Rate Raw 01/16/2017

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Jacob Fox

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Opening

The show opened with a tribute to Martin Luther King JR.

Roman Reigns came to the ring and said he couldn't complain about being outnumbered when he lost the US title the previous week. He claimed no one in the world could beat him one on one right now. Then Paul Heyman came out to the ring. After talking about Lesnar for a while, they were interrupted by Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho. Jericho talked about KO retaining and him winning the Rumble, so the two of them would keep being champions after Mania. After some back and forth, Seth Rollins then came out. He claimed that you can't have a conversation about WrestleMania with Seth Rollins and he said he needed to be back in the main event and thus was going to win the Royal Rumble. Then Braun Strowman came out. Finally, before anyone said anything, Brock Lesnar then came out.

Sami Zayn attacked Strowman from behind and a brawl broke out in the ring. Lesnar took out everyone except Strowman, who then stood on the ring apron. Strowman then jumped off the ring apron. Reigns hit Lesnar with a Superman punch but Lesnar got him with an F5. Lesnar was left standing solo in the ring.

Enzo and Cass vs Rusev and Jinder Mahal

Enzo and Cass defeated Rusev and Mahal in short order by pin fall.

Ariya Daivari vs Lince Dorado

Daivari won by pin fall

Raw Tag Team Championship Match: Sheamus and Cesaro vs Gallows and Anderson


Gallows and Anderson won by DQ, although they had pinned Cesaro. A referee then reversed the decision to be a DQ

Rich Swann vs Tony Nese

Neville attacked Swann and the match never happened

Titus and the New Day

After much of the same thing that has been going on for the last few weeks, the New Day agreed to a final match between Titus and Big E. If Big E wins, then Titus has to stop asking to be a member.

Titus O'Neil vs Big E

Big E defeated Titus by pin fall

Cedric Alexander vs The Brian Kendrick

Cedric Alexander won by pinfall

Chris Jericho, Kevin Owens and Braun Strowman vs Sami Zayn, Roman Reigns and Seth Rolliins

Jericho, Owens and Strowman won by pin fall. Strowman then carried Zayn backstage. Rollins and Reigns helped Sami by attacking Strowman. There was a big brawl which ended with KO standing tall.
 
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Jacob Fox

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Another lousy Raw than makes me wish I was watching Smackdown tonight. There were good moments, but they weren't tied together well and I really just felt like I was going through the motions.
 

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Okay...let me just check...

*Looks around for Emmalina*

RAW seriously...

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Roman getting F5 and KO standing tall seems to be the only pros in this Raw amongst a ton of negatives.

Didn't watch it, and now i am really glad that I didn't.

*gives @Jacob Fox the Raw Last Man Standing award*

Honestly, I must have some psychological issue. Hell, Vince McMahon could come on the show and win all the titles and I will still watch. What is wrong with me?????
 
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Honestly, I must have some psychological issue. Hell, Vince McMahon could come on the show and win all the titles and I will still watch. What is wrong with me?????
Commitment to making this thread.:bodallas:
But to be fair, that show with Vince winning all titles still seems more entertaining than the garbage they are putting on lately.:bayley:
 
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Commitment to making this thread.:bodallas:
But to be fair, that show with Vince winning all titles still seems more entertaining than the garbage they are putting on lately.:bayley:

You have to admit, the fact that we have come to this point is pretty scary.
 

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Honestly, I must have some psychological issue.
Hell, Vince McMahon could come on the show and win all the titles and I will still watch. What is wrong with me?
You like to suffer pain and torment?
You actually get paid to watch RAW?
You are currently blind drunk on wine?

I could go on...
Commitment to making this thread.
Yeah...lets go with that one...
You have to admit, the fact that we have come to this point is pretty scary.
It could always be worse...I mean imagine if SmackDown
had the same head writer as RAW...
 

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Okay...let me just check...

*Looks around for Emmalina*

RAW seriously...

FLn_Yj_Vh.jpg


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SERIOUSLY WHERE THE HELL IS SHE!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

Remember when I mentioned a few weeks ago that "Hey, the show at least looks better on paper?
Last 3 weeks or so you can throw that out the window too.
 

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SERIOUSLY WHERE THE HELL IS SHE!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!
I've been working on some theories...this is what I have so far:

~ She's at home helping Zack Ryder "Heal Up" from his surgery...
~ She's actually La Luchadora and will be making her re-debut on
SmackDown during the main event women's cage match tomorrow night...
~ She was caught watching TNA Impact and this delay is actually
her punishment...
~ The WWE is still running the Emmalina gimmick through focus groups...
~ The WWE is afraid to let Emma to wrestle again because it will make
merchandise gold mine Bayley look weaker and more underdeveloped
than she already is...
~ Because secretly the RAW head writer hates women's wrestling and
doesn't want another annoying girl to deal with...
~ The WWE believe RAW might not be long enough and may have to
increase the show to 4 hours before Emmalina can debut...
~ She refuses to have sex with the RAW head writer...
~ The writing team heard her accent and thought she was mentally
challenged and they aren't sure how to write a proper storyline dealing
with such an...awkward situation...
~ The Illuminati have told Vince she is never allowed on TV again...
~ The Lizard people have told Vince she is never allowed on TV again...
~ She is friends with CM Punk on Facebook and this delay is actually
her punishment...
~ She actually complained about the Emmalina gimmick and has been
vanquished to the Void of Lost Wrestlers.
~ She is secretly Supergirl...
~ She is secretly Batgirl...
~ She is also in a relationship with Alberto Del Rio...
~ They asked her to play Emmalina as a lesbian to appeal to the LGBT
audience but she refused...
~ There trying to make her more like Eva Marie...so not being on TV
is just part of that...
~ Like Cesaro...she's just to damn good at what she does and will make
everyone else look average...
~ She's studying to become the Sorceress Supreme...
~ She's feeling guilty over being the one who had to shoot Harambe...

And I'm still working on a few more...
 
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Another run of the mill Raw.

Lesnar had a great moment. He really brought the energy and looked like a beast tonight. I thought it would of been great if they had him come back out at the end and destroyed everyone. Even had him hold the Universal title up or something.

I actuallly really enjoyed Roman amd Charlottes promos tonight.

And I thought the tag match with Sheamus/Cesaro and The Club was really good. It was probably the best match I've seen from the Club and it would of been a pleasant surprise to see them win the titles tonight...but a screwy finished ruined the moment
 

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When I first became a member of this forum, some might remember that my first avatar was a picture of Kurt Angle. Obviously this was no coincidence or any random pick since indeed Kurt Angle was and is one of my all time favorites so as you all can imagine, I was very happy to hear the announcement of his induction into the Hall of Fame. That, for me, was the best moment on the entire show and that alone bumped my rating up to a 3/10 instead of what would have been a 1/10.

Other then that, another...meh 3 hours. I mean, sure, a few good moments here and there (I personally loved the stare down between Brock and Zayn) but a good 10or 15 minutes can't possibly be enough to save the entire three hours...

P.S.: The more I think about it, the more I like Sami Zayn winning the Rumble...