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[The Strokes]

So is this for the title? Just tuning in.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Jobber's entrance for RuRu. Fuck's sake.

...that's not what that was. The point is that Rusev angrily demanded the rematch as soon as possible, which is why they announced it as happening in the opening segment.

 

[LiQuid!]

he's wearing a bulletproof vest Rusev, those punches do nothing

It's not like it's a Rusev's fistsproof vest...

 

[Uno Venova]

These guys really tore the house down last night I was waiting for a rematch.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Reigns working a fake injury angle to cover for his awful lifting powerbombs.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Already this match is better then their first one last night.

 

[Wagram]

Slow as balls match.

 

[blackaroni]

Whining last night about Roman closing the show and now whining about him opening the show today.

 

[Sanjuro]

Goldberg is still showing up at 8:55, right?

 

[Fox318]

Whining last night about Roman closing the show and now whining about him opening the show today.

I'm not whining that he is opening the show.

If anything because this is a title match it should close the show.

 

[Uno Venova]

Whining last night about Roman closing the show and now whining about him opening the show today.

He'll probably do both.

 

[Brian_FETO]

Wow Roman is taking a lot of damage before he gives that spear

 

[DogDude]

Really good match. Some nice chain wrasslin

 

[Barrage]

Giving Reigns my Ratings Spirit.

P.s.-this match is very good. People really take for granted how good the average wrestling on RAW is, but because of that PPVs feel less special.

 

[LiQuid!]

This crowd is cheering for this shit. Vince is right we're all wrong

 

[TimeEffect]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

 

[Dick Justice]

...that's not what that was..

Yes, it was.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

I'm not whining that he is opening the show.

If anything because this is a title match it should close the show.

No, see, they gotta get this over with early so Roman can get involved in a Universal Title angle for Hell in a Cell so he can hold both belts.

 

[Nose Master]

Two commercial breaks in 18 minutes. How long is the average raw with commercials cut out?

 

[Gaiaknight]

if rollins is seriously hurt who the hell is owens gonna feud with not that reigns is us champion. I hope they dont do the jericho double cross ahead of schedule because of this.

 

[DogDude]

if rollins is seriously hurt who the hell is owens gonna feud with not that reigns is us champion. I hope they dont do the jericho double cross ahead of schedule because of this.

Pretty confident Jericho is about to get fed to Reigns

 

[Heroman]

if rollins is seriously hurt who the hell is owens gonna feud with not that reigns is us champion. I hope they dont do the jericho double cross ahead of schedule because of this.

AJ styles

 

[Man God]

Hunter x hunter is better friend.

What is this Hunner X-Pac Hunner?

 

[Gaiaknight]

Two commercial breaks in 18 minutes. How long is the average raw with commercials cut out?

just over 2 hrs after commercials are taken out.

 

[The Strokes]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

What? No.

 

[Toki767]

This crowd is dead.

 

[esmith08734]

It feels like these dudes have been wrestling for four hours. Just end this.

 

[Officerrob]

I haven't watched wrestling in a few weeks, but has Reigns put on weight? His vest looks like it bulges out more

 

[Uno Venova]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

Cena actually put in great offense before his never give up persona. Compared to Roman's sleeping >> Spear.

 

[SallyIsNow]

Just fucking end it.

 

[Man God]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

No because the actual prime for a wrestler is 35-40, contrary to all logic for real sports.

Roman is far and ahead of Cena when it comes to wrestling ability at this stage in his career. Slightly worse at telling a story in a match but not bad. A million years behind on promo ability. A decent amount behind on raw charisma.

 

[Gaiaknight]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

not even close Cena was getting huge pops for a very long time before they moved him to raw and kept the title on him for a year.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Is this the same city as last night? I am seeing a bunch of similar faces in the crowd.

 

[BewareTheBatsie]

Match is more entertaining then Rollins vs Owens.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

Cena is in his prime right now.

Roman definitely does a lot more than Cena did in 2005 to mid 2006, though. Go back to that period, and almost all of Cena's title matches are him taking punishment, kicking out of finishers, and then putting his opponents away with one FU.

 

[Chamber]

if rollins is seriously hurt who the hell is owens gonna feud with not that reigns is us champion. I hope they dont do the jericho double cross ahead of schedule because of this.

Seff will tape up the ribs and be good to go for HIAC. You can have him appear on the show without wrestling until then.

 

[KingBroly]

Is roman a more entertaining wrestler than Cena was in his prime?

Because Roman puts on good matches

No way.

Cena also almost got fired before he turned into Eminem. He also had a visible passion while wrestling.

Reigns is like 'I know I'm awesome. Fuck ya'll.'

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Is this the same city as last night? I am seeing a bunch of similar faces in the crowd.

No. Indianapolis last night, Cincinnati tonight.

 

[NateDrake]

Let's pin him a few more dozen times so Roman Spears him once for the victory.

 

[Bizazedo]

Vince McMahon spotted at the debate!

 

[WouldYouKindly]

They cant be serious with this shit 30 mins on a raw? As the opener i even took a cat nap and its still fucking on

 

[KingBroly]

Let's pin him a few more dozen times so Roman Spears him once for the victory.

No one kicks out of the Spear, unfortunately


EDIT - What a terrible match

 

[gun_haver]

No because the actual prime for a wrestler is 35-40, contrary to all logic for real sports.

Not exactly true - a wrestler's 'prime' can come at any time but yeah wrestlers can have a prime up into their early 40's more or less. I haven't seen any examples of people older than 45 who were considered in their prime at that point and the oldest one I can think of is probably the Undertaker - while I wasn't around for this, I hear his best years were widely considering to be his last full time ones, when he would have been well into his mid 40's.

 

[Angry Grimace]

30 minutes for a fucking countout

 

[BananasWithGuns]

30 min match for a double count out. Fucking hell lol.

 

[slabrock]

double count out lel

 

[Hidden One]

Double count outs are fuckin dumb.

 

[esmith08734]

All that for a count out. lol. Also what did that fan / Roman say to each other? Roman seemed pissed.

 

[Matticers]

30 minutes just to end in a double count out. Awful. Well, time to switch to football and then the debate.

 

[Uno Venova]

At least this is a more unique ending than the usual Roman match.