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Post by spamdfms101 on May 30, 2011 22:13:02 GMT -5
This character Ron Killings is playing is going to get him over huge, this is entertaining as all ing hell. This guy looks like a real fan. Is this legit? I think that's the point, lol. No, I mean like you would assume there would be an actor or something in that role, or at least they might have agreed to it or something. That looked like it was actually a random fan who had no clue what was about to happen to him.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 30, 2011 22:18:02 GMT -5
I think that's the point, lol. No, I mean like you would assume there would be an actor or something in that role, or at least they might have agreed to it or something. That looked like it was actually a random fan who had no clue what was about to happen to him. They probably were real fans though, but picked personally to take part in that segment and in return Cena would interact with them and give them his armband. Doesn't seem worth it to me but I'm sure it was for them as they were obviously huge fans of Cena.
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Post by Byron F'N Saxton Fan on May 30, 2011 22:19:39 GMT -5
I think that's the point, lol. No, I mean like you would assume there would be an actor or something in that role, or at least they might have agreed to it or something. That looked like it was actually a random fan who had no clue what was about to happen to him. Which is the product of an actor being good at his job, a rare feat for WWE.
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Post by J12 on May 30, 2011 22:25:29 GMT -5
Not a bad show at all. Some good, albeit quick matches and some interesting developments.
Really disappointed that they decided to pull Josh from commentary. He's far better than Cole and Lawler, and those two still working together without a middle man is so stupid. Are just supposed to ignore that they were involved in the biggest rivalry of the year not even two weeks ago?
Kharma's character break was, I suppose, necessary, but it only further cemented my belief that she won't be back.
Riley/Miz stuff was great. The crowd was SO hot for Riley. Looks like he might actually be a full blown face. Haven't seen an under-established mid-card guy get pops like that in a long time.
R-Truth was on his game tonight. Why they didn't turn his man heel sooner is beyond me. Truthfully, R-Truth has been one of my least favorite characters that WWE has kept around in a long time, but this new shift has got me entertained week in and week out. His attack on the "fans" was hilarious.
WWE needs to work on getting some better crowd plants. The father was at least believable, but the kid was wearing a damn Cena shirt and didn't even give a crap that his hero was hanging around and talking to him. He wouldn't even look at Cena.
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Post by Eat Defeat. on May 30, 2011 22:31:51 GMT -5
On Twitter Jeremy Buck called Raw "Botchamania" to which I replied "WWE's technical difficulties are behind them. I can't say the same for impact wrestling's booking difficulties, sorry". He called me a MARK!
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 30, 2011 22:32:56 GMT -5
Not a bad show at all. Some good, albeit quick matches and some interesting developments. Really disappointed that they decided to pull Josh from commentary. He's far better than Cole and Lawler, and those two still working together without a middle man is so stupid. Are just supposed to ignore that they were involved in the biggest rivalry of the year not even two weeks ago? Kharma's character break was, I suppose, necessary, but it only further cemented my belief that she won't be back.Riley/Miz stuff was great. The crowd was SO hot for Riley. Looks like he might actually be a full blown face. Haven't seen an under-established mid-card guy get pops like that in a long time. R-Truth was on his game tonight. Why they didn't turn his man heel sooner is beyond me. Truthfully, R-Truth has been one of my least favorite characters that WWE has kept around in a long time, but this new shift has got me entertained week in and week out. His attack on the "fans" was hilarious. WWE needs to work on getting some better crowd plants. The father was at least believable, but the kid was wearing a damn Cena shirt and didn't even give a crap that his hero was hanging around and talking to him. He wouldn't even look at Cena. Like I said before, they wouldn't have gone through all the trouble and make a big deal about it if they had no intention of bringing her back. If the WWE didn't want her back, I'm pretty sure if they had no intention of bringing her back, they would have just written her off with no explanation like they've done with others that were never heard from again. The fact that they still invested time, made announcement about her speech on RAW on facebook, talking about her throughout the night lead me to believe she WILL BE BACK. I 100% guarantee it.
