internet hijacked it so that Stevie Richards was one of the top vote getters. So they did a segment where Coach mentioned that to Vince and he just belly laughed at the notion before moving on.

Just reminded me of that segment where they were narrowing down who Vince's son was and the script accidentally kept The Sandman in the ring far longer than he should have been.

[Big Vic]

ooo Evil Noid is creeping back

[Mr. Nerfect]

Noid used to do these parody posts during CyNick's run. Nothing new from TPWW's resident smartest guy in the room.

You use that remark about everybody. I know you're not exactly the smartest guy in the room, but jeez...

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

You use that remark about everybody. I know you're not exactly the smartest guy in the room, but jeez...

I honestly just couldn't think of anything else at the time. Please forgive my lacklustre performance :'(

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Feel like "TPWW's resident smartypants" may have been more effective. C'est la vie, another opportunity missed.

[Mr. Nerfect]

You're forgiven, Dale.

[Destor]

Noids post was great. I cant rep it though because he shit on Bliss. He is right about everything else tho.


Might neg him for the Bliss hate tho. Undecided.

[Destor]

Let me know what you think TPWW

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I say neg rep him for the sake of crowd heat.

[Big Vic]

Before making any big decision like that you should take some time to fap about it and clear your head.

[Destor]

I posted that 3 min ago. If you think ive been on the internet 3 min without fapping you sir are sorely mistaken

[Big Vic]

#FapNation

[Ruien]

Always neg rep Bliss hate.

[Ruien]

Why is that even a question?

[Dark One]

Noids post was great. I cant rep it though because he shit on Bliss. He is right about everything else tho.


Might neg him for the Bliss hate tho. Undecided.

Let me know what you think TPWW

Just split the difference.

Give me the positive rep and him the negative.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tyson Kidd produced the Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor match that is about to happen.</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/980969970917171201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2018</a></blockquote>
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WWE would be really smart to have him layout the IC match at Mania based on how great Rollins-Balor was last night.

[Luigi]

Absolutely brilliant Raw.

* Having Steph beat up Ronda is great for business. Now fans don't necessarily see Ronda as the superior athlete, which creates DRAMA and TENSION for the upcoming match.

* I like the story of Angle being a failure. Hopefully fans that have never seen Angle before will be able to appreciate him trying to redeem himself and prove that he is relevant in 2018.

* I like the Q&A and photo-op stuff. Very MMA and makes this match seem LEGIT.

* I'm really pumped about this Women's Battle Royal. You only get to be the first one time. Just ask Becky, Carmella, Asuka, Charlotte and Sasha about that.

* The WWE is so varied. On one hand you've got the legit fight between Triple H & Stephanie and Ronda & Angle, and then you've got matches like the Triple Threat. Unlike real fighting, the WWE is willing to say "we don't mind putting three people in the ring at one time." It helps sets them apart from the monotonous one-on-one formula that I think most fans must be bored of. Boring old wrestling would have had Seth Rollins and Finn Balor fight to decide who gets to face the champion, but these modern innovations throw out rankings and the like. It's exciting and unpredictable. I hope they add more people to this match by Sunday.

* At WrestleMania you don't get just ONE Battle Royal, but TWO. Talk about value for money.

* Goldust vs. Matt Hardy was such a clever way to promote just how many weird and interesting characters the WWE has under their employ. This Battle Royal is going to be hilarious. Will an old veteran like Goldust win, or will a young blue-chipper like Matt Hardy take it?

* "PROCURE! PROCURE!" Haha, Matt Hardy is so funny. How can people think wrestling is getting worse?

* Alexa Bliss might be the best actress the WWE has ever had, and that's taking into consideration a lot of very talented performers. Her acting inside the ring is almost as good as her acting outside it. I expect her bout with Nia Jax to be wrought with emotion.

* Wow, John Cena right up there with Alexa Bliss in terms of those acting chops. What a promo. The WWE has never not promoted such a high profile match heading into WrestleMania. What a brilliant marketing strategy. When this match does happen at Mania, everyone will collectively lose their minds. "Anything can happen in the WWE!"

* Elias is such a good heel. I hope that when they turn him face he gets to actually release a music CD, because he could be one of their biggest crossover stars.

* It looks like Curt Hawkins might be Braun Strowman's WrestleMania partner. I like the way the WWE sends the message that even if you lose and lose constantly, a big moment and championship win could be right around the corner. Gone are the days of win-loss records boxing wrestling into making only a select number of decisions. Predictable. I'm looking forward to Curt Hawkins' second Tag Team Championship reign.

* Braun is so funny. I like the way he sends the message that you can be a bad-ass and still enjoy a good joke.

