raw 7.6.20 - Bayley vs Asuka

[slik]

Bayley vs Asuka I think is the only thing announced for the show

[Bad News Gertner]

Guess who's reportedly back for tonight's show

[spoiler]Heath Slater]/spoiler]

[owenbrown]

rumor is

a new WWE United States Championship belt will be unveiled tonight

[Mr. Nerfect]

Apollo Crews has been really good in segments I've seen him in lately. Seems a lot more comfortable, less gormless and his work has been pretty nifty and worked as stories within themselves. He's busting his ass.

[Bad News Gertner]

Supposedly this wrestler will appear tonight

Heath Slater

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahRowe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SarahRowe</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/Erik_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Erik_WWE</a> on their pregnancy announcement.<br>&quot;Anything they can do, we can do better...&quot; - <a href="https://twitter.com/MontezFordWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MontezFordWWE</a> <br>&quot;Um...&quot; - <a href="https://twitter.com/BiancaBelairWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BiancaBelairWWE</a> <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/1280211627242131456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ClockShot]

The Horror Show at Extreme Rules.

I guess Vince watched The Rocky Horror Picture Show recently.

[erickman]

damn i wanted slater to rejoin ryno

[ClockShot]

Daaaaaaaaaamn. They brought Slater back?

I hope he's on a new deal. Stupid if he's just here for a quick paycheck with the Virus blowing up there.

Spare me the "he's got kids" line.

[slik]

heath slater cutting a heel promo on Drew...weird promo

[Bad News Gertner]

They should make Slater champ

[Bad News Gertner]

Daaaaaaaaaamn. They brought Slater back?

I hope he's on a new deal. Stupid if he's just here for a quick paycheck with the Virus blowing up there.

Spare me the "he's got kids" line.

His 90 day hasn't expired so he's technically still under contract.

[Emperor Smeat]

Seems Slater bulked up a bit since the last time he was around.

Wonder if he's going for that sweet WWE title push considering the same happened for Drew and Jinder when they did the same from the trio.

[slik]

Gertner would watch SummerSlam live if Drew vs Heath headlined the show

[erickman]

His 90 day hasn't expired so he's technically still under contract.

then show up at impact in 2 weeks i don't see vince let that happen

[Mr. Nerfect]

Heath Slater is fucking ace. Always thought he would be welcomed back, because he just gets it.

[slik]

Drew defeats Heath in about 10 seconds

Gertner OUT

[Mr. Nerfect]

Drew defeats Heath in about 10 seconds

Gertner OUT

Not a bad fucking gig if you can get it.

[Bad News Gertner]

fuck this shit. Gonna watch Real Deal Wrestling instead.

[slik]

Anything else happening on RAW 2nite or was Slater Gator the highlight??

[Bad News Gertner]

then show up at impact in 2 weeks i don't see vince let that happen

I believe it expires July.18. Same day as the PPV

[erickman]

let's hope sasha don't botch and hurt sane again

[Mr. Nerfect]

Something that is true that people will freak out about because it's said out-loud for them to deal with: Heath Slater is a better worker than Kenny Omega. Not as spectacular, not as popular with the internet bubble that wants to blow themselves and fools for indy booking > WWE booking bullshit, but better.

Got more Twitter followers too.

[Emperor Smeat]

let's hope sasha don't botch and hurt sane again

Shouldn't be that much of a problem since Sane is talented enough to handle Sasha in the ring.

Sasha's problem before was her wanting to do all these flashy moves and spots to opponents that were not talented or even capable of doing that stuff. Plus her being a lot more sloppy earlier in her career.

[Emperor Smeat]

Banks vs. Sane was very good despite the lame DQ finish.

What's with WWE and DQ finishes to long matches these days. Feels like they've been doing it a lot more often in recent times than before.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder how many bags of cash WWE threw at Kevin Owens way to get him to quickly break his stance of not wanting to be at the Performance Center during the coronavirus.

Probably a minimum of at least 3 bags.

[Emperor Smeat]

Rey & Owens vs. Rollins & Murphy was pretty good.

