If that is in Chicago...think CM Punk might show up just to twist the knife in the WWE a little bit?

That's what my buddy thinks. First thing he said. I have no idea because I didn't watch when he was a wrestler. All I've seen is his famous promo on YouTube.

Believe it or not, there is actually some speculation that punk may be at Raw 25.

Also EC3 is done with TNA. Derrick Bateman sitting in the front row of the next NXT ppv?

This thread has come full circle

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This thread has come full circle

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He's coming back eventually!!!

Pretty fun night. Everyone was pretty safe and going through the motions...probably because it was the night before Raw & Sasha almost murdered Paige last week.

Card:
Bray vs. Matt Hardy (Hardy pin)
Asuka vs. Dana Brooke (Asuka sub)
Titus/Apollo Crews vs Sheamus & Ceasaro (The Bar win)
Braun squashed Curt Hawkins
Elias Sampson vs. Finn (Finn)
Mickie James & Sasha Banks vs. Alexa & Nia w/ Alicia Fox as special guest referree (Mickie & Sasha)
Cedric Alexander vs. Enzo (Enzo dirty win)
Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins vs. The Miztourage (Roman & Seth win).

We had solid seats and a ton of the in-ring action was in our corner...as well as most of the fan interaction. Watching Sheamus, Enzo, Curt Axel and Miz all talk **** to little kids was hilarious.

Elias & Finn had a pretty darn good match but Finn was pretty basic. The main event was real solid. 30 minutes or so and some real good back & forth and heel tactics by the miztourage. Seth seemed pretty into it.

The women's tag match was probably the most fun by far. Sasha seemed sort of checked out as she entered and got in the ring....probably from the guilt of ending someone's career...but everyone in the ring genuinely seemed to be having a great time...they provided good comedy and Alicia did fantastic as the guest referee. She was loving it and cracking jokes at the expense of the wrestlers.

Alicia is a smoke show
Alexa is tiny...and a tiny smoke show at that.

Sent plenty of snaps to folks but didn't take a lot of photos. Here were the ones that came out ok...





this one didn't come out good but included Alexa so you could see just how small and tiny she is. Nia had just started brawling in that corner so her hair and movement messed up the photo.



All in all, a solid night. Was hoping for a bit more action but I completely understand why they were probably taking it safe...night before a live show and Rumble around the corner.

I will say one thing I didn't like was that they had at least 1 blatant crowd plant. Older guy about 4 rows back from the ring. random white t-shirt with blue/denim button down shirt over it unbuttoned and a logo-less red hat backwards. Looked like what a d-list movie would cast as a "normal bro."

He had posters that were made directly referencing the card in advance and kept getting up starting cheers for the faces. It annoyed the **** out of me.

What did Elias play?

also...


http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/wwe-hall-of-fame-2018/article/goldberg-wwe-hall-of-fame-inductee-2018

Bunk, I drove up to the show the night before in Wichita Falls.

They put on the exact same show you detailed, even with the audience plant wearing the exact same outfit.

My takeaways...Bray Wyatt is really good, Alexa IS tiny, Enzo really electrifies the crowd on the mic, Cedric Alexander was impressive, Sasha seemed "off" like you said, Roman Reigns was definitely impressive and wow the crowd loved him (he looked a lot bigger in person than I expected), the Miz is an excellent heel.

The audio was terrible for Elias' song and I couldn't understand most of what he was saying.

It was neat to see that in a smaller venue where you were able to get really close to the ring without breaking the bank.

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What did Elias play?

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The stars at night are big and bright..sort of. Then he just **** on Waco and Texas and drew awesome heat.

Enzo did too. Pronouncing it wacko, "never saw so many cows on my way here. Now that I'm here, never so saw many cows in the crowd.... I can't tell if those are boos or moos"

Agree about the venue size and feel. Never been to a taped show or any other show but I was taken back by how the set up was in the small arena. Pretty cool to get right up next to the ring.

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Kenny Omega said:

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What did Elias play?

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The stars at night are big and bright..sort of. Then he just **** on Waco and Texas and drew awesome heat.

Enzo did too. Pronouncing it wacko, "never saw so many cows on my way here. Now that I'm here, never so saw many cows in the crowd.... I can't tell if those are boos or moos"

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I remember at the first ever WCW house show at Reed Arena in 98 or so, Bobby Duncum, Jr. came out wearing a whorn jersey (I think he went to school there) and after he lost to Kanyon, Kanyon ripped off the jersey and wiped his ass with it. Got the biggest pop of the night. It was awesome

Enzo made the same cow joke the night before.

