WWE Discussion thread- Raw/SD/PPV

[no10pin]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Problem with Jacob Fatu is without the Bloodline he's not very interesting and just falls into the vast number of big men
( Big show, Mark Henry, Bronson Reed, Omos, etc...) that seems to all get lost in the shuffle and never have a long shelf life. Sure Henry and Show had runs with the title but they were short and mostly forgotten. They are remembered more post wrestling than they were when they were active.

As much as people like him now in the present in 5 yrs nobody will likely remember him for anything but the Bloodline story. It's not a knock on him personally it's just how sports entertainment goes.

Jacob Fatu is going to be a star in the company, Bloodline or not.

[natbornkiller]

Originally Posted by whitmm

Bronson Reed put out a statement about his injury. It was more than just a fracture and that he's going to miss Rumble and Mania.

https://youtu.be/3WlyadsVo_M?si=zmdi_738wKJ6QCXN

[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by Gurds

God speed to you all who watch




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Why? It's a PPV level card tonight. Coming from the guy who praises everything AEW...

[sauceboy]

Any guesses as to what Penta might be doing tonight? I hope he has a match, but I imagine they'll probably hold off on having him wrestle for another few weeks.

[Cracktoast]

Read that HHH stated Raw won't be the same week to week. Some shows could be as short as 40 min and others up to 4 hrs.

Guessing weeks when they are head to head with a big sports event like College Football and Basketball Championship games where ratings tend to be lower will be the shorter end of 40 min-1 hr and shows before and after a big PPV like WM, SS, Rumble will be on the longer side of 3-4 hrs.

[Cracktoast]

Taker, Hogan, and HBK all said to be in LA and scheduled to appear in some fashion.There was also reports of a smoking skull in a drone show hyping the Netflix debut earlier this week.

HHH will do a cold open for RAW which lasts about 3 1/2 minutes. Several places have actually posted online.

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by Cracktoast

Read that HHH stated Raw won't be the same week to week. Some shows could be as short as 40 min and others up to 4 hrs.

Guessing weeks when they are head to head with a big sports event like College Football and Basketball Championship games where ratings tend to be lower will be the shorter end of 40 min-1 hr and shows before and after a big PPV like WM, SS, Rumble will be on the longer side of 3-4 hrs.

I don't think he was serious about those times. Remember, there are still commercials. And I'm pretty sure they aren't selling ad space on a week by week basis.

A 40 minute run time would be like 30 minutes of show, based on a normal TV schedule.

In that interview, he said that the sweet spot was between 2-3 hours and that anything less than 2 hours seems like they miss out on story telling elements.

https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/t...ll-be-flexible

Sounds like the 40ish minute comment was dismissed in the same answer

[duwal]

hopefully WWE still uploads the same amount of Youtube show clips as they did before

[JustinVerlander07]

....That's a way to open the show

[RedLabelRecords]

Epic intro.

And then there goes the rock, swearing on cam again.

Things are gonna change around here.

[JustinVerlander07]

So...Rock is babyface?

[whitmm]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

So...Rock is babyface?

How dare he call Roman the Tribal Chief instead of Solo? And he went and gave Cody a hug.

[RedLabelRecords]

For those of you with premium versions of Netflix, what are you seeing now while we’re watching commercials?

[Gurds]

It took 32 minutes for a match to actually start. None of that stuff at the beginning was needed. Could have opened the show hot with the match. Good lord.

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[DrZman]

Originally Posted by RedLabelRecords

For those of you with premium versions of Netflix, what are you seeing now while we’re watching commercials?

It was a quick video about Tribal Combat. Seems silly to imagine them standing there for a minute doing nothing while it played.

[duwal]

Originally Posted by Gurds

It took 32 minutes for a match to actually start. None of that stuff at the beginning was needed. Could have opened the show hot with the match. Good lord.

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they probably wanted more of a slow intro maybe for those people who aren't as big of wrestling fans and just checking it out on Netflix

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by duwal

they probably wanted more of a slow intro maybe for those people who aren't as big of wrestling fans and just checking it out on Netflix

Yeah good point but geeze.

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[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by Gurds

It took 32 minutes for a match to actually start. None of that stuff at the beginning was needed. Could have opened the show hot with the match. Good lord.

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Go watch AEW then.

[Cracktoast]

Not impressed whatsoever with the camera work so far. I mean why do I need a close up a Roman Reigns's sneakers? WWE trying to be too cute with all this technology and stuff stick with what has brought you to where you are at

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

Go watch AEW then.

No I can come in here and complain about WWE if you can complain about AEW. Don't be a hypocrite

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[Gurds]

Surprised they didn't go commercial free for like the first hour or the entire show for their first show on Netflix.

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[Baraka]

Yea lot of wide shots, like this is an NFL game.

[PLB9eight]

Still trying to figure where Rock goes from here. People want Rock not Dwayne Johnson


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[JustinVerlander07]

Originally Posted by Gurds

No I can come in here and complain about WWE if you can complain about AEW. Don't be a hypocrite

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Why are you watching something you don't like? I don't watch AEW except a clip once in a blue moon on tiktok or twitter when it's relevant.

[Gurds]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

Why are you watching something you don't like? I don't watch AEW except a clip once in a blue moon on tiktok or twitter when it's relevant.

I haven't had cable in a few years (cut the cord) so I wanted to give it a look to see what they've done. Didn't realize I had to like the product to give it a watch on their first night on Netflix. Probably will stop watching except for clips after tonight.

Also this match is such a slog. So slow so far. Solo is not a good wrestler. Roman I like but his matches always seem to work so slow.

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