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[cordy]

As for the merchandise thing



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Yep.

Roman's just the lead guy right now with it. I mean shit this just throws all those Reigns merchandise comments down the drain. I read a report from someone a few weeks ago saying they went to a SDL and they had more Reigns and Rollins stuff there than everyone else. It's not even their brand.

 

[Pikma]

Might as well move everyone but Brock and Roman to Smackdown

 

[sf2fanatic]

Zach in the background trying to look cool

 

[TimeEffect]

"This is what WWE wanted"

"
Roman Reigns is a wrestling god
Finn Balor can't wrestle"

Lol. Thats one of you, aint it

 

[SallyIsNow]

What's your gimmick Sweeney Tom?!?

Zach in the background trying to look cool

That's not Bob Dylan

 

[cordy]

Balor's that dude though. He's got the look, he's for the presence, he's got that edge to him, he can go, he'll be fine. I'm glad they've built him up well thus far. Let's just hope he doesn't get injured again.

Oh, and this

Goldberg's face lmao

 

[Brian_FETO]

Chanting Roman Sucks at Vince, well alright

 

[Gurrry]

Damn, no broken matt

 

[Professor Beef]

That Goldberg promo was wonderful :')

When his kid started crying........ ;_;

Should've suplexed his kid right then and there.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Balor is so boring tho. I'd honestly rather have Titus in his spot. At least his failures are entertaining to watch.

Spoiler

URAH URAH URAH

 

[DMczaf]

Balor's that dude though. He's got the look, he's for the presence, he's got that edge to him, he can go, he'll be fine. I'm glad they've built him up well thus far. Let's just hope he doesn't get injured again.

Oh, and this

Goldberg's face lmao

Dadberg gonna whoop that ass

 

[half a moon]

What is his son doing?

 

[Paracelsus]

The problem with Brock is that this was literally the last time he got pinned clean for the WWE title.

 

[serenewarfare]

What is his son doing?

Idolizing TJP.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Kurt looks so happy :')

 

[LionPride]

Brock wins. He looks like something that climbed out of the Earth's molten core and yelled "I'M HERE, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!" instead of being born.

Nevee have truer words been typed

 

[sf2fanatic]

Holy smokes Enzo the same height as Angle. Dang

 

[DMczaf]

Goldberg can turn a crowd from booing him to cheering for him with 1 unscripted promo.

Yet here is WWE not knowing how to get Roman cheers with a room of 23 writers.

 

[Slizeezyc]

The problem with Brock is that this was literally the last time he got pinned clean for the WWE title.

Big Show looks close to a low point there with his shape.

 

[Paracelsus]

Holy smokes Enzo the same height as Angle. Dang

He looks a bit taller, actually, Sami Zayn made Angle look like a cruiserweight.

Which makes his career all the more impressive since he used to Angle Slam Mark Henry and beat the shit out of the Undertaker. People always put over Benoit for looking tough with the bigger guys, but Angle was something else imo.

 

[Prompto]

Balor's that dude though. He's got the look, he's for the presence, he's got that edge to him, he can go, he'll be fine. I'm glad they've built him up well thus far. Let's just hope he doesn't get injured again.

Oh, and this

Goldberg's face lmao

 

[Syder]

 

[Bluekaveli]

 

[Hex]

I just wish for a moment tonight we got a Jericho and Angle interaction.
I needed a Kirk Angel moment

 

[Bronx-Man]

Marks.

 

[Tall4Life]

Marks.

Bronx-Mark

 

[SallyIsNow]

Zach got a job 🤔🤔🤔

 

[cordy]

Triple H rides in on this dope motorcycle as police motorcycles ride down the ramp in front of him, blaring their sirens. This is a circus. The heavy metal music is seeping into my veins. I’m wide-eyed. I stand up. I’m sorry for the all-caps I’m about to hit you with, but THIS IS MAKING ME SO AMPED THAT I WANT TO GO KICK DOWN A DOOR!!!!!

I feel like I’m high.

Seth Rollins is a beautiful man. Triple H is a jacked-up monster.

Amazing.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Emma!

The GOAT theme!

The Ultimate Thrill Ride!!!

 

[half a moon]

Emma!

The GOAT theme!

The Ultimate Thrill Ride!!!

I'd go on the Emma ride.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Bronx-Mark

i'm not a mark

 

[HashtagLapsed]

Honestly, why do they do this "they boo who they normally cheer" thing when it is the exact same reaction they get everywhere?

 

[sf2fanatic]

Emma!

The GOAT theme!

The Ultimate Thrill Ride!!!

Gimme the green light

 

[Brian_FETO]

Honestly, why do they do this "they boo who they normally cheer" thing when it is the exact same reaction they get everywhere?

