Monday Night Raw 6-1-2014

Lithium93_

First Raw of the new year, and it's an Old School Raw

Quick recap from last week

Daniel Bryan was skulking off as apparently — a new convert to The Wyatt Family,

Brock Lesnar had laid waste to Mark Henry

Randy Orton received his latest challenge to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

WWE is focusing on the following

One-on-one
Randy Orton is set to defend his title against John Cena in a bout that will have no interference and can only be decided via pinfall or submission - how will The Viper and Cena react?

Best in The Shield?
CM Punk continued his one-man mission to sow dissent among The Shield, Punk rounds out the trio by facing Roman Reigns this week. Can the big man do what his teammates could not and top The Best in the World?

Who'll stop the pain?
WWE COO Triple H shocked the WWE Universe by summoning Brock Lesnar from his sabbatical last week, With Lesnar running wild, is there anyone in the locker room who could possibly stop him? More importantly, is there anyone with the guts to try?

Family ties
Bray Wyatt’s hard work paid off last week when Daniel Bryan finally agreed to join The Wyatt Family after suffering the clan’s latest 3-on-1 attack against him; an apparent act of solidarity against “the machine” that Wyatt opposes.
What does the newly-extended Wyatt Family have in store?

rovert

Dave Meltzer thinks something awful is going to happen to Flair along the lines of Brock attacking him.

Love Old School Raw so much I might stay up for it.

Lithium93_

rovert wrote: »

Dave Meltzer thinks something awful is going to happen to Flair along the lines of Brock attacking him.

Love Old School Raw so much I might stay up for it.

Why have I got the feeling that if Brock Lesnar lays out Ric Flair, it'll drag out Triple H.

Old School Raw is always interesting, stormy weather in the west be damned, I'm staying up to watch it

Charisteas

Randy Orton should really be the one who gets to lay out Flair, he needs the heel heat more than Lesnar.

rovert

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Why have I got the feeling that if Brock Lesnar lays out Ric Flair, it'll drag out Triple H.

Or Batista early as a surprise.

J. Marston

Would be good if everyone came out to their old themes tonight. Probably wouldn't make much sense character-wise but it would still be cool to hear Basic Thuganomics, Burn In My Light and This Fire Burns just for the nostalgia pop.

Charisteas

Any chance of Flair wrestling at Mania? If he were, I could well see him going against Triple H.

Charisteas

J. Marston wrote: »

Would be good if everyone came out to their old themes tonight. Probably wouldn't make much sense character-wise but it would still be cool to hear Basic Thuganomics, Burn In My Light and This Fire Burns just for the nostalgia pop.

That is such an excellent idea. Imagine the pop Mark Henry would get for Sexual Chocolate. Would also be a nice tribute to Mae Young who is sick right now.

rovert

Xavier Woods said he wanted to team with Flash Funk on the show :



2 Cold Scorpio can still go in his limited dates on the indies btw.

JP Liz V1

rovert wrote: »

Dave Meltzer thinks something awful is going to happen to Flair along the lines of Brock attacking him.

Love Old School Raw so much I might stay up for it.

And so starts Lesnar's feud with Batista

J. Marston

Charisteas wrote: »

That is such an excellent idea. Imagine the pop Mark Henry would get for Sexual Chocolate. Would also be a nice tribute to Mae Young who is sick right now.

Yep plus I bet even the anti-Cena part of the crowd would cheer (for a few seconds at least...) if this played...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL_uWGcSBo8

Jester252

Already humming along to the opening.

grames_bond

Charisteas wrote: »

That is such an excellent idea. Imagine the pop Mark Henry would get for Sexual Chocolate. Would also be a nice tribute to Mae Young who is sick right now.

IIRC the last time there was an Old School Raw, Mark Henry did exactly this!

fwiw wweshop.com are selling off some "legends" tshirts - might give us an insight into who will appear tonight or at the rumble (with a few clear exceptions!) - Nice to see Jake the Snakes inclusion there.....hopefully it's a sign!

CastorTroy

Didn't Cena come out to Basic Thuganomics at the last old school raw or maybe it was some PPV either last year or the year before?

RobbingBandit

Pity Mae Young is sick, loved seeing the Glove Boy, that was so funny.

Foley with Mr Socko is my outside bet for an appearance.

buckfasterer

DDP will probably turn up also, he sent out the usual yoga email earlier saying to tune in to see if he shows up.

JP Liz V1

Tonight's WWE Monday Night Raw "Old School" special will kick off with Daniel Bryan and the Wyatt Family, following up on last week's shocking turn and this weekend's house shows wherein Bryan appeared as "Daniel Wyatt" for his advertised cage matches against group leader, Bray Wyatt.


Brian Christopher is in the area for tonight's Old School Raw, and is expected to make his return to reunite with Too Cool members Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty. WWE Hall of Fame Mick Foley is being advertised for tomorrow's Smackdown taping, so he will likely be making an appearance on Raw tonight.


Source - Wrestlezone

Professional Griefer

Bryan looks strange in his new gear with the Wyatts.

buckfasterer

buckfasterer wrote: »

DDP will probably turn up also, he sent out the usual yoga email earlier saying to tune in to see if he shows up.

