Raw 7/11/16: The Beast Incarnate's Return???

[UFCMPunk]

Re: Raw 7/11/16: The Beast Incarnate's Return???

I kind of felt Shane was going to get Smackdown as I hear Smackdown is going to be getting a new logo at the very least with the move. Once Shane made his pitch on change, it was pretty clear what he was going to get to me. New night, new logo, they can play up that Shane is the one responsible for all these changes.

I actually thought Stephanie was going to get SD and Shane was going to get Raw. Then Stephanie would complain how Shane got 3 hours compared to her 2 hours. Then Vince would say that Raw was going to be reduced to 2 hours for fairness.

[Rocky]

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I actually thought Stephanie was going to get SD and Shane was going to get Raw. Then Stephanie would complain how Shane got 3 hours compared to her 2 hours. Then Vince would say that Raw was going to be reduced to 2 hours for fairness.

That would've been far better imo. I can't take 3 hour RAW's when MNF is on but at least Shane is something fresh. We had The Authority on RAW for two years already.

[dubcity]

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How does McMahon have brown hair when he had gray hair when I first started watching?

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He's probably spent more money to create that head of hair than I make in a year.

[reyes the roof]

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I may be turning in to a conspiracy theory nutjob, but I'm starting to think the Reigns suspension is a work. If the Ambrose/Rollins match end in a no contest where they just beat the hell out of each other and Reigns gets drafted to Raw the following night, then I'm thinking Reigns wins at Battleground and joins The Authority where they announce he never failed a test and they just gave him a month off so the other two would take each other out


Now if you'll excuse me while I go remove my tin foil hat

[SmashMan]

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I don't know - they put Reigns' suspension on their corporate site and I don't think they've ever furthered a storyline on there.

[jvalverde88]

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I can see where reyes is coming from since WWE has never, from my recollection, acknowledged a suspension on their programming. But yeah no way in hell they're that stupid, it would prove people right that their drug program was nothing but a PR tool for Linda's senate campaign .

[chronoxiong]

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I can't complain about RAW this week at all. Opening with a Battle Royal to figure out the #1 contender for the IC Title was good as I had no clue who was going to win. The finish was interesting with Darren Young doing nothing to get the eliminations but I'm glad he won. Bob Backlund is going to make him great again. The Sheamus/Ryder match served a purpose in Ryder getting a US Title match against Rusev. The rest of the booking made sense as well. Owens/Cesaro was a good match and I liked the finish. Zayn and Owens continue to make their feud look like they hate each other. Was not sure if Cena was going to appear but glad he showed up to help Enzo and Cass after their match against Anderson and Gallows.

I thought the New Day/Wyatt Family segments were corny but that brawl they had looked vicious. We hardly see Parking Lot Brawls or Hardcore matches anymore so this felt like it was the best we could. I ended up liking this. The filters were just too much though. Best segment of the night goes to the Rollins Report. He was on fire and Ambrose was on point with his promo too. Everything he said was so fast that I don't think you could remember all that on a script. Roman Reigns continues to get buried. All Dana Brooks has done is job so I wasn't surprised she lost to Sasha Banks in a lengthy match. And with the way how RAW ended, they are really going to make RAW and Smackdown a competition again. I guess so.

[SmashMan]

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I can see where reyes is coming from since WWE has never, from my recollection, acknowledged a suspension on their programming. But yeah no way in hell they're that stupid, it would prove people right that their drug program was nothing but a PR tool for Linda's senate campaign .

Nah they haven't, but with how much Reigns is a focus it'd be weird to ignore him. I guess they figure this way they can still hype the triple threat they want and can use the Rollins promos to get out some obvious frustration that he ****ed up when they finally pull the trigger and start trying to run with him.

I thought the New Day/Wyatt Family segments were corny but that brawl they had looked vicious. We hardly see Parking Lot Brawls or Hardcore matches anymore so this felt like it was the best we could. I ended up liking this. The filters were just too much though.

Ugh, yeah. The filters, the shaky camera, and a million camera cuts at the same time... Firefly lights at the end were a cool visual.

[Marino]

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Looks like I will be a SmackDown guy.

[DJ]

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I'm not sure I understand the point of having commissioners and GM's on each show. Do we really need dual authority figures on these shows?

[Bard]

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Commissioners will probably hardly be on the show, and the GM will be like a Teddy Long figure.

[redsox4evur]

Re: Raw 7/11/16: The Beast Incarnate's Return???

The sad thing is that Wyatt segment wasn't the worst segment I have seen this past week.


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[reyes the roof]

Re: Raw 7/11/16: The Beast Incarnate's Return???

Looks like I will be a SmackDown guy.

Same here, looking forward to what should hopefully be an Authority free zone on Tuesdays

[thefakeJTS]

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The way I see it, the commissioners might actually be doing a lot behind the scenes in order to shape their shows. I saw some truth in Vince's statement that this was their chance to show they could run it. The GM is on-air authority figure while Shane and Steph will be authoritative behind scenes.

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[dubcity]

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Having commissioners AND general managers is convoluted and dumb as hell. All it does is take away even more from the in-ring stuff. There's already enough non-kayfabe political BS going on behind the scenes, we don't need produced segments and angles presenting this as a TV product as well. Wish WWE would realize that we really don't care about GMs and "booker" characters.