Raw Gamethread #11

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AUSTIN IS FRIENDS WITH A HYPOCRITE WHO BETRAYED HIM LAMO

Fuck JR

What happened to JR tonight? Oh wait he refused despite his oil mongol owner giving him permission because he has always been a fucking backstabbing huckster who was always a cancer backstage from the time he was head of talent relations until now.

Bells palsy was too good for him, hope he gets a fucking stroke

And I didnt buy my bumpers from dirty indian ragheads, I ALWAYS check my products to make sure theyre AMERICAN, if you can't spend an extra 5 cents to support your country than you can fuck off to Somalia along with that nigger from MN

This is all very masturbatory

Fuck bros that just makes me want to watch attitude era raws agian.

>No current talent goes over
>Nothing happens that hooks people into tuning in next week
What the fuck are they doing, holy shit

Did you guys see how Austin big leagued Nash?

FUCK YOU USA I WANT TO SEE THAT SHIT

B-BUT I WANTED ROCK TOO
I'M FUCKING MAD

TRUMP BTFO
BASED AUSTIN

So, why didn't Vince come out?

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What the fuck was that ending?

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So that was basically WWE's death knell, wasn't it?

>What the fuck are they doing
Masturbating

Can't you just stfu and enjoy something for once in your life? You must be great at parties

Did Bray do anything? I went to the bathroom during a moment to piss and ended up doing a full course

Anyone got pics of Candice from tonight?

"And if people didn't know us they think we were onto something"

or whatever he said about ron, now that was gold

Why cant a modern wrestler get the same pop as Austin? Is it because they all suck or is it because the crowd refuses to accept newer talent like that?

Same. I might just start watching attitude era raws every monday instead of the shit they put out now. But the show tonight wasn't bad.

Oh go record your review, JD.

Bray gave a mandible claw to Foley.

If the entire 3 hours was that I would not have mind at all. Steve can talk.

what the fuck was that?
>y-you're our family
are they trying to guilt us into continuing to watch?
is this all they have left?
try making a fucking entertaining show, you stupid piece of shit

Can flair not cut a promo no more? Bummer

Why did that feel like the series finale of WWE or something

sad how there's no hyperbole here

He laid out foley

I'm glad to be able to post here with my WWE family

took out Foley

I can enjoy something and still point out how stupid it is ya simp

>You must be great at parties beep boop

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They Boomered it up way too much

>not one stunner
fuck this company. the ratings will probably continue to drop as smarks get more depressed being reminded how good things used to be and tune out

Did Stone Cold just say shit in the end?

Learn english fucking canadian frogs

Who the fuck are they going to bring out for Raw Reunions in 20 years time who can close a show like Flair, Hogan and Austin?

series finale

we're free

MIZ BTFO OUT OF ZOOMERS IN STREET FIGHTER!

In truth austin hates WWE , he just came back for free money
All he had to do was drink beer, say what vince wanted him to say, and shill his shit

Can't cut promos.

so who didn't show up/weren't invited?

Man, they should have had him kill Austin and all the old fucks in the ring for the main event. Imagine the heat that'd get him.

based foley putting someone over

>Vince not letting them do their own promo
>Wrestlers with no charisma and doing flips / superkicsk
>Can't do promo for shit

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zoomers ding-dong diddly schooled by based Miz

they are pakistani, not arab... pakis arent oil tycoons.

the khan family instead have a monopoly on making car bumpers in the usa, there is over a 75 percent chance that the bumper on your car or any car in recent past 20 years was bought from the khan family.

wrestling is quirky, it always is tacky, there were 3 special years from 98 to 2001 where it was amazing.

aew is way better then this, this is embarrasing, all of the stars today are huge metrosexuals, have shit mic skills, and they do weak shit in ring.

also... HAVE SEX.

This. They name dropped his podcast and beer that's why he was there

>are they trying to guilt us into continuing to watch?

it was an old guy saying thanks you fucking goon

I have no clue

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Miz, Ryder, and Jasethy

and?

