Official Raw Thread: April 11, 2005

[PullMyFinger]

Rockers reunion or HBK/Hogan or HBK/Stone Cold???

[Marc the Smark]

Our best goes out to Jake Roberts, currently attending Al-anon.

[Azriel]

:lol: Gotta love Jericho

[SuperSlim]

I was kinda thinkin Janetty. BUt Hogan makes sense too

[Shadow]

He shaved! I'm surprised at that.

[Azriel]

Jericho heel turn?

[Loose Cannon]

Yea, it's Jannetty. I heard rumors of it.

[Rain Man]

Nah all of Jericho's problems started when he lost the World titles.. Damn WWE

[Azriel]

Or Shelton heel turn?

[Shadow]

Jericho heel turn?

One can only hope.

[SuperSlim]

I'm almost smellin one. heel turn. Come on!

[Nervous Ferret]

Shelton heel turn. hottttttt

[YOUR Hero]

Hogan is just out of hip surgery, I can't see him wresting anytime soon. Not only that, he'd eclipse the build up they're developing in this feud. That = is bad.

[MVP]

Definitely a Shelton heel turn in the works. either that or he's just getting heel heat cause Jericho challenged him.

[Shadow]

Baka on Hogan.

GO ROCKERS REUNION!

[Azriel]

Marty is probably the best bet.

[Rain Man]

LOL at the Fozzy illiteration thing

[Azriel]

Yeah, Shelton heel turn= :love:

[Nervous Ferret]

lol aint no sopping you now

[Shadow]

Damn it...this happens every time Storm and Torpy gets together.

[Gone Mad]

BEST PART OF THE SHOW SO FAR!

Jericho v. Benjamin = RATINGS, DAMN YOU!

[Nervous Ferret]

yeah great time for a commercial break :y:

[McLegend]

Finally a feud is going to happen for the Intercontiental Title.

[PullMyFinger]

Here's the problem with this...

I find Shelton boring as a face, and want him to turn heel. However, I'd rather pick a Jericho heel than a Shelton heel anyday!

[Azriel]

Jericho/Shelton should be hot IC stuff

[AareDub]

In the fantasy world that the WWE creates, they make us think that these guys are really fighting it out in the ring. However in segments like this when a "real fight" breaks out its never anything like you'd see in a match. If we're supposed to believe the matches are real, shouldn't the "real fights" resemble an actual match?

Meh, ignore that I'm bored. Jericho vs Benjamin = :D

[bigdaddysuperfreak]

sheep eating skittles?

[Gone Mad]

"You can do alot of things? Why don't you try sticking that title up your ass?"

Classic. Jericho.

[Loose Cannon]

Cool feud :y:

And sorry if I compared anybody to the idiotic bookers in my earlier post. Just venting on my part :)

[Azriel]

mutant sheep at that

[Savio]

lol aint no sopping you nowShopping?

[Shadow]

Oh...Jericho/Shelton shall be super hawt. Seriouslly.

[Azriel]

Oh Trrrrish

[Azriel]

Umm...okkkay

[AJHayes]

now that Matts gone....

[Nervous Ferret]

I woulda never guessed I'd ever be seeing that!

[Shadow]

Why was Kane blinking like that?

[bigdaddysuperfreak]

can they get any weirder with kane?

[Marc the Smark]

HERE COMES HOGAN!!!!

[AareDub]

Kane paused before that kiss and though "can you get an STD from a kiss?"

[Azriel]

Light sensitivity?

[Kane Knight]

HAs michaels run out of hair in a can?

[The Answer]

Another member of the locker room gets a piece of Lita. Just like a door knob :rofl:

[Shadow]

I hope to god HBK says he's teaming with Jannety. I'm hoping to every single go..........oh god damn why is he picking Slaughter!?

[Kane Knight]

Oh Good God no.

[Azriel]

Its Hogan

[Kane Knight]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[The Answer]

Hogan and Micheals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shadow]

Damn you Shawn! Damn you to hell and back!

[Azriel]

That will definitely be a mark out moment

[Marc the Smark]

And I have a third row ringside seat

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[YOUR Hero]

Bad move IMO.

ugh.

This just becomes a ploy to get Hogan in the ring again instead of a build up towards a feud. Again, the only good thing that can come out of it would be for Hassan to bloody and beat Hogan, but that won't happen. It wouldn't serve Hogan any good.

Fucking ratings ploys.

[Loose Cannon]

Woah, Hell has just frozen over.

Hogan agreed to a tag match.

