Monday Night RAW 12/30/2019 - The Wedding of Lana and Bobby Lashley

[GD]

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Aleister Black vs Buddy Murphy

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Randy Orton addresses medical evaluation

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[ClockShot]

Hartford doesn't deserve this.

The Raw and the wedding in general. XL Center is a dump.

[slik]

Isn't that the home of 'WrestleMania XI'

Since that was one of the worst WMs seems like a proper setting for WWE to end this year and decade.

[XL]

Fucking hell.

[Gerard]

More wwe cringe shite.

[slik]

Closing segments of WWE shows that kicked off a new decade:


1.1.80: Championship Wrestling, Hulk Hogan (w/ Freddie Blassie) beat Angelo Gomez/Johnny Rivera in a handicap match

1.1.90: PrimeTime Wrestling, The Hart Foundation beat The Bolsheviks

1.2.00: RAW, The Rock beat X-Pac/New Age Outlaws in a handicap match

1.4.10: RAW, Vince McMahon welcomed Bret Hart back to WWE and then kicked Bret Hart in the nuts

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's the wedding of <a href="https://twitter.com/LanaWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LanaWWE</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/fightbobby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fightbobby</a>, so at least you won't have that looming over your head in 2020 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAWTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1211707346004643840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[rez]

LAST RAW OF THE DECADE!

@Droford

[slik]

KO has CENA NUFF

[ClockShot]

Recaps, recaps, recaps.

A match, please.

[ClockShot]

Seth channeling his inner Michael Jackson. Got the 1 glove thing going on.

[rez]

What's with the glove

[ClockShot]

Once upon a time, chairshots meant something.

Side note: fans in Whalers jerseys. :kiss: :'(

[Emperor Smeat]

Somehow even WWE's taping of Rey vs Andrade for the US belt that nobody but those at MSG got to see live had shitty shaky camera work going by the clip they showed. Either they need to cut back on amount of coffee and caffeine their cameramen drink during shows or just fire Kevin Dunn.

[rez]

That was good

Show goes down form here, tho

[slik]

That was fun IMO

[Emperor Smeat]

Both Owens promo and the brawl afterwards were pretty good.

[slik]

final raw on sky sports before it moves to bt sport in the uk

[ClockShot]

Nice tracksuit, backstage lady.

[rez]

...happy new year :rofl:

[ClockShot]

"This is my 1st WWE show ever!"

If you're smart, kid, this will be your last for some time.

[xrodmuc316]

No MNF tonight, wonder is Raw will gain some of those viewers.

[Emperor Smeat]

final raw on sky sports before it moves to bt sport in the uk

That new UK deal they signed was terrible and their own fault for screwing over Sky Sports with the WWE Network and refusing to do something similar to Canada for the Network there.

Also Sky played their hand of not wanting WWE anymore when they showed no interest in NXT UK during the time WWE was shopping it around networks.

[Emperor Smeat]

Black vs. Murphy was great. One of the best matches on RAW this year.

[xrodmuc316]

Since when is everybody afraid of Rowan?

[rez]

Since when is everybody afraid of Rowan?

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She's in the cage

[Emperor Smeat]

This Kip guy might be the smartest jobber to ever face Rowan since he realized cage = destruction and didn't want to be anywhere near it.

At this point, Rowans never-ending squash matches is probably just going to result in some lame or anti-climatic reveal for what's in the cage.

[rez]

more like, "All eyes on a piss break".

[xrodmuc316]

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She's in the cage

Freaking Seymour!

[xrodmuc316]

Charlottes face looks different than the last time I watched Raw

[xrodmuc316]

DAMNIT! I forgot about Nattie. Her music instantly made me wish the NFL season wasn't over...

[Emperor Smeat]

:| Natty answering Charlotte's open challenge for a match.

Show's been going downhill since the Black vs. Murphy match ended.

[slik]

Never want to see Charlotte vs Nattie again

[Evil Vito]

Charlotte in the Rumble

Probably gonna win it do she can have another accolade on the resume

Meh

[slik]

I assume Becky faces either Ronda, Nia Jax or Shayna at WM

[GD]

Flair has been awfully colorful ever since she started dating Andrade.

[slik]

SD has zero female faces who are over tho, other than concussion prone Alexa, so could see Ronda vs Bayley vs Sasha happen too

[GD]

Would love to see Shayna win the Rumble and challenge for Becky Lynch's world title.

[GD]

That was a dope looking suplex.

[GD]

Going to attempt to remain positive for the remainder of the show.

[Emperor Smeat]

24/7 shenanigans interrupting this match really shows WWE's low view of this women's match and maybe even towards Natty as well as a star.

[GD]

Charlotte with an impressive big boot to former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Eric Young.

[slik]

How does OssMan feel about ur current avatar

[GD]

How does OssMan feel about ur current avatar

We don't have that kind of a relationship.

