Now, with Raw's guest host being mapped out until Wrestlemania....

[Codebreaker]

I can safely say that Raw has gone off the deep end and never plans on returning.

Regis as Guest Host? Pete Wentz? Serena Williams? Al Sharpton?

Fuck.

Only one that I'm mildly interested in is Bob Barker, and that's to see if he's gonna use the Diva's as his beauties, and if he brings the plinko board with him.

Main event of that night will be Renamed to "The Showcase Showdown."

[DAMN iNATOR]

I can safely say that Raw has gone off the deep end and never plans on returning.

Regis as Guest Host? Pete Wentz? Serena Williams? Al Sharpton?

Fuck.

Only one that I'm mildly interested in is Bob Barker, and that's to see if he's gonna use the Diva's as his beauties, and if he brings the plinko board with him.

Main event of that night will be Renamed to "The Showcase Showdown."

Planned to last until early next year–possibly through WrestleMania 26–the program has attracted many recognizable Hollywood and sports names. According to the article, Bob Barker, Al Sharpton, Nancy O’Dell, Floyd Mayweather and LeBron James have been booked for future episodes. Freddie Prinze, Jr. hosts Monday’s edition.

Meanwhile, Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson, the Osbournes, Danny DeVito, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Jimmy Fallon, Rachael Ray, MC Hammer, Woody Harrelson, Serena Williams and Ashton Kutcher are all in talks to host.

Good Lord. :nono: The names I bolded are pretty much all sure to be failures. And believe me or not, I actually, for some reason unbeknownst to me or another, I was actually thinking about how awful actors like DeVito (but especially him) would be...looks like nightmares really do come true...I hope they stop this shit after August 24th because it has been, for the most part, with the exception of Sarge hosting last week, just awful, and RAW deserves to just have a new GM named already.

[ron the dial]

devito would be amazing

[thecc]

devito would be amazingIf they bring in Devitio, I really want the other dudes from it's always sunny in philadelphia to do it too.

[ron the dial]

that would be the best raw ever if they did it in character

[Seth82]

devito would be amazing

well he was a wrestling fan yrs back and I think he attended Wrestlemania 1 if I recall correctly

[Stealth-Icon]

Bring in Jesse Ventura as a host

[thecc]

that would be the best raw ever if they did it in characterThe nightman cometh to raw?

[Londoner]

This has to be a joke surely? Why the fuck would they want serena williams?

[The Show Off]

devito would be amazing

Especially if he shows up drunk.

[Stealth-Icon]

This has to be a joke surely? Why the fuck would they want serena williams?


She weights as much as most of the wrestlers now days, so she could compete in a match.


I mean weights as much as the men, not the women.

[Londoner]

She weights as much as most of the wrestlers now days, so she could compete in a match.


I mean weights as much as the men, not the women.

It would not be that entertaining, though. Unlike with Shaq...

[Skippord]

lol Rachel Ray

[Londoner]

Ashton Kutcher could go either way, but no doubt even he would be better than Serena. Raw is just a circus these days.

[Stealth-Icon]

It would not be that entertaining, though. Unlike with Shaq...


True, but how about her teaming up with her lost at birth twin brother....Mark Henry...

Ah, what am I saying, I like Mark lately for the first time in years lately.

[Londoner]

True, but how about her teaming up with her lost at birth twin brother....Mark Henry...

Ah, what am I saying, I like Mark lately for the first time in years lately.

:lol:

[Fox]

This really is an utterly pathetic attempt to boost ratings. Vince truly has no idea what fans of the WWE want.

[FourFifty]

If Rachel Ray is a guest host I will remove my Kane mask tattoo with a cheese grater.

[Stickman]

This guest host idea could be good in moderation, not every fucking week.

Sarge was awful, and his anti Canada stuff didn't insult me as a Canadian, it insulted me as a wrestling fan.

Pretty sure I'm going to watch even less wrestling now.

[Londoner]

If serena or anyone else just as pointless hosts and does a crap job, i may just give up raw for good till it sorts its stuff out.

[IRodC]

Pros:

MC Hammer coming out to U cant touch this will be memorable
Devito would be great if he comes with the entire sunny cast, in philly
Woody Harrelson is Woody Harrelson
Ozzy trying not to curse during PG raw

Cons:
Watching Jimmy Fallon struggle through his lines and laugh and look at the camera every single moment
Al Sharpton will just be teddy long with hair YA FEEL ME!


All in all its pretty hit or miss, Hopefully they sign New Jack for the Pete Wentz/Ashlee Simpson episode. Lets cross our fingers

[owenbrown]

Well this pretty much GUARANTEES that I will never watch RAW again

[AJHayes]

Regis I can understand. As he worked with Blassie in the past.

The rest, ugh.

