RAW - Jan 13 - Fist Fight Main-Event

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Get ready for a FIST FIGHT on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a>!<a href="https://t.co/dBP7JjYYmQ">https://t.co/dBP7JjYYmQ</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1216555489623969793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Lock Jaw]

"Stay tuned for our main event, which promises to see a lot of fisting!"

[Emperor Smeat]

Ahead of tonight's Raw, WWE has revealed the rules for their "first-ever fist fight."

Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe & Big Show will face Seth Rollins & AOP in the fist fight. It was announced via The Wrap today that the match "is no-holds barred, no disqualification, no count outs, no pinfalls and no submissions" and will end "when the referee declares that one team is no longer able to continue."

So its just a Last Man Standing but with a dumb name attached to it just for the sake of it.

[slik]

I'm not saying WWE and I have a strained relationship these days...I'm just saying sometimes when they call I forget to answer...


"sorry, my phone died"

"I'm busy on Wednesday night"

"Don't worry about who that's a photo of"

[ClockShot]

Should I even bother tonight.

Part of me says "Fuck this" and I'll go play Jedi: Fallen Order.

The other part says just go to bed.

[slik]

Becky and Asuka will have a contract signing and THE BEAST Brock Lesnar will be 'in da house'

[ClockShot]

The 3 most dangerous letters in sports entertainment, you say?

The R.K.O.?

I can think of a few others. D.D.T., S.T.O., G.T.R., S.T.F.

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE has such a lazy habit when it comes to booking a match after an opening promo. Majority of the time its either some random tag match or just whoever was in the promo segment wrestling right afterwards.

[xrodmuc316]

Why is a phenomenal forearm from the apron to the ring a finisher, but a phenomenal forearm from the ring to the floor a move that doesn't even knock McIntyre off his feet?

Shouldn't it be even more devastating with the extra 4 feet of gravity?

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the guy not involved in this Orton-Styles feud ends up picking up the win in this Triple Threat match.

Styles vs. Orton vs. Drew match was pretty good though.

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess Heyman and/or RAW Creative randomly dropped the idea of Sami Zayn as Mojo's manager since he no showed him tonight.

[Emperor Smeat]

Mojo vs Ricochet was somewhat boring. Match itself wasn't that bad but more so of just being a bad pairing and bland showcase spot for Ricochet.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the NXT's commercial had zero mentions of what happened at NXT UK's TakeOver show yesterday.

[Droford]

Logan needs a haircut now

[Emperor Smeat]

Charlotte vs. Logan match stunk.

Would have laughed had it actually ended in a double countout since that would have been two no finishes in a row for their matches.

[Droford]

Big fist

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE struck gold with the crowd this week.

Got the mega heat reaction they wanted for this Brock Lesnar segment.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at R-Truth randomly showing up because he thought Heyman called out his name when he said the word "truth"

[Droford]

Lol "that's what's up"

[slik]

Heyman/R-Truth fun

[Blonde Moment]

That was pretty good

[Emperor Smeat]

That was the best Lesnar and Heyman promo segment in a long while.

Looked like Heyman was going to kill off the mega heat he got once he went right into his typical promo but then Truth brought that whole segment back to being great.

[Droford]

I wanted Brock to get a ref and pin him..or someone else to run out with a ref after

[slik]

other than r-truth nothing from raw trending in the US top 20 on Twitter

[Droford]

Mojo!

[slik]

mojo rawley fucking unbearable

[rez]

other than r-truth nothing from raw trending in the US top 20 on Twitter

must be some football game on or something

[Emperor Smeat]

Lana's outfit during that interview looked like something straight out of the 80s or 90s.


must be some football game on or something
College Football title game is going on right now.

[rez]

you sure?

[Emperor Smeat]

:| The Singh Bros answering the War Raiders open challenge.

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: at a WWE contract signing not ending with a brawl or someone going through the table.

:lol: at Becky's acting from the mist attack.

[Emperor Smeat]

Murphy and Black hype video for their match tonight was pretty cool.

[Emperor Smeat]

Black vs. Murphy was very good overall despite the ref botch at the end.

[Bad News Gertner]

Did Black win

[Emperor Smeat]

Yeah. Black had to redo the finish via the ref screwing up the original finish.

[Droford]

The Revival should have been in this fist fight

[teamXtremist]

This has the potential to be terrible

[teamXtremist]

Kendo sticks in a fist fight?

[Emperor Smeat]

For something meant to be a Fist Fight, it sure doesn't resemble one.

