Official Monday Night Raw & Smackdown Thread

[Wwe fan]

This was a great RAW, lots of highlights.

[Zeppelin1985]

Lots of returns: The Mizery, Chris Jericho, The Great Khali, AJ Lee

Unfortunately, Barrett was stripped of his IC Championship due to his shoulder injury....*throws hands in air*.

3 weeks away to the next PPV, "Battleground". With the Main Event already set in place and a Battle Royal for the vacant IC Championship it looks like the other matches may be Rusev/Swagger - flag pole match?, maybe a fatal 4-way or triple threat for the Tag Team Titles between The Usos, Wyatt Family, Dust 2 Dust and RybAxel? Paige will probably get her rematch for the Divas Title. Possibly another divas match in Cameron Vs. Naomi. Maybe Rollins Vs. Ambrose. A mixed tag match of Fandango & Layla Vs. Ziggs & Summer. But what I'm most hoping for is a Bray Wyatt Vs. Chris Jericho match. "Yeah, baby, CMON!!!!!" Haha

Very good Raw.

[DaKidder]

One of the better Raw's in a long while. Some great returns, set up some great stories/matches, & it flowed nicely......oh who am I kidding........

AJ IS BACK! AJ IS BACK! AJ IS BACK! THE QUEEN HAS RETURNED & RECLAIMED HER THRONE!!! #BESTDIVAINTHEWORLD!!!!!! :D :D :D

[ajcorleone]

The Wyatts surrounding Jericho was a great move. I like two great mic talkers matched up. Of course we are in for another boring Cena title run until he gets hurt again and the story falls apart. Swagger / Rusev actually has the making of something,Swagger is a good talent he is just mis used.This could be a good move for him

[ajcorleone]

Just read this abut Brodus Clay

The following are highlights of a new Wrestling 101 interview with Brodus Clay:
Working with Cameron and Naomi: “That was a lot of fun, it was definitely a challenge, I was scared to death initially of doing it because I had trained to be an aggressive monster heel but they threw a curve ball at me and I had to deliver. I went to see the Dusty Rhodes and we sat down and spoke about the character and we danced to Moves Like Jagger and we figured it out after that.”
WWE NXT: “Adrian Neville was an aggressive opponent and I really enjoyed getting to work with him. Adrian was a great competitor and I enjoyed throwing him around but he stood up to me and I enjoyed that. That new Performance Centre down there is amazing, the guys coming in there today, they have all of the tools to succeed, they have everything – perhaps even too much. I kind of like being in the down and dirty dungeon and scratching my way to the top but that is an awesome place.”
“Sami Zayn, he is just incredible, Cory Graves before his injury I thought he was amazing. The Divas division down there in NXT is probably the best in the world, there is a lot of talented people down there who will be worth looking out for but those are the two that really stood out from the crowd for me.”
Highlights from his time with WWE: “Easy, wrestling Edge was one of them, my matches with Heath Slater are some of my all time favourites, tagging with Santino Marella. I’m just really grateful I got to work with many great guys like Jack Swagger, Damien Sandow, Dolph Ziggler was one of my favourite guys to work with – Dolph suplexed me, but it was just a great bunch of guys to work with.”
His future in wrestling: “TNA and Japan are definitely things that are on my list, there are also many great indy organisations out there. Rumour has it Jeff Jarrett also has something going on with his new promotion Global Force Wrestling, so there are a few different options but I’m open to offers and my door is always open, I’m definitely not done and I’m going to keep on working hard. With regards to returning back to WWE, I don’t control those things but I’m going to treat it like I did last time I was released by WWE and keep on working hard and moving forward, I will put it behind me and move onto other things. You can never say never in wrestling, but at the moment my mind is set on doing my own thing.”
How Vince McMahon was as a boss: “He is the boss, he was a gentleman, he tells you exactly what he thinks, if he likes it, he tells you you’ve done a good job, if he doesn’t like something he lets you know about that as well. I got on really well with the agents there as well, Mike Rotunda, Dave Finlay, Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko, Jamie Noble, and Road Dogg, it was just really good getting to work with all of those guys as well, I always respected the chain of command.”

[Zeppelin1985]

Just read this abut Brodus Clay

The following are highlights of a new Wrestling 101 interview with Brodus Clay:
How Vince McMahon was as a boss: “He is the boss, he was a gentleman, he tells you exactly what he thinks, if he likes it, he tells you you’ve done a good job, if he doesn’t like something he lets you know about that as well. I got on really well with the agents there as well, Mike Rotunda, Dave Finlay, Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko, Jamie Noble, and Road Dogg, it was just really good getting to work with all of those guys as well, I always respected the chain of command.”

I know Rotunda was in the WWF but he was also in WCW and one of his gimmicks (VK Wallstreet) was a jab @ Vince too! Aside from Road Dogg & I guess Rotunda, all the other guy's made their bones in WCW. Funny how the majority of road agents are WCW guys. Man, I wish Bischoff had been the one to buy WCW...

[pwaldo]

So I take it AJ Lee isn't pregnant?

[Greengoblin782]

So I take it AJ Lee isn't pregnant?

I would have to think if she was pregnant that they wouldn't of had her wrestle.

[Zeppelin1985]

I would have to think if she was pregnant that they wouldn't of had her wrestle.

Much less regain the WWE Divas Championship.

[Greengoblin782]

– WWE Superstar Zack Ryder tweeted the following today:
“It’s a sad day. I now have 0 items for sale on @WWEShop.com. #DecentRun”
“In honor of now having 0 items for sale on @WWEShop, post pic wearing a vintage ZR item. I’ll send 5 random winners an autograph. #DecentRun”