🔴 RAW Thread 12/16/19: Long Rumbling Road

[tenshi]

The Vikings are protecting Randy because they like his oily thighs.

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AJ's still good, if a little past his prime now, but I can't f*** with Gallows and Anderson getting any kind of a push.

[hbkid718]

Raw was a mixed bag tonight with good, bad, & horrible segments. A horrible opening promo by Rollins, but then a fun tag team match between The Viking Raiders & The OC. I’m glad they gave them a lot of time. Rowan’s squash & the Lana/Lashley segment was horrible, but then R-Truth’s promo was hilarious, followed by an amazing Gauntlet Match, with a lot of great segments, until the non-finish. Thank you WWE for wasting my time investing in it. I didn’t like Rollins’ segment afterward which continued wasting my time. Purrazzo VS Asuka was a good match, and it was a nice showcase of Purrazzo who doesn’t even compete on NXT, but it could have been used for so many women sitting in the back like Sarah Logan, who has improved a lot, but no one sees it since she wrestles Main Event. I liked Becky Lynch’s interview and I loved the main event between Orton & Styles. A lot of wrestlers weren’t used tonight, so I guess they saved them for next week’s Raw, which was taped after tonight’s show.

Here are the Facts & Stats for RAW:
- The Viking Raiders VS The OC was Erik & Ivar’s 3rd week in a row on Raw, Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows’ 1st Raw since December 2, both teams’ 1st Raw opener since September 23, their 5th match against each other, & their 4th re-match, the 1st match to be re-matched from TLC, & was the 1st match since Natalya VS Lacey Evans at Hell In A Cell on October 6 & Raw on October 7 to take place on PPV & then re-matched on Raw the next night, & was The OC’s 1st 2-on-2 Tag Team win of 2019, as their other wins were in Triple Threat, Tag Team Turmoil, & 6-Man Tag Team Matches, & was The Viking Raiders’ 1st 2-on-2 Tag Team loss by pinfall, as their only other loss, not counting 6-Man Tags or Tag Team Turmoils was to The New Day by Disqualification on Raw on July 1
- Dante Leon VS Erick Rowan was the 1st time in 2019 that Rowan wrestled 6 weeks in a row on Raw, & was the 9th week in a row that Raw had an Enhancement Match
- Humberto Carrillo VS Matt Hardy VS Ricochet VS R-Truth VS Akira Tozawa VS Andrade was the 8th Gauntlet Match of 2019 & the 1st since Tag Team Turmoil at Crown Jewel on October 31, & the 1st on Raw since August 26, the 1st time in 2019 that Hardy wrestled 2 weeks in a row on Raw, the 1st time in 2019 that Tozawa wrestled 5 weeks in a row on Raw, the 1st time in 2019 that Andrade wrestled 9 weeks in a row on Raw, the 1st time since November 18 that Carrillo wrestled 3 weeks in a row on Raw, Ricochet’s 1st Raw since December 2, Truth’s 1st Raw match since October 28 & his 1st match overall since the Battle Royal at Crown Jewel on October 31, & was the 350th Match on Raw in 2019, & was the 41st No Contest of 2019, the 2nd one in a row after TLC, & the 1st on Raw since November 18
- Deonna Purrazzo VS Asuka was the 1st time in 2019 that Asuka wrestled 7 weeks in a row on Raw & was Purrazzo’s Raw debut & her 1st match overall since a Battle Royal at Worlds Collide on May 1
- Randy Orton VS AJ Styles was the 1st time since September 30 that Styles wrestled 4 weeks in a row & was 2nd week in a row in the Raw main event, Orton’s 1st Raw match since November 25, his 1st Raw main event since November 18, & was his 1st Singles Match on Raw since he defeated Bo Dallas on September 28, 2015, their 2nd match against each other, & their 1st re-match, & was the 8th match to be re-matched from WrestleMania
- Tonight was the 1st Raw since he returned on October 21 that Drew McIntyre did not compete, ending a 8-Week Streak & also the 1st Raw since October 21 to not have a Disqualification

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Dec 16, 2019 23:03:23 GMT -5 tenshi said:

The Vikings are protecting Randy because they like his oily thighs.

They're doing the lord's work.