Rate Raw 05/30/2016

[Aids Johnson]

Heel AJ? Vs Cena? Popped hard, really hard.

Came here to say this. The rest looks awful ESPECIALLY FUCK YOU WWE FOR RYDER ffs. Squashed in favor of Titus, no.

I'll youtube the Cena return and beatdown, but that's it. The rest is dogshit, a danceoff to start? The Ziggler kick sounds funny, but a waste of another match between him and Corbin. Are they planning on Ziggler helping Corbin ALL summer? And that money in the bank group, keep doing the same shit, WWE. Same cards, same matches different gimmicks, it's dogshit.

I doubt TFA is doing this bad honestly at this point, but refuse to check without being able to tell a bitch to @Testify and MITB is by far my favorite PPV.

 

[alexb]

Between the latest news regardng WWE with the brand split and all, the returning John Cena and the potential build-up for the upcoming Money in the Bank PPV, I was really pumped up and looking forward to Monday Night RAW, especially considering we were coming off a really solid week with both Extreme Rules and RAW last Monday.

Well, after watching the entire show a little while ago, I already made contact with the producers of "Blindspot" and asked if they would kindly inject me with whatever that good shit is that erases memory cause this show sucked. This edition of RAW, in my humble opinion, was so horrible I won't even waste too much of anyone's time, whether it's me typing or you folks reading cause...fuck me...what is there to talk about anyway??? With the expection of the Cena/Styles angle (which indeed is huge), seriously, what else important is there really to talk about?

Sure, the news regarding Smackdown going live and the brand split is important but I didn't see any seriousness last night. On the contrary, we got a silly (if you ask me) promo that I feel did nothing. Granted, New Day are always fun but...dance challenge? How do we go from discussing the brand split to a freakin dance challenge???

Other then that, I agree with Prince Balor regarding Rusev and this apparent new version of the Accolade. I originally thought they just did it with Kalisto being he's a smaller guy and all but they did it again with Ryder last night and I must say, it does look a lot more devistating and a beast of a move.

Speaking of Rusev, glad to see WWE was wise enough NOT to feed him immediately to John Cena. There were a lot of rumors about this and I made my case in various posts last week as to why I felt it would be the wrong move so at least this turned out to be one of the few possitives on the show. Personally, I had very little doubt anyway since Titus O'neal made the "unofficial" (if I may) challenge on Smackdown and after last night, it's as clear as day that there will be a title match between these two, most likely at MITB.

As far as the "Club" is concerned, I guess the expression better late then never is quite fitting. Them going beast mode, attacking whomever and whenever and making a statement should have been the issue from the getco each and every week instead of having them look like pussies for the most part until now. Nevertheless, I liked the angle and I'm very interested to see how this story will unfold in the weeks to come.

Everything else...just injected myself so...erased from memory....2/10 is my vote...

 

[DK JAMES]

6/10. Didn't hate it but didn't love it. Feel like every episode is gonna drag on till the brand split. (Btw just found out on RAW that Smackdown is comin here July 26th or somethin like that, that's the second Live Smackdown ever. I'm goin and I'm hyped.)

-New Day opening segment was good, I can't ever really hate on what they do. Decent match with Vaudevillains

-Loved seein Big Show again, probably in the minority there but I don't give a fuck. Him and Apollo could work well together but I obviously see Big Show turning on him ASAP haha. I hope that's not the case though cause that's predictable as fuck.

-I still enjoy Golden Truth, R-Truth always does his best work in tag teams.

-A lot of people were bitchin about the Seth/Roman segment but I actually really liked it. Can't remember something like that done before. Seth was just fuckin with Roman big time, I thought it was funny. Pretty sure that's WWE's way of trying their hardest to keep Seth heel for the mean time because they know if he attacked Roman, he'd be cheered. If he cut a promo on Roman, he'd be cheered. That was pretty much the only way to make it look like he's still the same ol' Seth.

-Shoutout to Titus. The dude deserves all the recognition he can get imo. Really nice guy and I've always enjoyed most of his work. Even though I got no hope that he beats Rusev, I'm glad to see Titus on TV for sure.

-Enzo/Cass promo was perfect as always, match was okay.

-John mother fuckin Cena! Always good to see him back. AJ and him in the same ring was cool as fuck as is but they made it even cooler. AJ turning on him was unexpected as hell for me but I like it quite a bit. Really pumped for their eventual match, assuming at MITB.

