That was a passionless promo. Sad to see HHH bury Shamus. Even worse seeing Evan Borne bury him
Is it just me or did Borne get zero reaction?

Jobbing to Evan Bourne. Clearly someone hates Sheamus

The voice of the WWE.. puhleaaasee

For the record, regardless of what you folks think of his performance in the ring, Evan Bourne is one of the nicest WWE Superstars you could ever meet.

Punk

I'm assuming Taker's gonna cut a promo on SD, enter Corre, proceed with ass-kicking. Then Taker pins Kane in the main event. Sounds good.

so much for a Michael Cole-less Raw

Fuck this Jerry Lawler mother shit. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

DON'T DO IT JERRY, IT'S A TRAP!!!

:shifty:

They never said it would be a Cole-less Raw.

Cole has guts? He doesnt even have balls.

ugh. colesore

Miz is the ref, Riley in the corner.

Well, King's getting screwed at WM then.

Oh god, Cole, shut up.

Well, thats an odd one. Swagger!

Swagger. Huh?

Swagger, this is your mania moment!

Swagger's not wrestling at WM but is instead "training" M. Cole and will serve as his valet?

I like it.

Special guest ref might be the Swagga Eagle.

It should be funny if they have training videos of Cole getting ready similar to when Vince first trained against Stone Cold.

I am guessing the ref will be Alex Riley.

<font color=goldenrod>Hope this leads to Cole/Swagger training vignettes.

Lawler/Cole is the best built angle in WWE right now.</font>

Austin's back next week.

Sweetness.

Cole plays the wannabe tough guy perfectly. Feel like he's getting all the rage out from years of being picked on by the Rock and Chris Jericho.

Good God...

WWE... this Cole being on his "period" is getting way too fucking old!

Ha Ha Cole just made a fuck up almost

Dammit, Orton stop talking. You are better not talking.

Damn, hot promo.

Shut up inno, that was badass.

So Orton's gonna win all his matches then?

Probably or lose just to Mason Ryan

<font color=goldenrod>Hope Nexus officially disbands after Mania. Time to put that dying dog to sleep. I always thought Punk leading a stable would be the goods but unfortunately it's 0-2 in that respect. Shame they can't really make anybody around Punk look good.</font>

This show started off with such promise with the hhh segment....and has since sort of gone in the crapper.

I wonder if the cage is for the dark match or will come into play in a bit.

Think the fans are pissed Rock is via satellite?

Did Cole or Matthews say "bang" when Orton RKO'd Hennig? DDP?

CM Punk got Orton's middle name wrong. It's Kenneth, not Keith.

Got him!

<font color=goldenrod>Bold prediction: It's a one-on-one match, but Skip Sheffield returns at Mania and kills Orton dead with a lariat. Loopholes 4tw.</font>

2 down, 3 to go.

Big Vito, that would be awesome.

Wow Cole you are overselling the crap out of this.

Camera angles messing up shit pisses me off as a tv person lol...the replay of Orton's punt looked much better than the live angle.

Stone Cold Randy Orton.

Actually mentioned the Mistico signing.

Raw bound?

i think Cole is building and inching towards Vickie Guerrero heat in record time.

They'll prolly mention it on smackdown too. He is definietly going to smackdown to work with del rio or mysterio first. Working with them will help him get accustomed to the wwe style better than working with anyone on raw.

ahahaha hate that one.

I gotta be honest, I kinda feel like Miz is getting screwed over and he's been put on the back burner in recent weeks while the other feuds have been built up.

Why the hell does Riley STILL have the damn briefcase?

Gives him a weapon to use/look more heelish i suppose.

The briefcase is to hold the belt.

people with briefcases are all evil

FACT

Damn right Skippord.

John Cena has fabulous timing

ugh

Boooooorrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiingggggggggggggggg

Put the miz back on please.

Oh shiet, you so funny Cena.

<font color=goldenrod>Way to make fun of OCD people. Stay classy Cena!</font>

:shifty:

The Rock can show via satelite or in person anytime now.

none of this is any good at all

hahaaa good one a-ri

Oh Cena with a gay joke. Whatever next!

haha jorts

This promo is painful

Oh, more gay jokes. Clever.

take that Bed Bath & Beyond

Omg can we have a commercial break please. I'm falling asleep

I miss CM Punk

Cena should be on Def Comedy Jam.

The only enjoyable part of this promo was the word jorts.

