Cherokee Jack
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Raw tonight: who's getting called up?
It's the night-after-Mania Raw, and among all the WM fallout and audience mayhem, we're also likely to see some NXT call ups. Two years
ago we got the debut of Rusev, as well as the first introductory vignettes for Bo Dallas and Adam Rose. Last year it was Neville and the Lucha
Dragons. Baron Corbin's already confirmed as having been brought to the main roster, but who else might show up this year? A few
possibilities:
Enzo Amore and Colin Cassidy (and maybe Carmella). Been rumored for a while that they're on the way up, they got a taste of main roster
action at the Roadblock special (that went extremely well for them, if WWE was looking to gauge how they'd do in front of main roster crowds),
and what's really left for them in NXT? This feels like the most likely act to show up tonight.
Finn Balor. We know Anderson and Gallows are in town, we know they're slated to go straight to the main roster, and the rumor is that
they will indeed use the "Balor Club" name. So do they show up tonight? And if so, how can they do the Balor Club without Balor? Sure, he's
still the NXT champ, but so was Owens when he got brought up.
The Vaudevillains. Kind of feels like it's just time for these guys. They've gotten kind of long in the tooth on NXT, there's
nothing really left for them to do there either. Bring them up and see how they do. Unfortunately, as much as I like both of them, if they do get
called up I could see them stuck battling the Ascension every week on Main Event in the not-too-distant future.
Bayley. I lean towards thinking this won't happen yet, because it feels like the Charlotte/Sasha/Becky story isn't done yet and it
would be terrible to bring Bayley up and immediately brush her off to the side (unless they want to recreate the awesome four-way match they had at
one of the Takeovers). Let this current story run its course, then when the dust settles and whoever has emerged as champ is talking about
they've taken everyone out, then have Bayley show up.
So those feel like the most likely candidates. Anyone else?
I'm Cherokee Jack!
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salmonjunkie
Best There Is Was or Ever Will Be 
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Samoa Joe
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williamssl
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Eva Marie
If this happens, I will find me. I will hunt me.
Don't Mess With Texas
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salmonjunkie
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she already showed up on the main roster a week or two ago to a smattering of boos.
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Matte
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
Eva Marie
If this happens, I will find me. I will hunt me.
This already happened last week.
"I'm a professional. I know exactly what I'm doing." - Jeff Hardy
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Count Zero
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
Eva Marie
If this happens, I will find me. I will hunt me.
Start your hunt, boss. As mentioned twice, she's already here.... there?... wherever
she is, she's not being received well. 
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bigfatgoalie
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
Eva Marie
If this happens, I will find me. I will hunt me.
You will force yourself to watch nothing but either Eva Marie matches or Hillary Clinton speeches?
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janerd75
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
Eva Marie
If this happens, I will find me. I will hunt me.
I hope you show yourself no mercy.
quote:
Originally posted by salmonjunkie
Samoa Joe
Old and Buthted, Daddeh: #FullObtuse #LOLReignsHeelTurn
Nu Hawtness: #FullRetard - Samoa Joe interrupts Reigns "promo" and saunters out to his sweet-ass entrance
music and proceeds to suplex the tats right off Roman's carcass. 
[Edited on 4-4-2016 by janerd75]
�I don�t wanna die looking at you, you sack of shit. I�m checkin� out! Somebody throw me in the traaaaash!� - Frank Reynolds
"You're one bad day away from being me." - Frank Castle
"My uncle's a what now?" - Frank Richards
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OORick
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So..... just use this as the RAW thread for tonight? I mean, call-ups may be spread out a bit, but the RAW After Mania is, increasingly, a special
event in its own right, often notable for debuts and returns.
As it stands, NXT is ripe with tons of as-ready-as-they'll-ever-be talents, and it's just a question of which ones WWE might like, and
which ones get the job of keeping NXT a highly profitable touring brand... Corbin, Eva Marie, and Emma all participated at WM, though only Corbin
(with his Andre Battle Royale win) is a lock to stay.... Eva Marie still has value as Nia Jax's "handler" and Emma has her own partnership
with Dana Brooke, too; in both cases, strong heel acts to oppose Asuka seem like they'd be best served staying in Orlando...
Joe could easily arrive and confuse things even more as we ponder a possible Samoan Heel Stable who would be a great next mountain for the New Day to
climb...
Rather than pulling Finn Balor from his spot as NXT Champ, Gallows and Anderson could much more effectively be used as AJ Styles back up, as he grows
frustrated over his loss to Jericho last night...
