RAW 10/22: Hoping we something cool.

[BaconBits]

But my hopes arenâ??t high...

[BaconBits]

Supposedly Roman is injured. I guess we’ll find out now.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

It's my yard now.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Holy shit.

[BaconBits]

Wow.

[BaconBits]

Roman speaking from the heart is a surprisingly good promo. They should do that more.

[Wildcat66]

Uh.

Damn.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

You know Reigns the person seems like a really cool dude. It's truly a shame his booking his awful and he gets so much hate because of it

[Fire Marshall Bill]

This is crazy.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

From a storyline perspective, Strowman has to win now, right?

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Damn, was not expecting that.

[BaconBits]

My guess is Vince pays a fuckload of money and puts the belt back on Brock.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

From a storyline perspective, Strowman has to win now, right?

Definitely. I really doubt Lesnar ever gets the title again

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

From a storyline perspective, Strowman has to win now, right?

Loool

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Ah nvm, I forgot about Brock. Was thinking Roman vs Strowman.

[BaconBits]

Well that was a really shitty way to open a wrestling program.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Wonder if Ambrose/Rollins win now. Maybe due to Strowman. If Strowman does lose to Brock, DZ/McIntyre is a fair way to cause it.

[smarkmouth]

Wow, that was real and hard to watch. Get well Roman, damn.

[BaconBits]

I don’t know if this was the best match to put on right after all that.

[smarkmouth]

I don’t know if this was the best match to put on right after all that.

I think it says alot on what they think of Finn Balor, having put him in the most difficult position of the evening.

I mean, Bobby too, but they wouldn't send out Lio first.

[klunderbunker]

....Wow. I have no idea what to think of this, other than I hope he Superman Punches the disease in the face. That's horrible, in every possible way.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

You have to wonder if even he gets annoyed doing that.

[BaconBits]

You have to wonder if even he gets annoyed doing that.

I imagine tonight heâ??s not particularly happy about it.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

....Wow. I have no idea what to think of this, other than I hope he Superman Punches the disease in the face. That's horrible, in every possible way.

If he does pull through alright, you know WWE is going to play it up so hard people might even start booing him again.

[klunderbunker]

If he does pull through alright, you know WWE is going to play it up so hard people might even start booing him again.

I don't even know if WWE fans are that harsh.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Vince pulling for Storm Trooper in our fantasy league

[Fire Marshall Bill]

I don't even know if WWE fans are that harsh.

I wouldnâ??t put anything past them. Either way, all the best for Reigns. An awful way to go out.

[smarkmouth]

Vince pulling for Storm Trooper in our fantasy league

Well, you need to get knocked down a peg. :lmao:

[Fire Marshall Bill]

McIntyre needs to ditch DZ.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Put the belt on Drew. Right now.

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Mmmm...Liv Morgan.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Well, you need to get knocked down a peg. :lmao:

And you sir, need to get points to move up in the standings!

[smarkmouth]

And you sir, need to get points to move up in the standings!
I was doomed when my first string "quit", showed up again, didn't wrestle, jumped Tyler before a singles match, did very little then got hurt. My only hope is Apolo Crews :lol:

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

It must really suck to pretend to be excited for a match like Cole. Like he must feel sick to his stomach yelling like the action is amazing when its hyper generic as hell.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

I was doomed when my first string "quit", showed up again, didn't wrestle, jumped Tyler before a singles match, did very little then got hurt. My only hope is Apolo Crews :lol:

Hey, I'm on your side here!

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

15 people go wild!

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Who thought we would get ANOTHER DX reunion?

[smarkmouth]

Hey, I'm on your side here!

Oh, I didn't think you weren't. I appreciate the support, I've just conceited to hopelessness

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Yes! A corney graveyard promo!

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Kane kind of looks like he could break out laughing now during his promos.

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Oh, I didn't think you weren't. I appreciate the support, I've just conceited to hopelessness

Sometimes, it's just about having fun and not worrying about wins and losses.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I'm being pedantic, but maybe going from a promo in a graveyard to a recap of Reigns' promo wasn't the best transition

[A11]

I was doomed when my first string "quit", showed up again, didn't wrestle, jumped Tyler before a singles match, did very little then got hurt. My only hope is Apolo Crews :lol:

Hey nobody can complain after what my first string is going through

[Skairipa]

For the love of god don't give Brock back the belt. Just give it to Braun and give us a fun feud with him and Drew over the belt.

