WWE Raw & Smackdown Weekly Thread

[Atlas 316]

Hmmmm, well, that's a much more entertaining card then what it looks like it's going to be.

Sadly, when I was looking at the matches you propose, it's not the matches that don't fire me up so much as the actual list of talent (or lack there of) that's fighting.

Saying they don't have talent is the wrong thing though. They are all extremely talented! But are they compelling characters.....well......

Fingers crossed it's a good show.

 

[passenger57]

In his home state, Daniel Bryan announced his retirement from wrestling on RAW.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Titus O'Neil gets suspended for 2 months(originally 3 months) for unwanted touching toward the great Vince McMahon.

http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/wwe-suspends-titus-oneil-for-grabbing-vince-mcmahon-021016

(Update) WWE amends Titus O'Neil suspension to 60 days

By Jimmy Traina @jimmytraina
Feb 10, 2016 at 10:35a ET

Don't cross the boss.

That seems to be the message WWE principal owner Vince McMahon is sending to his roster in a bizarre decision about one of its superstars.

McMahon originally suspended Titus O'Neil for 90 days unprofessional conduct after O'Neil playfully grabbed McMahon's arm while he was walking backstage after Daniel Bryan's retirement ceremony on this week's "Monday Night Raw."

However, the New York Post reported late Wednesday that the Stamford-based organization had scaled back the ban to 60 days.

There was backlash the suspension was racially motivated. The WWE denied that to the Post

“The suspension of Titus O’Neil had nothing to do with race and everything to do with unprofessional conduct,” WWE said in a statement.

The Post added that WWE claims O'Neil “acknowledged the gravity of his mistake” in a text message.

“I feel like sh** now so if you have to let me go, I understand. Stupid mistake,” he wrote, according to WWE.

The punishment seems stranger considering 1) the incident did not take place during the live broadcast on the USA Network and was only seen by those tuning into the WWE Network after the show, and 2) O'Neill does more charity work than almost any other WWE superstar and now this sets him up to miss WrestleMania 32 on April 3.

Former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista took to Twitter suggesting O'Neil should ask for his release.

 

[Johan]

Bold / stupid Mania match predictions ;

Triple H VS Roman Reigns
Brock Lesnar VS Bray Wyatt (no DQ) / explicitly stated 1 vs 4 handicap match
Undertaker VS Sheamus
Dean Ambrose VS Chris Jericho
A.J. Styles VS Kevin Owens
Charlotte VS Sasha Banks
The New Day VS Dudley Boys
some mult-man clusterfuck, possibly involving a ladder, possibly involving the US title, or a battle royal

It's not the card I WANT, but its what I think will happen.

More like Dean Ambrose vs Triple H : Fastlane takes place in Cincinnati (OH) ; Dean Ambrose is from Cleveland (OH), he's gonna win the triple match against Reigns and Lesnar.

Also, if there's a match between the Wyatt Family and Lesnard, I suspect some interference from the Deadman, even thought I'm not suure who he will attack. Possibly the winner. Or maybe the WWE is gonna set-up something during Fastlane and have it happen on Wrestlemania XXXII. Maybe some alliance between Lesnar and the Undertaker against the Wyatt Family, and once the Wyatts are down, one of these two is gonna attack the other.

 

[MaskedManX]

That fast lane ppv was the shits. Least looked forward to wrestlemania id say possibly ever. What a waste for such a great stadium in a great state.

 

[passenger57]

I haven't felt that much emotion from crowds in a long time but when Shane-O-Mac came out, that brings back memories of when Raw use to be good ! And he's fighting The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Vince McMahon starting out the show was great, then Stephanie, but Shane brought down the house in Detroit !

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

I haven't felt that much emotion from crowds in a long time but when Shane-O-Mac came out, that brings back memories of when Raw use to be good ! And he's fighting The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Vince McMahon starting out the show was great, then Stephanie, but Shane brought down the house in Detroit !

Seeing Shane McMahon come out was a great surprise. I'm glad I stayed off the wrestling board that day.

Roman Reigns continues to draw the boos. What are they going to do with him and for how long? The crowd was cheering HHH beating Roman to a bloody pulp last night on RAW.

Watch Byron Saxton slip Roman Reigns fake blood during Triple H's beatdown in Raw's final segment

 

[passenger57]

Seeing Shane McMahon come out was a great surprise. I'm glad I stayed off the wrestling board that day.

Roman Reigns continues to draw the boos. What are they going to do with him and for how long? The crowd was cheering HHH beating Roman to a bloody pulp last night on RAW.

Watch Byron Saxton slip Roman Reigns fake blood during Triple H's beatdown in Raw's final segment

They keep trying to build Roman Reigns up but you were right that the crowd was cheering HHH. Maybe Reigns will turn heel at some point soon.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

There's been reports that WrestleMania isn't even close to being sold out. Meltzer said recently that they're nearly 20,000 away from a sellout and there's little likelihood they'll make that up before the show. That's what they get for charging a premium to see stars from fifteen years ago.