Damn I wanted to see more of the party

hopefully this was a way to pass the move on so now Bray owns it

Aew is all manlets and gays

benoit
jericho

The what chants are fucking shit. It seemed like the crowd couldn't even decide when to say what half of the time, they were just kinda trailing off and on.

>no after party on the network
honestly a missed opportunity

Cody Rhodes

The Shield

The Rock

Same shit I was thinking. They really hate ending the show with a cliffhanger for some reason, it’s like they don’t have the sense to try to hook this weeks extra viewers into coming back

>no Elias and Jillian Hall performance
>nothing with Owens and Steve Austin

what were they thinking?!

I genuinely want to know why Rock wasn't there. If Cena can take a break from F&F then he can too.

Roman or Triple H you absolute retard.

>nothing with Owens and Steve Austin

absolute blown opportunity

>I show them how to act like an adult

That Miz fella is pretty funny.

He's been distancing himself from WWE since the saudi thing

The Rock doesn't want to be in a building full of smelly wrestling fans.

Maybe they want to save a Rock appearance for FOX Smackdown

Yeah but it got censored

>I genuinely want to know why Rock wasn't there.
Either promoting his new movie or filming another one.

that and they didn't want the show to go 45 minutes over.

Elias is unironically the closest to getting that pop and it's obvious why

Lmfaoooo
I always think of shit like this. Like, in ten years most of these guys are gonna fall. Imagine Raw with Hall of Famer, The Miz or Dolph Ziggler.

>No intensity of the attitude era
>everything seems forced and fake
>same match 6 times in a row
>no buildup to climaxes and releases
>no ring chemistry
>instead of rest holds its rest outside the ring for 15 minutes
>no connection to a modern generation

i think vince did this as a carrot on a stick to tell the youth at wwe " hey look at this history, look at these success stories, this will be you one day"

he did this as a hail mary to keep current roster people from bailing on wwe now that aew is a thing and that aew is letting their roster wrestle where ever they want and have a ton of creative control.

basically its "stay at wwe and be a cog in the wheel and what we tell you for a lot of money"

or take a big pay cut, but have 6 days off, but have one night on tv where you can be whoever you want to be, like what you dreamed you were gonna be when you were a kid!

most these people made a good chunk of money, most people dont stay at one job in the real world, its very likely aew lands about 5-6 wwe stars when their contract is up.

if cm punk is at aew, its going to be be very tempting to jump over to aew.

Why didn’t Cena come back out at the end?

he refused to show up with Nash after he called him gay

>It's a special ep with more people watching then usual
>They don't even try to captialize and make people watch next week
>literally just a sappy WWE cheerleading ep

this only makes sense if the company shuts down tomorrow

The problem isn't that it wasn't fun (really wasn't any fun other than the 24/7 title imo), but that the reunion shows are supposed to trick people that may have dropped out of wrestling into watching the next shows. I haven't watched Raw in the past 3 years, and after tonight, I don't really care for next week, or Smackdown. It's still the same boring shit it was 3 years ago.

What? It sounded to me like it went through uncensored.

He can be back on "his own show" Smackdown tho.

He already left the arena no doubt.

>alicia fox in the ring surrounded by beer
who booked this?

Ring is only for people who draw dimes

I hope Scott Hall wasn't in the ring, either.

This Miz show is actually pretty entertaining.

Isn't his podcast on the Network, or is it licensed out to them just for money?
I wouldn't doubt WWE owns his name or slogans.

I'll say again, i feel for the Miz. Having to deal with such a shit family.

its like watching ecw tho, most wwe matches are rehash plot lines, yelling at each other with no mic, doing very safe moves.

aew has pile drivers, it has backwards pile drivers behind the back, it has moves that luchadores dont do, it is fast, not one minute is wasted in the ring.

im 31 and i grew out of wrestling in 2001, been hate watching it lately for nostalgia.

aew is kinda a little glimmer of hope, it will prob peter out, but so far, it looks good, its very violent, wwe is very tame, raw and smack are litteraly house show tiers.... a lot of filler, lot of commercials, lot of boring playing it safe moves.

