OAO RAW Thread - Jan/23rd/06

[Guest Dam(o)nYankees]

My soul hurts

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

Way to take the "surprise" out of it Cena.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

That would have been much better with just the music instead of the silly over-sized intro from Cena.

[Ravenbomb 0]

how surprising

[EdwardKnoxII 0]

Raise your hand if you were shocked that Cena's partner was Flair. Thought so.

[SuperJerk 0]

Ric Flair? I'm shocked. Just shocked. And surprised. And shocked.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Up...they mentioned it was Flair's hometown area.

 

He's jobbing most likely.

[CanadianChris 0]

WE WANT FLAIR

 

It's like 1991 all over again.

[SuperJerk 0]

*turns off TV*

[The Amazing Rando 0]

*raises ha....*

 

Oh wait...if i thought his partner was Flair? Well duh, shit boy, I thought you were asking if anyone wanted nachos.

[Hawk 34 0]

My tv was sick of this show and literally went to a black screen since Flair came out.

 

Maybe my tv is on strike?

[Guest Dam(o)nYankees]

I know they're going to continue pushing him out of spite, but I'm actually flabergasted that they thought Masters was such a big star that he would be a big reveal.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

My tv was sick of this show and literally went to a black screen since Flair came out.

 

Maybe my tv is on strike?

 

Vince just fired you again.

[Boon 0]

Let's recap-

 

Lita on the mic.

Mama Benjamin.

Coach v. Lawler.

Spirit squad.

Tag team divas match.

Devil Vince tempting HBChrist.

Chris Masters.

STFU.

 

Great show.

[Hunter's Torn Quad 0]

Triple H's promo was the very definition of "going into business for yourself".

I thought it was nice of Triple H to let us watch a booking meeting.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

I like how some of OVW's best wrestlers are stuck in a gimmick that involves next to no wrestling.

[2GOLD 0]

It's a scary day when Triple H coming out dressed like he is rejecting Big Show's loan application is the best thing on RAW.

 

The main event was a squash and Edge didn't even bother to really get in the ring. How EXACTLY did that make us want to see Edge vs Cena?

[Guest Dam(o)nYankees]

Let's recap-

 

Lita on the mic.

Mama Benjamin.

Coach v. Lawler.

Spirit squad.

Tag team divas match.

Devil Vince tempting HBChrist.

Chris Masters.

STFU.

 

Great show.

Add Cena's crappy promo and Carlito topping even his post NYR effort of shitty match.

[Hawk 34 0]

I like how some of OVW's best wrestlers are stuck in a gimmick that involves next to no wrestling.

 

They obviously have something really good (i mean bad) planned for CM PUNK.

[Guest Dam(o)nYankees]

The main event was a squash and Edge didn't even bother to really get in the ring. How EXACTLY did that make us want to see Edge vs Cena?

Nearest I can tell, we care about Edge vs. Cena because Lita fucked Jim Duggan.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Boring Raw tonight

 

The Good

 

Michaels vs. Shelton. Great stuff, and just more proof of how awesome Shelton is.

Spirit squad. That was so surreal, it was awesome.

 

The Bad

Shelton's Mama.

Cena's promo

The HHH promo

Coach. God, just shut the fuck up.

Michaels/Vince feud. I just don't give a shit.

 

The so what

Just about everything else.

[Conspiracy_Victim 0]

I like how some of OVW's best wrestlers are stuck in a gimmick that involves next to no wrestling.

 

They obviously have something really good (i mean bad) planned for CM PUNK.

 

Gay cowboy to cash in on Brokeback Mountain? He'd already have a "tag partner" in Garrison Cade.

[BorneAgain 0]

I like how some of OVW's best wrestlers are stuck in a gimmick that involves next to no wrestling.

 

They obviously have something really good (i mean bad) planned for CM PUNK.

I'm starting to believe that the deaf gimmick wasn't fake.

[2GOLD 0]

 

 

The main event was a squash and Edge didn't even bother to really get in the ring. How EXACTLY did that make us want to see Edge vs Cena?

Nearest I can tell, we care about Edge vs. Cena because she fucked Jim Duggan.

 

Man, Duggan has fallen on really rough times then. All he can get is Lita? Damn...poor guy.

 

And Punk will probably be playing a character mix of Mongo and Garth Algar

[Guest JericholicEdgeHead]

The only thing WWE has going for it now is it's history.

 

The reason people will spend $40 on the Royal Rumble....because it's the Royal Rumble, it has a great history.

 

The reason people will spend $50 on Wrestlemania...because it's Wrestlemania, it has a great history.

 

The reason people turn into RAW...because it's basically the only show in town, not much else for kids/young adults to do on a Monday night..and because it has a (somewhat) great history.

 

Throw away WWE's history and "traditional PPVs" they have nothing because right now the current product is at the brink of being unwatchable. Vince knows this but I guess he figures he won't be around for many more years so he is just riding on the WWE name and being the only game in town to retirement.

 

This is why we get shows like we saw tonight.

[randomguy 0]

Carlito vs. Kane was better than I thought, Carlito actually got a lot of offense in.

 

HBK vs. Shelton was good.

 

Coach vs. Lawler was a MOTY candidate. Ok...not really. I don't know why WWE continues to push ideas that 99% of the fans clearly hate. Nobody cares about the announcers at all! It might be a good change of pace once every three years or something, that's it. It seems like every month some announcer wrestling for some reason. Can't they tell that people hate that crap?

 

Main event was pretty bad. Flair is awful. There, I said it. All he can do is chop. How boring. And Cena is still being booked as the super-achiever overcoming all odds. If they give him back the belt everyone will immediately start hating him again.

 

Cena single-handedly laying out Masters and Edge is just stupid. I hope to got Edge wins clean at Rumble. I know there is only about a 1% chance of that happening, but I'm praying.

[Detox 0]

from Edge's promo I thought that maybe Foley could be Cena's partner in a swerve. WWE proves us right and delivers the obvious.

[The Tino Standard 0]

Just remember the old rule, gang: Get punked on Monday, you win on Sunday.

 

Edge retains at the Rumble.

[cabbageboy 0]

I must be the only one who caught a brief mention in Edge's opening promo. He was trashing Cena and said something like "After I beat Cena on Sunday and send him to the back of the line you people will have to find another overrated piece of crap to get behind."

 

I couldn't help but think RVD.

 

HHH isn't winning the Rumble guys. It just has no heat, and it makes zero sense. 1. He has no real momentum. Sure, he's blathered a couple of times about "At WM I will face whoever and get the belt." So what? It's just typical heel promo, no real passion behind it. 2. He's also in a feud with the Big Show and right now has dominated it, breaking the Show's hand and beating him at NYR. Show will get that receipt by tossing HHH from the Rumble.

 

This is the weirdest Rumble. There's no one you can point to and say "This guy is winning it hands down." Is there even a favorite? I keep hearing shit about Orton but the guy is dicking around with Orlando Jordan and the US division on SD at the moment, so he really makes no sense.

 

My pick right now is Van Dam. Edge threw in that subtle little shot about another "overrated piece of crap" for the fans to get behind, and frankly RVD will be the most over guy in the Rumble match anyway. If he gets tossed before the end I guarrantee the crowd shits on the rest of it.

[The Tino Standard 0]

Yeah, this is definitely the most wide-open Rumble in years. I'm going to say Michaels wins it, if only to build on what I was saying earlier: His whole arc with Vince is going to end with them joining forces and him turning heel to win the title. All the stuff Vince is doing now is his way of "testing him".

 

I'm saying I like the idea. It's just where I see this going.