Official Monday Night Raw & Smackdown Thread

[ajcorleone]

This is adoreable

[Greengoblin782]

^ Great video.

[Greengoblin782]

Do they realize that if they keep promoting the WWE network like this, a lot of people will not renew their subscriptions.

[Greengoblin782]

Can Goldust and Stardust get any stranger. The Usos need to drop the belts to a new team.

[Wwe fan]

Very interesting heel turn... And whats up with this crowd?? Think i could hear a pin drop.

[palantri]

they are running out of faces to turn heel...

[eric51]

Do they realize that if they keep promoting the WWE network like this, a lot of people will not renew their subscriptions.

But it is only 9.99!!!!!!!

[Greengoblin782]

If they are going to humiliate Damian Sandow with all these ridiculous persona just release him already.

[Greengoblin782]

This is really painful to watch.

[ajcorleone]

Bad news for the Rose Buds — WWE brass is just about done with the Adam Rose character and his traveling party band. According to PWMania, the WWE rumors are that Rose and his buds have been absent from WWE because his character just wasn’t getting over with the audience.
Rose hasn’t been on WWE TV since a win over Damien Sandow on Raw on July 28th. His previous Raw appearance was a mixed tag match win with Summer Rae over the team of Fandango and Layla.
Rose recently reappeared in NXT, as a partner to Sami Zayn, and is currently teaming with Zayn in the NXT tag team tournament to decide the #1 contenders for the NXT tag team belts.
REACTION: The WWE has as much patience as network television when it comes to new products. Network TV will pull a new show after one week, one airing, or sometimes even before the show hits the air. WWE will allow a little longer leash but usually only if it’s a character or angle Vince (or Kevin Dunn) personally takes affection towards. A good example of this is Fandago (a Vince favorite) who continues to show up on WWE even after continuous loses and a general lack of interest from the WWE universe.
The Adam Rose gimmick was big in NXT but that doesn’t always mean it will be gold on Raw. Honestly, I never cared much for the gimmick and his Rose Bud army, but I’m not sure it was really given a fair chance. Vignettes leading up to Rose’s arrival on Raw went for months. I’d imagine that would be enough of a reason to give the character more time and more matches. I’m also always perplexed as to why the WWE doesn’t flip the script. If Rose wasn’t getting over with fans, why not get the character some heat? Have Rose and the Rose Buds interrupt interviews, cost popular wrestlers matches, or do anything just to annoy the hell out of the WWE audience?