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Post by J12 on May 30, 2011 22:37:22 GMT -5
Not a bad show at all. Some good, albeit quick matches and some interesting developments. Really disappointed that they decided to pull Josh from commentary. He's far better than Cole and Lawler, and those two still working together without a middle man is so stupid. Are just supposed to ignore that they were involved in the biggest rivalry of the year not even two weeks ago? Kharma's character break was, I suppose, necessary, but it only further cemented my belief that she won't be back.Riley/Miz stuff was great. The crowd was SO hot for Riley. Looks like he might actually be a full blown face. Haven't seen an under-established mid-card guy get pops like that in a long time. R-Truth was on his game tonight. Why they didn't turn his man heel sooner is beyond me. Truthfully, R-Truth has been one of my least favorite characters that WWE has kept around in a long time, but this new shift has got me entertained week in and week out. His attack on the "fans" was hilarious. WWE needs to work on getting some better crowd plants. The father was at least believable, but the kid was wearing a damn Cena shirt and didn't even give a crap that his hero was hanging around and talking to him. He wouldn't even look at Cena. Like I said before, they wouldn't have gone through all the trouble and make a big deal about it if they had no intention of bringing her back. If the WWE didn't want her back, I'm pretty sure if they had no intention of bringing her back, they would have just written her off with no explanation like they've done with others that were never heard from again. The fact that they still invested time, made announcement about her speech on RAW on facebook, talking about her throughout the night lead me to believe she WILL BE BACK. I 100% guarantee it. I suppose I should rephrase my statement, as it's not necessarily that I don't see her coming back, it's that I don't see her lasting. It's going to be tough to recover from something like this, especially when she completely broke character. I could be wrong, but only time will tell. I just won't be surprised if she shows up and is written out shortly thereafter.
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Post by Planktung on May 30, 2011 22:38:49 GMT -5
@joeystyles
"Raw's GM has ordered R-Truth to apologize next week on Raw to earn a WWE Title Match with John Cena at Capitol Punishment. Video on WWE.com."
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Post by juicewinslow on May 30, 2011 22:43:32 GMT -5
@joeystyles "Raw's GM has ordered R-Truth to apologize next week on Raw to earn a WWE Title Match with John Cena at Capitol Punishment. Video on WWE.com." I can't find that video. link?
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 30, 2011 22:47:37 GMT -5
Like I said before, they wouldn't have gone through all the trouble and make a big deal about it if they had no intention of bringing her back. If the WWE didn't want her back, I'm pretty sure if they had no intention of bringing her back, they would have just written her off with no explanation like they've done with others that were never heard from again. The fact that they still invested time, made announcement about her speech on RAW on facebook, talking about her throughout the night lead me to believe she WILL BE BACK. I 100% guarantee it. I suppose I should rephrase my statement, as it's not necessarily that I don't see her coming back, it's that I don't see her lasting. It's going to be tough to recover from something like this, especially when she completely broke character. I could be wrong, but only time will tell. I just won't be surprised if she shows up and is written out shortly thereafter. She did get quite a pop though and I'm sure WWE took notice. This did kill her momentum, but only temporary. Her passionate speech + the fans reaction lead me to believe she can regain that momentum when she returns.
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Post by ThugSuperstar on May 30, 2011 23:49:39 GMT -5
I said it before, you'll never see Kharma in a WWE ring again. Having her break kayfabe with the promo she cut completely killed the psychotic character they booked her to have. I don't really care personally since I never watch Divas matches, but still - I just don't think she'll be back.
Punk vs. Rey was fantastic, Kingston vs. Dolph was also pretty good. Really like what they're doing with Alex Riley, it's crazy how quick the crowd turned to start cheering him. His "fighting" with Miz the last two weeks have actually looked like he's landing some real blows on him and there's real hate there. Obviously, there isn't, but it still adds to the feud seeing. But again, drafting him to SmackDown! proved to be completely pointless.
Del Rio's promo was so blah, nobody cared about it. The guy sucks, IMO, I just don't like him. Seemed like everyone was just waiting for Kane to come out since they'll obviously have him feud with Del Rio next.
Didn't see the main event, but I like what they're doing with R-Truth's character. I always felt they were misusing him.
It was ridiculous how badly they botched the opening segment. It literally took like 10-15 minutes for them to fix everything, really bizarre as they're usually on top of stuff like that.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 30, 2011 23:56:45 GMT -5
I said it before, you'll never see Kharma in a WWE ring again. Having her break kayfabe with the promo she cut completely killed the psychotic character they booked her to have. I don't really care personally since I never watch Divas matches, but still - I just don't think she'll be back. But if they didn't want her back, then why not just write her off and have her never be heard from again like they've done with so many other's before her? You're wrong man, she's definitely coming back, I guarantee it. The WWE would go through all this trouble if they didn't want her to stick around. The Bellas will get released before she does.
