gritizen
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Post by gritizen on May 6, 2024 22:05:42 GMT -5
Sad that FAN's biggest Stark Mark, gritizen , won't be able to see Zoey Stark become Queen of the Ring. Can't believe he died on the way back to his home (Wawa) I'm off to Wawa now to get a parfait. If they don't have it again I'm going to do something I will regret. {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} Drive to another Wawa.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on May 6, 2024 22:07:03 GMT -5
Can't believe he died on the way back to his home (Wawa) I'm off to Wawa now to get a parfait. If they don't have it again I'm going to do something I will regret. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} Drive to another Wawa. Hold on, give me a few minutes to cut the brakes.
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Post by hbkid718 on May 6, 2024 22:13:41 GMT -5
Here are my Raw Thoughts, Facts, & Stats:
But first, once again I have to apologize for not doing my Weekly Records again. Saturday Backlash took my entire day. Sunday, I had a stomach bug for most of the day, so I couldn't finish everything. But I have no plans for Wednesday or this weekend, so I should have plenty of time to get things done.
I like that even though the main event of Backlash was Cody Rhodes VS AJ Styles, they ended the #Backlash Video on Jey Uso VS Damian Priest since Priest is the World Heavyweight Champion on Raw. That's not fair that 2 of the Tournament matches won't be televised & will be part of live events. Every match should be televised. I'm really pissed about the men's match that I have been waiting for all weekend. Also, the 2 wrestlers involved are probably mad as they were looking forward to the match too. OK opening segment with The Judgment Day to continue their tension from Saturday. Jey Uso being Drew McIntyre's replacement for the KOTR makes perfect sense. Jey Uso VS Finn Balor was awesome. I don't mind Drew McIntyre getting involved as Jey took his spot. FACTS: This was Jey Uso's 2nd week in a row on Raw, 1st Raw opener since February 12, 1st 1-on-1 Match & 1st match against an Irish wrestler since he defeated Finn Balor on April 15, & his 8th consecutive 1-on-1 Match against a foreign wrestler on Raw. This was his 1st King of The Ring Tournament, making him the 1st Fatu to wrestle in a King of The Ring Tournament since Rikishi in 2000 where he lost to Kurt Angle in the Finals on June 25, 2000. Rikishi & Jey Uso are the 2nd Father & Son to both participate in the King of The Ring Tournament after Bob (1985) & Randy Orton (2006). This was Finn Balor's 2nd week in a row on Raw, 1st Raw opener since April 1, & 1st 1-on-1 Match since he lost to Jey Uso on April 15. This was his 2nd King of The Ring Tournament (KOTR History: 2021 (defeated Cesaro (1st Round), defeated Sami Zayn (Semi-Final), lost to Xavier Woods (Final)]. This was the 2nd 1-on-1 Match between them after Raw on April 15, which was won by Uso. They were the 1st since Damian Priest on January 22 & January 29 to go from the Raw main event to the following week's opening match. Since I did the research, if he would have won, this would have been Balor's 1st 1-on-1 win since he defeated AJ Styles on Smackdown on September 15, 2023 & 1st on Raw since he defeated Carmelo Hayes on June 26, 2023. Yes, Sheamus VS GUNTHER will be the Raw main event. That's going to be a classic. Damn, Drew McIntyre's pissed. I just saw a Glitch. CM Punk got out of WWE HQ but he missed McIntyre. Cool. Punk saying Hi to Chad Gable & The Alpha Academy. Becky Lynch was supposed to come out next for a promo. Now, they're wasting time with a CM Punk promo. As much as I love Punk & I loved his promo, they cut Kofi Kingston VS Rey Mysterio for this. That's BS. OK promo by Ricochet. Nice reunion with him & Braun Strowman. But what happened to Becky Lynch's interview? By the way, I'm not only mad about Kofi Kingston VS Rey Mysterio taking place tonight. I'm also mad that Zelina Vega VS Shayna Baszler could have been good too. Zelina very rarely wrestles & she's the defending Queen of The Ring. That's a slap in the face to her. Natalya VS IYO SKY was a great match. I think it was longer than the entire 2021 Queen of The Ring Tournament combined. FACTS: This was Natalya's 1st Raw since March 22, her 1st 1-on-1 Match on Raw since she lost to Chelsea Green on October 30, 2023, & 1st match against a Japanese wrestler since she lost to Kairi Sane by Count Out on Raw on February 17, 2020. This was her 2nd Queen of The Ring Tournament. [QOTR History: 2021: Lost to Doudrop (1st Round).] This was IYO SKY's 1st Raw of 2024, her 1st Raw since she & Bayley lost a Fatal 4-Way Tag Match to Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey on May 29, 2023, 1st 1-on-1 Match on Raw since she lost to Becky Lynch on March 27, 2023, 1st match against a 1-named wrestler since