J is Justice
Wade Wilson
Will now be grateful.
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Post by J is Justice on Aug 7, 2023 22:03:00 GMT -5
Please let this lead to Naka finally winning the title.
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Post by Carefree Beach Life Gritizen on Aug 7, 2023 22:03:02 GMT -5
This isn't Temptation Island.
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 7, 2023 22:04:04 GMT -5
This isn't Temptation Island. It's Pizza Island.
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Post by Carefree Beach Life Gritizen on Aug 7, 2023 22:04:16 GMT -5
Please let this lead to Naka finally winning the title.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Aug 7, 2023 22:04:34 GMT -5
Please let this lead to Naka finally winning the title.
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Post by Hypnosis on Aug 7, 2023 22:06:46 GMT -5
Please let this lead to Naka finally winning the title.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Aug 7, 2023 22:07:02 GMT -5
That's what wrestling Bronson Reed every week for 3 months does to a man. I think you mean 3 years.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Aug 7, 2023 22:07:57 GMT -5
Still so stupid he didn't win the title during that feud.
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Post by hbkid718 on Aug 7, 2023 22:17:27 GMT -5
Here are my RAW Thoughts: Once again, I apologize for no Weekly Column. Great recap of SummerSlam. BTW Congrats to Bianca Belair for holding 2 Records, the Longest Women's Title Reign at 420 Days & the Shortest Reign of All-Time at 95 Seconds. Also, it's great to hear Michael Cole back as the Voice of Raw & it's awesome to see Wade Barrett on RAW. Yes, the 1st hour will be Commercial Free. Great opening promo by Cody Rhodes, as well as response by Seth Rollins. I would love to see them wrestle again but this time for the World Heavyweight Championship. Good interruption & attack by The Judgment Day. Nice save by Sami Zayn to set-up the 6-Man Tag main event. Good segment with Adam Pearce, Ricochet, Chad Gable, Matt Riddle, & Tommaso Ciampa. The #1 Contender's Fatal 4-Way will be incredible & it's commercial free. Just let them wrestle for the rest of the 1st hour. Tommaso Ciampa VS Chad Gable VS Ricochet VS Matt Riddle was incredible. I wanted Ciampa to win since we haven't seen him VS @gunther_AUT, but I'll take Gable VS GUNTHER Round 2. If VKM was booking, Gable would have lost in his hometown. Love Gable with his son. Also, I want to mention that this was 4 faces going at it, proving once again that you don't have to do faces VS heels all the time. Interesting issues developing between Cody Rhodes, Sami Zayn, & Seth Rollins. What a waste of Raw being Commercial Free with all of these recaps. Why can't we get more awesome matches? Unlike most people this weekend, I can't wait for Smackdown to see what Jimmy Uso says to explain why he turned on Jey. Since Wade Barrett explained it, I don't mind seeing LA Knight on Raw with The Miz being jealous. Another match between Shinsuke Nakamura & Bronson Reed. They have been feuding for months first with Ricochet & now with Ciampa and we never get a Triple Threat Match to settle it. Even though we have seen it before, Shinsuke Nakamura VS Bronson Reed was a fun match. It got a lot of time unlike their previous matches. By the way, Michael Cole & Wade Barrett have been incredible on commentary. Even though I like Kevin Patrick unlike a lot of people on social media, he needs more seasoning as he's not enthusiastic enough, which he will get on Smackdown along with Cole & Corey Graves. OK segment with Raquel Rodriguez to continue the build towards her match with Rhea Ripley. At least with Ronda Rousey gone, we only have 2 Double Rs left in the Women's Division in Rhea Ripley & Raquel Rodriguez. Fun segment with Maxxine Dupri, Ludwig Kaiser, & Otis to set-up Otis VS Kaiser later. Solid promo by Becky Lynch. Good interruption by Zoey Stark. And great response by Shayna Baszler. Thank you Shayna for getting rid of Lousy Rousey. Intriguing segment with The Judgment Day And it's great to see JD McDonagh interacting with Balor & The Judgment Day. I love Becky Lynch with the lemonade after what she posted this weekend. Cool, Picture-in-Picture though only the 1st hour was commercial free. Shayna Baszler VS Zoey Stark was a fun hard-hitting match. It's a good way to continue to build Shayna after her match with Ronda Rousey. Becky Lynch was fun at ringside. OK interview with Shinsuke Nakamura. Wow, JD McDonagh took out Sami Zayn. We