Rasslin is CHA CHA LA..LA,LA,LA,LA,LA

[Ultra Peanut]

RAW. IS. FANDANGO!
#AJALL

[Sassy Squatch]

Originally Posted by chiefscafan

Man that would be awesome Daniel Bryan vs Brock will be interesting.

I think Brock will be gone for a bit. Cesaro got paired up with Heyman to keep him on TV

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Superturtle

I think Brock will be gone for a bit. Cesaro got paired up with Heyman to keep him on TV

Yes. Lesnar/Bryan won't happen until SummerSlam at the earliest.

[keg in kc]

Crazy ****ing crowd.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Pretty interesting

[KCrockaholic]

Seeing RVD again made the show for me. And seeing Cesaro officially separate himself. You can see a lot of future plans from this episode.

[Sassy Squatch]

Really is like starting a whole new chapter. Don't really understand Batista all of a sudden being buddy buddy with the Authority but W/E

[chiefscafan]

Yep shield in a war vs new formed evolution

[kcxiv]

im not big n rasslin anymore, but, i watched the hall induction and WMXXX yesterday and i was socked that i kept interested. About to watch Raw now. Damn, i might actually get back into this shit. lol

[58kcfan89]

Heyman's promo was beautiful. When he does that with Cesaro, I'm going to mark out so hard.

Originally Posted by Reaper16

The product has been as good as it ever, ever, ever has lately. And that's partly because of Punk's departure. The strangest addition-by-subtraction that I can ever think of.

As a gigantic Punk mark, I hate to agree, but you're right. If the rumors were true and Bryan was supposed to wrestle Sheamus last night, none of this is going on unless Punk walks out.

That said, I really would like to see him come back at some point before next year's Mania. He could have an awesome match/feud with a lot of guys on the roster, namely Bryan. I'm losing faith that he ever will with each passing week.

Originally Posted by Reaper16

PAIGE IS DEBUTING! PAAAAAAAAAIIIIIGGGGGEEEEEEE!

I'm so happy right now. Would have liked to see more of an actual match, but I won't argue with the result.

Originally Posted by Superturtle

What is Cesaro now? Face or heel?

I thought the same thing. I'm imagining he's going to be a face, seeing as how the crowd freaking loves him. If they're going to feud him with Swagger for the time being, he's definitely going to be the face in that match.

Crowd singing his theme was fantastic.

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I swear to God, WWE right now is better than the 80s, is better than the Attitude Era. This is the best it has ever been.

I wasn't around for the 80s but from what I understand, it was very similar to what we just went through with Cena playing the part of Hogan. No matter how over Edge, Punk, Miz, etc. were, Cena was the focus all the damn time.

As for the Attitude Era, it depends on how you want to look at it. In terms of how over the company is to the public, I don't know if there's the Austin/Rock/Sting/Taker/etc character that's going to make kids wear the t-shirts to school the next day. And I think the PG thing hampers a bit of the excitement (WM 13 wouldn't have been the same if Austin passes out minus the blood). But in terms of potential match quality and depth of the roster, you might be on to something.

It certainly looks a lot better than it did a few months/years ago. The company seems to be more willing to let the younger guys take the spotlight than they used to be. Between Bryan, Cesaro, Wyatt, The Shield and my girl Paige (to say nothing of the guys in NXT that I'm not totally familiar with), there's a ton of good, young talent that's over with the fans. It's been a long damn time since we were able to say that.

[Mosbonian]

Originally Posted by Reaper16

I swear to God, WWE right now is better than the 80s, is better than the Attitude Era. This is the best it has ever been.

I wouldn't go that far, but they are turning around what was a sinking ship. Last night's RAW was one of the best in a long, long time.

[chiefscafan]

I agree because they stopped being predictable that was the problem two years ago. Last time they were shocking was when they had super Cena parading around in the ring. Then his music stops and cm punk comes out to cult of personality. CM punk doing the pipe bomb bout mcmahons and heyman's speeches were bout the only non predictable WWE thing over couple of years.

[keg in kc]

What's going on right now is an improvement over the past couple of years, but I don't think it's even close to wrestling in the mid-90s. I don't think anything has ever come close to the insanity that having WWF, WCW and ECW all going on at the same time was, speaking as somebody who watched all three live every week (in college at the time). For a while, it was like weekly event television, and it was awesome.

Then WCW killed itself...

As for last night, the Bryan stuff was great, Heyman was great (both times) and Cesaro was great. I still think the Wyatts are the dumbest thing I've seen since the Boogeyman, but people seem to eat that weird deliverance shit up so...okay.

Still, I think most of what made last night's show good was the crowd, and that happens every year the day after mania. That hardcore audience elevates the show. Things will get back to normal next week when it's back to a crowd full of families and little kids instead of smarks.

[TLO]

This thread is starting to act gitchy for me. Might I suggest that Reaper start a new one?

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

What's going on right now is an improvement over the past couple of years, but I don't think it's even close to wrestling in the mid-90s. I don't think anything has ever come close to the insanity that having WWF, WCW and ECW all going on at the same time was, speaking as somebody who watched all three live every week (in college at the time). For a while, it was like weekly event television, and it was awesome.

I didn't argue that, though. I just argue that WWE's product is the best its ever been.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

This thread is starting to act gitchy for me. Might I suggest that Reaper start a new one?

Done. Mods, feel free and lock this lumbering husk.