Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Nov 30, 2015 8:48:08 GMT -5
RAW is live tonight from Pittsburgh, where the WWE Universe rebelled against Batista's main event push nearly two years ago. Right now, someone else's main event push is struggling to catch on, and we're a week removed from one of the least viewed episodes of RAW in 18 years.
Roman Reigns is set to challenge Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at the TLC PPV on December 13th. The new champion has been backed up by the returning Rusev and his old pal King Barrett, as well as The Authority, and Reigns could only earn a DQ victory over Rusev last week. Who will be put in his path tonight?
Dean Ambrose earned a shot at Kevin Owens' Intercontinental Championship by defeating both Dolph Ziggler and Tyler Breeze in a Triple Threat Match on SmackDown. Ambrose defeated Owens in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament at Survivor Series, so Owens knows how serious Ambrose's threat is to his title. Will this title match be set for TLC, and what stipulation will be put in place?
The most devastating move in WWE today, at least in Michael Cole's mind, is Paige's PTO when applied on top of the announce table. Divas Champion Charlotte suffered this fate last week after a double count out in their Divas Title rematch on RAW. Paige went on to defeat Charlotte's ally Becky Lynch on SmackDown, so Charlotte's not done with the Diva of Tomorrow. And there's reports that Ric Flair is on the show tonight, so is that more ammo for Paige?
Following their loss to the Brothers of Destruction, the Wyatt Family have moved on to a war with the Dudley Boyz, putting Bubba Ray and D-Von through tables on both RAW and SmackDown. Will Dudleyville answer back to the Eater of Worlds and his clan this week?
Thanks to the Gobbledy Gooker of all characters, things have heated up between The New Day and their two title contending rival teams, The Lucha Dragons and the Usos. Both teams attempted to accept The New Day's open challenge last week, which they promptly cancelled, and then following a raucous Thanksgiving dinner, the Gooker, who we thought was Xavier Woods, attacked Big E and Kofi Kingston, revealing himself to in fact be Jey Uso, leading to a win for the Lucha Dragons, and revealing that the Usos had kidnapped Woods. Surely the New Day will have to defend their titles now...
All this and more on RAW from 8/7c on USA, with a new episode of Breaking Ground on the WWE Network immediately afterwards.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Nov 30, 2015 8:50:38 GMT -5
Maybe I'll watch. I dunno.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 30, 2015 8:52:10 GMT -5
When RAW starring SUPER ROMAN REIGNS and Stupid Sheamus jobs to the Rancid Ravens vs the Shitty Ass Browns, I'm going to laugh.
A lot.
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Professor Chaos
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Post by Professor Chaos on Nov 30, 2015 8:57:59 GMT -5
This should be a happening.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 9:07:45 GMT -5
I have no idea if I'm watching tonight. No competition from Gravity Falls this week and can't think of anything I'd be watching instead, but I can think of zero reason to want to bother.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 9:34:30 GMT -5
Last week's RAW was the first RAW I followed live since the night after Battleground 2014, and I commented that I am only able to watch some doozies of episodes.
I got a funny feeling tonight'll be one of them, too. I'm also hoping that a bottomfeeding matchup on MNF conquers this show handily. That said, I think I'll just read you guys' commentary instead.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Nov 30, 2015 12:36:17 GMT -5
 Even though Sheamus robbed Roman Reigns of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series last week, The Big Dog is riding a wave of momentum leading up to his Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match with The Celtic Warrior at WWE TLC. Will Reigns once again deliver some steel justice to Sheamus and his allies, Rusev and King Barrett? Roman Reigns is always intense, but The Big Dog has taken his aggression up a notch since Survivor Series, where the opportunistic Sheamus used his Money in the Bank contract to rip Reigns’ title away from him in his moment of triumph. Now, per The Authority, Reigns will clash with The Celtic Warrior for the title in a Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match at WWE TLC — a bout that seems to favor the challenger in ways neither Triple H nor Stephanie McMahon expected. Sheamus certainly talked a big game on SmackDown, likening Reigns to a “walking, talking Adele song,” but those bold words came just days after The Big Dog made The Celtic Warrior, Rusev and King Barrett say “Hello” to a steel chair on Raw. Will Sheamus keep his distance this Monday night, as a determined Reigns looks to their high-stakes, career-threatening collision?  On SmackDown, the wily Dean Ambrose conquered both Tyler Breeze and Dolph Ziggler to become No. 1 Contender to Kevin Owens’ Intercontinental Championship. That accomplishment clearly didn’t sit very well with the prizefighter, who walked away from the ready-to-brawl Lunatic Fringe at the end of the night. With his defeat at the hands of Ambrose in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Tournament fresh in his mind, Owens must be aware that his days as Intercontinental Champion could very well be numbered — a realization that might explain his reluctance to battle his unstable future challenger Thursday night. But what if Owens is simply waiting to fight on his own terms? Will Owens send a message to Ambrose on Raw?  We don’t want to imagine what Thanksgiving is like in the Wyatt compound, but The Eater of Worlds and his cruel kin gorged themselves on destruction this past Thursday on SmackDown, where they destroyed D-Von Dudley and sent his brother Bubba Ray through a table — using The Dudley Boyz’ own pine-splintering pastime against them. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman have twice obliterated Dudleyville’s favorite sons since Survivor Series, but something tells us the macabre quartet is just getting started. What sinister plans do The Wyatt Family have for Raw?  After Paige accused Charlotte of cheating to retain her Divas Championship at Survivor Series, the raven-haired aggressor argued for a rematch against the titleholder on Raw — an intensely personal bout that ended in a double count-out when the action spilled outside the ring. Afterward, The Diva of Tomorrow vented her frustrations against her former friend by trapping Charlotte in the PTO atop the announce table, forcing the champion to scream out in agony. Paige went on to steal a victory from Charlotte’s ally Becky Lynch on SmackDown, clearly sending a message to the Divas Champion. Will Charlotte attain retribution this week? Stay tuned.  Thanks to a little help from The Gobbledy Gooker, The Usos and The Lucha Dragons spoiled The New Day’s “fowl” Thanksgiving festivities on SmackDown, when Jey Uso disguised himself as the notorious turkey and cost the WWE Tag Team Champions a non-title match against Sin Cara & Kalisto. Then, after revealing himself as the feathered fiend, Jey took flight off the top rope — in the infamous costume — and hit a big splash on a helpless Xavier Woods. For the first time in 25 years, the WWE Universe was actually happy to see The Gobbledy Gooker in a WWE ring. After suffering that humiliation, what’s The New Day’s next move? Are The Usos and The Lucha Dragons going to somehow parlay their Thanksgiving triumph into a WWE Tag Team Championship opportunity? If so, which team is more worthy of that honor? Expect more tag team chaos on Raw. Don’t miss Raw at 8/7 C on USA Network, and be sure to tune in to Raw Pre-Show at 7:30 ET, only on the award-winning WWE Network. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 30, 2015 12:44:08 GMT -5
Good job wwe.com. Tell your readers the TLC match "favors the challenger" so when Roman loses he looks like an even bigger failure!
