WWE Raw & Smackdown Weekly Thread

[jumbo_jim]

The Miz has impressed on the mic for a while. Glad to see he is getting the chance in the upper card but he will have to back it up when he is eventually put in a match.

 

[thebear247]

hbk talks about when he would like to return

http://www.sescoops.com/wwe/Latest_On_Shawn_Michaels_Future_In_Wrestling.shtml

 

[whalers90]

vince mcmahon on 5/25 raw: "it may be held in a parking lot"
by matt boone
may 18, 2009

the following is from espn.com:

kobe bryant and the los angeles lakers are scheduled to be at the pepsi center in denver next monday night.

Problem is, so are john cena and a bunch of wrestlers — and they called it first.

World wrestling entertainment said it is booked at the arena for an episode of monday night raw, the same night the nuggets are slated to host the lakers in game 4 of the western conference finals.

Wwe chairman vince mcmahon told the associated press he doesn’t believe there was “any malice, just ineptness,” on the part of kroenke sports, which owns the team and the building, but can’t tolerate the company “just simply throwing us out on our ear.”

without a quick resolution, mcmahon plans to send his trucks to denver.

“that’s what we intend to do,” he said. “we’re going to show up.”

pepsi center officials told the abc television affiliate in denver that the nuggets game will be played as scheduled and that they are working with the wwe to reschedule or move its event.

Wwe spokesman robert zimmerman said the organization secured the pepsi center last aug. 15 and has already sold more than 10,000 tickets for the event. He says the organization expects a sellout, with tickets ranging from $20 to $70.

Mcmahon blamed kroenke for not believing his team was good enough to still be playing in mid-may.

“the fans in denver had a lot more faith in making the playoffs than the owner,” he said in a phone interview from louisville, where raw was taking place later monday night.

Denver is usually done with basketball by now. The nuggets had lost in the first round five straight years, but as the no. 2 seed in the west are in the conference finals for the first time since 1985.

The nuggets referred comment to the nba, which handles scheduling during the playoffs. Kroenke sports also had no comment.

However, the league is leaving it up to the team and the wwe to figure things out.

“the nuggets and the wwe understand that the date of game 4 of the western conference finals cannot be changed,” nba senior vice president mike bass said. “we are confident that the pepsi center and the wwe will resolve their scheduling conflict.”

zimmerman said the pepsi center confirmed in march with the wwe that the organization wanted to keep the may 25 date, and sent a contract on april 15 — the final night of the regular season — which wwe signed and returned. Tickets went on sale april 11.

The conflict didn’t arise until sunday, when the lakers beat the houston rockets in game 7 of the western conference semifinals. Had the rockets won, denver would have had home-court advantage in the next round, hosting games 1 and 2 and putting the may 25 game in houston.

As of monday afternoon, the schedule on the pepsi center’s web site listed wwe for 6:30 p.m. Local time and western conference finals game 4 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the wrestling event could still be purchased online.

Mcmahon said he couldn’t guess how much he would make from the show, but that canceling wasn’t easy because of how much is involved in moving his equipment, plus filling its obligated time slot on usa network. Litigation is likely — but he plans to be putting on a card.

“when you do have a date, you plan everything around it,” he said, adding, “we may be holding an event in a parking lot somewhere.”

i really want to know what is going to happen with this

 

[icerfan]

Brian Kenny just interviewed Vince on Sportscenter, and (ironically) Raw is being moved to Staples Center in Los Angeles. :2 cents:

 

[darkwarrior3007]

WWE Screws Pepsi Center - Moves SD! To L.A. With RAW
by Matt Boone
May 20, 2009

Credit: F4WOnline.com

We can now basically confirm that next week's WWE RAW show will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The press conference we mentioned earlier will be held soon by WWE to make things official to the public.

An interesting twist to the story is WWE is going to be pulling the SmackDown/ECW taping from the Pepsi Center and moving it to the Staples Center as well for next Tuesday, to follow RAW on Monday. WWE is basically doing the same thing to the Pepsi Center that the Pepsi Center did to WWE with the RAW/Denver Nuggets controversy.

 

[rookieb]

The Miz has impressed on the mic for a while. Glad to see he is getting the chance in the upper card but he will have to back it up when he is eventually put in a match.

Yeah, based on next Monday's main event, it looks like they're putting him opposite Lawler for a while. Not exactly career-advancing material...

Still, I keep hoping...

 

[whalers90]

Yeah, based on next Monday's main event, it looks like they're putting him opposite Lawler for a while. Not exactly career-advancing material...

Still, I keep hoping...

OH GOD....if they do that you should just fire the MIZ to have him SAVE FACE!

 

[ChefChiTown]

WWE Screws Pepsi Center - Moves SD! To L.A. With RAW
by Matt Boone
May 20, 2009

Credit: F4WOnline.com

We can now basically confirm that next week's WWE RAW show will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The press conference we mentioned earlier will be held soon by WWE to make things official to the public.

An interesting twist to the story is WWE is going to be pulling the SmackDown/ECW taping from the Pepsi Center and moving it to the Staples Center as well for next Tuesday, to follow RAW on Monday. WWE is basically doing the same thing to the Pepsi Center that the Pepsi Center did to WWE with the RAW/Denver Nuggets controversy.

Did anybody see that the Nuggets released a statement, which was supposedly made by Vince McMahon, in which Vinny Mac praised the Nuggets owner? But, Vince McMahon said it was all bullshit and that he never said anything close to that?

I can't wait to see what he REALLY says. HE HE HE!!!

 

[jumbo_jim]

Yeah, based on next Monday's main event, it looks like they're putting him opposite Lawler for a while. Not exactly career-advancing material...

Still, I keep hoping...

