Pre-show notes:

- Thanks for your patience with this week’s report. The Monday Night Raw Watch Party II at The ND this week was a big success, but the downside is that it makes me watch Raw twice and generally F’s the scheduling in the A. The fill-in Over The Limit report didn’t work out as planned, so at the risk of having you guys be all Royal Rumble 2012 about it, that report is pending.

- For the record, I was watching great wrestling and taking promo photos on Sunday night.

- 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 basketball videos like a normal popular sports blog should, do your part.

- Thanks to Casey for pics and gifs, as always. Can’t wait to BRO IT UP with you at King of Trios this year.

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

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YEAHHH KILL HIM, KILL HIMMMM

On tonight’s show!

John Laurinaitis is hurt, but still standing tall as General Manager of Raw and SmackDown. Can the executive be stopped? WWE.com breaks down this pressing question and four other hot topics heading into tonight’s Raw SuperShow.

So … nothing, I guess?

Regardless, the show must go on, and we’re one night removed from WWE’s Over The Limit pay-per-view, a show that saw Daniel Bryan and CM Punk go almost 25 minutes and stupid dumb Sheamus retain, so anything can happen.

One thing definitely happening:

If you’re anywhere near the Austin area tonight, stop by The ND (between 5th and 6th across the highway from downtown) for the second edition of the Monday Night Raw Watch Party, a free show where we play Raw on the big screen, mute it and make a bunch of jokes. We’ve got a drink special called BOCK LESNAR: THE NEXT BIG DRINK if that tells you anything. It’s gonna be a blast, and for the cost of ZERO DOLLARS you’d be a fool to miss it. Fly in immediately!

If you can’t, check this out:

Now you’ll be able to (hopefully) STREAM THE AUDIO OF THE LIVE SHOW! Oh lord I hope this works. Let that play while you watch the show (on mute) for the ultimate experience.

A few additional notes for tonight’s open discussion thread:

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It’s not just for Shane Helms anymore! Tonight starting at 7:30 EST, WWE goes Over The Limit on pay-per-view. The show begins with a preliminary match streaming live on WWE’s YouTube channel and continues on throughout a WWE Championship match pitting CM Punk against Daniel Bryan in a battle of Who The Internet Loves Most and a match between John Cena and Executive Vice President et al. John Laurinaitis. If Laurinaitis loses, he’ll be officially terminated.

Full card is below:

– John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis – If Cena wins, Laurinaitis will be fired.

- WWE Championship Match: CM Punk (c) vs. Daniel Bryan

- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho

- WWE Tag Team Championship Match: R-Truth and Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

- WWE Divas Championship Match: Layla (c) vs. Beth Phoenix

- Pre-show Match: Kane vs. Zack Ryder

Poll time:

We’ll be talking about the show all night long. The top 10 comments from tonight’s thread will be featured in tomorrow’s Best And Worst Of WWE Over The Limit report. To nominate a comment for top 10 status, respond to it with a +1.

Pre-show notes:

- Our comments were down by like… 80 last week (and it was a good week!) so prepare for NONSTOP DEMANDS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, LIKES, TWEETS AND SHARES. Help a brother out, all I do is give you free entertainment and make you click five-seven times.

- This Sunday is ACW’s Prom, so if you’re interested in filling in for the Best and Worst of Over The Limit and have some sort of resume (like being a nationally touring comedian or having played Dr. Cube in Kaiji Big Battel) that would make me go “oh wow okay” or some ridiculous amount of Twitter followers that would trick me into believing the first half is true, shoot me an e-mail.

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

- Continued thanks to Casey/THESTINGER for helping me out with gifs and pictures. Be sure to visit his gifs Tumblr. We’re gonna be doing a thing soon, so support him now.

- Don’t forget to check out the Raw Deal at TJR Wrestling. John’s perspective is easier to enjoy than mine, and contains 100% fewer Excel Saga references.

- Info about our live show:

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Pre-show notes:

- If you like the report and read it all the time, click the like button and drop a comment. My only real reward for doing this is knowing that you like it. Well, there’s also money, but that’s not specifically for this. What I’m saying is either leave me a comment and click like, or send me a bunch of money.

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

- Continued thanks to Casey/THESTINGER for helping me out with gifs and pictures. Be sure to visit his gifs Tumblr.

- Don’t forget to check out the Raw Deal at TJR Wrestling. John’s perspective is easier to enjoy than mine, and contains 100% fewer Excel Saga references.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:

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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.