WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

[Majingir]

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Tonight's Card for RAW:



- Cody Rhodes kicks off RAW tonight. What will he say? 2K24 Cover Reveal? A new challenger who opposes Cody finishing his story?



- Seth Rollins defends the World Heavyweight Championship against Jinder Mahal.



- The Ring General and longest IC Champion Gunther returns.



- Judgment Day will have their hands full with two tag matches as The Awesome Truth take on Finn & Damian Priest. DIY will take on Dirty Dom and JD McDonagh

I could see it being 2k24 cover.

The logo "leaked" I think on Peacocks site or something, though hardly a leak when it's the same logo as other 2K games just with a 4 at the end.

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New Stage for RAW tonight, wonder if we get new theme song intro as well.

https://twitter.com/WrestleOps/status/1747052224973250916

[Majingir]

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New Stage for RAW tonight, wonder if we get new theme song intro as well.



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People seem to think it's simply a matter of the entire set not being able to be transported over for the show, but maybe it is a new stage.

I hope it's a new stage.

Get a new stage, bring back red ropes, and get a new/good theme (specifically just get one with a good beat. It won't matter what genre of song it is or how good the singer is if we just have a good beat. The AE theme for instance was really just a small bit of a 3-4 min song filled with vocals, but you would never know since all we ever heard was that small piece).

[Majingir]

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Monday Night Raw kicks off with a huge debut!

Future Womens Champion Roux (Lynch, Rollins, Lopez?) makes her Monday Night Raw debut.

Insignificant now, but you never know anymore. That clip could easily be shown dozens of times in 15-20 years from now like how people still remember clips like in the 80s we saw a young Dwayne Johnson in the crowd watching his dad, or Natalya in the ring during Canadian Stampede in 1997.


"Tom and Nick Mysterio?"

"Yeah. How's Nick doing? I can't find him on Facebook!"


This really feels like a house show. The smaller stage and half the crowd not there due to the storm.

[Mercury112491]

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Please get DIY and all related people off my screen forever.


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Please get DIY and all related people off my screen forever.


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They're at the same level as Indi/Candice in the women's division, which Candice described it best in that video package. "We were former champions in NXT. On Raw......it's been a different story."

Just reunite The Way and give them something more to do.

[Majingir]

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Rhea vs Becky at WM?

I'd rather Bayley win and choose Iyo than Becky win and face Rhea.

Would make for a better story where Bayley doesn't have to choose Iyo, and Becky could go into the chamber against Nia and whoever else they have on Raw where the winner faces Rhea.

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R-Truth giving Priest his cut of the merch money, then shoving Balor's cut in Balor's jacket was great. Him giving Dom his cut while JD asks where his cut is and telling him he has to be a member was hilarious.

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Drew McIntrye continues to be a highlight of RAW each week. Really digging his new character right now. Everything he spits out is facts and its hard for you to hate him on that. He had a great promo with Cody Rhodes in the opening segment. Each superstar has their story which makes it interesting to see who will win the Rumble. Gunther made his return after a few weeks and made his presence felt. Good promo segment from him. Xavier Woods/Kaiser match made sense and it looks like Jey Uso's insertion into this stuff is leading to him feuding with Gunther. Someone has to end Gunther's IC Title reign this year. Maybe it could be Jey Uso.

The other segment I enjoyed was Rhea/Becky promo. Great stuff from both ladies with Becky admitting that Rhea is better than her at the moment. Giving us a backstory to root for Becky in hopes of winning the RR match. This promo was a great in a possible WM match between the two. The rest of RAW, I didn't mind it. Lots of storylines were progressed. Judgment Day stuff. There's tension going on. Then the R Truth stuff with them as well. At least there's direction for everyone at the moment. World Title match was promoted all night. They really did made it feel like Jinder Mahal could win the match. But we know that wasn't going to happen. Main event match was solid with a ton of outside interference which makes sense. I find myself multi-tasking while watching RAW lately but thats because 3 hours is lot to invest in. Decent show overall.

