Monday Night Raw Thread 14/7/14

Angron

Why did JBL sound surprised that Steph was in the building. She was shown earlier on!

Kerplunk124

Me right after that Sting promo



The crowd booing the fact it's just for the game lol

Angron

Probably should have muted the crowd at the end there :P

brianregan09

Did he appear?

Angron

Heyman fired, what?

jaykhunter

brianregan09 wrote: »

Did he appear?

No. There was this amazing video package of a small orchestra playing his crow theme, he showed his face, the crowd popped, it was an ad for WWE 2K15 DLC, crowd booed.

Angron

"Where'd you see him, Sonic?"

WWE, masters of subtle advertising.

J. Marston

"Boring" chants for Wyatt?

That's a first.

Kerplunk124

@ZackRyder STING!

@EthanCarterTNA @ZackRyder I beat him

HAHAHAHhahaha

Xenji

So the promo was just for the Sting DLC, in all honesty except for the RAW after Money In The Bank every show has been mediocre since, besides Leo Kruger having one of the most buried gimmicks in recent times and Bo Dallas having no heat with his gimmick, they should be at least getting Ambrose, Rollins and Jericho right, even the Wyatt family is coming off as weak and repetitive at the moment.

TGJD

Xenji wrote: »

So the promo was just for the Sting DLC, in all honesty except for the RAW after Money In The Bank every show has been mediocre since, besides Leo Kruger having one of the most buried gimmicks in recent times and Bo Dallas having no heat with his gimmick, they should be at least getting Ambrose, Rollins and Jericho right, even the Wyatt family is coming off as weak and repetitive at the moment.

yeah this is actually a bit of a chore to watch. Really need to step it up a bit.

J. Marston

What a very strange feud.

shineon23

Cena tell Flair to keep the Big Gold Belt there?

Kerplunk124

The big gold belt is no more lmao

bur

Don't think its for keeps sadly, having two belts is SO dumb.

TGJD

judging by that ending it looks like seth is actually injured.

Insect Overlord

Looks like they might be needing Plan C! Rollins didn't look comfortable there at all.

A Rogue Hobo

I dunno if anyone else on here has made this comparison before but has anyone ever thought Roman Reigns reminds them of a early-mid 90's Taker? Similar ring presence, charisma and how he executes certain movements. I would have never even copped it except I've been binging through late 97/98 Raws lately and it was the time when Kane was basically trying to mimic everything taker did with his mannerisms etc.

Anyways random observations aside I think some of you are giving a bit of a harsh judgement on this episode, its probably the beat episode of the last 3 weeks. I.C title feels slightly important which is better than normal. Logical ish stories for WWE standards, can't complain really

Jerichoholic

I thought they might try and promote the network a little bit. If it's struggling, surely mentioning it once or twice on Raw might help. I guess they have their integrity holding them back.

mrkiscool2

I'm so conflicted. On one hand the video promo for Sting in 2k15 was absolutely awesome. Paying respect to a true legend. On the other hand I just wanted to see him there! It would have been amazing! The crowd were actually pretty good, the reaction would have been amazing!

CSF

Was okish, decent matches; decent if not a bit rushed (inevitable) tying up of feuds before Sunday, just a standard raw before a non a-list PPV

rovert

colmufc

rovert wrote: »

they should just kiss and get all that tension over with haha , kidding anyway they really are the only 2 divas I've any interst in right now summer is decent in ring if they ever let her do it on raw , I also love aj don't the punk sit down

sockmo

worst epsode ive seen in a long time.

Alfred Borden

Was debating between watching this and 24 last night. Think I took the right choice with 24, Raw is gone to the dogs.

rovert

Raf32 wrote: »

Was debating between watching this and 24 last night. Think I took the right choice with 24, Raw is gone to the dogs.

The episode after Money in the Bank was pretty excellent to be far.

Digitalism

Fair play to the people here who can stay awake until 4am every monday watching this utter boring drivel.
I honestly dont know how you guys can do it week in week out.

Lord TSC

Did a single story advance last night?

Strikes me if you missed last night show and saw last weeks as a go home show, you wouldn't have missed a single thing.....

Moneymaker

If the news about Rollins is as bad as it sounds it's absolutely horrendous for him and WWE

rovert

Moneymaker wrote: »

If the news about Rollins is as bad as it sounds it's absolutely horrendous for him and WWE

Meltzer said it was angle.

Alfred Borden

rovert wrote: »

Meltzer said it was angle.

Probably injured so.

rovert

Raf32 wrote: »

Probably injured so.

Aye as he was wrong about Sting.

