This is shaping up to be an extra violent Raw episode!

Ziggler vs. Sheamus in a "Kiss My Arse" match. Should be a good match, but really??? Really???

Reigns vs. Big Show. Will this be worse than that Orton/Show match everyone booed? It's not looking good. This is Reigns' first PPV match with an opponent that won't be able to hide his flaws.

Divas Title: Nikki vs. Naomi. As much as I love Paige and am not crazy about Naomi's ass-based offense, it's refreshing to see someone else in the title picture here, and Naomi's heel turn was well done.

Tag Team Championship: Brass Ring Club (which they still haven't used officially for some reason) vs. New Day. Love the heel turn by New Day, shoulda debuted that way.

US Title: Cena vs. Rusev in a Russian Chain match. With this open challenge thing being the best thing on Raw, I actually want Cena to win. The stipulation is stupid as hell though.

Intercontinental Title: Bryan vs. BNB (if Bryan is healthy ) I feel bad for Bryan. I'm not quite as pessimistic as everyone else on his future, but its clear he can't be the workhorse that he wants to be. I really can't blame WWE if he never wins another title again.

WWE Championship: Rollins vs. Orton in a Steel Cage match and the RKO is banned. They'll have to deliver as the middle of this card will likely be boring.


I saw a rumor that they won't even replace the IC match with anything else if its scraped, but I'd love it if they threw in a Neville match here and let him win.

>This is shaping up to be an extra violent Raw episode!
>
>Ziggler vs. Sheamus in a "Kiss My Arse" match. Should be a
>good match, but really??? Really???

sheamus goes over and dolph continues to circle the drain as a mechanic. sheamus is back to his natural role as an annoying heel personality, but still semi-monster enough on offense, with dolph as the biggest over-seller on the company.

>
>Reigns vs. Big Show. Will this be worse than that Orton/Show
>match everyone booed? It's not looking good. This is Reigns'
>first PPV match with an opponent that won't be able to hide
>his flaws.

good position for reigns to be in, since big show can draw most of the boos away from him. but if the the match sucks, the chicago crowd's gonna let 'em both know early.

since calling the audible for wrestlemania, it's clear vince is protecting reigns.

edit: shit, they're both gonna booed outta the building either way.

>
>Divas Title: Nikki vs. Naomi. As much as I love Paige and am
>not crazy about Naomi's ass-based offense, it's refreshing to
>see someone else in the title picture here, and Naomi's heel
>turn was well done.

probably when i grab another beer and catch up on some work right quick.

>
>Tag Team Championship: Brass Ring Club (which they still
>haven't used officially for some reason) vs. New Day. Love the
>heel turn by New Day, shoulda debuted that way.

yep. haven't watched new day lately, but their babyface, perma-smile iteration was wack. down for a black stable though.

>
>US Title: Cena vs. Rusev in a Russian Chain match. With this
>open challenge thing being the best thing on Raw, I actually
>want Cena to win. The stipulation is stupid as hell though.

a DQ finish let alone a W would keep rusev strong, but it sounds like that can't happen.

"can't turn the swell off"

>
>Intercontinental Title: Bryan vs. BNB (if Bryan is healthy >won't be]) I feel bad for Bryan. I'm not quite as pessimistic
>as everyone else on his future, but its clear he can't be the
>workhorse that he wants to be. I really can't blame WWE if he
>never wins another title again.

ambivalent on this one.

>WWE Championship: Rollins vs. Orton in a Steel Cage match and
>the RKO is banned. They'll have to deliver as the middle of
>this card will likely be boring.

a brock run-in to tear the cage door off?

>
>
>I saw a rumor that they won't even replace the IC match with
>anything else if its scraped, but I'd love it if they threw in
>a Neville match here and let him win.

>This is shaping up to be an extra violent Raw episode!
>

I don't even think it'll be that violent...hehe. With Mania, I reached a point where I thought it was 'obvious' that Mania would easily outdo the doom and gloom expectation. With this, I don't see it yet.

It is wild that Wyatt can't even get a spot on shows..that's how badly they've messed him up. When he talks on Raw, I fast forward and check recaps to see that I missed nothing.

Isn't Ambrose/Harper on here too? If so, it'll be solid. Hopefully they both go on to better things.

>Ziggler vs. Sheamus in a "Kiss My Arse" match. Should be a
>good match, but really??? Really???