-FUCK Dana Brooke.

-Lmao @ Owens/Jericho/Del Rio segment. Pretty much any segment with Owens in it is gold but those 3 are GOATs in their own right so I loved it. The match they had with Zayn/Cesaro/Ambrose was really good as expected. Good main event.

A show has to be reeeeally bad to get even below a 4/10 for me. Y'all negative as hell sometimes, I don't see how this was a 2/10 show. Sure it hasn't been as good as the last month or so but damn. Oh well, I enjoyed it so that's all that matters in the long run.

 

[Stopspot]

JBL said glory hole/10

 

[Krendall]

So, the big question out of all this: will the WWE actually do the right thing and have Styles go over Cena?

 

[Aids Johnson]

So, the big question out of all this: will the WWE actually do the right thing and have Styles go over Cena?

My bet is Cena buries the club, or Balor AND THE CLUB are what it takes to take out Big John Cena. Do do do doooooo!!!

 

[Zarathos]

I never saw AJ turning on Cena like that coming which was cool. It would be cool if next time the Club pulls something like that the Rock would come out to put the smack down and help out Cena. But it probably won't happen unless it's at a major ppv. Loved him against Rusev a couple of years ago.....



Very excited that Seth is back. Can't wait to see him and Roman face off again.

 

[Prince Bálor]

So, the big question out of all this: will the WWE actually do the right thing and have Styles go over Cena?

Yes, Styles will win one match and then Cena will go on to win the next 3 to make up for his loss. :supercena:

Seriously, though. I hope I'm wrong and hopefully Mr. TNA actually wins the feud against Mr. WWE.

On a side note: This could've been a face vs face feud, with Styles going over clean, and Finn Bálor taking over The Club. But hey, heel Styles is awesome. Loved his NJPW work, so all's cool.

 

[Roadster]

Yes, Styles will win one match and then Cena will go on to win the next 3 to make up for his loss. :supercena:

Seriously, though. I hope I'm wrong and hopefully Mr. TNA actually wins the feud against Mr. WWE.

On a side note: This could've been a face vs face feud, with Styles going over clean, and Finn Bálor taking over The Club. But hey, heel Styles is awesome. Loved his NJPW work, so all's cool.

It's not cool.

AJ Styles is one of the hottest and most popular acts they have right now. He is genuinely liked and cheered. This is the formula for a face. But WWE decided to turn him heel for no real reason. It's gonna hurt his run in the long run. Just look at his TNA heel runs, completely useless and poorly executed. You can't boo a guy who has his kids names and birthdates on his side and is deeply in love with Jesus.

 

[Snowman1]

well this was a great show to get back into wrestling for

...When I left, I was very optimistic towards the WWE product. Prince Balor calls it an "abusive relationship", I'd say it's more that they started giving us some bread crumbs of some Panera quality stuff instead of that ass in a bag called Merita... So sure, there wasn't much to talk about, but sure there was a funeral for a trombone so it wasn't all that bad now was it!?

But alas, here we are. Roman Reigns isn't a good WWE champion, he isn't a bad... You know the rest. And no matter what, WWE's only goal is to turn Roman into a big time money draw (which he isn't), and I get it. WWE is essentially a weekly action movie/sporting event all in one, and damn if Roman Reigns fought the Terminator one day it would be buysapalooza. Go with him all you want (thanks for the brand split so you can give other dudes some eggs from that basket!) But how do you even...

Roman Reigns never does ANYTHING. That's why every single conversation about the guy involves "them" and "the crowd". Modern day Bruce Lee with this smug ass grin just moseying his ass down to the ring to talk for 15 minutes... And he's fighting Seth Rollins. The man who hit him in the back with the chair shot heard round the world. The unstoppable brotherhood, and the damned Shield was thrown away by a greedy little twerp who attacked his friends for the selfish desires of fame and fortune...

