Raw Live Raw discussion thread, January 23rd 2023: Raw 30!

[Joey Bananas]

One of the better "reunion" type shows they've had in recent years, loved it!

 

[Order]

Was a really fun show and flew by for me. The Sami stuff was kind of stupid to be honest and I feel like they're dragging it out now but it is what it is.

Looking forward to the Rumble.

One thing I did like is none of the legends really made any of the current day people look like goofs.

 

[Dale]

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[BSE]

#WWEWomenDeserveBetter is trending.

Because Lashley and Theory didn't have their match shortened and the have the finish rushed? Atleast those thots get to prolong their angle and not have that actual 3 minute match.

Some fans will never be happy

 

[Lethal]

the cage beat down was better than a shortened cage match between them

 

[Jimmy King]

I thought it was a fun and entertaining show throughout. I especially enjoyed the Sami trial and the DX stuff.

Match wise I thought The Usos vs JD was great and it had me on the edge of my seat when Sami got added, because I was convinced he was going to accidentally cost The Usos the match or be the one to eat the pin and they blame him.

 

[Chris]

During an Instagram live video on Monday night, Nikki & Brie Bella criticized WWE for its lack of women's evolution representation on Raw's 30th anniversary episode.

The Bellas were initially among the legends announced for the anniversary show, but they didn't end up appearing. They were pulled from advertising for the show late last week, with The Bellas tweeting that they wished they could have made it but weren't available for that date. The Bellas noted that WWE promoted them for the episode before confirming.



Madusa was the only women's legend who appeared on Raw last night.

While speaking about the lack of women's evolution representation on Raw 30, The Bellas mentioned Mercedes Mone (Sasha Banks) and Saraya (Paige) as people who WWE doesn't want to show. "There’s a bunch of us they don’t want to show," Brie said. "That’s fine."

Nikki: Another good memory on Raw. How didn’t they showcase anything from the women’s evolution?
Brie: But also the way we did our matches on there.
Nikki: Because Sasha Banks in it and they’re like, ‘We can’t…
Brie: The Bellas, there’s a bunch of us.
Nikki: Mercedes is too over, and we can’t say her name.
Brie: There’s a couple other girls, and [Saraya], there’s a bunch of us they don’t want to show. That’s fine.
Nikki: That’s fine. When you do what they don’t want to do...
Brie: It’s not what you don’t do. It’s what you do do.

A steel cage match between Becky Lynch and Bayley was supposed to take place on Raw last night, but it turned into an angle where Damage CTRL attacked Lynch and the match never got started. The match was cut for time due to The Bloodline's Trial of Sami Zayn segment going long.

Nikki & Brie Bella were mentioned by Charlotte Flair last night during a promo where she named some of the opponents who she's faced during her career.

WWE sent out a tweet today promoting E!'s "Nikki Bella Says I Do" series, which premieres this Thursday. The four-part series chronicles Nikki's wedding to Artem Chigvintsev.

Bellas call out WWE's lack of women's evolution representation on Raw 30

Nikki & Brie were originally advertised for the show but weren't able to appear.

www.f4wonline.com

 

[Sabretooth]

I kind of found it weird too. There was almost no mention of the women lol

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Could’ve honestly cut everything from the Charlotte segment up to the end of the Belair match and had the cage match instead.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I kind of found it weird too. There was almost no mention of the women lol

hunter needs to learn from his homeboy down in nxt how to book women me thinks

 

[Chris]

 

[Sabretooth]

 

[Sabretooth]

If you really think about it Bray is replacing Undertaker in WWE by being this supernatural figure who has powers and has these strange matches.

 

[Comrade Khan]

If you really think about it Bray is replacing Undertaker in WWE by being this supernatural figure who has powers and has these strange matches.

Too bad they wasted his retirement on shitty face Roman. They had so much time to do that w bray too . Ah well

 

[Sabretooth]

Too bad they wasted his retirement on shitty face Roman. They had so much time to do that w bray too . Ah well

Taker didn’t retire against Roman?