[9/5] Monday Night Pi'RAW Thread - The Neckbeard Knight Rises!
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Playaz Eyez
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prophecypro
Hollywood North
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Edit: Actually now that I think about it, that Jericho shirt is kinda pause
Charlotte beats Sasha, Bayley beats Charlotte for the title and Sasha turns.
charknicks
All Star
RAW was, well it was rough to get through after the 1st 45 mins- hour. Thats the exact reason why to watch the show on DVR and skip commercials and terrible segments. That 3 hours can seem like forever.
Good:
- The opening segment. Owens/ Rollins/ Foley and Stephanie all played their roles well in the segment. Owens got the crowd to turn on him quick. Rollins showed he can have the crowd behind him, and we all know he can turn the crowd on him whenever needed. Foley didnt let Steph run over him with decisions, and Steph actually stepped back for once. (We all know she will get her revenge down the line). Really good segment.
- Jericho/ Rollins match was the best of the night. Very good match, and Jericho still has 'it' (well, some of it. He is damn near 50, right?)
- Jericho-Owens pairing is gold right now. Those 2 just mesh together well.
- Sasha Banks acting. As others have said, she doesnt have the best voice overall, but she conveyed some real emotion and really had people thinking she was going to retire. They played Dana's music at the PERFECT time too. Didnt do much toward the rematch at Clash, but it had people on the hook for a while, which was the point.
- The 1.25 seconds that Alicia Fox reacted after the box accidentially hit Nia Jax in their backstage segment. She make that audible gasp as if she was about to get the ____ beat out of her, lol. Nia shoved that chick hard into the table. At least Nia gets a name to beat up on at Clash.
- Owens/ Reigns next week should be good.
Bad:
- 3 Squash matches? Three? We all understand why Strowman and Nia Jax are squashing people, to build them up as monsters. Makes sense. There is NO reason why Bo Dallas is getting a squash match. Are we really gonna build up Bo Dallas? Right after a drunken episodes on a plane. Roman gets suspended and pushed down the card. Titus got suspended for horsing around with the boss, and brought back to feud with Darren Young, but Bo gets built up for squash matches? That privilege is showing again. Smh. We will see how this goes.
- Sheamus 3, Cesaro 0. The fact that the series is 3-0 isnt really the bad thing. We all know that Cesaro will come back and make it 3-3, and match 7 will be at Clash of the Champions. The Bad is the fact that Sheamus gets 3 match wins all on PPVs and RAW, and Cesaro will get his 1st win at a non-televised house show in Europe is just a terrible decision, and just shows they have no love for Cesaro. He should be on SD anyway. Terrible. (NOTE: Just read (rumor) that Cesaro's deal is up in 30-45 days and no word if he re-signed yet. That might play a part in him getting screwed in this series)
- The mic work by Enzo this week wasnt good. The fact that the 'E had Enzo and Cass lose to the Shining Stars this week was even worse (Jobbers went 1-3 this week)
Ugly:
- The whole New Day/ Gallows & Anderson segment. Nothing about it was funny. Neither side worked. The old dudes didnt work. Did nothing for anyone to make them want to watch another match between these teams, which is sad because the matches are actually pretty decent. They have booked this whole feud terribly.
- Titus/ Darren Young. Why is this still a thing? (NOTE: Both segments in the Ugly feature black wrestlers? Come on, writing team. At least make us think we have a chance)
After this RAW, the Clash on Sept. 25 looks like:
- Owens (c)/ Rollins- Universal title
- Rusev (c)/ Reigns- US title (Rusev will probably cost Reigns next week. There isnt anyone else for him to fued with at that level for the title.)
- New Day (c)/ Gallows & Anderson- Tag titles
- Charlotte (c)/ Sasha Banks- Womens title
- Nia Jax/ Alicia Fox
- Sheamus/ Cesaro (Match 7- Best of 7 series)
(Biggest error is not having the Cruiserweight Classic final be on this card for the new title. That just makes too much sense.)
I think Jericho will be on there (Zayn?) and Enzo/Cass will get a tag match too.
Good:
- The opening segment. Owens/ Rollins/ Foley and Stephanie all played their roles well in the segment. Owens got the crowd to turn on him quick. Rollins showed he can have the crowd behind him, and we all know he can turn the crowd on him whenever needed. Foley didnt let Steph run over him with decisions, and Steph actually stepped back for once. (We all know she will get her revenge down the line). Really good segment.
- Jericho/ Rollins match was the best of the night. Very good match, and Jericho still has 'it' (well, some of it. He is damn near 50, right?)
- Jericho-Owens pairing is gold right now. Those 2 just mesh together well.
- Sasha Banks acting. As others have said, she doesnt have the best voice overall, but she conveyed some real emotion and really had people thinking she was going to retire. They played Dana's music at the PERFECT time too. Didnt do much toward the rematch at Clash, but it had people on the hook for a while, which was the point.
