RAW is a thing on TV - 5.20.19 - OFFICIAL THREAD
 

Predictions for tonight:

* Things that don't really make sense

* Renee Young says OHHHH

* Michael Cole calls Superstar Showdown "possibly bigger and better than WrestleMania" 78 times

"Monday Night Raw, a new and upcoming show" ~ Chris Jericho, the Best in the World at what a 50 Year Old Sarcasm machine does.

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You are really upset with Chris Jericho huh

Turning RAW on in the background...not expecting much

Braun vs Brock in the middle east for the Money in the Bank?

:nono:

Can't believe Brock Lesnar actually went to Hartford. It sucks.

And good lord, Paul. That suit is ugly.

I learned earlier the ladders are wood btw not steel, just painted to look the color of aluminum/steel. It's a newer thing they do I guess.

Sammy may not have been able to be in money in the bank but I bet the decompression on his back was incredible while he was upside down

Brock holding the case next to his head like a boombox is making me laugh.

XL Center is falling apart. He probably found a big enough hole.

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I thought Brock Lesnar was the fight of your life, Seth.

Oooooh. Now it's personal.

This is why shit makes no sense in WWE. Drew McIntyres whole gimmick is he wants to take over the business by force. Yet Drew doesn't come out and attack Brock immediately? Fucking learn to write a storyline that makes sense.

Lesnar makes the WWE title seem important

Kofi Kingston makes it look like shit imo... so boring

checking in.

yawn so far

is sami a heel or a face now

awesome tag team main event again featuring Baron Corbin and Bobby Lashley

feeling depressed

Lars speaks!

How do you fix this show?

Now they're going to let him talk oh oh God McMahon really has lost it

To recap so far...

Baron Corbin in the main-event
LARS cutting a promo, which was definitely not his strength in NXT so of course
Braun squashes Sami in 2 minutes

Yeah....same usual

Trips gets it.

And I like Kofi. He should be having fun matches in the midcard though.

This has definitely been a huge snooze-fest. I'm so bored watching it, but too damn lazy to change the channel.

Poor Lars, he was probably gonna say some racist stuff before he got interrupted.

More Lars beating up minorities

Is Michael Cole using my lolWWE joke in real life???

….new entrance for Cesaro.

I thought Cesaro's new music was good

We're back from commercial just in time for a picture-in-picture commercial break!!!

Interesting @ using Ricochet as a jobber

I wish Ricochet didn't get pinned so much. Live crowd always loves the dude.

Styles and Corbin both incredibly unnatural and bad at reciting their lines

Renee Young on her 7th OHHHHH of the evening

Reigns going to be on every show I guess, making both shows feel like you're watching Raw...

That is an extremely depressing thought

Shane out now

...getting depressed

muting this segment, can't do it

I just can't get past this burial of WrestleMania it's unbelievable and they keep doing it.

So Drew gets screwed out of MITB by the McMahon family, and now he is just gonna be Shanes muscle. This shit is a fucking joke.

Just tuned in, did anything interesting happen so far?

They ran an injury angle on Sami to "explain" why he won't be on tv for Saudi.

Cesaro beat Ricochet clean

Shane will wrestle Roman at SSD

Lesnar appeared

LARS beat up Lucha House Party

Braun squashed Sami in like 60 seconds

The WWE Champion will be tagging with the WWE Universal Champion in a mega main event against the threat of Baron Corbin and Bobby Lashley with BOTH titles on the line!

Wait ... its going to be Shane vs Reigns at the next Saudi show?

WWE really is doing their best to get crowds to not care about Reigns again and squander all the good will Reigns had after coming back from his cancer battle.

Thanks

Damn 2 pages. Must be a really good show

Just tuned in. Only because I'm up at 3am here in France about to travel for work. My uber isnt here for another hour and it is literally the only thing on tv.

Has Foley announced the new title yet?

Usos vs. Revival was pretty good.

Not yet

Guess that's the end of Bray's Funhouse I think.

shit sucks

:lol: at Foley accidentally revealing part of the new belt too early.

24/7 lol

That is the ugliest title i've ever seen

UGH...Looks and sounds awful.

:lol: at the terrible name for the new belt and its design.

Crowd legit stopped caring the moment he revealed its name.

Might as well call it the 7-Eleven Championship at this point. I mean, it's not like anybody's watching anymore anyway.

Raw seems way better with the crowd lights blacked out...