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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 30, 2015 13:00:12 GMT -5
Will Roman get his Revenge against Sheamus?
Will Jack Swagger get his racist, xenophobic friend back?
Will Mark Henry be a heel or face?
Will Heath Slater actually be on Raw 2 weeks in a row?
Will the audience not fall asleep during the Divas match?
Will Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Owens, or Dean Ambrose matter?
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Nov 30, 2015 12:59:57 GMT -5
I'm going to make a bold prediction and guess the main event is a forgettable tag match. Sheamus and Owens vs Reigns and Ambrose. That will end via Eurotrash shenanigans and Reigns standing strong after spearing Barrett whilst Sheamus looks on in disbelief from the ramp.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Nov 30, 2015 13:03:21 GMT -5
... How does a TLC match Favor anybody?
I mean a normal match favors the champ because DQ and Count out results in a non-title change...
Removing that doesn't put the favor in the challengers corner... it reduces it to 0 on both sides...
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Sam Punk
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Post by Sam Punk on Nov 30, 2015 13:05:54 GMT -5
Can't watch raw, the Charlie Brown holiday show is on tonight.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 13:11:58 GMT -5
... How does a TLC match Favor anybody? I mean a normal match favors the champ because DQ and Count out results in a non-title change... Removing that doesn't put the favor in the challengers corner... it reduces it to 0 on both sides... If anything, it'd favor Sheamus because he's the one who's been in a one-on-one ladder match. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 30, 2015 13:52:42 GMT -5
... How does a TLC match Favor anybody? I mean a normal match favors the champ because DQ and Count out results in a non-title change... Removing that doesn't put the favor in the challengers corner... it reduces it to 0 on both sides... If anything, it'd favor Sheamus because he's the one who's been in a one-on-one ladder match. If anything I'd say that Sheamus is the slight favorite so that when Roman gets close and loses it's set up as him nearly overcoming the odds. Not him just failing at something he should have succeeded at. |
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Post by SCCB Was Told To Do Steroids on Nov 30, 2015 14:03:58 GMT -5
My worlds converge again tonight..in the biggest crapfests ever.
Raw is in Pittsburgh of all places (yuck) during a home game between my beloved Browns the Crackmore Ratbirds.
Native Clevelander DZ has already lost. The only match worth watching will be the IC match, which, if I were booking, should be a tables match, next week, ladders, and the third week before TLC, a chairs match, only to build to a...well, you already know.
As brutal as it will be, as brutal as it continues to be a Browns fan, I cannot take one for the team and watch Raw tonight. The Browns are going to win in spite of themsleves. They have no business winning tonight, yet they will, and I will watch.
The Wyatts are dead for me...they have morphed into typical monster heels from the eighties. Dare I say, the Wyatts are no better than the Dungeon of Doom? Not even The New Day can save it for me.
Raw will be what I flip to during commercials....
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Post by xxshoyuweeniexx on Nov 30, 2015 14:11:14 GMT -5
*looks at the ratings* How low can you go!? How low can you go?!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 14:28:50 GMT -5
... How does a TLC match Favor anybody? I mean a normal match favors the champ because DQ and Count out results in a non-title change... Removing that doesn't put the favor in the challengers corner... it reduces it to 0 on both sides... Because it is a match, and Roman Reigns is the challenger, so by virtue of being Roman Reigns, he has the advantage. If it were a normal title match, the Reigns Advantage would be offset by the Champion's Advantage, making it a dead heat. |
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Post by baracklesnar on Nov 30, 2015 14:29:20 GMT -5
RAW 2.16 Says I Just Changed The Channel
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Nov 30, 2015 14:42:20 GMT -5
Can't watch raw, the Charlie Brown holiday show is on tonight. Charlie Brown is a better-booked sympathetic face than Roman Reigns. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2015 16:14:55 GMT -5
Preemptively: LOL@ ECW Raw Rating
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