"He wears blue every night."

I haven't been watching, but I'm pretty sure that's not true.

Did Bobby Lashley start wearing the headband to try to distract from his freaky eyebrows?

"Traveling the Globe"

It's okay guys. Kurt said TNA. You can say he was in TNA.

There is absolutely no realism or nuance to any of these characters. "I'm happy to be here," "I'll take it day at a time," "Grr, I'm naughty." Everybody fucking sucks.

GLORIOUS

Ok

"God forbid he'd have to get rid of his t-shirts"

:lol:

Grand Slammin', Snapchat spammin'

Roode.

Smackdown's in the clear AND are gonna make out like bandits.

Here's hoping Roode turns on his team tonight. Face Roode sucks.

I like that they just probably gave you an actual reason Seth Rollins has to stay on Raw

Amen

Roode should turn heel and gain The Roodetourage

Depending on who Smackdown nabbed, they are set to make out like bandits from this year's Shakeup.

Guess WWE felt giving RAW most of the post-Mania callups was an equal trade-off.

Who's 205 Live going to pick up in the Superstar Shake-up?

Lol, Michael Cole making this out to be a big deal.

Unless everyone who moved tonight somehow moves BACK to Smackdown tomorrow, RAW IS FUCKED

All the babyfaces are physical specimens. All the heels look like a bunch of rec league b-ball players.

That's why THIS needs to happen.

So the big name I thought would switch brands and didn't is Orton. Hopefully this means we can avoid our national nightmare of another Orton/Jinder feud.

Of course, it's also possible that Orton simply becomes a free agent like Cena.

Right now my only regret is that I'll never get to hear Bobby Rooooooooooo and the Rated R Sooooooooouperstar as an entrance announcement

Why would Paige trade the US Champion and not get the IC Champion? Rollins should have probably assumed that he's going to SmackDown. Either that or Paige is banking on Miz winning the IC Title at GRR or Backlash. This is so silly.

lol did cole omit Owens ever being the universal champ?

Legit surprised Smackdown got to keep Styles, Nakamura, and Bryan. Felt like a very safe bet they would have lost 1-2 of them with the Shakeup.

Even their Women's and Tag division didn't suffer any major losses.

I'm sick of these fresh match-ups already. I want to see Lashley in the ring, actually.

No, he mentioned it. He was just going through his resume.

Until Vince loses his shit during the week and just moves people around for the hell of it.

Bobby Lashley vs. Bobby Roode in a Battle of the Bobbys. Bet you it happens.

okay I missed it. I heard him say IC champ, US champ, NXT champ but not universal.

I figured they wouldn't pull Styles or Nakamura since they just started adding fire to that feud, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I 100% thought, though, that they'd steal Bryan.

The idiot in the Dr. Pepper commercial has got more charisma than almost everyone on the current roster.

Coach is really funny.

The Ghost of Neville.

I think he said it before that. He definitely did say it earlier, because I thought "Haha, oh yeah."

tbh every time I watch RAW it's like this and I regret it.

Finally somebody else noticed

:(

It's not just us. My mom's friend went to a show over here and when I asked her what it was like, she said "Boring. Really disappointing really." :lol:

75,000 posts. They must all be read in order for any of them to make complete sense. You're all welcome.

Lights really dark. I assume they didn't come even close to selling out. Mild reaction for Strowman.

Don't act like you're going to trade Braun strowman if you get rid of him you may as well not even have Raw

Bold choice not waiting for the Ealy Brothers run-in in the overrun, but congratulations.

"Mild reaction for Strowman" while the arena was chanting for him to get tagged in.

Nah. It's pretty full. Buddy got tickets late but he's up in the upper tier.

Bobby Lashley :heart:

WWE Game Night.

My head's starting to hurt.

Why is that the first I'm hearing of Super Troopers 2 and it's already out on Friday?

Between this and Daniel Bryan finally getting his hands on him Miz is going to go home to visit his child in an iron lung

It was so fucking quiet I could barely tell.

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Lashley moving fast. Reminds me of Davey Boy (esp with the delayed suplex)

My friend keeps falling asleep every six minutes or so. I envy her.

Bennett needs to come back with a brand new gimmick.