Holy shit Eric Young on Raw lol

Mark this night in history, folks. It's the night RAW died.

Only the low card guys want the title I guess

This is dumb

"This is like Main Event out here" ~ LOL yes it is Michael Cole

So you win this belt by just grabbing it and running away?

And how is it a 24/7 belt if it can only be fought for in RAW's 3rd hour going by what Foley said.

Vince goes "I got an idea pals, let's have a kill the carrier title" BRILLIANT!!!

This is really good. Reminds me of when Robb Banks won the belt by riding the bike away from everyone with the belt. I miss CHW

What did he say about that? I didn't hear him say that / was half paying attention

Vince managed to come up with an idea dumber than the Wild Card.

What is that piece of s*** is that the belt
Is this a joke

It was the way he mentioned how the 3rd hour of RAWs are going to be more lively and chaotic going forward as if the belt is only defend-able during that time for the brand.

Could also just be him flubbing his lines again.

I wonder, maybe the Crown Prince can win the 24/7 belt at Supershowdown. Nobody will try to take it from him afterwards cause hit squads.

Belt looks ugly af

I heard him say something like there's no time off when you're the 24/7 Champion.

I admire this crowd for not just bailing on this show to beat the traffic

I fell asleep earlier how was Bray segment....did anything else happen between Usos and Foley parts??

Titles have never meant less in pro wrestling at least in my career than they do now.█https://t.co/pf5yfHP6nF

— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ)█May 20, 2019

Seriously, why would any wrestler want a worthless belt that literally means people are trying to attack you every second of the day.

How pissed are the refs who will have random wrestlers showing up at their houses on off days to drag them off somewhere to pin the 24/7 champ.

Ok Jim Ross, but an AEW title will be SOOOOOO important cause meh AEW.

Seriously fuck these old has been WWE guys shitting on everything WWE does cause it's the only way to feel important. Impact wrestling should sue for stealing their business model from 2006-2014.

Was like a 10-15 second segment of last week's clip of him wearing his new clown mask and having a new twisted/creepy into for his Funhouse show assuming they are continuing it.

lame

Bray didn't talk in the segment. Showed a bunch of happy kids then "creepy" shots of sad kids and it said "let me in" on the screen and it showed Wyatt in his clown mask... was like 30 seconds long

Then there was A Moment of Bliss with guest Becky Lynch to set up a six woman tag... Becky Lynch, Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss defeated The IIconics and Lacey Evans when Becky hit a leg drop on Billie Kay. Alexa just stood outside the ring

I think the introduction of that new belt just broke me completely I can't stands no more I'm out

I like the 24/7 title... at least it's something "different" (even though it's been done before, but still)

Gives the lower card guys something to do / something to fight for

Seems weird to be angry about it... why?

For me, because it's a shitty name and it looks horrible.

I think the title looks fine... Supposed to be like a clock design and stuff... I like the green strap

Just feels like a lazy band-aid to fix WWE and RAW's woes like with the Wild Card idea.

Also another belt for WWE to quickly lose all interest in and likely benefit nobody in the long run.

It's not like any of those guys were doing anything else, so at least this is something / at least WWE is trying

DAMN...You know RAW sucks when it hasn't even hit 1 page (@ 100 replies pp) 20 minutes before it's over.

:lol: at the last minute No DQ stip being added in for the main event tag match.

Did they say on tv why the show looks different/different lighting/graphics for the 3rd hour?

Wonder if they are having "technical issues"

Ring posts are out for some reason... were they "on" earlier in the show?

True. Guess at least for me personally, I have no expectations of this being any good in the long run and just going to feel like a big waste of time.

Truth being the new champ could lead to a Crash Holly-like reign of wackiness but have zero confidence in Creative and/or Vince pulling that off.

Interesting @ red Raw logo on a black background instead of a white background... Was it white earlier in the show>

Darkened Arena look much better than lighting everything to death IMO

Nice of Corbin to make a bed of chairs for Rollins mid-match nap.

:lol: at RAW ending with Brock just walking around the ring and deciding to not cash-in.

Also :lol: at just giving away the surprise for when Lesnar's cash-in will happen.

WWE gave it away when they announced Brock vs Seth in a press release for Super Showdown

Another RAW done...I appreciated visual changes in the 3rd hour but show overall 'not clicking' for me...looking forward to seeing what AEW can do Saturday