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Post by East Coast on Jan 23, 2023 23:01:36 GMT -5
they had the winners of a quarter of the Royal Rumbles here tonite. Hulk/HBK/HHH/Flair/Brock/Taker. Could've had them hype it up a bit, considering its in a couple nites?
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Post by AxelSmackdown on Jan 23, 2023 23:01:37 GMT -5
it just cut off lmao
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Post by John Zero on Jan 23, 2023 23:04:43 GMT -5
Lol that was the most rushed final minute of Raw maybe ever. Graves didnt even get to finish his thought. Hey good news though… live from somewhere in the armpit of America comes USA’s new original dumpster fire… BARMAGEDDON!!!! I need a good commercial buffer before that show comes on. I don't want to give it a second of viewing time.
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Post by GameOVER! on Jan 23, 2023 23:10:13 GMT -5
Felt like a Vince show.
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Post by Triple S: POOR on Jan 24, 2023 0:41:27 GMT -5
Maybe I expected more from a RAW XXX show, but I thought it was mediocre. Didn’t feel special at all.
From what we gathered, most Legends came out for 10-15 seconds during commercial breaks. DDP, Alundra, DiBiase/I.R.S. and APA.
Also hearing/reading that the cage match was cut due to the opening segment going long. Not sure how much of that I believe. If anything, you cut the useless/pointless/random Bianca vs. Sonya match and/or the 6-man. You don’t promote a match for a show and then not deliver.
… Sadly, you can’t hear any boo’s during Hogan opening RAW.
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Post by CymruX2 on Jan 24, 2023 0:51:58 GMT -5
Seems like raw had a lot of changes. Which is odd cause most of the guys and gals have had pretty coherent story arcs for the last while. Almost as if it was directed by somebody else.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Jan 24, 2023 1:10:34 GMT -5
this Kevin Owens stuff is so ill-timed. I get it that Roman needs a challenger to waste time with. But compared to Rock, Cody, Sami, Stone Cold, Brock.....KO is at best 5th in line of popularity for who ppl want to face Roman. People want to see Brock/Roman again? I guess im in the minority there.KO is a necessary foil for the Bloodline to help with Samis eventual break from them. Anyone else without KO & Samis history and it doesnt carry as much weight for the story. It’s less about KO (knowing full well he’s not beating Roman for the title) and instead more of a catalyst for Sami’s storyline. I don't think there's much of a demand for that particular match at all. As far as KO goes, I've enjoyed the way that this feud has been booked. It won't end with KO winning the belt, but it seems like it's going to serve a storyline purpose. If we get something like Sami & KO reuniting to challenge the Usos for the tag belts, the feud will have been worth the time.
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Post by Rocky Balboa on Jan 24, 2023 6:06:53 GMT -5
Imagine returning the American Badass character and using the worst of his 3 themes for it. Rollin' would have gotten a much louder pop.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Jan 24, 2023 7:29:56 GMT -5
Imagine returning the American Badass character and using the worst of his 3 themes for it. Rollin' would have gotten a much louder pop. That was the original theme for the character though and it probably just came down to which artist they were able to come to terms with first for the least amount.
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Post by Evil Abed on Jan 24, 2023 8:19:01 GMT -5
So apparently Becky/Bayley was nixed because the Bloodline segment went long so they were either given the attack angle or time for a 2 minute match.
All things considered they made the right call, Becky/Bayley should not have ended in a 2 minute cage match.
Although you could have easily taken out the entire Charlotte/Bianca/Sonya segment and no one would have noticed. Put Ric in the poker game and everyone wins.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jan 24, 2023 9:16:01 GMT -5
I started Hulkamania and I MADE wrestling Brother! *snooze* at least I can be thankful he didn't get in the ring Upset Hogan is still more over than 99% of the current roster? I’ll take a Hogan promo any day over the usual DX-segment we get every 6 months.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 10:46:12 GMT -5
So they promote a cage match and then don’t do it and also gave a usual Brock interference spot doing the same stuff as always to end a title match that’s also been built up for at least a week or two..welcome back, Vince.
