WWE RAW 2/17/20 feat. The Viper, The Man, The Vampire, The Messiah, & others named The

[Emperor Smeat]

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WWE Raw, Feb. 17, 2020

Matt Hardy to battle Randy Orton in No Holds Barred Match.

Raw Preview : Quick Hits

Matt Hardy to battle Randy Orton in No Holds Barred Match
What lies ahead for Becky Lynch in the wake of Shayna Baszler’s attack?
Seth Rollins to hold “sermon” on Monday Night Raw
Rusev & Humberto Carrillo set to battle Bobby Lashley & Angel Garza
Aleister Black clashes with Erick Rowan on tonight’s Raw



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last week <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandyOrton</a> took out <a href="https://twitter.com/MATTHARDYBRAND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MATTHARDYBRAND</a> forever...until we realized there was still time on Matt's contract <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1229573006810402818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[rez]

DELETE DELETE DELETE

[rez]

Randy's theme music and halfway down the ramp are his triggers

[rez]

asshole fans calling for an rko

[rez]

Vince is a vindictive son of a bitch

[ClockShot]

This reminds me of my first live Smackdown show.

Brock Lesnar vs. Matt Hardy. Brock squashes Matt in just a few minutes. Then goes back to the ring and destroys him.

It put a smile on my face.:)

[Emperor Smeat]

Well that opening segment was mostly dumb.

Get the idea they were going for but the whole thing felt too long and drawn out.

[ClockShot]

DO IT!

[ClockShot]

Pussy.

[rez]

ref thought he had balls then pussed out

[ClockShot]

This it taking too long.

[slik]

crowd treating orton like a face

[ClockShot]

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[rez]

Randy whispered to Matt, "Goddamn, son. Have fun in AEW...wish I woulda taken the deal"

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE refs just as useless as WWE security when it comes to actually stopping things.

[rez]

lol this is horrible. security and emt would have been out 10 minutes ago.

[erickman]

welcome to aew matt

[ClockShot]

Lame. Should have used the steps on Matt's head on the steps instead of the chair on the steps when he could have used the chair in the ring with Matt's head on the chair.

[erickman]

crowd treating orton like a face

bet he is pissed at that

[rez]

WWE refs just as useless as WWE security when it comes to actually stopping things.

WWE should offer AEW Aubrey a deal. She'd bring law and order back

[xrodmuc316]

lol this is horrible. security and emt would have been out 10 minutes ago.

Naw, they are really lose with that stuff in Canada!

[xrodmuc316]

WWE should offer AEW Aubrey a deal. She'd bring law and order back

By law and order you mean acting over dramatic and posing for the cameras for no reason? If so, then she sure would.

[Sepholio]

Gonna laugh when Matt comes back out and he's BROKEN from Randys attack.

[rez]

By law and order you mean acting over dramatic and posing for the cameras for no reason? If so, then she sure would.

Is that you, Noid?

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE should offer AEW Aubrey a deal. She'd bring law and order back

Funny thing is they did have her as a ref one time but didn't bother to keep her.

[BigCrippyZ]

:lol::rofl: JFC is this company creatively so fucking stupid.

[rez]

The only satisfaction Rowan's thing can possibly be is Head

[rez]

or Chavo's pepe horse

[Emperor Smeat]

Rowan vs Black was decent at best.

[BigCrippyZ]

:lol::rofl::lol::rofl::lol::rofl:

Holy fucking shit! WWE has a split screen on Raw of a Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr. ad that could just as easily be a scene from an actual WWE board and/or creative meeting from today and/or anytime from the past 5+ years.

:lol::lol::lol::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[slik]

From what I've read the thing in Rowan's cage is supposed to be a tarantula when it's revealed.

[rez]

That'd be lame as hell x2. Grown men peaked under the cloth and ran away in fear...

[Emperor Smeat]

From what I've read the thing in Rowan's cage is supposed to be a tarantula when it's revealed.

If that's the case, then that makes Mojo's freak out a few weeks ago and the bloody palm and face gnawing stuff even more dumb. Mojo didn't act like he had arachnophobia.

[rez]

yeah..all that stuff. I forgot the extent to how lame it was

[Emperor Smeat]

Charlotte's promos these past few weeks have been terrible and tonight was no exception.

