KO "What the hell was that??"
I wonder is LK is about to break away from Imperium? or if they are disbanding?
I'd keep Vinci the grunt for Gunther and have Kaiser go out on his own, TBH.I wouldn't be surprised if Gunther goes solo once he is done with the IC title.
They also are realizing they got a potential singles star in Kaiser. He looks great, is an awesome talker, and he can work.
Imperium bald is in trouble. About to get Jannitied
KO and Sami badly need a reset either way. I'd move them to Smackdown somehow.I feel like this is gonna end with KO and SZ going heel or Jey and KO becoming best friends.
Cody botched that hard. ouch.
That was actually one of the better RAW's in a long time.
I assume we get Drew v Seth v Priest at Survivor Series?
I thought I was imagining that...Watching the rest of the show now. Nobody noticed Nakamura doing the GTS on Ricochet?
Sounds good but if Punk comes back I would presume it's to Smackdown and you wonder how he plays into all of this.I also wonder if they don't just drag Gable vs. Gunther out until Mania. Outcome should be obvious, but as we've seen from their work so far, they'll still put on hell of a match.
Think my fantasy booking would entail Gunther dropping the IC belt at Mania (His first pinfall loss) and going away until Summer Slam. Keep his heaters on TV occasionally alluding to him coming back for gold, alluding to the IC belt. In the mean time, with his summer off, he can go put on 20 pounds of muscle. (And based on the dedication he had to losing weight, I don't doubt he can do this)
Then around Summer Slam he returns jacked up, drops Cody (Assumed champ by then) and essentially says he's moved on from the IC and is coming for the top belt. You can drag that to the winter or Wrestlemania 41 as he plows through people like a mid 2010s Lesnar if you want. I know that sounds insane, but Triple H is absolutely about long term booking, and Cody vs. Gunther is absolutely a Mania main event.
At that point you have at least four big title matches for Gunther in my mind:
Gunther vs. Cody for the belt. (Gunther over)
Gunther vs. Brock. (Could be Mania if you wanted to put the belt on him faster)
Gunther vs. Whoever takes the IC belt off him. (I'm the only one who has pinned you)
Gunther vs. Cody rematch.
I don't think he'd play into Gunther much at all.Sounds good but if Punk comes back I would presume it's to Smackdown and you wonder how he plays into all of this.
Since they blamed Dakota Kai for that in NXT, maybe they're saving that in case they come back to that.It's sad that that video package was all about Nox blowing her knees out and they actually forgot the third time she tore her ACL
Like it or not, he's going right to the top if he comes back. He 100% bumps Cody for the Mania Roman program. Maybe they work it into a triple threat at Mania and Punk is Cody's first feud after the latter pins Punk for the belt?I don't think he'd play into Gunther much at all.
The weird thing with Punk is, I dunno who you book him against. He shouldn't come in and lose right away, but who's a high-profile guy you book him against? He's not going against Roman, that's obviously going to be Cody or Rock. He shouldn't beat Gunther. He shouldn't beat LA Knight. He shouldn't beat Cody. He probably shouldn't beat Rollins considering Rollins laid down for Cody repeatedly last year.