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You can add Rollins to the people I’m 100% done with. Unnecessary title to begin with. Even more unnecessary to have it be yet ANOTHER title that’s impossible to get off the champion. I don’t care if he defends it more often. It’s boring. He’s boring. Next.


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The way things are going, just make the WM40 Tagline "Finish the Story"

Rock possibly ending his career (storybook ending?)

Cody wants to finish the story

McIntyre has his own story he wants to finish

Punk wants to write a new chapter in his story

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You can add Rollins to the people I’m 100% done with. Unnecessary title to begin with. Even more unnecessary to have it be yet ANOTHER title that’s impossible to get off the champion. I don’t care if he defends it more often. It’s boring. He’s boring. Next.


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There's more interesting stories to tell with the World Heavyweight Championship away from Seth Rollins. Seth doesn't need the title for his feud with Punk to work, in fact it might be better without the title. Think we can all agree that Triple H's biggest weakness with his booking is long title reigns and missing perfect opportunities to take a title off someone. Gunther is the only one I don't mind since his reign doesn't feel forced as compared to Roman and Seth.

- Seth losing to Finn at Summerslam was perfect. Finn gets his revenge, Finn also becomes paranoid wondering if Priest would cash in on him.

- Seth losing to Nakamura would have been fine too, Nakamura is long overdue for a World Title in WWE.

- Seth losing to Drew in any of their matches also would have worked well. As of now, the Royal Rumble is either Punk or Cody. If Drew is Champion, you can at least sell the fans on Jey Uso or Sami Zayn winning the Rumble, guys who have had issues with Drew in recent months.

Anyhow... all of that might be for nothing because it seems Seth did legit get hurt in his match against Jinder. No report on how severe the injury is yet but they should have Priest cash in, take the title off Rollins and let him heal up for Mania season.

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There's more interesting stories to tell with the World Heavyweight Championship away from Seth Rollins. Seth doesn't need the title for his feud with Punk to work, in fact it might be better without the title. Think we can all agree that Triple H's biggest weakness with his booking is long title reigns and missing perfect opportunities to take a title off someone. Gunther is the only one I don't mind since his reign doesn't feel forced as compared to Roman and Seth.



- Seth losing to Finn at Summerslam was perfect. Finn gets his revenge, Finn also becomes paranoid wondering if Priest would cash in on him.



- Seth losing to Nakamura would have been fine too, Nakamura is long overdue for a World Title in WWE.



- Seth losing to Drew in any of their matches also would have worked well. As of now, the Royal Rumble is either Punk or Cody. If Drew is Champion, you can at least sell the fans on Jey Uso or Sami Zayn winning the Rumble, guys who have had issues with Drew in recent months.



Anyhow... all of that might be for nothing because it seems Seth did legit get hurt in his match against Jinder. No report on how severe the injury is yet but they should have Priest cash in, take the title off Rollins and let him heal up for Mania season.

I wonder if there were plans for Finn to win.

It really felt like that's why Priest won to begin with. Finn wins and you have the MITB holder being his right hand man. He always has that dark cloud following him.

At this point though, what would be the best WHC match at WM if it's not Rollins vs Punk?

Finn vs Priest doesn't feel big enough for WM. McIntyre vs Cody (if Cody doesn't face Reigns) I could MAYBE see, but doesn't really work since one would be the champ going into WM already when the story built around them right now is both chasing the same ending to their story.

After WM though, that would be a good time for a cash in. Let's say Rollins retains vs Punk, they could still continue their feud after, and Priest can cash in on Rollins after WM and go into a feud with Finn.

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Drew McIntyre / Cody Rhodes promo was so damn good.

Also this is the problem with introducing Seth's belt to begin with. Ever notice that since its debut, every major title has been largely pointless and diminished? Never needed it. Still don't.

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To the dude complaining about Rollins being WHC....well....that might come to an end

https://twitter.com/nodqdotcom/status/1748458906207109205