RAW 1/18/16: The Highlight Reel

[redsox4evur]

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Before watching RAW, I asked my wife who was going to win the RR and she said Bray Wyatt. He's one of the few guys on the current roster she knows, so I wasn't surprised by her answer, but I am surprised that now he's a legit threat to win the RR on Sunday. I liked the ending to RAW. We've seen Lesnar destroy people for 2-plus years, so good to have the tables turned for once.

Yea I shut it off early because everything else before that bored me, minus the opening of the show with Jericho. But I just went and watched it on WWE.com and it was good.

[theblueblazer]

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They only had a 40 man once. It should be 30 just for the sake of tradition I think.


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That would have been the biggest "anything can happen" moment if Santino would have won. He was so over. The crowd reaction was off the chart. Creative could have easily had Alberto vs. Santino at Extreme Rules with the main event spot at WrestleMania on the line.

[StevenSD]

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Edit: and also it doesn't halt discussion, because look...I replied, and I expect you to unless you have nothing to say back. So again, in my opinion, it doesn't halt discussion. It should actually raise it. Looking at it the way you do halts discussion. I really want to know why people watch what they just can't find any enjoyment out of and bash it.

You can literally say this about anything, literally, ANYTHING. Football, baseball, Walking Dead, Star Wars, I could go on, it's just how people are. For ME, I grew up watching and loving WWE, I've never been able to get into ROH, TNA and I follow just a small bit of NJPW. Truth be told, I don't have time to follow them or to invest into them like I've done basically my whole life with WWE. And I watch it because there are still things to enjoy besides the 'Do Every and Anything to get Roman over Show.' New Day is awesome, Owens and Ambrose are putting on a good feud even though they've only been given like what 30 minutes of programming or so in the last two weeks.. I could go on, but I won't, because what stains a lot of that is that there will be no where for any of them to go after their feuds and runs are over. WWE hasn't been building enough 'main' power stars. They focus so much time on one person, like Roman, to get over that every other wrestler who either was over or was starting to gets put on the back burner, or more recently gets thrown out there to job to Roman. It's just frustrating to watch them put so much time into one person to get over while watching the others put in the work and not get anything besides a pat on the back. I mean, if WWE put half of their efforts from getting Roman over into some of the other upper mid-card guys, the programming wouldn't be in a rinse and repeat order.

I mean, November was a great month of programming for WWE, but their hand was forced too. You don't find it annoying that not even a month later, we are back to their same formula? Substitute Roman Reigns for Triple H and nothing has really changed.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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They only had a 40 man once. It should be 30 just for the sake of tradition I think.


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Ah! Shows my lack of historical knowledge! I thought it was 40 for a while, and knocked down to 30 recently

[PeoplesChampGB]

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Prove me wrong you're not one...because literally anywhere I go from my three websites there are the people who genuine just enjoy to watch wrestling and then there are the people who say, "well this isn't happening the exact way I want it, so I'm going to trash it no matter what for as long as I want even if it's pretty good." So yes, I do imply some people do get to the cry baby side of it at times, and it just irks me because then why do you watch or read? Just enjoy the show and be glad wrestling is around.

Edit: and also it doesn't halt discussion, because look...I replied, and I expect you to unless you have nothing to say back. So again, in my opinion, it doesn't halt discussion. It should actually raise it. Looking at it the way you do halts discussion. I really want to know why people watch what they just can't find any enjoyment out of and bash it.

Just my .2, why I stopped posting before and I'll probably be done again.

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1) Substitute wrestling for baseball.

2) How is that different?

[Bard]

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1) Substitute wrestling for baseball.

2) How is that different?

Same for every other sport? Not sure where you're getting at.

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[PeoplesChampGB]

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Same for every other sport? Not sure where you're getting at.

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What I am getting at is why is it fine to ***** and moan when you don't agree with what is going on with your favorite team? Just enjoy that you can watch baseball.

Of course we know that fans would never do that and it is not expected of them. Same goes for wrestling.

[Bard]

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What I am getting at is why is it fine to ***** and moan when you don't agree with what is going on with your favorite team? Just enjoy that you can watch baseball.

Of course we know that fans would never do that and it is not expected of them. Same goes for wrestling.

So you agree with me? That was my point

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[PVarck31]

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Why isn't it okay to have issues with a show, or team that you love? I'm a die hard Browns fan, but their organization has been run by monkeys for the past 15 years. Basically the worst run team in the NFL. Should I just take it and say Oh well, and watch them lose every week in heart breaking fashion and be happy about it?

It's the same with wrestling. I love it, but if I feel something isn't being done right, I should have every right to voice my opinion about it. Doesn't mean I don't love it. I just want it to be better.

[Trevelyan]

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You can love pro wrestling and still be able to say when something you're watching is bad. For example, I really enjoy NXT but the weekly TV is nothing special for the most part. However, they do a great job of building to the Takeovers and those are always excellent. I also enjoy RoH and NJPW, however.....

Raw has been so bland and predictable(in a bad way) for 15+ years that its really at the point where I don't care at all anymore. There are good segments here and there, but when 95% of the show is garbage most weeks, it can be difficult to even enjoy the good stuff. If it wasn't for DVR's, I would have stopped watching a long time ago.

Then theres the fact that anytime someone gets over to a certain level its crushed if the company didn't create it on purpose. Its depressing to watch something cool happen and know its going to be killed within a month.

[PeoplesChampGB]

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Why isn't it okay to have issues with a show, or team that you love? I'm a die hard Browns fan, but their organization has been run by monkeys for the past 15 years. Basically the worst run team in the NFL. Should I just take it and say Oh well, and watch them lose every week in heart breaking fashion and be happy about it?

It's the same with wrestling. I love it, but if I feel something isn't being done right, I should have every right to voice my opinion about it. Doesn't mean I don't love it. I just want it to be better.

Nah man. Just be glad that football is on. Doesn't matter that you always have a top five pick in the draft. (Obvious Sarcasm)

[PeoplesChampGB]

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So you agree with me? That was my point

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Not even close. I think we should be able to criticize when warranted. But in wrestling where things are pre-determined, people can always come up with a better way to do something. Hence why you see more complaining about wrestling than any real sport.

[Jukeman]

RAW 1/18/16: The Highlight Reel

Not understanding the comparison to a sport to what is essentially a TV show. One is written and the other is unpredictable. Criticizing play calling and roster moves is not equivalent to criticizing someone's art which is writing. Its like watching Heroes reborn every week and complaining about how its not as good as the writing of the original season 1 but still tune in every week because I am a fan of season 1 of Heroes. Someone would call that insanity.


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[PVarck31]

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I don't understand what's so hard to understand? So I can't criticize the writing now? That's ridiculous.

[Jukeman]

RAW 1/18/16: The Highlight Reel

I don't understand what's so hard to understand? So I can't criticize the writing now? That's ridiculous.

I said the comparison doesn't make sense. Lol you can do what you want.

Fans complaining and supporting a sports teams results in personal getting fired.

Fans complaining about a tv show while supporting it results in nothing happening.


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