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RBX
Jan 2, 2011

I want to see Alicia Fox shine but I can't bring myself to watch Raw or Smackdown.

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Evil Canadian
Sep 10, 2000

No one man should have all that Psycho-Power.

The Landstander posted:

I'm rooting for Alicia Fox now.

Only Alicia fox can repair the gaping hole left by Kaitlyn leaving now :smith:

UltimoDragonQuest
Oct 5, 2011



MassRafTer posted:

They don't even have to drastically scale back the concept of it to make it more financially viable. They are blowing money on programming that realistically means nothing to the Network's bottom line. I don't think they'll add anything to their bottom line by airing a new season of Tough Enough yet, hey, they are for some reason. I'd say great but I doubt it will have Austin on it.
I wonder how many of the new hires are getting real contracts and how many are getting 13 weeks of Tough Enough.

MassRafTer posted:

It feels weird to me to think a Raw even aired tonight. I watched most of the show and it made no impression on me.
The storylines are so bad right now. They may as well air house shows. The matches are fine but it's poo poo we've seen a million times, and a Rusev squash.

Apple Craft
Mar 8, 2012
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Lawler looked legit pissed that Fox had taken his crown. There was something happening off-camera after she poured the soda and King was murdering her with his eyes. And, not in a "puppies!" kind of way.

Dimebags Brain
Feb 18, 2013





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Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Apple Craft posted:

Lawler looked legit pissed that Fox had taken his crown. There was something happening off-camera after she poured the soda and King was murdering her with his eyes. And, not in a "puppies!" kind of way.

PTSD from the Kliq.

Blasmeister
Jan 15, 2012




2Time TRP Sack Race Champion

Evil Canadian posted:

Only Alicia fox can repair the gaping hole left by Kaitlyn leaving now :smith:

But can Alicia repair the hole Kaitlyn has speared through our hearts? :smith:

2 weeks of being the best thing on the show though, good for her. Looking forward to the PPV match even if the build is booked stupidly.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Caught up on the show, that German Suplex by Cesaro on Sheamus was loving incredible.

TEGGS
Nov 21, 2004

Spoony Bard!

Evil Canadian posted:

Only Alicia fox can repair the gaping hole left by Kaitlyn leaving now :smith:

I didn't even realize she was actually gone until now. :(

I had figured she was just sort in the sorta there but not being used position divas usually are in.

Shima Honnou
Dec 1, 2010

The Once And Future King Of Dicetroit

College Slice

TEGGS posted:

I didn't even realize she was actually gone until now. :(

I had figured she was just sort in the sorta there but not being used position divas usually are in.

If that were so she'd have been called out for the Wrestlemania 30 Invitation Divas' Deathmatch.

Tato
Jun 19, 2001

DIRECTIVE 236: Promote pro-social values
The Russo-esque shades of gray by every character and the absence of Daniel Bryan have completely obliterated any interest or enthusiasm I had about WWE, and I was really enthused after WM30.

One week Cesaro is shaking hands, the next week he isn't, one week Sheamus is stealing titles and being a prick and the next week he's being a good sport and shaking hands. No one has any idea what they're doing or where it's going. Shield/Evolution and Barrett are the only bright spots in this poo poo period.

Didn't think much of the crowd last night either, I appreciated Paul Heyman ripping on the audience for hijacking the show and trying to get themselves over. If you're going to chant stupid poo poo like JBL and Jerry because you're bored, do it during a drat Santino match and not when Cesaro and Sheamus are hossing out on each other and putting on a good show.

Tato fucked around with this message at 14:07 on May 20, 2014

McStabby
Jun 26, 2007

LANA!!! CRUUUUUSH!

Apple Craft posted:

Lawler looked legit pissed that Fox had taken his crown. There was something happening off-camera after she poured the soda and King was murdering her with his eyes. And, not in a "puppies!" kind of way.

Before they cut to the announce table it looked like someone was trying to take the crown from her so maybe it was that.

Auron
Jan 10, 2002
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Tato posted:

The Russo-esque shades of gray by every character and the absence of Daniel Bryan have completely obliterated any interest or enthusiasm I had about WWE, and I was really enthused after WM30.

One week Cesaro is shaking hands, the next week he isn't, one week Sheamus is stealing titles and being a prick and the next week he's being a good sport and shaking hands. No one has any idea what they're doing or where it's going. Shield/Evolution and Barrett are the only bright spots in this poo poo period.

