Rate Raw 01/23/2017

[Grievous 3D]

Gong, not dong, you perv

Yeah...that would have made sense if Seth Rollins was in the ring...

 

[WholeFN'Moe]

Wouldn't have minded that. Or taker is standing there and they're about to brawl. Then angles music hits

Yeah, that's what I meant. If Sting didn't show in the dark.... Angle's music should have hit.

I wrote something a few years back when Sting was a little younger... Little far fetched but not impossible where I thought it would be cool if Sting came down from the rafters on the cable with his bat & then as soon as he lands in the ring, the lights go out.

When they come on Taker is behind him doing his signature taunt where he sticks his tongue out & does the thumb across the neck motion....

Almost like he was ready & waiting for Sting to show up for his whole career. Then sting has a look on his face like he knows something is up & thinks for a second but then his eyes get right big like he knows Taker is behind him & quickly turns around to swing the bat but Taker blocks it, slaps the choke on him but Sting lifts his arms up like Taker does.... and the lights go out.... when they come back on Taker is all wrapped up in the cable with Sting & Sting takes him up into the rafters

 

[WholeFN'Moe]

Gong, not dong, you perv

Just couldn't stop thinking about Taker's old dong

 

[Prince Bálor]

The go-home show for the Rumble was meh. And boy, did it feel loooooong. 4/10

I enjoyed Zayn vs Rollins and KO on commentary, but other than that, nothing else is even worth mentioning.

And yes, I know we got Taker, Lesnar and Goldberg in the closing segment and they just... Had a staredown. Neato.

You know what, I'm not gonna bother talking about anything else from this show.

Also, I'm still sticking with "The build-up towards the PPV sucked, which is why the PPV itself will be good." mindset, though.

Now...

SAVE US, SMACKDOWN LIVE!

 

[Prince Bálor]

Sami Zayn is in the Rumble and Seth Freakin Rollins aint?

0/10

Rollins doesn't really need to be in the Rumble because he's already facing HHH at Mania.

With that said, HHH screwing Rollins again adds heat to their feud, although it would've been nice had Trips actually shown up. But, oh well.

So, with Rollins now not taking part in the Rumble, I can totally see Zayn as the ironman. Would be cool if he broke Mysterio's record, too.

 

[RedDwarfTechy]

That show was crap.

The ending felt botched with the music and the lighting and all that lol.

KO on commentary was nice. Everything else was meh.

Actually scratch that.

Everything else aspired to be Meh.

3/10

 

[WholeFN'Moe]

Rollins doesn't really need to be in the Rumble because he's already facing HHH at Mania.

With that said, HHH screwing Rollins again adds heat to their feud, although it would've been nice had Trips actually shown up. But, oh well.

So, with Rollins now not taking part in the Rumble, I can totally see Zayn as the ironman. Would be cool if he broke Mysterio's record, too.

I've seen so many guys get beat by theme music now it's not even funny... they need to come up with some new stuff.

HHH not showing up just says "RAW isn't important enough" ...Even though it's the go home show for The Royal Rumble

....This is exactly why RAW sucks, they don't try because they don't care. WWE lives off of their already established name.

 

[Mr. Roman Empire]

Rollins doesn't really need to be in the Rumble because he's already facing HHH at Mania.

With that said, HHH screwing Rollins again adds heat to their feud, although it would've been nice had Trips actually shown up. But, oh well.

So, with Rollins now not taking part in the Rumble, I can totally see Zayn as the ironman. Would be cool if he broke Mysterio's record, too.

They should saved HHH screwing Rollins AT the Royal Rumble. Hell they should of put him in the damn thing. I said it before I would of liked to see Rollins at 1 or 2 with someone random and then HHH at number 3 with the big pop!

 

[Prince Bálor]

They should saved HHH screwing Rollins AT the Royal Rumble. Hell they should of put him in the damn thing. I said it before I would of liked to see Rollins at 1 or 2 with someone random and then HHH at number 3 with the big pop!