And I agree with the seniment that the NXT tag ranks could easily be culled without hurting the division... in 2015, the Ascension and Dragons arrived
pretty close together and just took their existing feud with them; the Vaudevillians and Enzo/Cass could do the same, if WWE can resist their urge to
use the goofy lovable Vaudevillians, instead of the menacing heel ones (we need them to be Sheepherders, not Bushwhackers, dammit!)... I'm very
ready to have Alexa Bliss on my TV every week, too, so why not Blake and Murphy?
In addition to NXT call-ups, there is also a whole pre-existing roster to consider tonight....
The Rock, Taker, Shane, and Lesnar are all reportedly absent from tonight's proceedings.... so that leaves Ambrose and the Wyatts dangling, and
freaking VINCE in charge of any in-ring segments about the future direction of WWE... and I was really hoping all this with Shane/Taker would
ultimately lead to less (or zero) Vince on TV...
Reigns accomplished nothing in terms of winning over fans last night, but he still DID win the belt, which means he owes HHH an obligatory rematch
before they can make any in-roads on a follow up challenger and potential tweak to his character...
Zack Ryder, IC Champion. Wrap your brain around that one. That said, the way Zack blurted out "if it all ended tommorrow, I'd die a happy man"
in his post-match interview sure seems like he's not destined to reign for long.... perhaps just 24 hours as a reward for being such a good
company man?
Charlotte and the new Women's belt seem destined to focus on a one-on-one versus Sasha, now.... yes, Becky getting over was never suppossed to
happen, but now WWE played out the cord on her for now, and she took the tap out loss, while Flair tackled Sasha, so I think we know how that all
lines up...
The one thing I have no idea on is: what next for Kalisto and the US Title? I suppose Ryback could just show up and bully his way into a rematch (one
probably seen/noticed by more people than saw one during the first hour of a 7 hour show last night), but if not that, then you pretty much have to
look to a Sin Cara heel turn, right?
Should be interesting, with a mix of getting on with the business of another PPV in 4 weeks and all the special stunty things that are now part and
parcel of the RAM.... that is all. End communication.
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williamssl
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I would argue that Eva Marie is not back on the main roster but rather remains on NXT and only showed up recently to place herself in that multi tag
match yesterday. Same with Emma.
Don't Mess With Texas
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Flash
The Rowdy One
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Unless it's full speed ahead on the rumoured brand-split return, I'm guessing we only get a couple of call ups/guests tonight so that they
can save the bulk of them for said rumoured split.
Overall, as cool as NXT is, it's probably time to harvest all of that ripe fruit and build up another crop down there... they can still augment
the young' ins with other big name part time talent, and not everyone is ripe for a call up, but IF the brand split happens, an NXT mass exodus
would not surprise me (not everyone, but probably the bigger names).
Reigns (and Charlotte) did the Today show this morning in New York; and while those new fangled aero-planes can get you across the country quicker
than ever it's likely the show has been written to have him close out the show.... So I'm guessing we'll get Cena to open the show,
or some other big hook of an opening to get things off to a hot start.
Speaking of Cena, Kalisto is not really likely to be the guy he tries to get his US title back from, and watching last night Bray was still pretty
limited in what he did, so I'm not sure that the Wyatt's are on his radar either.... unless... guh.... Stroman versus Cena is their
idea.... I'd like to hope not; Banged up Bray's gibberish promo's with a baby faced looking mountain man doing the leg work is a
little too Master-Blaster.... So here's hoping that's not a thing.
The L.O.N is still kicking around, and did win last night even if they were eventually sent scurrying by the legends.... Kane and Big Show are
typically the new champ's first feud, but we've kind of done that already, so I'm guessing if it's not one guy from the L.O.N
ranks who step up, then it will be all of them (Gauntlet match at the next PPV maybe?).
Rollins could be a surprise return... even if he's not %100 we could see him laying the ground work for when he is good to go.
Should be exciting... I could throw ideas out until the cows come home, but really this is maybe the one night of the year when things are most
uncertain in the WWE.... so I'll just enjoy the ride.
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Paddlefoot
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
I would argue that Eva Marie is not back on the main roster but rather remains on NXT and only showed up recently to place herself in that multi tag
match yesterday. Same with Emma.
Probably a wise thing. EM seemed to be enjoying herself way too much telling the crowd to fuck off by blowing kisses at them. And Emma? Well,
she's Emma and the high point of her main roster career will probably be doing some kind of autistic dance and doing the goof routine with
Santino. NXT is probably more fun and involved for the back-up cast than getting persistently Fandango'd on the main shows.
You are a bastard. A daughter-fucking wildling bastard.
