Monday Night Rawllins
 

Featuring Cody about to murder DomDom!

Pretty good Raw, looks like they planted the seed of that psychopath JD McDonagh joining Judgement Day. Then he could be Judgement Day McDonagh :rofl:

FED DED

RIP WWE

great opening of raw finn beats the crap out of seth during the seth music

YES! Ciampa has his classic theme back!

I wish they never split Ciampa & Gargano up as a team. Tremendous babyface duo.

If Chad Gable is going to continue quoting Dennis Reynolds, they can just put him on Raw for all 3 hours!

OHHHH SHIT Pharaoh just made his WWE Debut!

No clue what this is in reference to, but I approve. :y:

What did he say

Cool

Cant believe I forgot RAW was in town last night, ah well

Awwww shit, Brock Lesnar!!!

raw starting good

Dom has incredible heat. Even with the people wanting to cheer Rhea and Priest, he still gets that nuclear reaction every time he tries to talk lol

LOL YES GABLE DID IT AGAIN!!!!

Cody started the show in his gear. Went to the ring to confront Seth. Had a brawl with Brock. Went backstage and got changed into a suit. I’m not sure that makes sense.

Okay, it’s probably just for fun, but what if these are somehow seeds to doing an Always Sunny crossover for Mania in Philly?

Not really. I can imagine a guy scheduled to wrestle early getting changed. When you’re hurt and pissed off it doesn’t make sense to get all pampered up though.

Unless I missed something, and I very well could have. He didn’t wrestle and I don’t think he was scheduled to. The thing with Brock definitely didn’t do enough to stop any match going ahead.

Got no clue why someone would make that effort on their own behalf. Like, why bother getting into the suit at that point? Beyond it making sense or not.

Wow! A Ricochet and Paul Logan face off? :eek:

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Where Braun Strowman comes out to setup a match with Logan at SummerSlam.

time for fin to rejoin the club

dum dum gets good heel heat

WOW they just really did the “women don’t know sports” cliché.

cody in his hometown he will get his ass beat tonight

Did not take long lol

new womens tag champs i think it is both womens 1st belts

Feels like the women tag belts have changed hands like 6 times in the past 2 months.

Keeping up with the Noid tradition of not watching shows and sharing my opinion on them...I think tonight's episode of Monday Night RAW was a fucking banger! GUNTHER's chop fest is a treat for the senses and who doesn't love to see Riddle get his ass handled to him? Classic Vince booking.

Sonya Deville proved that she was ready for the main event with her stellar performance in her feud against Mandy Rose. I know who's going to ejaculate over the women's tag strap tonight...it ain't Matt Cardona...wink wink.

I was instantly hooked on Valhalla when she stood up to D Bryan and his indifference to "gay meat" and prejudice towards Southerners. It's surreal to see how low the Viking Raiders have stooped over the years. American Alpha Academy is a terrible act and should be disbanded ASAP.

I love that they're giving Baszler wins on tv considering how low she'd stooped on the card over the years since her debut against Lynch a few years ago. It's sad to see Nikki fumble after the demise of her terrible superhero in training gimmick. Can't believe they actually put the women's world title on her during that period. I'd rather sit through ten Khali reigns with Poonjabi prison matches on all flagship shows for the rest of the year.

I fucking hate how they're massacaring my boy Shin. And what the fuck is up with his outfits? He use to look badass in NJPW and NXT. This is some bullshit if you ask me. Bronson Reed is never going to amount to anything more than ze typical Big Show, Kane, Umanga role. Sad but true.

I'm already over Sami and Owens' shtick. It stinks and they need to do something worthwhile. They stripped Sami of his personality when he turned and Owens is slipping into cringe comedy territory. Why is he so insistent on appeasing the marks?

In closing, this was easily the best Monday Night RAW in ages. Bangers-galore! What a time to be a WWE fan. Even WWF diva Trish is making appearances. Halayliya...there's a God!

You sure you didn't watch?

I went full Noid and didn't even watch any clips. Just the results on /r/SquaredCircle. I see the allure.

I don’t mind the women’s tag changing hands. It’s basically to heat up underneath girls.

Instead of putting Bianca and Charlotte in the SmackDown title picture, I’d rather they team up and go after the women’s tag and get a run as super athletes to build to something later.

well ronda leaving soon forced the tag belt hot potato. the 2 holding the belt now should hold them for awhile unless Chelsee gets hurt again.