Would love to see a Scott Hall or Jake Roberts appearance as well.

Jester252

Would love for Ron Simmons and JBL to do a APA protection run in.

Jester252

Professional Griefer wrote: »

Bryan looks strange in his new gear with the Wyatts.

He looks weirdly like a mini late 90s undertaker

Lord TSC

I adore Old School Raw. And I can't wait for 2 Cool reunion!

beakerjoe

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

I adore Old School Raw. And I can't wait for 2 Cool reunion!

I wonder what shape Brian Christopher is in. He didnt look great last time he was on Raw

Lithium93_

What are the possibilities given that tonight is an Old School Raw, that Hulk Hogan COULD make an appearance

gnfnrhead

Lithium93_ wrote: »

What are the possibilities given that tonight is an Old School Raw, that Hulk Hogan COULD make an appearance

I imagine they would hype the fcuk out of that. No point in keeping such a big name as a surprise for a random Raw. PPV maybe, but not Raw.

CSF

Won't be staying up for this but am optimistic it'll be decent enough, here's hoping Bryan has found his way out of that ****ty storyline by the time I wake up tomorrow.

Charisteas

Lithium93_ wrote: »

What are the possibilities given that tonight is an Old School Raw, that Hulk Hogan COULD make an appearance

What would be amazing is nWo on Raw tonight, Hogan, Hall, and Nash cutting promos like it's 1998, then all of a sudden, sierra, hotel, india, echo, lima, delta.

Hashtag_HEEL

Charisteas wrote: »

What would be amazing is nWo on Raw tonight, Hogan, Hall, and Nash cutting promos like it's 1998, then all of a sudden, sierra, hotel, india, echo, lima, delta.

This is money!

SimonQuinlank

CastorTroy wrote: »

Didn't Cena come out to Basic Thuganomics at the last old school raw or maybe it was some PPV either last year or the year before?

Came out to it in one of his face offs with The Rock iirc.

Adiboo

Stupidly excited for this tonight!

B.A._Baracus

Might give this raw a look tonight. Would be cool to see a few faces from the past.

GTR63

rovert wrote: »

Dave Meltzer thinks something awful is going to happen to Flair along the lines of Brock attacking him.

I'll enjoy that but feel it should be JR eating an F5

kksaints

rovert wrote: »

Dave Meltzer thinks something awful is going to happen to Flair along the lines of Brock attacking him.

Love Old School Raw so much I might stay up for it.

It would make more sense if a Green Bay supporting superstar came out and attacked Flair after his weekend antics.

beakerjoe

The Shield are guests on pipers pit so I read on the bookface

SureYWouldntYa

Charisteas wrote: »

What would be amazing is nWo on Raw tonight, Hogan, Hall, and Nash cutting promos like it's 1998, then all of a sudden, sierra, hotel, india, echo, lima, delta.

i've just noticed that spells out SHIELD. they're wrestling a year, and i've just noticed that

beakerjoe

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

i've just noticed that spells out SHIELD. they're wrestling a year, and i've just noticed that

Took me a few months too.

rovert

GTR63 wrote: »

I'll enjoy that but feel it should be JR eating an F5

In an empty arena in JR's hometown just for nostalgia sake.

Charisteas

Don't worry, I didn't 'get' the Paul Bearer name for a decade.

Moneymaker

Charisteas wrote: »

What would be amazing is nWo on Raw tonight, Hogan, Hall, and Nash cutting promos like it's 1998, then all of a sudden, sierra, hotel, india, echo, lima, delta.

Sounds epic but something like Hogan turning up is not something that should be a surprise.

brinty

What about maybe

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Warrior......

sockmo

brinty wrote: »

What about maybe

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Warrior......

Id drop my trousers right there

GTR63

brinty wrote: »

What about maybe

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Warrior......

Then he body presses a blindsighted fan wearing an unlicensed Warrior shirt

brinty

GTR63 wrote: »

Then he body presses a blindsighted fan wearing an unlicensed Warrior shirt

Considering he's in wwe 2k14 its a possibility he's going into the HOF.....

andyman

If only Eddie was still around. I reckon "Viva La Raza..." would have seen everyone in the arena drop the cacks. There would be penises everywhere.

B.A._Baracus

brinty wrote: »

Considering he's in wwe 2k14 its a possibility he's going into the HOF.....

I would go as far as to say its practually a reality than possibility

Cianan2

Isn't there usually a WWE Championship match on the first Raw of the year??

Jester252

Is it not Cena vs. Orton tonight?

Moist Bread

andyman wrote: »

If only Eddie was still around. I reckon "Viva La Raza..." would have seen everyone in the arena drop the cacks. There would be penises everywhere.

Errr ...

Anyway, might stay up and watch this too. Something exciting might happen!

Professional Griefer

Hopefully not in anyways

Alfred Borden

Anyone see Taker returning?

B.A._Baracus

Hopefully this will be a good raw.
But apart of me is thinking it'll just be a few old faces shown in the odd backstage promo here and there whilst still being a john cena and co standard raw. Hope I am wrong.