[smarkmouth]

I'm being pedantic, but maybe going from a promo in a graveyard to a recap of Reigns' promo wasn't the best transition

Not pendatic at all. Probably should have scrapped the promo that refers to, y'know, morality.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Ohhhhhh nice! That was a good burn. Good to see Rousey getting some good lines.

[smarkmouth]

Paul Heyman is in arguably the hardest position of the evening. Very curious to see how this goes.

[Fallout]

Jesus christ...how long did WWE know about this? Did they sit on this information and only let it out now?

[BaconBits]

Jesus christ...how long did WWE know about this? Did they sit on this information and only let it out now?

He was pulled off working on the house show circuit just this past weekend, so itâ??s pretty damn recent.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Heyman's doing a great job, especially given the circumstances

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Face turn for Strowman?

[BaconBits]

Heyman's doing a great job, especially given the circumstances

Paul is pretty much the guy that has to carry this feud. Brock doesnâ??t talk, and Braun canâ??t really talk.

[smarkmouth]

Giving Roman real-life props and seamlessly transitioning into ripping Braun a new one in kayfabe. There's only one guy whoncould have done that.

[BaconBits]

Face turn for Strowman?

More of a tweeter turn. The internet crowd loves themselves some Drew McIntyre.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Evolution is going to be the biggest failure of a PPV.

[BaconBits]

Here’s something I just thought of. Roman being gone and indeterminate amountof time leaves a void on RAW. They’re short a face on the main event level. They’re probably going to have to move somebody over from Smackdown or reintroduce whatever the new version of Bray is as a face much earlier than anticipated.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Literally zero reaction

[BaconBits]

Literally zero reaction

Apollo is everything that’s wrong with indie performers. All flash and no substance. It takes more to be able to get over on the main roster and he doesn’t have “it”.

[supermatto64]

Just started Raw from the top, my first episode since April, and wow was that emotional. #ThankYouRoman

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Ya Apollo just sucks the energy from the crowd. He is at a mid card Main Event show level at best.

[smarkmouth]

Really want Dean to hit a Superman Punch and Seth to hit a spear for the win, to be honest.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

I'm not reading this off anything.

[smarkmouth]

Full disclosure that last post of mine was someone's tweet but I can't get it out of my head.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I'm not reading this off anything.

Seriously this is the most obviously scripted promo in WWE history

Honestly who the hell listens to this and thinks this is good?

[smarkmouth]

Honestly I'm just glad Kurt's not slurring his words anymore.

[klunderbunker]

I read Elbow Grease the other day. Not too shabby.

[Skairipa]

Elias face turn could be pretty good for his career.

[BaconBits]

Elias face turn incoming.

[BaconBits]

“Corbin is just mad that Elias doesn’t play covers of Nickleback”

Renee’s best work ever.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

“Corbin is just mad that Elias doesn’t play covers of Nickleback”

Renee’s best work ever.

Not to go off topic, but I don't understand the hate for Nickelback

[BaconBits]

Not to go off topic, but I don't understand the hate for Nickelback

I mean, itâ??s really bland rock music that was really shoved down everybodyâ??s throats a few years back. I get the hate, but itâ??s more of a meme than anything.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Nikki's entrance is still the best thing in WWE

[Skairipa]

I hope they don't try to do the twin magic spot on Sunday, because these two can't pass for each other at all anymore.

[Skairipa]

And here comes our lord and savior Ronda Rousey.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Don't let Brie Botcha near you Rousey! Get out of the ring dammit! Hell, mistakes and brimstone!

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This is awful

[Skairipa]

Nikki really is terrible, that promo was just awful.

[BaconBits]

This is tasteless.

[Skairipa]

Remind me why Ronda vs Nikki is going to main event over Charlotte vs Becky?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Remind me why Ronda vs Nikki is going to main event over Charlotte vs Becky?