Just got in and saw the Sheamus beat down. I know they said Kevin Dunn didn't like Sheamus, but good lord, who did he piss off? If Dunn has that much power to literally bury a guy like this, then that's an issue. Now if Sheamus spouted something off, it's one thing but if Dunn "doesn't like him" and personally sees it to turn him into a jobber? This isn't cool.

To me it's doing some serious harm to the Raw brand. I know I'll sound like a Sheamus mark, but the guy was credibly over as a top heel, behind The Miz and Wade Barrett/CM Punk/Nexus. He was able to have heels with main eventers, and could have the belt put on him without people thinking twice at this point.

And in 2011 he's gone from that kind of wrestler to now being cannon fodder for Evan Bourne? Wow

Cena has completely lost the fuckin plot tonight.

<font color=goldenrod>Cena is seriously burying Miz right now. Usually Cena at least gives his opponent some chance of winning.</font>

Cena just fucking killed the crowd

"Burying" in terms of the match, you mean, not promo skills.

So that's what the cage is for. But escape only, that's a bit shady.

lol chaperone is on dvd next week

:-\ if A-Ri looses, then nobody is going to hold Miz's briefcase anymore.

Also based on that promo by Cena, it doesn't look like Cena can do what he was able to do with Batista and keep the string of great promos lasting till Mania.

Was that Cole who was talking about how terrible A-Ri's joke was? Lol you think he knows his mic was on?

That was faster than legendary

they keep saying rock will respond, but without using the word 'LIVE', so im feeling that it wont be :(

What the fuck happened to Cena? I remember that his promos used to be relatively good. Especially ones promoting Wrestlemania.

<font color=goldenrod>In his promo, Cena even told Miz that nobody takes him seriously. Nice way to make your champion look like he has some sort of chance of winning.

I know he jokes a lot, but usually there is some point where Cena acknowledges the skills of his opponents. Just annoyed that the Cena/Miz build has been shit so far. Good thing they've got 4 weeks to right the ship.</font>

Okay, I can suspend my disbelief a lot. I'm a wrestling fan, after all.

But why on earth would Miz accept that challenge? That's just bad storytelling. "You want my protege in a match? If you win, he's fired and I lose my backup? ...yeah, sure, why not? But you have to say I'm awesome, though!"

<font color=goldenrod>I like how the Miz accepts a match which will result in a significant detriment to him, contingent on something Cena will ignore anyway if he loses.</font>

This whole Cena/Miz/Rock thing is just weird to me. You have The Rock trying to buy Cena, you have Cena trying to bury the Miz, then trying to bury the Rock, and The Miz not caring about it because he's the champ.

The Rock can do a promo and it will sound awesome, and I'll be right there to reminisce about his awesomeness, but right now, I don't like this feud. And I point it totally at John Cena.

His rap was pretty cool last week but since then it's the same 'ole appeal to the 11-year-old Cena, wearing his stupid retread purple crap and honestly is coming across as a little kid. I've always kind of liked him, but when you have a man wearing Purple and 1997 jeans shorts, the Rock who looks chizzled in a nice black shirt, and the Miz looking like a million bucks wearing a belt, who looks completely out of place?

I'm neutral on how the Miz is being portrayed, as I like the fact he's being booked to be above the pettiness going on. To me, it makes him sound and look like he truly believes the title is above all of that. But at the same time, if ewe have to endure another four episodes of sophomoric crap by Cena (and some by the Rock) at his expense, it won't do him any good either.

Womens division sucks no real consistent direction

WHY THE FUCK IS GAIL KIM NOT DOING ANYTHING

<font color=goldenrod>I like how it doesn't even matter what Twin won.</font>

A ring full of Divas would have been the perfect opportunity for Kong to come out and destroy shit.

Ah, well. About par for this Raw.

<font color=goldenrod>Seriously feels like Miz' only role at Mania will be to lose the belt. Rock/Cena is the main story.

Miz is one shitting dog away from being Jericho at WM18.</font>

because it's the WWE?

Is Fit Finley still training the division since it was much better when he was involved training the divas and maybe the storylines (not sure if he wrote it as well)?

:rofl:

would honestly marry The Rock if it was legal and he would have me

Poor Us in Buffalo - He didnt even get on a plane :(

it is a pretty long flight

Rock>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cena

Wow, they totally PG'd the Rock compared to the last time he was on.

Edit: Nevermind.

No one is cheering for cena later.