Davairi better do the job and NOT HASSAN :mad:

[Gone Mad]

OMG RGOAOHOAOAO!~!!! HOGAN BACK IN THE WWE?!!! ...ok. I was hoping for Jannetty though... meh.

I wonder what Matt is thinking now besides a Hardy reunion in TNA. Everyone and Kane is getting abit of Lita, but nothing for Matt.

[YOUR Hero]

Bad move IMO.

ugh.

This just becomes a ploy to get Hogan in the ring again instead of a build up towards a feud. Again, the only good thing that can come out of it would be for Hassan to bloody and beat Hogan, but that won't happen. It wouldn't serve Hogan any good.

Fucking ratings ploys.

[YOUR Hero]

Bad move IMO.

ugh.

This just becomes a ploy to get Hogan in the ring again instead of a build up towards a feud. Again, the only good thing that can come out of it would be for Hassan to bloody and beat Hogan, but that won't happen. It wouldn't serve Hogan any good.

Fucking ratings ploys.

[AJHayes]

God Damn it... Why not Jannetty? Theres a guy that could wrestle MULTIPLE matches... or Hogan.

Not that I mind Hulk Hogan. I'm all for it, but I would have preferred Jannetty.

[Savio]

WWE rubbing the salt in the wounds.

[Kane Knight]

Edge is gold on the mic. :shifty:

[Kane Knight]

Bad move IMO.

ugh.

This just becomes a ploy to get Hogan in the ring again instead of a build up towards a feud. Again, the only good thing that can come out of it would be for Hassan to bloody and beat Hogan, but that won't happen. It wouldn't serve Hogan any good.

Fucking ratings ploys.
Fucking egos dominating common sense.

[Loose Cannon]

Stop Triple Posting Hero. You're setting a terrble example.

yea, TPWW is screwing up

[Azriel]

Looks like they're going to set up Edge/Benoit at Backlash.

[YOUR Hero]

wooo, look at all those repeat posts from me. Even my puta was stuttering over that decision.

[Gone Mad]

I hate fuckin' dial up and I know I'm late but.....

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[Azriel]

Oh look, Goat Boy trying to save his bestest buddy. How sweet. :roll:

[Shadow]

Go Captian!

And can someone shut up Edge?

[Kane Knight]

wooo, look at all those repeat posts from me. Even my puta was stuttering over that decision.
I'm surprised it's not havinga seizure.

[Kane Knight]

And can someone shut up Edge?
Lita can, but they don't show that shit on TV...

[Gone Mad]

Man, you give him a briefcase and he sounds like he's God. Well, Edge's no God. Edge sucks! WHOO!

And how come no hype for this match? It's Capt. Charisma and Senator Roboto!

[YOUR Hero]

Well I think I'm going to surf around and find a baseball game, I've had enough rasslin' for tonight.

[Shadow]

Don't go Hero. We're going to see Batista kick HHH's ass.

[Kane Knight]

Give him a breifcase, some talent, and more charisma, and he'd be awesome.

[Kane Knight]

Don't go Hero. We're going to see Batista get jarretted.

[SuperSlim]

I forgot Batista was even supposed to be doing anything tonight :$

[Gone Mad]

Well I think I'm going to surf around and find a baseball game, I've had enough rasslin' for tonight.

Rasslin'? There was only two matches and three with this one. Ah, hell, you're right. Baseball's on, you say? C'MON Marlins!

[RGWhat316]

Finally I am back on here. Only one computer and has been being used all night.

[SuperSlim]

hey there is hope that Vicki can make another appearance. That'll be worth watching.

[Shadow]

........did JR just think Christian is in Michal Jackson's clutches? Like Ew.

[RGWhat316]

Damn, Edge sounds like HHH nowadays. Just the same thing over and over again.

[Kane Knight]

I forgot Batista was even supposed to be doing anything tonight :$
Bad booking/promotion.

[Kane Knight]

Damn, Edge sounds like HHH nowadays. Just the same thing over and over again.
In Edge's defense, he takes FAR less time to say it though.

[Shadow]

NIce one Edge. Why don't you just go sleep with Benoit's wife while you're at it.

[SuperSlim]

Christian wins :eek:

[RGWhat316]

WOW, don't even remember the last time Christian won a match.

[The Answer]

Unprettier :y: Christian wins!!!

[Gone Mad]

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AND WON!!! WHOOO!!!

And Slim, I doubt young Vicky will make another appearance unless Batista starts powerbombing hos through tables.

