Your only previews for tonight’s show:
-WWE will tape RAW tonight in Greensboro, North Carolina. Local advertisements claim the show will focus on the fallout of Brock Lesnar breaking Triple H’s arm last week.
… and:
So who knows? We’ve got an arm-breaking Brock Lesnar on the loose, “Ghana Get Got” as our new tag team champions and an ever-increasing chance of John Laurinaitis flipping out and dropping John Cena with an Ace Crusher.
Things to remember:
- My 10 favorite comments from tonight’s open discussion will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Raw report. This wins you instant Internet fame and a Bragging Rights trophy* (*while supplies last).
- To nominate a comment as one of the best, reply to it with a +1.
Enjoy the show.
TAGS: BEST AND WORST OF RAW, BROCK LESNAR, CM PUNK, DANIEL BRYAN, JOHN CENA, JOHN LAURINAITIS, LORD TENSAI, OPEN DISCUSSION THREAD, PRO WRESTLING, TRIPLE H, WWE, WWE OVER THE LIMIT
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I wonder what Eve and Big Johnny think about the sincerity of CM Punk’s most recent apology…
I was at this show and the crowd was embarrassing. small group of us managed to get a healthy “YES” chant going in the concourse on the way out, which drew “NO” chants back from the mouth breathers. between flat crowd and low attendance, it’s safe to say WWE won’t be rushing back to Greensboro anytime soon. apologies on behalf of my city
Sorry if someone has made this comparison already, but when Lesnar breaks HHH’s arm in the recap video, is anyone else reminded of the flashback scene in Seinfeld when George receives a wedgie from his gym teacher?
I think it may be time for a RAWtervention. Would everyone like to say what they like, followed with what they dislike and why RAW cannot be watched if it keeps going like this?
I liked Brodus Clay asking us to call our mothers for Mother’s Day.
I liked Daniel Bryan living and breathing.
I like John Laurinaitis flipping out and being a thug in a suit.
I also liked his slide show from his days in Japan.
I liked it that Dolph won and is closer to finishing his 1000 match series against Mr Kingston.
I liked it that John Cena will fight even if he has missing limbs (TAKE THAT WOUNDED SOLDIERS STOP MAKING EXCUSES)
I got nothing else.
I disliked almost everything else.
I liked pretty much everything in the first ten minutes, including the best use of the phrase “May God have mercy on your soul” since Billy Madison’s high school principal.
After that…
I liked Kofi taking the Zig-Zag. That was awesome. I also liked that Big Show will probably be fired/take a few months off. I’ve had my fill of him for a while, let’s get some new blood in there.
I disliked King’s commentary. Say that Rhodes may have won by the letter, not the spirit of the match, don’t say “THAT”S NOT WHAT HAPPENED! HE DIDN’T WIN!”.
Yes he did, Jerry.
I FELL ASLEEP RIGHT BEFORE RAW STARTED, I’M JUST NOW WAKING UP, LOL! I’M SO SAD, :(
Wanna trade places?
Thats not a good sign, what did I miss?
WWE Monday Night 10th Birthday
Paul E!!! To quote Joey Styles, “He just saved this television show.”
No… no he didn’t..
Oof, no he indeed did not. At least that was a bearable three minutes then…
Up to Funkasaurus. Did Miz make fun of Big Johnny’s voice last week and I kissed it or something?
Clearly Raw does not want to compete with the NHL Playoffs…
Who are these two dildos with Big Show?
The Promise
To the fans and everybody in WWE Universe, I’m sorry.
I’m extremely sorry.
We were hoping for a good episode of Raw, That was my goal, something North Carolina has never done here.
John Cena promises you one thing,
a lot of good will come out of this.
You will never see any company in the entire country try as hard as WWE will to put on a good show.
You will never see someone push the rest of the WWE as hard as John Cena will push everybody the rest of the year.
You will never see a company try harder than we will the rest of the year.
God Bless.
we need to keep this thread alive…let’s not get all Greensboro and die out
I’m sorry, but that Raw sucked all the fun out of the place.
They would have booed the Continental Congress debating the Declaration of Independence.
Sorry, that was supposed to be a reply.
I got it. And yes. Unless Thomas Jefferson was wearing neon orange and “Never Giving Up.”
I’m watching on DVR, and when they showed the CM Punk vs Lord Tensai graphic, Cole goes “This is what happens if you insult the boss.” So my question, did we all insult the boss? What did we do to deserve this?
YOU MADE FUN OF HIS VOICE! DIDN’T YOU!
No, just when he called Lesnar “Brock Cena.” Now I’m watching Cole’s via satellite interview with a gradually louder yelling John Lesnar.
That crowd would have “What?”‘d Lincoln during the Gettysburg Address.
How? They would of had to actually be involved in it then…
Actually, I think they’d have just sat there in silence trying to figure what 4 scores they’d missed over the last 7 years.
They are below the mason-dixon line so that is accurate.
That or they would have been all “Who’s this Sir Toppem-Hat WE WANT ORTON!”
Can we all just be honest with ourselves..
CM Punk sucks as a face.
At least whatever kind of face they are letting him be.