Alfred Borden

rovert wrote: »

Aye as he was wrong about Sting.

Just seems to have a new exclusive every week which inevitably turns out to be wrong.

Lord TSC

rovert wrote: »

Meltzer said it was angle.

I presumed it was to establish "Plan B" was out the window, and so "Plan C" from Heyman has to be considered.

Though I worry with both Ambrose and Rollins "Injured", will their match be pushed back to Summerslam now?

Moneymaker

I'm fine with that. It should be at Summerslam and a few more weeks of awesome promos/rants from Ambrose is something i'm perfectly ok with.

Anyway, we'll know soon enough if its legit or not.

I wouldn't trust Meltzer if he said the sky was blue.

rovert

Raf32 wrote: »

Just seems to have a new exclusive every week which inevitably turns out to be wrong.

Moneymaker wrote: »

I wouldn't trust Meltzer if he said the sky was blue.

I'll never understand the bizarre anti-Meltzer sentiment. Not trusting the most trustworthy source. Ok.

Anyway Rollins holds the secondary leg he lands on:

ricero

i marked out for stings 2k15 promo

Moneymaker

rovert wrote: »

I'll never understand the bizarre anti-Meltzer sentiment. Not trusting the most trustworthy source. Ok.
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What's bizarre about it? He's been proven to be FOS before. Nothing against the man or his opinions on the business. I would simply question his agenda sometimes.

rovert

Moneymaker wrote: »

What's bizarre about it? He's been proven to be FOS before. Nothing against the man or his opinions on the business. I would simply question his agenda sometimes.

No journalist is infallible - that's a ridiculous expectation. He's hardly full of **** either.

He doesn't lie or make things up. If he is wrong he will correct/clarify.

Jerichoholic

I can only think of one thing he was wrong about all year, and he immediately called himself on it.

rovert

So anyway he Rollins grabs the opposite leg you would expect him to if it was a legit injury.

Insect Overlord

He injured the leg before he went over the ropes. Go back a few seconds before the clothesline.

Moneymaker

We'll know soon enough anyway.

rovert

As reported in the PWInsider.com Elite section:
*Bray Wyatt needed seven stitches to close the gash suffered when Ric Flair punched him in NYC. Wyatt's eye was blackened and swollen shut and WWE medical did a lot of work on it before Raw, draining it and using makeup so he could look presentable. Wyatt was said to be in good spirits about the entire thing as it was a scar Flair gave him in MSG. His attitude in general is really liked by the veterans of the locker room.

*Seth Rollins was 100% fine after Raw and the injury was completely scripted to remove him from the finish of the handicap match so the focus was on the competitors in the Battleground Fatal Four Way.


*Dean Ambrose had a bloody lip but beyond that he was fine following his beating on Raw. His hospital visit was just part of the show.

I (and my main man Meltzer) was right:

B.A._Baracus

rovert wrote: »

So anyway he Rollins grabs the opposite leg you would expect him to if it was a legit injury.

huh? thats kinda of worded weirdly :P
I assume you mean if it was a legit injury then he would be grabbing his other leg?

Wrestlers work the left arm and left leg. Rollins grabbed his right. This aint Mexico dude

Lord TSC

Another note...Reigns has now ended 3 weeks in a row looking dominant and the likely winner....




....so can we all agree he doesn't stand a chance?

CastorTroy

So why was Miz always going on about Moneymaker? and then having a picture of Moneymaker all throughout his match? I've never met or seen Moneymaker but he did look familiar. This week's podcast will be torture with Moneymaker now having a big head after all the mentions he got on Raw.

Watching the Adam Rose bit just made me think of his NXT presentation skills video where I think he said something along the lines of how he's fed up of trying to entertain people and being a puppet.

I think that Sting promo was a good way to gauge a response anyway, since we've seen returns before where a good reaction was expected but didn't come to be.

Looking forward to seeing how AJ and Paige work in a proper match. Could become another Trish and Lita?

Ambrose not selling as much as he usually does this week

Ridley

I enjoyed that. Showcase of talent proving that they want to be IC champ.

Although I'm hoping that at Battleground Barrett will announce to the winner that the baaaad news is his being healthier than expected, elbow the guy and walk away still the champ. Then have a unification match with Sheamus at Summerslam.

Failing that, Cesaro wins and has a unification match with Sheamus at Summerslam.

Failing that, Bo Dallas wins and is more inspirational than ever.

JohnMarston

Sad that the best part of this weeks Raw was Sting, and he didnt even show up

rovert

And Seth was the one who got all the talk: