WWE Raw Superthread

So looks like Rock vs Roman and Punk vs Rollins at Wrestlemania.

Not sure where poor Cody fits in. Only way I see him as champ, is Punk costing Rollins the title in the lead up to Wrestlemania as their match doesn’t need the title. Maybe Cody vs Drew at Wrestlemania then for the title.

Felt like a big Raw.

Surprised Jax got the win but think it's a good call, match was fine.

Fair play to the ref as well for stopping the match when Vinci was out. I've seen people say they could have continued it but better safe than sorry. WWE's reactions to concussions and calling matches off lately has been really impressive.

Rhea's headbutt to a crossbody looked absolutely beast. Worried first it was risky but the replay made it look fine.

Main event was decent but at this point, it's hard to find Drew believable cause he always comes up short.

Right so the Rock. Firstly, loved the Jinder troll. Aside from that his promo was whatever, nothing new. His selling looked great but yeah he was gassed. I've heard he may be slimming down for the Smashing Machine movie so maybe if he hits the treadmill he could be in shape for a match. I do think it's a match that needs to happen, at this point it feels like it would be a missing piece to Roman's story. If it happens at Elimination Chamber with Cody still getting the Mania spot that would be ideal. I don't know how realistic that is though.

Didn't mention Roman by name but ended his segment with how he is going to go out and find a place to eat, where to sit etc etc and then ended it with mentioning how about sitting at the head of the table.

I have to say I thought Jinder was giving a great old troupe foreigner promo by the telling the truth to Americans who then think he is an anti American because he tells the truth about America.

And then the Rock interrupts him and gives a ten minutes rambling promo that might be one of the wrost wrestling promos in a generation trying to force in his catchphrases and then blows up after throwing a few punches.

The shine as been of Dwayne for a few years now but attitude era stars will always get a pop in the wrestling bubble and a few like The Rock will get a major one.

Truth is great. I'd say HHH has enough faith in him to let him improvise a lot of what happened. Especially with how often they were talking over each other. Of course it was obvious there would be a match when Miz was in ring gear rather than his usual suit. And I know Miz is doing the Face thing now, but he's better than using the "I can't hear you over the booing" line.

Surprised they had Becky lose clean like that.

Jey looked really annoyed at the match stoppage. I know he's not meant to like Imperium but he could at least take the win.

I hope to see Ivy and the Creeds all having gold. Though until Rhea drops the title, it may be tag titles for Ivy. Not sure who will get the title off Rhea now. Rumble winner from another brand?

Knew they were trolling with Jinder. But, yeah, The Rock is approaching Homer-becoming-a-celeb-after-bowling-a-perfect-game-and-doing-guest-appearances levels. Just checked and the segment was over 20 minutes long. And I liked Baywatch!

I said it before, but Tegan needs to get away from Natalya.

Was about to say the same thing. Even though it wasn't a great segment.

Getting jaded about a possible match with the Rock seem silly. It would be a major deal and like we've both said it would be strange if Roman doesn't get that match considering how the story has gone.

Now, as to if it actually comes to fruition or not. Who knows? They haven't had him acknowledge (pun intended) Roman or the storyline to this point to my knowledge on tv so this feels big. Triple H is making an announcement on Thursday as part of a preview of WWE in 2024, not sure that it involves this but who knows.

I do think as far as scheduling goes, I think this is the best shot they've had to actually make it happen.

Rhodes vs Styles would be my guess.

Personally, I'm not interested in Rock / Reigns unless it's at WM but the Rock return has been diluted by that Smackdown appearance a lil' while back with Theory and Waller mentioning the guy for no particular reason ahead of that.

Idea that won't happen: Joint Rumble winners both pick Reigns so he has to do both nights after irritating Aldis.

Is Reigns even working the EC in Australia?

Waller is still calling out The Rock too

If it's Rock vs Reigns at EC, and Cody vs Reigns at Mania 40, then to me that would be a fitting build worthy of the Mania milestone.

Rock gives Reigns one last mammoth victory, and Cody dethroning Reigns becomes that bit more special.

Rock needs to use the next 2 months though to get right, there's no doubt about that.

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Rock can get a crowd going, eating out his hand, the charisma always there, despite his ring rust

Elimination Chamber won't be treated as a B-Show. It's a massive show abroad in Australia - they'll want something marquee to really get the excitement going for that event, nevermind the fact it's the last PPV before Mania.

I think the likelihood is that they'll do Rock at Mania, but i don't think it's the right way to go creatively. I do understand that the hype around Rock at Mania might be difficult to resist for them though.

I feel a Rhodes rematch win would lead straight into Señor Money in the Bank cashing in the next night.

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