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Raw has virtually no stories at the moment. It's horrible. The only story they have is Zayn and Lashley and that is complete shit. Their formula is: We have MITB coming up, put all matches on raw with different combinations of opponents from their matches. Lazy.

I'm half-way through this article and it is such a good article I had to post. This article beautifully demonstrates the flaws of WWE as I do in this thread, but not only does it do this -- it also showcases why we still watch wwe. We no longer are fans, but rather more interested in asking ourselves wtf is WWE doing? http://whatculture.com/wwe/how-wwe-became-so-terrible-it-altered-the-way-we-watch-it

Has there been any less impactful star than Bobby Lashley? This guy comes in and is the most boring act I've seen since I last watched Randy Orton (speaking as a fan of Orton -- he's just really boring as a face in the past 2-3 years). Bobby Lashley has been given terrible storylines and matches. It's as if they were like, ok this guy is a star so we need him on the show, but we have no f***ing clue what to do with him so make him a babyface and give him random matches then will have this crazy fucking feud with Zayn.

Anderson has been getting hit around a lot so I fully expect the Sox to score a lot of runs. Unfortunately, I expect the hot brew crew to score a lot too.

Timmy Anderson

I have never been a bully to anyone on this site -- that's not who I am. Calling someone a normie or basic is not being a bully, in some respects -- people love being normal. I will have to ask that you guys stick to the discussion at hand. Is there any insight that you have on the posts? @Y2HH brought up a great point that I overlooked in regards to the Nia situation (as I only casually have been following some storylines). It's amazing the lack of structure WWE storyline writers have. Some would consider them extremely basic and pandering to a less than intelligent fan base. It's an insult. Look guys, I'm not trying to be captain douche, I come here to talk wrestling -- but if you guys can't see the problems with WWE, then it is my job to show you their logical inconsistencies.

Jose Abreu

Uhhh Abreu

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Lmao. Indeed. That's the kind of shit that happens when WWE needs to push Rousey into this match. There just was no reason for it to be done. Good analysis.

As much as I dislike Nia Jax, that was a good overall segment setting up their MITB match.

Once again, everything with Rollins is GOLD right now. Great fun match up with Jinder with Rollins attacking him with the Steel chair to end the match... ...Then Elias connects with the guitar on rollins. Very smart. Elias will likely get the IC match at MITB against rollins which will be good for both competitors.

Changes I would make to the WWE: 1) Limit PPVS. Have less of them. I don't know if this means just the 5 big ones... RR, WM, KOTR, SS, Survivor Series, or if it means going with say 7-9 with additions of WWE classics like Starcade, Great American Bash. I'd probably go about 7 PPVs. This would allow time for real feuds to grow. With the recent rise in Raw/Smackdown being much more important than PPVs this makes additional sense. It would help creative A LOT while keeping both weekly shows AND PPVs meaningful as the shows would develop almost a soap-opera feel with the storyline development and the pay offs would be the special PPVs. 2) Bring back KOTR clearly. Make things 'important' again and CREDIBLE. With the limited PPVs, everything would feel much more special. Instead of useless shitty PPVs like "Hell in the cell" or "Money in the bank" or "TLC" you have meaningful matches. One MITB match at WM. One PPV KOTR where a true King is crowned with credibility. A RR winner with credibility. No nonsense like Mojo Rawly winning the WM andre royal rumble and then being forgotten about. Everything will have a purpose. 3) Try to avoid mid match commercial breaks as much as possible. Self explanatory. 4) Stop the annoying advertisements from announcers and treating every match like it is the best ever and every PPV as if it is the best PPV of all time. This is degrading. This would instantly make the show much more watchable. These announcers are spoon-fed and forced to be marketers. Anyone remember how great Bobby Heenan was? Or the heel Jerry Lawler? Gimmie some more character and less telemarketers. 5) STOP with the 3 hour Raws and 1.5 hours of it is replays and flash backs. This is fucking AWFUL. They have 3 hours and a full roster of characters but instead they give us 50% replays of last week or video packages of what just happened or replay over replay of the same shit. There needs to be SUBSTANCE in the 3 hours all the way through. They ABSOLUTELY have the packed roster to make this happen. 6) Eliminate Brock Lesnar Seriously, this one is killing Raw. Be done with him. There's many more, but that's a good start.

Now, ELIAS IS a character. Whether you like his steez or not he is undeniably a unique character, one of the FEW in the WWE. That's why he has such an aura around him. It's too bad they have no idea what to do with him in the ring and he hasn't had a real meaningful match. I mean, he was in the elimination chamber or something? Right? But outside of that, nothing. Oh look, another MITB 1on1 match is scheduled.. roode vs. Owens... so 'creative'.

The whole way WWE programs with one man coming out to talk shit, interupted by other competitor, oh look a match. It's so basic and hurts the wrestlers and future booking. Imagine if, instead of this shit, you had Braun going crazy - killing shit, you had Finn and, I don't know - KO starting a mini feud somehow (something more creative then just a match up), and you had a mystery opponent attack Roode from back stage before a scheduled match. I mean, I'm coming up with shit on the fly, within 10 seconds -- that kind of shit would make the MItB match much more interesting then just the traditional WWE boring way. It sets up the future. Now you get a feud between Finn and KO that is seeded from their involvement in this match. The whole night at MITB you wonder if Roode will be there, who was the attacker, etc. And with Braun, the allure is there that he is a real monster.

Predictably, the show starts up with what they do almost always on Raw before PPVs. Have one main competitor come out, talk shit, have the other competitor interrupt.. Oh look GM Kurt schedules a match. A match that we saw just las week. ---> Pro-tip: This is as lazy as it gets booking wise. Nothing interesting is going on here and can be completely skipped over by viewers.

Due to memorial day baseball scheduling I'm checking out Raw tonight (in the background of course). I'm expecting an absolute shit-show. Raw on Holidays is known to be absolutely horrid as they 'mail' it in due to low viewership. Coupled into this is the fact that Raw has been the worst it's ever been (since the 00's, can't speak for the decline in 1995). It starts with the top... Brock Lesnar, the universal champion, not being on the show is just awful. But last weeks Lashley 3-sisters program got universally poor reviews as one of the worst spots in recent memory (only dwarfed by Bayley this is your life). There's nothing on Raw that is exciting except for seth Rollins right now. Let's see how this show does. Gulp.

Catchers in baseball are very bad this year. When we signed Castillo I was really excited to shore up that position and not have this happen. With the suspension, my worst nightmares are upon us.

Thanks for the review on the guy. Much appreciated.

Fuck sake this line up. Who the hell is Matt Skole? Ok. Let's go Sox, need games from Moncada / Abreu / Anderson for fantasy purposes.

LeBron cemented himself as the best player in the history of the universe.

Moncada

Let's go Sunday Day games, woohoo.

Tim Anderson