WWE TV 12/16 - 12/22 the road to Royal Rumble begins!

[KawadaSmile]

Please give Roman the win

[KawadaSmile]

Good opening package. This storyline is nice, truth be told.

[Tenese Sarwieh]

WWE really need to work on cycling out programs so they more fresher when they come back to it.

[Tenese Sarwieh]

Ivar has the best hot tags today.

[KawadaSmile]

How the fuck is Erik standing after that failed flip? Dude almost broke his neck

[Strummer]

Lol Joe that it was a title change! He caught himself well enough though

[Badlittlekitten]

I like the Viking Raiders but God this tag division is dead.

[KawadaSmile]

16 minutes ago, Badlittlekitten said:

I like the Viking Raiders but God this tag division is dead.

How fucking long are The Usos in the dog house for?

 

Those Liv Morgan vignettes got me SHAKING

[Strummer]

First wwe wedding since Bryan/AJ in 2012, right?

[KawadaSmile]

This segment is incredible. 

[Strummer]

Btw, are they giving Liv the old Emmalina gimmick? Certainly looks like it will be a sexually charged character based on that vignette

[KawadaSmile]

2 minutes ago, Strummer said:

Btw, are they giving Liv the old Emmalina gimmick? Certainly looks like it will be a sexually charged character based on that vignette

I get creepy vibes from it. Being in a bathtube surrounded by candles and saying you should destroy yourself to be yourself is not exactly the best sultry type stuff.

[WingedEagle]

Ricochet & Carrillo are having a pretty solid empty arena match.

[KawadaSmile]

Rollins as a mob boss is alright.

 

[KawadaSmile]

DEONNA!!!

[jiraffejustin]

Deonna looking the right kind of thick

[KawadaSmile]

That Becky promo was really fucking good.

[KawadaSmile]

The main event was one of the most recent examples that Orton is an incredible wrestler, but he doesn't give a single fuck 95% of the time.

They worked an engaging and entertaining match revolving around selling a leg, didn't need to resort to big moves to keep the crowd engaged, thus making actually impactful moves mean more. Plus the throwback to their previous encounter, which is ~learned psychology~

[Alucard]

Master class in selling from the Viper. Better than the whole of TLC IMO, great match.

[SirEdger]

4 hours ago, Strummer said:

First wwe wedding since Bryan/AJ in 2012, right?

Probably. But I remember that they  had some sort of Lana/Rusev wedding anniversary celebration a while back (during Rusev vs Roman Reigns' feud)

[FMKK]

Did they actually do a 45 minute gauntlet match that ended with a non-finish?

[KawadaSmile]

2 hours ago, FMKK said:

Did they actually do a 45 minute gauntlet match that ended with a non-finish?

Yeah. It sounds weird, but it actually served a purpose.

Carrillo and Andrade furthered their feud, and Almas finally got some good heat. He doesn't need to challenge Rey for that.

 

After Humberto got stretchered out and Mysterio chased Andrade, Seth, steel pipe in hand, appeared with the AOP, and the tag team beat down the champ. Seth made some remarks about leading by example and etc, and that Rey owed him one. Then curbstomped him.

Afterwards, backstage, he challenged Rey for the title, and Rey later accepted.

 

Some may question "but why the fuck even do a gauntlet match then?" and I answer by running away

[NintendoLogic]

So a gauntlet match to determine the #1 contender for the US title ended without a finish and led to the title shot going to someone who wasn't even in the match. And the OC beat the Viking Raiders clean in a non-title match the night after they had a title match that went to a double countout. Raw in 2019 is the worst show in the history of television.

[Badlittlekitten]

Smackdown's worse.

[NintendoLogic]

Some good and bad from the spoilers for next week's Raw:

Spoiler

Rey beat Seth by DQ after AOP interfered. So they did a bullshit non-finish in the #1 contender match to set up a title match with a bullshit DQ finish.

After the match, the heels beat Rey down until Samoa Joe ran in for the save and got laid out himself. So it looks like Joe will be returning soon as a babyface.