RAW Thread 01/26/09: Orton's Last Night on RAW?

[Steveweiser]

Tonight on RAW, live from the smaller arena in Cleveland due to the credit crunch and the rather strange decision to schedule Unforgiven the same day as a Browns home game, Royal Rumble winner Randy Orton finds out his fate with regards to his punt on Mr. McMahon last week. Will he be fined, suspended, fired, or even lose his WrestleMania title shot?

Plus find out which five men will face John Cena in RAW's Elimination Chamber at No Way Out. Is Shawn Michaels still under JBL's employ? And we have the first RAW as champions for both CM Punk and Melina.

[Vince's Torn Quads]

They won't be able to fire Orton because the #1 contendership from winning the Rumble is legally binding or some other mumbo jumbo.

[MGH]

JR screaming "GUARANTEED! GUARANTEED!" over and over leads me to believe Orton is fine

[Steveweiser]

Just to add on what I said earlier, the Wolstein Center may be smaller than the Quicken Loans Arena, but it's still bigger than most arenas WWE run - they'll get about 13,000 fans tonight.

[Firearm: Supposed Big Deal]

Tonight's matchup: Taken vs. Cheesy Double Beef Burrito. I kept debating whether to put Taken against DBB or the Angry Whopper, but we can always do Angry Whopper next week.

[The Varsity Club]

Jan 26, 2009 15:07:27 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Tonight on RAW, live from the smaller arena in Cleveland due to the credit crunch and the rather strange decision to schedule Unforgiven the same day as a Browns home game, Royal Rumble winner Randy Orton finds out his fate with regards to his punt on Mr. McMahon last week. Will he be fined, suspended, fired, or even lose his WrestleMania title shot?

Plus find out which five men will face John Cena in RAW's Elimination Chamber at No Way Out. Is Shawn Michaels still under JBL's employ? And we have the first RAW as champions for both CM Punk and Melina.

Wait Unforgiven/browns game? The RR was last night and football season is way over in Cleveland (was after week 1) so do u mean a Cavs game was scheduled in Quicken Arena tonight?

[Steveweiser]

Jan 26, 2009 15:31:46 GMT -5 The Varsity Club said:

Jan 26, 2009 15:07:27 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Tonight on RAW, live from the smaller arena in Cleveland due to the credit crunch and the rather strange decision to schedule Unforgiven the same day as a Browns home game, Royal Rumble winner Randy Orton finds out his fate with regards to his punt on Mr. McMahon last week. Will he be fined, suspended, fired, or even lose his WrestleMania title shot?

Plus find out which five men will face John Cena in RAW's Elimination Chamber at No Way Out. Is Shawn Michaels still under JBL's employ? And we have the first RAW as champions for both CM Punk and Melina.

Wait Unforgiven/browns game? The RR was last night and football season is way over in Cleveland (was after week 1) so do u mean a Cavs game was scheduled in Quicken Arena tonight?

Last year's Unforgiven was scheduled to start mere minutes after the Brown's home opener ended, so a lot of people were put off.

[Push R Truth]

Jan 26, 2009 15:37:34 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Jan 26, 2009 15:31:46 GMT -5 The Varsity Club said:

Wait Unforgiven/browns game? The RR was last night and football season is way over in Cleveland (was after week 1) so do u mean a Cavs game was scheduled in Quicken Arena tonight?

Last year's Unforgiven was scheduled to start mere minutes after the Brown's home opener ended, so a lot of people were put off.

On the flip side... I'm betting most people quickly forgot about it due to the immense sucking sound the Browns made most of the season.

[Steveweiser]

Qualifying matches will be held tonight to determine the Chamber entrants.

Also tonight, John Morrison and The Miz defend the World Tag Team Titles against Cryme Tyme.

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Cena vs. Jericho vs. JBL vs. HBK vs. Kane vs. CM Punk

or replace Punk with Rey.

[Agent P]

JBL, Jericho, Punk, Mysterio and Kane are the only 5 guys I see as top contenders on Raw. I guess they could throw HBK in there, but who are the other 4 of the Top 10 Contenders? You could probably throw in Rhodes. DiBiase, Mike Knox and Kofi maybe.

[The Great El' PANDA King]

Please don't give Cryme Tyme the belts, WWE.

Please?

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Jan 26, 2009 16:54:01 GMT -5 Agent P said:

JBL, Jericho, Punk, Mysterio and Kane are the only 5 guys I see as top contenders on Raw. I guess they could throw HBK in there, but who are the other 4 of the Top 10 Contenders? You could probably throw in Rhodes. DiBiase, Mike Knox and Kofi maybe.

My guess the Qualifiers will be...

JBL vs. Kofi
Kane vs. Mike Knox
CM Punk vs. William Regal
HBK vs. Cody Rhodes
Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio

[Steveweiser]

Somehow I fear that The Miz will be pinned tonight in his home town.

[Reptar]

Yeah, Cryme Tyme are either winning tonight or at No Way Out.

[DanKirby]

I can see Cryme Tyme winning the belts to give Legacy another target. I'd rather see M&M feuding with the Colons on SD, anyway, after that match they had last Friday.

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Time for sex...then the foreplay.

[H-Fist]

I agree with the Cryme Time as fodder for Legacy argument. Makes Cody and Ted look money. Final four in the Rumble and Tag Team Champions. Now that's Priceless.

[Steveweiser]

After this week...

"We are the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions in recent history, two time Slammy Award winners, former World Tag Team Champions, and the current WWE Tag Team Champions. BE JEALOUS!"

[hybridcindyness]

xD Ha~! While you guys were rooting for Orton. <Majority> but that's not the point but~! Usually him becoming the next 3:16 -Doubt it.- or him winning the Rumble is like OMFGZ SO cool. -Rolls eyes.- It'd really laugh if like Rev Theory did come and play his theme live, ONLY to get his title shot taken away. Let's face it, people winning the Royal Rumble like Cena before and what not doest mean squat. As long as your main eventing Mania. Yeah. That's all that matters. but ya. xD I'm going to laugh if Orton gets his shot taken away.