WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

[Majingir]

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The First RAW on Netflix will be Monday January 6th...... now the question is where will the show be taking place at? I imagine they might do it in a big market city like New York or LA.

I saw that "report", but also, how is that news?

Netflix deal begins in 2025

First Monday of 2025 is January 6th

Next the dirtsheets are gonna say January 1st is the beginning of 2025.

[Majingir]

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Bronson out tonight due to testing positive for covid.

As was mentioned in the OT thread, Odyssey Jones is no longer listed on the roster....Guess even though he lost last night at No Mercy, Tony D'Angelo still got paid.....

[Majingir]

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Joe Tessitore sounds more like a ring announcer than a commentator (in a good way), but sounds a lot like Mauro which is also a good thing.

[TheMatrix31]

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Feels like his voice is too deep to be a wrestling PBP announcer.

He's not doing a bad job but I don't think his voice is very good for the role overall.

[Mercury112491]

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Feels like his voice is too deep to be a wrestling PBP announcer.

He's not doing a bad job but I don't think his voice is very good for the role overall.

Vince’s voice was pretty deep.

I think so far he’s pretty good during the planned story beats. He doesn’t sound super confident/comfortable during the actual play by play yet though. I also think Graves would have been a better partner than Barrett since Graves can do both color and BPB so he could fill in the gaps till Joe gets comfortable.

I hope they give him some runway I think he can be really good if given the time to settle into it.


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[Bard]

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I could listen to Joe all day long. He is very good!


Hopefully he'll get more comfortable with time during matches, but what really stood out to me was the Punk and Drew segment. I loved his call!

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[Majingir]

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Drew literally claymored CM Punk out of his shoe

Vince’s voice was pretty deep.

I think so far he’s pretty good during the planned story beats. He doesn’t sound super confident/comfortable during the actual play by play yet though. I also think Graves would have been a better partner than Barrett since Graves can do both color and BPB so he could fill in the gaps till Joe gets comfortable.

I hope they give him some runway I think he can be really good if given the time to settle into it.


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That's why I was surprised by the pairing with Barrett.

Graves is the vet. Next to Cole he's the 2nd longest tenured commentator they have. Figured him with Joe would've been better for him to learn.

When McAfee returns in January, I'm guessing they just go to Joe, Wade, Graves on Smackdown.


But he'll definitely get the hang of it. Might take a few shows but he's obviously experienced enough to adapt quickly.

[ggsimmonds]

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Vince’s voice was pretty deep.

I think so far he’s pretty good during the planned story beats. He doesn’t sound super confident/comfortable during the actual play by play yet though. I also think Graves would have been a better partner than Barrett since Graves can do both color and BPB so he could fill in the gaps till Joe gets comfortable.

I hope they give him some runway I think he can be really good if given the time to settle into it.


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Yeah nothing against Cole but I prefer a little deeper and calm sounding voice over excited chipmunk sounds like Cole and King.

Btw, did she come in too hot or was that a bad catch by Bianca?

[Dead2009]

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I find it funny they took Pat McAfee off Raw because of College Football duties but turned around and put a play by play guy on in Joe Tessitore...who guess what...does college football on saturdays lol.

[Majingir]

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The big surprise for next week is a Natalya return?

Return...or unofficial retirement? She hasn't appeared since her new deal was signed (outside of that video package last week to talk about WWE in Germany), next week is in Calgary, who knows if her new deal is just part time matches or something more backstage?

I find it funny they took Pat McAfee off Raw because of College Football duties but turned around and put a play by play guy on in Joe Tessitore...who guess what...does college football on saturdays lol.

For Pat I think it's a combination of football and his show. He can do his show and 1 other thing, but doing his show, football and raw, he's probably working or traveling 7 days a week.

[UFCMPunk]

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Have Gunther keep denying Sami Zayn matches, then Sami wins the Rumble to force Gunther's hand. I'm torn... I feel like the winner of the Rumble is definitely challenging Gunther but don't know if I want it to be Sami or Jey.

Then again... Rollins or Drew could win it off Gunther then we get Punk winning the Rumble to challenge one of them.

[Dead2009]

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Lol why does Damian still have the Judgment Day themed nameplate on the screen?

[Dead2009]

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For Pat I think it's a combination of football and his show. He can do his show and 1 other thing, but doing his show, football and raw, he's probably working or traveling 7 days a week.

Just have a guest host on Mondays then for his show.

[Majingir]

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Great to be back in the US.

Fans with their WHAT chants during another Gunther promo...

[UFCMPunk]

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I hope Kairi is going to be ok... Damage Ctrl can not catch a break with these injuries. Bianca was in position to catch her but for whatever reason she was pushed out of position making it look like Kairi jumped too far.

Either way... Kairi looked like a bad *** though still going through with the post match stuff.