[GD]

BATISTA BOMB!

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[Emperor Smeat]

Charlotte in the Rumble

Probably gonna win it do she can have another accolade on the resume

Meh

If its not going to be Ronda or Shayna, she does make the most sense out of everyone on the roster right now.

The only other notable names are either champs (Bayley and Becky) or busy with other stuff and not turning face any time soon (Sasha and Asuka).

Maybe Lacey as the next best person on the roster to win but that would be a huge buzzkill for a choice.

[GD]

Nattie selling the Figure 8 like she's struggling to have a bowel movement.

[Emperor Smeat]

That match was decent at best and only because of the last minute or two.

[GD]

Becky Lynch seeking inspiration from Double J.

[GD]

HK?

[slik]

Maybe Liv interupts the wedding

[DaveWadding]

Would love to see Shayna win the Rumble and challenge for Becky Lynch's world title.

This is never going to happen because it's the perfect way to elevate a new star and it makes complete and total sense.

[Emperor Smeat]

Street Profits shirts look pretty cool.

Also that whole promo segment with OC and Street Profits was pretty boring.

[GD]

Hope the Street Profits break out of this slump.

[slik]

Feel like Montez Ford could be a big singles star for WWE

[GD]

There's something missing in this tag team division. Feels nothing like the one on Smackdown. I can't put my finger on it.

[Emperor Smeat]

Street Profits vs. OC was pretty good overall.

[GD]

Love Montez Ford.

[Emperor Smeat]

There's something missing in this tag team division. Feels nothing like the one on Smackdown. I can't put my finger on it.

Heyman's booking of it leaves a lot to desire despite it having several quality teams available.

Only good thing is he doesn't have the same level of disgust towards tag wrestling like Vince but has done a bad job showcasing the Street Profits and Viking Raiders star value despite being very high on both teams.

[slik]

The WWE Multiverse

[Black Widow]

Really want my girls to outgrow this Garbage

[rez]

The WWE Multiverse

:y:

I thought he was gonna fuck up and say galaxy or some shit.

[slik]

Multiversal Champion Brock Lesnar

[GD]

No new United States Championship yet.

[GD]

This might be slowest Randy Orton entrance of all time.

[rez]

still faster than taker

[GD]

Damn, feeling bad for Orton.

[GD]

Oh fuck!

[Emperor Smeat]

Assuming this really is just a storyline injury, Orton is doing a pretty poor job selling it with this speech.

Mark Henry is still the gold standard for fake retirement/injury speeches.

[tman220]

its a work.

[slik]

Jesus, 5 year olds "I'm not touching you" shit

[slik]

Orton namedropping Edge as WM season begins....

[rez]

Lars will take you up on your offer, AJ

[GD]

An "AJ sucks" chant. That's new.

[GD]

I got worked. Nice.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This injury could be Randy's chance to wrestle in a permanent cast as an emotional tribute to his father. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Raw</a> <a href="https://t.co/KycbiPYCq5">pic.twitter.com/KycbiPYCq5</a></p>&mdash; Patrick Stickney (@settledownanvil) <a href="https://twitter.com/settledownanvil/status/1211846656796364800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

Why would they do the swerve this soon?

[GD]

Booyanka bitches...

[rez]

Who people think Andrede takes home: Vega

Who he really takes home...

[GD]

Andrade's opponent.

[Emperor Smeat]

RAW has had way too many squash and useless filler matches these past few months.

[rez]

...months?

[GD]

I hope Ricochet figures out how to cut a passable promo in 2020

[slik]

Maybe Rusev married Liv Morgan IDK

[Emperor Smeat]

...months?
Ok, maybe not in the sense of squash matches since WWE only started to really overdo them after Survivor Series late last month.

[Triple A]

Watching now due to this being the only WWE angle I am interested in currently...

[rez]

so Rusev in the cake obvi

yawn

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE dropping everything about Andrade and Zelina possibly splitting up was the best thing to happen for Andrade since he was very likely going to flounder having to do WWE style promos on his own.

[Triple A]

Smiling

[rez]

Maybe a 24/7 conga line again as well

[Emperor Smeat]

so Rusev in the cake obvi

yawn

Hopefully he hid in the cake after it was baked and not before.

[Triple A]

lol @ the suspicious giant cake...

[Triple A]

Lashley's sleeveless tuxedo... very good

[Triple A]

They should make the wedding officiant the 3rd Raw commentator

[Droford]

I hope John Morrison is in the cake

[slik]

This is fun so far

[Evil Vito]

Lmfao this is so cringe

[Emperor Smeat]

I'd laugh if Lashley's only words in this segment is him saying "no, she's crazy."

[rez]

Bobby sweat smeared her makeup all over her forehead

[Evil Vito]

Forgot that overrun is back. Would’ve been hilarious if this went off the air before the inevitable Rusev appearance.

