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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 18, 2016 2:39:55 GMT -5
IMPORTANT: This episode of RAW will be airing on a tape delay from London, England, thus there will be spoilers publicly available in the hours beforehand. Please keep all discussion of those spoilers to the relevant thread and please refrain from mentioning them in this live thread until the relevant segment has aired. Thanks. That's right, it's Monday night again and that means ONLY one thing... A new episode of Monday Night RAW, coming to you this week "live" from London, England. The red phone box has been placed adjacent to the black taxi for months in anticipation for the arrival of the WWE Superstars, as they head towards Payback in two weeks time. Will Shane McMahon be running things for a third straight week? Or will the local power couple return and ruin everything? Last week saw a unique alliance formed in the main event, as WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns teamed with long-time rival Bray Wyatt in a victory over The League Of Nations. Wyatt is not scheduled to appear tonight after suffering a calf injury at a house show in Milan, Italy, so that story thread may already be over before it barely began. That said, it could allow Reigns to focus solely on his upcoming title defense against AJ Styles. What's next for "The Guy" and The Phenomenal One as they head towards their title bout in Chicago? There are rivalries heating up all over the card. Those hockey-fighting dudes from Canada, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, are still at it, and it's probably gonna take more than New Scotland Yard's finest to keep them apart long enough to even get a match signed for Payback. Then there's Dean Ambrose and Chris Jericho, which has already involved the repossession of a talk show segment and the destruction of innocent potted plants. Finally, after plenty of heated back-and-forth trash talk over the last week and a bit, Becky Lynch and Emma are seemingly headed for an in-ring confrontation sooner rather than later. Whatever the hell could be next for those guys and girls? We are three matches away from crowning a new #1 Contender for the W... W... E... World... Tag... Team... Championships held by The New Day, as we enter the semi-finals of the Booty-Os Tag Team Tournament. It's a mix of established combinations and fresh upstarts as The Usos, The Dudley Boyz, The Vaudevillains and Enzo Amore/Colin Cassady were successful in last week's opening round. Whether these matches happen tonight is unknown, but one thing we know for certain is that there is one team outside of the tournament that has been the talk of WWE for the last seven days. Will Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson make their presence felt again tonight? In the midcard divisions... IC Champion The Miz has a red-hot challenger on his tail in the returning Cesaro. Could he and the lovely Maryse put a halt to The Swiss Superman's hot streak before Payback? US Champion Kalisto is yet to receive another challenger for his belt since WrestleMania, but an injury scare last week against The Dudley Boyz could leave him vulnerable for an opportunistic Superstar. Who could it be? And Women's Champion Charlotte seemingly disposed of Natalya last week, albeit with the help of her old man, but is that really the end of the rivalry? Probably not. All that, and interior shots of a busy pub, TONIGHT on RAW!
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Post by Germansuplex on Apr 18, 2016 2:54:36 GMT -5
Tonight's show should frequently cut to Wade Barrett sitting on the couch and eating ice cream out of the box.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 18, 2016 3:01:01 GMT -5
Tonight's show should frequently cut to Wade Barrett sitting on the couch and eating ice cream out of the box. ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfPbP0LUAAEodT3.jpg:large)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 3:25:28 GMT -5
Not sure how accurate he is but tons of wrestlers, JR, Keller, Austin, all follow him.
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Apr 18, 2016 4:06:43 GMT -5
Not sure how accurate he is but tons of wrestlers, JR, Keller, Austin, all follow him. Dat Balor Club doe?
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Post by Perfect Timing on Apr 18, 2016 4:16:47 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to this evening finally got a good seat for RAW after about 3 years of average seats. I'm very fussy when it comes to my wrestling seats so feeling excited. It's still not my best seat oh no that was in 2013 when I originally had 3 row seat then I noticed nobody was sitting behind the announcers and I moved myself to the front and sat and watched the whole show. If only they got rid of those huge ass ugly Union Jacks..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 4:38:24 GMT -5
Pretty unfortunate timing for WWE for a taped episode really. Know it's traditionally this time of year and all, but with ratings as they've been they need to try and do something big to hook what returning viewers there were in the post-Mania boost that might still be around from last week, and they've got a taped show where both most likely nothing much big will happen and people will have the opportunity to just look at the spoilers and skip the show. Which is what I always do with UK Raws.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 18, 2016 4:39:44 GMT -5
Pretty unfortunate timing for WWE for a taped episode really. Know it's traditionally this time of year and all, but with ratings as they've been they need to try and do something big to hook what returning viewers there were in the post-Mania boost that might still be around from last week, and they've got a taped show where both most likely nothing much big will happen and people will have the opportunity to just look at the spoilers and skip the show. Which is what I always do with UK Raws. Hard to really call it unfortunate timing when they do this show at the same point of the year every single year.
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Post by Perfect Timing on Apr 18, 2016 4:46:55 GMT -5
![](http://31.media.tumblr.com/7bb23dadf266dc6bd89793f9a5f4a73f/tumblr_inline_nz0lilSHFN1r79k32_500.gif) R-Truth and Naomi both turned heel on editions of UK RAWs! Anything can happen!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2016 4:52:02 GMT -5
Pretty unfortunate timing for WWE for a taped episode really. Know it's traditionally this time of year and all, but with ratings as they've been they need to try and do something big to hook what returning viewers there were in the post-Mania boost that might still be around from last week, and they've got a taped show where both most likely nothing much big will happen and people will have the opportunity to just look at the spoilers and skip the show. Which is what I always do with UK Raws. Hard to really call it unfortunate timing when they do this show at the same point of the year every single year. True, but the difference is this year the ratings are a lot lower so they're more in need of that hold than previous years.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Apr 18, 2016 11:38:42 GMT -5
I think we hallucinated the ending of that match somehow to make us think Undertaker won, because it was just so shocking that Shane did... Right?
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 18, 2016 11:44:45 GMT -5
Stupid question... will they have the balls (and or actual production time) to edit all the Roman boos and turn them into thunderous cheers?
I actually don't know. Is it feasible that we'll get a dozen Seagull Pops for Roman?
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Post by edgestar on Apr 18, 2016 11:54:50 GMT -5
I think we hallucinated the ending of that match somehow to make us think Undertaker won, because it was just so shocking that Shane did... Right? I'll be at next week's. I'll try running the show ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png)
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Post by Abdullah on Apr 18, 2016 11:59:50 GMT -5
RAW is blessed to be live honestly.
If we getting (fairly detailed) spoilers of RAW every week, I would tune in far more irregularly.
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Post by Demented on Apr 18, 2016 12:06:47 GMT -5
I think we hallucinated the ending of that match somehow to make us think Undertaker won, because it was just so shocking that Shane did... Right? And here I thought Shane jobbed for our sins.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 18, 2016 12:11:43 GMT -5
hear,hear
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Post by Demented on Apr 18, 2016 12:24:42 GMT -5
I will say that these last two RAWs "run" by Shane have been a blast to watch. I mean, last week's episode was the first RAW in awhile where it didn't feel like it dragged on forever. I hope the trend continues.
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Post by edgestar on Apr 18, 2016 12:27:12 GMT -5
I will say that these last two RAWs "run" by Shane have been a blast to watch. I mean, last week's episode was the first RAW in awhile where it didn't feel like it dragged on forever. I hope the trend continues. Shane and Dr. Phil for the new Authority, confirmed ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png)
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Post by audiencewatching on Apr 18, 2016 12:32:39 GMT -5
I'm here near the front row, the taxi and phone box are here
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Post by audiencewatching on Apr 18, 2016 12:33:00 GMT -5
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