RAW is Nia Jax's celebration - 8.31.20

[slik]

Tonight on RAW the Nia-bration begins!


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[Gerard]

Hopefully Salad is served if any foods on the go...

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: The winners of these 3️⃣ matches on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> will compete in a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TripleThreat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TripleThreat</a> Match later tonight to determine <a href="https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DMcIntyreWWE</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWETitle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWETitle</a> challenger at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEClash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEClash</a>!<br><br>�� <a href="https://twitter.com/RealKeithLee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealKeithLee</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/HEELZiggler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HEELZiggler</a> <br>�� <a href="https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FightOwensFight</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandyOrton</a> <br>�� <a href="https://twitter.com/reymysterio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@reymysterio</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWERollins</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1300571905544671233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</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">We condensed a month of storylines into last week's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERAW</a> so tonight we're just gonna phone it in for the bulk of the three hours. <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/1300544995926179842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

For as hit-or-miss CF0$ was with themes, the one they made for Keith Lee was actually great compared to his current replacement theme.

Don't think I'm ever going to get fond of the one Lee has now because it way too generic and forgettable.

[xrodmuc316]

For as hit-or-miss CF0$ was with themes, the one they made for Keith Lee was actually great compared to his current replacement theme.

Don't think I'm ever going to get fond of the one Lee has now because it way too generic and forgettable.

They had some really good ones. Paige, Ascension, Sasha, Balor, Dana Brooke, Asuka, Styles, and the masterpiece for Bobby Roode.

I wonder if there is a cutoff time for themes made after a certain point. Riddle's theme was only about 2 months earlier than Lee's, and he is still using it. In fact, has anybody else had their themes changed?

Maybe adding the little gimmick noises at the beginning of the themes is somehow a legal loophole so they can keep using them? Could explain why Braun and Drew both had the little extra added to their themes recently.

[slik]

I like the frenemy vibe of Nia and Shayna

[Emperor Smeat]

They had some really good ones. Paige, Ascension, Sasha, Balor, Dana Brooke, Asuka, Styles, and the masterpiece for Bobby Roode.

I wonder if there is a cutoff time for themes made after a certain point. Riddle's theme was only about 2 months earlier than Lee's, and he is still using it. In fact, has anybody else had their themes changed?

Maybe adding the little gimmick noises at the beginning of the themes is somehow a legal loophole so they can keep using them? Could explain why Braun and Drew both had the little extra added to their themes recently.

Supposedly talent have to sign off on the changes which is why some have had changes made and others still have their old themes for the time being.

WWE's deal with CFO$ was a really bad one on their end since CFO$ was getting around 50% royalties from each one they made and was being used on tv or sold.

[xrodmuc316]

Supposedly talent have to sign off on the changes which is why some have had changes made and others still have their old themes for the time being.

WWE's deal with CFO$ was a really bad one on their end since CFO$ was getting around 50% royalties from each sale plus whatever monetary amount they were getting for using it on tv.

If that is true, it is even more baffling they got rid of Jim Johnston.

[Volare]

Just dropped in to say, just think if Mickie was wearing that gear vs Trish back in the day...

[rez]

lol @ Asuka's mic

[Emperor Smeat]

If that is true, it is even more baffling they got rid of Jim Johnston.

That was mostly CFO$'s fault since they quickly pushed Johnston out of any influential role in music production. Since CFO$ could pump out themes faster than Johnston, made WWE's decision an easy one on who to keep.

Also partially Triple H's fault since he kept signing guys to be under his wings for management and Johnston's release happened around the same time WWE shed a bunch of their older tenured employees to make space for them.

[rez]

Orton just shat in Black's duffel bag.

[Volare]

Orton just shat in Black's duffel bag.

....or Zelina's? lol

[Volare]

WHY BREAK UP THE IICONICS???!?!?!?!?!?!

[Volare]

KO getting 3 hits off before the RKO, AFTER the "beating"...probably the best "fucked up wrestler that doesn't care" match I've ever seen. (If you get my drift, usually it's just "over" or some B.S. "match didn't count" thing.)

[Volare]

Ok, semi want Dom to win to at least be in the triple threat.

[Emperor Smeat]

WHY BREAK UP THE IICONICS???!?!?!?!?!?!