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Is this a catch and slam or is he just using the dude's momentum?

I first thought it was bullshit but upon rewatch I can see the catch. But he was dropping as soon as he caught him.

Lil bit of A lil bit of B.


He definitely had the momentum from the jump turning him and causing him to go down a bit faster than usual, but there definitely is a momentary "catch".


In reading any results from any site, it makes it sound like more of a feat tho.

Yeah I think that’s my issue. He did really well to make the spot work but I wouldn’t say it was like a full on catch. But it’s wrestling so I guess you have to exaggerate.

Dirty Dom is the NXT NA Champion

Watched Raw tonight for the first time in a while. Judgment Day kinda rules now? Really good despicable heel faction.

It was a rough start, but they found there groove when Dom got a Mami

Dom and Rhea have been an amazing gimmick for a while. But for the most part it was a funny joke. Now they’ve made the group look legitimate. And that’s awesome.

Priest not cashing in on an injured Rollins so Balor could have his match at Summerslam was beautiful

Knowing WWE I was surprised when they didn't have Priest try a cash in, or at least heavily tease it. Pleasantly surprised.

Feel like Finn is gonna beat Seth for the title and Priest is going to tease a cash in on Finn right then and there before deciding against it and helping him up.

Wouldn't be surprised if Balor beats Finn, then Priest cashes in on Roman. The Bloodline ruled the WWE for the past few years and now that it has imploded Judgement Day picks up the pieces, they can spend months leading to Survivor Series of Roman trying to mend the fences with the Usos.

Yup. They’re transitioning from The Bloodline being the dominant stable to The Judgment Day. Probably gonna keep slowly shuffling all those pieces around and have them fall in place at WM 40.

I hope now that AJ is back that they start building up the OC to compete with Judgement Day at some point. Finn vs AJ factions would be fun and I like when AJ is a face better. I find it hard to boo him.

Imaging Balor becoming champ and after a few months we have an OC vs JD feud going on when Damian finally decides to cash in on Finn and AJ and the OC end up saving him at some point and starting a redemption arc for Finn.

miz doing LA knight is funny as hell

Miz is gold

Wish they still had Miz as mixed up in the IC/US title scene instead of glorified jobber. Dude is so talented. Only thing he has working against him really is just how long he has been there. So even though he would have been like 100x better, they will push Austin Theory with a long title reign over Miz just because it is "fresh"....

It's hard to believe Miz was champion just like 4 champions ago.

Miz has always been solid. Always said that. He could be one of their best heels, seriously.

He is already one of their best heels.

Glorified Jobber - whatever.




If he is one of their best heels, he, IMO, should be prominently featured. He easily outdoes anyone in that current role.

Is this the Raw mega-thread?

Are we getting Judgment Day (w/ JD McDonut) vs Owens/Zayn/Cody/Jey in WAAAAARRRRRR GAAAAAAAMES?

Yeah probably, trying to remember if Cody was ever in Blood and Guts. If not, this might be his first time in a Wargames match

I don’t like War Games being at Survivor Series. Do an elimination match at Survivor Series and War Games somewhere else.

Vince is definitely back, got a rename! Bronson Reed is now "BIG" Bronson Reed!!!!

He’s been that for a while, no? If Vince was back proper, Big Bronson would be fired.

Big Bearcat Bronson Reed

I still say they're gonna shorten his name to just "Reed" and give yet another guy the Bronson name. Or woman.

Jade Cargill-Bronson. And she'll feud with another newcomer, Kasandra Octavius (because it's another K.O. name, see?)

No, wait... TESSIE KASANDRA OCTAVIUS! Because TKO, the new company! Eh!? Ehhhh?!?

This seems like one of those things where the message gets lost because you didn't like the choice of words.

He wasn't calling Miz a glorified jobber, he's saying that's how WWE is using him. Which carries merit.

Seriously, any recent Miz feud has been the following: Miz gets offended that he isn't the focus anymore against [insert protagonist here]. He has a promo joust for a few weeks. He does a sneak attack during one of them to come out on top. He loses the match - and thus, the feud - against [insert protagonist here]. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

He's at a point where it isn't like the losses exactly hurt him, but at the same time, he's in "you know where this is going" territory. It's formulaic. Wins and possibly some sort of title run would even freshen that up a bit.

