FEEDBACK: Review-A-Raw 7/10

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What is Kurt Angle's secret? Leave your best guess along with feedback and questions below for tonight's edition of WWE RAW and download REVIEW-A-RAW early Tuesday with myself and my very special guest co-host, Keep It 2000's Nate Milton.

[demon88]

Mark from Vaughan

I hope the powers that be are calling audibles on future booking to capitalize on how hot Joe is right now. He comes off like a guy that's been waiting an eternity to get here and the confidence and intensity he brings to promos is unlike anyone else. There's clear physical and creative chemistry with Brock too.

Question: If we get a 4-way for the title at SummerSlam, would you go ahead and put the title on Joe to give him a run before Roman inevitably takes it into Mania season?

[jeremyfromoz]

Jeremy

The Revival beating up the Hardys was great, i was hoping for more so they can write them off for a while (or at least Matt) than they can come back BROKEN, does anybody actually care about seth freaking rollins or Wyatt? They have really dropped the ball on these two since mania.

Reigns comes off a lose and says he is the number 1 contender, why? Because its his yard, thats valid right? Or are we booking WCW style now.

Maybe we will get a 3 way for the womens title, which Alexa should retain, than finally we can get the bayley V banks spin off we all don't want anymore! as NO ONE CARES about Bayleys girlish character!

Question: do you guys have any update on the hardys getting the broken gimmicks yet?

[jmtempleton]

Jesse from the 6

Views on Raw:
A reasonably entertaining show.
I very much like how multiple characters can go in multiple directions from here. Will we have a 4-way for the Title at SummerSlam or a 1-on-1 match? Will Seth continue on with Bray or will we see he and Ambrose team against the Miz/Miztourage? And with Bayley pinning Bliss, the Women's Title picture is more interesting.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say the WWE are actually learning to utilise the slightly longer period of time they have between PPVs on individual brands.

Yesterday on Twitter, in response to a question about Roman's heelish actions, Brian Mann said that Vince only cares about creating "moments" and not the impression that they leave. This was a very illuminating statement for me.
I'm not against "shades of grey" characters at all, but I think that it's an idea the WWE lazily employs when Vince's favourite babyface gets booed (first Cena, now Roman). It's also odd when some characters show ambiguity while others are cartoonishly villainous or unerringly virtuous.
What do you gentlemen think about modern day heels and babyfaces? Are we right to gripe when we think a character is miscast, or is this just an outdated notion?

Take Care

[ThousandDollarManShawn]

Shawn H from Calgary

Although he's needed on 205, I really think Neville would be amazing on the main roster. Imagine the same gimmick, but him holding the IC title? It would be nice to see a string of solid IC matches, which hasn't happened in a long time. Do you think Neville will re-graduate back to Raw, and if so, who do you want to see him in a program with on the Raw roster?

[ARMBAR]

We complain a lot about the product getting stale and how WWE is too stubborn to listen the fans when something isnt going right. But, here is an example of WWE listening to the fans to improve the show and no one notices.

Months ago, everyone (me included) was complaining that Otunga had no place at the commentary table on Raw or Smackdown. He got moved to Raw and everyone (me included) groaned. Then we celebrated when Booker T took over for 6 weeks while Otunga was filming a movie. That was three months ago. Looks like WWE quietly cashiered Otunga to make the show better.

Another example: remember all the griping we all did about the constant HHH/Stephanie storylines? Well that was quietly done away with after Wrestle Mania.

Moral of the story: grousing pays off.

And Moral of the Story for Brother Nate... STING!

[kileecoyote]

Kile-E-Coyote from Windsor

Hey guys....just a quick question tonight....with the reported split between Paige and Del Rio...is it possible Paige returns soon as that is what WWE wanted all along for her....or is she pretty much done with the company?

[Chris Thunder]

Chris in Melbourne, Australia.

A reather bland episode of Raw I felt.

So after last night both Sasha & Roman are still faces(?), they beat down their opponents after their own stupid mistakes. One who let the champion be counted out & 1 who dived into the ambulance.

Also every week Cedric says he's done with Dar & Fox, but then wrestles them right after that promo.

Angle's secret, Dixie Carter joins WWE Raw. Hey it could happen.

At this point I'm done with WWE, bring on NJPW's G1 27.

[guilleoftheyear]

hello guys this is my first feedback , Raw was awful and looooong! the segment with joe lesnar and ramon

was the best part but ramon makes me want to turnoff my tv , the interesting was the hardys trying to get a new direction for their gimmick,

maybe we will see some variant of the broken matt and obsolete nero in the near future, well keep the good work , this raw was 1.5 UFC cards change out of 5


cheers from chile and gTS

[pastordoug]

Doug - Chicago, IL

Nice to have you back Wai and it is awesome to have Nate come down out of orbit from the Satelite of Hate to layeth some truth on our ears this week. My best guess is that it isn't a dick pic controversy, but that Kurt is being blackmailed by Dixie Carter. Be prepared for "The Invasion 2.0" . Styles being the original mole, Aries stirring the pot to return with Dixie, Rhoode and Mcyntyre in NXT. Save us Bubba Ray and power bomb this she witch back through a table! Possibly worlds collide and Mr. SlapNutz himself, Double J, will bridge the gap between your two shows with a guitar shot to Brock Lesnar to claim the Universal Title. Well a guy can dream ..

[humanoid]

I think it turns out that Angle is Kane's real father. Maybe it leads to Angle/Taker at Mania. Thoughts?

[Mj]

Mj from Nj now in NYC

What a promo segment between Brock/Roman/Joe. Thought letting Brock speak added a lot to the Heat generated and I'm all in on whatever combination they go with at Summer Slam. Curious to see if Braun fits in nicely or feels forced now; couldn't be more excited that Joe feels big time and holds his own in WWE with the top shelf.

Looking forward to a delightful Hardy losing streak leading to the Broken Universe.

Great two nights for the Raw brand

[bensonberg]

Hey Wai and Nate.

Long time listener, first time poster. I feel like I say this every time WWE does a 24 special, but this one was the best they have done so far! Not only was I shocked to actually see Dixie carter on a Wwe production, but this feels like one of the first times they have ever really addressed the issues their performers face with pain killers, alcohol and addictions, especially when Kurt flat out said the main reason he was abusing these substances was to keep pushing himself to compete in wwe. i can't imagine how Kurt could ever conceivably compete in a wwe ring again after they outright told us the business is what led to and enabled Kurt's bad choices. Not to mention he broke his neck more times than I could keep track of. The positive out of this is that wwe seems to finally be pulling back the curtain to the very real consequences of this business and kurt is able to turn his negatives into positives, and once again act as a role model to his fans. A very truthful and honest documentary indeed!

Question: do you think wwe is subtly using this inclusion of Dixie carter in the doc to introduce her to more mainstream fans and possibly write her into a storyline?

Thanks guys keep up the amazing work as always!