RAW - Becky & Charlotte tag team - August 5th, 2019

[slik]

The Road to SummerSlam nears it's end

[slik]

Becky/Charlotte vs Natalya/Trish Stratus has been announced.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to a source in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a>, Brock Lesnar hasn’t arrived yet for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a>. The source described the scene backstage right now as “chaos.”</p>&mdash; Brad Shepard (@TheBradShepard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBradShepard/status/1158522650555297793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[RP]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to a source in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a>, Brock Lesnar hasn’t arrived yet for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a>. The source described the scene backstage right now as “chaos.”</p>&mdash; Brad Shepard (@TheBradShepard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBradShepard/status/1158522650555297793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So everything is normal then.

[slik]

Hmmm

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Merch stands at tonight’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> are selling Ronda Rousey Funko Pops.</p>&mdash; Brad Shepard (@TheBradShepard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBradShepard/status/1158521870506975232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m told tonight’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> is the largest crowd since the post-WrestleMania RAW, with only about 25% of the upper deck tarped off.</p>&mdash; Brad Shepard (@TheBradShepard) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBradShepard/status/1158521133718802433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Upon further investigation, the forklift operator last Tuesday on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SDLive</a> was a temp and not a WWE employee. <a href="https://t.co/f0YhJTpEtJ">https://t.co/f0YhJTpEtJ</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1158524603146362880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[slik]

Damn...only 2 people in the RAW thread as the show goes on the air...go-home show for SummerFest...

[RP]

Joe should choke Renee out.

[RP]

Roman you homo! You had like 10 minutes to get out of the way from that.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Joe is great.

[RP]

Please choke Becky out. PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE JOE!

[slik]

Forklift has gotten a larger push than 90% of the roster

[Evil Vito]

Trish looks old in the face but yoga’s been doing wonders for the body

[RP]

Forklift would be a good big man name.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">wait...they were an...independent contractor?</p>&mdash; Jeremy Meyers (@jeremymeyers) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremymeyers/status/1158526607679791104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[RP]

I bet Natalya has farted in Becky's face 10 times already.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Charlotte is very good.

[RP]

Did Trish even wrestle?

[slik]

Trish never wrestled during the match

[RP]

NATALYA YOU SELFISH BITCH!

[rez]

Will this thread get to page 2? Stay tuned

[slik]

RAWs new intro from earlier tonight

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">new intro ������������ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Raw</a> <a href="https://t.co/NKWHron3vN">pic.twitter.com/NKWHron3vN</a></p>&mdash; Marc of the House Targaryen [Wrestling Society X] (@Black_Cena) <a href="https://twitter.com/Black_Cena/status/1158529872144273416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Anybody Thrilla]

This match is fucking dope. Give Andrade a push already.

[RP]

Sick match

[Anybody Thrilla]

I don't care who isn't watching this, but Andrade/Rey was fantastic.

[Anybody Thrilla]

That hammerlock DDT is nasty.

[RP]

I want to drink Maria's placenta

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Uh <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> what is this photoshop on <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKurtAngle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealKurtAngle</a> <a href="https://t.co/dBjhcOAlLK">pic.twitter.com/dBjhcOAlLK</a></p>&mdash; Sherman Willis (@ShermanW15) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShermanW15/status/1158538851599523842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[RP]

lol

[rez]

https://www.eckankar.org/

the fuq? just had that commercial. crazy shit

[Anybody Thrilla]

OBGY not?

[RP]

Solid promo by Becky.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Rey/Andrade was the tits, just like all their other matches. So crisp. A great reminder of how wrestling can be the best.


And then I hear Michael Cole and Charlie Caruso talk and I just wish everyone was dead.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOL what is this set, is that a plastic purple table cover on the wall?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/7laXte734q">pic.twitter.com/7laXte734q</a></p>&mdash; Kenton (@Kenton_la) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kenton_la/status/1158541612991037440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

I don't care who isn't watching this, but Andrade/Rey was fantastic.