Now that's money!

As down as I am on the whole vibe of Raw right now, I approve of Ciampa & Gargano getting back together as a team. It’s the best they’ve ever been. Gunther beating both for the IC Title should be glorious too.

feels like a face turn for rhea is kind of inevitable, big pop for her when she ran out to beat on nia jax

like obviously nia is awful and people will pop for anyone over her so it was at least partly a lesser-of-two-evils pop but still, feels a little like that early era of the rock, where she's supposed to be a bad guy but people can't help but love her because she's so good

also looking forward to nakamura presumably finally winning the title only to have damian priest cash in immediately. that'll be super cool and not incredibly shitty booking

I think there’s a good chance of Nakamura winning because of the new Japan deal. Hopefully they hold off on any sort of cash-in. I could see Judgment Day trying to target Naks forcing him to make his own team of guys.

the actual result was worse than i expected

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this was a delight though

Jeez Ivar doing moonsaults is always a sight to behold. I thought he killed Kofi.

I am all about this beefy womens 4 way

Big meaty (wo)men slapping meat

Bronson Reed vs Gunther holy shit

The meatiest men slapping the meatiest meat

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This is the Tweet that will make Vince McMahon cash out :rofl::rofl::rofl:

That shit is funny, lol.

it feels like the vince-iest shit ever that gable (who is great and frankly deserves the title) and ricochet (who is also fine and a good worker but evokes nothing within me)--who have both been in the IC mix of late and have a legitimate claim to taking the belt off gunther--suddenly have to do the job to BIG BRONSON REED, whose entire thing is that he is big

idk after the world title result at fastlane it feels like this outcome is both entirely expected and woefully disappointing

lol @ drew mcintyre accidentally popping open the MITB briefcase when he hurled it at the set only to reveal there is nothing in there

which, like, obviously, but still

i kinda thought the case switch would be a storyline thing, like there would be nothing in there as part of the story whenever priest tries to cash in and that JD would have the old case with the contract in it to give to finn

but i think it was just empty because it is a prop

I will watch Gunther matches. Nothing else.

I don’t think it really makes sense for the contract to switch eligibility by possession. But they could get creative with it somehow. I’ve been very underwhelmed by the idea of the briefcase holder for years now.

yeah, i know. could be fun though. give it a kinda 24/7 or hardcore championship feel, and provide an impetus to cash in sooner rather than waiting for 10 months until someone's just finished an iron man match and flopping onto a dead body to claim the belt without a fight

like it kind of flips the script on the briefcase holder; cash in or run the risk of someone else stealing your contract

should have an oceans 11 type thing with people trying to heist it

Ricochet holy effing fuck

3 hours of Raw is still a trek, but only like 20% of what it used to be.

It’s too long. It’s nowhere near as bad, but it would benefit so much from being 2 hrs.

Watching RAW. Don't these women realise that Shayna could kick all their asses?

To be completely honest, I thought the whole "Rhodes Scholars" feud thing was going to end in a way where Sandow had the elaborate new briefcase with a re-drawn contract, but Cody snuck the contract out from inside the original before throwing it into the sea and uses it to attempt a cash in.

Michael Cole just said Xia Li is having a match with Candice Michelle tonight, and Wade Barrett is just roasting him :rofl:

LOL OH NO: Cole just called Candice LeRae Candice Michelle. :lol:

They all look alike

PIf this was Twitter or “𝕏” or whatever, you’d have all kinds of people claiming you’re sexist and not just joking around LOL.

Did Cole jyst call Nikki Cross a witch, more specifically, Samantha from the TV show Bewitched?!

Man is full of gaffes tonight.

Solid half hour for the World Title match, maybe Sami gets it done!

Tyler Black vs El Generico?

Once again PWG dream matches NEVER FAIL in the big leagues

Ok they already made a liar out of me. Sami came out, they went to commercial, then came back, and are showing Solo vs John Cena highlights at this moment, for no reason since it has nothing to do with the World Title match.

They have officially shaved off about 7 minutes, and that is before Rollins entrance.

I know I've been pushing for more to be done with The Miz since he is more talented than half the other guys they try to push.... but face Miz is always just weird. "lol" if face Miz turns out to be the one to beat Gunther.

HOLY SHIT MAN!!! Why was this not on the actual show?

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