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Post by RybackV1 on Mar 18, 2013 23:43:09 GMT -5
What a great show! ... but heading into Mania? Idk it just didn't feel right. Especially ending it with that terrible announcement. HHHs career on the line? He only wrestles twice a year anyway..no one would notice.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 0:08:34 GMT -5
What a great show! ... but heading into Mania? Idk it just didn't feel right. Especially ending it with that terrible announcement. HHHs career on the line? He only wrestles twice a year anyway..no one would notice. maybe COO career. I hate WWE's NODQ matches though. It means chairs,kendo stick, table and sledgehammer (if HHH is in it)
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Post by Escape The Rules on Mar 19, 2013 1:04:24 GMT -5
The first hour of Raw really sucked, there was only really a few good points on the show in my opinion. The Undertaker/Punk stuff was OK but I'm expecting better from them & hope the feud picks up next week. Jericho/Miz/Barrett was very good & I expected Jericho to win, very exciting stuff. The contract signing was decent enough but the match stipulation was pretty underwhelming. What in the was that Prime Time Players promo all about?
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Post by BigShab421 on Mar 19, 2013 1:17:04 GMT -5
Week by week I'm losing all faith and hope. Worst. Crowd. Ever. tonight, by the way. No seriously, they were ASLEEP.Barrett can't win a match, then he "steals" a triple threat....yeah great heel cena wins, sheamus wins, orton wins, ryback wins then we get a competetive match in the middle of the night that no one gave a crap about (Cody/ADR) there is literally nothing to be excited about anymore, it's really sad. only the current WWE could make me literally roll my eyes at a CM Punk feud promo. You can tell he is ripcrap about being yanked from the Mania main event for the movie star, and just not putting any real effort into this feud.....and I don't blame him. I was at the show and usually Pitt crowds arent the hottest, but it was a pretty good crowd tonight. Place was super into the Sheamus/Orton tag and the IC Title belt. Ziggler and PTP also got giant pops too.
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Post by Rob on Mar 19, 2013 2:32:00 GMT -5
If WWE thinks im going to give them a dollar to watch that cluster of a PPV Wrestlemania, they got another thing coming. Its almost funny how bad this build up has been this year. Ryback gets removed from the 6 man tag match AGAIN and put in a pointless feud with Mark Henry, They put a guy who is a heel in with the face team. Kane/Bryan VS Big E/Ziggler? LOL talk about thrown together. The ONLY match that has any kind of solid build is ADR/Swagger. Probably because they are 2 active superstars who are there every week building the match. Hint hint WWE. This Raw was so bad, i tuned out after Taker/Punk, which was very lackluster aswell. I cant watch this show anymore. They need to go back to 2 hours ASAP.
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Post by Chip on Mar 19, 2013 8:34:53 GMT -5
Forgot to mention that the PTP thing was amazing. Once again showing that guys who have legit personality are treated as garbage if they aren't Cena Orton Sheamus or Ryback, I think that match lasted less than 2 minutes, the WWE is perfect at "teasing" something big happening and then just going back to the same old crap week after week. Not that I would ever think D Young would stand a snowballs chance in hell of beating Cena, but why even bother having it happen. So Cena can get a nice easy "warmup" match for Mania....like we the stupid first time watching audience think Cena isn't ready to face Rock so somehow squashing Darren is showing us his never give up attitude? ing garbage. its like they know how to make things fun, then they just kill it dead for NO reason. and PLEASE tell me Jericho did not come back to face "Fandango" at Wrestlemania. Please. This gimmick is already tiring. and at this point, he's appearing to not make his in ring debut UNTIL Wrestlemania (I know he's Johnny Curtis, but the "stupid brainless first time watching" WWEUniverse doesn't....well they think we don't, like that Skip Sheffield guy. Whatever happened to him??? )
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Post by Flair Forever on Mar 19, 2013 10:09:57 GMT -5
I thought the "Pancake" Patterson stuff was GOLD... I don't really know where it came from, but I enjoyed it.
Let these guys feud with Sandow/Rhodes and at least we should get some good comedy bits and decent matches...
I agree with the comments on "The Stipulation" - why bother when he's pretty much retired already? I'm actually thinking Brock might win, though, and Triple H give himself a Ric Flair-esque sendoff... Stephanie will bring the kids out, etc....
*EDIT - I can't believe they wasted one of their Brock Lesnar appearance on this - he didn't even have physical contact with anyone??? He didn't even say anything?? He just came out and threw a chair. And probably got paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing it. His new contract better have a little more "action" involved....