Totally agree. The magic from last summer is gone.
I’m not sure if it was the show or the crowd, but that show wasn’t good. Will someone remind WWE that when you start a feud that caused the IWC to collectively nerdgasm, you should probably spend a segment or two for the feud on the show. I’ll bet $1 that the main event was originally Tensai and CM Punk and they forgot to book Bryan on the show until the last second.
So is the PPV crowd going to be just as bad? Is all of North Carolina lame? I guess it’s been too long since NC was a wrestling hot bed.
…Of course, to be fair, most of the show was pretty bad. I guess the crowd’s not entirely to blame.
I wouldn’t count on the crowd being great.
My state sucks.
Can we all agree that we’ll never get the past 2 hrs of our lives back?
+1 very depressed fan
I’m pretty sure everyone that was watching Raw killed themselves.
Did Bork Lazer lose his smile?
And soon it will be my chance to see this train wreck on the west coast. Thanks for the appetizer and translations, folks. It gives me something to look forward to, even when the shows are not-so-great.
“Man that crowd sure did suck tonight They were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.”
They were not very good.
“I gotta go, my little wiener crowd is listening”
I finally get a night free to be able to watch an episode of Raw, and this is what I get. Thanks to you all for making it survivable.
I’ll second the CRAP out of that thank you!
Creative already ruined 2 PPVs of Punk vs. Jericho…if they manage to ruin Punk vs. D-Bry I will rage all over message boards where they will never read it.
I miss Bork Laser, and inappropriate dick tattoo theater…
Only you, sir. Only you.
Maybe Johnny can call up Big Poppa Pump?
Scott Steiner managed by Teddy Long…
Holla Holla If ya here me! Playa!
Haven’t seen a crowd that dead since Britney Spears performed at the VMA’s a few years back…..
I’ve haven’t seen an Englishman take a blow like that since Hugh Grant
We are into week 4 of movies connected to the ROCK
Congrats, North Carolina…we just found the Lost Colony.
THE GAME PLAN!! YES!! YES!! YESSSS!!
+Rhodes to the Greensb….nah, i’m kidding! That crowd was as receptive as a funeral for a long-lost relative.
I was late to the party, was the any John Cena Via Satellite jokes?
aw yea
And thus the reason I can no longer watch Raw without a running commentary. *mists own hand, claws self into unconsciousness*
+Topical
Was the green mist just to keep Punk’s hair slicked back? Because it certainly didn’t get anywhere near his eyes.
INAPPROPRIATE BORING TELEVISION THEATRE!
Is it possible for the other 49 states to kick out a state, because I’m thinking it time for North Carolina to go back to Mother England.
No, thank you.
How about a city?
Please, before North Carolina we need to get rid of Mississippi and Oklahoma first.
Setting ideas up (don’t mess with Johnny Ace) is good and all, but you don’t have to sacrifice having a worthwhile episode to do so. Justified has loads of domino stacking in their plotting, but the domino stacking episodes are still great too. It’s RAW so I’m not even looking for a great episode. Serviceable-to-good is okay too.
Plus more tasers to the nuts. Or crotchety old men. Art and Tim for Guest GMs of RAW!
Punk used to have a Boyd Crowder charm when he was the head of the Straight Edge Society and when he led Nexus. Also, I want to give your ideas a tickertape parade, RonSwanson.
Fucking terrible. I can’t even be witty, it was that fucking bad.
It was. My give-a-damn broke around the Miz/Funkasaurus match… and yet it still just… kept… getting… worse.
Hey, whatever happened to Sheamus’ ref angle?
ended without mention after the sheamus/bryan feud wrapped up, like all ancillary parts of angles
That was one of the most bipolar RAW’s ever. It reminded me of a mid to late era nitro. Just a mix of everything good and bad.
At least the “Visual Impairment” means Punks first pitch at the Cubs game will be on par with the rest of the team.
YOU BETTER SELL THAT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AT THE CUBS GAME
I want to see him come out with a walking stick and a seeing eye dog.
Note to WWE “Creative”: Bryan and Punk don’t need any help promoting their match. Just give them 15-20 minutes and let them do what they do.
Did that crowd start chanting “NO” back at Bryan as they went off-air?
unfortunately yes…..Greensboro officially seceded from the Union
Raw score on a 1-10 scale?
purple
DBry got it up to a 6.5 from about a 5.
5 just for a show with ziggler and bryan showing up, plus paul
-Rhodes
im at a 5.5
Bryan alone was an 8. Deducted 2 points because the rest of the show was just mediocre at best
3
Threve.
My next WWE event I attend I’m gonna write something dumb on chrome diamond plate and blind everyone.
my thoughts exactly
the crowd finally wakes up at the end to chant “NO”……All of the Fuck You’s to Greensboro
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“The name of the show is Raw Is Lackluster”
Rawk Lobster.
Darn you, El Tigre. Now “Rock Lobster” is stuck in my head.
That’s how my brain read “raw is lackluster”
Well that was a very “oh, ok” ending…
Li’l Naitch is the only one to ever break the YES! Lock.
and face # 5 hurt his arm