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Post by nath45 on Mar 26, 2024 11:37:54 GMT
Something changed tonight, it felt different. Tone? pace? Maybe a few things, it felt different. The language was looser. It felt like it was shot differently.
I also like the reduced tron. I understand the reason for it was to add more seats, but I reckon keep it.
Great show none the less.
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Post by c on Mar 26, 2024 11:49:34 GMT
The attitude was difference. Felt like a PG-13 product compared to the G they normally do. Also clear that people had more freedom than normal on the mic allowing them to go back and forth rather than just alternate monologues. Makes thing seem a bit more real as you have to drop character a bit to go back and forth like that.
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Post by Todd on Mar 26, 2024 11:58:16 GMT
Just watched the show because Twitter is losing its mind over how good it was. It was actually really good. I enjoyed it and I’m not one to sit down and watch hours of wrestling TV. So much good stuff.
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Post by Todd on Mar 26, 2024 12:09:14 GMT
Also agree with whoever said Rollins did well. He sounded like he belonged with a mic legend in this segment because he wasn’t so fake and over the top. Actually cut a pretty good promo.
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Post by c on Mar 26, 2024 12:27:09 GMT
I wish he would be himself more. I do not mind the Seth Rollins character, but it limits him as it is the same thing basically every time. His best promos were as Tyler Black because he was basically just being himself and were a lot more varied. Stuff from the Stein feud was great, as was his Age of the Fall promos. He need to bring more Tyler to his WWE work, like we did when he was still with the Shield.
Like people forget he used to be very good on the mic.
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Post by Ed on Mar 26, 2024 17:43:35 GMT
I see Chad turning on Sami after he beats Gunther for the IC title. He'll say if it wasn't for him, Sami wouldn't have won & show the jealousy that was inside him after losing.
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Post by Emperor on Mar 26, 2024 20:33:10 GMT
The top WWE wrestlers aren't doing much wrestling these days. I'm not just talking about the infamous less-than-part-timer Roman Reigns. The pandemic has spread throughout the WWE. How many times have Drew, Seth, Cody, Io, Rhea wrestled since Elimination Chamber? Less than five times between them, I'd wager. I haven't watched a Road to Wrestlemania play out in many years, but I guess this is normal. Top guys and gals talk a lot.
Rhea Ripley's in on the gag as she came to ring and complained about how much Becky Lynch, a wrestler, has been wrestling. The audacity! The war of words picked up as Rhea forced escalation by bringing Becky's daughter into the conversation. WWE is doing everything in their power to book Becky as an ultra-badass. The match against Liv Morgan, the Street Fight against Nia Jax, the punch to Dirty Dom (the slow motion replay was an excellent touch). I still don't buy Becky as a badass, but I can't deny that the segment and booking has been effective.
CM Punk was used in the best way to give the fatiguing Seth-Drew build some much needed energy. Drew and Seth both really shined, zingers all around, not at all under the shadow of Punk's mic work. Those three have a great dynamic.
Surprisingly I find myself getting invested in the Sami/Gunther angle. I wasn't expecting Sami to lose to Bronson Reed in a million years. A challenger losing a random singles match is a fresh idea. I admire the booking bravery. A fascinating way to take the story, that actually involves some wrestling! Makes a nice change of pace from the endless one-on-one microphone segments. Injecting Chad Gable is a stroke of genius. I'm excited to see where this goes.
Speaking of one-on-one microphone segments, the elephant in the room: The Rock. He didn't need a microphone to verbally rattle Cody Rhodes, and he unexpectedly appeared again at the end of the show, getting his hands dirty for the first time in years, with a nasty beatdown. Top notch heel work.
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Post by nath45 on Mar 26, 2024 22:17:17 GMT
I'm speculating, Gunther beats Sami and Chad gets in the face of Gunther and ends up challenging Gunther Night 2.
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Post by Emperor on Mar 26, 2024 22:53:30 GMT
That's an option. Gable could also turn on Sami, either costing him the match so he can challenge Gunther, or after Sami wins so he can challenge Sami. Many options on the table.
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Post by JTJ on Mar 27, 2024 4:30:21 GMT
Raw ratings are in. 2.2 million people watched the Punk, Drew, Seth promo. Spiked from 1.8 during the segment and fell to 1.7 after. I got to believe WWE is happy about their investment in him right now.