I get what you're saying and I agree that HHH screwing Rollins at the Rumble would've had more impact, especially if Rollins was one of the final four, followed by HHH showing up to screw him over.

But, the fact that Rollins was removed from the Rumble reminds me of Daniel Bryan's 2014 Rumble story, when The Authority didn't allow him to compete in the Rumble after losing to Bray Wyatt earlier in the night.

Now, there are a few scenarios regarding Rollins in my book:
1. He interferes in the No DQ match for the Universal title and helps Roman win. That'll surely piss Hunter off since KO was his handpicked champion.
2. He takes someone else's spot and competes in the Rumble anyways. Or, he might enter at #31.
3. HHH enters the Rumble (after KO's already lost the title to Reigns) and then Rollins shows up and screws Hunter over.

 

[WholeFN'Moe]

I get what you're saying and I agree that HHH screwing Rollins at the Rumble would've had more impact, especially if Rollins was one of the final four, followed by HHH showing up to screw him over.

But, the fact that Rollins was removed from the Rumble reminds me of Daniel Bryan's 2014 Rumble story, when The Authority didn't allow him to compete in the Rumble after losing to Bray Wyatt earlier in the night.

Now, there are a few scenarios regarding Rollins in my book:
1. He interferes in the No DQ match for the Universal title and helps Roman win. That'll surely piss Hunter off since KO was his handpicked champion.
2. He takes someone else's spot and competes in the Rumble anyways. Or, he might enter at #31.
3. HHH enters the Rumble (after KO's already lost the title to Reigns) and then Rollins shows up and screws Hunter over.

Hey I like you and all but.....

Don't you ever dare suggest that Roman win the universal title again

 

[Prince Bálor]

Hey I like you and all but.....

Don't you ever dare suggest that Roman win the universal title again

Just pointing out the obvious, buddy. 4:

 

[Mr. Roman Empire]

I get what you're saying and I agree that HHH screwing Rollins at the Rumble would've had more impact, especially if Rollins was one of the final four, followed by HHH showing up to screw him over.

But, the fact that Rollins was removed from the Rumble reminds me of Daniel Bryan's 2014 Rumble story, when The Authority didn't allow him to compete in the Rumble after losing to Bray Wyatt earlier in the night.

Now, there are a few scenarios regarding Rollins in my book:
1. He interferes in the No DQ match for the Universal title and helps Roman win. That'll surely piss Hunter off since KO was his handpicked champion.
2. He takes someone else's spot and competes in the Rumble anyways. Or, he might enter at #31.
3. HHH enters the Rumble (after KO's already lost the title to Reigns) and then Rollins shows up and screws Hunter over.

Number 3 would be the best choice

 

[Prince Bálor]

Number 3 would be the best choice

Aye. It has to be my favorite scenario, too.

 

[Snowman1]

Man. I almost wish I hadn't planned on doing this. I mean, it's a big occasion and all. ROYAL RUMBLE GO-HOME SHOW. To the most unpredictable Rumble of ALL TIME (or at least since I started watching)!!!!!

But, usually the build to the Rumble is often lackluster since all you can do is set up other storylines and other stuff for WM and beyond, or just for that night. But man, I picked a show where nothing happened, did it? Nobody else is bothering to comment... can't blame ya. Anyway ON WITH THE SHOW!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. "The Big Dog is here to fight!" BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I don't know why I expected anything else though, other than 2015's famous Long Boring 20 Minute Opening Promo to start Raw to be cut down to a 12 Minute Slightly Less Boring Promo... Actually a good one, really, thanks to Jericho...
"You're making a lot of predictions, are you Notradamus? I've got a prediction, you're a stupid idiot!" LOL.
Hell even Reigns had a few good lines in here but oh my GOD why is there not more rage about this fuckin' titantron. "ROMAN EMPIRE. LIGHTNING BOLTS. BUHLEE DAT. SHIELD THEME. STRIKE EVERYONE" Mother of God if they would put as much effort into Raw as they did this titantron this show would get an Emmy. Crinnnnge...
"Sure. I'll face you for that US Title tonight, and I'll win because I'm something that you're not. The Guy!"

