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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 2, 2012 23:01:10 GMT -5
Hearing Lesnar's theme was truly amazing and thank you Vince.
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Post by Phantom on Apr 2, 2012 23:02:01 GMT -5
Im still stuck to my laptop. Bryan! Punk/Jericho! Abe! Lesnar! YES!
Memorable RAW for sure.
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Post by v/\v on Apr 2, 2012 23:03:38 GMT -5
The Dark Main Event was a 6-Man tag and the crowd was going NUTS for Bryan. Sheamus got booed when he got the pin on him. Bryan got the mic afterwards and said "last night was the worst night of my career. Thanks to you chanting YES, I think I now have a new tshirt." From @arda_ocal YES! YES! YESSSSSSSSS! ONE HUGE YES ON THE FRONT AND 1000 MORE SMALLER ALL OVER IT
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Post by Mr. McCluer on Apr 2, 2012 23:06:06 GMT -5
SO FREAKIN' STOKED RIGHT MEOW!
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Post by Jamal on Apr 2, 2012 23:07:20 GMT -5
Don't remember a Raw this good since maybe 2004.
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Post by DontHassleTheHoff on Apr 2, 2012 23:08:12 GMT -5
The nice thing about Cena/Lesnar, the reason for Brock's attack can be so simple. The only reason Cena was able to become the big star he was, was because Brock walked away. And now he's back to take what was rightfully his, as the Next Big Thing. I think Brock will bring some balls back to the WWE. I think he will attack Cena for becoming a joke and completely losing that agression that he once had and as you said, Brock can point out how Cena never was able to get the job done on him and the way it stands, he never will. This makes sense for the WWE. Because right now, Brock Lesnar is going to be cheered by every WWE fan, when you have a face, in their prime, who is THAT good. You can afford to let Cena shake up his character because frankly, you can do the whole "Rise above hate" thing til the cows come home, when you're being booed out of the arena and called a loser, noone cares if your a nice guy.
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Post by Mr. McCluer on Apr 2, 2012 23:15:58 GMT -5
Lets hope no big black dutch semi truck kicks Lesnar during his wwe run, he'd be totally gassed... AGAIN! lol.
But seriously, this is better than The Rock, I am so stoked on this!
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Post by drifter on Apr 2, 2012 23:16:00 GMT -5
According to PWI, what WWE tweeted, was true. Lesnar got to the arena, just before they played his music. Hell, that's a way to keep him from being spotted backstage.
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Post by Too Sweet on Apr 2, 2012 23:18:56 GMT -5
Best RAW I have seen in ages, god damn I'm looking forward to how the year goes with some amazing returns, Lord Tensai looks dominating, Alberto Del Rio is back on the hunt for the WHC and god damn, Brock f****** Lesnar.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2012 23:30:09 GMT -5
So whats the deal with Brock and UFC now? I haven't kept up with UFC for years so I have no idea what Brock has been doing lately.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Apr 2, 2012 23:32:51 GMT -5
So whats the deal with Brock and UFC now? I haven't kept up with UFC for years so I have no idea what Brock has been doing lately. He got his ass beat out of it and retired, Also due to injuries i believe. Atleast hes finally back home.
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Post by Jamal on Apr 2, 2012 23:36:17 GMT -5
If the crowd is anything like today, the next Raw is going to be great as well.
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Post by drifter on Apr 2, 2012 23:41:06 GMT -5
If the crowd is anything like today, the next Raw is going to be great as well. That's the one thing that really worries me about next week. I don't think the crowd is going to be nearly as good as tonights. Remember, this is the day after WrestleMania, and the WrestleMania that had the Rock, the crowd was filled with a lot of the hardcore fans, and not a lot of the little kid type crowds of past years.
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Post by Phantom on Apr 2, 2012 23:43:29 GMT -5
Yeah, that was a WM crowd in that arena tonight. Next week will be mostly kiddies who got their parents to buy them tickets.
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Post by drifter on Apr 2, 2012 23:45:09 GMT -5
Yeah, that was a WM crowd in that arena tonight. Next week will be mostly kiddies who got their parents to buy them tickets. Yeah, which makes it even better they had the deal with Brock worked out to return him tonight. If he returned on what's become a normal WWE crowd, it would have fallen flat. That crowd, with the energy they had helped put Lesnar's return over the top.
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Post by J12 on Apr 2, 2012 23:47:14 GMT -5
First of all, where the hell was this Miami crowd last night at Wrestlemania?! They were on FIRE tonight. Fantastic, all night long.
Excellent Raw, from top to bottom, this is what Wrestlemania fall out is all about.
The first thing I want to mention, because it's going to get lost among the shuffle with everything else that went on - CM Punk and Mark Henry had a fantastic match tonight. Usually "fantastic" and "Mark Henry" don't come in the same sentence but I mean it wholeheartedly. Hell of a contest.
I truly have no idea where anything is going. I was so sure we were going in the direction of another Rock/Cena match, and now it genuinely seems like it isn't going to happen, at least not for quite some time.
Lesnar's return, obviously, was insane. Even though we had pretty much received confirmation, it came as no less of a shock to hear his music hit. How is this going to play out? Are they both meant to be faces? Is Cena the heel? How the hell could they get crowds to boo Brock right now?
I was watching with two friends who literally have no history with Lesnar other than UFC. Their slate in terms of his WWE career is clean. They were so intrigued by his return that both of them went to bed watching the Lesnar/Angle match from 'Mania XIX on YouTube.
Man this is exciting.
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Post by Epic Z on Apr 3, 2012 0:56:51 GMT -5
HERE COMES THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!YES!
A TRAIN IS BACK!! ALBERTO DEL RIO IS BACK!!!
EPIC RAW! I just marked out hard! Best raw since Punks shoot
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Post by King Silva on Apr 3, 2012 1:49:34 GMT -5
It was a great Raw.
The Rock promo was great and I thought the US title match was good for what it was.
I liked seeing ADR return although wtf about Bryan's rematch?.. The crowd really hated Sheamus and that made me laugh.
Speaking of the crowd they were amazing. Seriously the crowd made the show so much better. I loved their YES! chants and their energy.
Cena's promo was good. Again the crowd was amazing. Lesnar returning was predictable although in the best way because I really really like him. I can't wait to see the fallout from this!
The only cons for me were Tensai's debut and the imo forgettable Cody/Kofi and Ryder/Miz matches. They were not horrible just for me forgettable like a lot of things.
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Post by Greg Weinstein on Apr 3, 2012 1:55:21 GMT -5
There is only a handful of guys that can make me start watching WWE again, and Lesnar is one of them. He's nearly 10 years older than what we used to see, but he looks to be in great shape can hopefully still put up great matches. I wish they'd still bill him at 295 instead of 265 though.
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Post by alexgg on Apr 3, 2012 2:59:08 GMT -5
Aha! I am a ing idiot! Oh well, still gonna mark out when I watch Raw.
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