They'll be fine, but that stip ain't nuthin. And I can't see it actually happening..nor do I want to.

>Reigns vs. Big Show. Will this be worse than that Orton/Show
>match everyone booed? It's not looking good. This is Reigns'
>first PPV match with an opponent that won't be able to hide
>his flaws.
>

If this doesn't end fast, the negative chants will rain down. I think I get why they're doing this, but I don't agree with it at all. Reigns isn't super strong and lifting Show is old news anyway.s Reigns should be working with Harper or somebody like that...hell, even Husky Wyatt.

>Divas Title: Nikki vs. Naomi. As much as I love Paige and am
>not crazy about Naomi's ass-based offense, it's refreshing to
>see someone else in the title picture here, and Naomi's heel
>turn was well done.
>

I like Naomi. Nikki is better than she's ever been. They'll get a little time. The Bellas as faces doesn't work for me..they're BOTH hot (especially in person), but they aren't terribly likable.

>Tag Team Championship: Brass Ring Club (which they still
>haven't used officially for some reason) vs. New Day. Love the
>heel turn by New Day, shoulda debuted that way.
>

This will be fun regardless. New Day being slowly dropped into the heel deal is good stuff. It shows that those dudes deserve spots on the roster and fun things can happen with them getting lots of mileage out of basic heel cheating to win shenanigans.

>US Title: Cena vs. Rusev in a Russian Chain match. With this
>open challenge thing being the best thing on Raw, I actually
>want Cena to win. The stipulation is stupid as hell though.
>

Cenawinslol. It'll be fine but I'm not crunk about it. I just wonder who Jern deals with next...Reigns? Maybe Reigns...

As a side note, I see a member of The Shield winning MitB again this year. Either that or Brock.

>Intercontinental Title: Bryan vs. BNB (if Bryan is healthy >won't be]) I feel bad for Bryan. I'm not quite as pessimistic
>as everyone else on his future, but its clear he can't be the
>workhorse that he wants to be. I really can't blame WWE if he
>never wins another title again.
>

This match ain't happening in any kind of real way. Maybe Barrett gets the rub with some kinda quick heelish win that 'further hurts' DB. But DB has to be well enough to do even that.

>WWE Championship: Rollins vs. Orton in a Steel Cage match and
>the RKO is banned. They'll have to deliver as the middle of
>this card will likely be boring.
>

It'll be fine in a 'Ric Flair and his boys cheat like crazy to win a match vs Dusty at a Great American Bash house show' type of way. I just hope we don't get too much Randy Orton time-filling 'psuedo violent' offense. Let Rollins get beat up a little, do his handful of video package stunts with Orton as the catcher, sneak in the Kane story, then take us home.

>I saw a rumor that they won't even replace the IC match with
>anything else if its scraped, but I'd love it if they threw in
>a Neville match here and let him win.

We can dream..that would be cool. Under the dream column: Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens ladder match could've straight up stolen/stopped the show. But maybe that's Extreme Rulez 2017 stuff.

That should be good. And finally Ambrose will win a PPV match (hopefully).


>It is wild that Wyatt can't even get a spot on shows..that's
>how badly they've messed him up. When he talks on Raw, I fast
>forward and check recaps to see that I missed nothing.

I think he gets involved in the Reigns match, cause I think that's who his promos are about.


>It'll be fine in a 'Ric Flair and his boys cheat like crazy to
>win a match vs Dusty at a Great American Bash house show' type
>of way. I just hope we don't get too much Randy Orton
>time-filling 'psuedo violent' offense. Let Rollins get beat up
>a little, do his handful of video package stunts with Orton as
>the catcher, sneak in the Kane story, then take us home.
>

I want a cleanish Rollins win here actually, but it probably won't happen. I love his weasel heel role, but he needs to start looking like a believable champ with Brock out of the picture.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

Man, bummed about this in terms of another Bryan injury. Obviously, I hope it's not too serious, and he'll be back relatively soon. I'm not ready for Bryan to retire.

However, love that Neville is getting this spot. If Bryan has to give up the title, they can toss BNB, Sheamus, Dolph and Neville in some sort of four-way for the belt, and that shit would kill. I'm always down for a tournament, too, if they have to go that route. Feel like there's a lot of talent around to fill out a really great IC title tournament.

We'll see, though. Hopefully Bryan is okay and just needs a few weeks off.

<--- Big Baller World Order

glad he hasn't gone down the path of pills and roids to compensate.

