Official Monday Night Raw is War Zone Thread - 08 July 2019
 

Here’s a video of Cryme Tyme looking swole as fuck

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As much as WWE loves to rehash absolutely everything that was moderately successful, the fact that Cryme Tyme, MVP, and Mark Henry didn’t reform the Nation of Domination is a god damn travesty.

Also excited to see what Paul Heyman has in store for us tonight!

BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN!

Gonna be focused on the Home Run Derby

GO BIG MEAT PETE!

:eek: 2nd week in a row RAW starts off with a match.

Calling it now - Shane picks Miz as Roman's "mystery" partner.

Ugh. The happy couple to open up the show.

Guess the rumor of RAW getting a new set after breaking it last week was wrong or at least that wasn't the reason for Strowman's spear through it.

Nice to see Andrade back.

Would have been better if Charlotte was in this match instead of Zelina.

:lol:

It would be (maybe) better eye candy at the very least if the weekly shows' sets weren't so minimalist.

Vega mmmmm

Love me some Vega. Andrade is tight too. Actually, I like everyone in this match.

Miz isn't there, he is at the Home Run Derby, will be playing in celebrity softball game.

Edit: Nevermind, guess that was yesterday lol

The game was taped yesterday

Break time!

Mixed tag elimination seems stupid. Say Andrade beats Seth in the next fall...then what happens?

Yeah, exactly

Seth control your woman.

Why is this an Elimination match if the girls cant fight the guys?

Yeah there are more than a few things wrong with the WWE version of a mixed tag

Wish Paul Heyman would give Becky Lynch a telekinesis gimmick

Corey would feign confusion.
Renee would say "Oh what"

Sort of hoping that Rollins gets pinned just to see if WWE actually goes through with having an intergender match for the 3rd fall.

lol @ Michael Cole saying 'really this is one on one now'

Then we'll know Vince or Paul's been watching Impact for ideas.

Tree of woe double stomp never looks good

Dumb rules aside, this has been a hot opener for Raw.

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

How is it that literally every person in this thread sees the problem with this match, but it made it all the way to air?

Also, Seth doesn't have to check on Becky like she's some delicate flower. She's the women's fucking champion.

Soooooo becky cant be tagged in....why is she still there

True

Feel like I hate Seth and Becky now for no other reason than the way Michael Cole says “boyfriend”

Women's revolution: Becky's punches are laughable to Baron Corbin.

Here comes the boss.

Mixed tag match was pretty good. Elimination stip was useless and just another reason why Vince's "no wrestling during commercials" rule is stupid.

Becky should have kicked him in the dick

I hope the things I've been hearing about the reasons Vince keeps pushing Baron Corbin aren't true

Paul Heyman should strip everyone of their titles and bring back Great Khali but now w/ a GOT gimmick called Great Khaleesi

Damn, 21 dingers for Joc Pederson in the first round

Lacy threw a bomb

NOBODY TALKS THIS WAY FFS

Another fake cash in, tight

They shouldn't keep baiting the audience like this

Nah. This wasn't shocking, Cole. Seen it before.

Now. Braun going to the point of almost murdering Roman Reigns a couple years ago, that was great stuff.

Or Bobby’s cage spot with Umaga. Now that was shocking.

Pretty sure that guy in the crowd was just rolling his eyes

I'd figure The Miz would get a few extra days off and hang out in Cleveland for the All-Star game.

I knew he did the celebrity game, didn't expect him to be in the building today.

Another multi-falls match after just having one not even 30 minutes ago.

Vlad Jr is the real deal

There's got to be a better way to handle this "no wrestling during commercials" thing if they're really hell-bent on keeping it.

Down goes Josh Hamilton’s record

I wonder if anyone is posting in the sports forum tonight. *COUGH*

WWE should do a storyline where Seth has an affair with Stephanie and it leads to Becky/HHH vs Steph/Seth in the main-event of WM36

Win a Date w/ Tad Hamilton

Topher Grace

Take Me Home Tonight

This episode of RAW is single elimination, after one match ends only the remaining matches can still air.

Easiest solution would be to write the show around those breaks since for the most part, they normally happen at set intervals like with other shows. Instead Dunn being a moron and WWE needing to air more commercials because they haven't hit their ad numbers makes that a lot harder than it should be.

Also doesn't help that Vince completely ignored how commercials actually work during sports games.

#CloseTheSportsForum
#OneOffTopicForum

It's one thing to not have titles mean anything with champs losing non-title matches, but not PINFALLS don't even mean anything in 2 out of 3 fall matches. This is getting hard to invest in.

Wish Topher Grace would get hired to play the role of Zelina's evil henchman

This is still the July 8 Raw THREAD, no matter what.

We've fallen quite a ways from those bomb ass Shield six man tags every week.

This is so boring

Drakes wife looks like she like's the bbc

Im still trying to grasp Miz as a face

I want to see The Uso's and Roman tear up against a Shane led trio like The Shield and Wyatt Family.

Also I feel like "Seth and Becky" marginalizes Becky because she's also "Seth's girlfriend"... and that's not as cool as "The Man".

Drake's honeymoon skits have been great.

She's fairly hot m

Drake Maverick's wife is very pretty

Drake did very well for himself

Will Bray answer Rey's open challenge? Also, why didn't Aleister Black just try a traditional open challenge before he got all silly?

Becky should turn heel and have an affair with HHH. Stephanie then turns face and WM is headlined by Steph pinning evil heel Becky Lynch in a single elimination mixed tag match.

I thought Bo was Bray for a second in that Pizza Hut commercial, and I got worried.

If Roman eats a pin, everybody dies

WWE does a Pizza Hut commercial and they dont fucking give Becky a cameo in the "Becky look at that crust" commercial? smdh

The Big Heart Rey Masterio up next

Speed Leukemia - if Roman ever loses the Leukemia comes back

I hope Dominic accepts

Does it bother anyone else that they spell it "ALL MIGHTY" and not "ALMIGHTY"?

And just like that, all the excitement in Rey's Open Challenge invitation is gone.

Welcome ba--...oh, that was quick.

Wonder if Rey regrets coming back to WWE

Bray Wyatt will never debut

Welcome back Rey! Goodbye Rey!

The opening mixed tag match and Drake's 24/7 shenanigans has been the only interesting stuff from tonight's show soo far.

I thought we were about to get a Nash lawn dart redux through the set.

Beat the Clock has never been fun. Not once.

I was thinking that too ray still makes a great lawn dart

Vlad Jr went for 29, that's 9 more then his age lol

I was at a Raw show with a Beat the Clock stip once. Only memorable part was Angle being assigned to face Daivari (his manager). Ref refused to count, Angle chased him around the arena, Daivari wins on countout.

The stip is lame and hamstrings what you can actually do.

Also, being beaten outright in a beat the clock match means your opponent should get your spot.

Jose seems to be in good shape. I'm scared he might win.

No way Jose absolutely sucks.

Are the Street Profits explaining the show to the black audience?

LOL Street Profits are great.

...and did I just hear that they're going to DISCUSS the Beat the Clock challenge before it happens?

I dunno anymore, guys. I just don't know.

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