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Road block thoughts..

- Typical house show really, Nothing of note happened
- Nattie vs Charlotte was the best Women's match since Bayley / Sasha IMO
- Crowd was pretty poor apart from main event
 

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If you haven't already, listen to the Talk is Jericho podcast with Cody Rhodes & Xavier Woods on it... hilarious episode.
 

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When was the last time Raw started with a match!?
 

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Thank feck they went with the right result tonight.

The beatdown from League of Jobbers was good. Such a shame rollins is injured, hes the only Unicorn who could have helped them. (or a Angle return lol)

Also Brock vs Dean should be main event for WM... for the title.
 
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Steph comes out and says welcome to Raw.
Authority promo... on the hour.

Its like they forgot it was Day light savings and thought, shit, lets move it an hour later when people normally tune in.
 

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That Dolph promo was good. And theres the hope that Dolph may win thanks to Reigns returning.

I still dislike Steph as a character though. All she does is slaps wrestlers and never gets her comeuppance.
 

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Need Authority to end. Badly.

Also forgot Team Bad was still a thing.
 

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I know he got booed, but this is the Reigns we need to see nearly every week. Feck the promos, just be a badass.
 

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Reigns getting booed after coming back a superhero after a couple of weeks off is completely telling. Having him win at Wrestlemania as a face is one of the stupidest ideas Vince has ever insisted on. I'll be turning it off anyway. The crowd will go mental. They'll probably have to turn him heel on Raw the night after.
 

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Del Rio's double stamp with E hanging from the second rope was much more effective, wish he'd use it like this every time. Decent match, good beatdown at the end. Is that the full New Day face turn?

Shit Triple H. I watch wrestling to amuse myself, not to be put in a spiraling trip into despair about the futilities of life. Lighten up man.

"Do you want to be eliminated from this commentary table Bryan?"

Fowley was fun to see, and made sense. Passing the torch from one crazy nutcase to another.

That Pedigree on Dolph looked bad, got planted pretty hard I though. Not sure what they are trying to do with Triple H, he looks pretty mortal like this. Shit, this is the Roman we want to see though, but judging by the crowd it's too little, too late.

Hope they play up this conflict more with Taker being at odds with Vince as much as he is with Shane. Would make for a good story.
 

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I thought that final segment was absolutely horrendous and the way they've decided to build the match.

They have this habit of making Ziggler's offence look absolute shit at times too. This was a carbon copy of the Dolph/Cena match. Dolph hitting almost every move in his arsenal and his opponent kicking out. Ziggler meanwhile kicks out of absolutely nothing.
 

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... Why didn't Reigns help Ziggler win the match and then attack HHH? Wouldn't that help the crowd like him more? Are they intentionally not wanting Roman to get any cheers at this point?
 

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So much pointlessness on Raw and yet no Charlotte/Sasha/Becky or building on Natalya after her great match at Roadblock. Also we're not going to get a one on one Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens match but we will likely get Ryback vs Kalisto one on one, because obviously that is the match that doesn't need help from the likes of Dolph, Miz etc.
 

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Triple H's promos are boring, but I still love his matches. One of the best in the business for me.

His match with Bryan at Mania was awesome. I think he'll be highly motivated in the main event.

Reign will win though, and be booed by the biggest Wrestlemania crowd ever.
 

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Neville did well to carry on at all after that injury.

They obviously ended the match early, I wonder if AJ was supposed to interrupt the match?
 

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I was struggling to buy into Shane vs. Taker before RAW... now I've seen them get physical with each other, I don't buy it at all. This will have to be the biggest smoke and mirrors match in WWE history.
 

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Well, when Undertaker goes to hit him, Shane is the one thats going to miss.

Or when Taker tries to lift him off the ground, Shane will... lift him off the ground?

Or something?
 

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Neville did well to carry on at all after that injury.

They obviously ended the match early, I wonder if AJ was supposed to interrupt the match?
He did a Hurricanrana with a broken shin and ankle. Hard as feck.

I'm guessing the finish was improvised by Y2J, he's been around long enough to know what to do in those situations. It was well handled.
 

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I think Jericho was pissed. He looked legit pissed at Robinson and im sure Robinson swore at him.
 

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I think Jericho was pissed. He looked legit pissed at Robinson and im sure Robinson swore at him.
Yeah, it looked like Jericho was annoyed that Robinson didn't cop sooner and allowed the match to continue after the incident.