Badlittlekitten Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Bloody hell that was amazing. Almost too good in fact. I've was never been big on Henry before but fucking hell, really. Amazing. Gutted for Byran. Hope it's nothing serious, the timing couldn't be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Henry's acting had me fooled too, but I'm happy with the results. Fine RAW tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Henry is god. Is Bryan's injury legit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 It looked it to me. Cole announced it as some kind of nerve damage. Hope I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 They just announced he's scheduled to compete on SD so hopefully it's a work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Even Steph has been good on this show. Brilliant episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Seemed like an obvious work to me as it was happening but I guess you never know with this company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 The Henry segment is exactly why you don't always need to rewrite scripts or be unpredictable. As soon as Cena was out you knew where it was going. It was further telegraphed through every shot during Henry's promo, and not the least bit surprising when it climaxed. And it was the best angle in months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I would say the Daniel Bryan thing was a work, but they seem to have run that kind of mid match 'injury' storyline several times in the last few months, surely they wouldn't do it yet again? The Henry segment was fantastic as others have mentioned - it's just a shame Cena was out there from the start, as that kind of telegraphed where it was going. Awesome acting by Henry though to make me sort of believe it was a genuine retirement. Very interesting vibe in WWE. A lot of faces aligned with heels (Punk/Heyman, Ziggler/AJ). A ton of tweeners (Henry, Ziggler, Punk, Orton, Vince). I thought it was an extremely well put together episode of Raw. Nothing was especially great, and the matches were fairly bland, but most of the segments hit the spot (Henry/Cena, Steph/AJ and Punk/ADR were all very entertaining), there were surprises that didn’t seem forced, like the Henry turn and the return of Christian, a lot of intriguing story developments were hinted at, a lot of guys got time, there were fun cameos from the likes of Vince. Three and a quarter hours is still way too long though. I could never just sit and watch an episode, the only way to get through it is to have it on in the background while you're on your laptop, and that is never a good sign. The ridiculous amounts of adverts don't help. Edit: And here comes Lesnar to top it off. Seen about 40-50% of Raw's this year but this is by far the best, perfectly paced and a load of interesting stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 And this is how you finish the show. What a well booked episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nell Santucci Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 That Bryan incident had to be a work. No one would he had gotten back up with a severe neck injury, much less Orton attack him after a doctor comes out to end the match. Furthermore, I think medical personnel would have been more frantic. But that was a cringe-worthy bump and very stupid on Bryan's part. Still, it was telegraphed that way before hand. I just don't know why he'd get the green light to do that. Very stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Lesnar vs Punk Cena vs Henry Del Rio vs Ziggler Looks like a very promising Money In The Bank card, especially with the big ladder match, The Shield and the return of RVD also to fit in on the show. That last segment was perfect from the Ziggler attack onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerpride Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Do you think they waste a Lesnar match at MITB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 The Bryan thing looks like it's a work then. Sure fooled me. A night of brilliant acting it seems. And Kaitlyn. That really was a great episode though, easily the best three hour show there's ever been. This and the PPV have given WWE a sense of direction and I'm interested. Everything seems to be nicely falling into place. And there's still Bray to come! Hope they keep it up, there's nothing better than the WWE firing on all cylinders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Do you think they waste a Lesnar match at MITB? Maybe, who knows how many dates he has this time and when they plan to use them. Could be a slow build to a Summerslam match, but I can't see why they would start it this early and what they plan to do with Punk between them and now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchistxx Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 That really was a great episode though, easily the best three hour show there's ever been. This and the PPV have given WWE a sense of direction and I'm interested. I wouldn't get too excited - signs are pointing towards a major HHH/Vince feud over the company. Another 'McMahon power struggle' storyline could suck life out of anything, especially with Trips as the focal point. Vince has been fun lately but HHH has somehow seemed to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Great show that built up the summer programs quite nicely. Maybe a top 20 RAW of all time. Henry segment was incredible. So Stephanie has insinuated the last three weeks that she doesn't care about her husband or children yet she implied AJ was a horrible role model for girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovert Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 The Wrestler had the scoop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Surprised to still see that "2 magazines in 1" gimmick going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I think that's a couple of months old, because if I'm not mistaken they are no longer publishing The Wrestler and Inside Wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Why Bill spread himself so thin with those mags is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Why Bill spread himself so thin with those mags is beyond me. Apter left all those in 99 I think. He went with WOW magazine in a gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Coming as a guy who LIVED for wrestling magazines as a kid, I can't even imagine what the audience is for them now. The internet pretty much killed my need to buy anything but PWI Almanacs after 1996 so I'm not sure who is still buying them in 2013. Especially at $5 an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 I don't care for this Punk/Lesnar feud we are about to get. I know I'm just going to get bashed, but I don't buy Punk as a credible opponent against Lesnar. I don't care if he just had the title for 400+ days, I don't care if he's one of the most protected guys in the WWE, I don't buy it. I've seen Lesnar end Heath Herring's fighting career with one punch that broke his orbital bone. At least Cena & Triple H don't look like scrawny kids when they get in the ring with Lesnar. And the "well Eddie wrestled him" comparison doesn't work for me either. Eddie might have been shorter than Punk but he also was muscular and ripped. And his offense wasn't built around fake MMA strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Wrestling is fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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