Brock is back

[Bix]

That was awesome. Discuss.

[Busterira]

That crowd tonight was amazing. I seriously can't remember the last time I heard a crowd pop like that. It felt like 1998. Best Raw in a long long time.

[Loss]

Boo.

[Guest Slickster]

Meh, the segment was hurt by

1) the crowd being too greedy to get themselves over (Cena dropped Bryan's name to appease them but they kept on going)

2) Cena not shutting down the 'We want Lesnar' chants by laughing them off

3) Lesnar not having a tan (it does make a difference visually)

4) The cameraman missing the handshake-into-F5 spot

[KrisZ]

Crowd totally killed the surprise factor by chanting.

 

Way too smart of a crowd tonight although they were hot which was fine but the constant chanting for Daniel Bryan in situations where it wasn't needed (Punk's match) hurt the show.

 

Other than that the show was a blast.

[Cox]

If this leads to Paul E coming back, I'm all for it.

[Loss]

I loved Tensai, Punk/Henry and the post-match angle, just so it's known I'm not a complete grouch.

[NintendoLogic]

Damn, hella Buzz Killingtons in this thread.

[KrisZ]

Punk/Henry was so awesome it's not even close even with the COR finish.

[goodhelmet]

If the crowd is chanting for Daniel Bryan the ENTIRE show then that is a sign the company needs to get a clue. That isn't the crowd's fault but the company's fault.

[Loss]

Brock Lesnar is Kurt Angle, but taller. I don't get it. LEGIT ATHLETIC CREDENTIALS and Dave Meltzer enjoys covering his every move. I guess that's enough.

 

Still, great show (genuinely great) with Punk/Henry being outstanding.

 

I think John Cena has turned heel, and it's brilliant in some ways. He's going to get a far more visceral, hate-filled reaction by continuing to be the same guy than he would with an actual turn.

 

I hope the Daniel Bryan chants continue and aren't just a Miami thing.

[KrisZ]

Yeah but is it not a product of the environment.

 

Most of the fans at the show tonight were at Mania last night and the Mania crowd is way different than a regular WWE crowd.

 

If the chanting continues after tonight then you are on to something but if not then we know what's up.

[KrisZ]

MKJ is reporting that Lesnar didn't come in the door but 30 seconds before his music hit.

[NintendoLogic]

History has shown that it only takes one crowd to get something going. There wasn't much detectable outrage to the Matt Hardy firing until the Raw at MSG with the "YOU SCREWED MATT" chants. But it picked up from there to the point that not only did Hardy get rehired, they had to turn Lita heel.

[KrisZ]

Live crowd got what they wanted

 

http://www.twitvid.com/S0RPE

[wwxwce]

¡¡¡ EL PATRON !! ALBERTO DEL RIO is back

 

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

[Ricky Jackson]

I think John Cena has turned heel, and it's brilliant in some ways.

Yep. It's the most organic heel turn ever.

[Dylan Waco]

The whole show was great. Wasn't a single segment that wasn't at least decent. Henry/Punk is easily the U.S. MOTY at this point

[Slasher]

Dunno. I'm not seeing this heel turn for Cena, yet. The show was still in Miami, and they just saw Cena get beat by their hometown boy, then try to pander to them by kissing up to that hometown boy. Let's see what happens when they leave Florida.

[cm funk]

Amazing crowd. Poor Sheamus getting booed out of the building, but it's their own damn fault for such terrible booking. I've already seen it hypothesized by some people that Bryan could get punished for being so over and the YES! YES! YES! stuff getting out of control. They do have a history of squashing things that get over unexpectedly. It's going to be the next WHAT? Loved the crowd chanting SI SI SI at Del Rio.

 

Lesnar's return was an amazing moment. The angle with Henry, Punk and Jericho was really strong.

 

Only dead spot of the night was Lord Tensai's debut, but I didn't expect a guy who's been out of the company for 8 years or so and wasn't very over back then to get much of a reaction. They're going to have to put in work to get him over.

[sek69]

Was it weird to anyone else that they acknowledged Lord Tensai was a WWE superstar from years back who went to Japan? They mentioned it like everyone watching in 2012 would remember Albert, it was almost like a gimmick they would give in the 80s to some newcomer to make it seem like they were more experienced than they were.

[Guest Slickster]

Well, if they considered his past to be that important they would have referred to his past gimmicks by name.

 

I think the expository commentary was to explain why this giant white guy is doing a Great Muta tribute act.

[Strummer]

The one thing going through my mind the whole night was is if the Bryan stuff is specific to Miami or will the casual, react to what the company wants crowd keep it up?

 

Eve is molten hot looking right now. I have a feeling she is going to win the feud with Zack and will probably end up getting the push from that angle.

 

Tensai was awesome although I don't know if a claw hold will get over in today's environment

 

This was an awesome show

[Strummer]

According to PWI Cena had to stall during his promo because Brock showed up late (30 seconds before he came out)

[ohtani's jacket]

I just watched the Lesnar segment on youtube and I have two questions:

 

1) Why did they cut to a behind the shoulder shot of the Titantron before Lesnar came out?

2) Why did Cena let Brock pose and hit the F5 on him? Yeah, it's wrestling, blah, blah... c'mon, the set-up was a handshake.