I think cm punk is aew bound

Explain Nash being there

YEAH!

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It's this no ones allowed to get over on their own. vince is willing to kill the company over his misguided beliefs

It's not a hive mind you fucking retard.

>not doing this already

cringe

The Austin promo did feel like the series finale of WWE. I'm going to watch old PPVs and shows and reminiscence on one of the best parts of my childhood.

>We're a family

My ass

You have to remember that Shawn's eyes are pointing in two different directions now, so he probably got lost on the way to the ring.

Drew a single dime, at least 10 cents more than Seth ever did. Godspeed Bray, hope the new gimmick works out for you.

isn't that the whole fucking point? Just because people are proud of something doesn't mean it's "masturbatory" you just don't have anything to be proud of.

He would've shown up anyways. He does what he wants.

^this and maybe Wyatt. I've never seen Elias actually wrestle in a non-squash match and he's my favorite heel out of any of the modern guys.

Pretty shit Austin didn't stun anyone.

modern wrestler's really dont have the passion that austin has for wrestling. they think there's rules. there's no rules to being a badass and these simps will never get it.

His podcast definitely isn't on the network, and I assume that they have no power over it. He recently did one with AEW's owner, and I doubt they'd let him do that if they had any control.

Rank em!

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either he is going to aew... or he has some new comic book or podcast that he is going to advertise and he is going to sucker fans into having to listen about it by pretending to go to aew.

but tony khan is filthy rich and he wants punk...

plus aew is going to only be once a week, that is only around 50 shows a year... punk would have be stupid to not take that money.

i quit watching in 2001 so i missed out on punk, but the youtube vids of him are stone cold tier..

Auska would be a better wife than a smelly leaf frog.

I don't want to pay for the network though bro.

Were there any angles set up for next week on this show?

no lol

Does it matter when they book from week to week anyway? Even if they set something up there's no guarantee anything would come of it.

Reigns vs Joe maybe?
I don't know, I was honestly expecting Roode to show up since he's a Canadian and would probably draw a few dimes when Slam comes our way, but they never put him in a fucking plot so it'd feel forced now.
I guess maybe making Becky and Hart a bit more antagonistic to one-another, but it's moot since I care so fucking little for Becky and Hart is a botch fiesta even cutting promos so it just felt worthless.

You know what made that Austin promo most compelling? There was an aspect of danger to it, you didn't know what he was going to say. It seemed organic, genuine.

When's the last time you ever felt like one of these sanitized new gen onions were ever gonna go rogue? Or when they ever said something that made you think, hey that guy's just one of the boys, like to have a beer with that dude.

yeah man...

that's...

very possible...

yeah...

I agree.

I feel like aew is almost mixture of ecw mixed with 1996 97 wwf with modern bullshit.

That dustin cody rhodes match reminded me of stone cold vs bret hart or bret hart vs Shawn Michaels.

Honestly i think we are about to see history again.

