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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 22:07:38 GMT -5
Time to find the 3 matches I want to watch out of the 1200 matches on Dark Evolution
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 22:09:21 GMT -5
Some people would pay good money to be kicked in the face by a barefoot Charlotte.
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Post by Gecko on Apr 12, 2021 22:09:37 GMT -5
This guy is doing a good job on his own on Raw Talk.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 22:11:35 GMT -5
Just two guys being very Irish right now.
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Post by hbkid718 on Apr 12, 2021 22:11:57 GMT -5
Before my thoughts on Raw, here are other wrestling related thoughts that I have: 1) I like that they’re changing the commentary team. I hope this means that Samoa Joe will be wrestling again. It’s cool that Tom Phillips is being used on 205 Live, but I like the chemistry between Nigel McGuiness & Vic Joseph. And I wonder who’s going to replace Corey Graves on Smackdown. 2) People have said that Night 1 of WrestleMania was better than Night 2. I said I liked both nights equally, but then after reviewing the card today & thinking about it at work, I changed my mind. I liked more matches on Night 1 more than Night 2, with Night 1 having a lot of amazing matches in everything but the Steel Cage & the Tag Team Turmoil Matches. Night 2 only had 2 amazing matches in Riddle VS Sheamus & the Triple Threat Main Event. The other matches, besides Orton VS Wyatt & the Women’s Tag Title Match were good, but not amazing. So, therefore, I admit I was wrong. Night 1 was better of the 2 nights of WrestleManias.
Now here are my thoughts about Raw. A mostly good Raw, with a few good matches, but besides the few surprises, it was a regular Raw & not a Post-WrestleMania Raw. I think to promote NXT’s move to Tuesday, they should do some type of angle tonight, to get people that only watch Raw to tune in tomorrow to watch NXT. Since this was the Post-WrestleMania Raw, they should have piped in the annoying chants that we always hear from the crowd, & also have a virtual beach ball going through the Thunderdome. I love the opening with Lashley & Riddle challenging him. Their match was good. I like that it wasn’t a total squash & Riddle had some offense. Rhea Ripley’s promo was OK. Asuka’s promo was OK. I love the surprise return of The Viking Raiders. I didn’t know when Ivar was supposed to come back. Their match with Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin was fun. I loved the return of Charlotte Flair. She gave her best promo in her career. Rhea Ripley VS Asuka was horrible. For the 2nd night in a row, their match should have been a million times better given the caliber of both women. And I don't mind Charlotte Flair interfering after her promo earlier. I figured we would see Maryse tonight since Miz & Mrs. premiered after Raw. The segment in the back with Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax watching Mandy Rose’s fall at WrestleMania was stupid, but I like Mandy & Dana Brooke getting their revenge by attacking Nia, but where did Baszler go? I loved Alexa Bliss’ promo. She has been amazing in this role. I get that they have to plug Miz & Mrs, but MizTV with The Miz, John Morrison & Maryse was horrendous. I didn't laugh once. Damian Priest’s promo was OK, but his character shouldn't be talking like that. He should be a monster killing people. Priest VS The Miz & Morrison could have been a great match, but it was stupid. And again Miz is embarrassed to be in his underwear. He wrestles in tights every week and he’s been naked on Miz & Mrs. Baszler & Jax’s promo was stupid. Their match with Brooke & Rose was pathetic. What happened to the Raw Women's Division. They make every match look like a joke. And why did they play Brooke & Rose's theme if they lost. MVP’s promo was Wrestling Booking 101 with Drew McIntyre, Braun Strowman, & Randy Orton coming out to set-up the main event. The segment in the back with Drew McIntyre & Braun Strowman was OK. Elias & Jaxson Ryker & the interruption by The New Day was brutal. Why can’t The New Day come out and just wrestle without acting like total goofs. Despite the crap before the match, The New Day VS Elias & Ryker was an excellent match. It showed that Ryker can wrestle. Randy Orton’s promo was good. Bray Wyatt’s Firefly Funhouse was interested. I’m interested in seeing what happens next. I was surprised that we didn’t see AJ Styles & Omos or Sheamus tonight bragging about win their Championships at WrestleMania or something to set-up their next challengers. The Main Event was a fun Triple Threat Match, though the result was predictable after the segment earlier. I love Mace & T-BAR being connected to MVP, but what happened to Slapjack. But, in a way it doesn’t make sense after RETRIBUTION’s original idea & why they came to WWE. So I hope they explain that.
