So Alexa Bliss got burned alive I guess? (Update: Nope!)

[john84]

Dec 28, 2020 23:52:01 GMT -5 Perd said:

More like Monday Night Cooked.

youtu.be/flTOhPDuC1k

[Mozenrath]

This is so cartoonish that it doesn't particularly offend me. Still, WWE needs to earn the expectation anything will come of this of much interest.

Hell, same goes for "Rollins gets eliminated on purpose" from Survivor Series. Realistically, do you think WWE even expects us to remember, and if they do, is the explanation going to make any sense?

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

Randy Orton should set legends on fire next week, all of them

[DerktheDerk]

I just saw a video of this segment on Twitter.

It was so awful, so embarrassing that I went and apologized to my sleeping wife for watching it.

Who is this show for? I genuinely don't know.

[Sponsored by Groose Wipes]

It's no longer Raw, it's well done.

[Welfare Willis]

Dec 28, 2020 23:52:01 GMT -5 Perd said:

More like Monday Night Cooked.

Well done.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Dec 28, 2020 23:52:01 GMT -5 Perd said:

More like Monday Night Cooked.

...





“Say the line, EoE!”

*sigh* ...Dammit, Perd.

[BRAINFADE]

Dec 29, 2020 0:22:16 GMT -5 DerktheDerk said:

I just saw a video of this segment on Twitter.

It was so awful, so embarrassing that I went and apologized to my sleeping wife for watching it.

Who is this show for? I genuinely don't know.

It isn't for anybody. That's why nobody is watching.


Actually, scratch that. It is for one person- the senile old coot that puts the show together.

[GuyOfOwnage]

I was working tonight, so I didn't see the clip until now. A few thoughts:

1) I doubt they would've gone forward with this without input from Orton and Bray, who both knew Brodie far better than you or I. If they're okay with it, then I can try to be too.
2) This feels so vastly different from anything else WWE is doing right now. Yeah, there's a chance they botch it as they're known for doing after creating interest, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. Even if the destination ends up sucking, I've enjoyed the ride so far.
3) You can't really ask real-world questions like "where the f*** were the cops?" when you're dealing with pro wrestling, especially the more fantastical side of it. If we were to apply that logic, how many wrestlers would be kayfabe on death row right now? And do you really think any wrestlers are going to run out there while two people are playing with lighter fluid and matches? Nobody doing anything might actually make the most sense out of this whole thing.

[madness50]

When I hear about stuff like this, it makes me very glad that I don’t watch RAW anymore lol.

[sarkerpolseng]

I'm gonna say he didn't set her on fire.

[Deleted]

This sounds promising. Check it later. 😀

[Deleted]

So Wrestlemania going to end like this now?

[Bo Rida]

Dec 28, 2020 23:52:01 GMT -5 Perd said:

More like Monday Night Cooked.

At least it's better than Monday Night Cucked.

[Thunderbolt]

Dec 29, 2020 0:02:38 GMT -5 DrBackflipsHoffman said:

RAW's been such a weird experiment in being this juggernaut of total vapor, absolutely bargain basement disposable product for less and less people every year that they absolutely need right now an insanely attractive muscle man going around killing people with fire. This is so much more appealing than the dipshits in whatever title it is the estate agent holding it has. Well dressed boring man having an honorable time or sex man fire nutcase? yes thanks

Hi Randy

[Super Duper Dragunov]

I just saw the bit on YouTube and honestly...I didn't hate it.

What saves it for me is the acting. Randy feels like a natural and Alexa is just a really f***ing good actress.
She could easily have a career in Hollywood if she ever wanted to I think.

[Legion]

Reminds me of some of the old Ministry of Darkness stuff, with crucifixions, abductions, hangings and so on.

I loved all that crazy shit then, and I still love it now.

WWE should absolutely treat itself as a Soap Opera with fighting rather than a Fight show with story. I dont want reality, I want crazy.

[Ben Wyatt]

Dec 28, 2020 23:04:06 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

WWE are so desperate for ratings they're trying the soap opera TUNE IN NEXT WEEK approach to try and get fans interested

Problem is, I almost guarantee you RAW opens up completely normal next week and doesn't immediately follow up on this, and even if they do, you know it isn't gonna be interesting.

Giving people any motivation to tune in next week "desperate" approach or not, is exactly what they *should* be going for.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Some of y’all need to really stop watching WWE if it makes you miserable because some of these responses, sheesh

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Dec 29, 2020 0:55:39 GMT -5 GuyOfOwnage said:

You can't really ask real-world questions like "where the f*** were the cops?" when you're dealing with pro wrestling, especially the more fantastical side of it. If we were to apply that logic, how many wrestlers would be kayfabe on death row right now? And do you really think any wrestlers are going to run out there while two people are playing with lighter fluid and matches? Nobody doing anything might actually make the most sense out of this whole thing.

The whole concept of pro wrestling is inherently illogical because, by all rights, any time anyone simply gets beaten up outside of a sanctioned match would be grounds for arrest, let alone being torched. For a real world sports example, look up a boxing match between James Butler and Richard Grant from nearly 20 years ago. Butler lost, threw ONE sucker punch at Grant and dislocated his jaw, and he was thrown in jail for that (and then for another 30 years for the murder of Max Kellerman’s brother, but that’s an unrelated thing). All those soft post-match assaults that we take for granted every week on WWE, AEW, Impact, New Japan, anywhere... Under hard real-world logic, it would mean just one of them should mean a talent is banned from the company for years, if not for life.