I think a new era of raw is about to happen

>Ring style is completely different
NJPW is unironically more Attitude era than WWE currently is. WWE is still wrestling like a 2013 PWG show. Part of the Attitude Era was that is was brawling, even from the more technical wrestlers.
>Matches are the same
With that said, no guy in WWE stands out either. All the guys wrestle the exact fucking same.
>No builds to anything
We haven't had a blood feud in years. WWE feuds are literally, "YOU HAVE TITLE, ME WANT" and then some battle royal happens and the guy wins a title shot. There is no intensity towards any feuds. I watched a couples of weeks ago and AJ pinned Ricochet and his response was, "Yeah um okay, you beat me, i respect you" WHAT THE FUCK!?
>No storybuilding or show-long storyline
This is what I miss the most. Watch any year 2000 WWF show, and there was always some reason for the show to exist. Rock would have a PPV match with Hunter, but he'd also be feuding with other people on regular shows. It wasn't just him coming out and calling out HHH every time. Sometimes, Jericho or Benoit would come out during his promo and call him out. Sometimes, HHH had to deal with Jericho calling Steph a slut, and it set up the show. WWE does none of that anymore.
>Old fucks still booking
I guess this is the most important part. I laughed when people wanted Heyman back without really knowing why Heyman worked in the 1st place. Heyman worked because he was a NEW GUY with NEW ideas. WWE lives in the past. They never give someone new the helm to at least try something new. Get someone outside the business if you fucking have to--shit, just get someone who's outside your bubble and has new ideas.

Literally nothing set up. it was like a series finale. they could've set up Joe vs Joe like said but reigns pinned him clean. it was stupid

This one. Especially around 1:30
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>Were there any angles set up for next week on this show?
well 24/7 title holder just swapped wives.

New era of raw?

WWE has stories?

they follow a script and are afraid to get fired because they have no power you fag

i dont get the pausing?

is that like a thing in wwe?

are you being sarcastic?

>michael kanellis and drake won't form a tag team called the c.c. (cucked club)

Maryse is hot as fuck!

Was Corbin even on the show?

Seeing an impact wrestler on WWE tv would have been very weird five years ago

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check out the being the elite vids on youtube...

the young bucks have a vlog with a ton of little gimmicks that are original and funny, lots of wrestling highlights, back stage shit.

the bucks are over rated, but they are fun to watch and its a cool little look into the life of a wrestler behind the scenes.

i agree with all you said too... but they ruined the wwe roster by making them cliches tough guys in a pg era... you cant open them up, it wont be believable.

maybe the nxt crew will be the ones to jump into the pg14 era.

What's weird is, after every one of those segments, Vince has to run to the bathroom....

Vince also speaks from both sides of his mouth. He tells guys to step up, take risks, reach for the brass ring, but Big Cass goes into business for himself, works over a midget a little extra to make a segment look good and gets disciplined for it.

lmao you people are dumb as fuck
You keep saiyng this raw felt like a series finale but you're not connecting the dots
Tonight's Raw WAS a series finale. With no more of Vince's angles going forward to next week Paul now has a very clean slate. Before that it was a mixture of Vince's stuff and Paul's but now it's all paul.

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Already ranked in order

1. Torrie
2. Kelly
3. Kaitlyn

no
they also didn't bother to fly in the fucking universal champion

>robs hairline

>Was Corbin even on the show?
No, thank God.

Fuck I forgot Reigns pinned him clean. Jesus Christ that match was so boring I forgot about that aspect. How can these writers not figure things out. I'm a fucking worthless retail fag and I could cut shit better than them.

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>vince ever letting go
you'll have to take raw and smackdown from his cold dead hands

That was a given since why waste his limited shows on this one when they were already loaded it up with old fucks

>Vince: Oh Jesus Fuck, Bryan and his hippy dippy horseshit, he's quoting Carl Sagan now. Fuck this, get in here and hit somebody.

Can't you just enjoy something for once you miserable twat?

aj really has that soccer mom face and hair, i cant stop seeing it.

>Have to live with a loud annoying frenchie who's even louder and more annoying family visits once and awhile
Miz should've took the gookpill

it's weird that they didn't set up anything for next. literally nothing

They're re-running Raw on USA? Since when do they do this?

no it isn't

Oh shit they are replaying the reunion. Let's watch again lads.

Dont try reasoning with an animeposter, legally, they are braindead.

next RAW*
derp

>>Have to live with a loud annoying frenchie who's even louder and more annoying family visits once and awhile
you know damn well she wears a tight and skimpy french maid outfit for him whenever he wants.