[Champion of Europa]

CAPTAIN CHARISMA ACTUALLY HITS THE UNPRETTIER!

[SuperSlim]

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AND WON!!! WHOOO!!!

And Slim, I doubt young Vicky will make another appearance unless Batista starts powerbombing hos through tables.

yeah I know. it was the only lure I could think of to keep people watchin even though I knew it wouldn't happen :(

[Loose Cannon]

LOL, Edge made me laugh a few times.

god, Batista is going to work a mic again. Hope he learned something from last time

[Loose Cannon]

Who's Vicky?

[Shadow]

No...I will not relive the astounding carear of Hulk Hogan in the April Issue of Raw. So what now Mr. Announcer?

[McLegend]

Victoria :roll:

[Azriel]

Where;s Flair by the way? This is the 2nd weeks he hasn't been on RAW

[PullMyFinger]

:y: Me too.

[RGWhat316]

Cool he gets pyro now!

[Gone Mad]

*** WELL, HERE COMES THE LORD OF THE DANCE! DANCIN' DAVE BATISTA!! ***

[Azriel]

Thats right Shadow. You tell that TV interviewer who's boss.

[Corkscrewed]

Whoa, that's TON of pyro!! :D


I found it funny earlier tonight when Edge said, "I've been getting screwed in the business for a while now." :lol:

[SuperSlim]

Batista didn't dance. :( but he had pyro? :?:

[Shadow]

Dance Dance Dave Revolution!

And I think JR is gay. He just said, "A Yard Wide and all man".

[Azriel]

Batista is insanely over.

[YOUR Hero]

No baseball games on, came back to see more promotional verbage.

[SuperSlim]

at least this is better than a Monty Brown promo

[Corkscrewed]

HBK comes out twice, so does HHH. And HHH mounting actual offense on Dave for the first time this RAW!

[SuperSlim]

too predictable :roll:

[RGWhat316]

Back to RAW is HHH, in 3 segments tonight.

[YOUR Hero]

I so hope HHH's knee blew there for real.

[Shadow]

.........WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE AIR TIME!

I think HHH is hurt btw. He landed wrong.

[Sepholio]

Batista says he won't become another victim. Well, Tazz needs to come out and make him just another victim. Then, and only then, would I truly mark out.

TAZZMISSION!!!~~~

[Corkscrewed]

Hahahaha, that was weak! HHH totally got owned!!

[Gone Mad]

at least this is better than a Monty Brown promo

PPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOUUUUUUNUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Azriel]

Just be glad its almost over Hero

[RGWhat316]

LOL WTF?

[Azriel]

Huh?

[Corkscrewed]

Hahahaha! He's gonna beat JR like a sack of puppies!

[SuperSlim]

now we just got retarded

[McLegend]

:rofl: :rofl:

[YOUR Hero]

"I'm going to shut your big mouth, once and for all" -HHH


...Hi, my name's irony and I'd like to introduce myself to you and your family.

[Gone Mad]

.........JR ?

:muah: I quit wrestling. Good night, everyone!

[RGWhat316]

That was a weird ending.

[Sepholio]

JR wins via submission when HHH chokes on BBQ sauce. I called it first.

[Shadow]

Poor JR. He's in another match that he shouldn't be in.

[Azriel]

and they managed to make the RAW even worse. Really lame show this week. Ah well. Adios bitches :D

[YOUR Hero]

Batista: "You can beat him JR, I have faith in you."

[Loose Cannon]

yea, let's rehash that storyline for the 6th time.

Pathetic

[Savio]

those pedigrees aren't made out of mustard.

[PullMyFinger]

WOW! This was one TERRIBLE TERRIBLE RAW! From the beginning to the end. First off, Raw finished 3 minutes before it was supposed to end.

What happened to the draft announcement?!

It seemed like Triple H's music cue came a little too late there.

Everything was way too predictable.

Holy shit, what a terrible Raw!

[Loose Cannon]

I knew this shit would happen. I treid to convince myself things would be different from last year. But here we are once again and EVERYTHING is about HHH post Mania. He's got to get all his heat back again :nono:

[PullMyFinger]

yea, let's rehash that storyline for the 6th time.

Pathetic
I know, how many times is Triple H going to beat down JR?

[Corkscrewed]

Well, I've been waiting for JR to get beat up for a while. He's overdue. Maybe HHH will BBQ him again too!

[Loose Cannon]

Well I wouldn't call Raw terrible from BEG to End. That's just being way to critical. Had some great stuff in there tonight, minus a few shitty segments.

