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eh at least it was a squash

most of the appeal of these call ups to the crowd/smarks is similar to the hipster mindset "i knew about them/liked them before they hit it big" but a lot of these guys just dont have longevity IMO

which whatever.. not everyone is going to the top of the card but i just dont think they need as many call ups as they have had

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04-09-2018 , 08:45 PM

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beansroast01

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I really hope they try to pretend the chants during the main event were saying awesome instead of awful

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04-09-2018 , 08:58 PM

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LKJ

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My God, did Seth just stand there and deliberately try to will the "you deserve it" chant into existence?

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04-09-2018 , 08:59 PM

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LKJ

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Like, he just stood there pretending to soak in a massive pop when there barely was any pop at all.

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04-09-2018 , 08:59 PM

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"you deserve it"? It's a step down from where he was. I guess he deserves midcard ****.

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04-09-2018 , 09:06 PM

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In for the rest of Raw after Mania.

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04-09-2018 , 09:08 PM

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The “rematch clause” is one of those wrestling tropes brought out inconsistently and only for the convenience of a lazy writing team.

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04-09-2018 , 09:10 PM

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LKJ

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Originally Posted by Bigdaddydvo

The “rematch clause” is one of those wrestling tropes brought out inconsistently and only for the convenience of a lazy writing team.

It's brought out pretty consistently these days, but there's no question you're right about the "lazy writing team" part. It's terrible.

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04-09-2018 , 09:12 PM

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Feldman

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Originally Posted by Bigdaddydvo

The “rematch clause” is one of those wrestling tropes brought out inconsistently and only for the convenience of a lazy writing team.

Rematch clause is the dumbest thing going.

Because the new champ that just won, he should get his own rematch if he loses, right?

Then they can just keep pooping in each other's butts back and forth forever.

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04-09-2018 , 09:13 PM

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That Saudi show is going to be like 13 hours long. It has 7 championship matches, a RR that should go at least 1.5 hours, and Cena vs. HHH.

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04-09-2018 , 09:13 PM

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They are doing such a bad job of these return/surprises. Wtf is the point of Jeff Hardy running out randomly there?

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04-09-2018 , 09:20 PM

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Are they killing the crowd on purpose? The pacing of the show has been awful. 3 women's segments and 1 men's? As redirk mentioned, these surprises are being done awful. Even Ember...why have her debut in a tag match? Why wouldn't she start the match?

edit: there were two men's (tag match/IC title)...I still think it's being paced oddly though. It feels odd and really bad.

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04-09-2018 , 09:21 PM

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I’m at the point now in the show where it’s clear a 2 hour Raw would be so much better. We’re not even halfway done. Yuck.

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04-09-2018 , 09:21 PM

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eyebooger

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Why are they doing a giant-ass Saudi Arabia event? Will there be literally any women competing?

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04-09-2018 , 09:22 PM

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In for the rest of Raw after Mania.

Welcome! It has been pretty underwhelming, imo.

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04-09-2018 , 09:23 PM

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Why are they doing a giant-ass Saudi Arabia event? Will there be literally any women competing?

Probably. I don't think there are 7 main roster titles for the men.

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04-09-2018 , 09:24 PM

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Why are they doing a giant-ass Saudi Arabia event? Will there be literally any women competing?

1. Roman won't get booed there
2. Women and children will be able to attend with the permission of their male guardians. WWE’s own female superstars will not be wrestling at the event, as that would obviously give the women in attendance the wrong idea. LGBT people can also attend the show, but if they engage in any homosexual or transgender activities at the stadium, they can be punished by flogging or execution.

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04-09-2018 , 09:24 PM

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LKJ

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Yeah, there's little here that separates this Raw from normal episodes.

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04-09-2018 , 09:27 PM

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Ya agree that this sucks so far and don't think I even care about this paige retiring.

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04-09-2018 , 09:27 PM

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.isolated

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Them feels

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04-09-2018 , 09:28 PM

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04-09-2018 , 09:29 PM

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Bigdaddydvo

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Could you imagine the nuclear heat if ADR came out?

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04-09-2018 , 09:31 PM

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What's the shakeup? are they doing a full new draft or will there be "keepers"

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04-09-2018 , 09:32 PM

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The timing of that Paige goodbye (after a distraction Absolution win/cameras more concerned with Bayley/Sasha) felt really weird and probably did Paige a disservice.

Feel for her though, so young.