WWE have tweeted the image of the Corbin/Lashley/McIntyre team from that bleak time...

Did they really break up the Hurt Business so they could do a "this team explodes" about a team everyone hated, had no real impact, and most people had completely forgotten about?

Why would we want to remember that the champion and his top contender were once lackeys to Corbin? Why would you ever bring that up?

lol Batista just blasted them for breaking up the Hurt Business. honestly, I can scream and say how dumb they are for doing that, but i'm not one bit surprised. it was getting over and so they canned it. simple as that.

RAW down to 1.7 million viewers during WM season

The road to WM pal!

Preview for tonight's show:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nothing says <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WrestleMania</a> week like a Baron Corbin match on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAWTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1379088850098786311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Bad Bunny on RAW tonight

I feel sorry for those who click on Raw tonight with fingers crossed that they get a good show. Spoiler, you won't.

After all these years of delivering WWE style promos, Corbin still is pretty terrible with them and arguably has the oddest promo delivery in WWE history.

I had NO IDEA the HOF was airing tomorrow night until like 20 seconds ago when an ad for it was on RAW

Trying to decide if this RAW or the post WM RAW will be my final RAW...

:lol: at Kofi chucking a mic at Omos.

Why even bother doing a rematch of Woods vs. Styles from last week if it was just a big nothing of a match in the end.

Omos/AJ winning tag belts confirmed

Bugatti Bunny

Its the only non-wrestling night of 9 straight nights of WWE programming starting today.

Nice of Braun to fight for the honor of stupid people.

If you made it this far you may as well see if they do anything big or interesting on the post WM RAW. And when the answer is inevitably “no” you can have free Mondays again.

I can’t remember the last full Raw I watched. Beisbol for me tonight

For some reason there are closed captions for Raw on my screen but I don't have closed captions on, I am very kanefused

:lol: at Miz & Morrison using watercolor paint to "ruin" Bad Bunny's expensive car.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">69 ME GUNNER<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERAW</a> <a href="https://t.co/yuuVDp8I17">pic.twitter.com/yuuVDp8I17</a></p>&mdash; Mr. Warren Hayes (@MrWarrenHayes) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrWarrenHayes/status/1379234633703903233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

UPDATE: It turns out I did have closed captions on

cAn tHeY cO-ExIsT

That Women's Tag Turmoil match has some great potential to be the worst match at Mania.

Then again the Women's Tag title match probably going to top it in awfulness.

The Miz sucks

Didn't think it would actually be possible but this week's show is already trending to be even worse than last week's show.

3 matches so far and none of them have been entertaining.

Feels like RAW has already been 3 hours long and we are barely in hour 2...

One of the family cats suddenly spearing a wall in my room because she was chasing a fly has been more entertaining than tonight's RAW so far.

Guess Billie Kay didn't get the memo that she nor whoever she finds for a tag partner isn't booked in the Women's Tag Turmoil match at Mania.

Knowing WWE, she somehow is going to be involved in that match and likely win it. Maybe even also win the Women's tag belts the next night because WWE logic is all over the place.

still better then nia, or billie kay could have a tag team reunion with payton

Billie Kay and Carmella were actually in the match graphic online for the show before Billie appeared on RAW

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And I guess Carmella and Billie Kay too! <a href="https://t.co/vhHQsSRJJJ">pic.twitter.com/vhHQsSRJJJ</a></p>&mdash; Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestlingGary/status/1379241342702866438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

WWE should feel very lucky the NCAA Men's basketball title game is quickly turning into a blowout since RAW likely was going to get hammered badly tonight in ratings. Probably still will be based on the piss poor effort for tonight's show.

Well that's weird. Why show the outdated graphic on RAW when they could have just waited till after that segment to show the current one. Then again it also goes against what happened in that segment with Billie being mocked for not having a tag partner.

Everything about this year's Road to Mania on the RAW side just feels like a big mess.

Fiend's new melty man look is way too goofy and/or funny to take him serious as a supernatural evil being character.

