Official Monday Night Raw & Smackdown Thread

[pwaldo]

I really don't get why they brought back DB so soon to only risk his life so he can go after a now meaningless belt. He brought nothing to the Royal Rumble other than look he's not going to win because he got dumped early so cheer for Roman Reigns instead.

[frizzzlecake]

I really don't get why they brought back DB so soon to only risk his life so he can go after a now meaningless belt. He brought nothing to the Royal Rumble other than look he's not going to win because he got dumped early so cheer for Roman Reigns instead.

I think his neck concerns are why he got that meaningless belt, they didn't want to put him in championship matches. I think DB should just hang em up, his run was great but not worth the risk at this point.

[Greengoblin782]

UGH!! Nobody wants to see The New Day on a PPV.

[Zeppelin1985]

The E really needs to change Naomi's theme if she's a heel. Its too weird for her entrance and the song is all happy and "somebody call my momma" crap. The little things man, they COUNT!

It was nice to see Bo and Ryder last night on Raw..unfortunately they were both in squash segments. Bo was good on the mic. I like his character and wish he would be taken more seriously.

Extreme Rules just reeks of rematches to me. Hopefully this will be the final Rusev/Cena match. And hopefully this IS the final Show/Reigns match, only the wrestling Gods would know why they decided to book Reigns into a program with Big Show for the millionth time, Lord almighty. Orton/Rollins is another rematch but I'm actually looking forward to that one. The Divas and Tag Titles matches seem like almost certain the champs will retain. Who knows if there will be an IC title match. Oh...and Ambrose Vs Harper. Sheesh, like we haven't seen that match already on a Raw or Smackdown.. And I love Harper.

What 5 current WWE wrestlers are you fans of and are must see for you?
Daniel Bryan, Neville, Seth Rollins, Luke Harper and Bo Dallas. Sheamus gets a shout out. As much as I got fed up with vignettes...I like this heel/bully Sheamus. I like his new theme music as well, very well suited for him.

[ajcorleone]

Despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, Seth Rollins’ “Curb Stomp” move has not been banned by WWE.
While WWE has not officially banned the move, it appears that Rollins will in fact be changing his finisher to the DDT-facebuster type move he used to beat Dolph Ziggler on Monday night’s RAW.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that Rollins using a new move is more of a “semantic situation,” and that WWE does not want to draw attention to the fact that the “Curb Stomp” is no longer being used.

[hobbyfan]

Semantics? WWE? Something's wrong here.

[pwaldo]

I think his neck concerns are why he got that meaningless belt, they didn't want to put him in championship matches. I think DB should just hang em up, his run was great but not worth the risk at this point.

Oh I know why they wouldn't give him the Championship belt because he is too much of an injury concern. But I just figured he would stay out of action longer to heal up 100% rather than seemingly return early to carry a belt that's basically below him at this point. I know I wouldn't have returned just to get shoved in the midcard.

[DaKidder]

Looks like D-Bry is out tonight. No IC title defense.
Neville vs Barrett on the pre-show

http://www.wwe.com/shows/extremerule...rules-27332720

[ajcorleone]

WWE.com has learned that Daniel Bryan is medically unable to compete tonight at WWE Extreme Rules. Therefore, there will be no Intercontinental Championship defense.

How will this breaking news affect the Intercontinental Championship picture? Stay with WWE.com all night long for updates as this story develops.

Meanwhile, WWE.com has also learned that Bad News Barrett, Daniel Bryan’s original opponent, will now face Neville in the WWE Extreme Rules Kickoff at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, available for free on WWE.com, the WWE App, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Pheed and the award-winning WWE Network.

[pwaldo]

Despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, Seth Rollins’ “Curb Stomp” move has not been banned by WWE.
While WWE has not officially banned the move, it appears that Rollins will in fact be changing his finisher to the DDT-facebuster type move he used to beat Dolph Ziggler on Monday night’s RAW.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that Rollins using a new move is more of a “semantic situation,” and that WWE does not want to draw attention to the fact that the “Curb Stomp” is no longer being used.

Why are they phasing it out? Did some whiny PC group complain about it or something? Geez that move was the only thing I liked about Rollins.