Styles vs Zayn on a RAW? Who would have thought we'd ever see this. This raw is honestly better than a lot of ppv events have been lately.
Bray hit Sister Abigail on Del Rio and pinned him while Roman speared Sheamus as he tried to break up the pin. Payback Card is looking awesome. AJ/Reigns Cesaro/Miz KO/Sami New Day/???(Hopefully Enzo and Cass or Bullet Club) Ambrose/Jericho LON/Wyatts Charlotte/Natayla plus Apollo should get a match and then maybe Becky/Emma on the pre-show.
Sami has been 0-3 since mania weekend. I'm not cool with that. I know it doesn't mean anything but come on man? Let the guy build a resume at least for **** sakes.
By the way, Will Osplay, his match with Kushida, this kid is wowing me right now. 22 yrs old. Bright bright future.
Enjoyed a Raw start too finish STYLES/ZAYN can only be topped in 2016 by Nakamura/Zayn. Perfect match. Styles WWE run has been great so far. Sami got so much more over with unfamiliar fans That and Cesaro/Owens might be the 2 best TV matches this year Charlotte and Nattie had a good championship match and it'll be a nice PPV match with Sasha banged up and Becky's swollen shut right eye. Tag Tourney has already produced an Usos/Anderson & Gallows fued (which has Bullet Club ties, taking out Reigns cousins) and Enzo/Cas & the Dudleys progression to their round 2 match.
I want Cesaro v Nakamura, RIGHT NOW. King of Strong Style vs King of Swing? Cesaro can get plenty physical with Nakamura. This match could easily main event a 'Mania.
R.I.P. to ECW Original Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner); passed away at age 44 (too damn young)... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2632492-jonathan-balls-mahoney-rechner-former-ecw-star-dies-at-the-age-of-44 Balls Mahoney Passes Away Tweet from Tommy Dreamer: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am beyond sad to announce my friend ECW Original Balls Mahoney has passed away. I just spoke w/his wife. <a href="https://t.co/OAs3vOmGEH">pic.twitter.com/OAs3vOmGEH</a></p>— Tommy Dreamer (@THETOMMYDREAMER) <a href="https://twitter.com/THETOMMYDREAMER/status/720075432578695168">April 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I think Nakamura v Balor happens for the title at the next TakeOver. Maybe Joe gets put in the mix, he'll probably be debuting on WWE tv around this time and this would be his farewell to NXT Nakamura v Cesaro has to happen. WWE has done a good job of building up these newcomers quickly. Styles, Zayn & Owens. Anderson & Gallows already look like the most feared tag team in the division. Cesaro is killing it. Next 3-4 years WWE Title picture is going to be Rollins, Lesnar, Cena, Reigns, Styles, Nakamura, Zayn, Ambrose, Owens, Cesaro, Bray, Rusev, Balor, Joe, Crews. So many dream matches and just those Royal Rumbles will be loaded
Really did enjoy the RAW this week. Even the main event which made no sense but still somehow ended up being fun to watch. And at the end when Bray hit Sister Abigail and then directed traffic on the spear Roman did was wonderfully done. Hyped for the Tag Team division looks like we actually have some teams worth a damn now. Will we ever get PTP back...I have a feeling when Titus does come back he is just going to get buried I know Vince is in charge but can we continue the kayfabe of having Shane be GM of RAW cuz there is just something about him coming out that makes watching so much more fun. I hope they keep pushing Cesaro...he had a hell of a match with Owens. Anybody heard about how severe Bray's calf injury is? It is too bad because looks like they are finally doing something interesting with him and would be too bad if he got held back again because of an injury.
Dude Rusev is legit... He's got the size, athleticism and is actually very charismatic. I think they are still figuring him out but Rusev has loads of potential and I would love to see him given a main event singles push at some point.
I'm really enjoying the Vaudevillian shtick. It's growing on me. It might also help that I love silent short comedies from the 1900s. NXT talent within a year will dominate the WWE roster. AJ Styles on the other hand is like, **** NXT, I'm going straight to the main roster. Hell, he was IGWP heavyweight champ in NJPW, only 4 men have done that in the last 3-5 years.
This is why I think the WWE title should be re-split into 2 belts. There's just too many top-card people vying for 1 championship.
No I like one world title. And I like guys getting long runs with the title. Puts more prestige into the IC, US and Tag Titles like WWE has started too see with Owens, Ambrose, New Day, etc Throwing Zayn, Corbin, Crews, Gallows & Anderson and Cesaro's big return have made the last two RAWs some of the best over the last few years. And obviously AJ's run to this point has exceded what I thought might be an IC title fued or something at this point in time. AJ and Sami are having some of the best matches of their careers
I have to say. Your posts in this thread over the last 2-3 weeks have been great. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. I'm not sold on Crews though. He's underwhelmed in NXT after being very hyped. He could pan out. But I'm not sure. We'll see. I don't like his style or his mic work at all. Glad you let go of the Tyler Breeze love.
And with how prevalent injuries are in wrestling and how WWE has started to take concussions and injuries seriously and long term mental and physical well being (Bryan, Edge) there's never too many top guys I think the newer generation guys who've done it for 10 or more years now, know too bow out earlier. I can see guys like Zayn, Styles, Joe, Nakamura, etc being happy with a 3-4 yr run in WWE making enough to live comfortably the rest of their lives and then hanging it up.
