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Official Raw Discussion Thread - 12/15/14

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He’s back, and the WWE locker room has officially been put on notice. He, of course, being Roman Reigns, who made a big statement at WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs … and Stairs by Spearing Big Show through a table and making a major announcement about his future plans. As the 2014 Superstar of the Year set his sights on the 2015 Royal Rumble Match — and The Grandest Stage of Them All thereafter — the fate of the No. 1 contendership to the WWE World Heavyweight Title was decided and the Divas division received a shocking shake-up. Here’s what WWE.com predicts for Raw as The Road to WrestleMania officially approaches.


Break those walls down again, baby! Chris Jericho’s back to run Raw this week, following Daniel Bryan and the Anonymous Raw GM as the latest Superstar to fill The Authority’s power vacuum. With power at his disposal and plenty of former friends and foes to play with, it’s anybody’s guess as to exactly what The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla has planned for the WWE Universe, but it’s likely to be something we’ll never, eeeeeeever expect, or forget. What will be Y2J’s first decree?


John Cena’s victory over Seth Rollins at WWE TLC means the 15-time World Champion’s status as Brock Lesnar’s No. 1 contender is still intact, and The Anomaly will meet the Cenation leader for the third time since SummerSlam at Royal Rumble 2015 with all the marbles on the line. Paul Heyman, who was at ringside for Cena’s win last night, didn’t seem thrilled at the prospect of putting his client up against “The Face That Runs the Place” for a rubber match, but it’s almost a given he’ll begin another barrage of mind games on Raw. What will the mastermind behind the most controversial World Champion in history have to say?


The two most twisted minds in WWE today stepped into a demolition derby and it was Bray Wyatt who walked out, defeating Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match by the narrowest of margins. Having fulfilled his promise to “dismantle” The Lunatic Fringe from two months ago, Wyatt now, once again, has the whole world in his hands. What will The Eater of Worlds choose to do with his fully restored power and momentum?


Well, nobody certainly saw that coming: Not only did Nikki Bella retain her Divas Championship against AJ Lee, she did so in uniquely fearsome fashion, blinding the 2014 Diva of the Year with some illicit substance to help her keep the title. With Nikki having raised the bar for flat-out aggression within the Divas division (AJ received medical attention as a result of the attack), it’s just a matter of which femme fatale will step up to meet her, head-on. Will Monday Night Raw shed more light on the ultra-competitive division’s future?


A few weeks ago, a call was put out for Superstars in the locker room to “step up.” Roman Reigns certainly did that at WWE TLC, giving Big Show a taste of his own medicine and declaring his participation in the 2015 Royal Rumble Match. That’s quite the one-two combo, and would certainly hint at future glory for the 2014 Superstar of the Year. But he’ll face no shortage of obstacles en route to his planned destination at The Show of Shows. Big Show will likely have something to say about Reigns’ return, as will Reigns’ former brother-in-arms-turned rival, Seth Rollins. Who will be the first to challenge the returning powerhouse? Find out on Monday Night Raw on USA Network, live at 8/7 CT!
 
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The two most twisted minds in WWE today stepped into a demolition derby and it was Bray Wyatt who walked out, defeating Dean Ambrose in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match by the narrowest of margins. Having fulfilled his promise to “dismantle” The Lunatic Fringe from two months ago, Wyatt now, once again, has the whole world in his hands. What will The Eater of Worlds choose to do with his fully restored power and momentum?
:punkout

Winning off of a dumb fluke =/= restored momentum in my book.
 
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The Eater of Worlds is Back at Full Power


:cena3 : O Really, I got to see this
 
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Coming out of the PPV last night, I've been told many in the company are not happy with the end result. While many knew it would be tough to top the NXT show, there were people who thought it could be pulled off.

There have been rumblings that some talent knew they couldn't top NXT so in a silent protest in favor of Triple H, some superstars were described "mailing in" their matches last night. Many are in favor of Triple H and what he has done with the NXT product and feel it is time for Triple H to take the lead on the main roster.

John Cena held a talent meeting about an hour ago which was described to me as forceful yet calm in his approach. Cena stressed that a silent protest is not what the roster needs. Instead, they need to go out there and start stepping it up every night for their point to be proven.
MetsFan4Ever
 
#7 ·
I already made one ugh.
 
#9 ·
Coming out of the PPV last night, I've been told many in the company are not happy with the end result. While many knew it would be tough to top the NXT show, there were people who thought it could be pulled off.

There have been rumblings that some talent knew they couldn't top NXT so in a silent protest in favor of Triple H, some superstars were described "mailing in" their matches last night. Many are in favor of Triple H and what he has done with the NXT product and feel it is time for Triple H to take the lead on the main roster.