• Before Raw’s Facts & Stats, here are 2 facts, 1 from last week & 1 from last night: • Last week’s Andre The Giant Battle Royal on Smackdown was the 400th Match on TV & PPV in WWE, NXT, NXT UK, & 205 Live in 2021 • This weekend was the 1st time since WrestleMania 34 that both the Intercontinental & United States Championship changed hands, the 1st time ever the both the Raw & Smackdown Women’s Championship changed hands, & the 1st time since WrestleMania 34 that both the WWE & Universal Championship was retained
RAW • Riddle VS Bobby Lashley was the 1st time since March 1, 8, & 15 that Riddle wrestled 3 weeks in a row on Raw & was his 1st Raw opener since March 29, was the 1st time since October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, & 19, 2018 that Lashley wrestled 8 weeks in a row on Raw & was his 1st opener since March 22, was the 4th 1-on-1 Match between them after Raw on January 4 (won by Riddle), January 11 (won by Lashley), & 2/1 (won by Riddle by DQ), so now Riddle has won 2 & Lashley has won 2 • The Viking Raiders VS Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin was the 1st time since March 15 & 22 that Cedric Alexander wrestled 2 weeks in on Raw Shelton Benjamin’s 1st Raw since March 29, Erik’s 1st Raw since he lost to Bobby Lashley on September 14, 2020, & Ivar’s 1st Raw since they, Apollo Crews, & Ricochet lost to The Hurt Business in an 8-Man Tag Team Match on September 7, 2020 • Rhea Ripley VS Asuka was the 3rd Raw Women’s Championship Match of 2021, the 2nd night in a row after WrestleMania on April 11, & 1st on Raw since January 25, was the 1st time in her career that Ripley wrestled 2 weeks in a row on Raw, was the 1st time since March 15 & 22 that Asuka wrestled 2 weeks in a row on Raw, was Ripley’s 1st Raw Women’s Championship Defense, so if she would have lost, she would have been the 1st since Sasha Banks who lost to Asuka at SummerSlam on August 23, 2020 to lose in her 1st Defense, as of Raw, Ripley’s Women’s Championship Reign has lasted 1 Day, so if she would have lost, she would have been the 1st Champion to lose her Title in 1 Day, & would have been the shortest Reign since Sasha Banks’ 4th Reign (8/20/17 – 8/28/17, 8 Days), was the 1st match to be re-matched from WrestleMania, & was the 6th No Contest of 2021, the 1st since Smackdown on March 19, & 1st on Raw since March 8 • Damian Priest VS The Miz & John Morrison was the 5th Handicap Match of 2021 & the 1st since Raw on April 5, was Priest’s 1st Raw since March 15, Miz’s 1st Raw since March 22, & was Morrison’s 1st Raw since he lost to Riddle on February 22, was Miz’s 19th Handicap Match in his Career, Morrison’s 12th Handicap Match in his Career, & their 1st since they defeated Sheamus on Raw on January 25, now giving Miz a Handicap Match Record of 8-9-2 & Morrison a Record of 6-7-1, & was Priest’s 1st ever Handicap Match, giving him a Handicap Match Record of 0-1-0 • Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose VS Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax was Brooke & Rose’s 1st Raw since March 22, the 1st time since March 1 & 8 that Jax wrestled 2 weeks in a row on Raw, & was the 1st time since November 23, 30, December 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020, January 4, 11, 18, & 25, 2021 that Baszler wrestled 10 weeks in a row on, was their 5th match against each other, after Raw on November 2, 2020, Raw on December 21, 2020, Raw on January 11, 2021, & Raw on March 22, 2021, which was all won by Baszler & Jax the 1st Raw since March 22 to have 2 Women’s Matches on it, & was the 3rd Count Out of 2021, the 1st since Raw on March 1, & the 1st time since Smackdown on February 26 there was a No Contest & a Count Out on the same show • The New Day VS Elias & Jaxson Ryker was Kofi Kingston’s 1st Raw since March 22, the 1st time since January 25, February 1, & 8 that Xavier Woods wrestled 3 weeks in a row, the 1st time since January 4 & 11 that Elias wrestled 2 weeks in a row on Raw, & was the 1st time in his career that Ryker wrestled 3 weeks in a row on Raw • Drew McIntyre VS Randy Orton VS Strowman was the 7th Triple Threat of 2021, the 2nd night in a row after WrestleMania, & 1st on Raw since February 1, was Orton’s 1st Raw since March 8, the 1st time since August 19, 26, September 2, & 9, 2019 that Strowman wrestled 4 weeks in a row on Raw, the 1st time since December 23, 30, 2019, January 6, 13, January 20, 1/27, & 2/3/20 that McIntyre wrestled 7 weeks in a row on Raw, was Orton’s 1st Raw main event since March 8, Strowman’s 1st Raw main event since March 22, & was McIntyre’s 3rd week in a row in the main event, was McIntyre’s 10th Triple Threat Match in his Career, his 1st since he defeated The Miz & AJ Styles at TLC on December 20, 2020, now giving him a Triple Threat Match Career Record of 3-7-0, was Orton’s 23rd Triple Threat Match in his Career, his 1st since he defeated Keith Lee & Sheamus on Raw on August 31, 2020, giving him a Triple Threat Match Career Record of 13-10-0, & was Strowman’s 7th Triple Threat Match in his Career, his 1st since he defeated Lee & Sheamus on Raw on November 2, 2020, now giving him a Triple Threat Match Career Record of 2-5-0
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 22:14:46 GMT -5
"Anyone else want to have a banger match with ol' Sheamy, bring it on."
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Post by Gecko on Apr 12, 2021 22:15:40 GMT -5
Sheamus vs cameraman? Cameraman says nope.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2021 22:18:59 GMT -5
Hide your girl, Ivar is on Raw Talk!
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Apr 12, 2021 22:25:40 GMT -5
The main benefit of NXT moving one day earlier isn’t so the audience isn’t split with Dynamite, but that there’s one less day for the previous RAW to fester in the mind. This is such a sad statement.............. And so accurate.
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Post by salz4life on Apr 13, 2021 8:20:27 GMT -5
Are we going to see Mace and T-Bar in suits with the masks going forward? LOL
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