🔴 Raw Thread 1/2/23 - Day 2

[Lizuka #BLM]

From the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, it's Monday Night Raw! It's the first show of the year and we have two title matches announced to celebrate it.

- Raw Women's Championship: Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
- United States Championship: Austin Theory (c) vs. Seth Rollins

And there'll probably be other stuff I guess. Tune in! Or not!

[Rudy Gobert Weather Machine]

Me: i will not freestyle a single line about Uncle Howdy tonight at 5 PM
Me at 5 PM: hold on man i'm gettin rowdy

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 2, 2023 5:02:20 GMT -5 Rudy Gobert Weather Machine said:

Me: i will not freestyle a single line about Uncle Howdy tonight at 5 PM
Me at 5 PM: hold on man i'm gettin rowdy

It's Nashville so no freestyling but you ARE allowed to do an Uncle Howdy linedance.

[mistery]

Wonder if there will be a surprise title change like there was on Smackdown? Because if so, I really hope they don't try and put the title on Alexa because she is by far the least deserving major woman right now just because its painfully obvious she is putting forth negative levels of effort.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

They're gonna have to start hot because Bills vs Bengals is a massive game.

[krozor]

They should start the show talking about huge fallout from Day 1 and then just act like Day 1 actually happened this year and recapping a bunch of huge developments that didn't happen.

[J is Justice]

There's zero chance Alexa wins, right?

[polarbearpete]

Jan 2, 2023 10:04:23 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

There's zero chance Alexa wins, right?

There’s always a chance, especially with the Rumble in a few weeks where they could theoretically do the rematch, but I’m thinking Alexa will be leaning more into the Wyatt of things as opposed to competing for titles heading into Mania.

[J is Justice]

If Alexa wins, I will unleash my inner mj0mn0m.

[Gremlin]

Jan 2, 2023 5:03:46 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Jan 2, 2023 5:02:20 GMT -5 Rudy Gobert Weather Machine said:

Me: i will not freestyle a single line about Uncle Howdy tonight at 5 PM
Me at 5 PM: hold on man i'm gettin rowdy

It's Nashville so no freestyling but you ARE allowed to do an Uncle Howdy linedance.

*Tucks thumbs in belt*

Let's do this!

[Lizuka #BLM]

I'm guessing Bianca / Alexa will end in a DQ but really think you might as well just have Alexa win. You could move the title right back at the Royal Rumble but it'd at least give an excuse for a title match on the show with a bit of intrigue behind it.

[mistery]

Jan 2, 2023 10:25:18 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'm guessing Bianca / Alexa will end in a DQ but really think you might as well just have Alexa win. You could move the title right back at the Royal Rumble but it'd at least give an excuse for a title match on the show with a bit of intrigue behind it.

Honestly at this point I kinda disagree. Because once Bianca loses the title, she needs to be moved out of the title picture for awhile, in order to start building up other women. It also doesn't help that Alexa is in full on "I don't care about anything" mode both in the ring and character wise.

[bob]

I love the thread title

[XIII]

Funky Uncle Handjob going to show up tonight for sure

[polarbearpete]

Jan 2, 2023 10:29:20 GMT -5 mistery said:

Jan 2, 2023 10:25:18 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

I'm guessing Bianca / Alexa will end in a DQ but really think you might as well just have Alexa win. You could move the title right back at the Royal Rumble but it'd at least give an excuse for a title match on the show with a bit of intrigue behind it.

Honestly at this point I kinda disagree. Because once Bianca loses the title, she needs to be moved out of the title picture for awhile, in order to start building up other women. It also doesn't help that Alexa is in full on "I don't care about anything" mode both in the ring and character wise.

Bianca is just getting started. They shouldn’t be moving her out of the scene to build others up yet. She’s at the beginning of her Cena-like run I presume.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

This is the first of three weeks where they'll face massive football competition.

[Deleted]

Gonna be interesting to see how much offence Alexa is allowed to get in on Bianca.

I see alexa losing only to snap and then transform and put down Bianca after the match thus setting up a rematch at the rumble.....where super Alexa also loses.

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

I hope Alexa and Bianca start with a lockup after the whole getting hit with glass angle they just did.

[theironyuppie]

Jan 2, 2023 11:05:21 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

Jan 2, 2023 10:29:20 GMT -5 mistery said:

Honestly at this point I kinda disagree. Because once Bianca loses the title, she needs to be moved out of the title picture for awhile, in order to start building up other women. It also doesn't help that Alexa is in full on "I don't care about anything" mode both in the ring and character wise.

Bianca is just getting started. They shouldn’t be moving her out of the scene to build others up yet. She’s at the beginning of her Cena-like run I presume.

I don't think they'd just move her out of the scene, but it's also tricky because she's already beaten just about everybody on the roster, and usually multiple times. She's already had SuperCena-esque booking for two years now..

[ace]

Yeah the football game should be big. It’s one of the better matchups in the league and it’s a first time meeting of the star QBs. ESPN has been hyping it for weeks.