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[Duffman]

He's replacing Booker T and I see that as a trade up.

 

[Judge Fudge]

He's replacing Booker T and I see that as a trade up.

Depends. I would want heel coach not face.

 

[jeffro151]

Great matches from Sasha/Asuka and Roman/Miz.

 

[Judge Fudge]

I don't know what they are doing with Finn.

The closeups after

 

[Duffman]

I don't know what they are doing with Finn.

The closeups after

Well now that he's with the Club I'd say it's very likely they turn him and have him be a top heel. Raw has a lot of top faces but not a lot of top heels(actually I don't think they have any since Brock is just Brock, Strowman turned face around August and Samoa Joe is injured again). Also I can see them trading him and the Club to SD for KO-Zayn after WM to freshen him up.

But it's clear they have something planned for him since they gave him the most eliminations in the Rumble and he went the longest out of everyone.

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

PWInsider.com has broke that longtime Impact personality and announcer Jeremy Borash has been hired by WWE. No word on his role in WWE yet but since he produced the very successful "Broken" Matt hardy segments for Impact, I bet that is one of his first duties in WWE.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

PWInsider.com has broke that longtime Impact personality and announcer Jeremy Borash has been hired by WWE. No word on his role in WWE yet but since he produced the very successful "Broken" Matt hardy segments for Impact, I bet that is one of his first duties in WWE.

Sounds like he's going to be working down in NXT.

 

[wildturkey]

Rockstar Spud, formally of TNA/Impact, is now known as Drake Maverick (totally a pron star name) and is the GM of 205 Live. There's going to be a 16 man tournament with the finalists getting a match at Wrestlemania to win the Cruiserweight title. Basically, they're doing a hard reset of 205 Live.

 

[jeffro151]

Sounds like Sasha is going heel tonight!

 

[jeffro151]

Ugh. I hope Alexa's sexism angle doesn't go any further than tonight.

 

[Mistaken4193]

I just started watching again at Raw25 and I gotta say, I like Elias...that guy is a future Superstar.

 

[wildturkey]

Braun Strowman is awesome.

That is all

 

[RobToxin]

I have a great idea.

Let's make a scary cult-leader type character with mystic powers and let's bury him every week.

Bray Wyatt.

What The Undertaker would have been had he been an enhancement talent.

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

I have a great idea.

Let's make a scary cult-leader type character with mystic powers and let's bury him every week.

Bray Wyatt.

What The Undertaker would have been had he been an enhancement talent.

There is only one way to save Bray, Broken Bray Wyatt.

 

[RobToxin]

Ugh. I hope Alexa's sexism angle doesn't go any further than tonight.

I'm fine with the Alexa sexism angle because it's clear that her character is just trying to play the sexist card to weasel her way out of having to defend her title.

I'd rather a dozen heel Alexa promos trying to use sexism to her advantage than have to listen to one more Sasha Banks "When I was a girl *sob* Eddie Guerrero *sniffle sob* But we're women not divas *boohoohoo*" SJW promo ever again.

 

[jeffro151]

Rumors of the draft being held at the PPV after WM (Backlash), and all PPV's going forward will be dual-branded.

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

Rumors of the draft being held at the PPV after WM (Backlash), and all PPV's going forward will be dual-branded.

Which would pretty much kill the brand split again. Will it even make it a year this time???

 

[jeffro151]

Which would pretty much kill the brand split again. Will it even make it a year this time???

I don't understand why they have to do a draft every time they want to shake things up. Simply have trades.

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

I don't understand why they have to do a draft every time they want to shake things up. Simply have trades.

I agree. The draft really only made sense when they first did the split and needed to divide the roster. Unless the draft is only from NXT, it really isn't a draft.

 

[DefCONNOne]

Rumors of the draft being held at the PPV after WM (Backlash), and all PPV's going forward will be dual-branded.

At the Backlash, or whatever the April/Post-Mania PPV is named? That is incredibly stupid if you ask me. Do it on a Raw/SDL or don't do it at all.