Because Vince I guess.

Women's tag division got the monkey paw treatment. They get a new team and added depth with Nia and Shayna but its going to cost them another one soon in order to please Vince and his irrational hatred of tag wrestling.

[Emperor Smeat]

KFC being the sponsor of a recap highlight featuring only black wrestlers feels a bit messed up.

Also suddenly have a craving for some KFC food so I guess that sponsor spot worked well.

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There's a reason this is being rushed and coming out of nowhere. <a href="https://t.co/3OFzdara5v">https://t.co/3OFzdara5v</a></p>&mdash; Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) <a href="https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/status/1300607213002584064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Volare]

Yeah, WTF...like...I'm confused??

[Emperor Smeat]

:| IIconics disbanding.

[Volare]

WHAT THE FUCK NO!!!

[Volare]

Unless Peyton going to AEW ;)

[Volare]

BUT WHAT THE FUCK OTHERWISE!!!

[slik]

owenbrown inconsolable rn and ripping up his IIconics merchandise

[Volare]

DOM BETTER WIN OR I RIOT IN MY STREET BY SWINGING AT THE AIR VIOLENTLY!!!!!

[Volare]

FUCK YES LETS GO DOM!!!

[Volare]

I think Dom might be the one, even me, like others here who are "hard asses" on our wrestling (most of you get what I mean) Dom to me has that "c'mon kid" factor that makes you want to see him win and succeed.

[slik]

RAW not trending well tonight

It's usually #1


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[Volare]

Tornado Tag match?? TITLES ON THE LINE? WTF as well!

[Volare]

GOD DAMMIT

[Volare]

FUCKING RIOT....KEITH LEE BETTER TAKE IT

[Emperor Smeat]

Dominik vs. Rollins was pretty good although the weakest one from those two so far.

2 hours done and tonight's episode feels somewhat skippable.

[Emperor Smeat]

These RAW Underground segments quickly became aimless in terms of direction and interest. Hurt Business wrecking things has been the only real interesting thing to happen from these segments.

Like why hype up Tidus' debut if the whole thing was just to give Riddick Moss the shine in the end.

[Volare]

Andrade...Tranquilo?? LMAO

[Volare]

Profits can cut a promo.

[rez]

lol blank list

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at R-Truth slowly sliding out of a toll booth.

[Evil Vito]

Guessing Peyton Royce is pregnant

[Evil Vito]

Lol if they’ve scrapped Retribution

[Volare]

Lol if they’ve scrapped Retribution

"Security is looking for them thanks to Adam Pierce"

[Emperor Smeat]

Lol if they’ve scrapped Retribution

Probably for the best since that group barely felt menacing or interesting and felt a lot more goofy instead.

Already felt like WWE scaled back their plans for the group once Reigns returned since they weren't going to overshadow him on SD.

Nevermind, they decided to show up tonight.

[Volare]

Ummmmmmmm....

[slik]

Worst

Camerawork

Yet

[Volare]

I mean I was sippin Kettle One and 7up (6pm), just cracked my first Blue Moon (day off at home) ...and I still can't figure out wtf Retribution is.

[Emperor Smeat]

Retribution's newest shtick seems to be to ruin good matches since that's all they've been doing recently.

Why can't they just ruin the shitty segments and matches instead since that would be more enjoyable.

[Volare]

Oh shit the Horsewomen in the house!

[Emperor Smeat]

Poor Billie, backstabbed by her former bestie Peyton.

[slik]

Make Billie Kay the leader of Retribution

[Volare]

WTF Peyton do to Billie?!?!?!?

[Evil Vito]

Yep Peyton not getting physically involved again. Injured or pregnant.

[Volare]

Yep Peyton not getting physically involved again. Injured or pregnant.

She just did that bikini contest...unless it was just literally recient...

[Volare]

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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/peytonroycewwe/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Cassie Lee</a> (@peytonroycewwe) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2020-08-21T18:08:06+00:00">Aug 21, 2020 at 11:08am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>

[Evil Vito]

She just did that bikini contest...unless it was just literally recient...

It’s not out of the realm of possibility for something to come out of the blue.

One more reason to hate Shawn Spears if he took Peyton out of commission.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at Garza quickly bailing on Deby once Retribution showed up.