Rollins probably wishing he had AOP and Theory around since his shtick doesn't really work without the numbers on his side to back it up.

Guess the rumors of the "eye for eye" match was true. Wonder if "blood & guts" will be included since its not like WWE publicly boasted about being above that type of content ... and then did it anyways shortly afterwards.

[Sepholio]

There are a group of frogs having a loud af orgy outside my window that is preventing me from sleeping. I guess ill watch RAW while I wait for them to finish.

[Emperor Smeat]

New U.S. title looks sort of ugly or bland compared to the old one.

The eagle part of the belt looks great but the rest not soo much.

[Emperor Smeat]

None of WWE's new designs for belts look that good compared to their previous designs.

Should have just cut a fat royalties check to keep using the old belts instead of the direction they went for all their new belts.

[slik]

New U.S. Title looks ugly


https://i.postimg.cc/hvTSB73c/Ec-SXYDo-XYAYq0-Dk.jpg

[owenbrown]

just looked on twitter... what the fuck kind of U.S. title is that supposed to be? Why not just use the old WCW version?

[Emperor Smeat]

New U.S. Title looks ugly


https://i.postimg.cc/hvTSB73c/Ec-SXYDo-XYAYq0-Dk.jpg

The Champion part is way too big.

If they had the eagle in the middle and the "US Champion" below it in a smaller font, it would look better. Plus it really needs a better use of red/white/blue coloring than what they did.

[Emperor Smeat]

just looked on twitter... what the fuck kind of U.S. title is that supposed to be? Why not just use the old WCW version?

Think WWE doesn't actually own the rights to that design. Likely changed it for the same reason as their other belts in recent times because they didn't feel like paying royalties anymore.

[Emperor Smeat]

These new ideas WWE has been coming up with for commercial breaks have been mostly momentum killers in terms of match interest.

Like this match suddenly stooped so Orton can do a big threatening speech to Garza while nothing else happens. Plus the amount of times Andrade and Garza has been trying to screw each other is starting to get stale.

[Emperor Smeat]

Not sure if Peyton accidentally bleached half of her pants or her pants is actually two pants that were ripped in half and then randomly stitched back together.

Also who did Ruby piss off backstage to become the personal jobber to the IIconics?

[slik]

This logo is some WCW 2000 shit


https://i.postimg.cc/G3jQd36x/Screenshot-2020-07-06-at-9-35-38-PM.png

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Bayley rolling herself up for the pin loss.

Bayley vs. Asuka was very good despite the overbooked shenanigans at the end.

RAW itself was pretty enjoyable overall. Started off and ended strong while the rest was very hit-or-miss.

[Emperor Smeat]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EcSZY7pWkAICB3t?format=jpg&name=large

New belt somehow looks even worse based on a cleaner picture of it.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm not the fan of the font they use, but it's far from the worst belt I've ever seen.

[Emperor Smeat]

Didn't take the internet long to point out the new belt has a hidden dong design because of the placement of the bird.

At least its not as blatant as the original logo for WWE's Great Ball of Fire event.

[Sepholio]

Yeah I don't think the belt is that bad tbh.

[Mr. Nerfect]

If AEW debuted that belt, it would be considered gorgeous. Or at least unfinished.

[Emperor Smeat]

Would look just as ugly or bland in AEW at least for me personally.

[erickman]

does wwe mean to promote impact and it's next ppv. i almost think vince is giving them money like he did with ecw

[Bad News Gertner]

Billie Kay needs a new finisher. Or at least one that isn't a "big man" finishing move

[Gerard]

Billie Kay needs a new finisher. Or at least one that isn't a "big man" finishing move

Presumably meant to be a sit out spine buster, but she can't even hit it right. More like an arse buster.

[Splaya]

If AEW debuted that belt, it would be considered gorgeous. Or at least unfinished.

Correct. One of the posts I've agreed with you on

[XL]

Would look just as ugly or bland in AEW at least for me personally.
I actually thought it looked very much like an Impact belt.

[Bad News Gertner]

Presumably meant to be a sit out spine buster, but she can't even hit it right. More like an arse buster.

I remember it being Lance Cade's finisher

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