Hopefully they just have Miz destroy Lawler quick then cost Cena his match at Extreme Rules so that Miz and Cena can have a decent feud.

 

[redpaint]

Hopefully they just have Miz destroy Lawler quick then cost Cena his match at Extreme Rules so that Miz and Cena can have a decent feud.

why do they keep using lawler:dunno:

 

[rookieb]

why do they keep using lawler:dunno:

I think every once in awhile they have to stroke his ego by allowing him back in the ring...after all, they have no qualms about using Flair...yet again...and again...

At any rate, I like one of the above suggestion...Miz destroys Lawler and we end up with miz costing Cena the extreme rules match, then a good long program between the two, possibly culminating at SummerSlam. However, there seems to be one slight issue...Cena doesn't job...for anyone. Can't have a good feud without Miz at least winning a match or two.

Cena's seeming invincibility is Triple H like and one has only to look at his program with Big Show to see how quickly a good feud can be buried. Cena gets chokeslammed through a spotlight, is medically unable to compete until the week of the PPV, yet still gets the win, and now the only intrigue we have is that he "can't" lock the STF on Big Show? Yawn...back to the mid-card with you Big Show, nice knowing you.

 

[thebear247]

punk and jericho match on wwe superstars was pretty good so was dreamer and christian over all tho i think wwe superstars is a bust and a watse of time

 

[redpaint]

I think every once in awhile they have to stroke his ego by allowing him back in the ring...after all, they have no qualms about using Flair...yet again...and again...

At any rate, I like one of the above suggestion...Miz destroys Lawler and we end up with miz costing Cena the extreme rules match, then a good long program between the two, possibly culminating at SummerSlam. However, there seems to be one slight issue...Cena doesn't job...for anyone. Can't have a good feud without Miz at least winning a match or two.

Cena's seeming invincibility is Triple H like and one has only to look at his program with Big Show to see how quickly a good feud can be buried. Cena gets chokeslammed through a spotlight, is medically unable to compete until the week of the PPV, yet still gets the win, and now the only intrigue we have is that he "can't" lock the STF on Big Show? Yawn...back to the mid-card with you Big Show, nice knowing you.

Sure seems that way at least Flair still puts on a decent match from time to time.

I hate the whole super Cena crap,i hate everything about Cena fuck im so fed up with this crap they just keep trying to shove him down your throat!He does what about 4 moves if you can call that stupid fist drop a move,and there's so many better in ring workers in the wwe than Cena but there not given a chance because he needs to be this big superhero that's seemingly unbeatable.....fuck rant over.:crash:

 

[rookieb]

Sure seems that way at least Flair still puts on a decent match from time to time.

I hate the whole super Cena crap,i hate everything about Cena fuck im so fed up with this crap they just keep trying to shove him down your throat!He does what about 4 moves if you can call that stupid fist drop a move,and there's so many better in ring workers in the wwe than Cena but there not given a chance because he needs to be this big superhero that's seemingly unbeatable.....fuck rant over.:crash:

Yep, good rant though. I'm not sure how much creative input Cena has, but they need to take a look at how he's directed. Look at a guy like Jericho, especially right now. He's lost two high profile matches in a row, yet still has tremendous heat. You don't always need to win to be on top. The potential is that the fans think you can win...

As for Superstars, they've had one shit-ass show so far (last week) and pretty good programming before and since. I'd rather see this format.You can count on two to three good matches and maybe one "talk" segment, instead of the 2-hour spectacles where you might see 8 minutes of action in the first hour, of which both WWE and TNA are guilty. Takes me back to the days when Bill "Red" Lyons used to broadcast from the Copps Coliseum in the Hammer..."don'tcha dare miss this one"...:glugglug:

 

[Dean Henneberg]

punk and jericho match on wwe superstars was pretty good so was dreamer and christian over all tho i think wwe superstars is a bust and a watse of time

That pisses me off whenever Swagger interferes with the Christian/Dreamer matches. Dreamer doesn't have much time left before his contract expires, does he?

 

[darkwarrior3007]

That pisses me off whenever Swagger interferes with the Christian/Dreamer matches. Dreamer doesn't have much time left before his contract expires, does he?

It doesn't bother me. It's not like they're going to give Dreamer the championship.

 

[alexpnz]

Did anybody see that the Nuggets released a statement, which was supposedly made by Vince McMahon, in which Vinny Mac praised the Nuggets owner? But, Vince McMahon said it was all bullshit and that he never said anything close to that?

I can't wait to see what he REALLY says. HE HE HE!!!

You wont have to wait long......3 more days and Vince will be in rare form live on RAW from Staples Center!
:rofl:

 

[Master_Gio]

Sure seems that way at least Flair still puts on a decent match from time to time.

I hate the whole super Cena crap,i hate everything about Cena fuck im so fed up with this crap they just keep trying to shove him down your throat!He does what about 4 moves if you can call that stupid fist drop a move,and there's so many better in ring workers in the wwe than Cena but there not given a chance because he needs to be this big superhero that's seemingly unbeatable.....fuck rant over.:crash:

Cena wants to be Hulk Hogan, and well, he ain't. Cena is like the fucking terminator, and it is lame and boring. Fuck him.

 

[alexpnz]

Cena wants to be Hulk Hogan, and well, he ain't. Cena is like the fucking terminator, and it is lame and boring. Fuck him.

Well....he DID used to call himself "The Prototype" when he first started out in WWE development!

 

[redpaint]

Cena wants to be Hulk Hogan, and well, he ain't. Cena is like the fucking terminator, and it is lame and boring. Fuck him.

The guys like Michael Myers he just keeps getting back up,Cena is lucky he has the body that he's got because his wrestling skills flat out suck!