I bet Vince still thinks it would have been better if they stopped during the commercial :lol:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Heyman with a freshly dyed horseshoe on his dome

[xrodmuc316]

I know it sucks he isn't there often, but Brock Lesnar is the best!

[RP]

Becky taught Seth her limp

[Evil Vito]

Seth Rollins is so fucking boring

[RP]

Fans booing Seth

[xrodmuc316]

Seth having an emotional breakdown cause he was stupid enough to try and attack Brock with a chair and got beat up again?? Lol

[Anybody Thrilla]

Seth's eventual heel turn will probably be awesome.

[KIRA]

Seth Rollins went to the Bella twins School of acting

[slik]

No one wants to see Brock vs Seth more or less than before

[KIRA]

Dear god.

[RP]

Why did a Cryme Time guy put his hand on McIntyre and Drew apologized . What. The. Fuck

[KIRA]

WHOO COHEED AND CAMBRIA!

[RP]

All this pillaging the Viking Raiders are doing.

[Sepholio]

Seth Rollins is awful.

[Sepholio]

YES BRAY. Love that hes keeping the mandible claw.

[KIRA]

So he's keeping the mandible claw

[xrodmuc316]

The best they can come up with for Drew is a segment where he is being knocked out by a cruiserweight while Bray Wyatt shows up. That is pathetic.

Bray though, best thing going today.

[Emperor Smeat]

Just tuned in. Anything interesting happened?

[slik]

Bray Wyatt is a bigger babyface than Seth Rollins

[slik]

Just tuned in. Anything interesting happened?

Rey vs Andrade was good

Other than that, 100% missable

[RP]

OK. Hey lets just not have matches. Let's just have DQ's for the rest of the night.

[KIRA]

Does anybody know if the good Brothers have re-signed with this company

[RP]

6 man TAG PLAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Emperor Smeat]

Rey vs Andrade was good

Other than that, 100% missable

Thanks. Sounds like a typical RAW.

[slik]

Thanks. Sounds like a typical RAW.

Trish never wrestled during the tag match, which ended in DQ when Nattie held the sharpshooter too long

If you go back a page you will marvel at Maria's OBGYN set photo

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if Teddy Long gets royalties from WWE anytime an impromptu tag match is made.

[Emperor Smeat]

6-man tag match was decent.

[Droford]

I just started Raw. 2 things

1)I get the thing for the shooting victims, but fucking over Harley Race for it feels shitty

2)I dont like what I heard of the new theme song

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the CM Punk chants.

[Droford]

Forklift would be a good big man name.

Otis

[Emperor Smeat]

That Joe-Reigns segment sucked.

[RP]

Roman Reigns is dead.

Leuk Emia was driving the car.

[slik]

If only a commercial wouldn't have interrupted the identity of Roman's attempted murderer lol

[slik]

Probably Vince for Roman being 2 hours late to work.

[RP]

Did anyone get that license plate? Did anyone call the police?

[RP]

Alexa, Mandy and Peyton in the same ring at the same time? Fucking hell. 43 days of no fap might end right now.

[slik]

Mandy Night RAW

RP on verge of heart attack

[Emperor Smeat]

Feels like this 4-way Women's tag title match is either going to be surprisingly good or a trainwreck. The disparity in talent level between the teams is pretty huge.

[rez]

Alexa, Mandy and Peyton in the same ring at the same time? Fucking hell. 43 days of no fap might end right now.

Corey has you covered

[RP]

Gonna try to suck my own cock to keep no fap alive.

[Evil Vito]

I would like to have an orgy with everybody in this match

[RP]

I want to eat Alexa Bliss's turd like i'm eating a banana. A turd banana where the peel is made of her blood soaked tampon.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the IIconics being the 1st team eliminated.

Why even make them be that dominant in the match to begin with if that was the end result. At least on the bright side, their terrible tag reign is now over.

