RAW -- 8.27.18 -- Official Thread ***THE BIG DOG RISES***
 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If putting <a href="https://twitter.com/WWERomanReigns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWERomanReigns</a> back with The Shield won’t make you cheer him then we give up (Kidding, we are never ever giving up on this) <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/1034110702162718721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I hope the Shield is heel.

Btw, sounds like the next PPV for THE BIG DOG to main-event in Saudi Arabia will be a week after EVOLUTION and will likely be called "Crown Jewel"

They're babyfaces

THE BIG DOGS OF JUSTICE

Yikes at the things WWE is promoting for RAW

So Nikki will forearm Ronda with the forearm to death

Watch Ronda have to sell more for Nikki Bella than Nia, Alexa, Stephanie, Mickie James and Alicia Foxx combined.

Braun needs to be on first so I can shut it off and spare myself any nonsense.

Corbin as the acting GM is an automatic do-not-watch as it is.

Let's go Revival!

My dick is in.

The more I think about it, this Shield business may be alright.

Next up, more zany antics from Titus Worldwide and Curtis Axel ties his boots! Stay tuned!

I like The Shield. I do. I'm not feeling it though. The thing I liked about their dynamic was that they were three new guys who were kicking the door in and not taking shit from anybody -- not The Rock, not The Undertaker.

That was almost six years ago. Now they all have histories and a completely different dynamic. Dean Ambrose is not the charismatic and eccentric leader -- he's "The Lunatic Fringe." Seth Rollins isn't the sharpshooting aerial specialist of the group -- he's "The Architect" that just likes to have fun. Roman Reigns is the Universal Champion and "The Big Dog."

I have no faith for them to treat the Shield dynamic with any sort of integrity. This is a ploy to get Roman Reigns cheered. It won't work. Crowds will boo whenever Reigns does something and cheer when Ambrose and Rollins do theirs. It will drive a bigger wedge over time. And the more Ambrose and Rollins really try to rub off that Reigns stank, the more it's just going to spread to them. Honestly, I'm worried that they are going to sully the name of The Shield by making this an "Original Shield! Starring THE BIG DOG BELIEVE THAT Roman Reigns, MONDAY NIGHT ROLLINS THE KINGSLAYER THE ARCITECT Seth Rollins and THE LUNATIC FRINGE Dean Ambrose! The ORIGINAL SHIELD! Next!"

You're probably completely right, but I'm sick now, and I need to watch no matter what happens.

I'm expecting Roman to come out with Randy Savage corpse under one arm and Roddy Piper's under the other. THE NEW SHIELD!!!

lets see how good corben is as heel gm

Probably about as good as he's been as heel constable, just with no Angle roadblock.

Mi nuh appreciate dat Dean an Seth riding di coattails of di Big Dog. Him nuh need fi share di yaad.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pretty much two hours and fifty minutes of filler with an <a href="https://twitter.com/IAmEliasWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IAmEliasWWE</a> segment thrown in <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/1034200531147710465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Really hoping for a surprise appearance from Nakamura tonight. Just want him to show up, punch Roman Reigns in his dick, smile, and ride out.

LOL OMG that boo to start off the show

Braun should just cash in ahead for a match inside hell in a cell to at least somewhat neutralize the shield til they find a way in

Seems odd to not have the entire Shield open this show.

Nah. I can already see it now. They are going to keep the title on Roman until Mania. Set the stage for the Shield triple threat for it at the big show. When they are beating the hell out of each other....that's when Braun will cash in and destroy them all.

Strowman never used to be afraid of multiple people. Also, who challenges someone to a 'confrontation'? Fuck. Already feeling weird about this.

Di Big Dog ave arrived!

He knew his entrance took five minutes. That's professional.

BRAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

Knowing the WWE, they probably thought all the cheers last week was due to crowds loving Roman for once.

Yeaaaaahhhh


I'm not super excited about the prospect of several months of Raw starting with 5 minutes of Roman's music and slow walking to the ring and then listening to the crowd's booing.

Wah mek dem booing Roman? dem retarded?

This Roman is OK. Seems like a proper heel.

Braun tellin' it like it is

Those hands put your ass in an ambulance AND flipped it over with you inside it.