[RGWhat316]

Vince: Hey we got really high ratings last week! Now lets put on a shit show and see how many people we can keep watching.

[Loose Cannon]

Now do you HHH supporters see my point on how he tries to focus everything on him. Yea, he'll do a job and get someone "over" to an extent, but not without him getting heat back afterwards.

[Splaya]

So wait, there was no fucking mention about the draft?

[PullMyFinger]

Vince: Hey we got really high ratings last week! Now lets put on a shit show and see how many people we can keep watching.
That's what I'm saying...if you got such a high rating last week...why don't you BUILD ON THAT? It's not rocket science! Boy, competition is really needed in wrestling.

LC, maybe that is being a little too critical, but when I compare this Raw from the Raw of the last few weeks...it falls way short. The only match I was interested in was the Christian match. The Hassan/HBK segment would've been alright if I didn't have the patriotism USA shit shoved down my throat again via HBK's speech.

[SuperSlim]

I'm assumin this is their way to show why Batista shouldn't be in the main event scene or hodlthe World title cause things would "suck."

And once they put the title on HHH again then they would try again.

[RGWhat316]

Hurricane was actually the best part of RAW for me. And maybe WWE will see Masters should be gone. He gets a boring chant 30 seconds into his match.

[PullMyFinger]

So wait, there was no fucking mention about the draft?
Nope!

Yeah, Triple H is the Kevin Nash/Hogan of WWE.

[Loose Cannon]

I mean look at the perception here. They're actually putting JR and HHH in front of Batista: THE WORLD CHAMP. So next week show isn't anything about Batista, it's about HHH and JR. That's just stupid illogical booking, when you have a new World Champion, who should be getting the main focus of the shows right now. HHH is already over as the "best" heel on Raw. He doesn't need all this attention. Batista does though.

[PullMyFinger]

Fucking pathetic.

[Kane Knight]

WOW, don't even remember the last time Christian won a match.
Now you can't say that...Until he goes on his next 18 month losing streak.

[Loose Cannon]

Why couldn't have Batista come out during the Masters match and just laid out both guys? Laid out the ref. Took the mic and told HHH to get his ass out here if he wanted a piece. That's how you book someone like him. Not someone playing 2nd fiddle to an announce.

DICKS.

[The Icon of Elisim]

There were a couple of pros tonight.

I like what they did with Hassan/Michaels. Giving them a tag team match will only make the final blow off match that much bigger. Plus getting Hogan into this thing is just going to make the WWE give this thing alot more hype.

Benjamin-Jericho fued will be great, Jericho is above the division but it'll still be a great match.

Christian winning is great and hopefully he gets something out of it, and Hurricane getting mic time and a match is great (too bad this is all he gets for the next couple months)

[Loose Cannon]

Yea, Icon, those were my pros too. And the Kane thing was pretty funny.

[Kane Knight]

Back to RAW is HHH, in 3 segments tonight.
Be thankful. It wasn't 5.

[Gone Mad]

Well, this episode wasn't made with BBQ spare ribs and chitlins, I can tell you that!

All I have to say was the best parts were Y2J/Benjs segment, Kane runnning around and Vicky!

[Kane Knight]

Dance Dance Dave Revolution!

And I think JR is gay. He just said, "A Yard Wide and all man".
This is the guy who'd get his jollies off Stone Cold. DUH

[Kane Knight]

*** WELL, HERE COMES THE LORD OF THE DANCE! DANCIN' DAVE BATISTA!! ***
Hehehehe. Sorry to disappoint.,

[Kane Knight]

Where;s Flair by the way? This is the 2nd weeks he hasn't been on RAW
Dead. They're cloning another one.

[SuperSlim]

Hey you can't forget Victoria was on Raw and competed. and the girl in the purple bra

[Kane Knight]

WOW! This was one TERRIBLE TERRIBLE RAW! From the beginning to the end. First off, Raw finished 3 minutes before it was supposed to end.

What happened to the draft announcement?!

It seemed like Triple H's music cue came a little too late there.

Everything was way too predictable.

Holy shit, what a terrible Raw!
I agree. Big let down after Wrestlemania and last Raw.

[YOUR Hero]

Pat Burrell has 17 RBIs already this year to go with his 4 HRs. Holy crap.

[PullMyFinger]

17 RBIs in the first week? Holy shit!

[Loose Cannon]

Well at least they didn't have HHH get any advantage on Batista yet. So that's good.

