:lol: at WWE adding in fake crowd noise to this recap video of last week's Drew & Sheamus vs. Miz & Morrison match.

:lol: Dana pinned Reckoning again.

This Retribution storyline and booking utterly sucks. Only saving grace is all the laughs its been providing because of how bad its been.

:lol: at Drew breaking part of the stage tron with that pretty amazing toss of the MitB case.

Kofi vs. Shelton was pretty good.

Think they legit did the finish that was supposed to happen a couple weeks ago since it involved the same two people and led to the same post-match promo from Hurt Business about wanting an immediate rematch. Only difference was this time it was a singles match while a couple weeks ago it was a tag match.

Drew McIntyre & Sheamus vs. The Miz, John Morrison, & AJ Styles handicap match was very good I guess.

Was zoned out of the match early on since this whole show has been mostly nothing so far and there is still 50 minutes left to go.

Sheamus accidentally hitting Drew with a Brogue Kick and Drew chucking the MitB case at the stage earlier have literally been the only really interesting stuff about tonight's RAW so far.

:lol: at Drew and Sheamus beating up Pat Buck because he tried to break up their brawl.

So is Riddle's new gimmick of him being someone who's insufferable to be around?

RVD wasn't this lame as a pothead character as Riddle's current character has been.

This Orton vs Bray/Fiend feud is soo dull. Didn't help that tonight's Orton vs. Bray match was a typical boring Orton style match and it ended in a no contest via Fiend's lights out shenanigans.

Highlight of that match was the commercial break bit by Bray.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">lol Tom got jacked<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://t.co/CNjg9NG48t">pic.twitter.com/CNjg9NG48t</a></p>&mdash; GIFSkull III (Backup) - #njbosj #njpw (@SkullGIF) <a href="https://twitter.com/SkullGIF/status/1336156816103727105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This week's episode was very skippable overall. Seriously considering taking a mini-break from RAW at some point soon since these shows are barely worth sitting through.

In fairness, you're about the only person not taking a break from it at this point.

Card and preview for tonight's RAW:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For months we turned <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandyOrton</a> into a bloodthirsty killer. And now, to end 2020, we have him feuding with puppets. Sounds about right.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAWTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1338526113199509506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Safe to cross out Styles name from the winner's list at this Sunday's TLC show.

Sure WWE didn't go the lazy route of having Styles wrestle and beat Drew on the go-home show but the way he beat Sheamus and the post-match attack was typical WWE style go-home show booking treatment done for someone losing at a PPV.

Hurt Business vs. Jeff Hardy & New Day was very good.

Really think WWE has been playing the same 5 second loop of background crowd noise for these ThunderDome shows for some time now. Gets really annoying to hear once you notice the same exact pattern going on and on during matches because of how very short the clip is.

:lol: at Lana beating Nia in a singles match.

Nia and Shayna haven't won a single match in this Asuka & Lana feud since it started. Think they are 0-4 now.

:lol: at Asuka taking her sweet time to save Lana. Waited till after Lana's leg got obliterated by Nia and Shayna to show up.

Guess the Jaxson Ryker and Elias pairing really is a thing now for RAW.

So what was the purpose of punishing the other guys in the Forgotten Sons for as long as WWE did if in the end Ryker was brought back to tv as if nothing happened.

:lol: at Miz & Morrison beating Keith Lee.

Vince really did turn Lee into just a typical WWE style lumbering big man wrestler instead of the more athletic and faster moving big man guy he was in the indies and on NXT.

If there was ever a segment this year that was channel changing inducing bad, that Firefly Fun House segment easily takes the cake.

Up there with "This is Your Life Bayley" and "Old Day" for worst WWE segments in recent years.

:eek: Retribution actually won a match for once.

Sure the match itself was whatever in terms of quality and full of shenanigans that Ricochet almost managed to overcome but a win is a win.

Another loss in a row for Shayna & Nia since they started feuding with Asuka & Lana except this time it involved Shayna losing to Dana via DQ.