Star power

[Awesome_Miz]

Remind me why Ronda vs Nikki is going to main event over Charlotte vs Becky?

Cause Fearless Nikki that’s why.

[BaconBits]

Remind me why Ronda vs Nikki is going to main event over Charlotte vs Becky?

Remind me why that abomination of a PPV is even happening.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Cause Fearless Nikki that’s why.

It's like 90% Rousey and maybe 10% Nikki

[Skairipa]

Star power

You mean star power that isn't selling tickets like WWE hoped for when they announced the match?

[Skairipa]

Remind me why that abomination of a PPV is even happening.

I'll take Evolution over Crown Jewel.

[BaconBits]

I'll take Evolution over Crown Jewel.

I could leave em both, and I probably will.

[smarkmouth]

You mean star power that isn't selling tickets like WWE hoped for when they announced the match?

Not entirely true. There was actually an alleged spike in ticket sales when Ronda vs Nikki was announced.

https://www.sescoops.com/update-on-ticket-sales-for-wwe-evolution/

[BestSportsEntertainer]

You mean star power that isn't selling tickets like WWE hoped for when they announced the match?

Becky vs Charlotte is on the card, and it's not like they're selling many tickets.

Besides the lack of tickets sold can't be attributed to any one or two wrestlers. There are several other factors.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

I'll take Evolution over Crown Jewel.

I usually watch most of the PPVs...but I'm not bothering with these two dog shits.

[Awesome_Miz]

The one thing that might suck on Evolution will be how Sane/Baszler might outshine all the main roster women except for possibly Becky/Charlotte.

[smarkmouth]

Wow, the Tag Title match is getting 30 minutes!

[Skairipa]

Not entirely true. There was actually an alleged spike in ticket sales when Ronda vs Nikki was announced.

https://www.sescoops.com/update-on-ticket-sales-for-wwe-evolution/

See I read the opposite that the announcement of that didn't help ticket sales and WWE was disappointed. Either way Ronda vs Nikki should not main event under any circumstances.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Holy fuck, we JUST came back from 10 minutes of commercials!

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Nice they got all this Main Event time with three commercial breaks in one match.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

Holy crap!

[Skairipa]

Well damn I didn't see that coming tonight.

[Skairipa]

I don't get why they gave them the belts if this was happening tonight.

[BaconBits]

This is going over like a lead balloon.

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

What a way to turn heel.

[Skairipa]

This is going over like a lead balloon.

How? He's getting booed out of the building, that's the goal.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

WOW

[BaconBits]

How? He's getting booed out of the building, that's the goal.

That’s not booed out of the building. It was pretty silent through the whole thing. Really in poor taste to pull that tonight.

[Awesome_Miz]

I think out of all the possible times to do the Dean heel turn this might be the best time. Due to the Reigns situation everyone was thinking we were only going to get a nice touching victory in dedication for Reigns. So having Dean attack Seth tonight after an emotional feel night was so out of left field that no one saw coming and makes Dean come off as a bastard who has no emotions. So I say good job WWE cause this really got to me and a lot of people in the arena. I can’t wait to see what happens and the reasoning behind the attack out of all nights.

[klunderbunker]

Monday Night Raw
Date: October 22, 2018
Location: Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island
Commentators: Corey Graves, Renee Young, Michael Cole

It’s the go home show for Evolution so expect a lot of hearing about Nikki Bella vs. Ronda Rousey, which somehow is the highest profile match we can have on what was supposed to be a top level show. Other than that we have Crown Jewel next week, even though we’re not allowed to hear where the show is taking place. Let’s get to it.

Click on the link below for the full review.

Superman Punch It In The Face (http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2018/10/22/monday-night-raw-october-22-2018-superman-punch-it-in-the-face/)

[Spidey]

The lack of self awareness on this show was incredible.

[smarkmouth]

This was awesome! I mean, in a damn-Ambrose kind of way. I don't see the problem at all. The heel turn had nothing to do with the real life tragedy. Shocking, brutal betrayal of a brother. Best heel turn since DIY.

[smarkmouth]

Putting a little more thought into it, it was exploitative of the emotional night, but that's the worst that I can see in it. Not even the most tasteless segment of the night.