[slik]

RIP IIconics legendary run

[RP]

LETS GO ALEXAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[RP]

That butt is so damn good.

[RP]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Emperor Smeat]

:| Bliss & Cross beat Kabuki Warriors for the belts.

Women's Tag belts are cursed.

[slik]

RP found dead

[tman220]

Goldberg coming out now?

[My Final Heaven]

Graves has just been robbed of a reason to make MANDY NIGHT RAW a "thing", keep Renee on suicide watch over him for the rest of the night

If he were to off himself, what would be the most hipster poser way he could do it? Heroin overdose? Like the old rockstars?

[Jordan]

My God... Seth was so bad.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Seth really seems to be going off the deep end after displaying so much promise ALL of last year.

[slik]

Miz/Dolph contract signing is the main-event of the go home show for SummerSlam

[RP]

All this for a pre show match

[RP]

OH SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[Jordan]

I hope his hat stays on!

[Jordan]

Dolph Ziggler is a legend. A legendary LOSER.

[Jordan]

GOLDBERG
GOLDBERG
GOLDBERG

[RP]

Well ok.

I was hoping it was HBK.

[Sixx]

Seth is back in the WWE?

After all that shit he's been saying about them for so long?

[Emperor Smeat]

Seth really seems to be going off the deep end after displaying so much promise ALL of last year.

Didn't help that his top star push cooled down a lot the moment Reigns came back and then got quickly overshadowed by both Becky and Kofi for Mania. Whatever good will he had lingering from that amazing run last year was pretty much extinguished via his recent Twitter antics.

[RP]

At least they're paying off all those shots Dolph was throwing in for what seemed like no reason but to bury Goldberg.

[Jordan]

YES! THE ABDOMINAL GOLDBERG!

[Emperor Smeat]

Matt Riddle as Goldberg's opponent would have made way more sense considering Riddle trashed him for weeks on Twitter.

[xrodmuc316]

This is a BIG difference then sticking Goldberg in with another old dude that can't bump.

Ziggler is a perfect opponent for Goldberg to bounce around for a few minutes, and that match will be awesome!

[Jordan]

That is by far the most exciting match for Summerslam.

[xrodmuc316]

Matt Riddle as Goldberg's opponent would have made way more sense considering Riddle trashed him for weeks on Twitter.

Yeah but Riddle trashes everybody on Twitter.

He legit told Jericho he would beat his ass like today lol

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well folks...this sums it up...<br><br>This has been one of the worst <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Summerslam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Summerslam</a> builds that this company has ever embarked on. <br><br>This show has been randomly put together in 3 weeks and with 6 hours of wrestling on Sunday night, NONE of it feels important <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Raw</a></p>&mdash; Jerry (@JDfromNY206) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDfromNY206/status/1158573802877595648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 6, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Jordan]

I totally agree. The worst build for Summerslam that I can recall.

[Emperor Smeat]

Worst part is Heyman had a hand in SummerSlam's build being terrible since he's been getting more involved in RAW's creative. His good stuff hasn't been enough to overcome Vince's bad ideas and his own share of stinkers.

At least with Smackdown, its been all Vince for quality problems these past couple weeks and Bischoff supposedly has little to no involvement in creative.

[Jordan]

Can't wait for AEW

[xrodmuc316]

Worst part is Heyman had a hand in SummerSlam's build being terrible since he's been getting more involved in RAW's creative. His good stuff hasn't been enough to overcome Vince's bad ideas and his own share of stinkers.

At least with Smackdown, its been all Vince for quality problems these past couple weeks and Bischoff supposedly has little to no involvement in creative.

While I do agree with the Summerslam build, the trade off has been the weekly shows, especially Raw, have been getting better and better. It's a fair trade off as long as Summerslam can deliver 5 or 6 top notch matches.