And right after that, Roman Reigns ascended to the main event ranks and said "cool I can fight Cena and stuff now" while Ambrose was like "RAWRRRRRR YOU ATTACKED ME AND SCREWED ME OVER AND SOLD OUT TO THE I'M GONNA KI-*gets curb stomped into cinder blocks" and WWE was like "fuck why can't we get Roman over"... Until Night of Champions. Roman was ready for a little cold revenge - better than none - and he had a hernia injury... And then returned to follow Seth put on the damn Match of the Year while he caused riots outside the Royal Rumble and after Ambrose got stretchered out, Reigns was ready to achieve the biggest accomplishment in WWE... Beating BROCK LESNAR... For the title... In the main event of Mania... And then Seth Rollins appeared and ruined his bright shining moment.

So then after a Brown Snowman distraction, Roman wins a fatal four way... And has his eyes set on Seth... And the fans are saying " Yeah! Get 'em Roman!" Before a random knee injury on a leapfrog derails his quest for revenge again.

So here we are on whatever the Monday was on the week June started on I'm too lazy to check despite writing ALL THESE PARAGRAPHS OF BACKSTORY... And we get this pile of chickenshit bullshit!?!?!?

"Yeah I'm gonna uhhuhhh kick Seth's ass *pause for what* and retain my title because catchphrases"
"Lolno"
"Aye look it's Seth come down here and face me and stuff"
"No"
"Shit my plan was thwar-whoa look here comes Seth running to the ring ready to fist my cock and bring the big"
"Lolstillno"
"Dammit uhhh yeah you a coward and stuff buy my t shirt"
"Kbye"

(you may be an uproxx fan if...)

SHIELD REVENGE! TWO YEARS OF BUILD! ACTION HERO! WHY ARE WE REUSING SCRIPTS FROM THAT GARBAGE ASS SHEAMUS FEUD!

Ya know what? I'm gonna send Vince a WWBLD bracelet. Brock Lesnar and his 2 moves are super mega epic over right now because he would not put up with this bullshit! Rollins pulled this crap, Lesnar ran down and beat his ass. Then beat his ass again. Then after Rollins got lucky as hell he destroyed the ringside area and killed Michael Cole for fun! THAT'S A BADASS! Not this pansy ass punchless pile of bricks.

Man you can't have this segment and not give the show a 0/10. Fuuuuuuuuck this.

Coming soon, even more content!!!

 

[Gman003]

I get what you're saying. Yet at the same time I'm a little lost in what was typed.

I understand the general message but don't understand everything in between.

But I do agree that what Lesnar did was pretty bad ass that night. And when he destroyed that car (and that kid with the door) that was pretty bad ass.
What these heels are doing are... meh.

If anything, last Monday when rollins kept faking an attack, reigns should have been the one to execute it. That would have made that segment worth it to me. It was ok, like I see what they're doing (trying to hype the match) but are they going about it the best way? Probably not.

 

[Snowman1]

I get what you're saying. Yet at the same time I'm a little lost in what was typed.

I understand the general message but don't understand everything in between.

But I do agree that what Lesnar did was pretty bad ass that night. And when he destroyed that car (and that kid with the door) that was pretty bad ass.
What these heels are doing are... meh.

If anything, last Monday when rollins kept faking an attack, reigns should have been the one to execute it. That would have made that segment worth it to me. It was ok, like I see what they're doing (trying to hype the match) but are they going about it the best way? Probably not.

A big part of the stuff I was ranting about was just for fun to be fair, haha. But Reigns actually trying to be a badass would actually help out a lot as you said. Or just Roman making a good effort to go at the despicable bastard who did all this stuff to him.

Most of my frustration with that segment comes from that this is a rare opportunity for WWE, you have a match with this much build, this much context, a fresh matchup that's sort of a dream scenario based on events that can get us so emotionally invested, and just forget all that just to give it this lame Challenger of the Month build, ya know?

 

[Gman003]

Well said, that I understood perfectly lol.

It's true though. They had a golden moment to put him up.. that week atleast. A few more of those and he could get almost over. But instead he's the good guy... Can't do something like attack rollins now can he or he's not a face (lol). Fuck it I just want to see some brutality.

 

[Snowman1]

Well said, that I understood perfectly lol.

It's true though. They had a golden moment to put him up.. that week atleast. A few more of those and he could get almost over. But instead he's the good guy... Can't do something like attack rollins now can he or he's not a face (lol). Fuck it I just want to see some brutality.

I love how the guy with the Stone Cold avatar says "He can't just attack Rollins now or he isn't a face (lol)" hahaha. It's almost like beating someone's ass could make you seem MORE heroic.

And damn would it be great to see on Raw!