Raw used to be 2 hours long, yes?

There was over an hour of bullshit that could have been cut out of the show. Easily.

Seriously though, if we all don't subscribe to the Network there might not be a WWE at all in three years. The financial future of the company absolutely depends on the Network's success, and the company is BLEEDING money right now because they only have 700,000 subscribers.

The good thing is that it is a ****ing awesome product that's worth more than what they charge for it.

When it works, awesome.

I agree with this completely. This WWE Network is the most fan friendly thing I've ever seen a company release. I was really hoping it would do well, and I am disappointed with how few subscribers they're have been. If it had done well, maybe other companies would follow suit on something similar. Anybody who has ever been a wrestling fan and has a little bit of disposable income owes it to themselves and the sport to buy the subscription. It's a wonderful package just based upon the fact that you can watch any ppv in the history of the WWE, WCW, and ECW. Just a great deal.

I would get it but I'm on the Sprint network and it's trash.

Paul Heyman is the best.

Q

God damn they just buried Cena. He must be going off TV for awhile.

That Lesnar/Cena match was the best booked WWE match in a long time. It was GLORIOUS.

What happened?

Brock Lesnar basically raped him.

Could watch this on loop for a long time

http://i.imgur.com/W7f2Hvx.gif

Lesnar gave Cena SIXTEEN GERMAN SUPLEXES.

:eek:

Lesnar was the only choice tonight after he ended Undertaker's streak.
... and I'm not a big Cena hater either.

Setting up for Reigns to beat Cena at Mania.

I heard the actual match was terrible, though.

Cena had 3 or 4 offensive moves/flurries. That's it. Rest was Lesnar German suplexing him and ground and pounding him.

The Reigns/Orton match? It was pretty boring. A few nice spots but lots of vintage-Orton rest holds.

Also obvious they just threw Cena in Daniel Bryans place. Would have made more sense if Lesnar decimated him.

No, I meant I heard the Brock-Cena match was terrible. I'm gonna watch tonight after work.

You will enjoy the miz/ dolph match, and Rollins/ Ambrose

The Cena/Lesnar match was awesome. The opposite of terrible. It was never going to be a match about workrate. This was a match about a story. A brutal, physical story.

I was super excited to watch Ambrose-Rollins. But I already know that Kane interfered, so excitement is gone. The Kane interruption is completely played out. He needs to go away for good.

I don't understand the love for Zigler that everyone else has, but I'm going to watch with an open mind.

I shall report my findings.

(Ziggler)He is one of the best sellers in the game. And I agree on Kane. I just try to embrace the feud. It's a rock/hhh type when those two were coming up.(ambrose/rollins,)

I agree. In the little bit that I've watched since Cena won the belts, Rollins and Ambrose have been by far the best watch. Unbelievable what those two do.

Speaking of which, the money in the bank match with those two in it was absolutely sick until....you guessed it, Kane interfered. What's sad is I knew it was coming. When the audience knows it's coming, and can depend on it, it's no fun.

I agree.

Hopefully Bryan is back for the Rumble and goes on to beat Brock at Mania. Pretty much would cement his place.

Who won between Virgil and The Million Dollar Man?

I don't know. I think they want reigns.

I don't see it. I think he'll end up like Ryback.

I just watched the match, and I couldn't agree more.

I love how Lesnar kind of started to turn a purplish blue at one point. LMAO

Lesnar is a scary mo-fo. Hope he sticks around and is on TV for a while.

Yeah, at one point he stuck his tongue out with a sick glee...and his skin was about the same color as his tongue.

Stephanie's tits were a bouncing.. that's why the guys were chanting.

Poor timing for Ambrose to be taking off and shooting a movie. Dude is white hot right now.

Heyman was great tonight. As usual.

Ambrose is my favorite wrestler right now. He is just ****ing awesome

holee shit

Another HOLEE SHIT

Why is there cinder blocks by the ring?

THE ROCK!

Setting up a fued with Rusev from the looks of it.

Sweet.

For you Randy Orton fans...

http://deadspin.com/randy-orton-is-r...net-1646153782

ROFL

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Just out of curiosity,

whats the logic behind not moving this thread (about a TV show)

to the media channel?

Just wondering...

Sports Entertainment. Scripted of course, but they're absolutely athletes competing.

i see, thanks

Derp.D

Orton turns face.

I'm guessing we're about to see Mark Henry turn heel as well.

I really enjoy watching the Rhodes brothers wrestle.

Mark Henry is one strong SOB. Predictable heel turn, but whatever.

I was hoping they'd bring Ryback back to take on Rusev. I'd say that will eventually happen, but he would have received a huge pop (though the reaction tonight wasn't too shabby).

Do we know who Rusev's next victim will be yet? I tuned out from 8-9

I think it just hit me - Kurt Angle.

