I don't think Raw has been to Albany in a long time. I think the only thing that comes around here is Smackdown. I don't know if Albany is a big enough draw anymore for Raw. They had the whole upper level curtained off for Smackdown last time through.

I dont think Raw has ever been to Houston. We keep getting Smackdowns, and even Wrestlemanias but no Raws.

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WOOOO DANCIN DAVE

More like grandpa Dave.

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Is Khali sitting on three chairs stacked onto each other? Seems a bit unnecessary. Unless it is to hold his weight without breaking.

Yeah. Those plastic chairs aren't meant to hold so much weight.

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Fucking Cena promised to bring the WWE to India.

:foc: Cena

lol he nearly pulled a Mcgillicutty at the beginning.

Untie that pink and let's get down to REAL business Kaitlyn; ;)

I am ridiculously attracted to Kaitlyn.

Hasn't Raw been to China?

House Show.

Rey Mysterio wannabe.

You mean Frankie Stechino?

Could see him breaking through all three of those chairs

I would post a graphic about "proof that only 1 title/wrestling company matters", but that would be cliche and piss off all the TNA apologists.

Plus TNA has been considerably more entertaining than WWE recently. Like not even close really.

Proof that tna doesn't matter you know his name but you couldn't recognize him by the face

Opinion, really.

He can't have an opinion when he isn't here.

OoooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooo

CM Punk vs. Austin Aries.

7 years later, CM Punk is one of the top champions in WWE (while not their most promoted star, but that's not his fault), while Aries still looks like a hipster and is the top champion of a promotion that 70% of fans have never heard of.

Eh. They're doing a better job booking shows in the big picture. TNA couldn't dream of doing anything like HHH vs Lesnar or putting on a show with as much anticipation going in as next weeks Raw/Cena-Punk though. And that's what separates them. TNA can be better on a consistent basis but then WWE will always have something awesome going on that reminds you they're the big leagues and currently untouchable.

I agree with this 100%

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This is Sheamus' but I'm sure everyone has heard this one already, as I think it got leaked a while back.

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the beginning of that Dolph Ziggler one sounds like a song they would play in the movie Garden State

I like that Drew McIntyre one as well.

Barrett and Eve's are both better than the actual one, that version of King Of Kings is bizarre. Taker's is done by Evanescence I'm 70 percent sure.

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Yes, they have their big moments, but lately it's been at the expense of putting out actual entertaining programming. It's fine to save all your big angles for your milestone show, but not if you're going to phone it in until then. And they've definitely been phoning it in recently.

Things should start to pick up this week though.

Still can't get this shit out of my head...so all of TPWW is going to suffer with me!

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Holy shit.

I know right?

The Sheamus theme sounds like it belongs in a KIRBY game.

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It's Friday yo!

Cringed when I saw that bump.

Wow, I'm sure his back was rounded when he landed. That's extremely dangerous.

Ryback looks very injury-prone.

Why are there bubbles coming out of his mouth? Machines don't need to breath.

That unused Dolph theme would be good for when he turns babyface. It has that same vibe as Randy Orton's "Burn In My Light" theme where it just doesn't sound like a bad guy's music.

"Thank goodness for Chef Boyardee!"

Theme post opinions:

Otungas theme sucks either way. As does the ones for Eve.

Agree with Triple James' assessment of Ziggles' theme. Sounds like he won the title AND turned face at a PPV, and this is what he enters to the next night on RAW.

Speaking of title run, Drew Mac's sounds like what would happen if he at least became Mr. MITB and were getting a championship push and/or win. Or at the very least, substantial TV time not jobbing.

Hunters sounds like that was what they were going with in the first place, and he said "fuck that noise, sounds a little too poppy. I'm giving this to Lemmy".

Sort of agree with Cool King about the Barrett theme. It is better than any he's used, but it is still missing that "stadium" feel. I literally don't care (it's a PUN!!1!) that it's Wade coming out because the music isn't quite getting me pumped. It at least needs some sort of tell, like Austin's glass, HHH's chord, or the mic static before Cult of Personality. Feels like it's missing something else, songwise though.

The one for Ryder a couple of posts later feels like something he'd get with a slight character change. Not neccessarily 180 him into some sort of "badass", but be less of a comedy act dork and more of a "legit" competitor who takes his opponents more seriously and also gets more TV time in actual matches.

And finally, the one for Undertaker sounds like a) he died and they put together a video package for him. b) he publicly retired and they put together a video package for him c) they're announcing his induction into the HoF and, yep, video package, or d) any applicable combination of a through c.

Just stumbled upon this

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pretty interesting article/interview with Vince

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^^ Do you have gif of that SM?

Seriously thought for a moment that the second picture was just another picture taken seconds later with their heads turned slightly different.

