RAW is Superstar Shakeup - 4.15.19 ***Official Thread***

[Mr. Nerfect]

Got a feeling she will actually be beating Becky for her Raw title too...

[Emperor Smeat]

Outside of a few moments this RAW has been sort of 'eh'

Hasn't been worth sacrificing the specialness of RAW After Mania.

Doubt tommorrow's Smackdown is going to be any better.

[Evil Vito]

Wait, Eric Young got moved to Raw on his own?

He’s about to become the new Santino

[Mr. Nerfect]

Hahaha, this is fucking awful.

[Triple A]

lots of rest holds by Lacey... bad...

[RP]

That was impressive.

[Emperor Smeat]

Can't tell if Lacey is selling being exhausted or she's actually gassed after wrestling just a few minutes.

Also her match with Natty was pretty bad. Not a good sign of things to come with Lacey vs. Becky.

[RP]

great vag shot on that replay

[Triple A]

Rooting for Lacey to do well... I like her gimmick

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, Michael Cole: "How impressive was that?"

Don't ask that of your fans.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Haha, Charly Caruso's sarcastic interviewer has been the best thing on the show.

[Sepholio]

I wonder how much of this show had to be rewritten because of the travel issue and how much of this is the original plan

[Mr. Nerfect]

This Raw is really fucking messy with its production flubs. It's not so bad it's funny, but it could be in retrospect one day, if this is the state.

[Sepholio]

Its Bryan.

[slik]

LOL at AJ Styles accidentally opening the door in the background, I wonder who Roman and AJ's partner is

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, "Scottish Psychopath."

[RP]

For sure AJ Styles

[Mr. Nerfect]

I want to love Drew, but I just can't commit for some reason.

[rez]

Rooting for Lacey to do well... I like her gimmick


Amateur porn star?

[Blonde Moment]

Amateur porn star?

works for me

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'd support Lacey getting into the porn industry.

[RP]

ROFL

[rez]

Bray just been off playing with his dollhouse all this time

[Triple A]

Thought Bray Wyatt was supposed to get a "new gimmick"... seems like the same "house of horrors" corny ass Bray Wyatt cr*p

[Mr. Nerfect]

They kept Bray Wyatt off TV for so long, and these segments have made me sick of him already.

[Sepholio]

Uhg do we have to do this with Corbin every single time.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, "Montreal's Favorite Son" was pretty funny. Mike Rome the best part of the show so far.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Corbin looks like a fucking loser.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Bobby Lashley's got almost as much fanfare for his entrance as Roman Reigns.

[Triple A]

I hope Rollins and Reigns have individual entrances to make this six man tag take up as much time as possible

[Mr. Nerfect]

No one cares.

[Mr. Nerfect]

About any of these guys.

[rez]

Corbin looks like a fucking loser.



He's a scrub

[slik]

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Hahaha, how many Shield last matches are they going to do?

[Emperor Smeat]

Reigns getting booed by crowds again should have been a huge wake up notice for WWE that they really need to go in a new and fresh direction for him. Instead gave him the tired booking treatment at Mania that made crowds hate him to begin with.

[RP]

Why does AJ's face look airbrushed?

[rez]

Shoulda swapped the blue out for red

[GD]

AJ Styles :eek:

[slik]

LOL at AJ Styles accidentally opening the door in the background, I wonder who Roman and AJ's partner is

[Sepholio]

Seth vs AJ headlines summer slam.

[rez]

Orton should make a cameo in one of the smoking ads

[rob11]

I liked Styles being the franchise guy on SD. Not a huge fan of this.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'd be fine with that, especially if AJ wins.

[rez]

By RKOing the teenagers

[Emperor Smeat]

Styles being the mystery person makes a lot of sense since outside of him and Kofi, Smackdown doesn't really have anyone else for top face stars.

Mysterio could have been the surprise but they had him show up earlier in the show.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I liked Styles being the franchise guy on SD. Not a huge fan of this.

Yeah, it fit well. But I guess Raw needs someone who can go, and if they don't have plans for him there, then they might as well move him.

Like him, Rey and Andrade all being on the same show. There's a cool vibe there.

[slik]

I still predict Big Doggo to brand blue

[Mr. Nerfect]

Roman's gear and theme are just so depressing.

[rez]

I still predict Big Doggo to brand blue



Same but RR/Kofi or RR/DB dont exactly excite me

[Mr. Nerfect]

I can see both Roman and Drew going over -- especially Drew.

[RP]

I feel like everything has been a tag match tonight

[Triple A]

I hope Drew does go, but heard he's going to feud with Rollins... And who else will Rollins feud with?