[Triple A]

lol

[Emperor Smeat]

Holy shit, this thing is still going on.

[slik]

Liv Morgan, I called it!

[Evil Vito]

Whatupppppp Liv Morgan

[Triple A]

Thought that was Dana Brooke for like the first minute

[Droford]

Worst segment ever or something

[Triple A]

lol @ this shit... so bad but the best thing I've seen on Raw in a while...

[xrodmuc316]

This is the greatest overrun ever lol!

[Droford]

Rusliv incoming

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at there being a lesbian twist to this wedding segment.

That whole segment went from being an entertaining train wreck to being shit. Paul Heyman sucks as RAW's lead creative.

[rez]

Well...that's the first RAW I watched from start to finish in forever so there's that.

Wasted Liv return but ya..not a huge surprise. I also thught it was Dana at first.

[Evil Vito]

Paul Heyman never got over Jerry Springer-esque smut booking. Did it in ECW, did it in 2002-04 SmackDown, does it now.

[xrodmuc316]

:lol: at there being a lesbian twist to this wedding segment.

That whole segment went from being an entertaining trainwreck to being shit. Paul Heyman sucks as RAW's lead creative.

The catfight floor rolling was straight up every girl fight in ECW. All it was missing was Joey Styles screaming :rofl:

[slik]

That honestly was so over the top I really enjoyed it

[Evil Vito]

It’s really telling how many people on Twitter thought that Liv was either Dana Brooke or Mandy Rose.

So many hot generic blondes on the roster.

[slik]

Lana should defeat Becky for the title. Just have them do a divas style match since Lana can't really wrestle....Lana more over than Becky r/n.

[Triple A]

I am 100% pro the wedding segment... Every1 on Twitter seemingly "flipping out"... Very good...

[Triple A]

Respect 2 Paul Heyman...........

[Emperor Smeat]

It’s really telling how many people on Twitter thought that Liv was either Dana Brooke or Mandy Rose.

So many hot generic blondes on the roster.

At first I thought it was Dana and then quickly realized she's on SmackDown.

That being the best idea Creative came up for Liv's return after all this time away was stupid. Should have just ran with the idea people had online about her becoming the personification of Abby the Witch instead.

[slik]

I enjoyed it

Really over the top and fun


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[slik]

Sonia Deville and Mandy Rose 'not happy' on Twitter r/n

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE literally has a champion who wears a clown mask and wrestled with red lighting. Come on now people.</p>&mdash; Christmas Casey (@ifyouseekcasey) <a href="https://twitter.com/ifyouseekcasey/status/1211867589388816384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE Monday Night Raw <a href="https://t.co/AtGhgtjyOb">pic.twitter.com/AtGhgtjyOb</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1211861313288323072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[xrodmuc316]

Liv is a lot prettier without all the clown makeup.

[Emperor Smeat]

Sonia Deville and Mandy Rose 'not happy' on Twitter r/n

Not surprised since Sonya mentioned in an interview(s) in the past about how her goal in WWE was to become a positive role model for gay fans and WWE telling her they wouldn't do a gay angle just for PR sake nor if it wouldn't be handled respectfully.

Instead RAW Creative threw that all out of the window tonight and did one just for the shock value.

[GD]

I regret missing the last segment.

[Tom Guycott]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE Monday Night Raw <a href="https://t.co/AtGhgtjyOb">pic.twitter.com/AtGhgtjyOb</a></p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1211861313288323072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ahhhh... I remember The Joe Schmoe Show.

[slik]

#LanaLashleyWedding

Lana

Sonya

Rusev

Katie Vick

all trending in the US on Twitter

[Jordan]

I haven't made it through a full Raw in months. That wasn't that bad. I mean it's way too long yes, but for what was there I enjoyed most everything a decent enough amount. Wedding was fun, the matches were really good... Ricochet/Andrade, Natalya/Charlotte and Black/Murphy.

[Gerard]

Liv is a lot prettier without all the clown makeup.

She always was a looker, though her fake tan tonight makes her look like a female Hogan tribute act.

She's meant to be a wrestler and Lana is nothing but arm candy, so degenerating that segment into a catfight was just stupid. The big cake having someone inside it was really unexpected i have to say. :shifty:

[Volare]

Sonia Deville and Mandy Rose 'not happy' on Twitter r/n

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[Evil Vito]

There was a SmackDown on January 1, 2010 but it was taped during 2009. So the first actual show of 2010 would've been the January 4 Raw.

First segment of the decade: Bret Hart makes his return to Raw after 12 years, massive ovation
Last segment of the decade: last night's trainwreck of a wedding

[Mr. Nerfect]

2.44 million people tuning in for some HLA. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville should just got into business for themselves and start doing homoerotic shit on their social media pages and whatever.