It's the Brahma Bull's Birthday: 5/2/16 Monday Night RAW

[23Barrettcity]

Really like the layers of the Roman/AJ feud. Lots of shades of grey.

Loving the WWE manufactured stars vs. snark darlings dynamic as well. Roman and Miz against AJ, KO, Sami and Cesaro. I'd even add Charlotte to the mix if she was feuding with Sasha, but even still, she's indirectly dealing with her.

Interesting times. Product is definitely on an upswing and using Shane as a catalyst is genius.

I hope the ratings go up . Imagine if cena returns and ratings pop huge we in trouble

 

[23Barrettcity]

Might take a real rock n rolla to do the job

Are you rocking or you rolling

 

[R=G]

Damn...Cesaro put on a cardio clinic to kick the match off and now the dude is doing gut wrench suplexes on big ass Owens from the second rope after hitting some SKY high ass drop kicks. His energy is limitless...lol

 

[R=G]

The only Problem I had with Becky losing to Emma is, Becky had been off t.v for weeks prior and hadn't been established enough to have that can't miss presence. They just cooled off Becky for no reason. Let's say the build for Emma/Becky had been on t.v instead of youtube and facebook. Becky losing the 1st match to Emma would have more impact than it did and Emma would have gotten more heat.

I don't even know what this Emma $hit is building to..she's not getting a title shot no time soon.

 

[Skyjacker]

I don't even know what this Emma $hit is building to..she's not getting a title shot no time soon.

Cole said Becky was "fun to watch" usually when he says that about a wrestler they usually are going nowhere.

 

[R=G]

Platinum Maryse is such a winner

Her look of DISGUST when Sami held that belt up

 

[R=G]

Cole said Becky was "fun to watch" usually when he says that about a wrestler they usually are going nowhere.

Not sure..she got so over this January and leading into WM season. She gets her screen time but there has to be a payoff to her tribulations at some point.

 

[R=G]

Interesting promo with AJ and the "CLUB" but does Finn REALLY fit into this? After all that promotion he did on Instagram wanting them to get back together when they got signed? Something is off...

 

[Skyjacker]

Not sure..she got so over this January and leading into WM season. She gets her screen time but there has to be a payoff to her tribulations at some point.

Logical booking would suggest that. I hope there is, but I'm not sure.

 

[Spyro]

Did anyone notice when Nattie said "You paid a referee to screw me"

 

[Silkk]

just now watching the show. didnt want to post until i was finished but @ Apollo Crews getting booked like a scrub in that battle royal. Bo Dallas should never last longer than you and i'm a Bo-Rida fan

Didn't even notice him

 

[Spyro]

"Last night you payed a ref to screw me"

*Crowd starts cheering like they on the set of Married With Children*

Just finished watching all that show, funny as fukk but audience are annoying as hell

crowd is good tonight

They were shyt breh Dead ass crowd who were crickets for most guys, silent for the matches etc. Wish every crowd could be like a PPV

On another note, this Raw was trash, started well and finished okay (gottamakeromanlookreallystrong) but it dragged and dragged forever. Shyt was boring and I was checking my watch every 2 minutes Hope ratings are trash

Also, get Steph off my fukking screen. She's taking up 30 minutes + every week

 

[SalamiAttack]

BUREETTUUU KRRRUBBBUU!!!

 

[CJ]

The booking of AJ/Roman has been great.

It's basically like a redo of the Sting/Lex angle from 1995. AJ's a face, but his buddies are heels, and it causes conflict with the other faces, who now question his motivations since he's associated with the heels, and the misunderstandings lead to both sides doing non-face things without turning heel and ending up with actual beef and conflict. Roman said he took family seriously, and loses his shyt when he sees them being attacked, even if he didn't see what came before it.

Very interesting stuff, even with shytfukks like Gallows and Anderson involved. ER match should really be a cage match, though.

Everything else on the show can get fukked.

Really like the layers of the Roman/AJ feud. Lots of shades of grey.

Loving the WWE manufactured stars vs. smark darlings dynamic as well. Roman and Miz against AJ, KO, Sami and Cesaro. I'd even add Charlotte to the mix if she was feuding with Sasha, but even still, she's indirectly dealing with her.

Interesting times. Product is definitely on an upswing and using Shane as a catalyst is genius.

Co-sign. I really am enjoying how you can make a legit case for everyone's motive, regardless of their status as face/heel/tweener/whatever. Just great booking so far. Don't think you even need Balor thrown into this right now.

I have to give it to the E though. Knowing Reigns would get torched by the crowd right after WM, they pair him with a top "indy/smark fave" in AJ, so that if ratings don't move, or even falter they can just say "welp, we tried your way and paired/pushed one of your favourites." -Genius.

Either way it's been booked great so far. A month straight of solid Raws, who woulda thought

 

[SalamiAttack]

RUSEV is BEAST!!!!!!