RAW 11.7 Live Discussion

[smarkmouth]

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[smarkmouth]

Holy shit can I get a date right?

[Skairipa]

Oh good we get to start with Steph. Just what we need after a crappy night last night.

[klunderbunker]

You knew it was coming. Just grind it out.

[BaconBits]

I’m over Braun Strowman. He can’t win the big one.

[BaconBits]

Just make Alexa GM.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

"Dismemberment is a bit of a corporate liability" Lol funniest thing Stephanie has ever said

[klunderbunker]

This has been your "Stephanie is all powerful and no, last night's results really didn't mean anything" opening segment.

[Skairipa]

Steph wasn't that bad there, nice to see a match happening so early in the show too. I was expecting at least 20 minutes of "Smackdown sucks! Haha!"

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Steph wasn't that bad there, nice to see a match happening so early in the show too. I was expecting at least 20 minutes of "Smackdown sucks! Haha!"

That was probably the least annoyed I've ever been by her

[smarkmouth]

For as long as he wears a leather vest and aviator shades, I will only refer to Lashley as Bobtista.

[Skairipa]

Elimination match, because it wasn't obvious before who was going to win this.

[smarkmouth]

"Dismemberment is a bit of a corporate liability" Lol funniest thing Stephanie has ever said

Didn't stop them from hosting Crown Jewel. Hey-oh.

[Skairipa]

At least Elias was counted out instead of pinned.

[smarkmouth]

It's nice seeing Drew without Dolph.

[Skairipa]

It's nice seeing Drew without Dolph.

Maybe this is the beginning of him quietly ditching Dolph.

[smarkmouth]

"I've never seen Braun beaten like this" they said about a man who was once crushed half to death in an ambulance.

[klunderbunker]

Well.

That was really stupid.

[smarkmouth]

Well.

That was really stupid.

40 minute match with no finish not your favourite way to kick off RAW?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Maybe I'm just in a good mood tonight, but I enjoyed the match. McIntyre is being built up, Strowman is the top guy, and Elias wasn't pinned either. And I enjoyed the beatdown. Good Raw so far IMO

[Skairipa]

Maybe I'm just in a good mood tonight, but I enjoyed the match. McIntyre is being built up, Strowman is the top guy, and Elias wasn't pinned either. And I enjoyed the beatdown. Good Raw so far IMO

Yeah I didn't think it was bad. Maybe a bit too long though.

Good promo by Ambrose.

[BaconBits]

Guess Lars is coming to Raw.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Instead of booing Nia, ignore her. Why can't fans get this?

[Skairipa]

It won't happen, but I hope Nia and Tamina lose in about 30 seconds. I think Nia injuring Becky might have been the last straw with her for me. And Tamina is just terrible at everything.

[Skairipa]

Guess Lars is coming to Raw.

Is he? Bummer. There's way too many monsters on Raw and he's not going to stand out there.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

What other company rewards employees for their incompetence?

[BestSportsEntertainer]

This is so stupid

[Skairipa]

How freaking immature is Vince? This is as bad as the farting gimmick for Nattie.

[smarkmouth]

The opening match would have been much shorter but Vince spent too much of the day coming up with urine puns.

[Wildcat66]

I've mentioned it before and I will say it again. Two horribly timed injuries have curtailed The Revival's momentum. They've had flashes of brilliances since, but those injuries have considerably hurt their prospects.

[Skairipa]

Good to see Kalisto isn't hurt too bad. Shame after that showing last night they are just gonna job out Revival tonight to a very boring team though.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I've mentioned it before and I will say it again. Two horribly timed injuries have curtailed The Revival's momentum. They've had flashes of brilliances since, but those injuries have considerably hurt their prospects.

Yep. Those injuries ruined whatever push the Rival was ever getting

[smarkmouth]

I've mentioned it before and I will say it again. Two horribly timed injuries have curtailed The Revival's momentum. They've had flashes of brilliances since, but those injuries have considerably hurt their prospects.
KB put it best once; their bread and butter was 40 minute barn burners in NXT, which is time they will never be afforded on RAW.

[Wildcat66]

When 2019 comes, can The Revival join SmackDown? This isn't working for them on RAW, they need a fresh start and they need it bad.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

KB put it best once; their bread and butter was 40 minute barn burners in NXT, which is time they will never be afforded on RAW.

Then why call them up? They could be in NXT still having classic matches

[Skairipa]

How to make sure Ronda gets fully cheered? Let her destroy Nia and tap her out in about 10 minutes.

