Raw thread
 

I haven't watched raw in years and you better believe I'm not watching tonight. But I feel like there should be a raw thread.

Have at her boyos.

Kurt Angle throwing milk to fans :rofl:

....Rollins just called Riddle a bitch multiple times and Riddle delivered several F bombs in a promo.

Welcome to TV-14 era?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Speechless. Absolutely speechless right now...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/TAqYKwl1R0">pic.twitter.com/TAqYKwl1R0</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1564426829502586882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What is going on here?!?!? ������<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/axyKHyx65E">pic.twitter.com/axyKHyx65E</a></p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1564430200812802048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol people can't tell me HHH is some saviour when he's heading the creative that's producing this dreck.

KO got his NXT TitanTron back

setup to re-align Sami w/ KO instead of doing comedy gimmick

Lumis is gonna kill Miz.

Sort of hilarious Aliyah is main-eventing RAW

I am assuming the tag title finals is setup for Sasha/Naomi to return to close RAW

LOL and now Raquel and Aaliyah are champz.

Raquel and Aliyah are both really bad in the ring...but RAW closes with them winning the tag belts to a dead crowd reaction

Clash at the Castle starts at 1pm Eastern on Saturday

Here is the card, unless they announce any more matches before Saturday:

I am ok with the stalker character. I am not ok with the announcers and Ciampa acting like Miz and the fans didn't see Dexter and were just imagining it. That is just stupid.

Uh oh. Now WWE can swear, AEW’s lost its only edge in appealing to 15 yr olds.

Fucking ace card.

I had McAfee and Corbin on my list too. I can see something happening to set that up on SmackDown, but something doesn’t feel “right” about it. That’s about the biggest thing they have kind of been teasing that they can put together in that last week.

I mean, The New Day and The Viking Raiders doesn’t feel big enough, even if New Day are an act they’d probably like to emphasize.

Oh, I think I also had Miz vs. AJ vs. Lashley vs. Omos too. I don’t think that will be happening, but I haven’t seen Raw.

Like okay a stalker gimmick I guess but the kidnapping and stuff you mentioned is just trash. I mean there’s tons of fake shit in wrestling and when I was 11 I suppose I could put up with it but I honestly wasn’t hooked during the attitude era until 2000 because of how silly the storylines were. So I’ve never loved the storylines that stretched reality to this point, and hhh is supposed to add realism and cohesiveness to the product and this ain’t it.

I was more hooked pre attitude era tbh. I got put off by all the crash tv and the belts changing every fucking show even when I didn’t know what workrate was lol

I expected Raquel to come out before their first match as a team to beat the shit out of Aliyah and leave.

20 posts :(

That Rollins & Riddle segment though. More of that. That's how you make shit believable. Riddle legit looks and sounds like he wants to exterminate Rollins.

Riddle sounds like a goof still (and looks). The dude is such an obvious heel...

Riddle sounded good. This is like what they wanted out of Van Dam. It’s refreshing that they want a different gear out of a guy they like. Rollins is just so fucking cheesy though. This is the influence of Broken Matt Hardy on wrestling — if you can’t talk, just talk weird and people will think you’re bad on purpose.

The match will kick a lot of ass though.

Riddle is also just a fucking beast man.
The pre-RAW parking lot footage and "separation". These little things go a very long way man. The past 3 RAWs, while I have not watched in completion, definitely has me more interested than they have in years.


I'd be all for Sami Zayn getting away from his goofy shit too. That dude can fucking go in the ring. Goofy looking as shit, but really good.


Wanna see Dexter Lumis get in the ring too.

Haven’t seen Dexter Lumis in a while. Sami Zayn is very talented. He’s got a lot of range. His clinging to the champion thing makes sense and works for him, but so does kicking it into another gear and proving he’s one of the best.

They're slow-burning Lumis following Miz around. Surely, they will have him go round with Ciampa before the "big payoff" of him getting to Miz. Curious to see the why of it though.




KO and Zayn are going to take the gold from the Uso's in a very convincing fashion, when they finally do clash. It'll be a helluva tag match that will be remembered well.

Yeah. That super serious segment started with Seth doing that usual stuff with the laugh and it made me :roll:

I liked the little twist with the “after we ended the interview”. Very nice.

I’m really enjoying the “Honoury Uce” thing with Zayn but I’m down for a Zayn/Owens reunion down the line.

I wouldn’t dislike Owens & Zayn as a team or anything (and I think that may have been the plan at one point), but I don’t mind them having their own path.

Didn’t catch this but he’s back to Matt Riddle.

Feel like Sliks prediction of Sasha and Naomi returning last night will come to fruition Friday and they'll challenge Raquel and Aaliyah for the titles at Clash and win them back.

Theory is back to Austin Theory as well

I think Sasha & Naomi will be back and challenge for the Tag Titles at Survivor Series in November. The show is in Boston, which is Sasha’s hometown.

Good @ Matt Riddle and Austin Theory being back.

So far it seems like most of the pro-HHH era stuff has been “Guys who weren’t deemed good enough for the main roster are on the main roster now!”, “Matches are longer!” and “People are getting their last name back!”

I’m glad the change has drawn some eyes but forgive me if I’m still skeptical.

Also forgive me if I don’t obsessively post in the Raw thread every week as I guess that’s the proper way to show a lack of interest.

I like the longer matches because it means if something is coming up I'm not interested in I know I don't have to pay attention for 15-20 minutes, which is great on a 3 hour show.

Plus if you were there live you could go to concessions/restroom and not miss anything you actually wanted to see.

I think the overall pacing has been better. 3 hours is still 3 hours, but Ido feel like its gone by faster lately.

I mean, what do you want? Cause its not like the 2000's didn't have their fair share of unrealistic gimmicks. Are you looking for it to be more real sports grounded like new japan?