Ok screw this guy so much. Is his kayfabe character now even MORE down the path of "Hey I'm Vince's Chosen One, everyone love me for no reason! :yay:"... whatever

So am I missing something with Sami Zayn here? I haven't been watching but is Stephanie just hating on dude because.........ok I answered my own question, it's a Stephanie segment, she can't function without holding 5 characters' balls at once. Sami's over here like "aye I want in the rumble so how do I do that" JUST GO OUT IN THE RING AND SAY "I'm in the Rumble!" Numbnuts. Who do you think you are, Titus O'Neil?... So after we have our weekly segment to witness the glory of the all-powerful Stephanie McMahon we follow that up with REALLY REALLY GOOD WRESTLING. Thank you Rollins vs Zayn. Man I loved this match more than most matches I've seen on Raw PPV's since Summerslam... There may have been a couple better but that's it. Action! Intensity! Violence! Dudes were out here fighting tooth and nail largely because there was something on the line. As much as I buried that last segment though I'm so glad it happened. NOTHING is worse on Raw than wrestling for the sake of wrestling, and having the story meant the crowd was hanging on to each nearfall and the performers had a little more to sink their teeth into...

Not to mention in a weird way Sami Zayn is a more likely winner than Seth... Sami overcoming Braun in the end to get to Owens who he won the last match against (forget that one on Raw ever happened!) sounds good!

Plus, we know who Seth Rollins is facing at Mania... The guy who stole his Rumble spot. The man who's terrorized the matches of countless people for the last 20 years...

WRESTLEMANIA. SETH ROLLINS VS THE SOUND GUY. BE THERE!!!! Beat that ass, dude. Your heart don't pump Kool-Aid.

then Bayley was backstage and said stuff
then New Day came out and said stuff
then Enzo and Cass came out and said stuff
then OMG RUSEV IS THE BEST AND SHOULD BE HOLDING ALL THE TITLES RIGHT NOW lmao handsome rusev was the best thing
then Titus and WRAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR

Honestly, despite the lack of story the eight-man was quite fun! Titus is strangely my favorite wrestler since he moves like a tripping dinosaur, and hell I could REALLY get behind a Titus-Strowman tag team! The dominance of The Abominable One and the worthlessness of Titus almost cancel each other out. Unpredictability FTW!!! And the whole finishing sequence with Enzo left alone with Braun was magnificent lmao. HUT 2-3 LETS GO AND *splat*

Actually forget that. Have Neville come back on Strowman's back and start obliterating people with riding kicks. COME ON IT WOULD BE MONEY!! I know you're reading this... Wait it was...



Brown. Snowman. BROWN SNOWMAN!?!?!?!? Oh Adam. You bastard. YOU STOLE THAT :angry: MY CNTOTENT!!!! Seriously the first time I saw him I thought that was his name, then I never bothered spelling it right. After all, maybe it's Braun standing... whose... words are standing? Here before you!?

(one minute in, good video though)

Then... say it with me now... Roman Reigns vs Chris Jericho for the Unive..... sorry US Title..... sorry it all runs together... actually that joke don't fly because I DON"T NORMALLY WATCH SO THIS WAS A FRESH MATCHUP! :yay: Yayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

actually it really wasn't because... Can you PLEASE just turn Roman Reigns heel? I don't even mean that as a character. It looks like Roman Reigns is bored of Roman Reigns at this point. These dudes were going through all sorts of motions and don't even want to bother any more and... Man I forgot how hard it was to cheer this dude. Like, seeing him hit his signature spots just makes the crowd seem all sad, in large part because he's a round peg in a square hole. Dudes don't go cocking their fist in the middle of a match - except Vince - so compare this to what Rollins and Zayn pulled off earlier and you can see HE'S NOT THE GUY... And the postmatch stuff of him beating off both guys and locking KO in the cage? Next segment.

Whoops, someone let Grandma's bridge club into the ring. SOMEONE HIT THE LIGHTS