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Post by Thunder Chunky on Apr 9, 2019 13:13:26 GMT -5
The problem with Raw after Mania is for the past few years they hyped it up. There was never any real mention about how crazy the Raw is after Mania until like three years ago. I feel that if there was never any mention by the WWE about the excitement of the Raw after Mania all those years ago, then nobody would have been expecting big things last night, therefore nobody would have been disappointed. WWE themselves hyped up this RAW as being the most important of the year.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Apr 9, 2019 13:42:08 GMT -5
My only complaint is why the bar?
I'm glad they didn't take Kofis moment away so fast, I'm glad they didn't unify the belts.
But why sheamus? Why not someone good? Why not any number of people? KO busy? Braun not around? Roman heel turn still cant happen? Even vegan bunghole would have been better. The bar...ooof.
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Post by theicwguy on Apr 9, 2019 14:04:29 GMT -5
My only complaint is why the bar? I'm glad they didn't take Kofis moment away so fast, I'm glad they didn't unify the belts. But why sheamus? Why not someone good? Why not any number of people? KO busy? Braun not around? Roman heel turn still cant happen? Even vegan bunghole would have been better. The bar...ooof. Lacey? Lol.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Apr 9, 2019 14:51:16 GMT -5
My only complaint is why the bar? I'm glad they didn't take Kofis moment away so fast, I'm glad they didn't unify the belts. But why sheamus? Why not someone good? Why not any number of people? KO busy? Braun not around? Roman heel turn still cant happen? Even vegan bunghole would have been better. The bar...ooof. Lacey? Lol. Doesnt bother me. They were clearly "saving" her for something. No way they called her up just to do runway shows. Dont care for Becky, so I'm glad someone, anyone, came out.
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Post by theicwguy on Apr 9, 2019 14:52:52 GMT -5
Doesnt bother me. They were clearly "saving" her for something. No way they called her up just to do runway shows. Dont care for Becky, so I'm glad someone, anyone, came out. Haha fair enough I just don't know what they see in her I think it's the gimmick that I don't get. I know she's a lady but it just seems so random.
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Post by kennyw86v2 on Apr 9, 2019 14:53:40 GMT -5
Doesnt bother me. They were clearly "saving" her for something. No way they called her up just to do runway shows. Dont care for Becky, so I'm glad someone, anyone, came out. Haha fair enough I just don't know what they see in her I think it's the gimmick that I don't get. I know she's a lady but it just seems so random. I dont get her either tbh. I'd much prefer the sky pirates have been called up.
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Post by theicwguy on Apr 9, 2019 14:58:32 GMT -5
Haha fair enough I just don't know what they see in her I think it's the gimmick that I don't get. I know she's a lady but it just seems so random. I dont get her either tbh. I'd much prefer the sky pirates have been called up. Yep and Shayna too. But probably not happening while she's still the champ.
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Post by blissfan4life on Apr 9, 2019 17:07:23 GMT -5
Why oh why Bring Zayn back as a heel? He's done everything he could do as a heel. Why?"
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Post by blissfan4life on Apr 9, 2019 17:09:59 GMT -5
Well, that was the most underwhelming RAW after WrestleMania, that I can recall. No surprise debuts, no call-ups, and the only return that was a complete surprise is one that I'm long past caring for. Not to mention the baffling main event. What makes the RAW after WrestleMania so special each year are the surprises. The entire night should be full of them. Instead we had nothing. It was just like any other random RAW that could have taken place any other time of the year. The opening segment was good. I groaned internally when they announced the title for title match though. I don't want any title unification. Still, Seth VS Kofi is a fantastic match-up. Not a fan of Hawkins and Ryder retaining their titles. After having their WrestleMania moment, they should have dropped the titles back to the Revival. Plus, what happened to "no more automatic championship rematches"? Why do we have them again? Nice to see Lars Sullivan finally make his debut, even if we all knew it was likely coming last night. I feel he should have brutalised Angle a lot more to really make a statement though. Seems like they're maybe teasing turning the Boss 'n' Hug Connection heel, with Bayley wrestling a far more aggressive style than normal. Yet again though, Bayley couldn't beat Bliss. Bayley really needs to beat Bliss at some point to finally make up somewhat for how poorly Bayley was handled in their 2017 feud. Both Sasha and Bayley deserve far better treatment than they've gotten in the past 2 years, and Bliss has had enough success for an entire career already. I much preferred her in a non-wrestling role. Nice to see Becky given time to give a promo on her big WrestleMania win. And...Lacey Evans interrupts her? After months of having Lacey Evans replace Tamina as the most useless woman on the roster, THIS is what they do to stop their mishandling of Lacey Evans and finally have her actually do something? This is what Lacey Evans should have been doing 2 months ago, not after 2 months of being utterly useless. She's been so useless for so long, she's no longer a credible threat to anyone! Still, it was nice to finally have them use her, and nice for Becky to still stand triumphant after the sneak attack. Nice to see Ricochet and Aleister Black get a win after unfortunately losing at WrestleMania. I still don't understand why on earth Bobby Roode and Chad Gable are a team. I don't have any problems with Lashley's attack on Ambrose. Still not convinced that Ambrose is actually leaving WWE. Why are they devoting any airtime at all to Mojo Rawley? Complete waste of time. Fantastic to see Sami Zayn back, as we all knew he would be returning. Why would they advertise it and not keep it as a surprise though? That took away from it a bit, I feel. But I loved his verbal attack on the audience for being angry smarks! I can totally support that gimmick! Why on earth did Undertaker return? He should have ended his career years ago. I just really cannot get excited to see him anymore, he's far far far past his prime, and it's a bit sad really. The main event was a complete mistake. Why the ![](http://www.wrestlingfigs.com/images/wfcensored.gif) did the Bar of all people interrupt?! There's absolutely no reason for them to be on RAW at all, let alone interrupting a World title match! I expected a surprise attack on both men to stop the match, but I expected the Undisputed Era, not the Bar! Big missed opportunity there, in my opinion. They completely mishandled most of the show in my opinion. That's the problem with advertising multiple NXT call-ups months ago, and then not doing anything with them until the RAW after WrestleMania. They're no longer a surprise. The RAW after WrestleMania should always be filled with surprises, and we only had a couple, and neither were that great. Absolutely bewildering creative decisions all night long. Funny coming from a fan of AJ Lee.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2019 18:07:17 GMT -5
Eh, wasn't that bad, Crowd were a$$holes but that's expected.
