Official Monday Night Raw & Smackdown Thread

[ajcorleone]

It appears that the WWE Universe took their disapproval with Sunday night's Royal Rumble beyond the arena seats at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
Frustration spilling over

We all saw, and heard, the anger and frustration from WWE fans as they watched what was a hugely disappointing Rumble but now one eye witness report has revealed an altercation between fans and a number of WWE Superstars outside the 16,000 seat arena.
Nate Albright, a fan in attendance at last night's Royal Rumble, relayed the situation as he saw it to Wrestling Inc.

Describing a busy scene as wrestlers attempted to leave the arena in their vehicles, Alrbright makes it clear that most fans (and wrestlers) were in good spirits. There were though a number of fans intent of letting their frustrations be known.
"There were a few morons who ruined it...One such guy was banging on the Usos car with his souvenir metal folding chair from the floor seats. The driver slammed on the brakes and an Uso got out from the passenger side while the heckler TOOK OFF," explained Albright.

[Zeppelin1985]

This blizzard my have actually worked out in favor of the E, I thought Raw was awesome!! lol. Dean Ambrose is silky smooth on the mic, what a humorous promo he cut. Byron Saxton is growing on me and it appears the guy has some knowledge of the wrestling business and was a fan before he got the job. I thought he did a great job with the intro's for the HOF Royal Rumble panel. Rollins had a great interview as well, kid really is the future, in my book. As for Roman, I was hoping he would deliver a STRONG interview and boy did he. It was a nice touch bringing up his deeply rooted family history in wrestling. He wants to headline Mania for his pops, something his father never did. They asked him all the questions I was hoping for as well, no easy ones. Now his interview with Heyman & Lesnar was even better, IMO. Heyman is such a genius when it comes to cutting a promo. He put over the Samoan family big time and then he put over Lesnar. Btw, THANK YOU Paul for getting rid of that schmuck Cole and taking over the interview. Reigns looked ever so strong in his rebuttal to Heyman and it was a nice touch that instead of giving it to Heyman, he gave it directly to Brock. Eye to eye, face to face. I really wanted to see Daniel Bryan face Brock but with this first encounter between Brock & Reigns, it's making me care and want to see them fight. Good job Reigns, Heyman, Brock. Everybody.

[eric51]

I agree Heyman is gold whenever he opens his mouth but he can only get you to the door. Roman is very good at remembering his lines in a studio where they had all day and take after take to do it, you cannot get me to believe that they were live during those interviews. The only things live where the JBL Cole and Booker moments and the shots of the outdoors. Lesner should beat Reigns so badly it isnt funny, there is no credible good matches Reigns has been in that have made me think he holds a candle to Lesner, whom I dont even like but I gotta give him his due for The Summerslam match and how he ended the match at the Rumble.The stock took a major dip Monday after one match, and #cancelwwenetwork was trending worldwide for quite a while, so two interviews are not gonna change that. The people have spoken, The Rock couldn't even get that crap over. They have too seriously think before they act or they are not going to have an audience. Daniel Bryan is over NOW, they need to use him NOW!!!

[pwaldo]

AND is there anything Paul Heyman can't do?

Run a wrestling company?

[Thrillseeker]

2 years in a row the rumble winner gets booed.

I didnt think Roman was a deserving winner either but who did you guys want to win???

The fans these days are hard to please..........................

I think its obvious that most (including myself) wanted Daniel Bryan to win. But I knew it wasnt gonna happen. WWE waited to damn long last time to finally give Bryan a chance, and looks like they will repeat their stupidity.

[eric51]

I think its obvious that most (including myself) wanted Daniel Bryan to win. But I knew it wasnt gonna happen. WWE waited to damn long last time to finally give Bryan a chance, and looks like they will repeat their stupidity.

To quote Funaki "Indeed"

[pwaldo]

[snf_sportscollect]

My opinion for the wreatlemania main event lesnar vs roman is that Paul hey man will turn on lesnar an align himself with roman n roman wins the title or heyman aligns himself with Rollins n Rollins cashes in the case at wrestlemania

[bootan]

I think its obvious that most (including myself) wanted Daniel Bryan to win. But I knew it wasnt gonna happen. WWE waited to damn long last time to finally give Bryan a chance, and looks like they will repeat their stupidity.

Fair enough, but I sure didnt want Daniel winning either.

I guess Im old school like Vince and HHH, when I was young it was all about the big men. The ones you looked at and thought "this guy can kick butt". I remember when Big John Studd won the rumble in 89 and I was like............well that makes sense........lol

The worst winner for me ever was when Rey Jr won it. That to me was a kick in the guts. I know the fans loved him (sorta like Daniel Bryan) but it didnt seem believable.

Am I making any sense?? lol

[Thrillseeker]

Bryan and Mysterio are 2 different things entirely. Bryan I would say is way more over right now than Rey ever was. Plus, lets be honest, Rey won because he dedicated it to Eddie's memory so they wanted a "feel good" ending. I'm opposite of you I guess, because I want to watch a match and see guys in there that can actually wrestle. I hate big man matches. Nothing more boring to me than a Kane vs Big Show match or a Mark Henry vs Show, things like that. Bryan is the rare guy that is over with the people that like wrestling and over with most of the mainstream fans as well (Not you obviously but alot of them). I just dont get pushing someone just because they are big anymore, back then it worked, now it doesn't. Vince or HHH or whoever needs to open his eyes to that because the fans are really not just going to accept the same crap forced on them over and over again.