I'm still going through the DVR - was Cesaro not on tonight? WTF?
I'm digging the Punk/Taker stuff, but it just kind of fell flat last night - it didn't go anywhere. Punk was disrespectful, Undertaker just kind of stood there and shook his head, and then..... nothing.
And WTF with Kane/Bryan VS. Ziggler/Big E? They've had months to build something with all these SUPERSTARS, and this is what they come up with? Pretty much nothing? My only hope is that Ziggler makes headlines by winning the Tag Team title AND the World Title on the same night, at Wrestlemania.... and the loss sends Kane/Bryan into a tailspin and the officially break up - that's the only interesting outcome I can see coming from this.
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Post by Suckasays on Mar 19, 2013 10:59:06 GMT -5
I was just sitting there waiting for Raw to end last night personally. I think it was the worst of the worst when it comes to building Wrestlemania. I enjoyed last weeks show ten fold over last nights.
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Post by CMPUNKISGOOD on Mar 19, 2013 14:40:24 GMT -5
Jericho and Fandango fued looks to be starting. Happy about Ryback vs Henry Good Raw
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Post by Infinite on Mar 19, 2013 14:57:12 GMT -5
Not the best show really. However, despite WWE's best efforts the Wrestlemania card is actually shaping up pretty nicely, even with the poor build. I think the Jericho/Fandango match that's probably going to happen may be the sleeper of the show too.
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Post by noir on Mar 19, 2013 15:24:44 GMT -5
Awful show. I loved Titus O'Neil at the beginning of the show. Came out of nowhere, but he was hilarious. The Punk promo was also really cool although the whole feud has been phoned in.
Wrestling wise; ADR vs. Rhodes was amazing. Cody has really been dealt a crapty hand. He easily cold have exploded as the young, cocky heel but instead he's been dwindling in the lower mid card in what seems like forever. The Triple threat was really good fun as well.
Otherwise, WWE is at a real low. Wrestlemania is unsalvageable at this point. Punk/Taker are on autopilot. Brock/HHH Is all too familiar and Cena/Rock... Let's not even go there. I hate to be he of those 'heel' guys but I honestly think the only way these past few months in the main event could be considered useful is if we get a Cena heel swerve at WM.
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Post by Unifist on Mar 19, 2013 16:40:07 GMT -5
Awful show. I loved Titus O'Neil at the beginning of the show. Came out of nowhere, but he was hilarious. The Punk promo was also really cool although the whole feud has been phoned in. Wrestling wise; ADR vs. Rhodes was amazing. Cody has really been dealt a crapty hand. He easily cold have exploded as the young, cocky heel but instead he's been dwindling in the lower mid card in what seems like forever. The Triple threat was really good fun as well. Otherwise, WWE is at a real low. Wrestlemania is unsalvageable at this point. Punk/Taker are on autopilot. Brock/HHH Is all too familiar and Cena/Rock... Let's not even go there. I hate to be he of those 'heel' guys but I honestly think the only way these past few months in the main event could be considered useful is if we get a Cena heel swerve at WM. Don't get your hopes up, if anyone's turning heel at Mania it's probably Orton not Cena, but hopefully we'll get to see a heel Cena before he retires.
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Post by noir on Mar 19, 2013 16:52:09 GMT -5
Oh I know full well it's highly unlikely. I just think it's the only way they could ever give this feud some pay off, and the only justification they really have for rebooking this feud so half heartedly. Plus with guys like Ryback and Sheamus gaining good steam, it's probably as safe a time as any to go for it.
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Post by Unifist on Mar 19, 2013 17:13:11 GMT -5
Oh I know full well it's highly unlikely. I just think it's the only way they could ever give this feud some pay off, and the only justification they really have for rebooking this feud so half heartedly. Plus with guys like Ryback and Sheamus gaining good steam, it's probably as safe a time as any to go for it. They care too much about the merch, if Cena turns heel kids will stop buying his stuff therefore the company will gain less money, but yeah you're right with 2 other faces to carry the company, now is probably the best time to turn Cena heel.
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Post by HydroX on Mar 20, 2013 11:01:00 GMT -5
They are going to wait until they have another Cena/Hogan-esque mega-star before they take any chances. With a billion dollar company, you don't want to make a move too quickly -- and I totally understand their point of view, but man, a heel Cena at WM would be so money. If they can build a mega-star before next year's Mania (highly unlikely), turning him heel by ending Taker's streak would be the ultimate "eff you" (or should I say "AA"? lol) troll move. Everyone would HATE him... IWC, kids, everybody.
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