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Paddlefoot
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quote:
Originally posted by Flash.... unless... guh.... Stroman versus Cena is their idea.... I'd like to hope not; Banged up
Bray's gibberish promo's with a baby faced looking mountain man doing the leg work is a little too Master-Blaster.... So here's
hoping that's not a thing......
There's the endless thanks of a grateful OO Universe waiting for the brave soul that puts Strong Broman's face into that scene from
Thunderdome a la the Orton RKO Vines.
You are a bastard. A daughter-fucking wildling bastard.
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janerd75
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What's the over/under on the Lockbox being completely forgotten or Hornswoggle jumping out of it and clinging to Vince's face like a
spider monkey when it's opened?
�I don�t wanna die looking at you, you sack of shit. I�m checkin� out! Somebody throw me in the traaaaash!� - Frank Reynolds
"You're one bad day away from being me." - Frank Castle
"My uncle's a what now?" - Frank Richards
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S Kid J E T S 48
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quote:
Originally posted by salmonjunkie
Samoa Joe
This is the answer. And it's also the answer to the other burning question: Who is murdering Zack Ryder tonight and winning the
Intercontinental Championship?
 
quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
Eva Marie
If this happens, I will find me. I will hunt me.
Yeah, I think she's here to stay.
Let's think of it this way:
Do we, or even WWE, think Eva Marie is capable of becoming a better wrestler? I think that's a pretty resounding no after a full year of intense
and focused training.
Is this the most heel heat she will ever see as a pretty cruddy wrestler? Definitely. Main roster might as well benefit from that.
And then attach her to whatever guy you want to make a bigger heel after they get the one or two crappy matches out of her out of their system.
quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
Probably a wise thing. EM seemed to be enjoying herself way too much telling the crowd to fuck off by blowing kisses at them. And Emma? Well,
she's Emma and the high point of her main roster career will probably be doing some kind of autistic dance and doing the goof routine with
Santino. NXT is probably more fun and involved for the back-up cast than getting persistently Fandango'd on the main shows.
Gimmicked characters are the one's who do badly in WWE. Emma hasn't been that plucky face in a year. Her heel turn has worked great and
she'll fit right in with the Divas Revolution if they need new blood without going the Bayley route (which needs a ton of planning).
Emma's just as good in the ring as Paige and is ready to go. Only question is how much they need her to help Dana Brooke along in NXT.
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lz4005
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quote:
Originally posted by janerd75
What's the over/under on the Lockbox being completely forgotten or Hornswoggle jumping out of it and clinging to Vince's face like a
spider monkey when it's opened?
Shane's brother Matanza is in the secret box. You'll see.
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Flash
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Lot's of talk about Smackdown and the roster differences on the pre-show tonight, so odds are the brand-split is going to be a thing.
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nOOb
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I feel like the announce crew opening up by trying to justify the reactions of the crowd for the night is a bad omen.
"The Seahawks are cool. Me and Tubby here hung out with them once at a Bruno Mars concert."-Jay and Silent Bob representing the Broncos on FOX NFL
Sunday.
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S Kid J E T S 48
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quote:
Originally posted by janerd75
What's the over/under on the Lockbox being completely forgotten or Hornswoggle jumping out of it and clinging to Vince's face like a
spider monkey when it's opened?
Over it is!
Or is it under?
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Il Palazzo
And I am AWESOME
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I feel like these post-WM Raws are going to become more and more awkward if WWE keeps doing questionable shit at said WMs. It's equal parts
entertaining and cringe-inducing.
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salmonjunkie
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quote:
Originally posted by S Kid J E T S 48
quote:
Originally posted by salmonjunkie
Samoa Joe
This is the answer. And it's also the answer to the other burning question: Who is murdering Zack Ryder tonight and winning the
Intercontinental Championship?
I wish that was true, but we both know it's going to be Baron Corbin doing the murdering.
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Il Palazzo
And I am AWESOME
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Hahahah. Caught sight of that WALUIGI AMIIBO PLEASE sign again.
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Count Zero
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quote:
Originally posted by nOOb
I feel like the announce crew opening up by trying to justify the reactions of the crowd for the night is a bad omen.
That "crowd spin"
attempt made me laugh out loud 4realz. 
[Edited on 4-5-2016 by Count Zero]
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S Kid J E T S 48
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As always:
LOL Wins and Losses.
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Count Zero
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quote:
Originally posted by S Kid J E T S 48
As always:
LOL Wins and Losses.
Whose WWE Is It Anyway: the show where everything's made up and the points don't matter.
Originally posted by williamssl
"That hasn't stopped us from doing this shit before!"
"Checkmate, sir. Checkmate"
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