WWE RAW February 28th 2011 - LIVE Discussion Thread

[Troy]

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Will Triple H and Undertaker talk this week?
Will The Rock appear on RAW?
Will MITB be announced for WM?
Will any other matches be announced for WM?

What do you think will happen on RAW?​

 

[SpectreVLV]

I really hope the Rock makes his appearance. Cena verbally abused the Rock pretty bad last week, and the heat just keeps increasing day after day. I think it's time for the Rock to make a comeback.
I also hope Triple H and Taker match is to be pumped up a little more on tonight's Raw. Maybe a bit of a storyline for WrestleMania.
I can only hope for the Money in the Bank match at this point. They still have enough superstars to compete in such a match. Last year the WrestleMania's dark match was a Battle Royal; so, maybe this year those superstars can now compete in the MitB match instead of "being in the dark."
Also, a possible Dolph Ziggler appearance?
King vs Cole at WM27 will also be made more clear tonight.
+ I know this is RAW, but looking at WM27 from the SD side, I would like some sort of a story for McIntyre, and definitely a buildup for the Corre (and New Nexus on RAW).
Shouldn't be bad this week, I hope.

 

[Troy]

I doubt that The Rock will appear since they haven't advertised it. I can't see WWE having him back on RAW without advertising his appearance a week or two before so that they can get the most amount of people tuning in.

Triple H and Undertaker both have to come out and cut promos making their match official. Triple H can give the backstory to why he wanted a match with Taker.

If they want MITB they should start running qualifying matches on RAW.

I forgot about Dolph Ziggler, I would like to see him appear but only if it leads to something at WM. He has to be on the card.

King vs Cole should be made official tonight as well.

Corre vs Nexus feud seems to have been forgotten unfortunately, they are occupied with other storylines.

 

[Prodigy]

I reckon this RAW will be very good or very crap. I mean they have the fueds laid down to develop on but idk whether they'll take the opportunity or forget that they have booked anything and mess it up.

 

[Troy]

With WrestleMania not that far away I would expect another good RAW. WWE have to keep putting on great shows to convince more people to buy the PPV.

 

[The_RB_Brand]

As WM Season gets deeper & deeper, The better & better the shows are going to get. Have you noticed on smackdown how the change of power went from heel to face? That cause during this time of the year WWE sucks up to the audience & gives them 75 percent of what they want rather than the normal 50 percent. I see a Corre vs. Nexus at WM, HHH vs. Taker w/ HBK special ref. Cole Vs. King w/ JR as special ref. Cena vs. Miz (Rock will have something to do w/ this match). For RAW's MITB match I see stars like John Morrison, R-Truth, Alex Riley, Ted DiBiase, Sheamus, & David Heart Smith.....How ever for all this to occur, it requires good storylines & creativity to draw a good audience to purchase the PPV.

 

[SpectreVLV]

About Rock:
Troy is right about the Rock's advertisement for appearance. However, WWE might actually keep the Rock's appearance as a surprise to increase viewers for all RAWs before WrestleMania. People will watch every RAW just to see if the Rock would appear or not. WWE is to use one of these two techniques.
Advertisement of Rock's appearance - huge ratings for 1 of the RAWs
Surprise appearance - pretty high ratings for all RAWs after Rock's appearance and before WM27 (kind of balanced out a bit).

About MITB qualification:
A portion WM26's MITB participants became the "semi" maineventers, and I think having people like Morrison and McIntyre compete at MITB match would actually hurt their reputation (unless they win the match). MITB is nothing more than an opening attraction, and all of the "semi" maineventers should already move away from it. People like Ted DiBiase and Swagger (again..) need a push, so they should be the ones to compete here.
Moving Morrison and McIntyre away from the match into the singles matches at WM would definitely boost them further to the mainevent scene. That's where all the storylines and build-ups come in as well.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

That was a nice way to bury Sheamus in about 5 seconds

 

[The New F'n Show]

Agree Gold Standard that was kinda unnecessary. I know he took Trips out but couldn't they at least had a match where Sheamus had SOME OFFENSE. That was a slaughter. Decent opening promo though, and Rock confirmed by satellite (Pretaping).

 

[TheGoldStandard]

and Sheamus is not officially 6 feet under in 10 minutes...

R.I.P. King Sheamus

nice for Bourne to be back though

 

[TheGoldStandard]

does anyone think that Cole's heel persona is his true self? He seems to good at it.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Nice to see Bourne on TV but I don't see how beating a guy that was just destroyed helps him at all. Why not have him beat a guy like Mason Ryan or another up and comer? Cole does a better job of getting heat every weak, while he is still annoying as hell, he is getting better as a heel every week. Still don't have much interest in a match though.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

great now they are burying Swagger in this stupid feud...WWE is on fire tonight

 

[The New F'n Show]

I guess you could say at least Swagger is staying in the spotlight but I tend to agree, how does this help him. He is going to be a manager/trainer for Cole. That's Brilliant! Stone Cold confirmed for next week. Clearly Tough Enough Build.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

OMG! We are almost an hour into Raw and we had a 20 second match...Are you kidding me