Raw Thread 3/11/19
 

THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA BEGINS FOR THE THIRD TIME... TONIGHT!

I can only assume that they will further complicate the Becky/Ronda/Charlotte story by revealing that Becky has to renew her work visa AND OH GOD CAN IT BE DONE BEFORE WRESTLEMANIA!?!?

Vince: congratulations Becky you can go to WrestleMania but you first have to agree to fight THIS TRAINED RUSSIAN BEAR!(gay hairy Russian man)

The Shield get shoved down our throats, the Becky/Charlotte/Ronda love triangle gets more complicated, other stuff.

Uh huh.

How much you want to bet that tonight THE SHIELD FAREWELL it's going to take up all 3 hours in terms of Storytelling

Eager to see Big Dave come out without any pyro.

If there was ever anybody's intro that was castrated by the lack of pyro it's him

I mean, I kind of hope it does? Historically when they've had some story take up all 3 hours, the Raw has been highly watchable compared to when they don't.

I don't remember if they used pyro for his entrance with the spotlight.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hopefully <a href="https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BeckyLynchWWE</a>’s Hold Harmless Agreement means we aren’t liable for how badly we’ve booked her <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/1105219962355044353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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And Ambrose was gonna go out on a good note with that heel turn.

Nope.

Ambrose looking real jacked baby

Rusev ....wait he's bulgarian

Big Doggos of Justice

I predict Dean turns on Roman

Oh wait, Pittsburgh tonight?

Kurt Angle will surely have a match. Well, somewhat of a match.

They've been 50-50 on the last 2 times its happened.

Swung and miss on the show long storyline of if Becky was going to apologize to the Authority and hit it out of the park with the show long storyline of if Dean was going to fist Reigns and Rollins.

He hasn't had a one on one match on Raw in 5 months

So he's going to face Baron Corbin because nothing has changed in those 5 months.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Conor McGregor has been arrested in Miami Beach on charges of strong-arm robbery and criminal mischief. <a href="https://t.co/3hpDtq5HMq">https://t.co/3hpDtq5HMq</a></p>&mdash; Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SandhuMMA/status/1105250519243644928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Hope they've booked Angle for the show.

What dream?

Rollins has been champ before.

Ehhhh. I mean, I'd say the Becky thing at least get the show flowing well and thus made it more watchable even if they payoff was bad.

How busy, Renee?

What's his future plans?

Yea! Paulie here's to make it better.

* through clenched teeth and a whisper* Shut up!

Rollins needs some work on rolling his Rs for Brock Lesnar's name.

But, but, Seth's never dealt with big men before.

Which is why they put him against Lashley so he's ready for Lesnar.

This promo is coming off really.....odd. I dunno what it is.

This promo is whatever

Paul's making points here.

A few times they swapped out opponents for Brock at the last minute. Only because the match would look and sound better.

I.... I think I see what Paul Heyman is driving at....

Holy shit! Wow!

WTF

Hey Shelton. Fancy seeing you here.

Brock Lesnar looks a lot different than the last time he was on tv.

Not sure if its the new pants or him spending way too much time working on a tan.

OH SHIT, SHELTON LIVES AND FINALLY HAS A THING TO DO

Wait

Is this because Vince wanted Bobby Lashley but called him Shelton

Did not see that coming at all

The Minnesota Stretching Crew connection :yes:

At least Shelton was unexpected

I forgot how big and strong Shelton Benjamin is for today's standards.

Anyway. Should be a solid match.

Camera side looks pretty full tonight.

The last thing Seth needs to look strong against Brock is a 50:50 match against Shelton Benjamin

But agreed, should be a good match

Audience must be seeing some good action while we're watching commercials.

Jealous.

SHUT UP, COLE! PAUL'S ON THE PHONE!

:lol: at Lesnar (via Heyman) making fun of WWE's production team.

Look at Michael Cole growing a pair

We deserved better than that.

Oh, Drax is in the house?!

FOR FUCK'S SAKE

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/aaronrift?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aaronrift</a> pretty good crowd tonight, only one section at the very top is covered by tarp <a href="https://t.co/hFOMigz2Ug">pic.twitter.com/hFOMigz2Ug</a></p>&mdash; Jeremy (@cavsnation16) <a href="https://twitter.com/cavsnation16/status/1105263563789295616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's <a href="https://twitter.com/FinnBalor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FinnBalor</a> vs. <a href="https://twitter.com/fightbobby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fightbobby</a>.<br>&quot;More of those fresh new matches we promised you&quot; - <a href="https://twitter.com/VinceMcMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VinceMcMahon</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/1105171238702538752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Well that's a meme if I've ever seen one.

Balor loves to show off his manicure

1 billion social media followers.

But they can't get that many on the WWE Network.

GET ON WITH IT

Real number is way, way, way smaller because of some Steiner Math and India and China providing the bulk of it even though the average WWE fan there can't afford the Network.

This first hour has been boring af

RING THE BELL! RING THE GODDAMN BELL!

Was expecting some Lio Rush hijinks.

But that was pretty funny.

:lol: at the ending to the IC title match.

Pretty cool spear by Lashley though.

Face slips on a banana peel for a loss

THE ALL NEW MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Hey it's the reanimated corpse of Lio Rush

Any momentum Balor had from his great Rumble match against Lesnar pretty much got squandered big time these past few weeks.

Lashley is so fucking boring

Finn Balor has been reset to his factory settings

I hope this Charlie lady gets leukemia.

Anyone wanna take a guess on who's hosting WrestleMania next year?

:roll:

THE ALL NEW MONDAY NIGHT RAW

Steven Seagal.

So what's the story we're going with him Becky has been faking the injury the whole time in order for her opponents to underestimate her so she can beat them at WrestleMania

He'll be too busy molesting really underage Asian girls

Colin MacGregor whiskey commercial.

How long before that gets pulled?

Yikes Ronda, slow down.

Got another 2 hours to fill.

Some public speaking classes wouldn't have killed her or just let her say what she wants to say that seems to work out for her

Again, Ronda. Slow down. Take a breath.

That was not a good promo by Ronda.

I like heel ronda

Poor Dana. About to get sacrificed.

Who do we send out Dana Brooke come on

I'm not sure Dana's who I'd choose to protect the business.

Actually it was all right compared to what she's been doing

Naw she got this

Ouch, Dana. You alright?

I mean, listen, if you want to someone to protect the business and take her out? Send out Nia Jax.

I like Shelton and Dana but...I mean, WM is in 4 weeks....

dana knows her role

Ronda is more likable as a heel than half the roster

I feel bad that Dana didn't even get the somebody I love is dead push

Wonder who got the worst of that beating from Ronda, Dana or the ref who now has Ronda's hand-print on his face.

Just think, if they were still doing the word art shit on screen, MOODY could flash across the screen right now.

Can Ricochet and Al split up and go back to solo matches?

Please?

Got to wait till after they finish up things with the Dusty Tag Team Classic.

Oh God Ricochet and Aleister black got matching tight they're going to be together for a while

A-legs-a Bliss

So I just received a notification that Lashley is the new Intercontinental Champion. Feels uninspiring. Alexa's segments have been consistently awful.

It's like this company has never heard the word subtlety bad blatant 1 billion followers plug made me want to kill someone mostly Alexa Bliss even though I know she's just a messenger

lol Alexa Bliss with the terrible swerve

So either Creative literally has nothing for Bliss to do or she really is hurt again even though she denies it.

The host reveal video was funny though.

Bliss and dat ponytail mm