Pleasantly surprised he got the win. It's great to see how much fans are already into Neville, too. In, what, less than a month they've gotten to a point where fans are going nuts if they so much as hint that a Red Arrow is coming. Neville's gold. He's already one of the most exciting parts of any show he's a part of.

>Pleasantly surprised he got the win. It's great to see how
>much fans are already into Neville, too. In, what, less than a
>month they've gotten to a point where fans are going nuts if
>they so much as hint that a Red Arrow is coming. Neville's
>gold. He's already one of the most exciting parts of any show
>he's a part of.

Yes he is. Now they have to stay patient with his existence and not all of a sudden have him maining smackdown vs big show.

These two dudes about to set the bar really fucking high for the rest of the card.

Or at least once later in the show? Are they gonna fight outside Wrigley? In those Wrigley porta-potties? Are they gonna use OJ chase footage again? ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!!!!

>Or at least once later in the show? Are they gonna fight
>outside Wrigley? In those Wrigley porta-potties? Are they
>gonna use OJ chase footage again? ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!!!!
>
>
lmao. this shit was reminiscent of the roddy piper/goldust brawl and the ford bronco @ WM.

>>Or at least once later in the show? Are they gonna fight
>>outside Wrigley? In those Wrigley porta-potties? Are they
>>gonna use OJ chase footage again? ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!!!!
>>
>>
>lmao. this shit was reminiscent of the roddy piper/goldust
>brawl and the ford bronco @ WM.

Right? If Ambrose isn't gonna run over Harper, I don't care how the rest of that match goes.

it would be great if in the middle of another match those two come busting out from backstage brawling, but we know that wont happen.....




We the children of the Light, you know what I mean?
That's why I'm hating on the darkness like Paula Deen
Cause in my hood they masked up like it's Halloween
We going hard for the Rock, but we not some fiends
- Andy Mineo

thats like 30 minutes away from the city instead of at the United Center?





We the children of the Light, you know what I mean?
That's why I'm hating on the darkness like Paula Deen
Cause in my hood they masked up like it's Halloween
We going hard for the Rock, but we not some fiends
- Andy Mineo

steve austin vs. bret hart @ WM 13
cena vs. punk @ money in the bank for the title

He was holding his son so I'm guessing he brought the kid but had never really paid attention.

He did not look amused when New Day came out

http://imgur.com/ALD99f6

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

>http://imgur.com/ALD99f6

They really turned that gimmick around. They've been great lately. I'm so ready for a rematch against Kidd and Cesaro.

pretty good match.

I hope they bring back the Freebird rule for them

do they mean all new or a Best of KOTR type joint.

<--- Big Baller World Order

We the children of the Light, you know what I mean?
That's why I'm hating on the darkness like Paula Deen
Cause in my hood they masked up like it's Halloween
We going hard for the Rock, but we not some fiends
- Andy Mineo

>do they mean all new or a Best of KOTR type joint.

Sign me up as long as there's a limit on the bs people who totally aren't winning being involved. An underdog like Neville is fine but I'm talking Kane, Ryback, Show, etcetera...

you may have earned some return fans with Wrestlemania, and you gave the Network away for free this month...and this is the show you put out.

- guys driving away to end a match
- no Bray Wyatt
- a "chain match" that I'm pretty sure changed rules halfway through
- a confusing finish to your main event

I don't get these people man.

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

>Harper vs. Ambrose

Nice finish that makes sense for two crazy guys.


>Ziggler vs. Sheamus

I'm always for a Ziggler win. Still an awful stipulation though. Just when i thought I was out of the attitude era, they pull me back in.

>Reigns vs. Big Show.

A lot more entertaining than I thought. They did what they needed to do here. Show was the strongest he's looked in years. I don't think Reigns will ever be that great of a wrestler, but he seems to understand storytelling, and that's probably more important.

>
>Divas Title: Nikki vs. Naomi.

Oh right, this happened. I was staring at Naomi's boots the whole time.

>
>Tag Team Championship: Brass Ring Club (which they still
>haven't used officially for some reason) vs. New Day.

Nice finish. Heel New Day is the way to go.

>
>US Title: Cena vs. Rusev in a Russian Chain match.

I think I always be bored by strap matches, but they did some good stuff with this. Not looking forward to Rusev saying "I quit" though.

>
>Intercontinental Title: Bryan vs. BNB (replaced by Neville vs. BNB)

Just what I wanted the replacement to be. Well done.