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Post by The American Daydream on Jan 24, 2023 11:17:54 GMT -5
I started Hulkamania and I MADE wrestling Brother! *snooze* at least I can be thankful he didn't get in the ring Upset Hogan is still more over than 99% of the current roster? I’ll take a Hogan promo any day over the usual DX-segment we get every 6 months. You got me good. After clicking through 12 pages of content, this was the one comment that stuck out above the rest and you felt warranted a reply 😂 "nobody talks about my hero the Hulkster that way, Im gonna give him a piece of my mind"
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Post by cordless2016 on Jan 24, 2023 11:40:53 GMT -5
Upset Hogan is still more over than 99% of the current roster? I’ll take a Hogan promo any day over the usual DX-segment we get every 6 months. You got me good. After clicking through 12 pages of content, this was the one comment that stuck out above the rest and you felt warranted a reply 😂 "nobody talks about my hero the Hulkster that way, Im gonna give him a piece of my mind" Only one who seems upset is you based on the need to grab a gif and post it here. *sips from Hulkamania coffee mug*
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Post by teammadness on Jan 24, 2023 11:41:38 GMT -5
My only complaint is when Triple H asked if there was anyone that had any power to make match official, we got teddy long. I get it ‘tag team match playa’ BUT I think if Vince came out to No Chance in Hell….would hav gotten the loudest reaction of the night.
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Post by The American Daydream on Jan 24, 2023 12:08:36 GMT -5
You got me good. After clicking through 12 pages of content, this was the one comment that stuck out above the rest and you felt warranted a reply 😂 "nobody talks about my hero the Hulkster that way, Im gonna give him a piece of my mind" Only one who seems upset is you based on the need to grab a gif and post it here. *sips from Hulkamania coffee mug* I know this may come as a surprise to you, but a GIF search bar can actually be added directly to your phones keyboard now. I can walk you through the process if you like, I always have time to assist my elders.
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Jan 24, 2023 12:46:27 GMT -5
Positive: I thought the Bloodline stuff at the start was really good, and got me very intrigued for SmackDown and the Rumble. I loved most of the DX/Angle/Imperium interaction. LA Knight was great. Cool to see ABA Taker. Alundra Blayze is rocking it for her age. Otis and Gable were good value in the poker game. Miz had a nice little rant before KO whooped him. The nostalgia clips/photos were fun to relive.
Negative: I am very bored of Rollins, Lashley and Theory, it feels like they’ve been repeating the same stuff for about three months now - just changing which two of the three are in the match each week. Belair and Flair seemed like a waste of both performers to me, although Deville was good on the mic. But she loses all the time, to everyone, and she’s not good enough on mic to just shake that off and be credible against the champs. Nothing on the show added any excitement to the rumble match for me.
If the cage match was cut short for timing reasons and they couldn’t have made up that time elsewhere, I still think they could’ve done something more creative/impactful with that minute or two. Have more of the women run in, hype up the Rumble. Have Becky get in the cage and Iyo dives off top of it to start the beatdown, I dunno.
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Post by hitmancmedge on Jan 24, 2023 12:54:39 GMT -5
I’m not a Bellas fan, but I realize they do have their place in history and helped bring eyes to the product.
However Nikki has a really weird view of their place in history and some of the stuff they were involved in. Nikki feels like their era of women’s wrestling wasn’t represented enough last night and she feels like not including Aj, Paige, and Sasha in anything was some sort of slight, while featuring Mark Henry, Jericho and Daniel Bryan in numerous packages.
I personally didn’t view it as a slight, as much as man there are only so many things you can fit into three hours.
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Post by cordless2016 on Jan 24, 2023 13:45:24 GMT -5
Only one who seems upset is you based on the need to grab a gif and post it here. *sips from Hulkamania coffee mug* I know this may come as a surprise to you, but a GIF search bar can actually be added directly to your phones keyboard now. I can walk you through the process if you like, I always have time to assist my elders. Nah I’ll stick to my cassette player blaring Real American while popping in a WM5 beta max tape. Makes it easier to work my 9-5 job than spend all day on a forum complaining about the greatest sports entertainer making a one-off appearance than say, giving that time to someone like The Usos who wouldn’t even be a blip on the radar if it wasn’t for their cousin. But I’d love to offer you some elderly advise as a successful and wise 32 year old of this planet at any time.
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Post by CM Tusk on Jan 24, 2023 13:54:50 GMT -5
I started Hulkamania and I MADE wrestling Brother! *snooze* at least I can be thankful he didn't get in the ring Upset Hogan is still more over than 99% of the current roster? I’ll take a Hogan promo any day over the usual DX-segment we get every 6 months. Lmao, ok sure.
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