Raw Live Raw discussion thread, April 15th 2024: Sami Zayn in action in Montreal

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-Those last two matches were awesome. Like to see big time matches on weekly TV again. -Chad Gable is yet again an excellent wrestler and it was so cool to see him in the main event. -I’m wondering if Rhea’s injury is kayfabe. Curious to see who ends up taking the belt but please don’t let it be Nia. -Holy fuck, this Uncle Howdy shit with the potentially Matt Hardy, another one of my favorites??? Would be sick to see Rowan as well! -New tag titles are sick.
 

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So Sheamus brought back Written in my Face I heard :mark:
TOO MANY LIIIIMEZ
 
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So I hear Sheamus is back to generic lobster head babyface
His babyface run circa 2011-2012 was terrible but he made up for it with his following heel turn
 

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Great show, I loved the last two matches especially. The shot of Gable locking Sami in a rear waist lock as Sami is mid-hug with his wife before hitting him with a german suplex is downright villainous but I’m here for it, I thought that was executed perfectly.

I loved seeing Sheamus back too and him having his old theme song back is great too.

I like the look of the new tag titles. I wonder if they will change them on SmackDown too.
 
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I didn't care as much for Finn/Jey as you guys, it felt kinda short and just there in that spot so Jey could bridge Cody and Sami segments (which was pretty genius). Sheamus/Ivar easily second best match for me tho
 

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That Jey/Sami transition was amazing. Gotta feel like Hunter has been wanting production like this for a while
 

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That dude ( I assume it's mostly all on him) has been a crazy good hire with all the production changes that have come about, it's really taken the shows to another level.
 

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His babyface run circa 2011-2012 was terrible but he made up for it with his following heel turn

Apart from the Daniel Bryan Wrestlemania match(which worked out well in the end) I didn’t mind it, I do find most of his best matches are whiles he’s been a babyface.


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That Sheamus/Big Show match from 2012 was outstanding.

I’ll stand on that fact.

That specific World Title run was fine by me but it was obvious fans were sick of him by the time it was over
 

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Apart from the Daniel Bryan Wrestlemania match(which worked out well in the end) I didn’t mind it, I do find most of his best matches are whiles he’s been a babyface.


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Maybe I'm mistaken on the period but he had a babyface run for almost a year in which he was basically directionless and just stacked up meaningless wins, it got so boring I remember actually clapping when he finally lost a match (I belive it was to Alberto or to Christian)
 

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Just wait til Punk and Seth are healthy as well.

You can argue WWE hasn’t had this many over babyfaces since the Attitude Era

As much as I cant stand Seth he is crazy over. I think its safe to say when Reigns returns as a babyface he'll be crazy over too.

The tricky part is going to be maintaining Rhodes, Jey, Punk, Reigns and Rollins overness and giving all them big moments that make the most of that.

The abundance of crazy over babyfaces is what makes the WWE product so much fun right now.
 
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I can't believe this is real lmao
 
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Maybe I'm mistaken on the period but he had a babyface run for almost a year in which he was basically directionless and just stacked up meaningless wins, it got so boring I remember actually clapping when he finally lost a match (I belive it was to Alberto or to Christian)
Was it his first babyface run? That was like 2011-2012. He won the world title at WM28 and had a 6 month run.