WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

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Brock's coming back to win the SA title then leave for a year. That's the one title nobody will mind him holding and never showing up with.

But it sucks realizing he really seemed to hit his stride the last few years ever since he embraced "cowboy/Viking Lesnar" and had people who didn't like him or were tired of him all liking him now. Then everyone finds out about those allegations and it erases almost everything about him.

Who knows if/when that whole thing will be fully resolved, or if they do bring Lesnar back if TKO try just being like "it wasn't Brock, it was all Vince" even though Brock was one of the people referenced.

The problem with that is not only is he referenced but aren't there texts of Brock willing to meet with the woman as part of him re-signing in 2021? It's a very interesting situation, but damn imagine Paul Heyman bringing in Brock to help the OG Bloodline. Brock vs Jacob Fatu is a very appealing match, a Mania worthy match. Obviously if Gunther loses the title, you could do Gunther vs Brock or Gunther vs Brock even for the WHC.

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Worst kept secret this month is now out of the bag.

WWE confirms MCMG debuting on SD.

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This triple threat tag should've been a PLE match for the titles.

SD has such a stacked vision, it's a shame HHH books the division similar to Vince.

No yeet?

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If Vince was still in charge what would he have changed Motor City Machine Gun’s name to?


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If Vince was still in charge what would he have changed Motor City Machine Gun’s name to?


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The Motor City Experience?

But, they would be in NXT if he was in charge.

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Worst kept secret this month is now out of the bag.

WWE confirms MCMG debuting on SD.

If Vince was still in charge what would he have changed Motor City Machine Gun’s name to?


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I thought they were gonna get their shot a few years back when Alex Shelley was randomly in NXT (was that a try-out situation?), but it's great to see those two finally get a shot in WWE.

Hopefully they can have a similar run and impact (no pun intended) to when AJ finally showed up in WWE.

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Solo and The new Bloodline is going to show up on RAW and cost Jey the IC Championship aren't they? I really like the storytelling right now with Jey wanting nothing to do with Roman or Jimmy.

Plus we still haven't reintroduced Sami back into the equation yet. Hopefully Jey keeps the IC Championship a bit longer, I'm starting to come around on the idea Dirty Dom should be the one to beat Jey for the IC Championship and maybe Bron can fit into the WHC picture.

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Solo and The new Bloodline is going to show up on RAW and cost Jey the IC Championship aren't they? I really like the storytelling right now with Jey wanting nothing to do with Roman or Jimmy.

Plus we still haven't reintroduced Sami back into the equation yet. Hopefully Jey keeps the IC Championship a bit longer, I'm starting to come around on the idea Dirty Dom should be the one to beat Jey for the IC Championship and maybe Bron can fit into the WHC picture.

Maybe they can fit a few short reigns in before they get to the Spring and the eventual Rollins/Punk match at WrestleMania?

I would like to see Hunter mix in more short reigns, so more people can touch the appropriate belts (or be 'elevated'). Plus, seeing a lot less 200+ day reigns after Reigns, Rollins, Gunther & Rhea all had long *** reigns is also nice.

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Maybe they can fit a few short reigns in before they get to the Spring and the eventual Rollins/Punk match at WrestleMania?

I would like to see Hunter mix in more short reigns, so more people can touch the appropriate belts (or be 'elevated'). Plus, seeing a lot less 200+ day reigns after Reigns, Rollins, Gunther & Rhea all had long *** reigns is also nice.

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Sadly, regardless how many days someone holds it for, you'll get people complaining.

People saying Priest was a transitional champ because he held it for only 4 months. But then if someone holds it as long as Rollins did or Rhodes currently has it for, people might say it's too long.

Obviously quality over quantity, you'd rather a strong 2 month reign over a dull 6 month reign.

But seeing certain titles defended more is the big thing too. Tag titles given how deep the division is should be defended more often and even change hands more often too.

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After only missing 2 shows in 25 years, I went back and looked this comment up. Rollins mentioned this on air before Mania I believe. Welp it finally has happened...Michael Cole finally gets a vacation! Michael Cole revealed that he is on a 10 day family vacation in Mexico. A well deserved one if you ask me, and a lot of fans.

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2024/10...down-unveiled/

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After only missing 2 shows in 25 years, I went back and looked this comment up. Rollins mentioned this on air before Mania I believe. Welp it finally has happened...Michael Cole finally gets a vacation! Michael Cole revealed that he is on a 10 day family vacation in Mexico. A well deserved one if you ask me, and a lot of fans.

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2024/10...down-unveiled/

He's not on vacation, he's "on assignment"!

Good for Cole actually taking time off though. If there's a time to take time off, it's either September-October or December.

Wonder how much of him not missing shows is Vince's "sleep/rest when you're dead" mindset that he holds everyone to because he lives that way himself

That was a funny line I heard from the first episode of his doc. Vince was basically like "I took some time off and went on vacation. 2 days later I came back feeling better than ever"

2 days is a vacation for him.

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Looks like Lillian is gonna fill in last minute to replace Samantha.

One thing I hope is we see Byron on Raw then Alicia sticks to SD.

Backstage interviewer wise it would've been great to bring McKenzie back in and make her be on the main roster. But if they don't need 2 interviewers per show, just have Jackie on one show and Cathy on the other. Let them be THE interviewer for the brand like how Renee is basically that on Dynamite.

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Seems like Lillian will be full time again.

She'll have announced a full show in 4 different decades now which is crazy.

She started in 99, announced in the 00s, part of the 10s, now in 2024 is doing it full time again.

I bet she's another name who is thrilled at the current regime and not having to deal with Vince/Dunn around.

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Tess almost got himself in trouble.

Quoting the Heyman HOF speech, specifically THAT line at the end.

Luckily he just censored himself and trailed off.

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You knew it was gonna happen, Bloodline costs Jey the title. Guess you know what that means...



Something I never knew in the now 3rd week of 2 hour Raw, the 3rd hour is still technically Raw in some areas.

Just saw that the 3rd hour over here is just Raw Talk. Since WWE still has 3 hour commitments in other countries, they fill the 3rd hour timeslot with the WWE Networks show.

They're just calling it Raw, not Raw Talk...

I wonder if this is another idea thrown around for Netflix. The "timeslot" is 3 hours, but it's up to WWE to choose how long they want the show to run on a week to week basis. If one week it's a 2 hour and 10 min show plus the 50 minute Raw Talk post show, then go ahead. Another week it's a 2 hour and 25 minute Raw and a 35 min Raw Talk, they can do that too.