Roman Reigns continues to draw the boos. What are they going to do with him and for how long? The crowd was cheering HHH beating Roman to a bloody pulp last night on RAW.

If you read up on the last financial report Vince gave, they clarified that they believe the TV shows make up a small part of their overall audience (paraphrasing poorly). By basically every other measure than television audience reception, Reigns is doing very well for the company. At live shows, he's popular, he's selling merchandise, and most importantly kids are taking to him.

The likely answer is that WWE's going to ignore the vocal minority and push Reigns like they did Cena for years despite the protests of the adults. Starting at WrestleMania when he wins and is booed out of the building (no worries for them though cause they'll edit the boos out when they release the DVD).

 

[Johan]

I see a litte incoherence here : You blame them for promoting charging a premium to see stars from fifteen years ago but still you'd be unhappy if Reigns -who's on WWWE main roster since 2012- would win against Triple H -who's in the main roster since 1995).

The WWE failed to create superstars popular enough to replace Triple H, Undertaker, CM Punk, Shawn Michaels, etc. But these guys won't last forever, soon, or later they will all retire. And when it will happen, the WWE is gonna be in serious shit.

 

[icerfan]

Saw this elsewhere and had to share ...

Triple H and Stephanie are in charge of the show. Triple H is champ and there's a Samoan as the babyface challenging his authority.











That was 16 years ago, on a Raw episode from 2000 on the Network this past week.

 

[passenger57]

Don't mess with The Authority ha ha.

 

[Target 02]

Saw this elsewhere and had to share ...

Triple H and Stephanie are in charge of the show. Triple H is champ and there's a Samoan as the babyface challenging his authority.











That was 16 years ago, on a Raw episode from 2000 on the Network this past week.

The bad bosses vs. the top babyface is so played out. They keep milking the Austin-McMahon thing so too long.

 

[ThatRedWing]

They finally do something right and put the Freebirds into the HOF. It took them long enough, but I guess that there's no place better than Dallas for them to go in. It's too bad that Buddy "Jack" and Bam Bam aren't around to see it.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Anybody catch that great AJ Styles/Kevin Owens match from RAW on Monday? Here are some highlights. Watch for the massive Froggy Splash from Owens.

Also, an all-time favorite of mine, Stan "The Lariat" Hansen will be inducted into the Hall Of Fame. Loved his AJPW stuff and his World Title run in AWA with those crazy promos.
http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-fame/wwe-hall-fame-2016/article/stan-hansen-wwe-hall-fame-2016

 

[ThatRedWing]

It does seem fitting that Vader is the one inducting Hansen into the HOF.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

It does seem fitting that Vader is the one inducting Hansen into the HOF.

I agree. Vader started out as "Baby Bull" Leon White in the AWA and had a decent match with Hansen early in his career there. Then they had that legendary brawl in Japan where Stan knocked Vader's eye out. They were a couple of big fellas that always seemed to have a connection. I really like Vader too. His NJPW, AJPW, and even his UWFi stuff in Japan always entertained. I also liked him as WCW Champ under the tutelage of Harley Race as Vader was an unstoppable Mastadon. Too bad WWF didn't showcase him better.

 

[Mr_Stiffy]

At least Vader being given his release allowed him to go have those belters with Misawa and Kobashi.

I'm not going to lie, I expect to enjoy Mania because I always manage to, but I'm looking forward to TakeOver far far more.

 

[Little Red Wagon Repairman]

Roman Reigns won the World Title over HHH as predicted tonight at Wrestlemania to a crowd full of boos. I was booing and giving thumbs down at home too.

My favorite match of the night was for the Woman's World Title with Charlotte going over Sasha and Becky. I really like Charlotte as she's good in the ring and a tremendous athlete.

Undertaker put Shane O'Mac out on a stretcher defeating him in Hell In A Cell.

Dean Ambrose also took a decent beating from Brock Lesnar in the Street Fight.

Upset of the night saw Zack Ryder winning the IC Title in the Multi-Man Ladder Match.

 

[Johan]

The Woman's Championship match awesome but it was botched by Ric Flair who prevented Sasha from breaking Charlotte submission on Becky.
When Ric Flair doesn't get involved, Charlotte far from being invincible. She lost to Sasha Banks on Raw on March 24th. But when her dad starts messiong around, you just can't beat her. I'm fed up with the diva/women's champion being so because her dad cheats to allow her to retain her title...
Alos I don't mind when matches are botched on Raw or Smackdown but not at Wrestlemania ! No cheap shots like this at Wrestlemania !

Taker vs Shane, was cool but not that much. Taker needs to retire, he's too old and not in good shape enough to comete in the ring. And that's a Taker fan speaking.
Reigns vs Triple H. What could i say. fuck Reigns ans fuck Vince McMahon
Zack Rider ? WTF ?!
Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnard was the biggest disapointment of the night with Brock doing only suplexwes and Ambrose not doing anything axcept getting his hand on everything he coul to hit Brock with. I expected way more from Ambrose