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Post by Gazza on Jul 23, 2012 22:24:42 GMT -5
Do you ever enjoy it? Every week all I seem to see you post is "Terrible show" or something along those lines... I'll enjoy it when it stops being terrible? Why keep watching if it's so bad that you feel the need to come and bitch every week?
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Post by Rule 30 on Jul 23, 2012 22:26:21 GMT -5
Amazing show, but no Cody or Steve Blackman. I am disappoint.
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Post by Sleazyness on Jul 23, 2012 22:26:35 GMT -5
The WWE Has Been Revived..
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Post by eric on Jul 23, 2012 22:26:38 GMT -5
This is going to be a good feud. But my allegiance is to The Rock. But I can't to see some heel Punk vs Cena.
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Post by J12 on Jul 23, 2012 22:26:56 GMT -5
Great ending to what I thought was a pretty damn awful show, to be quite honest.
The legends returning for no reason got old, fast.
DX segment was entertaining simply because it went on first and I had yet to grow sick of the consistent formula that they used the entire show.
The matches aren't even worth mentioning. They meant nothing. With the exception of Christian/Miz (which was actually pretty decent), everything was rushed, predictable, and worthless.
AJ/Bryan wedding was short and sweet, thankfully. I'm not terribly fond of the idea of AJ as the GM, but I'll hold judgments on that until we see it play out a bit.
The Rock/Punk/Bryan promo was decent, of course, made better by what was to come later in the night.
I couldn't have possibly cared less about The Undertaker's return. So he beat up a bunch of nobodies, so what? By that time, my tolerance for nostalgia had totally worn off and I was just dying to see something with some meaning. There was certainly none in that.
WAY too much wasted time tonight. Stupid segments, exactly like we all predicted. A laughable amount of time spent on social media and Charlie Sheen (who, by the way, I have zero interest in seeing at Summerslam), and more commercials than I think I've ever seen in my life.
Triple H/Lesnar segment was absolutely fantastic, and up until the final segment, the only thing truly worth seeing. Heyman and Stephanie were great. The way the whole thing played out was perfect. Lesnar looked like an animal. Can't wait to see more, can't wait for this match.
So let's get to the meat of this thing - now the only thing that truthfully matters, the main event.
I can't even begin to tell you how disappointing it is that after getting knocked out, Cena not only kicked out, but countered the GTS and then nearly made Punk tap out. Stupid. Ridiculous. Laughable, plain and simple.
Show's involvement was the most predictable part of the whole night. I couldn't care less about him.
Then things get interesting. The Rock shows up, Punk leaves, things are starting to get weird.
I'll be the first to admit, after being completely let down and having totally made up my mind about tonight, Punk clotheslines the Rock and I literally say "oh my god" out loud. Never, ever did I see it coming. I know the seeds were planted, but I thought they were just seeds.
The crowd wasn't sure how to react, which I love. What I HATED is that Lawler basically cemented his turn.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the segment, and the twist, but I think turning Punk heel right now is an awful idea, and I hope that isn't what they're doing. Punk is grabbing the spotlight out of the hands of The Rock and John Cena. That doesn't mean he needs to be the bad guy. He can be edgy, he can be a tweener at times, but why go full fledged heel when he's selling so much merch and performing so well as a face?
I'm still trying to process this. I've got to give kudos to WWE for making everything before that moment seem utterly forgettable in comparison, man oh man.
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Post by Sleazyness on Jul 23, 2012 22:27:26 GMT -5
I'll enjoy it when it stops being terrible? Why keep watching if it's so bad that you feel the need to come and bitch every week? You sir have a very valid point.
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Post by done on Jul 23, 2012 22:27:33 GMT -5
Why didn't Austin come out with the new belt?1
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Post by ThugSuperstar on Jul 23, 2012 22:27:51 GMT -5
I'll enjoy it when it stops being terrible? Why keep watching if it's so bad that you feel the need to come and bitch every week? Because they hyped this damn show up for the past three months and it wound up being a huge disappointment. I haven't watched a full episode of RAW since before Wrestlemania and actually got my hopes up that they would book this show better than they did. Silly me.
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Post by noir on Jul 23, 2012 22:28:38 GMT -5
honestly, I REALLY enjoyed the show. Was it a perfect wrestling show? absolutely not. was it damn fun to watch as a fan of wrestling since the late 90's/ early 00's? heck yes. This was always going to be a 'celebration' show. An excuse for WWE to bring back some of their greatest stars together for one night only. Unfortunately, I feel it was a missed opportunity to use said stars to get over younger stars. I thought they were going the right way at the very start of the show with Sandow, but alas it was just for comedy.
Otherwise, there were some great names there, and some big mark out moments for me, including; Lita, Rock, APA, hand, Stephanie, ddp again... It truly was a show for the fans, and as that, it worked damn well. Best bit for me was indeed Heyman & Brock/ Steph & HHH. Seriously, Heyman has stolen the show every single time he's gone out there lately. I am loving this feud so much as it just feels so real and has a very honest, classic 'feud' feel to it. Close second is undoubtedly the inevitably Punk/ Rock match up we get. Two all time favourites of mine who already seem to have a lot of chemistry together.
