The "There's No Raw Thread Yet" Raw Thread - 6/30/2014

[Baseballking888]

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Good RAW this week.

Loved Jericho's return and that stare down to end the show.

[Reed1417]

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From what I saw of the show I liked. Really upset I missed all the returns though. My girl AJ, and the homies Miz and Jericho. I'm going to miss next week's Raw as well cause I'll be at the Nats game but that'll be fun. First time seeing their stadium so I'm pumped about that!!


Reed is comin' atcha!!

[Trevelyan]

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I'm going to beat it to death, but having Paige lose the title is just more terrible booking. AJ obviously has to return as a face after being gone so long, and having Paige turn heel makes sense to try to get people to care about her.

But, why would you have AJ come back and win the title right off the bat? It just looks like they're burying Paige rather than having the face chase the heel. Why throw an entire program out the window?

I know I need to accept that the Divas are always going to be a sideshow purely designed to watch women roll around in their underwear on TV, but its just a huge waste of time every week.

[jyoung]

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I like Dean Ambrose's gimmick, but when is he going to start wearing an actual wrestling attire?

Can't take a wrestler (as a eventual main eventer) serious if his gear consists of an A - shirt and blue jeans.

[chronoxiong]

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I enjoyed tonight's show a lot. A lot of segments I liked and not much that I did not like. Seth Rollins defeating RVD clean goes to show you what role RVD has with this company right now. The feud I been wanting to see is going to happen in Rusev and Lana vs Swagger and Zeb. Did I really just say that? Yes I did and the fans seemed into this segment. Good tag team match between Usos and Sheamus vs Wyatt Family. Kofi Kingston finally won a match on RAW! And wait a minute, Ziggler picks up a win too! These two have been jobbing left and right.

Stardust and Goldust vs Rybaxel is going to get played out soon. Both The Miz and Chris Jericho is back. I'm glad Jericho is back. Looks like he's going to feud with Bray Wyatt. Snaps, Paige finally got to talk on the mic and it's about time. But wait, AJ Lee is back as well! No wonder. AJ gets the Title back and I wonder if this segment means a double turn. I want to hold off on that. Main event segment was cool. Kinda dragged but it got the job done. Cena taking the Tombstone looked too fake. Lol...The only segment I didn't like was Damien McSandow jobbing to The Great Khali and I wonder how Cameron will be away from Naomi. Overall solid show. What a difference firing the head writer makes.

[kingkilla56]

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Rewatched the beginning of RAW since I missed it. Man I loved Triple H calling out John Cena and his nonsense gangsta accent he pulls out of his *** on occasion.

Btw can Cena look like more of a douche wearing those belts like that? I swear if Ziggler pulled that JBL would have an aneurysm on commentary.

[TheMatrix31]

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Awesome RAW. From the opening promo I could tell it was gonna be a good one. Steph dancing was awesome/adorable and HHH clowning Cena was great.

If I was a dictator, I'd probably execute every single person who chanted "CM Punk" or "Goldberg." Be more trite, losers.

Lana mocking the USA chant was pretty damn hot. Swagger face turn was probably for the best because mindless people boo yet say "WE THE PEOPLE" so it made no real sense for him to be a heel. I like that potential feud. Both guys can go pretty well.

Sandow was just incredible. Absolutely hilarious. Great Khali is stupid. As someone said earlier, it's clear that Vince/creative think the world of Sandow, trusting him in these bits every week.

Stardust/Goldust are just awesome. I'm sure others have observed this too but Rhodes reminds me of Jim Carrey's Riddler. Great facial expressions, great interactions with Goldust, and arguably the best theme song in the company already. Bad ***.

My non-wresting fan friend spoiled Jericho's return for me when he was looking at his Twitter and saw one of our mutual friends had tweeted about it. Man, that would have been just great to be watching and not know. You guys know how much I love Jericho. Even though he's a part-timer, when he comes back it actually feels like he's part of the show, not just some sideshow. Jericho and Wyatt?! OH MY. Holy crap that is gonna be awesome. I can already hear Wyatt's vocal inflections talking **** about Jericho going to "HALL-y-woooood, ma'an."

AJ coming back was cool. I'm looking forward to seeing how Paige embraces being a heel. Chances are I'll love her even more now.

Good main event, good cash-in tease. Rollins/Ambrose has been really intriguing so far. Both guys are bringing. And man, HHH/Reigns is going to be titanic, whenever it happens. Can't WAIT for that.

A great RAW and it's because things HAPPENED. Things DEVELOPED. It's so sad that it's such a rarity it has to be pointed out that that's what makes a good show.

[TJdaSportsGuy]

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So giant flaw in the Fatal Four way match: why hasn't anyone figured out of if have two guys in cahoots with each other that one should just lay down and take the three count?

Maybe this is where Kane disassociates himself from The Authority? Tack on the possibility of him finally manning up.

Wow Swagger got Daniel Bryan caliber pops during that segment.

...with two arm drags. As I saw someone on Twitter post, sometimes less is more.

WWE is advertising adult beverages again? Will someone think of the impressionable youth?!

WWE not exactly in a position to turn down advertising dollars these days.

More poor camera work. Ref just told Kahli to raise his arms.

Well to be fair, when's the last time Khali won a match? He probably forgot what he's supposed to do.

Maybe now Wyatt will be a real heel and not get cheers from the smarks every night

That's probably the point here. Vince is no dummy. Fans keep cheering for Bray Wyatt? SURELY they won't cheer him against Y2J.

So they could really top off the night with an AJ return.

Damn good call, dude!

[jmillhimes]

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-I was wondering if they would actually turn Paige heel. You could see an attitude change in her the past few weeks. Showing little hints of heel in her. AJ back should be cool.

-Y2J back for a temporary stay again likely

[Reed1417]

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If Paige does indeed go heel I think/hope some of you will change your mind about her. But I know everyone is different. Now hopefully we can get some epic matches between her and AJ. Y'all know how much I enjoy both of these ladies so that's what I'm hoping for!!


Reed is comin' atcha!!

[mcseven]

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I'm not upset that Paige lost but Naomi outwrestled her and couldn't win but AJ beats her in a couple minutes. They set Paige up to fail with that title run.

[WWF80sKid]

The "There's No Raw Thread Yet" Raw Thread - 6/30/2014

I feel like they completely killed Paige. If they wanted to do a double turn they should've done it. Paige should have yelled at the crowd. "Why are you booing me?!" She should have taken advantage of AJ, hitting her before the bell. Something.

I was looking forward to the match when it was announced, only for it to be two minutes.

Funny I see people on here complain about them not making new stars, yet Paige already loses the belt and people are happy about it.

Goes to show people will never be happy.

Edit: Paige should be the first Heyman girl. Seriously.

[Chrisksaint]

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Probably cause some people like me don't really care about Paige at all.

[Reed1417]

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I was talking to my friend about the whole Paige thing last night. I just heard about it didn't get to see it sadly. I'm not happy about it by any means because I feel like they could have used AJ to push the face Paige although normally it's the other way around. But we got what we got now as I said I just hope we get some epic matches and mind games between the two because I'm high on both of them.


Reed is comin' atcha!!

[WWF80sKid]

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As long as we get a program between the two. If Paige becomes the next Diva who constantly gets thrown in random tag teams I will be aggravated