Guest Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Im loving it personally. Well maybe love is a strong word but I can't say i'm bored of them. Jeff looks great I do think surely over time they will tap into their own version of the broken stuff and that will be fresh. Don't see how they can ignore it long term, sure they only used the Dudleyz for nostalgia but it's not like people were chanting "Bully Ray" every week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TildeGuy~! Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Meltz is reporting WWE are trying to come to terms on a deal with Anthem for the broken gimmick at the minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted April 18, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 Caught Raw for the first time in ages seeing as I heard there was no Roman, Steph and the shakeup had rid the show of some deadweight and god did it fly by. Enjoyed most of it, felt like everything had a purpose. Highlights were Show vs Strowman, anything Strowman was involved in all night, especially hurling that useless turd Kalisto into the trash, and Jeff vs Cesaro. I forgot how good Jeff's ragdoll selling was. Only negatives were Enzo and Cass vs The Club because even in Youtube clip form watching these two teams seems to have went on forever and the bit with Alicia Fox in because she's crap and should have been fired ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) Alicia is such a ridiculous over-actor I actually get quite the kick out of it Only truly wank bit of the show for me was Bray rambling on about god knows what. I sure as fuck wasn't paying attention. Gutting to see him in this state, where else can he go? Up next for him is Balor because they're desperate to bring in DA DEMON KING thing, he's eating the pin in that one Oh yeah on Balor, I know he faced Hawkins in a super quick squash but crowd weren't arsed to see him at all. Don't see 'it' in him. Weird as IRL he seems witty and charismatic but he's just fucking perma Lance Storm-face on telly without the paint. I'm getting absolutely nothing from him apart from the fact he jumps really high for his finish Edited April 18, 2017 by sj5522 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian 86 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, FelatioLips said: and the bit with Alicia Fox in because she's crap and should have been fired ages ago. Nah, Foxy is definitely so bad it's good. Love a bit of Foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted April 18, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 as much as i love to see them use Braun as the unstoppable monster, he's still incredibly un-convincing from an acting/facial standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 I thought everyone's acting was terrible last night. It all seemed so wooden. Even moreso than usual. Thought Corey Graves 'James Dean cool, John Wayne tough' line about Finn was incredible. I don't see how Finn Balor, good as he is, has been picked above AJ, Naks or even Roode to be THE guy (if that is still the plan). I hope Braun does something ridiculous every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted April 18, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'm always fascinated by the ring breaking spot in a behind-the-magician's-curtain way. It looks so spectacular, I particularly loved the steel steps going flying last night, but I can't figure out how it's done so well. Any ideas? Just remove the spring and hope for the best? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamaras-Tash Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Are they trying to kill Enzo or something? The ending to that match was brutal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I heard on Russos podcast that Vince loves seeing Enzo being killed like that, one of those weird things that turns the mad old fucker on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Supremo said: I'm always fascinated by the ring breaking spot in a behind-the-magician's-curtain way. It looks so spectacular, I particularly loved the steel steps going flying last night, but I can't figure out how it's done so well. Any ideas? Just remove the spring and hope for the best? ""We did a spot right before we broke the ring where we’re both down and they shoot a real close-up of both of us selling. Well in that time, [WWE Stunt Coordinator] Ellis [Edwards] had airbags under the ring. So they had lifted the ring a couple inches. So now, when I’m standing on that top corner, that ring is like standing on marbles. Because it’s moving. Of course now I’ve got my fat ass up in the air, 500 pounds on a not very stable surface … So then the ring broke. I just remember when it happened because … you don’t know how the stunt is going to look. But man, it was so perfectly timed the way we did it and Ellis did a great job of setting up. That thing collapsed and everybody they bought it so long. " Thats Show on Talk is Jericho about the first Lesnar one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambulance Chaser Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) I thought the opening segment was pretty dreadful if i'm honest. Like a bad amatuer drama class, kind of exposed Braun a bit there, empty ring, live mic and the responsibility of opening Raw. I suppose it's the only way to get better though, experience. Angle stumbled and stuttered a bit also, something was off about the whole thing for me personally. Really enjoyed the Hardy and Cesaro match, i usually detest Cesaro but bloody Jeff has still got it hasn't he. Made Cesaro look spot on flying around for him like he was 22 again. Edited April 18, 2017 by Ambulance Chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP RULZ Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) Thought it was a bit of a Meh episode myself Watchable in itself, nothing that was truly bad happened aside from maybe Bray rambling on about god knows what but nothing where you would feel annoyed that you missed the show aside from the final 2 minutes but even that spot has been done before. I echo the point above about the opening being a bit off between Strowman and Angle It just came across unconvincing like they wernt really having a conversation with each other and not really reacting naturally to what the other guy was saying just trying to remember what there next line was. Was that the only time Angle was on the show? Don't remember him being on it after that Also was it me or did the Hardyz entrance take longer to get going, like that time Kurt had the extra da da da da bit before the dun dun stared Edited April 18, 2017 by MVP RULZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted April 18, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) 17 minutes ago, MVP RULZ said: Also was it me or did the Hardyz entrance take longer to get going, like that time Kurt had the extra da da da da bit before the dun dun stared Yeah, slight tweak on the theme that debuted last week IIRC. Loops a couple of bars of the intro again, for some reason. Matt's current "I'm a little bit odd but only a little bit, and occasionally use a big/slightly old-fashioned word" gimmick is weird. Hope they sort something out with Anthem soon, or choose to take it in their own firm direction. Edited April 18, 2017 by Statto Shitty typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakashi Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 34 minutes ago, Statto said: Yeah, slight tweak on the theme that debuted last week IIRC. Loops a couple of bars of the intro again, for some reason. Matt's current "I'm a little bit odd but only a little bit, and occasionally use a big/slightly old-fashioned word" gimmick is weird. Hope they sort something out with Anthem soon, or choose to take it in their own firm direction. Mr Meltzer says they are definitely doing the broken gimmick, it's just in the hands of the lawyers to sort out. Hopefully they actually do a storyline and go through the transformation from scratch. The majority of worldwide viewers will have no idea what the gimmick is so to just go straight to it would seem like a wasted opportunity. Hopefully Matt can be involved and it's not just down to WWE writers. That could be rough as evidenced by anything involving a Bray Wyatt, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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