>
>WWE Championship: Rollins vs. Orton in a Steel Cage match and
>the RKO is banned. They'll have to deliver as the middle of
>this card will likely be boring.
>

It literally doesn't matter what they do with Kane or how myuch they build it up, I'm always left wondering why I should care. He's been with the Authority for a year and a half now, and has been teasing leaving for a while, and they won't even pull the trigger?

I'm reading good things about me each segment

-New Day vs Orton/Reigns.

-Ambrose vs Rollins. I'm reading the crowd was hot and the match delivered.

-Bret Hart!

-Sami Zayne debuts and has a match that apparently rivaled Rollins and Ambrose

-Sheamus/Barrett vs Neville and Ziggler. I haven't read anything about the match yet but that sounds like a fantastic tag match for obvious reasons.

We still get some Kane nonsense and I haven't gotten to the end of the spoilers yet but this sounds like a great wrestling show.

Cena gets to keep winning while making the newer guys look awesome. Two birds with one stone. Plus once Slater actually gets his chance it's gonna be glorious. I love it. I'm really surprised how well they've handled Zayn and Neville's debuts.

>-Ambrose vs Rollins. I'm reading the crowd was hot and the
>match delivered.

I was dreading this cause I thought Ambrose was just getting fed. Pretty great, although it's looking like Summerslam will also be a triple threat. It's not cool that the champ keeps having to go through multi-man matches. Rollins needs some legitimate wins though.

edit: Loving New Day right now. At this point I almost want to give WWE credit for fucking up debuts just to spin it later a la Fandango and Batista, but I don't think it was planned.

(surprise, surprise... hunter hearst helmsley and stephanie mcmahon weren't on the air, and the show was mostly good. though still need to cut it back down to two hours.)

maybe it's 'cause ambrose was relegated to the mid-card black hole for a while and is instantly in the main event picture now against an old foe.

either way, he's being booked really well, and montreal invariably being a white-hot crowd was the perfect venue to get him there. LOL @ the hitman kinda ignoring cena, who had one of the worst pandering attempts to a hostile crowd as we've seen in some time. even worse than chicago.

but yeah, i'm not a fan of the triple-threat/four-way matches for the title. way overused. that and promo interruptions. like, when's the last time someone cut a monster promo and didn't get interrupted?

This probably sounds real petty, but remember back in the day when wrestlers would just run out or come out to interrupt a match or promo? No music magically playing? I miss that.

Theme music just magically playing whenever someone suddenly appears on screen has always just felt stupid, to me. We know it's all scripted but it doesn't have to feel scripted.

I hate that ish. I could be wrong, but I think it took off with Austin back in the day.

i'm sure it's a consequence of having to stretch out a three-hour show.

when you look back on the first half of '97, you had bret-shawn-austin-etc all interrupting each other without the music and it worked well.

granted, they were planting the seeds of the attitude era and even mid-carders were getting big pops.

but like other poster said, i think it really jumped off with austin and the *glass breaking*

and the stingers suck now.

that IF YA SMELLLLLL used to get me hype as fuck.

<--- Big Baller World Order

now they're blowing their load on payback. also, how is the storyline that reigns is being held back by the authority if they keep throwing him in the main event (rumor that he'll be there for summerslam as well)? can triple h and stephanie control nothing when they're away from TV?

he injured it getting the crowd hyped during his entrance. damn, what tough luck. he's getting an mri.

this ddt though. DAMN SON.

http://thebiglead.com/2015/05/05/sami-zayn-debuts-in-wwe-hits-john-cena-with-bonkers-flying-ddt/

>he injured it getting the crowd hyped during his entrance.
>damn, what tough luck. he's getting an mri.
>
>this ddt though. DAMN SON.
>
>http://thebiglead.com/2015/05/05/sami-zayn-debuts-in-wwe-hits-john-cena-with-bonkers-flying-ddt/

Even after about a year of serious NXT viewing and some El Generico Youtube study, I'm still not over that DDT.

If you haven't seen him vs Cesaro in NXT, lawdamercy. Get on it.

Jimaveli

interesting.

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and I thought he would have been better off kept out of the title picture for a little while at least.

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granted that reigns/big show match was FAR more entertaining than it had any right to be, and that was all credit to reigns, but when a guy loses big and his storyline becomes overcoming that loss, you gotta keep him down for a little while before he comes back.