[Mr. Nerfect]

I hope Drew does go, but heard he's going to feud with Rollins... And who else will Rollins feud with?

Yeah, he might stay. I dunno, I can see all six of these guys staying and wrestling each other forever.

[rez]

:?:Corbin

[Mr. Nerfect]

Lol, Renee: "He should be used to...losing by now."

[Mr. Nerfect]

These matches are so paint-by-numbers.

[Mr. Nerfect]

They're not exactly losing their minds, Renee...

[Triple A]

feels like the 15th time I have seen some version of this six man tag... this shit sucks

[Sepholio]

Bout time for the bar

[Mr. Nerfect]

Blaster going to Smackers.

[Evil Vito]

SmackDown has been absolutely plundered.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Honestly, the highlight of this entire thing since I tuned in at Usos vs. Gable/Roode was Mike Rome's funny line and some of AJ Styles' work outside the context of it being in that fucking match.

This sucked. I'm not even excited about what AJ Styles can possibly do on this show, because everyone else is pretty eh.

[rez]

There will be another shake up before FOX

[Emperor Smeat]

Decent main event match. RAW itself was decent but felt more like a regular episode than something worthy of replacing RAW After Mania for best show in the year.

WWE needs to revamp their Superstar Shakeup idea since the lack of actual trades and announcers being unsure if some people actually moved really puts a damper on it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

SmackDown has been absolutely plundered.

If there are any rules to this thing (and I'm not sure there are), then they have Bryan, Kofi, New Day, Orton, The Bar, The Hardys, Nakamura, Rusev, Charlotte Flair, Samoa Joe and Asuka, and then you've got whoever is moving. I imagine Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush are going. I can see Roode & Gable going, since they took a dive. It's only a two-hour show.

That being said, with the travel shit, who knows who couldn't make the show and will just magically be on Raw next week.

[rez]

Vince logic is to stack RAW so AEW is dead on arrival

[xrodmuc316]

SmackDown has been absolutely plundered.

K.O. was clearly who the live audience wanted, made A.J. feel not as big.
Shinsuke really needed to move.
Truth and Mella to Raw would have been fun.

Also, so Ricochet and Aliester are still free agents?

If the McMahons run both shows, why was Shane surprised Miz came to Raw? Shouldn't he have known that shit beforehand?

Very lackluster shakeup.

[Evil Vito]

Roman. Braun. One or more of the Lashley/Drew/Corbin trio of doom.

Yawn. Not interested in any of those guys in the slightest.

I do think they’ll get the Revival, which will be nice.

But what they really need is Black and Ricochet who can boost not only the tag division but they can easily beef up the US Title picture. Supposedly the graphic for the Shake Up indicates that the free agents still haven’t actually decided? Fingers crossed. I feel like Ricochet is someone FOX would use a ton of footage of in commercials.

[Triple A]

Interesting @ no Charlotte on Raw (yet I guess?), considering Andrade is on there

[slik]

SD has KO, which I forgot about


KO
Kofi
DBry

either Braun or Roman or Drew or Corbin (but prob not more than 1 imo)

[Emperor Smeat]

According to the Observer, one more person was meant to move tonight but didn't due to getting sick recently. Whether or not they keep the plans or drop it probably won't be known till tomorrow or possibly next week.

Samoa Joe was planned to show up on RAW and have a segment for his arrival.

[Evil Vito]

Brock and Ronda might get announced for SmackDown even though their moves are pretty pointless for a few months.

[slik]

Ugh Ronda's might more be useless for 9 months + going by her Instagram

[Mr. Nerfect]

Thought for sure they’d do a Joe/Balor swap, but now I actually hope they don’t. Whatever.

[slik]

Rey Mysterio
The Miz
Andrade
Zelina
AJ Styles
The Uso's
The Viking Experience
Eric Young
Cedric Alexander
Naomi
Lacey

Those are the official moves to RAW

[slik]

Feeling 'dread' at thoughts of Roman on SD feuding w/ KO and DBry again tbh

[slik]

Maybe boring Lashley goes to SD too?

[Vastardikai]

Vastardikai: War Raiders? You can't have a worse name than that...

WWE: Hold my beer...

[Evil Vito]

Proud of my boys Booker and Stevie, the Thermodynamics Experience.

[Evil Vito]

More than four hours later and I still can't get over that name. The Viking Experience sounds like a shit indoor ride at an amusement park.

[Vastardikai]

Maybe they can get the one chick from the Riot Squad that one of them is married to join them.