[PullMyFinger]

Well at least they didn't have HHH get any advantage on Batista yet. So that's good.
Oh don't worry, that's saved for next week's episode or the week after that. It'll come sooner or later.

[McLegend]

Pat Burrell has 17 RBIs already this year to go with his 4 HRs. Holy crap.

He always starts off good then he slumps in May and proceeds to stay in a slump for the rest of the year.

It's quite annoying :mad:

[Splaya]

Where the fuck was the mention of the draft :mad:

[Psycho C]

The WWE has no confidence with Batista as a face. In the WWE's history, a big hoss doesn't get over well as a face if they have no real charisma.

So what do they do? Use HHH's mic skills to boost Batista's in-ring ability.

It sure as hell ain't a good sign when your opponent has to hype you up for the fans.

[Gouda]

CHRISTIAN!!!

:love: :love: :love:

He won! He actually won!!

And he hit the Unprettier too!! It's been AGES since he's actually hit it! I even thought to myself earlier in the match when he went for it that he never hits it anymore....but then BAM!!

:love: :love: :love:

And all those Peeps in the front row!

:love: :love: :love:

[Mayo]

Yeah I enjoyed the Shelton/Y2J segment, it was kind of awkward and Shelton is bland on the mic but Jericho helped him out, and Shelton is a god in the ring anyways.

Anyone catch when Batista screwed up "reflection"? Man he needs to work on the timing of his promos with the crowd.

[Gouda]

Yeah I enjoyed the Shelton/Y2J segment, it was kind of awkward and Shelton is bland on the mic but Jericho helped him out, and Shelton is a god in the ring anyways.

Anyone catch when Batista screwed up "reflection"? Man he needs to work on the timing of his promos with the crowd.

I enjoyed the Y2J/Shelty segment as well. Intense. Shelton just sounds awful on the microphone with his little speech impediment of slur or whatever it is. He did have a funny line...something about more hits than the last Fozzy album.

Oh and as for Batista's slip... I think it was of the Freudian kind. He said "referection" :shifty:

[SuperSlim]

Yeah Shelton just needs a bit more practice and once he gets like even halfway decent he will truly be untouchable.

Batista messed up with the reflection, he spoke a lil quick. I mean he seemed out of breath just from doin his intro. :?:

Overall I was thrilled to see Victoria, Hurricane. Christian winning, even if it had to be over Benoit, and the whole Jericho/Shelton feud. Then there was the purple girl in the back.

Everything else pretty much sucked.

[Londoner]

I havent read the other pages but did anyone else see the fireworks fuck up at the beginning?I have never seen that before...oh the joy of live television!

[loopydate]

Last year at this time, I was one of the only people on this board who was bitching about WrestleMania.

This year, I loved WrestleMania (with a couple of exceptions).

And WWE just goes and finds another way to piss me off. Hogan? JR? Masters? Christy? HHH over two guys? Another Diva Search?

I'm just glad FOX moved "24" to Monday nights so I'm not so tempted to watch RAW. I taped "24" tonight so I could watch RAW, though. Won't be doing that again anytime soon.

Honestly, aside from the Xian/Benoit match, the stuff with Kane, the start of an actual IC feud, Daivari's WWE debut (I think?), and a Seth Skyfire cameo, this entire night was worthless.

[Gouda]

Oh yeah... also... since when does HHH (storyline wise) have the powerto make matches between himself and non-wrestlers? Unless Bischoff has suddenly turned heel again (which judging from the Hassan segment he might just have) then itdoesn't make much sense.

[Scarface]

I recorded Raw this week and watched it this morning. It was actually pretty good when I fast forwarded through all the crap (Triple H promo, Hassan promo, Diva match).

[SammyG]

Hassan promos are cool

[LK]

Just watching Raw at the moment and I have to say lol at the crowd chanting boring through Masters' match.

[Truth Commission]

Smackdown has been better than RAW for past month or so.

RAW has a far deeper pool of talent, but Smackdown has maximized its top talents far better.

[Boondock Saint]

Oh yeah... also... since when does HHH (storyline wise) have the powerto make matches between himself and non-wrestlers? Unless Bischoff has suddenly turned heel again (which judging from the Hassan segment he might just have) then itdoesn't make much sense.

I wondered that too. When HHH made the match, I was thinking "um...if Bischoff doesn't mention anything about sanctioning this match then I will be angry".

I hate crap like that, although I've grown to accept it.

[John la Rock]

ya it shouldn't have been made official. Biscoff is the only guy who can make it happen