Didn't expect Ronda to wrestle tonight.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Imagine the pop when Becky returns

[Skairipa]

Corbin is gonna get his ass beat.

[klunderbunker]

Then why call them up? They could be in NXT still having classic matches

Stop for a second and think about how many people this could apply to. Then wipe your eyes.

[smarkmouth]

Send Nikki Cross out again.

[Skairipa]

Stop for a second and think about how many people this could apply to. Then wipe your eyes.

I will never get calling people up just to have another main roster jobber. I get NXT gets a little full but then again if they left people down there who would do nothing on the main roster they wouldn't have to keep raiding the indies as often.

[Skairipa]

Well this could be a good match even if there's no chance Mickie is winning.

[BestSportsEntertainer]

I will never get calling people up just to have another main roster jobber. I get NXT gets a little full but then again if they left people down there who would do nothing on the main roster they wouldn't have to keep raiding the indies as often.

Unfortunately they want to keep raiding the indies, if only to keep talent away from other companies

[BestSportsEntertainer]

Rousey is in trouble the same way Alabama was against The Citadel

[Skairipa]

Would have been nice if they had given them longer and let them have a good match, but I should have known that wouldn't happen.

[smarkmouth]

I really loved heel Bryan a whole lot more than I was expecting. Very intrigued by where he goes from here.

[Skairipa]

Please don't have Maverick pee himself during this match.

[smarkmouth]

Good thing they have this pee joke in their back pocket otherwise how would they write the TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS into their show?

[Wildcat66]

Please don't have Maverick pee himself during this match.

Good news: He didn't.

Bad news: It didn't matter, the AOP still lost.

[Skairipa]

Good news: He didn't.

Bad news: It didn't matter, the AOP still lost.

I don't really have an issue with the loss, there's not exactly a ton of options for AOP to feud with and Roode and Gable had a good showing last night, plus I'm a huge Gable fan so if it means more of him on my tv, so be it.

[smarkmouth]

Fuck it, combine the tag divisions and give them their own show.

[klunderbunker]

I hate this company sometimes.

[smarkmouth]

"Grrr! Imma git him for saying that about Roman."

"G2g"

[Skairipa]

Must Nattie overcome the 3 on 1 odds? Ugh.

[Wildcat66]

2018: Year of the Low Blow

[klunderbunker]

Monday Night Raw
Date: November 19, 2018
Location: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young

It’s night three in Los Angeles and we’re on the side that won. Last night at Survivor Series, Raw completely swept Smackdown in the battle for brand supremacy. Therefore, you can expect a heck of a lot of bragging this week, which likely means Stephanie time. We’re less than a month away from TLC, while likely means no Brock time. Let’s get to it.

Click on the link below for the full review.

Sometimes, I Hate This Show (http://kbwrestlingreviews.com/2018/11/19/monday-night-raw-november-19-2018-sometimes-i-hate-this-show/)

[#AbsoluteUnit]

Not a very good show tonight.

[Jack-Hammer]

Raw is a mess, there's no other way to put it. The entire first hour of the show was devoted to ultimately setting up an injury angle because Vince has built up Braun Strowman to such a ridiculous degree that the only way anybody can handle him, anybody who isn't named Brock Lesnar, is if Strowman is "injured", with said injury being "a shattered elbow." And, of course, given all the ridiculous stipulations of his match against Corbin at TLC, coupled with the "shattered elbow", the ending of the match is already assured and given away. Hell, putting Strowman against Corbin is a waste of time no matter how you slice it really; Corbin is actually a pretty decent heel authority figure, much better than a wrestler in my opinion, so I don't know why they just don't keep him in that role instead of wasting everyone's time seeing him put in a match that everybody knows he wouldn't win even if they tied both of Strowman's hands behind his back.

There were pinatas, or however the fuck you spell it, all over the place, 4th grade pee jokes, genuinely good tag teams used for absolute shit, two of the least interesting wrestlers in the company, male or female, are at the top of Raw's women's division, WWE is back to giving public service announcements in which it tries to portray itself as some sort of caring, humanitarian organization despite the fact that nobody really believes it anymore thanks to the debacle that is its working relationship with the Saudi government, Finn Balor seems to be one of the few singles wrestlers on Raw that WWE feels is okay to be pinned in matches, Dean Ambrose has gone from being a badass heel to being a chicken shit heel trying to get cheap heat due to saying the city he's in smells bad.

Raw is truly, hands down, the worst its been this decade.