never got the blowoff match between McDonagh & Dolph Ziggler since Ziggler got hurt a few months ago, but I wouldn't mind McDonagh getting involved with Sami Zayn while Kevin Owens recovers from his injury. Otis VS Ludwig Kaiser was a fun match even with the finish to continue the build for Chad Gable VS GUNTHER. And for the 1st time in his WWE career, Kaiser won 2 singles matches in a row. So, Shinsuke Nakamura is doing double duty tonight. He will be fun teaming with Rhodes & Rollins. I don't mind that. Incredible promo exchange between Miz & LA Knight. Miz is a perfect wrestler for Knight to feud with as he starts his push. And you idiots were all upset that Knight didn't win MITB. LOL. Good promo by The Viking Raiders to set-up their open Challenge. The New Day VS The Viking Raiders was a fun match. It's great to see The New Day back in action. We just need Big E with them. This was Kofi Kingston's 1st match since he defeated LA Knight on Smackdown on 2/24, Xavier Woods' 1st match since he lost to Dominik Mysterio on Raw on 5/15, their 1st match together since they lost the NXT Tag Team Titles in a 4-Way at NXT Vengeance Day on 2/4, their 1st match together on Raw since they & Matt Riddle lost to The Bloodline on 11/7/22, & their 1st 2-on-2 on Raw since they defeated Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin on 10/4/21. Good segment with Becky Lynch & Shayna Baszler to plant the seeds for the future. That's it. I thought they were going to announce what's going to happen to the Women's Tag Team Titles. Just a quick get well soon to Sonya Deville. Wow. Fun Brawl with Rhea Ripley, Raquel Rodriguez, & Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell to give them something to do & to give Rhea opponents while Raquel recovers. I feel bad for Jason Jordan for having to hold Rhea back like that. LOL Michael Cole goofed. He's a great wrestling commentator, but he's not that good in geography. He said that Philadelphia next year will be the 1st Mania in the North East in 11 years. He forgot about Mania 35 in New Jersey 4 years ago in 2019. Shinsuke Nakamura, Cody Rhodes, & Seth Rollins VS The Judgment Day was another fun & exciting match. I guess we'll get an 8-Man Tag with Sami Zayn & JD McDonagh.....Maybe not, it looks like we're getting Nakamura VS Rollins for the World Heavyweight Title. They've had excellent matches in the past. It was also career-record breaking for both Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest, as this was Mysterio's 8th consecutive week in a row in action on Raw & Priest's 11th consecutive week in a row in action on Raw.
Here are my RAW Match Rankings: 1) Tommaso Ciampa VS Chad Gable VS Ricochet VS Matt Riddle 2) Shinsuke Nakamura, Cody Rhodes, & Seth Rollins VS The Judgment Day 3) Shayna Baszler VS Zoey Stark 4) Shinsuke Nakamura VS Bronson Reed 5) The New Day VS The Viking Raiders 6) Otis VS Ludwig Kaiser
What a Raw. From the matches to the promos to Cole & Barrett on Commentary, I loved every single thing about Raw. Maybe the majority of you were right, Kevin Patrick brought the show down because of his lack of enthusiasm but not any more. Thank you Triple H & Endeavor.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Aug 7, 2023 22:31:47 GMT -5
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ayumidah
Wade Wilson
Don't bother pretending I seem fine, I like that I'm a mess
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Post by ayumidah on Aug 8, 2023 1:03:37 GMT -5
WHAT exactly are you implying, sir?
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Aug 8, 2023 1:45:55 GMT -5
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Post by Mid-Carder on Aug 8, 2023 2:02:42 GMT -5
I read the thread title as "Road to Ryback" and had MANY questions
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Post by Super Duper Dragunov on Aug 8, 2023 6:50:03 GMT -5
Man, his facial expressions are just the best. I went back and re-watched his segments on Raw, and that evil smile/look he gave after being accepted as their partner was fantastic just b/c it's Nakamura and he's such a goofball that even if he didn't turn heel it still would have worked.
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Post by CubsFan71 on Aug 8, 2023 20:13:09 GMT -5
This was the first time I’ve watched the full 3 hours of raw in a very long time. It wasn’t as bad as I’d feared it would be. But they still have improvements to make. Still, it wasn’t bad. Oh and I want LA Knight(yeah!) to take the belt off Roman
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