WWE: Raw and Smackdown Part 4 - The Paul Levesque Era

[Emperoreddy]

Business cannot improve until HHH is gone

Lololol

 

[TheBeard]

highlight was hogan booed

lowlight was whatever that drew and jey match/ending was

Lowlight was Rollins being too stupid to realize he was rolling Punk right to the ropes.

 

[Jussi]

highlight was hogan booed

lowlight was whatever that drew and jey match/ending was

I mean the story has been Hater Of The Year constantly screwing himself due to his hatred/hubris/whatever.

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

I liked the darker mat, really made the lighting a lot more retro looking. Didn't care for all the ads though. Hope they go back to a more standard Raw next week.

 

[Jussi]

Punk did pretty well for a 46 year old with health issues the past few years/decade.

 

[sansabri]

SNME was a better show

 

[Jussi]

show wasn't great but will give them pass since debut show next weeks will be better i am sure

Pretty much how I feel.

SNME was a better show

Yup.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

racist comments in the past iam guessing

hes a racist, self obsessed weirdo whos overrated as a wrestler anyway

Did undertaker, triple h, seth rollins, rhea ripley and others get booed? edit- Sammy Zaine, Kevin Owens? They get booed?

 

[Sheppy]

Bring back the guest host era

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Nice hearing Chris Bey get mentioned

 

[GKJ]

Getting full press conference it seems

 

[Emperoreddy]

Kind of just a regular episode of RAW. They pumped it up for Netflix but didn't seem like they were interested in having any major road to mania story beats start here beyond Rock not being involved

 

[GKJ]

Cena says he is in for 36 dates

 

[Lunatik]

It doesn’t make sense, Jussi. And it’s ok for you to be like “yeah, that’s kind of silly” without literally having an excuse for everything.

and you don't need to complain abut literally everything

 

[Sheppy]

and you don't need to complain abut literally everything

Sure.

I liked the darker mat, really made the lighting a lot more retro looking. Didn't care for all the ads though. Hope they go back to a more standard Raw next week.

I’m very old school when it comes to wrestling. I just found it a bit distracting, that said, it’ll probably feel normal after a few months.

 

[GKJ]

Cena said we might see all of his former iterations at some point.

 

[Sheppy]

Cena said we might see all of his former iterations at some point.

Ruthless Aggression Cena for the win.

 

[GKJ]

Ruthless Aggression Cena for the win.

The Prototype was mentioned

 

[Sheppy]

Kevin McCallister with one of the biggest pops of the night was hilarious

 

[yahhockey]

I just got home from watching it with a friend and have lots of pages to scroll through.

WTF was that? Four matches, a Rock promo that felt more like a Dwyane promo and a Cena promo over three hours. Not even LONG matches. They were like 20 minute matches. I would have been pissed if I was in the crowd. It's a continuation of the PLE treatment but it seemed even worse. I don't know how many of this type of event it would take for the viewers and in-person crowds to begin shrinking from their current hot streak but if a growing number of fans share my sentiment then they're beginning to dig themselves a hole.

The main event was okay but I don't like Punk winning. Good for Rhea to win her title. Hopefully Reigns will pivot towards a non-Bloodline feud moving forward. The meat and potatoes of what happened was generally okay however the time it took to get there between the entrances and other videos felt unnecessarily drawn out.

Seemingly an increasing number of empty seats on the floor. Not just the section even with the ring that could have been for special invitees but also a couple rows on the less likely to be on TV side beside the ramp. Almost a couple entire rows except a few seats near the barricade.

 

[Lunatik]

Sure.

It's true, it's like you watch it just to shit on it. Your schtick is sad.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Kind of just a regular episode of RAW. They pumped it up for Netflix but didn't seem like they were interested in having any major road to mania story beats start here beyond Rock not being involved

Whole thing was just a giant infomercial to hook casuals.

 

[Jussi]

It was confirmed earlier that international audiences won't see any commercial breaks on Netflix.

In a recent interview with Sports Business Journal, WWE VP and line producer, Brian Fadem opened up about performing on such a global market and their hope to put forward a WrestleMania-level show.

“The global side is huge, we know we’re exposed to a way bigger market than we normally would be as a domestic product. We want to make this show the spectacle, the level that we feel like it should be on a new platform like Netflix. The vibe I get around WrestleMania week is very much the vibe I am getting today, and this past week.”

Discussing the Netflix commercial break system, Fadem revealed that the promotion is targeting a three-hour show debut tonight with 15 commercial breaks. Which shall later be reduced to add more content. However, later in another delightful update, Brian Fadem confirmed that international audiences will not have any commercial breaks.

 

[TheBeard]

Hopefully Reigns will pivot towards a non-Bloodline feud moving forward.

It should be easy for him. The rest of Solo’s bloodline is probably stuck in their hole at least until WM

 

[I Hart Conor Garland]

Whoa Liv kicked out of Rhea's finisher.

Easy. It's the weakest finisher there is. Logic.