The worst RAW after Mania is still 2015, boring ass 6 Man Tag Main Event, and Byron Saxton jumping the gun on "Here Comes Rusev".
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 9, 2019 18:37:01 GMT -5
For a normal RAW I'd say this was decent or even good but for a post WM RAW this was lacking tbh.
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Post by RybackV1 on Apr 9, 2019 19:21:39 GMT -5
Idk about you guys man, this Mania weekend from Friday to tonight has been my fav since Mania 30
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 9, 2019 19:31:50 GMT -5
Idk about you guys man, this Mania weekend from Friday to tonight has been my fav since Mania 30 I personally loved WM35 tbh and thought it was up there with 30/31.
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Post by ~ Cymru ~ on Apr 9, 2019 21:20:56 GMT -5
I'm the only one who's glad we don't have one guy (Rollins) holding both world titles or unifying them? No, people would’ve been complaining if the match had a winner as well. They most definitely shouldn't have had a winner ino, 100% happy the match got ruined, just a bit odd they went with Sheamus and Cesaro as the saboteurs
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Post by tylerbreezee on Apr 10, 2019 6:17:06 GMT -5
Apparently the viewership was incredibly low. Rightfully so.
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Post by King Richius on Apr 10, 2019 6:23:06 GMT -5
Apparently the viewership was incredibly low. Rightfully so. Losing viewers to the National Championship game?
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Post by ahunter8056 on Apr 10, 2019 9:47:35 GMT -5
and Bliss has had enough success for an entire career already. Funny coming from a fan of AJ Lee. If you're going to spend time quoting me, at least put the effort into a half-decent reply. AJ Lee had literally nothing to do with anything in this thread. Why on earth you're deciding to bring her up in a poor attempt at a cheap shot is beyond me. I get it, you're SUPER obsessed with Alexa Bliss. That's great, good for you. It's nice to be a fan of someone. But you really don't have to respond to anyone who says even the slightest bit of negativity towards her. Sasha Banks is my personal favourite wrestler, and I constantly see negative posts towards her on here. But you don't see me responding to them, do you? Maybe you should think of backing off a little bit.
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Post by marino13 on Apr 10, 2019 21:02:10 GMT -5
After thinking about it some, I think WWE may have been smart here. By slowing things down a lil, they can let WM breathe a lil and let the shake up play out before booking a PPV. The night after WM we get all these big debuts and (re)matches get set up for the upcoming PPV. But then a week later we get the shake up and half of the rosters swap shows. If the number one contender gets traded, it makes the PPV VERY predictable.
Every year we have someone making a thread complaining about this. This way, it eliminates the predictability and should provide us with a better quality PPV.
Just a theory. But then again, I have a "useless account", so what do I know?
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Post by King Richius on Apr 10, 2019 21:29:17 GMT -5
After thinking about it some, I think WWE may have been smart here. By slowing things down a lil, they can let WM breathe a lil and let the shake up play out before booking a PPV. The night after WM we get all these big debuts and (re)matches get set up for the upcoming PPV. But then a week later we get the shake up and half of the rosters swap shows. If the number one contender gets traded, it makes the PPV VERY predictable.
Every year we have someone making a thread complaining about this. This way, it eliminates the predictability and should provide us with a better quality PPV.
Just a theory. But then again, I have a "useless account", so what do I know? I was thinking this all through Raw and SmackDown this week. It makes a lot of sense to me. Shuffle the deck and THEN start the feuds for the next PPV so there's no cross brand stories going on.
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Post by nWp: Trios Champion on Apr 13, 2019 8:31:55 GMT -5
People still bitching about Taker and why he’s there and all that Jazz...
Listen to the crowd pop. That’s why he’s there. Majority of fans still care about him and want to see him. The guy still gets one of, it not the loudest pop. He’s a legend. They got a roster full of guys who get tv time who aren’t that good and their matches are sub par. I’d rather see a few minutes of old Taker than 90% of the full time people and I know I’m not in the minority with that statement
Long live the Deadman.
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