If anything confirms Lesnar is leaving, that is it.

ohhh you called him a bitch. here he comes...

This is reminiscent of the build to WM20 when the whole SmackDown roster let Austin get through to attack Brock

"You're just Brock Lesnar's bitch"

cuts to a giant screen reading "Believe That"

Uh oh NOBODY CALLS DA BIG DOG... a pregnant female dog.

... without removing it from that big-ass, old school grey and red Radio Shack flashlight that uses like eight D batteries.

What I'm saying is, I hope it lands him in a coma. Nothing life threatening, just remove him from music for a couple of decades. Then, when he wakes up, he's totally irrelevant and can live the rest of his days in obscurity. If he dies, he'll somehow be one of the greatest entertainers of all time, and that can't happen.

Wow great convincing by reigns.

Should have just had bruan and Asuka for security

Think about it, guys.

When I think "heated brawl" I definitely think telegraphed leaping jab.

That was better than the last time they faced off for Mania's go-home show

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Brock Lesnar just became that one boss and a game where when you have to face them they are all powerful then in the next game when they're part of the roster their weak as shit and slow

All I'm going to say is that the crowd was infinitely more hyped for BRAINZ Strowman than they were for the closing segment on the go-home Raw for Mania.

My gosh I can't believe that Taker didn't show.

Can't blame him.

I wouldn't want to get shown up by BRAINZ Strowman either.

Haven't heard better convincing since:

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Roman did a good job and didn't get a lot of hate.

The next direction of Miz: Uber-annoying new dad. Wears shirts with his kid's picture or some type of "world's greatest dad" novelty on it every week. Beats people and instead of money in their mouth like Ted DiBiase, he puts baby 8x10s over their face.

You just reminded me it's on Netflix I'm going to go remind myself how it's the most bloodless thing named Mortal Kombat ever.

No. Pacifiers.

Good Raw. Hyped for Mania. Into a lot of the matches.

Braun. No more needed to be said.

Miz is amazing as ever. I am the biggest Rollins fan ever but they need to do something to not make him so bland. He has the charisma but the character sucks. Balor blows but whatever. Miz makes this a must see match.

100% interested with Cena and Taker. Feels so odd they dont have Taker officially announced to draw some audience in.

Hyped for Brock and Reigns. Reigns isn't my favorite person but I rather have him being the champ than Balor or Owens. Or 95% of the roster. So if he does win excellent. Build has been done nicely for the match. Rollins should make a joke st Mania about ruining their moment again.

I dont care about Bliss or Nia but that match will be like 30 seconds long.

Since they did not reveal Brauns partner it has to be a legit surprise. It can't be someone like Big Show. It has to be some like camera man or someone like Y2J. Just dont let it be Joe.

I'm surprisingly stoked for Reigns/Lesnar. Who would've thought?

Daniel Bryan, Big Show and More Announced for “Greatest Royal Rumble”
By Triple A on Monday, April 2nd, 2018 at 1:00 PM ET
WWE announced the first five names for the “Greatest Royal Rumble” in Saudi Arabia on April 27.

Daniel Bryan, Kane, Big Show, Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt will all wrestle in the 50-man Royal Rumble match.



so...yeah, probably Kane or Big Show :rant:

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How does that correlate with Mania? I am confused.

Big Show aint quite retired. they won't give us something we want. we can't have nice things

Eeh. Too much like the team of Abyss/Joseph Park for my liking.

Fair.

Counterpoint: Braun makes the most absurdly stupid shit into the most amazing stuff. (Emerging from a garbage truck, pulling down the set with a grappling hook, etc)

Oh, I was thoroughly amused by the giant bass with Elias. He pulls the one-off comedy shit well. It shows depth to the guy rather than simple "Hulk Smash". Just needs to stay one-off. Brains Strowman should not be a consistent thing, or it will lose its luster.

The only annoying thing about reading Twitter each week during RAW is seeing grown adults throw temper tantrums online when something doesn't play out the way they would "fantasy book-it" in their heads.

It's not that serious people, it's just fun.

Come on. This is brilliant.

Twitter is the devil but I'll hashtag whatever thinking it makes it to twitter. #braunbrainz #universaltitlesucks #hateroman #woken #carlthegayjanitorisblackwidow #sting

Wait. What.

Seems as though my prediction was right and their going to have Taker show up at Wrestlemania for one of those 'Wrestlemania moments'. Would laugh if Naked Mideon came out instead .

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posted that in the wm35 thread but not sure many will see it, sort of discourages me from wanting to attend next year (but I have to make it thru 34 first!)



