WWE RAW 27th May 2013 - LIVE Discussion

[Troy]

Paul Heyman Guy III
Last week Joe Hennig Michael McGillicutty Curtis Axel was revealed as the third Paul Heyman guy following in the footsteps of Brock Lesnar and CM Punk. It was a suprise reveal as not many expected it to be a guy that had struggled on the roster for quite some time. It is a fantastic opportunity for Hennig to revive his WWE career which had mostly been relegated to NXT where he had some excellent matches that unfortunately weren't seen by too many people. In his first match he got to face HHH but due to recurring injuries from his previous nights fight HHH couldn't continue. It was a high profile start and on RAW tonight The Highlight Reel will open the show with Paul Heyman and Curtis Axel as guests. Who will Curtis Axel and Heyman target next? Will Jericho be in line for a feud with Axel?


Gold Shield
The Shield made sure that Dean Ambrose retained his title on Smackdown and they won their specialty match, six man tags, on RAW and Smackdown last week. Their fantastic record continues and they are still an unstoppable force. Team Hell No still have their rematch to cash in but at the moment their is friction in the team with Daniel Bryan struggling ever since he was pinned when they lost the titles. Will The Shield's fantastic run continue on RAW? Who will they target next?

Cena's Back
Cena had a rare night off last week and interestingly the ratings increased hour to hour for RAW last week for the first time in a long time. He will be back tonight and he will answer Ryback's challenge of an Ambulance match at Payback. Will Cena accept?

Tune if for all that plus more. WWE Payback is in three weeks so expect another match or two to be announced tonight for the PPV.
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[Andrew]

Highlight Reel been announced featuring Paul Heyman & Curtis Axel, that should be a great one. Hope it leads to a match with Jericho/Axel knowing Jericho is happy to put anybody over.

I personally would love to see Ambrose/Bryan feud happening but most likely won't happen until after the rematch with tag belts.

Cena back, doesn't bother me at all but the show should be interesting. Wonder if we'll ever see that Sin Cara/Barrett IC Match, not like I want to see it but I do require a piss break during RAW.

 

[Troy]

Would be a good starter feud for Axel and they must be going in this direction otherwise why else bother with the Highlight Reel. Jericho always makes the other guy look like a star and he doesn't mind losing to the up and comers.

Ambrose will probably face Kingston again since their match on Smackdown was a DQ.

I wouldn't mind seeing Barrett/Sin Cara even if it is a throwaway match, gets the IC title on RAW so that is a positive thing.

 

[AZUCAR!]

I was thinking last night that Jericho could be a good start for Curtis Axel as a feud, but then remembered he's still with Fandango so I assumed we were going to see him continue to beat jobbers for a while longer, before we saw him move into a feud. Guess we'll find out tonight.

 

[Chris]

I was thinking last night that Jericho could be a good start for Curtis Axel as a feud, but then remembered he's still with Fandango so I assumed we were going to see him continue to beat jobbers for a while longer, before we saw him move into a feud. Guess we'll find out tonight.

Think the Fandango feud is done and Jericho's going to be feuding with Big Show after Smackdown. Also seems like Fandango/Barrett/Miz could be happening where hopefully Fandango wins the IC title.

Still don't see Axel and Jericho feuding, but that would be a nice one.

 

[Chris]

I enjoyed the Memorial Day package

 

[Andrew]

Memorial Day for USA.

This Canadian Crowd should be well alive.

 

[Crippler]

Forgot it was Bret Hart appreciation night, damn those Canadians

 

[Crippler]

FAKING a concussion instead of putting a young guy over via pinfall, what a guy.

 

[Chris]

Memorial Day Raw in Canada, I like it.

FAKING a concussion instead of putting a young guy over via pinfall, what a guy.

It's the closest we'll ever get to HHH putting a young guy over, let him have his moment.

 

[Andrew]

Canada loves Cena? Fuck.

 

[Chris]

Canada loves Cena? Fuck.

BIZARRO WORLD!

 

[PHX]

Crowd totally phasing out Cena lol.

 

[Crippler]

If we get a 4/10 chant tonight, i'm gonna blow.

 

[Chris]

Silly impatient Canadians.

"Oooh pretty bright lights" fuck yeah.

Ryback can't get through a 3 Stages of Hell match. Like not at all.