Lana getting written out of TLC because WWE booked themselves into a big corner for the Women's Tag title match is a bit hilarious and sad at the same time.

Orton really has a random fascination with wanting to burn stuff if Bray is around.

Tossed Bray into a box after ambushing him in a dark room backstage and then lit it on fire but whatever murder plan Orton had backfired after the Fiend suddenly popped out of it.

This might be the most NXT commercials WWE has aired during RAW in a long while.

Like 4-5 so far even though its just the same 2 commercials being repeated.

Usually NXT is lucky if they get at least 2 commercials per week on RAW.

:lol: at the random epic music being played in the midst of AJ Styles' promo because Drew's WWE title was being raised to the ceiling ahead of their match at TLC.

This week's go-home show was somewhat average in the sense that the first half was pretty good even if not that much actually happened while the second half was mostly terrible until the main event segment with Styles and Drew. Only really interesting thing was that main event promo and attack segment at the end of the show.

For 3 hours shows, WWE really does give very little reason to bother watching RAW if you missed it or stay interested if you do, especially when the show hits its lull point since it can easily last for like half a show.

Holy shit this show sounds atrocious.

Card and preview for tonight's RAW:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tune in to see if <a href="https://twitter.com/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RandyOrton</a> is in prison for essentially murdering <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEBrayWyatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEBrayWyatt</a> last night.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAWTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAWTonight</a></p>&mdash; WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWECreative_ish/status/1341062889856229377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wait until Raw's rating is better than Dynamite's from 5 weeks ago!

Not even 8 minutes into the show and Charlotte already teased she wants to go after Asuka's RAW Women's title.

Whelp WWE going right back to the Legends well to prop up their struggling RAW ratings since a Legends Night themed show just got announced for 2 weeks from now.

:lol: at Asuka saying Mandy and Dana's team name should be "Sexy Muscle Friends"

WWE not holding back at all in plastering Charlotte all over tonight's show. Opening promo segment, on commentary during this #1 contender's women's match, and just announced to be in a tag match later against Lacy & Peyton.

Wonder if they will bring in Sting :eek:

30 minutes for a promo segment and tag match that made the #1 contender's look like a bunch of nobodies in the end.

Why even have Nia & Shayna win the match if the whole purpose was for Dana & Mandy be the ones standing tall in the end and have the real stare down moment with the women's tag champs. Nia & Shayna didn't even do anything heelish to trigger the post-match attack beyond just looking at Asuka & Charlotte.

:lol: at R-Truth photobombing Hurt Business' photo shoot.

Trying to watch RAW but I'm not seeing any big changes in tone or quality so far

Anything notable happened in the last 30 minutes or so since I missed it all?

Last time I'm bothering wasting a ton of time replying to any ratings stuff in the AEW thread since its just been spinning the wheels for any real discussion there. Completely regret ever responding to a drive-by style post by Noid since that triggered the whole headache of a discussion there.

Going to assume this Alexa's playground bit is that conflicted rumored "dark adult content" USA Network wants for RAW ... or just someone in creative being on crack when they wrote this Orton & Bliss segment.

I'm leaning more towards crack.

HOLY SHIT this commercial of Drew and Cena beating up 2020 is amazing lol

Nope

They broke up the Iiconics for this

Fuck everybody

It's like they are deliberately trying to fail

Guess WWE suddenly remembered the Women's Tag champs can cross brands and even more Charlotte cramming on shows about to happen now.

Only actual team SD has is the Riott Squad so I guess that's the challengers for this week's SD show.

lol he's an annoying little turd

6-Man Holiday Street Fight was pretty good overall despite it mostly plodding along until the final 5 minutes or so.

If this week's show was meant to be WWE's response to last week's record low numbers, then it was a huge swing and miss. Felt no different than any other RAW in recent months in terms of quality nor even showed any real signs of starting to change for the better.