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The incident Ziggler is pissed about.

I'm trying to see the "slip" by Ziggler that came first...but it looks like Cara is taking alot of room for Ziggler to balance with, and had no fucking change to get his feet set.

The cut makes it hard to see what happens to Ziggler's left foot. Can't tell if Sin Cara kicks it off or not. Gonna have to find a video.

I thought the spot with Tensai was a lot more "brutal" than the Sin Cara spot considering how Ziggler landed on the chair.

I would really like for them to have Ziggler win the title in a double turn. Dunno what face would turn heel though.

Punk kicking Ziggler in the face screaming "YOU'RE NO ONE, I'M THE BEST IN THE WORLD" and on the 4th kick Ziggler pins Punk with a roll up.

Ziggler then tries to shake Punk's hand, Punk kills Ziggler.

I was thinking something more subtle, like Bret/Austin. Punk would be perfect though. I think Punk has easy material to use on a heel turn as I've said in other threads. Punk has a lot more mileage as a top babyface, though.

Also I'd like to see Sheamus vs. Tensai for a few PPV's. Sheamus would do well not being the hoss of the match. Plus Tensai hasn't really had a chance to show his actual style he learned in japan.

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Let THIS GUY wrestle.

I thought they should have gone with Tensai as Sheamus' opponent instead of Ziggler at No Way Out after del Rio got hurt. As he'd only lost the one match to Cena at the time, Tenai was still kinda booked as a threatening presence and they did end up having a nice match on Raw. Teasing him winning the title before Sheamus eeked it out as the slight physical underdog would have been great for both guys.

Okay, WWE keeps talking about how the 1000th RAW is "record breaking". Going by their standards, every week has been "record breaking" since the 600 and something episode.

Every RAW they should state how it's "record breaking" from now on.

They should call it the "1000th Anniversary of RAW".

they probably will

It's a hard move to hit.

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Tonight is the most record breaking night in the history of our <s>sport</s> entertainment show!

So, amazingly Cena's 10 WWE title runs only add up to 1058 days which is still 4th all time for that title if you count combined and not single, title reigns, yet if you divide by 10 the average only works out to ≈106 days per reign. Amazing.

Amazingly amazing.

it's a pretty good drawing

don't think I'd call it amazing tho

I'll bet if it were of Rick Rude, you'd call it...'Simply Ravishing'.

3 and a half months is actually a pretty nice little reign these days. Consider that like 6 months into Punk's reign, everyone was talking about how uncharacteristically long his it was getting.

The letters C and D are pretty well represented.

I'm gonna say C is the best represented letter by the WWE roster.

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Alright, best letter represented on the WWE roster. Aaaaand GO!

A
Alex Riley
Alberto del Rio
Antonio Cesaro
AJ
Aksana
Alicia Fox
A.W.
Adam Mercer
Aiden English

B
The Big Show
Brock Lesnar
Beth Phoenix
Brodus Clay
Big E Langston
Bo Dallas
Bray Wyatt

C
Chris Jericho
CM Punk
Curt Hawkins
Camacho
Christian
Cody Rhodes
CJ Parker
Connor O'Brian
Cory Graves

D
David Otunga
Dolph Ziggler
Damien Sandow
Daniel Bryan
Darren Young
Drew McIntyre
Dante Dash
Derrich Bateman

E
Epico
Evan Bourne
Eve
Ezekiel Jackson

G
The Great Khali
Garrett Dylan

H
Heath Slater
Hunico
Hornswoggle

J
Jack Swagger
John Cena
JTG
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Jinder Mahal
Johnny Curtis
Justin Gabriel
Jake Carter
Jason Jordan

K
Kane
Kofi Kingston
Kelly Kelly
Kaitlyn
Kassius Ohno
Kenneth Cameron

L
Layla
Leo Kruger

M
Mason Ryan
Michael McGillicutty
The Miz
Mark Henry
Mike Dalton

N
Natalya
Nick Rogers

P
Primo
Percy Watson
Paige

R
Rey Mysterio
R-Truth
Randy Orton
The Rock
Ryback
Ricardo Rodriguez
Rosa Mendez
Richie Steamboat
Rick Victor
Raquel Diaz

S
Santino Marella
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Seth Rollins
Sofia Cortez
Summer Rae

T
Tensai
Triple H
Tyler Reks
Ted DiBiase
Titus O'Neil
Trent Barreta
Tyson Kidd
Tamina Snuka

U
The Undertaker

W
Wade Barrett

X
Xavier Woods

Y
Yoshi Tatsu

Z
Zack Ryder

I think I've changed my mind. I'm gonna go with R.

Top 5:
5... T
4... B
3... D
2... C
1... R