[Volare]

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[Droford]

https://i.redd.it/6tf28c8c3pe31.jpg

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[Evil Vito]

There was no hint whatsoever of Goldberg being involved in SummerSlam and yet there was the crowd chanting his name before his theme ever hit.

Just more proof that the "casual fan" is dead. Everybody reads the rumors.

[Droford]

:| Bliss & Cross beat Kabuki Warriors for the belts.

Women's Tag belts are cursed.

the graphic called them the RAW womens tag champions, which is interesting

[Droford]

There was no hint whatsoever of Goldberg being involved in SummerSlam and yet there was the crowd chanting his name before his theme ever hit.

Just more proof that the "casual fan" is dead. Everybody reads the rumors.

that must give vince an aneurysm

[DaveWadding]

Rey/Andrade is the only match that can get me to watch weekly TV anymore. I'll catch that but skip the rest.

[Tom Guycott]

Forklift has gotten a larger push than 90% of the roster

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[Evil Vito]

There was no hint whatsoever of Goldberg being involved in SummerSlam and yet there was the crowd chanting his name before his theme ever hit.

Just more proof that the "casual fan" is dead. Everybody reads the rumors.

k I stand corrected, apparently Ziggler's been slagging off Goldberg in promos for no reason for about three weeks. so it's clumsy but it's at least something.

doesn't change the fact that 95% of the people who pay to go to these shows are "in the know". seems like the Rumble is the only time anyone gets surprised because they actually bother to keep stuff secret

[Gerard]

Sonya Deville at one point in that match didn't know wtf she was meant to be doing, you could see her crouching down ready to run into the ring but didn't. Then she notices shes visible on the tron and ducks down even further, then she tries to run in after the tap out for no reason only to get hit.... :|

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1:08 onwards.

[Emperor Smeat]

Caught up to everything I missed yesterday and RAW felt meh overall.

Women's tag match had some good potential but ruined because of really dumb booking.

24/7 title has been the best thing in WWE these past couple of months.

Rey vs Andrade was pretty great overall.

Rollins-Lesnar feud has been terrible and nothing from last night changed my mind. Rollins managed to pull off a strong contender for worst promo of the year.

:lol: at the milk toast between Street profits and Angle. Street Profits have been hit-or-miss with these backstage segments but last night was a hit.

Another meaningless Vikings Raiders squash match and its been pretty obvious that creative has no clue what to do with them on RAW.

Harley Race tribute video was great.

Drew vs Cedric was useless although the Fiend's surprise attack on Angle was interesting.

[Splaya]

Like if Bray stole the mandible claw from Foley does that mean he know has the angle slam as his trademark move? Maybe he uses the power of the Fiend to take all the finishers in the world :shifty:

[Tom Guycott]

There was no hint whatsoever of Goldberg being involved in SummerSlam and yet there was the crowd chanting his name before his theme ever hit.

Just more proof that the "casual fan" is dead. Everybody reads the rumors.

that must give vince an aneurysm

k I stand corrected, apparently Ziggler's been slagging off Goldberg in promos for no reason for about three weeks. so it's clumsy but it's at least something.

doesn't change the fact that 95% of the people who pay to go to these shows are "in the know". seems like the Rumble is the only time anyone gets surprised because they actually bother to keep stuff secret

Kinda like what I said before about WWE being super late to the party about the "internet" being more than 12 hardcore basement-dwelling neckbeards on dialup message boards who subscribe to all the "magz" even when only half the world had smartphones in their pockets and could look shit up on demand. It was part of the tragedy of the Ryder Revolution, since he was spearheading that train while the company was still head-in-sand about how the world had changed. Now, the whole world has a computer in their pocket, and if they're willing to spend money to be at an event, they're aware of the product to a fairly high degree. Seemingly at times even more than people who work for the company.

And they don't neccessarily get to keep Rumble secrets, either. There are usually rumored spoilers - most of which turn out to be true - about "surprise" entrants of Legend returns or NXT talents/callups appearing.