WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

[Majingir]

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Truth: Carlito, I understand your pain wanting to be in the Judgment Day. When you're down, they kick you. When you're up...they still kick you. But those were the best days of my life.

Miz: Those were the best days? You're tag team champions. Who cares about Judgment Day.

Truth: Miz, you gotta stop talking about the Judgment Day. You're obsessed. It's weird.

[Majingir]

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That reaction when Otis stood up to Gable!

Then seconds later the audible groan of thousands of fans when Otis believes Gable and attacks Zayn.

[Majingir]

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Liv is at least better on the mic than Zoey and Shayna.


What a visual for Jeys entrance. Doesn't get old.

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Liv Morgan is so hot. If she was coming onto me like she was on RAW to Dominik Misterio, I would love it. Bring it baby. Lucky you Dominik Misterio. Her angle is one of the things that keeps me tuning into RAW lately. Well her revenge tour as well. I am assuming this thing with Dominik is going to continue for a while to keep us watching. The other angle that has my full attention is the Chad Gable/Alpha Academy stuff. Gable is really good at what he does while making his Academy looking sympathetic. Then you have the loveable face in Zayn involved so you just help but root for everyone not named Gable. The fans are waiting to pop for Otis.

The rest of RAW was okay. We are going through a rebuilding phase as the show continues to build up other stars and make the new NXT call ups look credible on the main roster. I get it. One thing I noticed is that Finn Balor has become a lackey for Damien Priest which is kinda hard for me to get used to. But once you realize that Priest and Balor are nearly the same age, its okay. The show doesn't revolve around Priest as Champion but he's doing a decent job as Champ. Its just weird to not know who to root for in his feud with Drew McIntrye.

[Mercury112491]

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If her mic skills were decent I wouldn't hate her, but she just comes off so unnatural and forced sounding when it probably isn't even scripted that much.

This. She is the literal walking definition of cringe. And she is so unbelievable as a serious threat in the ring. Give me back my Bliss god damnit!


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[Majingir]

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This. She is the literal walking definition of cringe. And she is so unbelievable as a serious threat in the ring. Give me back my Bliss god damnit!


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The thing that sucks is that in NXT right now there isn't really anyone I can pick as someone who stands out as great on the mic in the women's division.

Roxanne is probably the best one and it's only because of that heel turn. Everyone else doesn't stand out.

That's one of the things they need to fix with the women's division is mic skills. You can try training anyone in the ring all you want, but it's the mic skills that'll keep them around.

[UFCMPunk]

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RAW was good, progressed more storylines and did it's job basically. WWE continues to build new stars post Wrestlemania, Bron is going to be a star in the next couple years. Given how talented the main roster is right now and the fact how much good talent is still down in NXT... insane. The depth on the roster is the best it's ever been.


- The Liv/Dom storyline progressed more, Liv protecting Dom from Braun was interesting. Guessing Braun being attacked by the Judgment Day is going to lead to a feud with the Uncle Howdy faction.

- The whole Chad Gable/Sami segment was amazing, the pop Otis got for protecting the Alpha Academy was insane. Otis is going to come out of this storyline a bigger star than he has ever been when he finally snaps on Gable.

- AEW missed out on a face Jade Cargill, she seems to be having so much fun out there teaming with Bianca. Good to see Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn back on TV again, need more of them on my TV please and thank you Hunter.

- WWE is already building toward MITB, having Jey Uso declare for MITB, and it seems Lyra did the same before she was attacked by Iyo.

- Judgment Day taking out Drew to end RAW still hasn't done anything for me. Priest just hasn't felt like a World Champion, and seems to be taking a backseat to everything else that is happening on RAW at the moment. Hell, people are more interested in what's happening between Liv & Dom than him being World Champion.

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- AEW missed out on a face Jade Cargill, she seems to be having so much fun out there teaming with Bianca. Good to see Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn back on TV again, need more of them on my TV please and thank you Hunter.

I think what AEW did was show that you can't push her as a dominant singles wrestler, because you will 100% hit a wall when it becomes obvious she can't hold her own. In a tag team she can rely on others to get from point A to point B, and it becomes more about the sum of the parts as opposed to the spotlight being on her throughout.

[Majingir]

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What helps Jade in a team as well is that she can still compete in shorter matches without the match being short.

And having a tag partner is like having a manager where the partner can do most of the talking for you.

Better than in AEW where she's the one carrying a group and her manager isn't someone who can elevate her in a big way.

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Tama Tonga: We could have let Kevin Owens kill you, but we saved you. By orders of the Tribal Chief.


It's crazy how yet again WWE has made the Bloodline more interesting and so compelling that you have to tune in to see what happens every week. This build up to Roman's eventual return is so good. That moment when Roman questions everything that is happening and how he never gave orders to anyone is going to hit just as hard as when Jey told Sami... "I don't give a damn what the Tribal Chief says!"

[Majingir]

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"Accompanied by WWE Hall of Famer the Wiseman Paul Heyman"

So Heyman didn't get included in the Bloodline name during the intro but rather accompanying them?

And "the right hand man" Tama Tonga.

Reigns and the Usos are gonna tear them apart when they reunite aren't they?


I want Solo to pull out the old "Solo might be a lot of things, but sucks isn't one of them"

Tama Tonga: We could have let Kevin Owens kill you, but we saved you. By orders of the Tribal Chief.


It's crazy how yet again WWE has made the Bloodline more interesting and so compelling that you have to tune in to see what happens every week. This build up to Roman's eventual return is so good. That moment when Roman questions everything that is happening and how he never gave orders to anyone is going to hit just as hard as when Jey told Sami... "I don't give a damn what the Tribal Chief says!"

For sure the reveal has to be Solo anointing himself the tribal chief.

I wonder how they explain the Reigns absence? Has he really just been sitting at home letting it all happen, or what if they explain that the Bloodline took him out and he's been in a coma or something for months but nobody knew because Solo (and The Rock?) covered it up. Would also explain why Heyman hasn't spoken to Reigns once since WM. Would be like when the NWO turned on Hogan after WM, or Rock kicking Farooq out of the nation, except in this case it happened off screen without anyone knowing. Heyman has said Reigns refused to include "the tongans" in the Bloodline because he knew how dangerous they were. Maybe they showed it to Reigns personally?

And when Jey gets involved, he has to use that line again, this time intentionally.

[J_Posse]

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I like intense Cody Rhodes and WWE finally remembered they have The Good Brothers available for something other than jobbing. Well, all they were doing was standing beside AJ but at least that's a start. [emoji1][emoji1474]

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[Mercury112491]

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Nick Aldis is warping around the arena like he’s Jason Vorhees tonight [emoji23]

If there’s any justice in the world we’ll get “Beat Up Cody Rhodes” from AJ and the Good Bros [emoji23]


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[Majingir]

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Why is the prime logo on the mat today?

But it wasn't for the last PLE?

Part of me thought maybe this was the PLE weekend and I forgot but it's not.

[J_Posse]

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I'm happy Nia didn't get hurt, but her slipping on the beverage twice was hilarious. [emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]

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