WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

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What an awesome job selling the stunner by Theory

[Majingir]

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Bayley and Cody's stories might mirror each other in the sense that it's just them on their own vs a group.

I just wonder if they're making Bayley the sole underdog or if she at least gets some sort of backup to handle Asuka/Kairi. I'd imagine the women's tag titles are defended at WM, so something has to happen to keep them away from her.

Lol at that jobber match.

Xyon Quinn without facial hair just seems like a guy. He had a good look in NXT then just faded away.

[UFCMPunk]

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I'm now convinced Heel Rock vs Face Roman is the direction they need to head in post Mania to build up to their eventual match at Mania 41. Rock forming his own Bloodline after kicking Roman out, Roman crawling back to Jey, Sami and all the guys he beat asking them to help him take out The Rock's bloodline. You can get years out of this too especially if you lean into TKO Board Member Rock who abuses his power and undermines Triple H, Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis on screen to get his way and help out his new Bloodline.

[Majingir]

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Owens on commentary was like a kid in a candy store.

He then goes and unties Wallers shoe as he's knocked out at the commentary table.

What an awesome job selling the stunner by Theory

AND the RKO sell


Funny enough, an Orton and Owens tag team wouldn't even need to change their name.

They could literally just be RKO.

[SmashMan]

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I'm now convinced Heel Rock vs Face Roman is the direction they need to head in post Mania to build up to their eventual match at Mania 41. Rock forming his own Bloodline after kicking Roman out, Roman crawling back to Jey, Sami and all the guys he beat asking them to help him take out The Rock's bloodline. You can get years out of this too especially if you lean into TKO Board Member Rock who abuses his power and undermines Triple H, Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis on screen to get his way and help out his new Bloodline.

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Rock forming his own Bloodline

You can get years out of this too

[TheMatrix31]

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Hell of a ****ing show.

Not sure about the stipulation. Sounds like Bloodline promising interference either way, lol.

Rock doesn't have to form his own bloodline. He can just fight for it once Reigns loses. Reigns loses to Cody and Rock says I'm the leader, I never lose, etc. Already any Rock/Roman feud needs to be family picking sides and allegiances torn. Some pretty funny stuff in the promo despite the typical cheesy rock ****. But Rock acknowledging Roman is like, pretty damn big in the annals of things. That was great.

I was thinking the story is better if Bayley has to do it alone but I was expecting someone to come. Also figured they'd wait a bit for Dakota to turn.

Austin Theory is great at selling moves.

So much stuff happening up and down the show. Compelling TV is all I want. Wish I could go next week. Tickets are so ****ing expensive.

[TheMatrix31]

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Let's just say it's still real to FOX damn it. Reports came out and said FOX was doing that to censor a sign someone had that said.... "Die Rocky Die." A completely in character sign and throw back to his early days of when fans would chant that to him but someone at FOX thinks we want him to die or something. It's like the people in charge at FOX have no clue about wrestling.

If this is the case, that is ****ing infuriating. This is what happens (and what I've warned about incessantly) when giving non-wrestling elements so much credence and power and starts dictating what happens within wrestling, or when the company caters to outside the wrestling world. Truly started becoming obvious with the Muhammad Hassan saga.

The cuts were annoying and incredibly detrimental. What meddlesome, brainless, clueless ****s.

Also the "The Rocky, The" sign which was in the crowd too was hilarious.

[Mercury112491]

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It’s Primetime on network TV. They’re always going to be overly cautious even if the biggest wrestling dork in history was the CEO of Fox.


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[J_Posse]

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It’s Primetime on network TV. They’re always going to be overly cautious even if the biggest wrestling dork in history was the CEO of Fox.


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You think Tony Khan can purchase Fox next?

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[Majingir]

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Probably another reason to go to Netflix. They probably got more freedom on what they can or can't do vs being on a cable network.

[J_Posse]

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Probably another reason to go to Netflix. They probably got more freedom on what they can or can't do vs being on a cable network.

Well, Fox is regular broadcast TV not cable. So they likely have even more restrictions or censorship to deal with on it.

It also has the widest audience available since everyone and anyone - conceivably - can watch basic TV (with a digital antenna/receiver).

It's definitely a double-edged sword, but I'm happy they are moving on from a basic TV network. Fox dampens moments like last night too often to appease the censors/'standards & practices.'

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[Majingir]

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Well, Fox is regular broadcast TV not cable. So they likely have even more restrictions or censorship to deal with on it.

It also has the widest audience available since everyone and anyone - conceivably - can watch basic TV (with a digital antenna/receiver).

It's definitely a double-edged sword, but I'm happy they are moving on from a basic TV network. Fox dampens moments like last night too often to appease the censors/'standards & practices.'

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No commercials during things like that would be a bonus too.

One of the things about past eras I loved was the show opening or show closing promo that would just go 15-20 minutes and revolves around your big storyline, all while being uninterrupted.

The Bloodline stuff the last 2 times each went 25+ mins, but got broken up by a commercial break. This week Heyman was literally like "The Rock will be here...after this commercial break". And last time they had the break DURING Rock's entrance.

Netflix will have all of it being uninterrupted. Not that you're missing anything during the break, but the way they'll format it, you won't have those pauses or breaks in a segment, it'll just be continuous.

[J_Posse]

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No commercials during things like that would be a bonus too.

One of the things about past eras I loved was the show opening or show closing promo that would just go 15-20 minutes and revolves around your big storyline, all while being uninterrupted.

The Bloodline stuff the last 2 times each went 25+ mins, but got broken up by a commercial break. This week Heyman was literally like "The Rock will be here...after this commercial break". And last time they had the break DURING Rock's entrance.

Netflix will have all of it being uninterrupted. Not that you're missing anything during the break, but the way they'll format it, you won't have those pauses or breaks in a segment, it'll just be continuous.

Gotta remember that it's RAW that will be on Netflix, not Smackdown. Smackdown is moving to USA network, but that will likely be a positive when it comes to 'lightened' censorship.

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[Majingir]

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Gotta remember that it's RAW that will be on Netflix, not Smackdown. Smackdown is moving to USA network, but that will likely be a positive when it comes to 'lightened' censorship.

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SD is moving to Netflix internationally though, so it could still be produced differently and some stuff during breaks that USA wouldn't show (I probably just expect what AEW has with PiP type stuff where people on TBS/TNT get that and people watching on a different service get no breaks).

[southernmetalhead]

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I didn't watch the full 21 minute promo The Rock did earlier on Instagram or whatever but man I can't help but smile as I'm watching it. This is who The Rock truly is, the Rock that would get one half of the crowd to say something and the other half to say something, was NOT the Rock. This right here is The Rock everyone remembers. You can see at some points during this promo where Rock himself is enjoying this heel character and being able to do this role. Thank goodness for us fans to get him to turn heel on us lol.

Just watched the whole thing. Good stuff.