Her promo barely makes sense considering that's not what really happened to her in NXT or related to Rhea's rise in NXT.

Bayley doing that promo instead would have been a better fit and make sense with the story Charlotte was trying to portray in NXT.

[rez]

She's lame. I'd rather see David Flair out there wrestling Bo Dallas.

[Emperor Smeat]

24/7 title went from being the best belt in WWE in terms of entertainment value to now more useless than 205 Live during these past 2 months or so.

[rez]

R-Truth is the only reason Vince allows this 24/7 title to keep going.

Vince has some kind of special old man love for Truth. Maybe he'll will the WWE to him as some kind of reparation

[Emperor Smeat]

That NXT ad just reminded me how bad Rodderick Strong's promo was last week.

Besides him doing a poor job acting like he was legit furious over Dream's antics, him and Bronson Reed then wrestled a completely normal stuff as if last week didn't happened.

Making things worse was Reed also gave an angry style promo that also had no impact on the match itself.

[slik]

I wonder why they moved the entrance to the side of the stage from the middle.

[rez]

I think the children in the crowd are confused with the references.

[Emperor Smeat]

Whoever came up with the idea of a Drew vs. MVP feud for Road to Mania probably should get canned from Creative.

Drew's Road to Mania story hasn't been as convoluted or poor like Becky and Kofi's stories were this time last year but it should have started off a lot better for a guy meant to be one of Heyman and WWE's new top guys.

[Emperor Smeat]

I wonder why they moved the entrance to the side of the stage from the middle.

Probably because the initial placement was a really bad design.

Would have looked better if it was in the middle but instead was offset to the right side and looked bad visually.

[BigCrippyZ]

I’ll say it again, this company/Vince doesn’t know how to tell stories anymore. They think they don’t have to build week to week and that all that matters is the WWE and Wrestlemania brand. Quality creative is, at best, of tertiary importance. This company is so fucking dumb.

[rez]

Shouldn't she be on some kind of probation for stealing that GTA ambulance on easy mode

[Emperor Smeat]

With the original Million Dollar Man currently dealing with serious legal issues, guess Becky decided to take on the mantle as the new Million Dollar Man.

[slik]

I think Shayna will beat Becky tbh so Becky/Seth can disappear for a bit to go get married.

[rez]

Shayna is about as good of an actor as the Chuckie doll was against Rick Steiner

[Emperor Smeat]

:eek: Baszler said "shit"

Whelp guess Chuckie T can't use the word this week on AEW since WWE just used up their one swear word allowed.

[BigCrippyZ]

:eek: Baszler said "shit"

Whelp guess Chuckie T can't use the word this week on AEW since WWE just used up their one swear word allowed.

Also, according to Vince WWE is “sophisticated”. :lol:

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at production playing the wrong entrance graphic for Humberto.

[BigCrippyZ]

:lol: at production playing the wrong entrance graphic for Humberto.

:lol:

[slik]

I feel like Kofi and DBry are both going to end up in the Andre Battle Royal this year.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Rusev/Lashley and Reigns/Corbin storylines are heading towards month number five</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1229594182202818560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[rez]

Hoping Ryan Newman is alright. Purdue guy but he did say some stupid shit against the moon landing recently. Neil Armstrong obvi is too.

[slik]

Rusev is always super over with the crowd

[Emperor Smeat]

Rusev & Humberto vs. Garza & Lashley was pretty good overall.

Probably the first pretty good thing to actually happen tonight depending on your view of the opening segment.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Asuka's promo

Her and Kairi's over-the-top promos are at the perfect level to not come off as being corny or lame.

[slik]

This show is boring as fuck

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Kairi beat Natalya

Sure it was by count out but was fully expecting Natty to beat Kairi solely because she's in the upcoming Chamber match and Kairi isn't. Also because WWE gives Natty random pushes every so often that lead to nowhere in the end.

[GD]

Appreciate the new tweaked stage design. Angel Garza is such a delight.

[rez]

kabuki warriors would be awesome in singles or solo in AEW.

If Kairi doesn't get an awesome pirate entrance in Tampa I'm quitting WWE completely.

[slik]

I like Seth's jacket

[Emperor Smeat]

Seth needs a new look if he's going to start leaning hard into the whole Messiah and/or preacher gimmick.