Unfortunately, the wrestling itself was near non-existent, and there was at least 30 minutes of the show that was completely unnecessary... largely Funkasaurus vs. Swagger. I also hated the entire outcome of the wedding segment. Not only are we cursed with that mediocre, over-exposed AJ as GM for the time being, but it also looks like we're getting Bryan vs. Charlie sheen at summerslam. Whoever wrote that must be on some super potent drugs. I also fear that 3 hours every week will drag soon
But all in all, a very watchable and enjoyable show for me.
EDIT: oh yeah, and no austin is completely absurd.
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Post by J12 on Jul 23, 2012 22:30:10 GMT -5
Also, what was the purpose of bringing JR out for one match? He changed everything by just being out there. It's amazing how inferior he made Cole and King look.
Come to think of it, I likely just answered my own question.
While I'm talking about the two of them, they were freaking awful tonight. Mistakes left and right, senseless rambling. Pure garbage from both of them, which is saying a lot, because they're always pretty damn bad.
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Post by Sleazyness on Jul 23, 2012 22:32:03 GMT -5
Wow alot of whining and complaining from alot of you tonight. No surprise here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2012 22:34:08 GMT -5
Wow alot of whining and complaining from alot of you tonight. No surprise here.
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Post by J12 on Jul 23, 2012 22:34:35 GMT -5
Wow alot of whining and complaining from alot of you tonight. No surprise here. Sorry, I'll just sit back and be happy for nostalgia sake and ignore all the hot garbage that they threw at us. People complaining about people complaining is getting to be far worse than the actual complaining.
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Post by hulksox on Jul 23, 2012 22:34:46 GMT -5
I can understand the no-Austin feelings, but so many fans think he'll return to the ring someday (against Punk - ha). It's been nine years and he had/has a serious neck injury. He is never wrestling again. Deal with it.
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Post by facemeat on Jul 23, 2012 22:35:32 GMT -5
Just got home from watching it at a friend's house, and holy what a god awful show. The ending was pretty cool, I'll admit, but almost everything else was just terrible. I'm usually very forgiving on the rare occasion that I'm not thrilled with an episode, but there's just no excuse for 5 matches total (two of which lasted all of 2 minutes or less) on a 3 hour episode. I am thoroughly disappointed in how they handled this 1000th episode.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2012 22:36:06 GMT -5
I can understand the no-Austin feelings, but so many fans think he'll return to the ring someday (against Punk - ha). It's been nine years and he had/has a serious neck injury. He is never wrestling again. Deal with it. Well, when he returns to the ring for one last match...I hope you feel like an idiot. He's said he feels like he has one more match left in him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2012 22:37:32 GMT -5
Well the Rocks off again until just before RR just like an abandoning father, WWE universe being the neglected child
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Post by Edgehead57 on Jul 23, 2012 22:39:40 GMT -5
Great episode of RAW! Loved all the legends that came back tonight. Didn't expect Lita to face Slater, but it was cool to see her and the APA back as well as the rest of the legends.
I loved the DX reunion for the fact that we got to see X-Pac, Road Dogg and Billy Gunn back. Tremendous.
Bryan/AJ wedding fallout surprised me. I was sure someone was going to come out and interrupt the wedding, but it turns out to be Vince revealing the new GM to be AJ! This one was a real shock to me, but it will be interesting to see how this progresses.
Undertaker coming back to help Kane was predictable, but nonetheless glad to see the Phenom back. Hopefully we get him in some action coming up soon.
Heyman/Triple H/Stephanie/Lesnar segment was awesome. Built up the intensity of the feud and the mic work was excellent.
Fantastic ending. Punk supposedly turning his back on the WWE Universe was unexpected and good to see I think. Hopefully now he can cut promos like last year saying how its ridiculous how he's been WWE Champion for 8 months, yet isn't main eventing PPVs.
I was disappointed at the lack of Stone Cold and Edge though (especially Edge) but it is what it is and the show was still awesome.
I think they should have had one big Battle Royal though just to give more guys a chance to be or compete on the show.
Overall, great 1000th episode of RAW and can't wait to see where we go from here.
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Post by hulksox on Jul 23, 2012 22:40:47 GMT -5
I can understand the no-Austin feelings, but so many fans think he'll return to the ring someday (against Punk - ha). It's been nine years and he had/has a serious neck injury. He is never wrestling again. Deal with it. Well, when he returns to the ring for one last match...I hope you feel like an idiot. He's said he feels like he has one more match left in him. Maybe he and Edge can have a Loser Leaves Paralyzed match at 'Mania 29! Austin's done. Book it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2012 22:41:09 GMT -5
Also, what was the purpose of bringing JR out for one match? He changed everything by just being out there. It's amazing how inferior he made Cole and King look. Come to think of it, I likely just answered my own question. While I'm talking about the two of them, they were freaking awful tonight. Mistakes left and right, senseless rambling. Pure garbage from both of them, which is saying a lot, because they're always pretty damn bad. From the way Vince made fun of him just a few months ago I am guessing hes in Vinces dog house
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