Bad Bunny best promo in WWE

RAW Creative's bright idea to transition from a Miz vs. Bad Bunny match to a Miz & Morrison vs. Bad Bunny & Damien Priest match was just for Priest to say its now a tag match.

:lol: at "Booger T" line by Bad Bunny.

maybe letting bad bunny cut a long promo was a bad idea...

Why the hell did they have Bad Bunny give a long drawn out promo?

Was very rough in quality although it did have some decent moments for someone doing it for the first time.

:wtf:

I cannot wait for the WrestleMania crowd to boo the fuck out of Riddle. He's truly unbearable.

Sheamus should wear his 1930s steel worker outfit as his in ring attire. Hat and all.

Mustafa Ali is solid.

Bro Derek such a weak finisher

Riddle vs. Mustafa Ali was good.

Easily was the best thing on tonight's show so far.

Unless WWE has something else planned for the main event, seems Drew vs. Corbin is eating up the rest of tonight's show. Considering how boring Corbin's long matches typically are, it would be the cherry on top of a very bad RAW go-home show for Mania.

This might be the worst mania go home show of all time.

Without a doubt.

How USA Network feels any way happy with the piss poor product WWE is giving them for RAW during this year's Road to Mania is a big mystery.

At least SmackDown's Road to Mania has been mostly watchable and interesting even if some of the Mania build on their side leaves a lot to be desired.

I've enjoyed the Edge/bryan/Roman stuff.

Raw has had nothing but the Hurt Business and Asuka. Hurt Business is broken up (FUCKING WHY?!) and the Asuka/Rhea build was way too short to have any real heat behind it.

how weird the last raw I ever watch might end with BARON CORBIN

jesus this match

is so

boring

you know you will be back in a few weeks

Why did Corbin get way too much offense in this match?

All its did was make Drew's win in the end feel more like a fluke than making him look strong as a threat for Lashley's title.


Not too fond of it being a Triple Threat but the overall storyline has been a ton more interesting than everything else in WWE for Road to Mania.

Lacey and Charlotte being out for Mania screwed up whatever plans WWE had for Asuka's title build but doesn't excuse them being very lazy for her current feud. They went lazy with the setup for Rhea's challenge and extra lazy by redoing the "can they co-exist as a team" storyline they just did for Bianca and Sasha.

This week's show was such a slog to watch and a toss up between this week and last week for which was worse.

This year's Road to Mania from the RAW side easily will go down in all-time worst tier territory.

All tonight's show did was made me appreciate AEW's mentality for their go-home shows a lot more. Its not perfect but AEW's booking and structure for them is a way better mix of entertainment and final touches for builds that WWE has been mostly lacking for their go-home shows in a while, especially on the RAW side.

Lmao sounds like easily the worst go-home show ever and it means nothing because WWE already got paid and have no incentive to drive up Peacock numbers

seems weird Bayley is not on the WM card after being one of the focal points of SD the last year

I don't think so this time

i forgot about her she or payton royce do not have matches wonder if they will be added to the tag match

I hadn't really thought about this yet, but i guess does WWE even care anymore who watches the PPV's since they technically don't own the Network anymore?

I mean can you even purchase PPV's through cable? is that still a thing?

That could be really bad for the show quality going forward if they don't even care about eyeballs on their PPV shows.

yeah right now is the amount of people got peacock this week.

Several cable PPV providers are currently offering WrestleMania 37 for purchase but the price varies between $30 to $60 per night depending on the provider.

WWE still makes some money from the PPV sector for their events but its very tiny compared to in the past.

Last year's go-home RAW for WM - 1.92 million

This year's go-home RAW for WM - 1.70 million

ok that's what i figured.

I mean am I thinking about this correctly, but why would Vince and co care about who's streaming their PPV's anymore? Unless there's some behind the scenes shit with NBC we don't know about. To me, all that really matters now for the PPV's is the tickets they sell to fill the arenas.

Yeah that was one of the big disputes Vince had with WWE' former Co-President since he wasn't interested in their data analysis stuff being the focal point for the WWE Network and instead all he cared was how to make the most money from it.