[slik]

Retribution is so dumb, can that plot be wrapped up ASAP plz

[Volare]

It’s not out of the realm of possibility for something to come out of the blue.

One more reason to hate Shawn Spears if he took Peyton out of commission.

Oh understood by a mile.

[Volare]

Even, better Spears adds to his promo "just call me daddy" lol.

[Emperor Smeat]

Either Rollins is the designated pin eater tonight for Lee or Lee is about to experience some of WWE's patented 50/50 treatment soon.

[slik]

Orton w a resthold

[Volare]

Honestly Lee/McIntyre for Clash to showcase both but keep both face makes sense.

[Emperor Smeat]

Orton w a resthold

Ever since TJP mentioned in an interview a while back how almost every WWE match starts off with a resthold quickly in, its been impossible to ignore since then.

[Volare]

It’s not out of the realm of possibility for something to come out of the blue.

One more reason to hate Shawn Spears if he took Peyton out of commission.

Yeah, coming home from the bar the other night (thanks to GF pointing it out) most female BFFs tend to do crazy things together...so seeing Mandy/Sonya as "roomates" and other "rumors and/or tendencys" I wouldn't be surprised if he's the "hidden king" of what everyone else dreams about.

[Volare]

POOOOUUUUNNNCCCCCCCEEEEEE!!

[Evil Vito]

Yeah I’ve long thought that Spears has had the iconic threesome

[Evil Vito]

Keith Lee being made to wrestle in a shirt is so eye-rolling.

[Volare]

So we're back to a month ago....

[Volare]

Yeah I’ve long thought that Spears has had the iconic threesome

That or since Shawn is friends with Tyler...yeah anyways, the spider web can go pretty far lol.

[Emperor Smeat]

Guess the rumors of Orton taking the WWE belt from Drew soon are likely true.

At least on the bright side, Lee escaped the 50/50 zone since Rollins ate the pin instead.

This week's episode of RAW was average at best. Better than last week's show but it wasn't that entertaining either overall. Nothing really stood out as "must watch" worthy tier.

[slik]

RAW still trending at # 11 on Twitter
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womp womp

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently this week's show had another KKK video incident by a dumbass fan. This time it also included a Hitler salute shown.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone has some KKK video on the virtual audience on WWE Monday Night RAW broadcast tonight <a href="https://twitter.com/nodqdotcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nodqdotcom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronrift?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aaronrift</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEThunderDome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEThunderDome</a> <a href="https://t.co/5229FzgqSw">pic.twitter.com/5229FzgqSw</a></p>&mdash; Thomas D Bradley (@ThomasDBradley) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasDBradley/status/1300593085970362369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More KKK imagery in the thunderdome tonight, also a Hitler salute involved.<br><br>More action needs to be taken to fine these people by the WWE. This could be done by putting in details for the thunderdome signups.<br><br>Disgusting.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/rDcqlG7fKv">pic.twitter.com/rDcqlG7fKv</a></p>&mdash; The Top Guy™ #OnlyValid (@TheBoothWrestle) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBoothWrestle/status/1300593598853939203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Tom Guycott]

Apparently this week's show had another KKK video incident by a dumbass fan. This time it also included a Hitler salute shown.



It's almost as if they don't understand how the internet actually works. It's only a matter of time until someone has porn on in the background... not large enough to be instantly blatant, but juuuust big enough to see that somebody's fuckin' behind the fan's fat head in the shot.

[Droford]

First RAW in like 3 months probably without Bayley/Banks

[Droford]

For as hit-or-miss CF0$ was with themes, the one they made for Keith Lee was actually great compared to his current replacement theme.

Don't think I'm ever going to get fond of the one Lee has now because it way too generic and forgettable.

All this talk about themes ignores the funniest thing which is that MVP and Rey Mysterio themes from 15 years ago off the Wreckless Intent CD are still used. Reys theme is pretty iconic but you'd think they'd have given MVP a new theme.

I assume Slikk the Shocker who did mvps theme is pretty happy given he hasn't been relevant in 15 years either.

I wish they'd do more themes by actual bands/singers like they used to

[Big Vic]

I'm not sure he's been relevant this century yet.