WWE RAW & Smackdown Thread

[TheShizNo1]

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Zero interest in a Brock/Cody feud

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[TripleCrown9]

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Brock is the best. My all-time favorite. I'll watch him beat the **** out of anyone, and that ending made me quite happy.

[Bard]

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This is how I feel.

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[TarHeelPhenom]

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This is how I feel.

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I hope this doesn't turn into a feud. I hope Brock went rogue lol.

One other thing I was thinking about, now that Sami and K.O. have the tag straps, I don't think they should hold on to them long. It was a great fest and story; but I can't see them holding them as long as the twins did....or even New Day did.

[Bard]

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Brock and Cody will have a short feud. Main event of Backlash, even.

It'll be fine. Give Cody another big win, build him up even more, and push through to Cody dethrone Roman at Summerslam.

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[Reed1417]

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I....don't know what to feel about this show tonight. It didn't seem like there was any flow besides the Roman/Cody and Rey/Dom stuff which I guess makes sense considering we're still continuing stories. But I have some thoughts about other things.

-I thought the Women's Showcase Tag match at Mania was for the number one contender spot. So it was surprising to see Damage CTRL against Raquel and Liv especially since Becky and Lita are also faces. Damage CTRL needs to end though there's literally NO POINT to them anymore. Such a waste IMO. They could have run the Women's division but no.

-Glad Matt Riddle is back that's nice. Hopefully Randy comes back soon.

-Love the tease of Bianca and Reha. I'd be down for a unification of the Women's Titles match between them especially if they aren't going to treat Asuka right.

-Lastly I love Brock turning here on Cody. Going through him will definitely help inflate Cody's stock even more. Plus it buys time for The Bloodline side of things to get focus too. Let's see where this all goes.

Other than that I got nothing. I did see something on Twitter that concerned me but I'm taking it with a grain of salt. I'll put it here. Again, I'm taking it with a grain of salt because ya know....it's Twitter and dirt sheets aren't always right.

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[SmashMan]

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Is WrestleVotes a source worth mentioning? Really asking since I don’t follow these closely. The name just sounds like it could be any generic wrestling “news” site from the 90s.

[Bard]

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The Show didn't even smell of Vince. It was just...meh.

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[Bard]

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Is WrestleVotes a source worth mentioning? Really asking since I don’t follow these closely. The name just sounds like it could be any generic wrestling “news” site from the 90s.

Simply, no.

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[Reed1417]

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Is WrestleVotes a source worth mentioning? Really asking since I don’t follow these closely. The name just sounds like it could be any generic wrestling “news” site from the 90s.

Yeah I honestly don't follow or care much about dirt sheet stuff either myself, I just thought it was something worth mentioning since I saw it in passing. But that's why I said grain of salt. It made me go "hmm" if that makes any sense?

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[Bard]

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Hmmmm...

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[SmashMan]

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The Show didn't even smell of Vince. It was just...meh.

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It kinda did in the sense that everything was kind of its own standalone segment and there was a lot of random filler when the last 6-9 months have been more cohesive but Triple H is still just a dude who's just as capable of putting together a bad show as anyone else, so maybe it was an off night while they reset post-WM.

Now...if there are a few weeks of shows like this, I might have a different opinion.

[UFCMPunk]

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Tonight's RAW was... mid. Maybe we should stop hyping up the RAW After Mania because it really hasn't felt like that since the RAW after Mania 29. All the months we had leading up to Wrestlemania with constant week to week story telling with Triple H in charge..... and tonight felt like a Vince show and not a Triple H show. Nothing really exciting to talk about, even Brock turning on Cody was just ok.

Maybe Smackdown will be better, who knows. Saw on Reddit, someone who was sitting behind production that they were given three run sheets in a span of 45 minutes and two after the show started. Apparently there were going to be Triple Threat Matches to determine who faces Bianca but those got cut in favor of the Damage Ctrl vs Liv/Raquel Tag Match. Bayley got cut from the show, and not even mentioned during the Becky/Lita/Trish segment, just Damage Ctrl.

If things continue the way tonight was after this....... safe to say Vince is back running creative.

[chronoxiong]

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Man, is Vince back in charge or something? RAW post WM this year was, okay but more on the lackluster side compared to years past. We used to get debuts or big surprise returns. We only got one return and that was Matt Riddle. Out to attack The Miz who has taken a ton of L's lately. Sometimes I wonder if/when The Miz will ever rack up wins again. Speaking of taking L's, I guess Elias is a jobber now. Had go out there and get squashed by Omos. Same thing for Mustafa Ali. Poor guy got squashed by Lashley who got screwed over by not having his WM match happened.

I did enjoyed some of the matches. Rey Misterio/Austin Theory was solid and I knew Bad Bunny was there to help set up the next match in this story. I applaud Bad Bunny for taking the bumps in this segment. Kevin Owens and Zayn vs Street Profits was a solid tag team match. Liv Morgan and Raquel earning Tag Team Title shot for next week is fine with me. Becky and Lita need to drop the Titles now. The main event segment. It was kinda obvious that Brock never wrestles on free TV anymore. So that was the swerve. But him destroying Cody was unpredictable. And awesome in a way. We have our next feud while Roman Reigns probably goes into hiding with the Titles as well. This show really felt like a Vince show in a way. Kinda torn on it overall.

[TheMatrix31]

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As much as I loved the weekend and the product lately for not having to rely on gimmicks and part timers and whatever to make their main stories, here tonight happened.

I ****ing hated that.

And if they're making it so that Lesnar is the one to end the reign, that would be like, the worst thing to ever happen. I'm gonna just hope and give them credit and benefit of the doubt that that's not the case, but just having him re-injected into this picture is infuriating. Enough of this guy. Enough enough ****ing enough. I don't care if they're "using him" to build Cody more. They already built Cody. The guy ****ing main evented Wrestlemania.

Can't they just come up with something else to main event backlash if that's what they want. Maybe a six man tag involving Roman and the Usos and Solo turning on or abandoning his brothers or something furthering the fracturing?

Why the **** are we going back to this well after the year we just had?

Best part of the show was by far the intro segment. I don't mind the "not Raw after Wrestlemania-like" with all the shoehorned surprises and debuts and ****. I don't mind that or want that because that's not really how the show used to be anyway. I also don't require new feuds and stuff either. Wrestling is a running thing and not just "seasons." Just write a good show and that's all I want. But introducing that guy again.......

Really glad I got the **** out of town and didn't pay money to attend that show too.