A GOD DAMN RE RUN
IM IN

Also yes, Holy Fuck thank you for this, due to my job my WWE viewing is sporadic as fuck nowadays. Bryan is digging deep for this, you can almost see Vince gain more respect for him.

>it was like a series finale
See

They probably have more people watching than usual so i just figured they would do something to hook viewers

they're doing it just for the reunion
running before smackdown tomorrow too
basically USA is pushing RAM hard now that they're losing smackdown

Do you think he has Auska on speed dial for a three way with a kimono?

This was the hook. The legends. Brock isn't around so their main belt was going to be filler this week anyway.

What exactly "Big" was there to set up?

post any sexy pictures of kaitlyn

That's not a hook. The legends won't be there next week.

do you mean from tonight or in general?

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>Do you think he has Auska on speed dial for a three way with a kimono?
Nah. Look to whoever Maryse was running with back when she was wrestling. That chick gets involved.

You're missing the point. What the fuck "big angle" can they even pull? Brock/Seth is their set Summerslam main and Brock wasn't even there. You are just talking shit without even thinking. The show was literally just about the past guys, that is what they advertised.

>They probably have more people watching than usual so i just figured they would do something to hook viewers
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I know, I know...
>dirtsheets

Something as simple as having what Bray did with Foley close the show.

yeah sure

Yeah, it felt kinda slapped together. No one had a real coherent plan for it all, other than cram a bunch of legends together onscreen.

Either. Doesn't really matter.

How long can they keep rolling these boomers out to say their catchphrase to make millenials go "he did/said the thing zomg!"

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I miss my childhood and being so excited to watch all these wrestlers young and in their prime when they were full of spirit. I miss being so excited to play PS1/PS2 smackdown games and wasting hours on CAW and playing matches with my school friends. The genuine happiness I felt in those days were the best part of my life looking back.

All the spirit of life has been zapped out from the world as I grew older. Will it ever return?

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lol no

>ratings suck.
>USA getting pissed.
>USA demands a legends reunion to boost ratings.
>WWE does it .
>WWE fucks it up because they really don't know how to currently bring and keep people in the seats.
Sounds about right.

I still want to go down on Alundra Blayze

Maybe not bury the OC and instead have them beat the shit out of the the old timers. Cause a real stir

until they're dead

>Will it ever return?
No. In fact, it's only going to get worse.

>the OC
fucking hell.
that's terrible.

this
and also this, it makes me think of that show with the same name and I never even watched the show

yeah him destroying the dwarf was unironically his most memorable moment aside from dbry smashing his face, who was also going off script

>sometimes I think I have felt everything I'm ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I'm not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser versions of what I've already felt
meme movie but it's fact as an adult

>tfw you've lived to see everything cool from your childhood whither away and die in 20 years
Why couldn't we do anything to stop it?

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Was Raw any good? I missed it

>tfw you can't even get a proper shitty reboot of professional wrestlers

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>Was Raw any good? I missed it
Is raw ever any good these days?

you missed pic related and drake wife swapping. only other thing worthwhile was Austin in the last ten minutes calling everyone senpai

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He hasn't showed up for 3 and a half years. I think people need to just admit he doesn't care about wrestling anymore and has moved on.

Everything just feels so sterile and clean. Its all just so fake, corporate and manufactured. Everything they say is just to create catchphrases or nicknames to sell a few extra t shirts, the titantron with their name in giant block letters feels fake and lame.

There is nothing 'Raw' about it.

My God, the guy has shown up for plenty of these things, above and beyond the call. Can't he just live his life without it being, "Oh he obviously doesn't care anymore." Dude's a global megastar now. He gave back to wrestling far more than he ever took. Eh, I say let him live.

The general production an presentation is a big problem but it's one of the things they're so proud of and dump so much money into.

>show is called raw
>bright lighting, everything is clean and micromanaged
gee i wonder

i was hoping they would've let kevin owens stunner him and beat him up

uhhhh felt like a funeral for the WWE.