John Cena held a talent meeting about an hour ago which was described to me as forceful yet calm in his approach. Cena stressed that a silent protest is not what the roster needs. Instead, they need to go out there and start stepping it up every night for their point to be proven.
Fuck off with that nonsense (not you btw or the dude reporting) but how can anybody deliver when they are on the clock? Swagger had like 5 mins to do shit all in his match with Rusev. The only part of Swagger's seg that made it seem remotely obvious he was fighting for Zeb was when he was coming down to the ring during his entrance. Other than that, booking was garbage, and other SO DESERVING talents like Big Show and Kane got what they needed out of their time.
 
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We'll probably get Rollins/Show vs Cena/Reigns in a tag match for the main event. Can't say I'm too interested in that. Also not interested in another Jericho return. He needs to take Show, Kane, Henry and the rest of his AE buddies and ride off into the sunset already. Might watch for Lesnar, but that's it. Bears are on MNF tonight, and even though they suck, watching them suck sounds more interesting than this Raw.
 
#15 ·
Ambrose will challenge Wyatt to a TV MATCH.

Bray will walk to the ring to deliver a promo, but before he mutters a word, the lights go out once again and another hologram appears. Instead of Wyatt's lantern that is beneath all the smoke, it's...a...what is it Cole?

:cole 'OH MY! LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! IT'S...A REMOTE CONTROL! REMOTE CONTROL! REMOTE CONTROL! REMOTE CONTROL!'

:lawler '...oh man!'

:jbl 'I wonder if that TV remote ordered the WWE Network Maggle!'

:lawler '...oh man!'

:cole 'REMOTE CONTROL! REMOTE CONTROL! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? GUYS?'

:lawler '...oh man!'

:vince5 'DAMMIT, GOOD JOB GENTLEMEN!'
 
#18 ·
Hornswoggle should cut a promo about Ambrose breaking his TV last night.
 
#34 ·
What they did with Swagger at TLC was idiotic and completely ridiculous. What will be even more nonsensical is the fact that the loss to Rusev and the match in general will not be considered in storyline development. I am personally finding that Swagger losing to Rusev is becoming more tiresome than the Mizdow gimmick. If Swagger isn't the one to defeat Rusev at Wrestlemania resulting in breaking the streak and capturing the US title then I have no fucking clue.
 
#28 ·
How about a Raw like this:

Ambrose vs Ziggler for 10+ minutes (should be a very solid match)

No DQ J&J Security w/ Rollins vs Reigns Handicap Match. They get beaten up, which leads to Rollins interfering with a pipe to Roman's gut which he had surgery on, J&J win and beat down Reigns, leaving him laying, giving Roman a program for the next little bit, which can eventually lead to a title program after Mania. Tease the Rollins is Reigns' #1 competitor in the Rumble and he's gonna have MiTB AND win the Rumble. Kinda like how Big Show vs Rock was the big story going into the 2000 Rumble, but obviously not with a questionable finish.

Harper vs Cesaro and give them some time

Rusev squashes Stan Stansky (because its funny)

Fatal 4 way for #1 Contendership for IC title-Tyson Kidd vs Swagger vs Adam Rose vs Bo Dallas and give them like...2 commercial breaks, and forget the Bunny feud ever existed, I guarantee you'll get a good match

You know, looking over WWE's roster now...good lord does it suck. There's almost nothing to work with that we haven't seen 50 times already.
 
#29 ·
Well, nobody certainly saw that coming: Not only did Nikki Bella retain her Divas Championship against AJ Lee, she did so in uniquely fearsome fashion, blinding the 2014 Diva of the Year with some illicit substance to help her keep the title. With Nikki having raised the bar for flat-out aggression within the Divas division (AJ received medical attention as a result of the attack), it’s just a matter of which femme fatale will step up to meet her, head-on. Will Monday Night Raw shed more light on the ultra-competitive division’s future?
:LOL
 
#32 ·
I just want to see if Vince will let him do some actual Moves in the ring.
 
#40 ·
Roman's road to the Rumble and subsequent RTWM begins tonight. I do not fucking care. Whether he faces Cena or Lesnar I'm checking out for this one. Neither program interests me in the slightest. At least we're in the home stretch. Only 3 more shitty Raws including this one before the first Raw of the new year. They usually try with those ones. I can deal with 3 more shit shows if I have to.
 
#41 ·
I'm not going to be able to take Rollins seriously after what happened to him last night. It's going to take some strong booking to recover from that.

And Wyatt only won because Ambrose turned stupid at the last minute. Yeah, that'll make them look good.

And lol at the so-called "shake up" in the Diva division.
 
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