Pre-show notes:

- For the record, I have made a ton of friends with salad.

- Comments, shares, likes, what-have-you are really appreciated. It was a big week for me (and if you’re a regular reader, you’ll know why), so sharing this week’s column is a must. Plus, if you get enough of a sense of entitlement in regard to making Best And Worst Of Raw the most popular wrestling column online, you end up being my friend for real. WRESTLING BROS, WOO!

- Thanks as always to Casey/THESTINGER of Hammerlock Dialectic for GIFs.

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- I still want to do a Best And Worst Of King Of Trios, but my schedule’s been working against me. I’ll try to have it out this week, but if I don’t, don’t beat me up too badly about it.

Anyway, please to enjoy the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for September 24, 2012.

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Pre-show notes:

- If you guys don’t mind clicking the like button on this post or sharing it on Twitter, I’d be greatly appreciative. Comments are also appreciated, especially if they have something to do with anything in the column, and not just what you think of John Cena’s pink shirt.

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

- Subway is a terrible restaurant.

- I wasn’t able to watch Night Of Champions, so the existence of that report is pending. Not a lot happened, honestly, that wasn’t indirectly recapped by this column. I might just call it and prep myself for a massive Hell In A Cell report. Or I might skip that too and just start reviewing Kaiju Big Battel DVDs. Regardless, tons of writing in here, so enjoy.

The Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for September 17, 2012, is after the jump.

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I feel your pain, Ziggler Shirt Guy.

Pre-show notes:

- Comments, shares, likes, what-have-you are really appreciated. Especially this week, when there’s a lot of sad stuff to talk about.

- Thanks as always to Casey/THESTINGER of Hammerlock Dialectic for GIFs.

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- There’s a little bit about the scheduling of next week’s reports at the end of the column, so make sure you check that out.

Here’s the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw for September 10, 2012. The bad one.

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1. His favorite restaurant is the Cheesecake Factory.

2. He says “chipolty” instead of chipotle.

Two quick reasons to love Kaitlyn:

1. Texas

2. Everything else

It’s Labor Day, which means nobody’s on the Internet and tonight’s Raw thread will only have 30 comments. This is your best-ever chance to get on the Best And Worst Of WWE Raw column’s Top 10 Comments Of The Week, so stop by and post “that Jerry Lawler, what a child molester, am I right” and reap your rewards.

This week’s Raw preview, which basically says what everyone’s thinking: “There’s a lot of stuff happening on Raw, but we only really care about the anger management segments”.

Well, that’s one way to get respect, we suppose. WWE Champion CM Punk’s desire for vindication took a brutal turn for the worst last week when, in a Steel Cage Match, Punk pummeled Jerry “The King” Lawler into unconsciousness after the WWE Hall of Famer refused to acknowledge The Second City Saint as Best in the World. It took John Cena to stop the attack, and the WWE Universe seemed hesitant to give Punk the dues he covets, though, as the champion defiantly turned his back on Cena and strolled out of the arena without another word. With Cena set to challenge Punk for the WWE Title at Night of Champions per Raw General Manager AJ Lee, how will the reignited rivalry between the two play out when Raw reconvenes this week?

Also, anybody else really excited to see those anger collages? (via WWE.com)

Here’s WWE.com user Taylor Martin with further, unedited analysis:

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Pre-show notes:

- Comments, clicking the like button, Twitter shares and whatever else you can do to share this with people on the computer are appreciated. You’re probably tired of me shilling this idea to you, and if you are, you probably aren’t reading this anyway. I get paid based on how often you do that, so help a brother out.

- Thanks to Casey, whose excellent GIFs make their return to the column. They’re pretty epic this week, so make sure your comments below include a brief “thanks for taking time out of your day to help Brandon with this, THESTINGER”.

- If you’re the type who only reads this column and doesn’t keep up with With Leather, be sure to check out our Golden Treasury Of Cheesy Late-80s Early-90s WWF Promo Photos. It’s even better than it sounds.

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

- Also, don’t forget, the With Leather Pro Wrestling Community is having its first get-together at Chikara’s King Of Trios 2012 in Easton, Pennsylvania, so if you’re anywhere in the area or are coming in for the show, let us know so we can high-five you. It’s going to be a grand time. I bought my plane tickets yesterday. It’s on.

Please enjoy the Best and Worst of WWE Raw for August 28, 2012. Stick around for a live report at the end.

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Tonight’s Raw preview, which could’ve just been “what will happen guy” with a big picture of a question mark with Triple H chopping crotch over it.

As summer winds down, WWE finds itself facing more questions than ever before. What, exactly, is WWE Champion CM Punk planning next following his controversial attack of Jerry “The King” Lawler last Monday on Raw? Will he, in fact, take up on John Cena’s offer for a title match at Night of Champions in Cena’s hometown of Boston? And what will Triple H have to say when the vanquished King of Kings makes his first public appearance since losing to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam? (via WWE.com)

More importantly,

1. Will THE ONE MAN BAND, BABAY show up again, finally?
2. Will Damien Sandow continue his path to enlightenment, assuming Brodus Clay thinks “jumping a guy after the match, splashing him and dancing over his dead body with a bunch of kids” constitutes being five-by-five?
3. Will Brandon not just turn on NHL 12 while Triple H is talking and pretend hockey season’s going to happen?

Don’t forget, I’m picking the 10 best comments from tonight’s WWE Raw open discussion thread and shoehorning them into tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Raw column. If you see a comment you’d like to nominate for top 10 status, please reply to it with a +1. Also (and this is important), if you participate at all in tonight’s discussion, please click the like button and share the thread on Twitter. The more voices we have in here, the better.

So, Raw. Do you realize “Triple H”?