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Jacob Fox

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Rate the last episode of Raw in 2016 and let us know what you thought about the show.

Opening

Stephanie came out to the ring. The crowd chanted for CM Punk and Stephanie mocked them for it. Seth Rollins came out and demanded a match with Braun Strowman. Roman Reigns then came out and demanded a match with Strowman. They then talked about getting the Shield back together and Stephanie pretended like she was for it before saying it would not happen. However, she did give Rollins a match with Strowman and forced Reigns to defend his US title that night.

Raw Tag Team Title Match: Champions Cesaro and Sheamus defend against the New Day

Sheamus won the match by pinfall.

Backstage

Kevins Owens and Chris Jericho came up to Braun Strowman and said that he was next in line for the Universal title. They warned Strowman that the "Shield" might do to Strowman what they did to Owens and Jericho. They then said that Rollins and Reigns have been saying things about Strowman. They were trying to anger Strowman so he would take out Rollins. Strowman got angry and got into Jericho's face before eventually leaving.

Golden Truth were talking about who was the greatest Scrooge. Goldust though it was Bill Murray and R Truth Mr Magoo. Then Bayley brought Goldust a stuffed bear wearing a Dusty Rhodes polka dot outfit. Bayley told Goldust she only made it because of Dusty and she loved him very much and Goldust told her Dusty loved her too.

When Bayley left, Gallows and Anderson came up to Truth and Goldust, made fun of the beat and took it. They then ripped the bear's head off.

Nia Jax vs Scarlet

Scarlet came into the ring wearing a Legit Boss shirt. Nia quickly defeated her by pin fall and then told her to pick a better role model.

Bayley vs Charlotte

Bayley came to the ring and mentioned how she has beaten Charlotte 2 times in a row and she is the new number one contender. She talked about how holding the championship has been her dream. Then Charlotte came out from backstage. The two argued about winning and Charlotte claimed that she found a lawyer to expunge Bayley's victory from the record book. Charlotte then offered a match right now and said she was guaranteed a referee that would call it down the line and it was Dana Brooke.

Charlotte defeated Bayley by pin fall due to a fast count

Braun Strowman

Braun was choking a guy and Stephanie made him stop. Stephanie asks him what he was doing and Braun said he asked the man where Sami Zayn was and the guy didn't answer quickly enough. Stephanie told Braun he had to focus on Seth Rollins and not Sami Zayn. Strowman responded that he was multi tasking. Strowman demanded a match with Sami Zayn and was granted a last man standing match with him next week. In return, Stephanie demanded Strowman take all of his aggression out on Seth.

Neville vs TJ Perkins

Neville defeated Perkins by pin fall and a handful of tights.

Enzo and Cass

Enzo, in a wheelchair, and Cass came to the ring and Cass called out Rusev. Rusev and Jinder Mahal came out and tried to corner Cass. Enzo got out of his wheelchair and pulled Mahal off the ring. Cass then beat up Rusev and tossed him to the floor. Cass threw Enzo onto Mahal before hitting Rusev with a big boot. Rusev and Mahal retreated.

Darren Young and Bo Dallas vs the Shining Stars

The match barely started until Braun Strowman came to the ring and destroyed everyone. He even threw Darren Young into Bob Backlund. The crowd even chanted "Thank you Strowman."

Seth Rollins vs Braun Strowman

Sami Zayn came out and attacked Strowman, disqualifying Rollins and giving Strowman the win. Strowman chased Zayn out of the arena. While Rollins was lying in the ring, Chris Jericho came to the ring and hit Rollins with two codebreakers.

Golden Truth vs Gallows and Anderson

Anderson and Gallows defeated Golden Truth by pin fall.

Rich Swann vs Daivari

Rich Swann won by pin fall.

After the match, Swann accepted Neville's challenge for a cruiserweight title match live on 205. Neville attacked Swann right away.

Backstage

Daivari called Jack Gallagher a scoundrel and when he refused to take it back, Gallagher slapped him with a glove and challenged him to a duel.

WWE US Title Match: Champion Romans Reigns vs Kevin Owens.


Roman Reigns retained the WWE US Championship by pin fall. Jericho tried getting involved in the match but was taken out by Seth Rollins and pedigreed on the floor. Rollins pedigreed KO then and Reigns speared Jericho.
 
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A three. A thoroughly boring Raw. I would have given it a 4 but I was pissed that Strowman didn't come down and beat up Rollins and Reigns at the end. Blech. At least Smackdown looks good.
 

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A three. A thoroughly boring Raw. I would have given it a 4 but I was pissed that Strowman didn't come down and beat up Rollins and Reigns at the end. Blech. At least Smackdown looks good.

I'll be less critical, although my review is precisely the same.. a Strowman showing at the end would've bumped it up a notch but I gave it a 4.. My main reason being is I thoroughly enjoy this CW division they've put together so far and there was a fair bit of CW storyline on this episode. The Club getting the win and booked looking good over Golden Truth was also a plus in my personal eyes. I dub this one a 4 from my perspective.