she lost to Bayley at WrestleMania XL on April 6, 2024, & 1st match against a Canadian since she defeated Aliyah on NXT on March 25, 2020. This was the 1st 1-on-1 Match between a Canadian & a Japanese wrestler on Raw since Natalya VS Kairi Sane on February 17, 2020. Damn, Dakota Kai is replacing Asuka. Now, I have to re-do my records that I did earlier. Her promo was OK. Cool video on Ilja Dragunov. Ricochet VS Ilja Dragunov was incredible. I think that might have been the 1st time someone did a Dragonrana to Dragunov. Step 1 is done on the road to Dragunov VS GUNTHER on the main roster. He just has to beat Jey Uso first. FACTS: This was Ricochet's 3rd week in a row on Raw, 1st 1-on-1 Match on Raw since he defeated Ivar on April 1, & the 1st time he wrestled a Russian in his Career. This is his 3rd King of The Ring Tournament [KOTR History: 2019: Defeated Drew McIntyre (1st Round), Wrestled Samoa Joe to a Double Pin (Quarter-Final), Lost to Baron Corbin along with Samoa Joe (Semi-Final), 2021: Lost to Xavier Woods (1st Round).] This was Ilja Dragunov's 1st Raw since April 8 & the 1st time he wrestled a 1-named wrestler since he defeated Dijak on NXT on February 6. This was his 1st King of The Ring Tournament. This was the 1st match between a WWE Speed Champion & a former NXT Champion in History. Good promo by Sheamus, but he forgot a match. He & GUNTHER also had a match on Smackdown after Clash At The Castle. Ivy Nile VS Zoey Stark was a great match. I love that every match has been given time tonight. FACTS: This was Ivy Nile's 1st Raw since April 22 & her 1st 1-on-1 Match since she lost to Candice LeRae on March 25. This was her 1st Queen of The Ring Tournament. This was Zoey Stark's 1st Raw since April 22, 1st 1-on-1 Match since she defeated Natalya on Main Event on March 21, & 1st on Raw since she lost to Liv Morgan on February 12. This was her 1st Queen of The Ring Tournament. This was Stark's 1st 1-on-1 win on Raw since she defeated Becky Lynch on 7/24/23. Since I did the research, it would have been Nile's 1st 1-on-1 win overall since she defeated Xia Li on Main Event on February 29 & 1st on Raw since she defeated Valhalla on January 22. Hilarious segment with R-Truth Adam Pearce, The Miz, & the UCONN Head Coach. But I don't care about Basketball. Good confrontation between Pearce & Bron Breakker. Breakker would have been the 1st Steiner to be in the KOTR Tournament. Cool, they did mention Sheamus VS GUNTHER on Smackdown. Good segment with The Judgment Day. Is Braun Strowman VS JD McDonagh tonight? Cool, Carlito with Dominik Mysterio. Very interesting. Chad Gable VS Bronson Reed was a waste of time especially with Sami Zayn's interference. They could have saved it for next week & just focus on the KOTR/QOTR tonight. They could have cut this out and do Kingston VS Mysterio instead. FACTS: This was Chad Gable's 1st Raw since April 15, the 1st time he wrestled an Australian since his last match against Reed on Raw on September 18, 2023, & the 1st time he wrestled 2 foreign wrestlers in a row on Raw since he lost to Gunther (September 4, 2023) & Reed (September 18, 2023). This was Bronson Reed's 2nd week in a row on Raw. This was the 3rd 1-on-1 Match between them after Raw on February 20, 2023 & September 18, 2023, which were both won by Reed. This was the 13th No Contest of 2024, the 1st since Smackdown on April 19, & 1st on Raw since April 1. Good video on Lyra Valkyria. Finally Becky Lynch. She's was supposed to be here an hour ago. What a waste of time. No one cares about Becky Lynch's stupid hat or her thoughts about the rest of the Women's Division. This should have been Zelina Vega VS Shayna Baszler's time. This segment to set up Lynch VS Liv Morgan could have been saved for next week even with the attack by Damage CTRL & the save by Lyra Valkyria. Tonight should have been all about the KOTR/QOTR. I get why they did the segment & they do have to build to other matches at King & Queen of The Ring in Saudi, but they promoted 8 matches tonight & only did 6. That's complete BS. We have plenty of time to build to other matches. OK promo by Sami Zayn. Cool Triple Threat at King & Queen of The Ring VS Gable & Reed. King & Queen of The Ring is such a long title for a PPV. They should have called the PPV something else like Crown Jewel I hate when the show trailers during matches. That's so disrespectful. Lyra Valkyria VS Dakota Kai was really good & a good way for Valkyria to debut on Raw. Valkyria VS Zoey Stark will be a good match. All of the matches in the 2nd Round should be good. FACTS: This was Lyra Valkyria's Raw debut & main roster debut & her 1st match against a wrestler from New Zealand in her Career. This was her 1st Queen of The Ring Tournament. This was Dakota Kai's 1st Raw since Damage CTRL defeated Shayna Baszler, Tegan Nox, & Zoey Stark on April 1, 1st 1-on-1 Match since she lost to Bianca Belair on Smackdown on