**WWE Raw/Smackdown Viewing Thread** - Page 2023 - Wrestling -- Two Plus Two Poker Forums

There's an odd perversion of incentives with wrestling booking -- if you have someone that's incredibly over, it really makes more sense NOT to give them titles under any circumstance. Giving them a title isn't going to make them any more over, and you can use the title to make someone who isn't very interesting more interesting -- so by giving the over team/person the titles, you reduce the number of potentially interesting storylines.

I think it makes whoever goes over the over person/team for the title that much stronger/believable.

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06-06-2017 , 02:31 PM

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I think it makes whoever goes over the over person/team for the title that much stronger/believable.

It CAN, but as likely as not it just makes people ***** about why doesn't so-and-so have the titles any more

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06-06-2017 , 04:16 PM

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The Heyman/Joe promo is worth checking out on YouTube if you didn't watch Raw. It really set the perfect tone for the feud. After choking out Heyman, the crowd starts to chant "We want Brock." Joe picks up the mic and says "And so do I." Such a badass moment.

That was cool. Joe wasn't mic'd when he was whispering to Heyman. So the crowd had no idea what was going to happen. Not sure if that was good or bad.

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06-06-2017 , 05:19 PM

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Wonder if the camera was close enough that they could pick it up on the big screen?

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06-06-2017 , 08:44 PM

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That was cool. Joe wasn't mic'd when he was whispering to Heyman. So the crowd had no idea what was going to happen. Not sure if that was good or bad.

I think it makes it even cooler. It shows that Joe only cared about sending a message to Heyman and Brock.

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06-06-2017 , 09:17 PM

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Wonder if the camera was close enough that they could pick it up on the big screen?

Didn't seem like it. Crowd seemed confused.

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06-06-2017 , 11:42 PM

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Wow, 0 post during SD Live!

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06-07-2017 , 12:26 PM

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Wow, 0 post during SD Live!

There's just nothing of note happening. I really am enjoying Jinder's run, but it feels like nothing really matters until Cena comes back on the 4th of July and sets up their likely feud for SummerSlam.

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06-07-2017 , 01:32 PM

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Yeah there's 4 builds right now and they're all meh. 2 MITB matches, Jinder/Orton and the tag match. Jinder's already starting to fall into a routine and Orton is boring, Usos/New Day is really cringy and the MITB builds is just the participants wrestling each other every week. The PPV should be good though, the men's MITB line up is pretty sick.

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06-07-2017 , 07:07 PM

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I want to see Jinder work against literally anyone other than Orton in a title feud. I feel he's doing fantastic work right now but the charisma vacuum that is Da Vipah is stopping his program from being even remotely interesting.

Jinder's new entrance is boss.

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06-07-2017 , 08:56 PM

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I agree with all of this. Jinder/Cena should be great.

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06-08-2017 , 08:40 PM

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I agree with all of this. Jinder/Cena should be great.

I'm really worried about Jinder/Cena. Yeah, the matches might be fine, but that feud as a whole, yikes.

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06-09-2017 , 08:47 AM

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Roman Reigns will one day father my child.

That is all.

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06-09-2017 , 09:36 AM

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Anyone have any ideas as to where they are going with this Graves/Angle storyline? I'm actually interested in this being a Graves mark.

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06-09-2017 , 02:54 PM

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Roman Reigns will one day father my child.

That is all.

Vince?

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06-12-2017 , 08:12 PM

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Quality opening.

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06-12-2017 , 08:29 PM

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Very good open

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06-12-2017 , 08:55 PM

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Elias Samson rules, might end up being the male Alexa Bliss on the main roster.

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06-12-2017 , 09:04 PM

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What's with Randy Orton in Bray's video

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06-12-2017 , 09:04 PM

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So Bray blows out the lantern backstage in live"ish" video....appears seconds later coming through gorilla with lantern lit again. Why????

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06-12-2017 , 09:09 PM

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Energy conservation.

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06-12-2017 , 10:41 PM

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Stupid angle particularly considering the team involved. Enzo was legit concussed during a match and not allowed to move. Now Cass kayfabe exhibits every sign of a concussion but they let him go wrestle. A little consistency is obviously too much to ask for.