Didn't think much of the crowd last night either, I appreciated Paul Heyman ripping on the audience for hijacking the show and trying to get themselves over. If you're going to chant stupid poo poo like JBL and Jerry because you're bored, do it during a drat Santino match and not when Cesaro and Sheamus are hossing out on each other and putting on a good show.

Agreed. The product is very stale right now. Between that and a very busy summer, I'm thinking of putting wrasslin' on the backburner until Summerslam.

omgomgomg
Oct 26, 2012

Evil Canadian posted:

Alicia Fox drenching herself with a fan's coke cup is literally the best thing about this raw, sorry shield.

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007

Missed Raw but from the results it sounds like Bad News Barrett had a good night so I'm gonna chalk it up as a good Raw

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

I fell asleep until the ending but I'm going to assume the dream I had where Bray Wyatt stabbed John Cena with a bunch of forks was better than the real show.

Alpha Kenny Juan
Apr 11, 2007

McStabby posted:

Before they cut to the announce table it looked like someone was trying to take the crown from her so maybe it was that.

I thought I saw that too. That aside, I'm liking this new Alicia Fox.

save_divas.fox

bartok
May 10, 2006



It seems like only one Diva on the roster can have a personality. I guess with AJ gone it is Alicia Fox's turn.

Sledra
Jan 24, 2005

How Thortunate!
Alicia spent about twice as long on the barricade than was shown, and dropped the crown like half a dozen times. I can only assume Lawler was pissed it kept getting dropped from that high onto the floor and into the crowd.

Angular Landbury
Oct 24, 2011

MAGGLE.

bartok posted:

It seems like only one Diva on the roster can have a personality. I guess with AJ gone it is Alicia Fox's turn.

Are you forgetting about Divas champion Paige and her personality of "AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!"?

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

That personality was better when Daffney had it.

Sex Robot
Jan 11, 2011

Nothing amazing happens here.
Everything is ordinary.

Haven't watched WWE for a while, decided I wanted to get back in. I think I picked a poor show for re-entry.

  • I feel sorry for RvD. He looked like they just sobered him up with some coffee and shoved him into the ring. Out of all the 6 wrestlers in the BTC challenge he was the one who I was least interested in seeing challenge the belt. But WELP :v:!
  • He hosed up rolling thunder. What?
  • Would have been nice to have given the Union Jacks a break this time. Jobbers need love too
  • The entire audience sang Adam Rose's song for the entirety of Harper vs Cena. This was funny as gently caress to me and confused the commentators.
  • The highlight of the night without a doubt was random shots of Big E looking at screens.



Also soom good signs in the audience tonight

Sex Robot fucked around with this message at 16:03 on May 20, 2014

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

Tato posted:

The Russo-esque shades of gray by every character and the absence of Daniel Bryan have completely obliterated any interest or enthusiasm I had about WWE, and I was really enthused after WM30.

One week Cesaro is shaking hands, the next week he isn't, one week Sheamus is stealing titles and being a prick and the next week he's being a good sport and shaking hands. No one has any idea what they're doing or where it's going. Shield/Evolution and Barrett are the only bright spots in this poo poo period.

Didn't think much of the crowd last night either, I appreciated Paul Heyman ripping on the audience for hijacking the show and trying to get themselves over. If you're going to chant stupid poo poo like JBL and Jerry because you're bored, do it during a drat Santino match and not when Cesaro and Sheamus are hossing out on each other and putting on a good show.

Much like "TNA stupid" or "WCW stupid", the phrase "Russo-esque" should be used very carefully. Now let me preface this by saying pretty much the only things keeping me watching while Bryan's gone are the still generally good matches, the amount that I love The Shield, the fact that I get every PPV now thanks to the Network, and force of habit. I agree that the set of storylines they have right now kind of sucks except Shield/Evolution (and I can see why some people might be bored with that). Having said all that, I genuinely think they planned to turn Sheamus heel, then paused due to the Bryan injury. Makes sense. Cesaro is clearly a heel, but they're having him do things to plant seeds of him turning on Heyman. Also makes sense. Nothing Russo would do would follow any sort of logic.

SamuraiFoochs fucked around with this message at 16:18 on May 20, 2014

weekly font
Dec 1, 2004


Everytime I try to fly I fall
Without my wings
I feel so small
Guess I need you baby...