[Vastardikai]

Proud of my boys Booker and Stevie, the Thermodynamics Experience.

Humorously enough, their tag team name before coming to WCW was the Ebony Experience.

[Vastardikai]

Considering what happened the last time they had a Viking in the WWE, I can see them being called the Berserker Experience in a few weeks.

[xrodmuc316]

Rey Mysterio
The Miz
Andrade
Zelina
AJ Styles
The Uso's
The Viking Experience
Eric Young
Cedric Alexander
Naomi
Lacey

Those are the official moves to RAW

I got caught up and missed it earlier, but "everyone is eligible" means 205 live too lol

I would love if that made the 205 rule pointless, and they got Braun to replace Cedric.

Braun killing every cruiserweight on the roster every week would be incredible.

[slik]

Big Doggo Dog going to receive a blue collar...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE Teasing &quot;Biggest Acquisition In Smackdown Live History&quot; To Be Announced By Vince McMahon <a href="https://t.co/B9H9FgyJHZ">https://t.co/B9H9FgyJHZ</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1118019981554388992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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[slik]

WWE dot com now re-saying Aleister, Lars and Ricochet are on RAW

[Fignuts]

Probably Brock

[Mr. Nerfect]

Brock seems likely.

[Tom Guycott]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IVAR. ERIK. The reigning <a href="https://twitter.com/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWENXT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TagTeamChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TagTeamChampions</a> THE VIKING EXPERIENCE is here on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperstarShakeUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperstarShakeUp</a> <a href="https://t.co/IDiiKhRKgB">pic.twitter.com/IDiiKhRKgB</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1117945489326919680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

What were they called before? War Machine?

War Raiders is way better than The Viking Experience lol. It's not even close.

Okay, I can understand wanting to trademark shit, and the change from War Machine to War Raiders because of that... but this nonsense?

If they're still hung up on not being able to use the word "War" on RAW from almost two decades ago, they could have brainstormed something better THE ENTIRE TIME they were in NXT.

Also, why the fuck aren't they Hanson and Rowe anymore? Did Vince think they'd be confused with the Dirty Jobs guy and the Mmmm Bop band?!? The actual hell is'a goin' on here?!? This is prob'ly the type of junk that caused Road Dogg to quit.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I do not like the names Hanson and Rowe myself. Hanson makes me think of 90’s pop and Rowe makes me think of frog cum. Awful names. War Raiders sucks too. The Viking Experience though? Nah, they’re DOA.

[Tom Guycott]

Granted, Warbeard Hanson sounds better, but, we're back to the "war" thing again. And your average person isn't going to think of roe. And both names fall in line with that unique, single name convention they're suddenly so fond of now. To change all of it to super generic shit is just awful.

For a company that is so into being considered big league, this is the most indyriffic shit they've pulled to date. Instead of being two big, tough bastards, they're viking cosplayers now with interchangeable names... and they already have an Erik. Rowan. Oh, but wait, he dropped his first name so he's just Rowan... I guess.

Velveteen Dream is going to get called up next and become Purple Guy.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I’m in no way defending it. Pretty ridiculous. I just think their usual names are a lesser degree of suck.

[Droford]

Maybe like everything else they'll get lazy and drop half their names

Of course it'll end up just being "the experience" somehow instead of Vikings

[Droford]

https://i.redd.it/aybczp4tijs21.png

[Evil Vito]

Hanson and Rowe are their actual surnames which means WWE can’t prevent them from using them on the indies if they get released.

So like...I get WHY they changed their names. But why the fuck did they not bother to come up with new monikers for them when they signed over a year ago?

[Droford]

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[ClockShot]

Was watching a little last night. But playing nursemaid to my dog prevented me from getting in here.

Good god, The Viking Experience. It'll be great when Raw rolls in Minnesota one day. But that's about it. Also noticed that Andrade is another victim on name shortening, poor guy.

Styles going to Raw hurts. Probably means I'll never see him wrestle again if they put him on the back end of the show.

Hopefully Smackdown will rebound tonight in preparation for the Fox move.

[Lock Jaw]

Can't wait for WWE Paige to debut The Air Boat Experience tonight on Smackdown!!

[Innovator]

now with motors?

[Ruien]

Is Jason Jordan injured? Just realized I have not seen him since I started watching again.

[slik]

He's essentially retired due to injury, works as a producer now in WWE

[xrodmuc316]

I don't like experience as part of a team name. Just call them Vikings, or Viking Raiders, or Viking dudes.

[Big Vic]

They sound like a cover band.