WWE RAW 9/28/20 feat. 3 Hours of Stuff You Probably Already Saw Before

[Emperor Smeat]

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Raw: Sept. 28, 2020

After a wild Ambulance Match that saw Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Big Show and Christian return to help WWE Champion Drew McIntyre vanquish Randy Orton, McIntyre and the legends will kick off tonight’s Raw. What will the mood be inside the WWE ThunderDome after McIntyre’s big win? Find out tonight on Raw at 8/7 C on USA!

Raw Preview : Quick Hits

Asuka to defend the Raw Women’s Title against Zelina Vega tonight
Drew McIntyre, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Big Show & Christian kick off Raw
The Mysterio family appears on “The King’s Court”
Kevin Owens and Aleister Black renew their rivalry



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here comes Big Show. <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netflix</a>'s loss is our burden.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERAW</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1310731609419714561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Show started a few minutes ago and WWE somehow already managed to mess up the crowd audio.

[slik]

Ric Flair looks younger than HBK

[slik]

drew vs mystery opponent tonight

[Emperor Smeat]

If tonight's show ends up being a mess, its all due to WWE not bothering to tell their talent what the actual plans were for tonight until a few hours ago.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Majority of talent just learned what they are doing on tonight’s show less than an hour ago.</p>&mdash; WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleVotes/status/1310701401228611586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

So WWE's big plan for Vega after ditching Garza and Andrade was just to feed her twice to Asuka in a very meaningless feud.

[Emperor Smeat]

Keith Lee's gear looks like something he raided from D'Lo Brown's wardrobe.

[Emperor Smeat]

Lee vs. Andrade would have been a sweet matchup if both were still in NXT. Instead it was a mostly nothing match on RAW.

[Emperor Smeat]

What's the rule of thumb regarding dating someone much younger than yourself since Murphy is almost doubled the age of Aaliyah going by the way this Mysterio Family and Rollins & Murphy storyline seems to be heading towards.

Is it divide your age by 2 and then add 10?

[rez]

So WWE's big plan for Vega after ditching Garza and Andrade was just to feed her twice to Asuka in a very meaningless feud.

Not watching like Noid does but I've come to the conclusion Vega should just be a manager and never wrestle again.

[rez]

or feed her to Jax. That'd be a nice shit show

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder if Lana is going to get put through a table again.

2 week streak she has going on at the moment.

[xrodmuc316]

1 week until the draft, but hey we traded Dana Brooke a week early lol

[slik]

I forgot Dana Brooke existed

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at that awkwardly landing by Lana from that suplex by Mandy.

Show's almost half done and its trending towards being worse than last week's show which was one of the worst RAWs of this year.

[slik]

that women's tag was rough

[slik]

Ouch at that awkwardly landing by Lana from that suplex by Mandy.

Show's almost half done and its trending towards being worse than last week's show which was one of the worst RAWs of this year.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Welcome to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE_MandyRose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE_MandyRose</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaBrookeWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaBrookeWWE</a>! <a href="https://t.co/cVicxyXQJC">pic.twitter.com/cVicxyXQJC</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1310750807793561600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

:| at Aleister Black's new theme.

WWE really should bring back CFO$ regardless of how much it would cost since their replacement has been mostly terrible with these new themes.

[slik]

boooo at changing Aleister Black's music

[xrodmuc316]

Wow, they Keith Lee'ed Aliester Black. Not like he had a perfect theme for his character or anything...

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RIP Aleister Black's old theme music<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/wMEzBMhNEy">pic.twitter.com/wMEzBMhNEy</a></p>&mdash; GIFSkull IV - Banned Soon Due to False DMCA Spam (@GifSkullIV) <a href="https://twitter.com/GifSkullIV/status/1310753507369074689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

:| Black vs. Owens ending in a DQ.

Completely regret watching tonight's episode of RAW since its sucked big time so far.

Chiefs vs. Ravens quickly becoming a blowout before halftime is probably the only saving grace for RAW tonight from hitting a new record low based on the poor quality of tonight's show.

[slik]

football doing a number on twitter trends to raw tonight

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[slik]

are drew gulak and braun officially on raw now

[slik]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Hell In A Cell - presented by SKITTLES! TASTE THE RAINBOW!”<br><br>Damn. �� I know sponsorship is lucrative but way to kill the gimmick.</p>&mdash; Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingGary/status/1310757616654712834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Emperor Smeat]

are drew gulak and braun officially on raw now

Guess so unless WWE suddenly remembers the appearances limit for the Brand Invitational rule.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: at the same ref from last night botching another pin count. To be fair a bit, that was more of Murphy's fault for breaking up his pin a bit too early in order to quickly scram out of the ring.

That might have been the worst match Dominik has had since his debut.

Also that's some pretty bad acting by him and his sister.

[slik]

seems like RAW UNDERGROUND has joined RETRIBUTION in quarantine

[Emperor Smeat]

Cedric being written out for the time being via "Hurt Business Boot Camp" is interesting since either that means he was one of the people who recently tested positive for coornavirus or like Retribution, got the quarantine treatment by WWE.

