Official Monday Night Raw & Smackdown Thread

[MCXC1987]

so true I miss RKO's to oldtimers. His Feud with UnderTaker that ended at Mania was one of my personal favorites I honestly thought Orton was going to break the streak.

Although I will give his Viper gimmick one compliment. His Wrestlemania build up with Triple H was awesome, the match itself wasn't anything to brag about. But when he'd get on the mic back in the day it was usually good/entertaining. Although I think his ego back then really helped him in that role HAHA. Since having his baby girl you can tell he matured a TON. But I still hold out hope he'll go back to that bad guy

[gladdyontherise]

that pretty much sums it up. however i disagree with gladdy on bryan not being over. did no one hear the crowd when big show was knocked out. he gets a great reaction from the crowd when he comes out every time. his mic skills aren't there but they are on par with randy orton...

Lets be fair. EVERYTIME the MiTB briefcase is cashed in on/people assume it'll happen they go NUTS. Remember when Swagger cashed in? That crowd went nuts for it.

I must've missed his crowd reactions lately (Don't put much stock into Smackdown because they pipe in sound for almost everyone) because when I see him come out he doesn't get cheered much. Look at RAW this past week for example. CM Punk big cheers, Zack Ryder HUGE cheers, Daniel Bryan...not much

You can't blame him for that. Its what the give him as a character...sadly. His Viper gimmick is him being crazy and with some screws loose. His Legend Killer stuff was sooo much better and I wish one day they'd bring that back.

To be fair, Orton isn't great on the mic in general, has nothing to do with his character.

[geoffyb]

maybe we dont hear the same thing but he gets cheered everytime i see him on tv. hes not as over as ryder or punk but they are trying to work on that

[detroittigerfan76]

I personally think DB would make a great heel character It wouldnt be that big of a stretch to turn him heel due to all of his haters.(Im not a huge fan) but id still like to see where it goes he certainly cant do any worse than ADR did as champion.

[gladdyontherise]

The crowd is on fire tonight. Chicago = Awesome

[geoffyb]

i should have bought tickets

[MCXC1987]

The crowd is on fire tonight. Chicago = Awesome

Thats what Mr. Excitement brings to the table HAHA

[geoffyb]

hes a rad dude

[gladdyontherise]

The Vice President of Talent Relations and the Interim General Manager of RAW, Mr. John Laurinaitis is highly entertaining.

[gladdyontherise]

Convinced that Undertaker is returning for the 1000th time next week