Thank god Mike Kanellis is coming over to Raw. Thank god.

They're going to find out Chrisley killed Tupac and Biggie, aren't they?

I'm not sure if getting Alex Riley's failed gimmick is a good sign for ya, though.

So waitaminute...Smackdown quietly got rid of Mike Bennett and Zack Ryder too?

I'm not sure there's a more self unaware company on the planet.

I forgot Mike Bennett was even on the roster

Tag in Braun so I can go to bed.

As did I, until the ATGMBR

Oh my god, I fucking hope so.

Alex Riley currently stewing over gimmick infringement.

I was never a fan of Lashley his first time in WWE (He was like a boring version of Brock tbh) but I will say he's more over than Roman as a face r/n

Michael Cole should have really changed the Cadence in his voice for announcing Baron Corbin as a worthwhile acquisition

Considering the talent in this match, it's really bad.

Tiger Ali Singh would be more over than Roman as a face right now. And believe it or not, he just tweeted that he'll be joining the roster.

It's not Bennett's fault Alex Riley chose to go get a stupid f****** cross tattooed on his back

How did Lashley and Balor not see that? So fucking bad.

I honestly forgot all about Mike Kanellis. I actually had a thought that if Maria and Maryse were to come back in a few months to resume managing their husbands, they might turn the Kannelis' face and do some sort of angle.

Crowd does not give a fuck about Roode at all. At least their was polite applause for Braun.

I'm a bit of a WWE apologist, but this episode of Raw has been extremely difficult to justify.

Maryse is going to be a widow

I mean when your surprises are mostly Jinder Mahal, Zack Ryder, Mojo Rawley, Mike Kanellis, and Natalya...

Doesn't help that most of their over talent is crammed into a 10 man main event.

A potential Miz-Bryan feud for Smackdown is already way more interesting than whatever combo RAW can do with their new peeps from tonight.

:eek: Miztourage turned on The Miz.

*Halo voice*

Betrayal.

Yes Miz, Braun is still in the ring. You've been fighting him for five minutes. Turn the fuck around.

RIP Miz

Crowd was popping for a while, then they did that move, after move, after move trope and that dropkick barely got anything.

...they got Mojo too?

what is braun even selling?

Dumb

THE BETRAYAL

Guys Mojo Rawley versus Roman Reigns ........ I think I just threw up in my mouth

That didn't get over like they hoped it would. Way too elaborate and it didn't make any sense. Fuck. I used to really love those multi-man clusters.

Miz started the night as the leader of a new heel stable and ended betrayed and dead. poor guy

Weird Raw. Like.....really weird.

SmackDown is clearly adding either Rollins or Jeff. I'm gonna guess Elias and Big Cass go over too. Beyond that, no fucking idea.

Hams. He's selling hams. And you're fucking buying one, whether you like it or not.

Honestly the whole Raw seems to be one big setup to watch SmackDown

worst part of RAW was Roman's promo. It is so cringe every time he speaks. Your audience is giving you the direction... just follow it.

"Buy ten hams, get entered in a drawing to become a Raw Tag Team Champion whenever the hell I feel like it."

EXACTLY

Awful show. Absolutely awful. It's like they know what they want to achieve, but they're not over enough to achieve it.

Braun Strowman's steamed hams

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I don't know about you folks but I was expecting Roode was definitely underwhelmed. Nothing against him, his placement on the main roster hasn't been that aspiring. Can say the same for Corbin, Mahal, and even Orton.

Looks like Smackdown is going to win this shake up. Got rid of their horrible mid card and awful Natayla so what ever they get in return should be alot better. I thought Charlotte would move over but I gut not unless they do something like they did with The Miz tomorrow. Asuka not being on Raw makes me think she'll move over. Feel like Jeff Hardy moves over as well.

Ok.

Thanks for your take this week.

:wave:

Whaaa..... Chad Gable quietly goes to RAW? Without Shelton?

I can't imagine him doing good on RAW as a singles guy at all.

Roode really should be a heel considering he was a lot better as one in NXT than as a face and his gimmick fits better in a bad guy role.

He's also someone who wrestles the slow and/or classic NWA paced matches that Triple H has desperately tried to get over on his own with crowds for years.

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