WWE Raw Thread

[Little Jimmy]

Several readers sent word that Kharma sat in the ring crying through the commercial break on RAW last night and that the entire segment left fans chanting "bullshit" and booing.

[Hammy]

I've not really been an Alex Riley fan until now. That beatdown of The Miz was great and well-deserved.

Loved it!  And the fans were chanting his name, he could do well with a face push now off a feud with Miz.  The guy can talk and is good in the ring.  Be interesting to see if he can pull off likeable on a regular basis.

That was a weird RAW, liked it though.  Riley beats down Miz, Nexus Job Squad win Tag Belts, hilariousness of Big Show getting run over, Kharma having a meltdown, Punk paying tribute to Randy Savage, the great tribute video (and I hate Coldplay) I actually had tears coming down my face watching that, but yeah in a weird way, a fun show.  Although the end was a bit of an anti climax.

[Hammy]

The Alex Riley segment was the best bit of the show for me!  Great face pop, nice theme, fans are really behind him and I'm getting into this feud, play this right and he can be huge!

Punk beat Mysterio???  That's a first (well a second).  What's the score now?  Mysterio 503 - Punk 2. 

The Tag Belts have been demoted now, not on RAW a week after winning them??

Ziggler is blonde again! (I forgot to mention it last week), clearly they realised the other hair colour made him generic jobber #363.  You ever feel the depth isn't there though when you see he is feuding with long (long), long time rival Kingston (again).  Saying that I thought it was a cracking match!

How far has Drew McIntyre dropped off the radar?  Poor guy.

Anyone else, NOT excited for a Del Rio vs Big Show feud, just seems a bit meh to be honest.

Right so 12 month title reign for Brie until Kharma returns?  Why not, nobody would notice.

[Little Jimmy]

What an absurdly anti-climatic ending - I would have been severely irritated had I paid money to be there.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

R-Truth somehow managed to make that Confederate soldier thing work. The looks of Vince and Austin's faces when he was coming down the ramp were priceless. Though I'm not sure what we're supposed to think of the guy who won Tough Enough, since the first that those of us who haven't watched the show saw of him was of him getting knocked down by a Vinnie Mac slap and then receiving a Stone Cold Stunner....

Also, McGillicutty loses to Santino? Why?

[Hammy]

Though I'm not sure what we're supposed to think of the guy who won Tough Enough, since the first that those of us who haven't watched the show saw of him was of him getting knocked down by a Vinnie Mac slap and then receiving a Stone Cold Stunner....

The other guy was way better on the show.  But he didn't need the win.  He's a heel, an arse, and will make it anyway, probably using a "I derserved to win, screw you all" gimmick.  Andy the winner was medicore, he needs the "I won Tough Enough" thing just to have a hope.

Also, McGillicutty loses to Santino? Why?

A former 2-time IC Champ and former Tag Team Champ.  He's tough to beat.  I remember watching Santino vs Zach Ryder on Superstars a few weeks ago, Santino hit Zach with the cobra to the legs, Zach lost all feeling in his legs (I kid you not )

[D]

thats a good observation hammy on the tough enough.

I liked Andy from halfway through the show and thought he had that WWE type look. He'd be great in New Nexus

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Not quite sure why the three hour show this week, other than to promote WWE All-Stars, which has been out for how long now?

Austin provided some LOL moments though.

*Miz goes to say something on the mic*
Austin: "Shut up."

[BlowUpYourVideo]

WWE would like to apologize for technical difficulties that occurred during the ?Power to the People? edition of Raw on Monday night.

The interactive event aimed to give the WWE Universe the ability to choose what they wanted to see on their television screens. Unfortunately, uncontrollable difficulties created by an influx of heavy voting traffic resulted in not every one of the more-than 697,000 recorded votes to be properly counted.

During Monday?s Raw broadcast, WWE fans were given the option to text A, B or C to 46993 (GOWWE) in order to decide what they wanted to happen on the show. Things went perfectly at first when text votes selected Kelly Kelly (option B) to take on Brie Bella for the Divas Championship. However, our vote tabulating provider?s system became overwhelmed, causing these votes to definitively affect the following contest, in which Mason Ryan (also option B) was voted into a match against Evan Bourne ? even though, as it was later discovered, Sin Cara had received 90 percent of the total votes in WWE.com's Live Chat poll, and should have been Bourne's opponent.

Votes for the third poll?s bout ? Kane vs. Mark Henry in an Arm Wrestling Contest ? were counted correctly. However, problems began to occur again during the next poll determining a match stipulation between United States Champion Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston. At this point, so many text votes were received that the system overloaded, crashed and had to be restarted.

With little information to work from, WWE management selected to follow the system?s earliest projections, which determined that the 2-out-of-3 Falls Match had been the people?s choice. It was not until later that it was discovered that ?Vickie Guerrero Banned from Ringside? was actually the top vote getter.

Restarting the tabulating system allowed for things to run smoothly with the voting for the Triple Threat Match to determine a No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship going off without a hitch.

Regrettably, technical difficulties occurred once more leading up to the night?s Six-Man Tag Team Match main event, when it became apparent to WWE management that text votes were again not being tabulated properly. At this time, a decision was made to turn to WWE.com?s Live Chat Poll for the official judgment. With the power still in the hands of the people, the WWE Universe selected the Elimination Match (option C) by an overwhelming 87 percent, leading to this stipulation being enacted.

In light of these unfortunate technical problems, WWE apologizes to our fans, Superstars and Divas affected by this situation. Furthermore, to make it up to you, the WWE Universe, high-flyers Evan Bourne and Sin Cara will meet in the ring, live next Monday night on Raw!


http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-06-20/power-to-the-people-technical-problems

[Hammy]

Sin Cara vs Evan Bourne tonight should be good.  Just stop with the blue frickin lighting!!

HBK appearance, always good to see Ol' HBK.

And the return of Raw Roulette....

[Hammy]

What a promo!

One of the best worked shoots ever.

Hi Colt Cabana!

[BlowUpYourVideo]

What a promo!

One of the best worked shoots ever.

Hi Colt Cabana!

I was sure he was going to mention TNA after he mentioned NJPW and ROH, but no. I like the thought of Vince McMahon saying to him "Yeah, you can make fun of my family, say the company might be better when I'm dead, you can use the word '****' but for God's sake, don't mention TNA!"

That crowd was certainly a lot more alive than the Capitol Punishment one. The Tornado Tag Team Match got a really good reaction, especially those final moments. WWE should do more of them, they can be very entertaining. I remember a match on Smackdown a while back with Kane and Undertaker VS. MVP and Mr. Kennedy, which eventually became a No DQ Tornado Match. I remember that one being very good too. More Tornados!

Also, I never thought I'd see Mark Henry involved in a "Holy ****!" chant moment...

[AtariLegend]

Also, I never thought I'd see Mark Henry involved in a "Holy ****!" chant moment...

Flashback 

[Little Jimmy]

Looked like Adam Jones from TOOL behind the announce table Monday.

IMO Raw should permanently transition to 3 hour shows or perhaps at least 1 a month - definately the strongest shows in a very long time.

What is the point of the Draft when superstars now seem to be completely interchangeable between shows?

[AtariLegend]

In my opinion 3 hour RAW's are universally awful almost every time, every edition just means more boring promo segements and skits, it's not like there's more or longer mathes.