Its why the moment WWE was able to find a buyer for their service, they ditched the idea of running a service on their own and content consumption driven stuff for a brand new big bag of money.

Vince isn't going to care if NBC is going to lose a ton of money with the WWE Network under their management since all he cares is more money now going into his pockets. With the special discount deal NBC is running, they would need around double of the Network's current subs to break even if everyone took up on that $5 per month offer.

wonder how many new viewers peacock got in the last 2 weeks?

Preview for tonight's RAW After Mania Show:

WWE forgot to upload one on their website for tonight's show.

:| at the show starting off with an "earlier today" video involving Riddle being a dumbass again backstage.

This new announcer guy for RAW sounds dull. Like he doesn't have the delivery or style to be the main announcer for a wrestling show.

Hopefully its just him getting adjusted to a new role and not how its going to be from now on for RAW shows.

Let’s go Adnan

so is bobby a face for beating up riddle? i get a marko stunt vibe from riddle an love watching him get his ass kicked

New ThunderDome venue really is tiny compared to the other ones since instead of spacing out the rows for the virtual fans, its all crammed together now.

Makes it feel like they are back in the Performance Center for shows now.

What happened to Samoa Joe?

Going back to the ThunderDome after finally getting fans back is already such a buzzkill.

It’s for the best of course...gonna be at least a few more months before the vaccine numbers are at a point where large scale indoor gatherings might feel safe, and that’s if there’s not a setback with variants etc.

But man, getting that taste of normal wrestling again felt so good.

ether moved to smackdown or cleared to wrestle.

Adnan and Joe would be a great combo

He got moved back to the active roster according to PWI.

oh hey the viking raiders are back

Wonder if they are going to go back to telling us how Ivar is good looking and Erik, not so much :rofl:

raiders back

:y: Viking Raiders back together

Holy hell Ivar got extra fuckin big

Not a knock on him, dude had neck surgery and I’m stoked he’s back. But god damn that’s a big lad.

Viking Raiders vs. Cedric & Shelton was pretty good.

:lol: at the "Oh Baby" line by the new announcer. Sort of hope that's his catchphrase for matches since its both hilarious and way better than any of Cole's catchphrases.

Gonna try to watch Raw tonight... Interested in hearing the new commentator

I give Adnan six months. Either he's shit, or he gets fed up of Vince McMahon bellowing down his earhole for three hours every Monday night.

This guy seems OK so far... sounds like a boxing commentator, which is good... Feel like he will be ground down into a horrible Michael Cole type soon

Wish Tom Phillips would replace Vic Joseph..........

That feels about right based on everyone who's worked in that role and/or interviewer role. Its really fun at first but then WWE just grinds and sucks out all of the enjoyment from the job after some time.

A big key will be if Graves can manage to behave in commentary and doesn't revert back to his old annoying commentary style. Renee hinted that one of the reasons why she hated being on RAW commentary.

wish there was a crowd......

lol charlotte burying asuka.

Was Charlotte's legs that thin before?

She almost looks like a lifelike Barbie doll right now.

Nyomi

no more humble charlotte??? when has her character ever been humble?

Welp, they're doing the Asuka vs. Rhea rematch tonight so they can make way for the "real star" to get the next title shot

Adnan guy has a major radio "morning zoo guy" voice... might start annoying me

This new Charlotte Flair sounds and acts just like the old one.

Pretty much just her bitching about others offending her simply for daring to take some of the spotlight while she was away. Barely any different than her usual promos from before.

She looks nothing like she did just 2 years ago at Mania 35.

:lol: at Ripley's big boot to Asuka's butt

Either she botched doing a drop kick or Adnan botched the call.

Adnan guy sounds like the radio guys from the Simpsons (stereotypical radio guy voices).......

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That was weird.

Don't think I've ever seen Asuka botch a move before in WWE. Either that or Rhea screwed up moving away from a dropkick in time.

Scratch that, this match has been a bit messy. Something is off between the two tonight.

This match feels even more boring than their match last night

Sigh.