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Absolutely brilliant Raw.

* Having Steph beat up Ronda is great for business. Now fans don't necessarily see Ronda as the superior athlete, which creates DRAMA and TENSION for the upcoming match.

* I like the story of Angle being a failure. Hopefully fans that have never seen Angle before will be able to appreciate him trying to redeem himself and prove that he is relevant in 2018.

* I like the Q&A and photo-op stuff. Very MMA and makes this match seem LEGIT.

* I'm really pumped about this Women's Battle Royal. You only get to be the first one time. Just ask Becky, Carmella, Asuka, Charlotte and Sasha about that.

* The WWE is so varied. On one hand you've got the legit fight between Triple H & Stephanie and Ronda & Angle, and then you've got matches like the Triple Threat. Unlike real fighting, the WWE is willing to say "we don't mind putting three people in the ring at one time." It helps sets them apart from the monotonous one-on-one formula that I think most fans must be bored of. Boring old wrestling would have had Seth Rollins and Finn Balor fight to decide who gets to face the champion, but these modern innovations throw out rankings and the like. It's exciting and unpredictable. I hope they add more people to this match by Sunday.

* At WrestleMania you don't get just ONE Battle Royal, but TWO. Talk about value for money.

* Goldust vs. Matt Hardy was such a clever way to promote just how many weird and interesting characters the WWE has under their employ. This Battle Royal is going to be hilarious. Will an old veteran like Goldust win, or will a young blue-chipper like Matt Hardy take it?

* "PROCURE! PROCURE!" Haha, Matt Hardy is so funny. How can people think wrestling is getting worse?

* Alexa Bliss might be the best actress the WWE has ever had, and that's taking into consideration a lot of very talented performers. Her acting inside the ring is almost as good as her acting outside it. I expect her bout with Nia Jax to be wrought with emotion.

* Wow, John Cena right up there with Alexa Bliss in terms of those acting chops. What a promo. The WWE has never not promoted such a high profile match heading into WrestleMania. What a brilliant marketing strategy. When this match does happen at Mania, everyone will collectively lose their minds. "Anything can happen in the WWE!"

* Elias is such a good heel. I hope that when they turn him face he gets to actually release a music CD, because he could be one of their biggest crossover stars.

* It looks like Curt Hawkins might be Braun Strowman's WrestleMania partner. I like the way the WWE sends the message that even if you lose and lose constantly, a big moment and championship win could be right around the corner. Gone are the days of win-loss records boxing wrestling into making only a select number of decisions. Predictable. I'm looking forward to Curt Hawkins' second Tag Team Championship reign.

* Braun is so funny. I like the way he sends the message that you can be a bad-ass and still enjoy a good joke.

* Nia Jax is such an inspiration for being big and BEAUTIFUL. The WWE have created another successful role model. I imagine that they will get a lot of sponsors and that Nia will get invited to talk in high schools as the champion, bringing in a whole new generation of fans.

* I love the face turn for Dana Brooke. As a heel she wasn't doing anything, but there is definitely place for her as a face. She might be a darkhorse to take the Women's Battle Royal.

* What an end segment. Holy cow. Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns have a big fight feel, and they've done a tremendous job finally getting Reigns over as a babyface. I like that Reigns used logic to defeat the Raw roster and get his hands on Brock. But Heyman said that it is a spoiler that Brock wins, and Heyman's spoilers are usually correct. Bad news for the Big Dog.

Overall a great Raw and I think the electric atmosphere for this packed 7 HOUR SHOW is going to rise it to a level never seen by a WrestleMania.

Glad you had a good time watching Noid. Seems like it's well worth 3 hours of valuable time when it's a show you enjoyed and knew you would in advance :y: :y: :y:

Read more like a CyNick post than a Noid post. Wasn't a bad Raw but it was nowhere near brilliant.

Who hacked Noid’s account?

Maybe it's just the Goldust affect... maybe it's because he had to wrestle Bray Wyatt on repeat for months on end, but Matt Hardy actually looked mobile and athletic and in control of his body last night. Short but encouraging match for me.

It's very smart but also very annoying that WWE did the "Pick Me Braun" shirt. Genius to not reveal his partner until the match starts because they are going to sell a ton of those shirts all week.

Noid used to do these parody posts during CyNick's run. Nothing new from TPWW's resident smartest guy in the room.

I remember during the awful Vince illegitimate son storyline, they did a poll with everyone on the roster as options for who could be Vince's son, and the internet hijacked it so that Stevie Richards was one of the top vote getters. So they did a segment where Coach mentioned that to Vince and he just belly laughed at the notion before moving on.

