WWE: Monday Night Raw #184 - The Roman/Jinder Era

[dahrougem2]

Man, McIntyre is just shredded. Like that guy legitimately looks like he can beat anyone, be it Lesnar, Strowman, whoever or whatever the size.

It's amazing the transformation he has gone through over the years. It helps that he has the height to go with the definition.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Plus dat beard

 

[Shoalzie]

McIntyre cuts an impressive figure. He looks like a legit bad ass. His character has some form of motivation and he's got a great look. Meanwhile, Roman...

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I’ve come to the conclusion it’s still too hard to be heel and be ska. Zayn needs to step it up even more and switch to a fedora cap and talk about how craft beer is better in a different city that he’s in.

Go total hipster douche Zayn. Do it.

 

[Fro]

That would be funny

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

That would be funny

I was drunk at a show last night and this fedora hipster douchey Guy was by me all night and I just kept thinking how he would make a good heel.

 

[ColePens]

Bayley is one of the better workers on the roster. She is the victim of the same roster mismanagement as everyone else.

Plus they don’t really value work rate on the main roster. At least not as far as pushes go.

Think that is exactly why you see someone like KO scaling his work back. He doesn’t need to put on five star matches anymore to make a good living with decent TV time.

It needs mentioned over and over and over that a lot of times it's the writing/booking of these talents and not the talent themselves. Wade Barrett said in his post-WWE interview:

“When you’re with WWE, you are operating within very fine boundaries that you cannot step outside of,”

So it's not like these guys can just go do whatever character they want. They are stuck with what they want. Bayley can't change how she was booked. Barrett, Rusev, Cesaro, McIntyre, Bray, etc can't do much. They are at the mercy of others. I just feel that's so important to remember. It's often forgotten and people claim the wrestler sucks. there is just so much more into it.

 

[GKJ]

Bayley’s problem is that her character and how she needed to be booked was way too patient for Vince. She had a big slow burn that took a couple years, and for Vince, a slow burn is like 2 months, unless you’re beating Lesnar

 

[Jussi]

Time for a post-watershed production.

 

[GKJ]

What town are we in

 

[Jussi]

Arena looks packed.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

OMG she's here

 

[GKJ]

Stephanie promo botch

 

[Kairi Zaide]

OMG he's here

 

[Fro]

Steph and Roman in same segment...oh look game 6

 

[Jussi]

Steph and Roman in same segment...oh look game 6

Won't start until after 10 minutes.

 

[Fro]

Won't start until after 10 minutes.

still more interesting than Steph and Roman...

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

still more interesting than Steph and Roman...

This segment is pretty terrible!

I’d rather watch the discover card commercial on loop.

 

[Fro]

precisely!

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Owens getting cheap heat for liking Roman!!! Haaaaaaaa

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Quite the stripper heals, Steph. Yeesh

 

[GKJ]

Kevin Owens comes out and gets a decent script and IMMEDIATELY gets geeked out by Stephanie, both oh whom are heels.

 

[Jussi]

KO selling just a bit too much.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

that guy with the bright green shirt is way too into it

 

[GKJ]

Johnathan Coachman has a premonition that Stephanie McMahon - who announced she will preside over the contract signing - will be seen again on the show