Shining Stars vs D-Bo was an unwanted match that almost had us all worried for the creative mind behind RAW's SAnitY... Good thing Strowman showed up and saved that segment.

A long boring 3 hours that could've easily been condense and less straining to watch without feeling like time was wasted.
 

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Raw had nothing going for it for me the most enjoyable thing for me was Jack Gallagher and the ending pissed me off there was no need for it. Its just an example of how raw shouldn't be 3 hours long. The crowd wasn't great for the whole thing and weremostly dead by the end of the second hour going into the start of the 3rd. Here's hoping 205 live and Smackdown are the exact opposite of what raw was.
 

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No Emmalina...So...

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Here's hoping 205 live and Smackdown are the exact opposite of what raw was.

205 Live should be LIT AS FUCK! I'm excited for Neville vs Swann, think that's gonna be one helluva match. Also the "duel" between Daivari and Gallagher if it takes place should be quite a show too.

SD Live, I'm assuming is going to be a good if not great show, I mean it's got a triple threat title match with AJ, Dolph & Baron which I'm hyped for regardless of having a stale Ziggler in the match, he can still probably do enough to make the match work more efficiently and flow smoother with AJ being hampered by an injury. Also the return of Superman John Cena himself, can't wait for that.. adds more fuel to SD's already awesome fire that they have going!
 

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First full episode of RAW I watched in a while and this show was just meh...like super meh. Ironically it perfectly summed up WWE in 2016. 2/10.
 

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A three. A thoroughly boring Raw. I would have given it a 4 but I was pissed that Strowman didn't come down and beat up Rollins and Reigns at the end. Blech. At least Smackdown looks good.

When you have a strong guy who is meant to look strong not come out and face another strong guy, only thing that comes to mind is that he is a coward. Horrible booking/scripting strikes again!
 

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Another show that doesn't look half bad on paper. But on paper it's not hard to ignore them wasting at least an hour spamming rematches and can just focus on the character work stuff which has improved but...

Also...


No Emmalina...So...

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0/10

This. Whoever attacked Emma backstage has an army on her hands. :tough:
 

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This. Whoever attacked Emma backstage has an army on her hands.
The thing is...I know she's okay...

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See...new Aussie themed tights and
everything.

I'm curious...may-be Zack Ryder being
injured has something to do with the
delayed debut of Emmalina.

For those who didn't know...Zack &
Emma are a couple...Nice work on
that Zack...Great choice.
 
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Let us all just hope that next Monday's Raw starts us off right in the new year and keeps up the pace.
 

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Let us all just hope that next Monday's Raw starts us off right in the new year and keeps up the pace.
I like the positive thinking...but...knowing RAW it will be the same
old boring, repetitive booking with no sign of Emmalina or an
interesting story line.

I remember watching RAW "back in the day" and stuff was
at least interesting. There were more "characters"

(Warning: Rant Mode Activated)

This is pro-wrestling...your allowed to have performers play
actual characters...they can be strange, different, insane,
bitchy, aggressive...its meant to be like a theater play...a
soap opera...a epic story filled with characters we love and
hate...that fill us with emotions...that are suppose to make
us feel invested...that make us fucking care about what we
are watching.

Mankind was a character...
Kane was a character...
The Rock was/is a character...
Goldust was/is a character...
Gangrel was a character...

Seth Rollins is boring...
Braun Strowman is boring...
Gallows & Anderson are boring...
Roman Reigns is FUCKING boring...

Even Bayley...as likeable as she is...is boring...
How about developing her character? How about
a romantic subplot? How about showing her struggle
with the transition from NXT to the main roster?
How about showing Bayley understanding why
Charlotte changed so much since her NXT days...
and have Bayley vow to never let the pressure
and hunger for success do the same thing to her.

You know...character development?

No...forget that...we'll just have Bayley walking
around handing out stuffed bears and hugging
random people.

Goddamn it...you could do so much why Bayley
it isn't even funny...but the writers won't...because
that would require giving a damn and actually
making an effort.

Do you guys know why I'm excited about Emmalina?

Because hopefully Emmalina will actually be a
character with character.

I know how I would write Emmalina...as a bi-polar
supermodel wrestler who is motivated to destroy the
four horsewomen for taking the credit for something
she believes she started.

Make her a character...have her beautiful and sweet
one minute...morbid and violent the next...let her twitch,
let her stutter, let her suddenly start posing strangely
in the middle of a match...have her mimic odd animal
movements...make her beautiful...but absolutely fucking
lethal.

Have her attack all 3 horsewomen on RAW and then
have her show up on SmackDown and attack Becky
Lynch...Have Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox & Summer Rae
(when she returns) become her own Horsewomen...
have her go to war...have her back the 4 horsewomen
into a corner with no other options but to reunite and
fight back...make us care and give us something
interesting on your fucking programs WWE!!!

But will anything close to that happen?

No...because it would be too hard to write and put together.

The WWE needs to let their talent start playing characters
again and actually develop those characters...it would really
help spice up their programming and may-be entice people
to actually give a damn.