March 29, & 1st on Raw since she lost to Bianca Belair on April 17, 2023 & 1st time she wrestled an Irish wrestler in her Career. This was her 1st Queen of The Ring Tournament. This was the 1st time an Irish wrestler wrestled a wrestler from New Zealand in Raw History. It was Dakota's birthday, but I don't when the last time she wrestled on her birthday. This was the 1st Raw since March 11 to have 3 Women's Matches. They did this promo for Kofi for his 1st match with Rey Mysterio since 2008 & the match will be wasted on a live event that only a handful of fans will be seeing instead of the entire WWE Universe on Raw. Kofi Kingston's KOTR History 2010: Lost to Sheamus (1st Round) 2021: Lost to Jinder Mahal (1st Round)] Rey Mysterio's KOTR History 2021: Lost to Sami Zayn (1st Round) Zelina Vega QOTR History 2021: Defeated Toni Storm (1st Round), Defeated Carmella (Semi-Final), Defeated Doudrop (Finals (Won The Tournament) Shayna Baszler's QOTR History 2021: Defeated Dana Brooke (1st Round), Lost to Doudrop (Semi-Final) There aren't any words to describe Sheamus VS GUNTHER They destroyed each other. They will feel it tomorrow. I guess Kingston will beat Mysterio this weekend since the story is Kingston avenging Woods' injury. FACTS: This was Sheamus' 1st Raw since April 22, 1st Raw main event of 2024, & his 1st 1-on-1 match against a fellow 1-named wrestler since he defeated Ivar on April 15. This was his 3rd King of The Ring Tournament [KOTR History: 2010: Defeated Kofi Kingston (1st Round), Had a Bye (Semi-Final), Defeated John Morrison (Final (Won the Tournament)), 2015: Defeated Dean Ambrose (1st Round), Lost to Neville (Semi-Final)]. This was GUNTHER's 2nd week in a row on Raw, 1st Raw main event since February 19, & the 1st time he wrestled a fellow 1-named wrestler since he defeated Otis on Raw on August 14, 2023. This was his 1st King of The Ring Tournament. This was the 3rd 1-on-1 Match between them after Clash At The Castle on September 3, 2022 & Smackdown on October 7, 2022, which were also won by GUNTHER. This was the 1st 1-on-1 Match between 1-named wrestlers since Sheamus VS Ivar on April 15 & the 1st match between an Irish wrestler & a German wrestler since their last match against each other on Smackdown on October 7, 2022. This was the 1st Raw of 2024 to have no Tag Team Matches.
Here are my Raw Match Rankings: 1) Sheamus VS GUNTHER 2) Ricochet VS Ilja Dragunov 3) Jey Uso VS Finn Balor 4) Natalya VS IYO SKY 5) Lyra Valkyria VS Dakota Kai 6) Ivy Nile VS Zoey Stark 7) Chad Gable VS Bronson Reed
As much as I wanted all of the K/QOTR Matches to be on Raw & how mad I was tonight, I still loved Raw. Everything was great even if I thought the segments were a waste of time. They do have to build to a PPV in 3 weeks.
Ends Raw Thoughts, Facts, & Stats. For the Complete W/L Records, Facts, & Stats, visit darrenswinloss.wordpress.com, which will be updated this weekend. (I know I said that before, but unless there are unforeseen circumstances, it will be done.)
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on May 6, 2024 22:14:29 GMT -5
coughs uncontrollably
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gritizen
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Post by gritizen on May 6, 2024 22:20:43 GMT -5
Post Raw viewing. Mandy/Tino/Michael, does it get any better?
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Post by EZ: Brainy Bae on May 6, 2024 22:22:27 GMT -5
Post Raw viewing. Mandy/Tino/Michael, does it get any better? HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT Time to watch an episode for the 1st time
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Post by ayumidah on May 6, 2024 23:37:24 GMT -5
I guess she got lost with the trunks backstage
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on May 7, 2024 0:20:37 GMT -5
I guess she got lost with the trunks backstage She's a businesslady, she had businesslady things to do at the office. Business is very busy work. You can't expect her to wrestle when she has a Zoom meeting to discuss business!
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on May 7, 2024 11:09:58 GMT -5
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Post by ayumidah on May 7, 2024 13:19:52 GMT -5
Tumblr's reaction to how Ilja pinned Ricochet was great.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on May 7, 2024 13:26:43 GMT -5
SO MR VICK YOU HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL PLATFORM WHERE DOGS GOT TO HAVE FUN AND BE ALPHA AND THE FEDS TOOK IT AWAY FROM YOU, THOUGHTS
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Post by Hypnosis on May 7, 2024 16:06:45 GMT -5
Zoey:"HEY, SHAYNA, I GOT IT!"
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Post by john84 on May 7, 2024 16:40:57 GMT -5
Zoey:"HEY, SHAYNA, I GOT IT!" Legit my favourite part of either video lol.
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