WWE: Monday Night Raw 201: The Paul Heyman Era begins

[TD Charlie]

Haven’t started the recording yet but i read the results on cageside. It’s amazing how much text there is on the results, but how little actually happened. Seems like once again the 24/7 title dominates the show. The only thing they’ve gotten right

 

[Sheppy]

They really need to knock Extreme Rules out of the park.

 

[Sheppy]

At least I had the Firefly Fun House to look forward to once.

 

[Cor]

At least I had the Firefly Fun House to look forward to once.

No episodes in 4 or 5 weeks now.

Just the puppets in the background of a couple segments each week.

This company has no sense of momentum

 

[M.C.G. 31]

They timed ending the Funhouse horribly.

 

[Cor]

They timed ending the Funhouse horribly.

They should have started with the puppets in the background and then the funhouse episodes leading up to Extreme Rules.

Hilarious how baldy this was mismanaged.

But again, they just had 0 plans for his actual return, so they had nothing to time these on.

Which is why, as much as I loved Funhouse and be new character, it’s a whole new ballgame when he actually returns to TV and is probably misused as always

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Bray Wyatt is the epitome of why you shouldn’t get invested in anything on WWE TV.

There are a lot of cases on why you shouldn’t, actually, but I figure Wyatt to be the biggest and most recent reason.

 

[Disclose]

eh, ill take it the good way and think its better to wait for Paul to "take over" instead of throwing him in this thing, that you guys dont like anyways.
if next week or Sunday he appears, then its cool (well.... depends how or why, but yeah. i rather wait for Heyman.

and of course in my head im pretending everything will be fine, when it obviously wont.
but im still looking forward as much as i was since he first disappeared. to see him back... im not at all forgetting or uninterested anymore, because they dont do more episodes or promos.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

I tried to watch some of this show and it seemed like same old WWE. Corbin and Lacey regurgitating bad dialogue, Lashley squashes Rey after a stretcher angle and looks perfectly fine, they put Cedric under a mask and he does the job which tells everyone he's not important. There's two women's champions... nothing makes sense

 

[Emperoreddy]

I am surprised you guys still give it a chance at all at this point.

 

[MAHJ71]

show was okay. not saying it was amazing. but good talent in that ring all night....

Andrade did something
Vikings did something
Sarah/Nikki/Bailey did something
Rey did nothing but Rey is the best
Good Brothers/AJ did something
Ricochet looks strong.
24/7
Cedric Alexander in the main event

Agreed... I didn't find the last 2 weeks that bad.

Granted, I still haven't watched entirely from start to finish ... but I've found the show more entertaining in general and that's a start ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[GKJ]

I don't know why so many of you hold your breath for Bray Wyatt.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I don't know why so many of you hold your breath for Bray Wyatt.

It's disheartening to see the way WWE has completely dropped the ball with his development, multiple times now.

I just keep holding out hope that eventually they'll figure it out.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

It's disheartening to see the way WWE has completely dropped the ball with his development, multiple times now.

I just keep holding out hope that eventually they'll figure it out.

They won’t.

 

[Dr Pepper]

They won’t.

Certainly doesn't seem like they (read: Vince) have a clue anymore.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Lol someone made a good/funny point. If Becky had eliminated Vega, but then Andrade pinned Seth... who would have won?

 

[GKJ]

Lol someone made a good/funny point. If Becky had eliminated Vega, but then Andrade pinned Seth... who would have won?

Last night was 2000 WCW.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I honestly think the multiple falls stipulation in every single match is the most damaging thing to happen to the product in a long time. Makes each match almost unwatchable.

Wait....what? Every match is multiple falls?

What...the....f***

 

[M.C.G. 31]

The Cedric thing felt like Heyman wanting to push someone new and giving them a spotlight, but Vince needing his result to happen.

That would have been much better if Cedric had pinned Shane. Like wtf, f*** Shane

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Wait...they had a babyface get pinned while wearing a mask then he got unveiled....after he LOST THE MATCH?

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I’m crying I just heard Mike Rome’s intro of Shane and Cole corpsing while Shane’s face was like “wtf lol”

 

[Dr Pepper]

Wait...they had a babyface get pinned while wearing a mask then he got unveiled....after he LOST THE MATCH?

I know, right?

I saw the screengrab from the video posted above, showing Cedric as the "mystery partner", then I went and read the recap on Rajah to find that this cheerful moment was AFTER they lost the match.

To Shane ****ing McMahon. Again.

I'm pretty sure that Vince makes these booking decisions purely for the vitriol it generates.

"Hmmm, how can I piss the fans off even more this week? I know! I'll delay Bray Wyatt's return AGAIN, and keep giving my son matches against talent.....and book him to win every time! Perfect!"

 

[M.C.G. 31]

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I just read about the Becky and Rollins elimination match too....the rules make no sense

I can't believe this is the same company that has given me such great stuff back in the day. Put this whole brand out to pasture and restart everything.