Russo-esque in regards to alignments needs to be reserved, not for shades of grey booking, but for when a guy clearly switches heel/face/heel/face/heel over the course of 4 months.

SamuraiFoochs
Jan 16, 2007




Grimey Drawer

weekly font posted:

Russo-esque in regards to alignments needs to be reserved, not for shades of grey booking, but for when a guy clearly switches heel/face/heel/face/heel over the course of 4 months.

See most recently: Austin Aries in TNA.

Shrecknet
Jan 2, 2005


Is there a separate thread for discussing that Vince just lost $350,000,000 in a day? Because that poo poo has broken through to the mainstream media.

Shard
Jul 30, 2005

A can of worms my friend. A can of worms.

Onmi
Jul 12, 2013

If someone says it one more time I'm having Florina show up as a corpse. I'm not even kidding, I was pissed off with people doing that shit back in 2010, and I'm not dealing with it now in 2016.

Everblight posted:

Is there a separate thread for discussing that Vince just lost $350,000,000 in a day? Because that poo poo has broken through to the mainstream media.

No, because he didn't. That's not how stocks work.

Sex Robot
Jan 11, 2011

Nothing amazing happens here.
Everything is ordinary.

Oh yeah, side note. I was fascinated to learn last night that as an English person. I apparently loving hate Bulgarians.

I guess Cole got a UKIP voter driving his taxi to the arena that night :allears:

mclast
Nov 12, 2008

catchphrase over
Catching up on RAW, jeez replace the commentary team with Ambrose and Rybaxel.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

There's pretty much no wrestling commentary I can tolerate at this point. The last 5-6 wrestling things I've watched on TV/streaming, including ROH, have been consumed in blissful silence.

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Everblight posted:

Is there a separate thread for discussing that Vince just lost $350,000,000 in a day? Because that poo poo has broken through to the mainstream media.

Ted Turner to swoop in and buy WWE.

pressedbunny
May 31, 2007

To A Brand New Galaxy

Sex Robot posted:

Oh yeah, side note. I was fascinated to learn last night that as an English person. I apparently loving hate Bulgarians.

I guess Cole got a UKIP voter driving his taxi to the arena that night :allears:
I was amazed we got through the whole night without a BNB/BNP joke. Now there's some heel heat.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...

Everblight posted:

Is there a separate thread for discussing that Vince just lost $350,000,000 in a day? Because that poo poo has broken through to the mainstream media.

This is so fuckin' stupid. Personal net worth is by and large a really silly concept used by dumb people trying to rank who is "richer", and Vince has the same amount of money he did before the stock price fell (from its previously inflated value). He's not selling his shares in the company, and if he ever did it would be to another corporate entity for a negotiated price that would not be equal to the closing price of the shares at the time of the sale.

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...
I mean, the share price is still up like 17% YTD and the dividend has remained constant. There's all this "Vince McMahon lost $350 million in a week!" schadenfreude nonsense, but at the same time there at the height of the bubble there weren't any articles claiming he 'made' $500 million in the preceding year, and for good reason.

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


Sex Robot posted:

Oh yeah, side note. I was fascinated to learn last night that as an English person. I apparently loving hate Bulgarians.

I guess Cole got a UKIP voter driving his taxi to the arena that night :allears:

As a fellow English person, I can honestly say I've never met a Bulgarian I've liked. Probably because I've never met a Bulgarian...

Most of us love Uncle Bulgaria though, so I'd say the national predisposition to Bulgaria is positive.

e: typo

Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 17:30 on May 20, 2014

Mechafunkzilla
Sep 11, 2006

If you want a vision of the future...
Bulgaria has almost as many people in it as the London metro area! Cower before the unstoppable Bulgarian juggernaut!

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

Jesse Ventura was as of a few years ago still a better Raw announcer than any of the chucklefucks announcing now. Can we just dig him out of whatever fallout shelter he's living in and get him back?

Sockser
Jun 28, 2007

This world only remembers the results!




So uh


what the hell happened to R-Truth and the Funkadactyls?

They came out and then Summer came out and then there wasn't a match

It wasn't even like a no contest or anything it just

The match didn't happen.

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keevo
Jun 16, 2011

:burger:WAKE UP:burger:
I assume something happened, it was just edited out. I still don't get Alicia Fox's thing though. Why did she poor the coke all over herself?

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