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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5091949)

The Bar vs Mystery Team is currently rumored for the RAW tag titles.

Doesn't seem like its going to be a current team from NXT since it was also rumored this mystery team hasn't been formed yet.

Sooo War Machine skips NXT?

Or the father son team of Braun and Hillbilly Jim

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Originally Posted by Innovator (Post 5091955)

Sooo War Machine skips NXT?

I'd be really surprised considering everyone not named AJ Styles has had some sort of stint in NXT after the Sin Cara debacle. Even Triple H's most prized signing, Adam Cole, got the NXT treatment.

All depends on what WWE and PWI meant by “not currently a team” since it could just be two NXT stars randomly put together or something like a War Machine that are an established team but not in the WWE/NXT.

Why is Adam Cole Triple H's "most prized signing"?

He doesn't seem very special

Fan's have to lower their standards and tell themselves something is much better than it is.

Well, they didn't hang any minorities, so of course it's not going to be your cup of tea.

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Originally Posted by Lock Jaw (Post 5091973)

Why is Adam Cole Triple H's "most prized signing"?

He doesn't seem very special

He was one of the biggest stars in the indies and supposedly someone Triple H spent years trying to get for NXT since he wanted Cole a lot. Triple H going after several other ROH stars was part of his plan to lure Cole away once he became a free agent again.

Every other big indie star Triple H wanted was a lot easier or quicker to get a deal done.

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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat (Post 5091949)

The Bar vs Mystery Team is currently rumored for the RAW tag titles.

Doesn't seem like its going to be a current team from NXT since it was also rumored this mystery team hasn't been formed yet.

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Originally Posted by Slik (Post 5091954)

Braun and his new tag partner, J-E-Double F J-A-Double R-E-Double T

Elias and Jeff Jarrett

Whatever mainstream interest WWE was hoping would translate into viewers because of Ronda hasn't happened at all. 2nd week in a row her appearance didn't boost the numbers and instead resulted in an overall decline. Only thing that has been stable is RAW having the top spots for demo rankings.

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Originally Posted by TPWW Frontpage via Triple A

Monday’s Raw drew an average of 3,099,000 viewers, down from last week’s 3,180,000 viewers ...

This time last year, the March 6, 2017 Raw drew 3,216,000 viewers. The March 7, 2016 Raw drew 3,551,000 viewers.

Hourly breakdown:

8PM: 3,302,000
9PM: 3,267,000
10PM: 2,729,000

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Originally Posted by Observer

All three hours were the highest rated show on cable in the 18-49 demo and beat both CBS and FOX programming in that demo, putting it behind only ABC and NBC.

The second-to-third hour drop was 16.5 percent, which is the fourth biggest single hour drop in the show's history.

Ronda Rousey being in the first segment probably hurt the overall number since if people were turning in for her, they would have left 15 minutes in. Still, this was among the lower rated shows since football season ended, and there is no competition that you could point to as a primary reason.

The show didn't really promote anything for the third hour past Paul Heyman addressing Roman Reigns' remarks from the previous week.

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Originally Posted by Fignuts (Post 5091978)

Well, they didn't hang any minorities, so of course it's not going to be your cup of tea.

Yeah has nothing to do with 98% of the roster being generic as Hell.