- The 1.25 seconds that Alicia Fox reacted after the box accidentially hit Nia Jax in their backstage segment. She make that audible gasp as if she was about to get the ____ beat out of her, lol. Nia shoved that chick hard into the table. At least Nia gets a name to beat up on at Clash.
- Owens/ Reigns next week should be good.
Bad:
- 3 Squash matches? Three? We all understand why Strowman and Nia Jax are squashing people, to build them up as monsters. Makes sense. There is NO reason why Bo Dallas is getting a squash match. Are we really gonna build up Bo Dallas? Right after a drunken episodes on a plane. Roman gets suspended and pushed down the card. Titus got suspended for horsing around with the boss, and brought back to feud with Darren Young, but Bo gets built up for squash matches? That privilege is showing again. Smh. We will see how this goes.
- Sheamus 3, Cesaro 0. The fact that the series is 3-0 isnt really the bad thing. We all know that Cesaro will come back and make it 3-3, and match 7 will be at Clash of the Champions. The Bad is the fact that Sheamus gets 3 match wins all on PPVs and RAW, and Cesaro will get his 1st win at a non-televised house show in Europe is just a terrible decision, and just shows they have no love for Cesaro. He should be on SD anyway. Terrible. (NOTE: Just read (rumor) that Cesaro's deal is up in 30-45 days and no word if he re-signed yet. That might play a part in him getting screwed in this series)
- The mic work by Enzo this week wasnt good. The fact that the 'E had Enzo and Cass lose to the Shining Stars this week was even worse (Jobbers went 1-3 this week)
Ugly:
- The whole New Day/ Gallows & Anderson segment. Nothing about it was funny. Neither side worked. The old dudes didnt work. Did nothing for anyone to make them want to watch another match between these teams, which is sad because the matches are actually pretty decent. They have booked this whole feud terribly.
- Titus/ Darren Young. Why is this still a thing? (NOTE: Both segments in the Ugly feature black wrestlers? Come on, writing team. At least make us think we have a chance)
After this RAW, the Clash on Sept. 25 looks like:
- Owens (c)/ Rollins- Universal title
- Rusev (c)/ Reigns- US title (Rusev will probably cost Reigns next week. There isnt anyone else for him to fued with at that level for the title.)
- New Day (c)/ Gallows & Anderson- Tag titles
- Charlotte (c)/ Sasha Banks- Womens title
- Nia Jax/ Alicia Fox
- Sheamus/ Cesaro (Match 7- Best of 7 series)
(Biggest error is not having the Cruiserweight Classic final be on this card for the new title. That just makes too much sense.)
I think Jericho will be on there (Zayn?) and Enzo/Cass will get a tag match too.
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Nia's face after she got hit with the box.
She really is just a harmless valley girl who got stuck playing a monster because she's plus-sized. 
I've seen people compare the Sasha segment to Mark Henry's a few years back. I think the problem I have with Sasha's segment was what was she going to do if Dana Brooke didn't show up. Just say "The Bad News is for you Charlotte!" and leave? In the Mark Henry one, Cena was already in the ring so it made Mark look like a mastermind in his plan. It's just little things I wish they would consider when they write out segments like that.
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Meltz on WOL today basically asked the same question about why Bayley went over Chaflotte if they knew and planned for Sasha pre show/he whole angle is baffling. Seems others shared the same thoughts as me
Kind of too early for Sasha to turn because who else is going to be a babyface outside Bayley? They obviously grooming Brooke for that but it will take several months(and maybe more since she's very green) I also don't think they should hot shot the title on Bayley just yet. I know she's over as fukk but slow build also.
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
I didn't
I caught the segment late, but once I watched it, then came back in the thread, I couldn't believe people were comparing that to Mark Henry in his salmon jacket promo. That was the furthest from it. It was a good segment, but there was nothing in her body language nor what she actually said that made me believe she'd retire or anything.
GoddamnyamanProf
Countdown to Armageddon
The injury angle helps protect her but the point is she lost 1v1 vs Charlotte. No one cheated or screwed her over as you said. Charlotte surprisingly didnt even herself cheat, just rolled through the submission and pinned her.
Already addressed, its not the same thing.
Faces don't get insulted and respond nicely anymore... that ain't happened since like Bob Backlund's era, breh.
This is like askin' how Rock was a face when he called Shane a p*ssy, or how SCSA was a face when he... SCSA'd.
I'd love someone to ask Steph how her #1 babyface hero fat-shaming a thicker fellow superstar fits into her female-empowering women's revolution
The injury angle helps protect her but the point is she lost 1v1 vs Charlotte. No one cheated or screwed her over as you said. Charlotte surprisingly didnt even herself cheat, just rolled through the submission and pinned her.
Already addressed, its not the same thing.
I'd love someone to ask Steph how her #1 babyface hero fat-shaming a thicker fellow superstar fits into her female-empowering women's revolution
No one has to screw u over in a match where youre injured..thats why Sasha came out of the lost more over and more respected.
And we can ask Steph a lot of things on the double standard bracket over just the last 3 years alone.