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Post by nath45 on Mar 27, 2024 4:38:42 GMT
It was also the biggest live audience for RAW since 2019 apparently. 15 something thousand.
One of the commentators said last week, it was the 7th or 8th week in a row that they've completely sold out.
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Post by iron maiden on Mar 27, 2024 6:12:12 GMT
It was also the biggest live audience for RAW since 2019 apparently. 15 something thousand. One of the commentators said last week, it was the 7th or 8th week in a row that they've completely sold out. Cause they are liking the content? Pre WM sales? What do you figure?
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Post by nath45 on Mar 27, 2024 6:15:26 GMT
It was also the biggest live audience for RAW since 2019 apparently. 15 something thousand. One of the commentators said last week, it was the 7th or 8th week in a row that they've completely sold out. Cause they are liking the content? Pre WM sales? What do you figure? The quality of the content. The show is red-hot and it's arguably the best build overall for Wrestlemania in many, many years.
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Post by Todd on Mar 27, 2024 19:49:56 GMT
Did anyone see the ratings for Punk’s segment? Jesus H Christ. About 350k tuned in and tuned back out once it was finished not to be seen again. The Rock was on this show…
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Post by kingoftheworld on Mar 27, 2024 20:24:29 GMT
Isn’t that like an entire Collision?
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Post by nath45 on Mar 27, 2024 20:29:27 GMT
They wish. There's probably a random street fight next week at the hope of getting 400.
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Post by JTJ on Mar 27, 2024 21:48:14 GMT
Did anyone see the ratings for Punk’s segment? Jesus H Christ. About 350k tuned in and tuned back out once it was finished not to be seen again. The Rock was on this show… Raw ratings are in. 2.2 million people watched the Punk, Drew, Seth promo. Spiked from 1.8 during the segment and fell to 1.7 after. I got to believe WWE is happy about their investment in him right now. … am I invisible to you?
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Post by Todd on Mar 27, 2024 21:59:01 GMT
Anyone? Just me?
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 0:06:22 GMT
Huh, looks like I missed a helluva Raw last week
or at least one really good segment
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Post by UT on Apr 2, 2024 0:09:42 GMT
Here to catch up some before Mania!
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 0:13:24 GMT
holy shit these fan videos are amazing
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Post by UT on Apr 2, 2024 0:19:16 GMT
These jabronis can’t even boo the final boss!
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 0:27:42 GMT
Little touch I appreciated: when Rollins' music hit, most of the Bloodline turned to look at the ramp while Jimmy pivoted to look behind them in case Seth jumped through the crowd
Finally someone learned!
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Post by UT on Apr 2, 2024 0:35:32 GMT
Man getting the crowd hyped for Seth/Rock and giving them Solo. What a kick in the balls.
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 0:38:46 GMT
Man getting the crowd hyped for Seth/Rock and giving them Solo. What a kick in the balls. It's kinda on them for believing, even for a moment, that Rock would bother wrestling on anything less than the biggest stage. Especially a week before Mania
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Post by JTJ on Apr 2, 2024 0:39:19 GMT
Cole might have just foreshadowed the end of the tag team title match at Mania.. saying both Raw and Smackdown titles will be above the ring and the match will continue until both titles are taken down.
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 0:49:01 GMT
um is johnny okay? pretty much lawn darted himself into the table and haven't seen him since Cole might have just foreshadowed the end of the tag team title match at Mania.. saying both Raw and Smackdown titles will be above the ring and the match will continue until both titles are taken down. so does the first team leave after they get the first belt or
anyway, this is a nitpick I've had for a while about unified belts -- IMO each title should be defended on its own brand, which yes means the champ has to wrestle twice as often, which is what makes *keeping* a unified title a big deal at all
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Post by UT on Apr 2, 2024 0:54:21 GMT
That Zayn segment… ummm
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 1:02:14 GMT
*me checking Wiki to see if there was some Damian Priest/Santos Escobar blood feud I forgot about*
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Post by Michinokudriver on Apr 2, 2024 1:15:01 GMT
Where's Alpha Academy? Isn't Gable still their mentor?
though if this leads to Imperium vs AA I take back everything
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