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Post by Brad on May 31, 2011 0:32:31 GMT -5
Excuse me if this was addressed earlier in the thread but I don't want to look through 28 other pages. Does anyone know what song that was they used for Riley's theme? I loved it and knew as soon as I heard it, that they must plan on pushing him.
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Post by Lord Ragnarok on May 31, 2011 0:47:34 GMT -5
Excuse me if this was addressed earlier in the thread but I don't want to look through 28 other pages. Does anyone know what song that was they used for Riley's theme? I loved it and knew as soon as I heard it, that they must plan on pushing him. I didn't see anything mentioned about the name. I don't think anyone knows the name of it just yet. I'm sure it will be revealed in due time and will probably be available on iTunes.
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on May 31, 2011 3:47:01 GMT -5
Excuse me if this was addressed earlier in the thread but I don't want to look through 28 other pages. Does anyone know what song that was they used for Riley's theme? I loved it and knew as soon as I heard it, that they must plan on pushing him. It's called "Say It To My Face" by Downstait. So will the Bellas be in the wwe 1 year from now? ...will Kharma? Doesn't anyone remember what happened to the last Diva (not named McMahon) to get pregnant under WWE contract? Yeah, but Dawn-Marie was useless and only served as eye-candy... and low-rent eye-candy at that.
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Post by ctln4rko on May 31, 2011 6:05:05 GMT -5
Not a bad show at all. Some good, albeit quick matches and some interesting developments. Really disappointed that they decided to pull Josh from commentary. He's far better than Cole and Lawler, and those two still working together without a middle man is so stupid. Are just supposed to ignore that they were involved in the biggest rivalry of the year not even two weeks ago? Kharma's character break was, I suppose, necessary, but it only further cemented my belief that she won't be back. Riley/Miz stuff was great. The crowd was SO hot for Riley. Looks like he might actually be a full blown face. Haven't seen an under-established mid-card guy get pops like that in a long time.
R-Truth was on his game tonight. Why they didn't turn his man heel sooner is beyond me. Truthfully, R-Truth has been one of my least favorite characters that WWE has kept around in a long time, but this new shift has got me entertained week in and week out. His attack on the "fans" was hilarious. Unless the fans really like Riley, they only cheered because he was beating up the Miz, who the fans really don't like. That's why Dolph Ziggler is most likely booed- he is always around Vickie, who the fans hate. Liked Raw, amazed the Ziggler and Kingston match went a little long for a opening match, annoyed with the tecnical difficulties, impressed by R Truth and really impressed by A-Ri. That's not the best he can do though. He's worked the mic much better recently and on NXT.
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Post by Infinite on May 31, 2011 6:28:35 GMT -5
Always knew Riley could be something big... Never thought it'd be as a face though.
Good show, love that there's a pretty good chance of us getting Punk vs Rey again.
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Post by wabarrett on May 31, 2011 7:27:26 GMT -5
Very good RAW in places.
I am worried though that they've run out of ideas for Mysterio, Punk and even Del Rio. Christ his promos are getting boring.
Truth/ Cena segments were great and Kingston/ Ziggler was good too. I still think Vickie Guerrero is pointless though. Ziggler won't get anywhere as a heel if he really needs to rely on her for gaining heat and talking.
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Post by hbkjason on May 31, 2011 10:09:32 GMT -5
Riley and Miz was great as was Cena and Truth, but my god the Kharma segment was ing brutal even by diva standards.
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Post by J12 on May 31, 2011 12:24:42 GMT -5
Very good RAW in places. I am worried though that they've run out of ideas for Mysterio, Punk and even Del Rio. Christ his promos are getting boring. Truth/ Cena segments were great and Kingston/ Ziggler was good too. I still think Vickie Guerrero is pointless though. Ziggler won't get anywhere as a heel if he really needs to rely on her for gaining heat and talking. I, too, am starting to think that perhaps they've grown a little bored with Del Rio. I know I have. His promos are consistently repetitive and pointless, and the crowd has caught on. He's not getting nearly the kind of heat he was when he started. He's basically been a flop since coming to Raw. Plus, putting a guy in a program with Kane and the Big Show, to me, just says "give him something to do". You don't seem them building stars off of two floundering mid-carders who are past their prime.
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