[Emperor Smeat]

6-man tag match was pretty good.

Ali not showing up more often on RAW is such a big head scratcher since he's easily been among the best in-ring guys WWE currently has on the main roster.

[Emperor Smeat]

Roode being back on RAW rules him out as being the mystery guy showing up at NXT's TakeOver show this Sunday.

That leaves just Bo Dallas as the potential guy based on the old NXT title shown in the vignette and the other former champs who held that belt are currently busy with other stuff.

[xrodmuc316]

LOL, they just forgot about Raw Underground this week I guess?

[xrodmuc316]

Roode being back on RAW rules him out as being the mystery guy showing up at NXT's TakeOver show this Sunday.

That leaves just Bo Dallas as the potential guy based on the old NXT title shown in the vignette and the other former champs who held that belt are currently busy with other stuff.

Also, you would think one of these announcers MIGHT mention that Drew won the NXT Championship from Bobby Roode, and that would be a hell of a way for Roode to right that wrong.

It's like even the employees don't pay attention enough to remember basic backstory.

[xrodmuc316]

HELL YEAH! Love Orton

[Emperor Smeat]

WWE title match was pretty good.

:lol: at Orton with night vision googles. His disguise and ambush attack ended up being way too funny than what it should have been.

3rd hour saved this week's episode from being one of the worst of the year to mostly meh overall.

[xrodmuc316]

WWE title match was pretty good.

:lol: at Orton with night vision googles. His disguise and ambush attack ended up being way too funny than what it should have been.

3rd hour saved this week's episode from being one of the worst of the year to mostly meh overall.

Bobby Roode has to be a top 3 botched NXT callup in terms of what he could have been if WWE wasn't so incompetent.

[Droford]

RAW was better than its been in a while but thats not saying much and I'm sure it gets destroyed in the ratings by the Ravens getting destroyed on mnf

[Droford]

I also bet a billion dollars Otis gets drafted to RAW to continue the Mandy storyline and ultimately cash in on Orton after he finally beats Drew. They could also avoid them back together by drafting Mandy back to SD lol

Oh and Asuka and Bayley should flip shows but not belts so Bayley is the SD womens Champ on RAW and vice versa for Bayley

[Big Vic]

So WWE's big plan for Vega after ditching Garza and Andrade was just to feed her twice to Asuka in a very meaningless feud.

Remember when Rusev day was really over and they put that in the trash?

[Evil Vito]

I think Roode was the last of the COVID-related holdouts, and he's apparently been in Florida and ready to return for a couple of weeks now.

Really up until August it was pretty much down to just Roode, Sami, and Roman anyway. I think everyone expected Roman to be out the longest and wait at least until a vaccine, so him returning early was probably viewed as a vote of confidence in their new testing protocol.

[XL]

I thought the issue with Roode was that he was in Canada and wasn’t allowed to travel into the UK?

[Volare]

I'm semi curious to see where this goes...

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[Evil Vito]

I thought the issue with Roode was that he was in Canada and wasn’t allowed to travel into the UK?

Evil Uno and Stu Grayson were in Canada when COVID started too and they returned to AEW a couple months ago.

Unless his visa expired while he was home and there was a delay in being able to get it renewed due to everything going on. Wouldn't blame anyone for not wanting to leave Canada at this point.

[Emperor Smeat]

With Roode, it was more likely just WWE not having any real plans for him until recently despite Canada and US easing the travel restrictions for sports players and personnel a while ago.

Only person in WWE who had any known visa issues these past few months was Rhea Ripley but she got it quickly sorted out while in the US.

[XL]

It was you who said he was stuck in Canada!

[Evil Vito]

Apparently the Singh Brothers haven't come back from Canada yet either.

Then again they were basically exclusively wrestling on 205 Live which feels like it's gonna be mercy killed any week now.

[XL]

Raw Underground needs to draft 205 Live next week so that Baba Kato has something to eat.

[Emperor Smeat]

Apparently the Singh Brothers haven't come back from Canada yet either.

Then again they were basically exclusively wrestling on 205 Live which feels like it's gonna be mercy killed any week now.

Probably won't happen until WWE's current deal with Hulu and other streaming services expires. Not sure if it gets shown on TV outside of the US like Main Event does.

Somehow those deals bring in just enough money for WWE to keep 205 Live around despite interest for the brand being almost non-existent by now.

[Fignuts]

Missed oppurtunity to make Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose the New Bodydonnas, with a male manager.

[Fignuts]

Male manager could be an obnoxious narcissist who brags about being the most downloaded man on AOL in 2020.

Fucking pay me, WWE.

[DaveWadding]

Male manager could be an obnoxious narcissist who brags about being the most downloaded man on AOL in 2020.

Fucking pay me, WWE.

Tyler Breeze.

[Fignuts]

Perfect.

[Volare]

I thought something looked familiar....(3rd pic)

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[XL]

Male manager could be an obnoxious narcissist who brags about being the most downloaded man on AOL in 2020.

Fucking pay me, WWE.

Call up Robert Stone from NXT.