RAW Wrestlemania fall out: NEW GM! Smackdown loses again 4/03

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Mania wasn't an A- show.

Not even close

Wrestlemania was a B- at best but im actually expecting Raw to be a great show tonight especially if they actually have the balls to turn Roman all the way heel.

I dont get where this Roman heel talk is coming from. There have been zero indications from anything Ive seen that they plan on doing that.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Why not have Brock feud with Noam Dar next?

Or BJ Perkins?

Or Brian Kendrick?

Or how about Tony Neese?


What makes Balor any different to these generic cac cruisers? Some cheap ass facepaint we all put on our faces when we were kids at the local carny in town?

Did you see the shows right after the brand split? If you did you'd know that WWE, for whatever reason, doesnt give a fukk about whatever lack of size Balor has and was prepared to push him straight to the moon immediately. He was drafted ahead of almost everyone, debuted on the main roster, went over everyone clean including Roman Reigns, and became the first ever Universal champion in like a week. It was the biggest rocket push out the gate ever.

 

[AJtheOne]

In

 

[Spyro]

Did you see the shows right after the brand split? If you did you'd know that WWE, for whatever reason, doesnt give a fukk about whatever lack of size Balor has and was prepared to push him straight to the moon immediately. He was drafted ahead of almost everyone, debuted on the main roster, went over everyone clean including Roman Reigns, and became the first ever Universal champion in like a week. It was the biggest rocket push out the gate ever.

I get all that, but what I don't understand; is why? Some goofy ass face paint that could sell merch? Guy is as generic as they get and that accent

But I hope they do go for Balor/Lesnar. it'll make it so much sweeter when Brock crushes his ass and I'll be all

to Balor fans.

Now a Brock/Braun feud

 

[Lord Scion]

@jadillac Tinashe a mark breh

I need to save her before it's too late

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

I need to save her before it's too late

she already was flown out to dubai about two years ago

 

[Norrin Radd]

My boys there and he said he saw

Spoiler

Finn and The Revival

 

[Lord Scion]

she already was flown out to dubai about two years ago

NOOOOOOOO

 

[Spyro]

My boys there and he said he saw

Spoiler

Finn and The Revival

Spoiler

Finn

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

-- Finn Balor has been spotted arriving at the Amway Center in Orlando, FL which of course is the site of tonight's Raw.

-- His presence at Raw does not guarantee him appearing on the show, but he will obviously be backstage and there is a strong possibility that he will be back on TV tonight.

-- As reported before, Balor has been 100% recovered from his injuries for almost a month now, but WWE has held him off TV strictly due to the reason that they had nothing for him at WrestleMania 33. With the event now in the books, there is obviously no reason to continue to keep him off TV.

 

[Hey_zeus]

Lol that shyt was hilarious live. Her yelling at :57

I hit the when Jeff galloped out at 1:35. Such a great fukkin moment.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

We joined WWE's Conference Call this afternoon where the company shared their WWE Network subscriber count and answered questions from the media. Here's a quick recap:

-- They opened the call and touted the success of WrestleMania 33 last night.

-- Without indicating a specific number, WWE Network has reached "nearly 2 million subscribers." Total subscribers went up 7% and paid subscribers went up 14% from after last year's WrestleMania.

-- Michelle Wilson took over the call and spoke on "super-serving" their audience - the addition of 205 Live content to the WWE Network, the UK tournament, the Edge & Christian show and WWE Story Time. She also spoke on the upcoming 32-woman international tournament scheduled to air on the WWE Network.

-- The average increase subscribers for WWE Network year-over-year for domestic was 12% and international subscribers was 23%.

-- They then opened the line for questions.

-- One of the questions asked what the exact number of subscribers was and a breakdown. They responded that total subscribers is 1.949 million and total paid is 1.661 million.

-- Someone asked for them to give a breakdown on how many subs have the three month promotion and how many have the one month promotion and they declined, saying they will not provide that level of detail.

-- Domestically, the breakdown is 1.452 million total subscribers and 1.237 million paid.

-- Internationally, it is 497,000 subscribers and 424,000 which are paying.

-- Someone asked about if they have gotten any feedback yet on the quality of WrestleMania 33 and how that affects their subscriber retention. They touted the success of WrestleMania again, pointing to 130 million social media views which was double from last year.

-- The next caller asked about WrestleMania being availabl in China for the first time. They mentioned that the WWE Network is available in every country except China so they are instead working with a distribution partner and that the Chinese market is difficult to crack, pointing to Netflix's strategy there of licensing their content.

-- The next caller wondered about new plans for content on the network. They once again plugged 205 Live and the women's tournament, suggesting it will take place in Q2 or Q3.

-- Another caller asked about the possibility of using independent wrestling on the network. They sort of side stepped that question and said they are always looking to "super serving" their fans.

 

[Spyro]

 

[Piff Huxtable]

Did you see the shows right after the brand split? If you did you'd know that WWE, for whatever reason, doesnt give a fukk about whatever lack of size Balor has and was prepared to push him straight to the moon immediately. He was drafted ahead of almost everyone, debuted on the main roster, went over everyone clean including Roman Reigns, and became the first ever Universal champion in like a week. It was the biggest rocket push out the gate ever.

and then that rocket exploded

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Spoiler: Possible Brock opponent

- The feeling is that with Bill Goldberg very likely done with WWE (at least for a while), the next possible opponents for Brock Lesnar could possibly be Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Mick Foley and/or Braun Strowman as WWE slowly builds towards a Lesnar/Roman Reigns showdown at next year's WrestleMania 34.