It was funny in his match, his hairpiece fell off in the ring. Cedric Alexander put it on briefly before taking it off and wiping his butt with it. I didn't think that was scripted.

Sigh..... It was...

Wow. It looked very accidental to me.

Damnit, it's still real to me!

Haha. We thought the exact same thing. Looked real.

Ricochet and war machine have signed with wwe

So did the guy from India who won the reality contest "million dollar arm"

Someone get him Gary Trichter's number?

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I will say one thing I didn't like was that they had at least 1 blatant crowd plant. Older guy about 4 rows back from the ring. random white t-shirt with blue/denim button down shirt over it unbuttoned and a logo-less red hat backwards. Looked like what a d-list movie would cast as a "normal bro."

He had posters that were made directly referencing the card in advance and kept getting up starting cheers for the faces. It annoyed the **** out of me.

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Uh sign guy?

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Bunk Moreland said:

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I will say one thing I didn't like was that they had at least 1 blatant crowd plant. Older guy about 4 rows back from the ring. random white t-shirt with blue/denim button down shirt over it unbuttoned and a logo-less red hat backwards. Looked like what a d-list movie would cast as a "normal bro."

He had posters that were made directly referencing the card in advance and kept getting up starting cheers for the faces. It annoyed the **** out of me.

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Uh sign guy?

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Sat right behind Sign Guy at Reed. I had no clue who he was at first, and wondered why a handful of people were coming down to take pictures with him. Really nice guy, though

Saw this on Cageside Seats

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Saw this on Cageside Seats

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I think it's more likely he'll be sitting ringside at the next Takeover

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Bunk Moreland said:

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I will say one thing I didn't like was that they had at least 1 blatant crowd plant. Older guy about 4 rows back from the ring. random white t-shirt with blue/denim button down shirt over it unbuttoned and a logo-less red hat backwards. Looked like what a d-list movie would cast as a "normal bro."

He had posters that were made directly referencing the card in advance and kept getting up starting cheers for the faces. It annoyed the **** out of me.

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Uh sign guy?

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That's the one.

Bunk Moreland said:

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Gigem Trevas said:

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Bunk Moreland said:

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I will say one thing I didn't like was that they had at least 1 blatant crowd plant. Older guy about 4 rows back from the ring. random white t-shirt with blue/denim button down shirt over it unbuttoned and a logo-less red hat backwards. Looked like what a d-list movie would cast as a "normal bro."

He had posters that were made directly referencing the card in advance and kept getting up starting cheers for the faces. It annoyed the **** out of me.

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Uh sign guy?

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That's the one.

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Sign Guy, Brock Lesnar Guy, Frank the Clown....are all "fans" who try to make the shows about them.

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Sign Guy, Brock Lesnar Guy, Frank the Clown....are all "fans" who try to make the shows about them.

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wait...this dude isn't a plant? A wrestler from basically each match acknowledged him in the crowd after he yelled stuff so we just assumed he had to be to help build up claps and chants.

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Sign Guy, Brock Lesnar Guy, Frank the Clown....are all "fans" who try to make the shows about them.

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wait...this dude isn't a plant? A wrestler from basically each match acknowledged him in the crowd after he yelled stuff so we just assumed he had to be to help build up claps and chants.

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Nah he's just annoying

CM Punk sighting in the Raw 25 preview...

His pipe bomb promo was also number 2 in their top 25 raw moments of all time. Right behind the beer truck

While watching the AFC championship game yesterday, it dawned on me that Tony Romo and Sami Zayn sound a lot alike

WWE Raw 25 returns
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
The Undertaker
Chris Jericho
D-Generation X
Trish Stratus
Torrie Wilson
Jim Ross
Jerry Lawler
Jacqueline
The Dudley Boyz
Christian
Ric Flair
Maria Kanellis
Scott Hall
The Bella Twins
The New Age Outlaws
Eric Bischoff
Terri Runnels
Ron Simmons
JBL
Kelly Kelly
The Godfather
The Brooklyn Brawler
Michelle McCool
Brother Love
Boogeyman
Teddy Long
The Million Dollar Man
John Laurinaitis
Harvey Wippleman
Lilian Garcia
Jonathan Coachman
MVP
William Regal
Howard Finkel

kinda surprised Bret Hart isn't making an appearance. I believe he was the champ when Raw first went on the air.

He posted he couldn't make it