Like he needs either a robe or televangelist style look.

[Triple A]

Seems like strong "go away" heat rather than good heat...

[Triple A]

Long ass boring wordy drawn-out WWE promos...

[Triple A]

what's the point

[Emperor Smeat]

Well that was a big waste of time.

Could have least ran with the sermon stuff for a few weeks before Seth gets randomly beaten up during one. Instead he just looks like a loser and his rambling sermon being just a waste of time.

[rez]

https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/pub/media/catalog/product/cache/image/e9c3970ab036de70892d86c6d221abfe/a/e/aew1232-1.png

[Emperor Smeat]

So is there any real significance with Tuwaiq or did WWE legit name a trophy based on a random mountain in Saudi Arabia?

[slik]

AJ/Undertaker feud starting

[BigCrippyZ]

what's the point

There isn't one. Vince/WWE is fucking stupid as shit.

[slik]

B Alvarez is in row 2 or 3 of non-camera side....he tweeted this during Seth's promo


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“THIS IS BORING” chants</p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1229602402187137025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[BigCrippyZ]

AJ/Undertaker feud starting

So fucking stupid, predictable, and absolutely fucking pointless. It doesn't matter, won't put anyone over, and is nothing but a "big" match in which the outcome won't effect anything in the coming months, years, or even decades, because Vince/WWE is fucking stupid and doesn't care about anything except selling the "brand". He's forgot that the WWE "brand" used to be and what is/makes other brands successful is ultimately telling great stories. Even most pro sports get this, in that their yearly champions are a conclusion/story of who is "ultimately" the "best" and/or overcomes the odds for the best for that year/season.

[slik]

Plz stop giving Ricochet the mic

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ricochet really has come a long way since he started<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/2uxmnlws3H">pic.twitter.com/2uxmnlws3H</a></p>&mdash; Kenton (@Kenton_la) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kenton_la/status/1229607986747858944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

Ricochet vs. Anderson was decent.

RAW's been very skippable soo far. Like maybe 2-3 good matches and/or segments tonight out of the past 2 and a half hours.

[Triple A]

So is there any real significance with Tuwaiq or did WWE legit name a trophy based on a random mountain in Saudi Arabia?

It's a big mountain near Riyadh, where the show will be.

It's seen by some Saudis as a "symbol of Saudi strength"

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2018/10/24/Formidable-Mount-Tuwaiq-which-Crown-Prince-likened-to-Saudi-strength.html

[Triple A]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ricochet really has come a long way since he started<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/2uxmnlws3H">pic.twitter.com/2uxmnlws3H</a></p>&mdash; Kenton (@Kenton_la) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kenton_la/status/1229607986747858944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

His promos haven't really come a long way from that tbh . . .

[rez]

It's a big mountain near Riyadh, where the show will be.

It's seen by some Saudis as a "symbol of Saudi strength"

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2018/10/24/Formidable-Mount-Tuwaiq-which-Crown-Prince-likened-to-Saudi-strength.html

Oh yay. some crappy area to be stuck at

[Triple A]

oh shit i forgot that Raw is on until 11, thought the Seth Rollins thing was the end

[slik]

local medical facility

[rez]

AEW should do Iran

[Emperor Smeat]

It's a big mountain near Riyadh, where the show will be.

It's seen by some Saudis as a "symbol of Saudi strength"

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/travel-and-tourism/2018/10/24/Formidable-Mount-Tuwaiq-which-Crown-Prince-likened-to-Saudi-strength.html

Oh so its not something really religious or historical-based for importance.

[slik]

so boring...

[Triple A]

Feels like the 5th week in a row with some version of this match... why o why do they do that all the time... sucks man

[slik]

r they gonna drag out this dumb feud till Mania

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the flip Murphy did following the Stunner.

6-man tag match was pretty good despite the anti-climatic ending.

[GD]

I am just happy to see RAW after a long time :)

[Emperor Smeat]

Ending of RAW turned into one giant clusterfuck.

RAW itself was mostly dull overall.

Wonder what happened to Big Show since he was advertised for tonight's show.

[slik]

Montez Ford should be on tv more

[slik]

post mania I might just do ppv to ppv and catch yt clips....SD unwatchable and RAW drags so much...

[Evil Vito]

Don’t watch one second of this and feel like I missed nothing.