Because they're idiots

As though anyone is watching at home

 

[half a moon]

i'm not a mark

You're most definitely a big old marky mark

 

[Brian_FETO]

That Natural Selection "reversal" into the Bank Statement looks like garbage, like it's just botched and no sold

"Oh she ducked it!"

 

[Bronx-Man]

i'm not a mark

i'm one of the smart guys

push dave taylor

 

[Tagyhag]

Honestly, why do they do this "they boo who they normally cheer" thing when it is the exact same reaction they get everywhere?

That's happened before at past RAW's after Manias.

But the only reason they said it now is because they were acknowledging the Roman boos.

 

[half a moon]

I finna watch some 98 MNW
Wrassle overload incoming

 

[HashtagLapsed]

That's happened before at past RAW's after Manias.

But the only reason they said it now is because they were acknowledging the Roman boos.

I know they have said it before, I'm just not sure why.

Roman gets boo'd on every show though. They boo and cheer who they always boo and cheer.

 

[Rimfya]

Nakamura beats AJ to send him to Raw?

 

[Angry Grimace]

Technically they booed Goldberg for some reason

 

[Tagyhag]

I know they have said it before, I'm just not sure why.

Roman gets boo'd on every show though. They boo and cheer who they always boo and cheer.

It's because they'll ONLY acknowledge the boos if it's something like "Wow Roman is getting booed? We got unique fans on RAW after Manias! That's the only reason he's getting booed!"

 

[ReiGun]

Honestly, why do they do this "they boo who they normally cheer" thing when it is the exact same reaction they get everywhere?

It's hilarious becuase the same people showing up to boo Roman every week also watch at home.

They do this purely to trick kids. The little ones are the only ones who'd buy that crap.

 

[Uno Venova]

all the debuts tonight really makes it hilarious when people say Vince cares about SD as much as Raw because he's at both shows, and no, SD is going to get screwed in the 'shake up' as well.

And also as someone who never watches Raw I'm fucking blown away at the quick turn on Goldberg...people actually chanting YES at him never being on TV again. I don't know exactly why but I'm 100% sure it's the companies fault.

 

[Syder]

"
Roman Reigns is a wrestling god
Finn Balor can't wrestle"

Lol. Thats one of you, aint it

When Brock is inevitably away we're going to see the already done/ruined feud of Roman v Strowman because they won't put Roman up against faces/wrestler that are over like Bálor, Seth, Joe, Sami, etc. NXT/RAW face Bálor isn't perfect but he's a damned sight better than the alternative. Bálor v Brock is probably the closest we'd get to the Bryan v Lesnar feud we'll never have in terms of booking and in-ring action.

 

[Cagey]

Lesnar needs to spend another year or four crushing pretenders to the throne before he loses the belt again.

 

[cordy]

all the debuts tonight really makes it hilarious when people say Vince cares about SD as much as Raw because he's at both shows, and no, SD is going to get screwed in the 'shake up' as well.

And also as someone who never watches Raw I'm fucking blown away at the quick turn on Goldberg...people actually chanting YES at him never being on TV again. I don't know exactly why but I'm 100% sure it's the companies fault.

Watch his post-Raw speech. The crowd booed him but he got them back on his side and love him again. The fans chanted Yes because they hated when he beat Owens for the belt. If you take out a favorite, fans dislike you.

 

[SallyIsNow]

When Brock is inevitably away we're going to see the already done/ruined feud of Roman v Strowman because they won't put Roman up against faces/wrestler that are over like Bálor, Seth, Joe, Sami, etc. NXT/RAW face Bálor isn't perfect but he's a damned sight better than the alternative. Bálor v Brock is probably the closest we'd get to the Bryan v Lesnar feud we'll never have in terms of booking and in-ring action.

Balor can't even tie Bryan's fucking shoe-laces. It won't be an ⅛ of an ⅛ of an ⅛ of an ⅛ as good as it would have been with Bryan.

 

[Tall4Life]

all the debuts tonight really makes it hilarious when people say Vince cares about SD as much as Raw because he's at both shows, and no, SD is going to get screwed in the 'shake up' as well.

And also as someone who never watches Raw I'm fucking blown away at the quick turn on Goldberg...people actually chanting YES at him never being on TV again. I don't know exactly why but I'm 100% sure it's the companies fault.

In terms of debuts, Raw got Revival and Hardyz, if you count them as they technically debuted at Mania.

We can then expect that SD gets Nakamura and Almas -- bad for the tag division of course because nothing will be going on, but that's huge for their singles division. They have another main eventer added with Nakamura and a guy who'll be great in the midcard in Almas, maybe going to the main event if the stars align. Smackdown's singles division is gonna kill it.