Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle

[RedJed 0]

The show is so loaded already that adding this to it would be huge overkill from a "doing what's right for business" perspective.

 

They'd be better off at this point using the Ironman match with these two at Survivor Series or even the next Raw brand ppv.

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

A 30 minute Iron Man match is really REALLY lame.

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Not if it's not with the right wrestlers. Steamboat and Rude did a 30 minute Iron Man back in '92 in WCW that was a great match.

[RedJed 0]

A 30 minute Iron Man match is really REALLY lame.

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Not if it's not with the right wrestlers. Steamboat and Rude did a 30 minute Iron Man back in '92 in WCW that was a great match.

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And Styles-Daniels wasnt too shabby either.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Rude/Steamboat was solid but a couple of things:  1.  going 30 isn't as impressive as going 60 and 2.  for some idiotic reason the US title wasn't on the line.

 

(Gotta love the Watts era WCW....on a PPV they had great matches with Sting/Cactus and Rude/Steamboat and the titles weren't even on the line)

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Steamboat had to win the match, but they didn't want him as US champion, so it had to be non-title. Now, with Sting beating Jack anyway, they could have easily made his match with Jack a title match, because the champion was winning.

[krease 0]

Yep, there's the official announcement on RAW...

[Guest Ransome]

The show is so loaded already that adding this to it would be huge overkill from a "doing what's right for business" perspective.

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Kind of off-topic, but what kind of rating for Raw Homecoming would be considered a success? With the amount of hype they've put into it, I imagine they're going for a 5.0+. Realistically, what kind of figures can they expect?

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Kind of off-topic, but what kind of rating for Raw Homecoming would be considered a success? With the amount of hype they've put into it, I imagine they're going for a 5.0+. Realistically, what kind of figures can they expect?

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I think they'll get between a 4.5 and a 4.9, with the biggest numbers coming for the overrun. Internally, I know they'll be wanting to break the 5.0 barrier, but I don't see that happening outside of the overrun, if at all.

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Should we expect them to actually have the Bischoff/Cena match as the final or rather, The triumphant return of Triple H?

 

I'm most curious about how they pace this show.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Should we expect them to actually have the Bischoff/Cena match as the final or rather, The triumphant return of Triple H?

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Meltzer speculated on a Flair/Hunter vs. Carlito/Masters match taking place with Hunter turning on Flair and all three laying him out to start the Flair/Hunter program. If they do that, then that'll be what ends Raw.

[alfdogg 0]

You mean Hunter won't pedigree and pin both guys in ten seconds before doing the turn?