I'm going to try to watch Raw tnight here is the preview
 

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Now that's what a world champion looks like.

He would look better with two other black dudes hanging out with him. Too bad they didn't think of that.

I understand that fans romanticize the Hurt Business although it had a very short lifespan. Irrespective of Benjamin and Alexander, Lashley has excelled as a champion. One of the bright spots of monday night raw.

Benjamin and Alexander were not Orton and Batista or Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr. They were rightfully relegated back to the lower midcard where they belonged in the first place. Shelton Benjamin's entire second run has been underwhelming so he doesn't get any special treatment based on his previous accomplishments.

I wonder if Ricochet will be back on RAW post MITB or if he's still relegated to Main Event

Ricochet is a joy to watch in the ring. I hope they pair him up with a credible mouthpiece so that the masses can finally acknowledge him.

It's a shame it's such a zany gimmick, but genuinely feel happy for Nikki. Should've happened like 2-3 years ago, IMO.

She has been giving the same promo almost word for word since she started wearing that gimmick.

Whatever Charlotte's wearing looks horrendous.

Yeah, it reminds me of Bayley cutting almost the same promo every week as a babyface on the main roster.

Think I spotted Santa Claus in the front row of the crowd.

Funny how Charlotte can talk so much trash about other female superstars despite riding daddy dearest's coattails her whole career while looking exactly fucking like him doing it.

Feels like when Nia was a babyface and talked about bullying and blah blah

Yeah they're definitely giving Charlotte #12 at SummerSlam so she can keep having short-ass title reigns to rush her to 16 or 17 Women's Championships, UGH...

That was truly atrocious. Especially from someone related to Rock and who has on numerous occasions almost ended several ladies' careers, and injured quite a few too.

Charlotte had ALL that plastic surgery that made her look worse, yet she never thought to do anything about her GIGANTIC ears lol

I'm sorry, I can't see Sonya in a full suit and not picture Paula Poundstone.

I'd pound stone Sonya

That opening segment was one of the worst I can remember.

Wish spark plug bob holly would return and challenge Blaster Lashley

WWE is in this rut of constant rematches and non-title matches before title matches. So annoying. This tag match is fine but still, we just saw it at the last PPV.

really lazy booking

chucky should win 24/7 title

Remember how over War Raiders were in NXT? People just want to chant WAR.

LMAO the camera cuts on the chairshots.... fucking nauseating

Could see this show dropping from the Cena-fronted 1.9 million RAW last week

Just turned it on and see Drew and unknown Indian fighting. Camera cuts are making me dizzy.

Picturing Kevin Dunn yelling “cut!” repeatedly at the production crew like he’s the Berzerker

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Such a stupid DQ. It's not McIyntre's fault that a chair was in the guys hands.

Would take head and titties bang Dudrop don't judge.

LOL Jimmy got Natalia and Tamina confused. Stupid idiot.

karrion kross vs keith lee SHOULD be a good match

Just cancel wrestling please. Leave the memories alone.

The weird thing is someone actually does have to throw to the different cameras when they cut like that. It’s the most ridiculous thing in the world to imagine. And everybody except for maybe one or two people knows it’s the worst idea in the world.

commercial break 60 seconds into the match...sigh

Imagine having Keith Lee come back only to have him jobbing

Kross with the clean win in 9 minutes

Mallister Black and Andrade and Miro watching Keith Lee be a jobber and be like yup, see you in 6 months Keith

Keith Lee kinda sucks. Never got it with him. Yeah, he’s fat and can move, but he’s not as good as using it as, say, a Samoa Joe.

"i would love to be a fly on the wall in the mind of bobby lashley" has got to be one of the dumbest things i've ever heard on commentary. that was 15 seconds after tuning in

"local medical facility"

Hope Lashley beats Oldberg with the Jackhammer.

Americas moist wanted *groans*

Also John Morrison looks like an NPC from Cyberpunk 2077 now

lol Riddle acting like a turtle stuck on its back

Yep

It's felt like one for a while now tbh

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ya know…..<br><br>There’s been way too many times I’ve felt like I’m watching a kids show tonight. <br><br>Not sure if that’s what they’re going for but that’s how it’s landed with me. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a></p>&mdash; Mikey Hutch ✨�� (@MikeyHutch765) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeyHutch765/status/1419844970949890051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

so, like... did an agent tell nikki a.s.h., "hey, now that 'cross' is no longer part of your name, you can do as many cross bodies as you fuckin' want"?

lol Charlotte pins Nikki clean

What a trainwreck of a show, counter productive as ever

and we get a rematch next week too! Can't wait for Nikki A.S.H. (Almost Super Hero) to avenge her loss with a surprise roll up of charlotte when Rhea Ripley distracts Charlotte! I'm A.S.H. rn (Almost Super Hyped)!@!1!@!one1!~`

Why do you guys watch? Lol.

I haven't been a regular RAW viewer lately, returned for MITB and crowds, no point in it honestly.

Honestly? RAW is background noise for me while I'm on the computer. I only really pay attention any during PPVs.

