WWE: Monday Night Raw part 157: Announcing intentions to interfere in matches

[Emperoreddy]

A corny ass jobber super kicked and pinned the champ, and it made AJ look like an absolute chump.

He beat him up to finally kill a drawn out, boring angle. Now he is going to job clean to Super Cena so he can win #16.

Part of the reason it works is because AJ is amazing and can pull a 5 star match out of a wet paper towel roll if asked.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

People are waaaay too convinced that Cena is taking the title off AJ at the Rumble lol.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

A corny ass jobber super kicked and pinned the champ, and it made AJ look like an absolute chump.

He beat him up to finally kill a drawn out, boring angle. Now he is going to job clean to Super Cena so he can win #16.

Part of the reason it works is because AJ is amazing and can pull a 5 star match out of a wet paper towel roll if asked.

Your first statement is simply false. Ellsworth never had a match with Styles where he super kicked Styles and then pinned him. That never happened. What did happen was one match was a DQ because Styles wouldn't stop beating up Ellsworth. A second match was Ambrose as the special guest ref hitting a Dirty Deeds, going for a fast count, Styles kicking out, then getting hit with a second Dirty Deeds and being pinned to a fast count. Ellsworth did nothing to pin him there. The third match was a ladder match where the super kick happened and Styles got tied up in the ropes after Ambrose interfered again.

You can disagree with how it made him look but that first line is revisionist history.

 

[Paris in Flames]

People are waaaay too convinced that Cena is taking the title off AJ at the Rumble lol.

Well. It's the WWE. They've broken us.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Kevin Owens was bickering with some fan at ringside during a live event that Roman, while in a headlock, broke character and started laughing.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Kevin Owens was bickering with some fan at ringside during a live event that Roman, while in a headlock, broke character and started laughing.

KO went all Million Dollar Man on that heckler and you can see Reigns trying to cover up. lol

 

[BonMorrison]

Video for peeps.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

When Reigns is being himself and not being the character WWE tries to portray him as, I really like him.

 

[BonMorrison]

When Reigns is being himself and not being the character WWE tries to portray him as, I really like him.

Same. He's a fun personality.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Because we've had those ratings talks in the past, and Smackdown has now toppled Raw (finally), here's the ratings breakdown for the Fall season:

First, viewership numbers from Raw vs. Smackdown since the draft:

WEEK | RAW | SMACKDOWN
1|3.133M|3.170M
2|3.339M|2.743M
3|3.314M|2.681M
4|2.911M|2.455M
5|2.915M|2.471M
6|3.315M|2.714M
7|3.413M|2.835M
8|3.069M|2.54M
9|2.69M|2.658M
10|2.684M|2.292M
11|2.478M|2.34M
12|2.797M|2.316M
13|2.759M|2.448M
14|3.13M|2.405M
15|2.819M|2.127M
16|2.6M|2.187M
17|2.767M|1.921M
18|2.878M|2.725M
19|3.002M|2.505M
20|3.11M|2.576M
21|2.977M|2.479M
22|2.758M|2.361M
23|2.956M|2.637M
24|2.856M|2.885M

Raw got really lucky bringing in Goldberg/Lesnar for November because I think those numbers could have really dipped the average even lower.

And now the actual ratings for Monday Night Raw since July 25...

DATE | RATING
July 25|2.36
Aug 1|2.30
Aug 8|2.05
Aug 15|2.12
Aug 22|2.34
Aug 29|2.38
Sept 5|2.11
Sept 12|1.88
Sept 19|1.97
Sept 26|1.75
Oct 3|1.92
Oct 10|1.93
Oct 17|2.17
Oct 24|2.01
Oct 31|1.88
Nov 7|1.95
Nov 14|1.98
Nov 21|2.14
Nov 28|2.21
Dec 5|2.08
Dec 12|1.94
Dec 19|2.02
Dec 26|1.94
Avg. | 2.06

The average rating from July 25 to the end of the year declined 15.23% compared to 2015 in the same time frame, as the average rating was a 2.43.

 

[Kimi]

Link.

There's a table there for comparisons with the notable dates.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Paul Fontaine and Joseph Currier just made the list.

 

[Emperoreddy]

KO is amazing. He has gotten way to familiar with those Randy Orton headlocks lately, but he stills has the absolute best trash talk.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

His trash talk is great but he leaves a lot to be desired in the ring these past couple of months imo. I know he's probably working a bit safer since he's on top right now and wants all them extra bonuses and not get injured, but I can do without a 2-4 minute headlock spot and AJ Styles has proven that you can still be awesome in the ring while on top as champ.

 

[Emperoreddy]

We all know he is capable of more. I imagine some is also the road booking, just making him a ******, chicken heel. Not helping that Roman has been doing some his absolute worst work lately.

Seth isn't really bringing it either. That falls count anywhere match on RAW was really good, but overall I don't think he hasn't really good PPV match since the summer.

Seth/KO should of been having 5 star classics, IDK what the hell happened and why they couldn't put on even a 4 star match.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Seth worked more as a babyface when he was a heel than he does now that he's actually a babyface. It's weird af lmao

 

[GKJ]

It's all about being yourself, man

 

[Emperoreddy]

It's all about being yourself, man

It's all about drinking it in...man

 

[Virtanen18]

I don't really care for KO at the moment. I thought he was way more badass in NXT. Really gone away from that.

 

[BGDDYKWL]

His trash talk is great but he leaves a lot to be desired in the ring these past couple of months imo. I know he's probably working a bit safer since he's on top right now and wants all them extra bonuses and not get injured, but I can do without a 2-4 minute headlock spot and AJ Styles has proven that you can still be awesome in the ring while on top as champ.

KO is the perfect heel. The way he interacts with the crowd (and mocks his opponent) during the match and gets visibly furious but almost in a comedic sort of way is just perfect. It doesn't seem like it would be THAT hard, but very few have been able to master it over the years.

In terms of in-ring, AJ is one of the all-timers, and while KO is still very good, I think you have to factor in size a little here. Much easier for a a guy who weighs maybe 200 to be very active in every one of his matches than a guy 250+.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Holy **** I love when Reigns is a dick.

 

[Virtanen18]

I don't think I would start giving a **** about Reigns if he turned heel or not. Not even if he stayed out of the main event for a long ass time. Just have zero interest whatsoever in the guy.

 

[GKJ]

Imagine if he was booked the way Strowman is

 

[BonMorrison]

He's just such a natural d-bag

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Reigns vs. Cena in their Twitter feud is already better than any program that Owens has been a part of since winning the title lirl