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[Heisenberg]

Last night was pretty lame.

Also, watching the "Three Stooges" skits was borderline embarassing - even though I was by myself. Incredibly cringeworthy . . .

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

I thought the Stooges were going to get booed out of the building, but the fans were too dumbfounded to even get a solid boo going.

Kane walks down the ramp, choke slams Hull Kogan, then leaves. Wow what an appearance for Kane. ZZZzzzz.

[RVAbrendan]

I thought the Hulk impression was pretty spot on - I wish they didn't have the Stooges come out to the ring, though. The backstage skit with Santino was actually pretty hilarious, imo.

[The Evil Genius]

Another douche move by Razor Ramon (Scott Hall).

Sigh.

Stupid alcohol addiction.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/scott-h...0202--spt.html

Scott Hall, who performed for Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment company under the name Razor Ramon in the mid 90s, was arrested once again. The one- time former Intercontinental Champion was arrested Friday for allegedly choking his girlfriend. The girlfriend confirms that Scott Hall was in a drunken state when he got in the physical altercation with her.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

From Raw last night. Props to whoever this is:



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...r16S_blog.html

[Zazzaro703]

From Raw last night. Props to whoever this is:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/ima...EeGwiIZgYwtyhA

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...r16S_blog.html

I don't watch wrestling that much anymore but did back in the day and was interested in WM. Anyways, i think it would be awesome if when they announce RGIII's name (Of course after booing Goodell and screaming we want our money back) the whole crowd erupted in the
"YES! YES! YES!" chant.

[ixcuincle]

Nice.

And that fight reminded me of a baseball fight. Lot of posturing

[spjunkies]

This dude put the D.C. crowd on blast

By Arda Ocal

7:00 a.m. EDT, April 12, 2012
What a difference in the crowd from Raw in Miami on April 2 to Raw in D.C. on April 9. It was essentially the difference between a rock star show and an indy act.

Yes, Miami’s crowd had many WWE diehards who made an entire WrestleMania weekend of it with Raw as their final event (unless they traveled to Orlando for Smackdown). Those crowds are typically the loudest. But the crowd in Washington seemed to buy tickets and be content to sit on their hands.

I don’t often make comparisons to Corpus Christi, Texas (which I deem the quietest WWE audience in the world), but on a scale of Corpus Christi to 1 (with 1 being the loudest), the nation’s capital this past Monday on Raw was a 9.

When Brock Lesnar appeared to the crowd this past Monday on Raw, the impression I got from the audio on TV of the crowd response was that Washington didn’t care that Lesnar was there. A few people stood up but didn’t bother to cheer or boo.

I don’t think this has anything to do with altered crowd response, either. Some people tweeted me throughout Smackdown last week saying the crowd reactions they heard on TV during Daniel Bryan’s breakup with AJ were very different from being live in Orlando. In the case of Lesnar, I genuinely believe that the pop wasn’t there.

It’s no surprise to anyone how important the crowd is to a WWE or pro wrestling event. David Shoemaker of Grantland wrote a great article about the various chants at events (for example, “Lets go Cena / Cena Sucks,” “This is Wrestling” and “Yes! Yes! Yes!"). Crowd reaction defines a superstar. John Cena is proof of that.

Monday’s Raw showed that a lack of crowd response can make superstars seem ... mortal. That’s exactly how Lesnar appeared Monday. Connection with John Laurinaitis changing his crowd response or not, the response lacked not only in this segment but throughout the show.

Looking to the past, consider these moments / feuds that were brought over the top due to crowd response:

* The crowd in Miami for WrestleMania 28 was fantastic. The crowd made John Cena vs. The Rock. It may not have been the best in-ring matchup of all time, but it doesn’t matter – it didn’t need to be. Crowd interest brought it over the top. The difference between the WrestleMania 28 matches of Rock/Cena and 'Taker/HHH is that the crowd response made Cena/Rock, while HHH/'Taker made crowd response (including the loudest reaction to a near fall I have ever heard).

Embarrassing

[Teller]

That dude on the right, in the RGIII pic looks familiar...like ES familiar.

[FSUSkins24]

John Cena is sucha a bore on the mike, and the king of hyperbole. Brock Lesnar's return was "the most anticipated in WWE History?" riiight.

In somewhat related news. Somebody needs to turn up Laurinitis' mic, cause that weak voice doesn't carry.

[Dont Taze Me Bro]

John Cena is sucha a bore on the mike, and the king of hyperbole. Brock Lesnar's return was "the most anticipated in WWE History?" riiight.

In somewhat related news. Somebody needs to turn up Laurinitis' mic, cause that weak voice doesn't carry.

I actually used to like Cena somewhat, but now, I'm just sick of him. Brock coming back was a pretty big deal though, WWE needs it.

What is horrible about Cena is he can never turn full heal like the Rock was before when he was in the NOD. Too many kids like him. Im sick of the rise above hate, all that **** to be honest. Its like they are trying to turn him heal, but he really cant turn, so its broken imo. WWE needs to stick to the old template. Its pretty simple........major heal turn/screw jobs at PPVs costing championships; changing the WWE titles on RAW/Smackdown every few months so you watch cause that usually doesnt happen.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Why's this white dude all marked up with Japanese script? Is he supposed to be Japanese?

[FSUSkins24]

Brock coming back was a pretty big deal though, WWE needs it.

I completely agree, but to say "the most anticipated in WWE history" is beyond ridiculous. It's not even the most anticipated in the last two years, am I right (The Rock)? I just sat there watching Cena's Raw speech and thought. "Woow, this isn't the least bit captivating."

---------- Post added April-17th-2012 at 02:19 AM ----------

Why's this white dude all marked up with Japanese script? Is he supposed to be Japanese?

He debuted a couple weeks ago, Lord Tensai. His backstory is that he is a former WWF/E wrestler (Prince Albert/A-Train) that went oversees and got HUGE in Japan. So now he is like a Japanese bad ass kinda thing.

I actually REALLY like his character, and think that WWE has gotten away from "character" guys. I thought they had a good thing going with Ivan Koloff or whatever his name was back in '08 when he was an unstoppable Russian wrestler, but then they made his character all silly with Santino.

I feel like Tensai has potential. Heel or face.

[MLSKINS]

I actually REALLY like his character, and think that WWE has gotten away from "character" guys. I thought they had a good thing going with Ivan Koloff or whatever his name was back in '08 when he was an unstoppable Russian wrestler, but then they made his character all silly with Santino.

You must be talking about Vladamir Koslov.

This is how I feel about WWE.

They are playing a game of Spades. They have been dealt a great hand, but since it is not full of power cards, they are messing it up.

For the life of me I don't understand why Dolph Ziggler isn't getting any major burn right now; they need to turn him face. They need to do the opposite to Kofi Kingston.

They also need to turn Randy Orton heel again because honestly, there aren't any top heels in WWE right now besides Mark Henry....

One thing that is intriguing to me is what kind of angle they are about to do with Abraham Washington (AW). I swear if he creates a stable with all the big men of the WWE, I am going to flick off.

[FSUSkins24]

You must be talking about Vladamir Koslov.

Haha yeah, that's the guy. I knew I had the name wrong but was too lazy to google it to double check