But it’s so so so so bad. Put anything else on. Music.

i seriously only tuned in tonight! partially! but i have to say, i couldn't really find it in me to pick anything apart over the hurt business angle. lashley looked great, and everyone looked great making sure he did

It's not THAT bad.

But it damn sure ain't good either.

I don’t watch. I’ll find a clip of big moments or cool matches (Wrestlemania or Rumble mostly, used to be some NXT) a few times a year maybe. I just can’t wrap my head around why people watch it. It’s atrocious.

sometimes you just need that not-so-subtle reminder, dawg

I disapprove of the recent contender's format they're abiding by. It's asinine.

Oh yes it is

SD has some stuff that is fun/good but RAW is a boring, poorly put together tv program, with childish storylines and promos and despite having talented wrestlers feels lifeless yet overproduced at the same time. It seems like it continues it's streak of being something you don't need to watch either, as it's constant rematches of things that will eventually happen at the PPV a few weeks ahead.

Creative didn't have anything for John Cena this week on tv, so instead of appearing he teamed up with Riddle to face T-Bar and Mace in the dark match after RAW

Good for the live crowd and a great way to use Cena without actually spoiling him on television. Shows they’ve got a lot of stock in Riddle, Mace and T-Bar, which you would think would have resulted in more thought put into the naming process of them.

The show itself sounds absolutely awful. About the only thing that achieved anything would have been the Lashley squash. MAYBE Priest beating Sheamus and Ali/Mansoor winning, but it’s hardly compelling.

Bad enough they broke up the Hurt Business, but they also have to rub it in our face with shit like this. Still waiting to know how that split helped anyone at all.

Also it's August and we're still on Charlotte and ripley. What in the actual monkey fuck?

It should be Charlotte/Becky/Rhea at SummerSlam. Fuck Nikki Cross. She’s horrible.

I see the meta as to why they broke up The Hurt Business. I don’t think they had to do it, and I probably would have kept them together, but it’s not the most offensive thing about that show.

it cracks me up. I told my wife last week that there has to be a rib with Miz and Morrison to see who can "jackoff" most on TV. That's 100% what they're doing and its hilarious. Almost wanna get an America's Moist Wanted shirt :rofl:



He really does though, I cannot unsee this now!




Yes please. Becky's return going to blow the roof off whatever venue they're at for her return

I don’t know if I can get behind the “Raw is a kids show” talk. Kids are pretty easy to please yes, so I can see why wrestling will always have that “magic” to them early on. Inevitably most of them will grow out of it in their teens but you will end up with some lifers.

But a show running 8-11 PM on a week night doesn’t strike me as a show specifically trying to be a kids show.

Sounds more like an excuse being made for a a show that is poorly written, poorly acted, simplistic, and formulaic.

Seems like skipping this was a good idea?

I mean, South Park is on at 2PM, but it isn't a kids show.




it is quite easy to see that RAW is marketed toward a much younger audience than ever before. Right now, it seems like it is in the phase of cartoons that throws a few low-key adult jokes in there, while largely staying focused on children.


Lashley / MVP was allowed to say shit last week though, naughty naughty!!

It just seems like a show written with a child’s mentality regardless of who it’s geared toward.

So AEW made that CM Punk tease last week totally to try to hijack tonight’s Raw in Chicago right?

hope bliss is not there tonight

Monday's ain't for rasslin no more.

MVP such a good manager. Was really the final piece Lashley needed.

Megaface Lashley and Goldberg getting booed, Chicago continues it's reign of the best wrestling crowd

We want Wyatt chants

Goldberg couldn’t even get a cheap pop shouting out the city

CM Punk chants during Drew vs Veer/Shanky

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">His previous son was released due to budget cuts.</p>&mdash; ❤ WFH Forever! ❤ (@JulesyTyme) <a href="https://twitter.com/JulesyTyme/status/1422352298353860615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

LOL gonna have a sword fight out here.

sword on a pole match next

So AEW can’t have a pizza cutter but WWE can use a sword? Pretty Extreme tbh

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WWE clearly accidentally piped in some noise from a Cena or Flair entrance in Drew's. It had Cole saying &quot;16-time champion&quot; even</p>&mdash; Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1422352866002542605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Drew McIntyre match had 62 camera cuts before the ref rang the bell for DQ<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a></p>&mdash; MJF's Scarf (@MJFsScarf) <a href="https://twitter.com/MJFsScarf/status/1422352811120074752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

First time I put Raw on in years solely because I wanted to hear CM Punk chants. Holy shit, this is fucking awful. McIntyre literally did nothing and they ran away scared shitless? Who the fuck is this marketed towards? If your IQ is above 100, it is impossible to enjoy this.

Rhea is only 24? Jesus

nia beast time

Watch Dynamite on Wednesday nights, much, much better than modern WWE!

Nia busted open hard way

Wait what

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go ahead turn on the nia beast

how did nia get busted open

I have watched every Dynamite since last March. Didn't think I'd ever watch wrestling regularly again, but AEW is good shit.

a botch in every match she is in.

In true Vince fashion Ali loses in his hometown, annoying the live crowd

We usually have a pretty good Dynamite thread going on each week here at tp dubs, fyi :cool:

Eva Marie is the best heel in wrestling.

CM Punk chants again