Pre-show notes:

- Do me a big favor and click that “like” button at the top. If we get 100+ comments on these reports, we should be getting just as many likes. This is my job, technically, and I get paid based on some really weird stuff.

- Thanks to Casey of Hammerlock Dialectic for gifs, as always, especially the one at the very end.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- We’ve got a Smackdown discussion thread happening for tonight’s Great American Bash live special, so be sure to check back in a little bit for that. It’ll have a Ryback badge, and I don’t want you to miss it.

Short list this week, so let’s get right to it. Please click through to enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for July 2, 2012. Yes. YES. YES! YES!

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Pre-show notes:

- Yes, there’s a gif of her doing that inside. If you don’t read the column regularly, now’s a good time to start.

- Thanks to Casey of Hammerlock Dialectic for making that sales pitch a reality.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- After you’re done reading the report, make sure to head over to Progressive Boink and read my wrestling content there. On Friday I did The Top 10 Least-Threatening Looking Pro Wrestlers Named Ricky and you should totally read/comment/like/share it so they’ll be okay with me doing more. The only thing Jon knows about wrestling is Hulk Hogan and body slam. But I guess that’s really all you need to know.

Anyway, please enjoy this week’s Best and Worst of WWE Raw column for June 25, 2012. SID shows up and it rules.

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This week on Raw:

As time marches on in the post-John Laurinaitis era, Raw SuperShow enters week two of its unpredictable interim until a new general manager is crowned. With Vickie Guerrero running the show this week, how will things pan out following Triple H’s attack of Paul Heyman, or AJ’s creepy flirtation with The Devil’s Favorite Demon? And then there’s the return of Chris Jericho, who’ll be back on Raw SuperShow after a brief absence from the ring. What will the new week bring for the WWESuperstars and Divas? (via WWE.com)

I’m not sure about most of their questions, but “tag teams and roll-ups” is the answer to the last one.

As always, my favorite 10 comments from tonight’s open discussion thread will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst of WWE Raw 6/25 column, so bring your funny and figure out how to cram it all into one of our comment boxes. To nominate a comment for top 10 consideration, please respond to it with a +1.

Study questions for pre-show discussion:

1. Which WWE legend will return to beat up Heath Slater this week? Follow-up question, how great would it be if it was Jeff Jarrett?
2. What are the chances a Vickie Guerrero GM week will get Raquel Diaz onto the show?
3. Who are your three favorite performers on the show right now, and why? You hear about mine enough, let’s hear yours.

Is that Hulk Hogan back there?

Pre-show notes:

- Before you read this week’s report, make sure to stop over and read The Best And Worst Of WWE No Mercy 2012. You guys are always bugging me to do pay-per-view reports, so get over there and comment/like/share and what have you. If you don’t read that, you won’t know what’s going on on Raw! Haha yes you will

- Thanks to Casey of Hammerlock Dialectic for maximum Gif-age.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- If you just tune in to With Leather for the wrestling reports, make sure not to miss With Spandex episode 6, where I talk to WWE Superstar Derrick Bateman. I’m trying to get the podcast over as a thing, so help me out.

Because I promised you two columns this week, enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for June 18, 2012. A single tear.

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Pre-show notes:

- Please make sure to leave a comment on the report. Facebook likes and Twitter shares are huge. These take forever to write, so if you want me to keep them up instead of just posting tweets about Skip Bayless from Jose Canseco or whatever like a normal popular sports blog should, do your part.

- Thanks to Casey of the WWE Magazine awareness-winning Hammerlock Dialectic for pics and gifs.

- Follow us on Twitter @withleather, follow me personally @MrBrandonStroud and like us on Facebook.

- If you’re one of those people who got to the report early and don’t see all the pages, please consider spending some time listening to today’s epic edition of the With Spandex pro wrestling podcast. It’s about the greatest fan fiction of all time, Adventures In Bitchsitting, and deals with Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle as single fathers. It’s amazing, and you should hear it (plus it’ll by me a little time).

Enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for June 11, 2012. Three hours of it. Jesus.

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Pre-show notes:

- The poll inserted into last night’s Best And Worst Of WWE Raw Open Discussion Thread asked Best And Worst readers to decide which random old time-sorta-sensitive pay-per-view event I would go back and review for my first ever Best And Worst Of An Old Show report later this week, and with a whopping 41.27% of the vote, Royal Rumble 2000 is your winner.

So be sure to check back later this week for that report, and support it/leave comments/share it around if you want me to do more. I’m going to spend between now and Thursday-ish trying to figure out how to get a screengrab of Mae Young’s tits on the front page of a mainstream sports blog.

- Comments are appreciated. Clicking “like” is appreciated, tweets and retweets are appreciated, showing and sharing this to and with the people you know are appreciated. Saying hi to me at Wrestlemania this year is appreciated. Punching me when you see me at Wrestlemania because I mention being vegan or having a girlfriend too much is not appreciated.

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- A.J. picture old, unrelated.

- Gifs contained within are, as always, courtesy of Jerusalem at Punchsport Pagoda, except the one at the very end. Try to guess what it’ll be!

- Additional reading: UGO’s Raw Report.

Click through to enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for January 23, 2012.

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