WWE RAW 29th April 2013 - LIVE Discussion

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One of these times he is going to come out of his locker room with security guards with him.

And I'd mark like no other.
 

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Shield are really impressive especially with the winning streak and I'm surprised by how far they're going. Glad that they're getting a major push though and going over big stars. They're gonna be around for a long time and will be stars of the future. But it's now time to win with purpose. Get those tag titles on two members (really don't know who) and get one of the minor titles, heck, I'd be fine with the WHC, on one of them. Maybe one should win the MITB.

Could Reigns feud with Cena, Rollins feuds with Bryan and Ambrose feuds with Undertaker?
 

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\Can't make Goldberg comparisons until Ryback insists on losing by legit taser. That or he tries to start a muscle car and totally fuck up the engine.

Ryback in street clothes makes him look badass tho.

And I found it funny that Cena basically pulled the crowds hoe-card tonight by bringing out those kids, even smarks can't boo sick children, well unless it was Philly or Chicago, I'm not sure even sick kids could not get booed.
 

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Holy shit, the dude in the pink hoodie and his wife is back.

They used to be on RAW all the time in the fluro color shirts!

They're always in Ohio shows. They've started to put them on the opposite side of the ring guys the guy is over the top he's a local promoter.
 

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\Can't make Goldberg comparisons until Ryback insists on losing by legit taser. That or he tries to start a muscle car and totally fuck up the engine.

Ryback in street clothes makes him look badass tho.

And I found it funny that Cena basically pulled the crowds hoe-card tonight by bringing out those kids, even smarks can't boo sick children, well unless it was Philly or Chicago, I'm not sure even sick kids could not get booed.

That's exactly what happened he actually called out people at one point for talking shit and said the only reason he was in columbus was those kids.

Show started out with the triple threat which was odd cause nobody knew why it was happening.

Watching Cena in the arena I'd venture to say that it's a work.

Orton Cody match felt like it was 45 minutes long. Not sure of the real time but looking back it seemed like it was the first hour.

Missed the whole shield 3mb bit was trying to get a fucking $9 dollar pepsi.

Dunno why but they advertised Brock and HHH on the screen implying they would be out. HHH had that tweet but nothing ever came of either.

Ziggler Kofi was pretty interesting from where I was sitting.

Completely called Mark Henry's opponents (mother fucker is lucky I didn't get nacho cheese on me again)

I caught the whole Ryback Goldberg vibe too.

Chants were odd I think everyone literally waited until commercial breaks to bust them out. Nothing new unfortunately. I don't think the ones that made it live were probably that great.

Fandango was odd they had the set and the firework guy thing but didn't use either. Everyone at this point was like where the fuck is HHH or Brock since they'd advertised it twice. Tweeted HHH about it we'll see what comes of it.

Shield match seemed to be a lot of DB a little kane and hardly any cena seemed similar on the opposite end. the crowd seemed to be upset by this point in the show.
 

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I generally think the SHIELD are incapable of having a bad match.

REIGNS!
 

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$9 Pepsi? Fuck. That.

I wasn't impressed with Raw at all. I thought it was pretty boring actually. Entirely too much crap and not enough wrestling and rivalry build. First Cena took up a ton of time with those 3 Wish kids, which would have been fine if I also didn't have to suffer through a ridiculous tug-a-war contest (which Sheamus came off looking really stupid and childish in) and that Blue Fandango "dance-off" segment.

Dear, WWE.... NO ONE gives a shit about these dance-off competitions. No one wants to see them. Not even a little bit and they never have. Why you continue to do them just to kill time every blue moon is a complete a total mystery. They aren't funny. They aren't charming. They aren't creative. They aren't entertaining. And all 4 of those things can be said of the Great Khali as well. Please stop doing them.
 

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Few thoughts about the show:

- Nuff respect to the crowd for not shitting on Cena even if they wanted to. He's a stand up guy and I was waiting to hear the handful of "smart" fans still rip him a new one. Apparently the line is Hall of Fame celebrity personalities but not Cena when he's doing charity work. I'm down with that.

- People have been discussing Cena's injury etc and with Punk taking time off there's this weird scenario where guys like Sheamus and Show are bumped away from the main event. That's fine because I happen to like Del Rio and Ziggler for the WHC picture things are ok-ish but for the WWE title picture it's a bit more of the same players but SERIOUSLY, the answer to the main event problem is Randy Orton and Antonio Cesaro. The former you have to turn heel but it's coming because he's clearly pushing hard for it. I never watch a Cesaro or Orton match and don't get blown away, they are hands down the best workers in the WWE right now.

- HHH vs Lesnar..what happened..

- Echo the sentiments of above for the Tug of War and dance-off debacles. These segments BLOW CHUNKS all day long. Body slam contests and over-the-top-rope contests are your vaguely, but barely, passable indicators of strength so why the pathetic sell-job from "Sweet T" on the tug of war and then Sheamus acting ridiculous. Don't get me started on dance-offs. There's enough comic relief with Ricardo and Maddox backstage that you could cut the gimmicky stuff and leave "Tons o Funk" firmly in the locker room.

- I really love the Shield. Talking of guys being great workers, have these three ever not executed their role perfectly and NOT looked just ridiculously good? I know they're booked to look strong but a lot of guys would not be as convincing as these three. It's almost sad they came up together because in a way you expect 1 or 2 of the group to fade whilst the other 1 or 2 reach promised heights. I'd like all 3 of these men to be future big-time players and hopefully they will be.
 

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Sounds like a forgettable show.

There really isn't a whole lot of interesting stuff going on at the minute. The Cena/Ryback feud is something I'm not even going to try and get into, while the midcard scene seems non existant with the lack of angles going on.

Only thing I'm looking out for these days is anything featuring The Shield. Everything else I take a pass on.
 

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Just wondering who the crowd was chanting for when the "Ole'" chants started, and also found it odd hearing it at an American event. Sounds odd hearing it in Montreal, imagine my surprise hearing it in Columbus.

Ricardo started chanting it, and it died....just wondering if those chants were for Del Rio or Cessaro....Or Cigarro as that's what Lawler called him.
 

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If I pay 9 bucks for a pepsi CM Punk's autograph better be on it or something.
 

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If I pay 9 bucks for a pepsi CM Punk's autograph better be on it or something.

Souvenier Wrestlemania cup with free refills a regular large was 8 and a small was 6

Interesting to see the cuts Hulu made
 

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I'd have to get at least 5 refills to make that worth the price which if you've seen me drink soda I'd totally attack that.

Raw was once again awesome for two weeks in a roll. Good wrestling action and some decent promos. I'm not gonna read through the thread because I'm sure there is a bunch of complaining that isn't justified after they gave us that randomly great match between Orton/Rhodes. I hope WWE keeps with this trend and lets matches develop on Raw since not letting do so on a 3 hour show is absurd.