Is that even possible? LMAO

He is signed.

NXT is still the best thing going in the WWE. Top to bottom, tonight was a fantastic show.

NXT is pretty much my favorite thing in the world right now.

If any of you guys haven't watched NXT lately, or at all, go on Hulu (or the WWE Network, if you have it) and watch the last three episodes, culminating in the live 2-hour show from last night.

Every single thing about last night's show was good. Most of it was fantastic. Kevin Owens' (Kevin Steen) debut was memorably violent; Finn Balor (Prince Devitt) brought his NJPW body paint & entrance flair over to NXT for the first time; Charlotte & Sasha Banks tore the house down with their match because women's wrestling on NXT is superb; the main event between Sami Zayn & Adrian Neville was their best match yet.

Saw Charlotte on raw. She's a beast.

If you thought that from a b.s. two-minute thing on RAW then wait til you see her in an 18 minute match.

I bet.

NXT is the ****ing best....Steen's debut was badass, loved Balor's entrance and paint job, the Zayn/Neville match was awesome and the ending was incredible.

That was easily the best WWE show of 2014...

My only problem is I don't want to see these guys get called up to the main roster and go the way of Bo Dallas & Adam Rose. Zayn has a little Bryan in him in terms of charisma, but will Vince & Co. give him that chance?

The tag match with Ascension & Balor/Itami was rad and I generally hate tag matches (or at least the WWE idea of "let's just throw 4 guys in the main event together every week"). But I'm worried that Ascension just turns into a cooler version of The Dust Brothers on the main roster and that Balor & Itami never get the chance to showcase themselves to a big audience.

Don't get me wrong, that show was great, arguably the 2 best shows of the year have been NXT shows. I just hope these guys get the same chance on Raw some day.

Was Adam Rose good in NXT?

I wasn't really paying attention when he was there, but I seem to remember at least a few people who were excited by him. My point remains the same though, that these NXT guys need a good opportunity on the main roster. Rose & Dallas basically got 2 weeks to get over with bad segments & squash matches and when it didn't work, they got turned into jobbers.

He was good as leo kruger the big game hunter type who was crazy!

If you are a fan of wrestling but you are sick of the WWE, New Japan Pro Wrestling is being shown on AXS with English commentary on Friday evenings. I watched the WrestleKingdom 9 PPV with Jim Ross and Matt Stryker doing the commentary earlier this month and I am absolutely sold on the New Japan matches. It's extremely entertaining.

It's almost dumbfounding at how ****ing clueless this company is....

and they did it in Philly. Its sad that the WWE doesn't have any real competition. They deservedly should be getting kicked around.

I loved the match between Cena/Rollins/Lesnar. Great match.

I hate Roman Reigns. So, so much. After Bryan was eliminated, you knew how it was going to end. :(

I really hope it gets to the point that the crowd is cheering Lesnar against Reigns at Mania.

If it ends up being Brocks vs. Roman in the main event of Mania with no Rollins appearance, I might be done with the damn Network.

Rollins will cash in his Money in the Bank contract when Reigns beats Lesnar at Mania I'm guessing.

I'll still be cheering for Brock though.

Did Sting do anything ?

Heard The Rock showed up, helped out his cuz Roman Reigns win the RR.

It was obvious Lesnar would continue to hold the title...his contract expires right after WM, they're going to milk that for all that it's worth...even if it's him showing up for a few times a month (if that).

Love the APA....JBL's clotheslines from hell still makes me cringe.

The sad thing is that the WWE learned nothing from last year's debacle. Not a single thing.

Ill be cheering for him to get back in the UFC

Yeah this is what kills me the most. It's like Vince woke up, heard the crowd chanting for Bryan (or Ambrose. Or Cesaro. Or Ziggler...) and said "no, **** them, what they really want is Roman Reigns."

It doesn't make any ****ing sense. And the hell of it is I'm not as mad as I am disappointed. I think we all saw this coming in the middle of last year. It's predictable and not entertaining at all. The only reason to watch at this point is to see how bad the crowd will hijack it (or pray that Seth cashes in. That kid's been awesome).

Man, after that triple threat, he can stay as long as he likes. They're booking him perfectly (things I won't be saying after Wrestlemania) and that match was ****ing brilliant.

I'm guessing they dropped a significant amount of jack to have The Rock show up so that the crowd wouldn't completely shit all over Reigns?

Seems like a hollow strategy they'll see right through.

they saw right through it

it was bad, reallllllly bad

#CancelWWENetwork is the top thing trending on twitter worldwide right now.

Seems like I haven't missed much since I stopped watching a year ago.

Yeah reign good guy but limited moves and bad promos make it hard to cheer for him!

LMAO

Maybe WWE will take the hint?

roman reigns is going to get x-pac heat

Oh god, reading some write-ups makes me think I'm not gonna bother watching for the next year either.