The Official UKFF RAW thread (part 2)...

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

We've never heard the voices in Randy Orton's head have we, despite it saying in his theme song that he hears voices in his head. Poor old Bayley has been handed the shitty end of the stick and no mistake. Triple H is definitely booker of the year. 

[air_raid]

I didn’t see Raw. Can someone fill….

6 hours ago, mim731 said:

Much like the previous Wyatt Family/Alexa Bliss/Bo Dallas stuff before, how exactly are we supposed to be hearing the voices in Bayley's head? Or in storyline has she gone and edited that in?

…. Oh. They did what now? TNA shit.

[RedTwoster]

1 hour ago, air_raid said:

I didn’t see Raw. Can someone fill….

…. Oh. They did what now? TNA shit.

I also haven’t seen it, but watched the Bayley vignette on YouTube to fill in the blanks - here it is:

I’ve more or less given up on WWE for the time being, but I don’t think it’s as bad as has been made out. It’s more believable than a Seth Rollins promo, I’ll give it that much.

[d-d-d-dAz]

10 minutes ago, RedTwoster said:

I also haven’t seen it, but watched the Bayley vignette on YouTube to fill in the blanks - here it is:

I’ve more or less given up on WWE for the time being, but I don’t think it’s as bad as has been made out. It’s more believable than a Seth Rollins promo, I’ll give it that much.

I've not seen Raw, but if it's just in this format I don't think that's a big deal; they regularly do heavily treated packages like this. And there's loads of ways you can explain it away. 

It's when companies do this stuff in the 'happening in real time'  parts of the presentation like in the ring or backstage that I think it becomes a problem.

[TheBurningRed]

Bayley is someone who definitely needs a change of scenery. She’s too good to be stuck with some of the shit she’s been given lately. AEW and fresh opponents would be a perfect fit for her. 

[RedTwoster]

9 hours ago, d-d-d-dAz said:

I've not seen Raw, but if it's just in this format I don't think that's a big deal; they regularly do heavily treated packages like this. And there's loads of ways you can explain it away.

It seems more like a vignette along the lines of the initial Wyatt Sicks promos, rather than something being presented as ‘oh my goodness, we’re actually hearing her inner voice!’ - I can only assume it’s leading to a character reboot which is much-needed for Bayley. 

[DavidB6937]

To be honest the only voice she should be hearing in her head is "FUCK DEF REBEL!" every time her atrocious entrance music plays.

[WrestlingForFun]

I really don’t think this Bayley thing is too bad to be honest. It’s pre made segment with production. It’s not like it’s backstage or in the ring. It’s not hogan looking in the mirror and seeing the warrior ffs

[organizedkaos]

55 minutes ago, WrestlingForFun said:

I really don’t think this Bayley thing is too bad to be honest. It’s pre made segment with production. It’s not like it’s backstage or in the ring. It’s not hogan looking in the mirror and seeing the warrior ffs

Yeah AEW did it where we basically saw the contents of Julia Hart's dreams.  I think for a segment done in that style that the kayfabe idea is the wrestler has produced the segment as to express themselves. It's a little odd I guess but significantly better than stuff presented as "this is actually happening right now"

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

12 hours ago, RedTwoster said:

It’s more believable than a Seth Rollins promo, I’ll give it that much.

The lowest of low bars to clear there Redders. 

27 minutes ago, organizedkaos said:

Yeah AEW did it where we basically saw the contents of Julia Hart's dreams.

There is only one good sequence in all of Television where seeing into someone's dreams was good.  

Spoiler

 

 

 

[organizedkaos]

Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song and there's always music in the air

[RedTwoster]

10 hours ago, TheBurningRed said:

Bayley is someone who definitely needs a change of scenery. She’s too good to be stuck with some of the shit she’s been given lately. AEW and fresh opponents would be a perfect fit for her. 

There aren’t many WWE wrestlers I’d like to see jump to AEW, but I’d love for them to bring in either Bayley or Becky Lynch. It benefits the wrestler by giving them a change of scenery, clearly it could benefit AEW and it may even benefit WWE by opening up a spot on their roster for one of their many talented female wrestlers.

Toni Storm vs Bayley? Statlander vs Bayley? A Mone/Bayley rematch in a new environment? Yes please! 

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

39 minutes ago, RedTwoster said:

A Mone/Bayley rematch in a new environment? Yes please! 

The only problem with that is that the pair of them have the worst job faces in the world. That Mania tag match where they lost the tag  titles a few years ago was a prime example. That's one of the reason I can't get into Mone in AEW. 

[RedTwoster]

1 hour ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

The only problem with that is that the pair of them have the worst job faces in the world. That Mania tag match where they lost the tag  titles a few years ago was a prime example. That's one of the reason I can't get into Mone in AEW. 

It’s not something I’ve noticed in AEW, although Mercedes hasn’t lost particularly often. My match of the year so far is probably Mone/Storm from All In, although the competition is pretty fierce. She’s definitely won me over - I was pretty critical of her early months in AEW. 

But yeah, I’d love to see Bayley switch company.

[air_raid]

On 8/20/2025 at 9:56 AM, WrestlingForFun said:

I really don’t think this Bayley thing is too bad to be honest. It’s pre made segment with production.

Yeah, I hate this shit. It’s too much of a reminder that we’re not watching a wrestling show, we’re watching a TV drama about a wrestling show. Up there with pre-recorded matches where you see a shot from part of the set where the previous shot established there was no camera/cameraperson.

On 8/20/2025 at 10:51 AM, organizedkaos said:

I think for a segment done in that style that the kayfabe idea is the wrestler has produced the segment as to express themselves.

Yeah, I hate it. At least “the following announcement has been paid for by the new World order” made complete sense that the nWo would do whatever it took to spread their propaganda. This isn’t that.

Theyre just doing whatever they want whether we can make sense of it or not. Like Funhouse Bray counting the pin for The Fiend at Mania 36.