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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 18, 2019 3:28:40 GMT -5
That's right, it's Monday again and that means ONLY one thing... Time for RAW, live from Boston. Everyone is back in the US now after their manic whirlwind tours to Saudi Arabia then Europe, but the party never stops in WWE (seriously, EVER). We're under a week away from the Survivor Series, where more teams of five than ever, will strive to survive in the name of artificially constructed loyalties derived from the shows on which they happen to wrestle, strong enough to will them to brawl with people on the other shows every November. Scheduled for tonight:
*Seth Rollins puts his spot on Team RAW on the line against Andrade. Can El Idolo manipulate Rollins's main weakness and get him to reply poorly to Twitter banter mid-match? *While their IRL partners throw hands, RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair are somehow teaming up again for some reason, despite neither ever actually making up after their long feuds of the last year and a bit. We haven't been given details on any opponents as this thread goes live, so everybody get your hopes up for when it turns out to be, like, Lacey Evans or something. *Rey Mysterio will be appearing tonight, six nights away from a WWE Championship match with Brock Lesnar. Does Mysterio still actually wrestle or what? *Tag team gold and a prime place at Survivor Series are on the line as The Viking Raiders defend their RAW Tag Team Championship against former two-time champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins. The Major Broskis pulled off the miracle win at WrestleMania earlier in the year over The Revival to claim the gold, but Erik and Ivar are a whole different... *looks around* EXPERIENCE altogether (we're never letting that go). *Finally, we have one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Asuka taking on the woman who submitted her two weeks ago, Natalya, in singles competition, in a bout that actually is their first ever televised one-on-one meeting.
All that, and Lana accuses Rusev of sleeping nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers, TONIGHT on RAW!
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Post by Steveweiser on Nov 18, 2019 3:38:54 GMT -5
All that, and Lana accuses Rusev of sleeping nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers, TONIGHT on RAW! Hey, that's a half truth!
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 18, 2019 3:42:40 GMT -5
I'm guessing The IIconics are Flair Lynch's opponents on this show.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Nov 18, 2019 5:11:26 GMT -5
I'm guessing The IIconics are Flair Lynch's opponents on this show. Wouldn't WWE just say they were fighting The IIconics if they were? I love them, but I'm not sure they warrant being a surprise opponent. Honestly, neither do my hunch is to who the team actually is... Duke and Shafir to tie into the Lynch/Baszler thing.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 5:47:55 GMT -5
So Becky's firmly in the Nikki Bella, "We want this title reign to keep going but readily recognize that it's completely out of steam so random tag matches you can completely ignore," useless filler role now, right?
Or if you prefer the way New Day just kept getting DQed against the Bar for like two months just to drag the reign out to the record despite having no other challengers left.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 18, 2019 5:52:35 GMT -5
So Becky's firmly in the Nikki Bella, "We want this title reign to keep going but readily recognize that it's completely out of steam so random tag matches you can completely ignore," useless filler role now, right? It's more like, we really want Charlotte vs. Becky at Wrestlemania, but we are out of content for singles Becky, so let's have the two chase the Women's Tag Titles even though we started establishing Charlotte and Nattie as a team a couple weeks ago.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Nov 18, 2019 5:55:33 GMT -5
So Becky's firmly in the Nikki Bella, "We want this title reign to keep going but readily recognize that it's completely out of steam so random tag matches you can completely ignore," useless filler role now, right? It's more like, we really want Charlotte vs. Becky at Wrestlemania, but we are out of content for singles Becky, so let's have the two chase the Women's Tag Titles even though we started establishing Charlotte and Nattie as a team a couple weeks ago. Did they ever explain why Nattie never got a women's tag title shot? I'm sure the Asuka match is a way to "resolve" that but was there ever a kayfabe reason?
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 18, 2019 5:57:17 GMT -5
It's more like, we really want Charlotte vs. Becky at Wrestlemania, but we are out of content for singles Becky, so let's have the two chase the Women's Tag Titles even though we started establishing Charlotte and Nattie as a team a couple weeks ago. Did they ever explain why Nattie never got a women's tag title shot? I'm sure the Asuka match is a way to "resolve" that but was there ever a kayfabe reason? Commentary on Raw claimed that she had a family issue that prevented her from going overseas. Even though they were hyping the match on Smackdown, and this was the show where Raw was taped immediately after Smackdown so they should have known this.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 5:59:22 GMT -5
Did they ever explain why Nattie never got a women's tag title shot? I'm sure the Asuka match is a way to "resolve" that but was there ever a kayfabe reason? Commentary on Raw claimed that she had a family issue that prevented her from going overseas. Even though they were hyping the match on Smackdown, and this was the show where Raw was taped immediately after Smackdown so they should have known this. Honestly WWE is so incompetently run I could probably believe that no one noticed Nattie wasn't there until it was time for the match.
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Post by theironyuppie on Nov 18, 2019 7:03:17 GMT -5
All that, and Lana accuses Rusev of sleeping nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers, TONIGHT on RAW! Hey, that's a half truth! Raw is going to be great! Great meaning large or immense, we use it in the pejorative sense!
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 18, 2019 7:06:22 GMT -5
All that, and Lana accuses Rusev of sleeping nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers, TONIGHT on RAW! Hey, that's a half truth! Stay tuned after Raw for a report on a foreigner who takes perverted videos of you when you leeeeeeeeast expect it. Heβs Rowdy Roddy Peeper.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 7:35:07 GMT -5
All that, and Lana accuses Rusev of sleeping nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers, TONIGHT on RAW! Hey, that's a half truth! "Today on 'Ben'; mothers and runaway daughters reunited by their hatred of Rusev. And now your host, Gentle Ben."
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Post by ogreknee on Nov 18, 2019 9:40:16 GMT -5
Hey, that's a half truth! "Today on 'Ben'; mothers and runaway daughters reunited by their hatred of Rusev. And now your host, Gentle Ben." Let's have less Rusevs and more money for public humiliation
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 9:40:50 GMT -5
USA's spoiling us again with some Natalya \o/
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Post by dbrussel on Nov 18, 2019 12:39:41 GMT -5
USA's spoiling us again with some Natalya \o/ *you
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 18, 2019 12:49:31 GMT -5
Have Rusev in Sex Rehab. And the person beside him is Kurt Angle. Then Booker says "Tell me, I did not just see that?"
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Post by Toxik916 on Nov 18, 2019 15:14:55 GMT -5
Have Rusev in Sex Rehab. And the person beside him is Kurt Angle. Then Booker says "Tell me, I did not just see that?" I hope it's a group therapy session with Dr. Shelby and Kane.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Nov 18, 2019 15:26:01 GMT -5
Have Rusev in Sex Rehab. And the person beside him is Kurt Angle. Then Booker says "Tell me, I did not just see that?" I hope it's a group therapy session with Dr. Shelby and Kane. This is one skit where Hornswoggle being included would actually be funny. Hell, throw in Mark Henry and anyone standing around backstage that would make this funnier, don't even give them lines. Big E... Fandango... FFH Bray... a random ref...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2019 15:44:03 GMT -5
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Post by edgestar on Nov 18, 2019 19:58:21 GMT -5
I'm so tired, because I couldn't sleep last night. Bring it on.
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