[Droford]

Kevin Owens gets the first running up the stage like it's American Ninja warrior course

[Droford]

Buddy Murphy heat poacher

[Bad News Gertner]

Yeah. Black had to redo the finish via the ref screwing up the original finish.

Perfect. Still alive in Survival.

[Droford]

I guess Monday Night Messiah is as close to CrossFit Jesus as WWE can do

[Emperor Smeat]

That mach was stupid. Only good thing from it was Kevin Owens parkour spot and Buddy Murphy joining Rollins team.

Also just as stupid is Big Show replacing Owens and Joe as the main face star of this feud.

RAW itself was average at best. A couple of good things mixed with a bunch of boring and bad stuff.

[xrodmuc316]

Buddy Murphy joining Rollins and AOP is a nice move.

[Jordan]

Raw wasn't as good as last week but the Black/Buddy match on was awesome. Kevin Owens apron spot was so cool! Great main event and angle... It felt big and really important for Murphy. Great move. Show is just too long to be really good.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I'm not saying WWE and I have a strained relationship these days...I'm just saying sometimes when they call I forget to answer...


"sorry, my phone died"

"I'm busy on Wednesday night"

"Don't worry about who that's a photo of"

NXT is way better than the AEW crap factory.

[Volare]

I'll save yall some time. This was fucking great!

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[Mr. Nerfect]

Brock Lesnar still the best thing in wrestling.

I just can't bring myself to care about Buddy Murphy. He tries so hard, and that might be a large part of the problem. But I just find him flat and boring.

Is Rey genuinely doing really good promos? I don't know if I should be in awe of the guy getting good at this stage, or whether that says something about the quality of promos.

[Gerard]

Brock Lesnar still the best thing in wrestling.



:wtf:

[Evil Vito]

There were rumors that NXT would be getting a large Rumble presence.

Well, there have been 17 entrants so far for the men's Rumble - 11 from Raw, 6 from SmackDown

If they were striving for an "even split" based on their usual rules of Raw getting more representation because it's a 3 hour show vs. 2 hour show, that would mean 1 more from Raw, 3 from SmackDown, and 9 from NXT

I assume Seth and KO will have a match on the show. Maybe they could put a Rumble spot on the line...though Roman and Corbin are having another boring match on the undercard with both being in the Rumble so that makes not much sense. Plus that means no Joe or Big Show in the Rumble either, nor Andrade.

My guess is the reports were bunk and they'll pay no mind to how many people enter from each brand. Not to mention the mystery entrants would mess that up anyway.

[xrodmuc316]

There were rumors that NXT would be getting a large Rumble presence.

Well, there have been 17 entrants so far for the men's Rumble - 11 from Raw, 6 from SmackDown

If they were striving for an "even split" based on their usual rules of Raw getting more representation because it's a 3 hour show vs. 2 hour show, that would mean 1 more from Raw, 3 from SmackDown, and 9 from NXT

I assume Seth and KO will have a match on the show. Maybe they could put a Rumble spot on the line...though Roman and Corbin are having another boring match on the undercard with both being in the Rumble so that makes not much sense. Plus that means no Joe or Big Show in the Rumble either, nor Andrade.

My guess is the reports were bunk and they'll pay no mind to how many people enter from each brand. Not to mention the mystery entrants would mess that up anyway.

Yeah I never bought the even split idea, especially on the women's side.

[Evil Vito]

Besides, there’s been no real rhyme or reason to Rumble entrants for years.

There’s no logical reason that Curt Hawkins and No Way Jose were given a 1 in 30 chance to earn a WrestleMania main event yet there they were

[Mr. Nerfect]

I’m surprised how many people still care about the Rumble. I’m not making fun of anyone, but there hasn’t been an interesting one in years. They also did three in a calendar year once recently. And they don’t make sense. They’re not a good match. It doesn’t matter who wins.

I thought people would have fatigued on them by now, just like the general WWE product.

[Evil Vito]

It’s just a guilty pleasure match, really. There hasn’t been a great Runble in some time but last year’s men’s one was the first one I thought actively sucked in ages.

It’s a match of potential because fun, unexpected stuff can happen.

[Bad News Gertner]

I’m surprised how many people still care about the Rumble. I’m not making fun of anyone, but there hasn’t been an interesting one in years. They also did three in a calendar year once recently. And they don’t make sense. They’re not a good match. It doesn’t matter who wins.

I thought people would have fatigued on them by now, just like the general WWE product.

It's the only WWE I watch every year. I never miss the Rumble. Love me a Battle Royal.