[Cool King]

Planned to last until early next year–possibly through WrestleMania 26–the program has attracted many recognizable Hollywood and sports names. According to the article, Bob Barker, Al Sharpton, Nancy O’Dell, Floyd Mayweather and LeBron James have been booked for future episodes. Freddie Prinze, Jr. hosts Monday’s edition.

Meanwhile, Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson, the Osbournes, Danny DeVito, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Jimmy Fallon, Rachael Ray, MC Hammer, Woody Harrelson, Serena Williams and Ashton Kutcher are all in talks to host.

Jesus Christ. There's no way I'll be watching Raw for long if this is true. I really don't want to endure another 7 months of this "Guest Host" bullshit.

Not only will we have to endure constant bombardment of blatant advertisements about whatever the celebrity is doing, but all the fans who aren't American or Canadian, will sometimes have to deal with an unknown "Celebrity" who we couldn't give a damn about to be honest.

Like I doubt all the European fans will be creaming there pants when they're told that LeBron James or Bob Barker will be the next Guest Host and so on.

Stating the obvious here, but SmackDown is clearly the better show these days. The quicker Vince gets his head out his ass and finds an actual GM for Raw, the better.

[Xero]

Kelly Ripa and Rachael Ray!? OH MY GOD, WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH VINCE?!

[LuigiD]

Man...when I first heard of the guest host idea I admit I kind of liked it.
Mostly because I like the idea of seeing legends come back.
However..all those celebrities..that is just stupid. Then again..Vince is really taking the direction of the company to be more accessible to the general public it seems. Probably going to fail miserably or do very very well.

[legendkillerRKO]

you know you will all still watch so you can come on these boards and bitch about how bad the guest host was that week....come on guys....im not judging because thats most likely what ill be doing too! :D

[Kane Knight]

This really is an utterly pathetic attempt to boost ratings. Vince truly has no idea what fans of the WWE want.

What puzzles me is they're going in a more family friendly direction, right?

Batista makes sense. The kids love him. Even some of the choices like Seth Green kinda make sense, even if the kids don't know him directly (May or may not). I get that.

I just don't even know who Regis or Rachel Ray is supposed to draw in. Not within any audience WWE would generally court, anyway.

So is this real? I trust Ryan Clark about as far as I'd trust Crossrine with a bomb, a Quran, and a plane ticket.

[Nark Order]

lol, you're all going to watch RAW still. Shut up.

[Seth82]

ugh Rachel Ray :eek:

That woman's voice gets annoying real fast and what the fuck is she gonna do on show?

Whatever superstar cooks the better meal wins?

[screech]

lol, you're all going to watch RAW still. Shut up.

lol

[Londoner]

lol, you're all going to watch RAW still. Shut up.

I'll probably watch the start of it to see how the show is going to turn out, then miss the rest of it. Some of these guest hosts are just ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous. Only watchin tonight for the return of HBK.

[Anybody Thrilla]

ugh Rachel Ray :eek:

That woman's voice gets annoying real fast and what the fuck is she gonna do on show?

Vickie Guerrero, Part Two.

I still haven't watched a single Raw since they've started doing the guest hosts (not by choice, I'll start watching again next week), so I'll refrain from judgment for now, but I must say that it sounds absolutely fucking awful.

[#1-norm-fan]

A strange, fucked up part of me that I almost hate is starting to get into this whole guest hosting idea. It's pure entertainment value (Ideally... even if nights come along where the idea doesn't work.) Couldn't be further from Smackdown! right now. This is the closest we've come to actual rival forms of wrestling since 2001. I don't know. There's a charm to the idea that I'm starting to feel.

[screech]

Vickie Guerrero, Part Two.

I still haven't watched a single Raw since they've started doing the guest hosts (not by choice, I'll start watching again next week), so I'll refrain from judgment for now, but I must say that it sounds absolutely fucking awful.

Not all of them have been so bad. Shaq was good, Seth Green was good, Million Dollar Man was great.

Wonderful idea no doubt, but some of these names being tossed around are just silly.

[Anybody Thrilla]

They're not competing. They're all in the same company, and they're not even on the same night. What are you even talking about?

[Anybody Thrilla]

THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE RAW GUEST HOSTS:

Al Sharpton:
* The Boogeyman, D'Lo Brown, Ahmed Johnson and 2 Cold Scorpio all get rehired
* MVP is granted infinite title shots

Rachael Ray:
* Mark Henry develops a huge crush. A woman that can cook? Perfect!

Ashton Kutcher:
* Ashton plays pranks on all of the wrestlers backstage, only to get the shit kicked out of him at the end of the night.


....actually, that Ashton one might not be too bad.

[Loose Cannon]

E Entertainment channel

[Anybody Thrilla]

Danny DeVito
* Hornswoggle gets a title shot, as Danny can relate to him

[screech]

Oh, and since I may not be in the RAW thread tonight I just wanna say:

Freddie Prinze Jr. will make his grand return.

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2590372=Freddie+Prinze+Jr#post2590372


I called Freddie Prinze Jr. when all this started.