Roman Reigns a guh mash up Braun Strowman wah an jackass

Roman saying his hands can lift titles while Braun can only lift Ambulances...ok

Oooooh.

Braun and Roman inside Hell in a Cell?

Goody.

I like Dolph's record scratch and him interrupting.

Roman Reigns telling it like it is. Strowman a coward.

UGH Dolph

fuck off Dolph

Seth must have stomped the curl out of Dolph's hair.

Yeup, his entrance routine actually makes sense for once.

Wah mek nuh put AJ Styles an Samoa Joe inna Hell in the Cell?

Zig please eat the pin again.

This is pretty much the same setup from the Lashley/Reigns vs Revival feud a couple months ago.

well everything interesting was just killed by these two.

Does EVERYONE have to say EVERYTHING as if I have no idea what has been going on for the past thirty years?

Baron Corbin has CENA NUFF

Ugh. I can't picture Braun teaming with Roman Reigns.

Hope when the bell rings Braun just kills him.

Yes

Yo dawg,

I think everyone guessed that was going to be the match 5 minutes ago.

A Tag Team Match Playa

Boring ass main event.

Passing on this show.

:roll:

Why's Corbin still out here?

The segment seems very familiar except with Bobby Lashley in Brauns place

Dolph Ziggler looks like a lesbian

are Dolph and Drew really the top two heels on Raw right now?

Again?

Good night.

Oh great, another twenty five minute Baron Corbin barn burner to open the show.

This show sucks

Oh yeah this one.

Corbin 'doing good' in his current role IMO

I know Finn needs tonget some heat back but Please put a bullet in this feud quickly.

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Raw until the end of the year:

8:00: Roman Reigns music plays

8:05: Roman Reigns finally makes it to the ring and takes in the boos

8:15: Baron Corbin makes a match for himself.

8:20: Baron Corbin match starts after commercials.

8:50: Baron Corbin Match finally ends.

9:00: B Team backstage segment

9:05: Recap of earlier Roman reigns segment

9:20: B Team Match

9:40: Five minute women's match


etc etc etc

Boring

I think the fair question is whether or not that was his plan before the opening segment and Baron Corbin's match being announced.

Oh you could have started the match while the commercials were on

Interim Raw General Manager wears the same thing to work that I do.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I got my gun through security &amp; will shoot myself in the head &amp; kill myself during tonight's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAW</a> in Toronto. Don't ya dare miss it!!! Thanks for the memories <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a></p>&mdash; Jason Sensation (@JasonSensationX) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonSensationX/status/1034210948498649088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I identify with Baron Corbin because he wears normal clothes instead of tights.

If the suicide was to happen, now would be the time.

It shouldn't be too hard to find where this guy is sitting tbh.

Illuminaughti

They keep talking about Balor not being prepared for Corbin as if he hasn't wrestled him literally six times or so on television alone in the past month and a half.

He can't wrestle

That suicide business is awful, but even if the dude was kidding at first, I could see him going through with it for real when Titus O'Neill and Curt Hawkins start their dice game, or whatever the fuck.

It's former Attitude Era talent Jason Sensation


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I'm not even going to ask because judging by the comments I didn't miss a God damn thing

Ryan Satin said he has alerted WWE

I could see a mass suicide in protest of WWE's past 10 years of Raw bookings. When I was at Joey Janella's Spring Break I saw a guy with a WWF Attitude tattoo on his arm and a 2 Sweet tattoo on his calf, I'd expect him to go down hard.

:lol:

The same Jason Sensation that did the Owen Hart impersonation?

I would never pay to go to a Raw or Smackdown taping, it's such a waste of money.

MR. SENSATION, THAT'S NOT WISE!

Man. Crowd was pretty hot for the opening... and now they're just there.

lol wtf

It actually is.

The atmosphere of a live show is actually pretty fun, even when the show sucks on TV.

Oh man, there's more.

as soon as Braun and Roman shook hands, the air left the arena

Well that was a good use of 15 minutes.

Hope that guy doesn't off himself. He has so much to live for. Roman Reigns is rasslin later

Who the hell actually would write "battling depression" in their twitter bio. What a nerd.

Should have moved the chair idoit

yeah

I can't wait until Corbin and Balor finally settle this once and for all at Hell in a Cell, but not before having three more matches on the Raws leading in.

Well that was useless.