* Nia Jax is such an inspiration for being big and BEAUTIFUL. The WWE have created another successful role model. I imagine that they will get a lot of sponsors and that Nia will get invited to talk in high schools as the champion, bringing in a whole new generation of fans.

* I love the face turn for Dana Brooke. As a heel she wasn't doing anything, but there is definitely place for her as a face. She might be a darkhorse to take the Women's Battle Royal.

* What an end segment. Holy cow. Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns have a big fight feel, and they've done a tremendous job finally getting Reigns over as a babyface. I like that Reigns used logic to defeat the Raw roster and get his hands on Brock. But Heyman said that it is a spoiler that Brock wins, and Heyman's spoilers are usually correct. Bad news for the Big Dog.

Overall a great Raw and I think the electric atmosphere for this packed 7 HOUR SHOW is going to rise it to a level never seen by a WrestleMania.

Sarcasm at its finest ladies and gentlemen.

If you don't enjoy the product, then why continue watching?

[Destor]

Sarcasm at its finest ladies and gentlemen.

If you don't enjoy the product, then why continue watching?1st time Ive heard of noid watching RAw in a yearish

[Ruien]

Noid is one of the posters who never watched the show but knows Bliss is the worst. And have strict opinions on every wrestler there is in the WWE.

Well, he claims to not watch at least.

[Ruien]

No idea why he spends so much time on the boards talking about a product he does not watch or like.

[Destor]

That shouldnt be hard to understand.

[Destor]

When you love something and want it to be better its hard not to be passionate about it.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I have no problem with Noid, but I will say that Alexa Bliss has been doing pretty good work.

[XL]

Heh. He came around on The Usos. Give him time on Bliss.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Noids post was great. I cant rep it though because he shit on Bliss. He is right about everything else tho.


Might neg him for the Bliss hate tho. Undecided.

:lol:

[Mr. Nerfect]

Noid is one of the posters who never watched the show but knows Bliss is the worst. And have strict opinions on every wrestler there is in the WWE.

Well, he claims to not watch at least.

For fuck's sake, I've seen Bliss. After people said she was good. My thoughts on her have been fairly consistent:

* She's good for her experience level.

* That doesn't say much.

* This is especially true comparatively to some of the women with a lot more experience (Natalya, for example) or natural talent (Charlotte, for example).

* Overall, I'd put her somewhere towards the middle-back of women they have currently employed that I have also seen.

* It bothers me that someone that unimpressive is the champion at a time when they are promoting the merits of women. I know this is bullshit, but it just irks me. It's allowed to fucking irk me.

* She can talk, but her promos suck.

* Her facial expressions are hammy, but not in a good Vince McMahon/William Regal way. I've compared them to high school acting because they remind me, as someone who has taught drama in a high school, of high school acting.

* Cute as a button and works hard. More power to her, I have just not seen evidence of this alleged greatness after going out of my way to look for it.

* I don't think it's a coincidence so many people changed their tone on her when she did the Harley Quinn cosplay. You can literally pinpoint that moment in time as when people switched. Hell, that's part of the work. This is not so much a problem I have with her as it is with the fandom surrounding her. Braun's, ironically, got a similar thing, where people have fallen for the squash stuff despite him still being shit. It's just funny to me that people say that kayfabe can't work when they fall for shit like pigtails and "RAWR!"

If I watch Mania and she impresses the fuck out of me, I will let people know.

[Mr. Nerfect]

When you love something and want it to be better its hard not to be passionate about it.

:y:

I've also dedicated a lot of my time to watching, reading about and writing about wrestling over my formative years. It's hard to just throw that all away because everything has gotten so stale and cold. It hurts my feelings that wrestling, in my opinion, has gotten so lame that my love for it can't push me to watch the weekly television anymore, and that I now root for a company to experience financial decline so they actually change something to bring me back into the fold.

I don't want to be cynical about wrestling. I'd much rather throw my hands in the air and go back to being entertained. But watching everybody work the same match, cut the same promo, have interchangeable motifs and basically be as gentrified as fuck makes it really hard to generate any sort of emotional energy to throw into them -- and they're definitely not getting my money after constantly telling me that none of this shit means anything.

I still follow, out of habit and because I genuinely want to love wrestling, but it's fucking hard. And Raw, SmackDown, NXT and most PPVs have lost me. To be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure I'll catch Mania, because I'll be working during the airing the show, and I'll probably catch a review before I re-sign, because I don't want to risk them getting money for a shit show, and it will probably be shit.

I'll catch clips on YouTube when they upload them for the viewz.

[XL]

WrestleMania is free for new subscribers! (Not sure what the deal is with re-subscribers)

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm curious to see the Network numbers after Mania.