WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

[Majingir]

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I love Chelsea Green's Karen gimmick right now. If she's gonna roll up on Pierce and ask him if he's the manager every week I'm here for that comedy.

Her first run in WWE I didn't care for her or even remember anything she did.

But her right now is funny.

[Majingir]

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Seeing the Women's EC, I hope Asuka just has a clean sweep.

[Sinner]

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Damn it's a lot of feels in the Cody Paul promo and Boom! Damn Paul!

[Mercury112491]

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With the Sami/Roman angle being nuclear hot I was wondering how on earth they were gonna be able to start making anyone care about the Cody side of things. Well, in Heyman we trust. Hopefully they can keep building on that.

Also, I know dread every time Bianca comes out. Stop. ****ing. Skipping. Enough already.


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[Majingir]

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Heyman and Cody's promo.......

Now that's storytelling.

[SmashMan]

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*commercial*
Bayley entrance, Becky entrance
*commercial*
Five minutes of match
*commercial*

Terrible

[Majingir]

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*commercial*

Bayley entrance, Becky entrance

*commercial*

Five minutes of match

*commercial*



Terrible

Rob Manfred should take over as WWE Commisioner.

He'd overhaul WWEs "pace of play" instantly.

The show might be good, but if the pacing is off, that kills things, even when watching it recorded where you can skip those breaks.

[Mercury112491]

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Whelp. That’s the first hour 3 main event I feel like was worthy of hanging around for in a long time.


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[dubcity]

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Also, I know dread every time Bianca comes out. Stop. ****ing. Skipping. Enough already.


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Her whole character is for 10 year old girls. Her look, her talk, everything. Just have to accept it.

[Majingir]

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Wasn't expecting that to end the show. Figured they'd at least have Becky vs Bayley at EC. Guess not? Wonder what the plan for those two will be.

Bayley vs Lita at WM instead? Where does that leave Becky?

[chronoxiong]

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About this week's RAW. It was okay. Not the best. I have lost track of many times Edge has returned now. Plus, his wife is back with him for another WM program it looks like. But the crowd continues to cheer for him so its fine with me. Decent opening segment and then the Dawkins/Priest match was solid too. Dawkins looks like he could be a decent singles guy someday now. Dont care about Corbin/Lumis as I can't believe this is the gimmick for Lumis. Carmella is back and looks so good onscreen. Glad she got the win in that fatal four-way match but I did noticed how the commentary team was trying to put over Piper Niven (but not when she was Doudrop).

Alpha Academy doing what they do best which is make their opponents. I still have no clue what to make of this Hurt Business reunion thing with MVP and Omos. Asuka's new persona looks scary. Amazing promo from Cody Rhodes and Heyman though. Didn't think it was going to go that route of bringing up Dusty. Thought this was going to be just a "I'm going to dethrone the Tribal Chief" only thing. Great points from both men here. Ford/Elias was fine. The Cage match between Bayley/Becky was good. Not the best Cage match we have seen but they had some good spots. But Lita? Is she also back for a WM program?

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Whelp. That’s the first hour 3 main event I feel like was worthy of hanging around for in a long time.

Agreed. Glad I stuck it out through a pretty medium show, certainly wasn't bad. Loved the Steel Cage match and the spots. The only weird thing was the Lita climbing the cage to pull IYO down when IYO was kind of in an awkward no-woman's land, otherwise main event delivered exactly as I expected/wanted it to.

*commercial*
Bayley entrance, Becky entrance
*commercial*
Five minutes of match
*commercial*

Terrible

It's honestly kind of incredible how long it makes the show feel when the commercials happen every five minutes. Barring me caring about Cody post-WM I can't see myself tuning in after Wrestlemania season if the commercials are like this all the time.

I love Chelsea Green's Karen gimmick right now. If she's gonna roll up on Pierce and ask him if he's the manager every week I'm here for that comedy.

Same. I heard tell that was going to be her gimmick, and I was lukewarm upon hearing it, but figured she would make the best of it, and right now I'm bought in. Much in the same way as Dom, it's nice to have "heels" that just get punked week in and week out.

Wasn't expecting that to end the show. Figured they'd at least have Becky vs Bayley at EC. Guess not? Wonder what the plan for those two will be.

Bayley vs Lita at WM instead? Where does that leave Becky?

Becky vs Lita at Wrestlemania, the redo from last year, at least we can do that so I can remember that match instead of the weird kick out of the Litasault.


My only real note from this show, I think Cody/Paul went too long. I find myself feeling like a lot of the in-ring promo segments last a little too long, and the taped or backstage promos are a little too short. I'm glad I kept paying attention because the end was worth it, but I know a bunch of my casual friends that were watching with me were absolutely checked out. Also, I do find it funny that Cody, making his quest for the uWu Championship personal as the "title daddy never won" gets upset when Paul also makes it personal(I know why, just funny).

[Majingir]

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Agreed. Glad I stuck it out through a pretty medium show, certainly wasn't bad. Loved the Steel Cage match and the spots. The only weird thing was the Lita climbing the cage to pull IYO down when IYO was kind of in an awkward no-woman's land, otherwise main event delivered exactly as I expected/wanted it to.





It's honestly kind of incredible how long it makes the show feel when the commercials happen every five minutes. Barring me caring about Cody post-WM I can't see myself tuning in after Wrestlemania season if the commercials are like this all the time.



Same. I heard tell that was going to be her gimmick, and I was lukewarm upon hearing it, but figured she would make the best of it, and right now I'm bought in. Much in the same way as Dom, it's nice to have "heels" that just get punked week in and week out.







Becky vs Lita at Wrestlemania, the redo from last year, at least we can do that so I can remember that match instead of the weird kick out of the Litasault.





My only real note from this show, I think Cody/Paul went too long. I find myself feeling like a lot of the in-ring promo segments last a little too long, and the taped or backstage promos are a little too short. I'm glad I kept paying attention because the end was worth it, but I know a bunch of my casual friends that were watching with me were absolutely checked out. Also, I do find it funny that Cody, making his quest for the uWu Championship personal as the "title daddy never won" gets upset when Paul also makes it personal(I know why, just funny).

I'd even be fine with a triple threat. Bayley vs Becky vs Lita. Make it elimination too.

[SmashMan]

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Just do Becky/Lita/Trish vs Damage CTRL, no?

It's honestly kind of incredible how long it makes the show feel when the commercials happen every five minutes. Barring me caring about Cody post-WM I can't see myself tuning in after Wrestlemania season if the commercials are like this all the time.

It’s worse lately. I don’t know if it’s just bad pacing on their part or if they/USA have more sponsors to fit now, but yeah. There’s always a mid-match break that kills a lot of momentum, but they do not usually have breaks both before and after entrances. Three breaks within 15 minutes just about killed my interest in the match.

Becky vs Lita at Wrestlemania, the redo from last year, at least we can do that so I can remember that match instead of the weird kick out of the Litasault.

I actually never watched that match and now I want to just to see what “the weird kick out of the Litasault” means.

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It’s worse lately. I don’t know if it’s just bad pacing on their part or if they/USA have more sponsors to fit now, but yeah. There’s always a mid-match break that kills a lot of momentum, but they do not usually have breaks both before and after entrances. Three breaks within 15 minutes just about killed my interest in the match.

They know they got the hooks in us with the Road to Wrestlemania. I figured it had to be above average though, because yeah the pacing is just entirely off.

I actually never watched that match and now I want to just to see what “the weird kick out of the Litasault” means.

I just watched it again, and it just looks like a combo weird cover/weird kick out, but mostly it's just a remnant of my more nitpicky era of wrestling fandom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az93rB931bc