[What Would Kevin Do?]

If I can see Nightman vs Dayman on RAW, I will never question anything WWE does ever again.

[FourFifty]

ugh Rachel Ray :eek:

That woman's voice gets annoying real fast and what the fuck is she gonna do on show?

Whatever superstar cooks the better meal wins?

She'll lose ratings in 30 minutes or less.

[Skippord]

Bob Barker guest hosting will be epic

not sure why he would host but whatever

[Anybody Thrilla]

What the fuck else is he doing right now? He's not exactly busy.

[thedamndest]

Spaying and neutering pets.

[Sovereigntywillpr]

It's like watching a really long "the rise and fall of WWF/E" DVD week in and week out....

[Savio]

Rachel Ray?

[Droford]

The only person that should remotely be happy about this is Santino because it keeps him employed for another 8 months as comic relief to the guest hosts.

[Gerard]

Vince seriously needs to get off the crack pipe and step down, the guy is so out of touch with people today its not even funny. Does he actually think bringing in these arseholes increases ratings? Whats his thought process? "hmm raws ratings are way down, time to bring in some condescending cunt who will say he\she loves wrestling but has never seen seen a match in his\her life, he\she can "host" and be in 3 segments totalling 5 minutes of air time, clearly this plan of action will boost ratings, not putting actual thought into storylines.

Fucking idiot, retire Vince you lost the plot years ago, only way you could compete with wcw was by ripping off ecw and copying the nwo you silly old codger. Only thing you're good at these days is rehashing the same old shite and walking like you just shit yourself.

[NeanderCarl]

I have no problem at all with Guest Hosts in principle. It's different, it keeps the show fresh from week to week (each show has a different backbone) and some of them haven't done a bad job. Shaq was entertaining, Prinze was okay, Seth wasn't bad either...

They just need to refrain from over-shilling (Jeremy Piven was excruciating), bring in people who actually provide mass interest (I guess Piven did this, in a way), and people who are at least somewhat familiar with the product or - at the very least - don't look like they're only there to push their latest project, even if in reality they are. (Piven, again, I'm looking at you...)

Also, they need to find a balance between celebrities and wrestling personalities. I'd like to see them alternate each week or at least balance it out 50/50.

Establishing Raw as an alternative for the usual celeb product plugging circuit (late night talk shows, daytime shows etc) is a great idea from a marketing perspective, and whatever you want to say about Vince McMahon, he truly is a marketing genius. The better integrated into the product the celebs become, the bigger the names that will show up. This can only be good for the visibility and mainstream crossover of WWE and its wrestlers.

They just need to refrain from using Z-list celebrities just for the sake of cramming a 'star' onto each show. For example, if the best name they can come up with one week is Rachel Ray (who?) then give Hulk Hogan a call instead. Utilising non-entity celebs will only have an adverse effect on the proceedings, and pigeonhole Raw as a Z-list kinda show. Stick to big name celebs, and if for whatever reason you cannot find a big name in any given week, call Eric Bischoff, call Stone Cold, call Heyman, call Ultimate Warrior, call Todd Pettengill, call Sean Mooney... hell, call Randy Savage! Yeah, yeah, I know...

Vince, in his usual egoMcMahoniacal fashion, will oversaturate the celeb concept until it's dead in the water by promoting useless non-entities... so those who don't care for the idea needn't get too upset about it; it will go the way of all Vince's other failures by the time that dude who cried to leave Britney Spears alone shows up as host.

[NeanderCarl]

They also need to ensure that celebrities are promoted each week to complement the WWE and it's ongoing storylines, not at the detriment of them. A Guest Host is the axis of the show; that show needs to serve a purpose. That purpose needs to be mainly to advertise the WWE, its storylines and its upcoming events. This can be done whilst still giving a shout out to the Guest Host's current project, but the latter should never be at the expense of the former.

When the WWE learns how to create this balance, and not drop its knickers at the prospect of having "real stars" show up, then they're onto something good. In the "WWE Universe", and in the presentation of its weekly shows, the WWE wrestlers should be presented as equal or better than any celebrity who shows up, lest they look second rate. The company and its "Superstars" fawning over the has-been likes of MC Hammer just doesn't achieve this at all.

[Londoner]

They also mustn't make the guest host make a lumberjack match cause they hate orton and then have them cheer orton and take his side during a match...makes the host look abit stupid!

[Skippord]

What the fuck else is he doing right now? He's not exactly busy.
just meaning since he's like 90

[Stickman]

Next time they're in Green Bay they should get Brett Favre as host.

[parkmania]

Danny DeVito
* Hornswoggle gets the cruiserweight belt back, as Danny can relate to him

Fixed!

[Volare]

Next time they're in Green Bay they should get Brett Favre as host.

Umm, he's in Minnesota now!



BTW thank god we got Adrain Peterson...otherwise we'd be screwed!