That's kinda what the Braun/Hawkins backstage segment reminded me of. Just WWE saying "yeah, we're aware that this idea has gained momentum online.....but we aren't doing it, so stop".

Just reminded me of that segment where they were narrowing down who Vince's son was and the script accidentally kept The Sandman in the ring far longer than he should have been.

ooo Evil Noid is creeping back

You use that remark about everybody. I know you're not exactly the smartest guy in the room, but jeez...

I honestly just couldn't think of anything else at the time. Please forgive my lacklustre performance :'(

Feel like "TPWW's resident smartypants" may have been more effective. C'est la vie, another opportunity missed.

You're forgiven, Dale.

Noids post was great. I cant rep it though because he shit on Bliss. He is right about everything else tho.


Might neg him for the Bliss hate tho. Undecided.

Let me know what you think TPWW

I say neg rep him for the sake of crowd heat.

Before making any big decision like that you should take some time to fap about it and clear your head.

I posted that 3 min ago. If you think ive been on the internet 3 min without fapping you sir are sorely mistaken

#FapNation

Always neg rep Bliss hate.

Why is that even a question?

Just split the difference.

Give me the positive rep and him the negative.

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WWE would be really smart to have him layout the IC match at Mania based on how great Rollins-Balor was last night.

Sarcasm at its finest ladies and gentlemen.

If you don't enjoy the product, then why continue watching?

1st time Ive heard of noid watching RAw in a yearish

Noid is one of the posters who never watched the show but knows Bliss is the worst. And have strict opinions on every wrestler there is in the WWE.

Well, he claims to not watch at least.

No idea why he spends so much time on the boards talking about a product he does not watch or like.

That shouldnt be hard to understand.

When you love something and want it to be better its hard not to be passionate about it.

I have no problem with Noid, but I will say that Alexa Bliss has been doing pretty good work.

Heh. He came around on The Usos. Give him time on Bliss.

:lol:

For fuck's sake, I've seen Bliss. After people said she was good. My thoughts on her have been fairly consistent:

* She's good for her experience level.

* That doesn't say much.

* This is especially true comparatively to some of the women with a lot more experience (Natalya, for example) or natural talent (Charlotte, for example).

* Overall, I'd put her somewhere towards the middle-back of women they have currently employed that I have also seen.

* It bothers me that someone that unimpressive is the champion at a time when they are promoting the merits of women. I know this is bullshit, but it just irks me. It's allowed to fucking irk me.

* She can talk, but her promos suck.

* Her facial expressions are hammy, but not in a good Vince McMahon/William Regal way. I've compared them to high school acting because they remind me, as someone who has taught drama in a high school, of high school acting.

* Cute as a button and works hard. More power to her, I have just not seen evidence of this alleged greatness after going out of my way to look for it.

* I don't think it's a coincidence so many people changed their tone on her when she did the Harley Quinn cosplay. You can literally pinpoint that moment in time as when people switched. Hell, that's part of the work. This is not so much a problem I have with her as it is with the fandom surrounding her. Braun's, ironically, got a similar thing, where people have fallen for the squash stuff despite him still being shit. It's just funny to me that people say that kayfabe can't work when they fall for shit like pigtails and "RAWR!"

If I watch Mania and she impresses the fuck out of me, I will let people know.

:y:

I've also dedicated a lot of my time to watching, reading about and writing about wrestling over my formative years. It's hard to just throw that all away because everything has gotten so stale and cold. It hurts my feelings that wrestling, in my opinion, has gotten so lame that my love for it can't push me to watch the weekly television anymore, and that I now root for a company to experience financial decline so they actually change something to bring me back into the fold.

I don't want to be cynical about wrestling. I'd much rather throw my hands in the air and go back to being entertained. But watching everybody work the same match, cut the same promo, have interchangeable motifs and basically be as gentrified as fuck makes it really hard to generate any sort of emotional energy to throw into them -- and they're definitely not getting my money after constantly telling me that none of this shit means anything.

I still follow, out of habit and because I genuinely want to love wrestling, but it's fucking hard. And Raw, SmackDown, NXT and most PPVs have lost me. To be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure I'll catch Mania, because I'll be working during the airing the show, and I'll probably catch a review before I re-sign, because I don't want to risk them getting money for a shit show, and it will probably be shit.

I'll catch clips on YouTube when they upload them for the viewz.

WrestleMania is free for new subscribers! (Not sure what the deal is with re-subscribers)

I'm curious to see the Network numbers after Mania.