WWE Monday Night RAW (25 Years) - January 22nd 2018

WELCOME, RAJAH!
YOU ARE THE FORUM I SAW IN MY PREEMONEETION!
I KNEW YOU WOULD COME!



FOR THE RAW SET HAS BEEN BROKEN
AND NOW YOU MUST PREPARE!
FOR AN OLD MONDAY NIGHT RAW!















Intercontinental Title Match



It's a huge night where huge things could happen. Can Miz regain his gold?









A Cavalcade of Legends Will Be There


Stone Cold Steve Austin


The Undertaker


Chris Jericho


Degeneration 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


The APA


Kelly Kelly


The Godfather


The Brooklyn Brawler


Michelle McCool


Brother Love


The Boogeyman


Teddy Long


The Million Dollar Man


John Laurinaitis


Harvey Wippleman


Lilian Garcia


Jonathan Coachman


MVP


William Regal


John Cena


Brock Lesnar


Shane McMahon


Daniel Bryan


AJ Styles


Charlotte


The Usos


The New Day


Jeff Hardy


Mark Henry


X-Pac


And Howard Finkel!



That's a lot of graphics!

It's going to be interesting to see how many matches we get or if any of the returners have a match or a segment where they get physical with someone from the current roster.

STSA will certainly be an interesting segment and to see who he lands a stunner on.

The Taker's appearance will naturally be a high light especially if Cena does confront him. If Taker is going to announce his retirement and Cena interrupts wanting another match, it would seem to almost be a bit heelish by Cena. Personally I'd like Cena to challenge him and the Taker saying "Wait and see". Taker then pops up at RR to eliminate Cena or cause him to do so and next time says "There is your answer". The match is then set and Taker need not even appear again until Mania.

Can't wait until tonight. Should be fun

Interested to see what pop Brother Love gets.

first time in a while ill actually watch the whole thing

Same here. First time I'll have watched a full episode since last spring.

Should be good. Plenty of room for much nostalgia-goodness.

On a side note, I hope Reigns retains (boom boom!), Miz is my pick for RR.

I wake up for work an hour after this finishes, and its the first RAW in about 3-4 months that I've wanted to watch live.

You've got this and the Rumble next week, and it just feels like the old days of wrestling where you couldn't wait for the shows. If only they could keep this feeling every week.

Alvarez is saying this is being treated as the biggest non-ppv show of the year. Even bigger that post mania raw.

Also a poll up on wwe.com has a who do you want to see get a stunner from stone cold. Reigns is currently in the lead.

Have been looking forward to this for a while now. Have had an absolute shit day at work so I'm hoping this is as enjoyable as I think it will be.

Wife's off to book club tonight so I'm probably going to dial up RAW...only problem is by the time I get home from work, it'll be 30-45 minutes into it so I'll either miss a chunk or maybe be watching on a slight delay from the rest of you.

I'm not sure how they're going to cram all these past tars into it without it seeming a bit overloaded and not overly meaningful while also still advancing the normal content/storylines at the same time. Will be interesting to see if they just shove a handful of guys into backstage cameos and such.

Going out on a limb and guessing Enzo misses tonight. And many many more nights.

You could say that

This looks fantastic.



Even got the ICOPRO banner.

That does look cool

Would love to have a front row balcony seat by that ico pro bammer

Originally Posted by virmicious

Also a poll up on wwe.com has a who do you want to see get a stunner from stone cold. Reigns is currently in the lead.

Austin stunning Miz and The Miztourage, celebrating with Reigns, and then stunning Reigns would be amazing...

Opening package from Raw 1000. Can't believe it's been 5.5 years since this. 5.5 years of three hour Raws.

Originally Posted by The Law

This looks fantastic.



Even got the ICOPRO banner.

thats awesome. really looking forward to this show.

Every Raw theme song in history:

This is going to be great. That Manhattan Centre setup looks tremendous.

Randy Orton's wife...

Originally Posted by Kim Orton

Can someone pls explain to me how @randyorton isn’t on the Raw 25th anniversary tonight? He’s been on more episode of Raw then anyone besides HHH, Michaels, Taker, Kane and Cena. Impressive list right? So why NOT @randyorton? He’s had some of the most memorable moments in Raw history too. He’s also on the Promo pic but isn’t on the show. Just doesn’t make sense to me. Enjoy the show tonight guys. I’ll be playing MarioKart with my kids

Several SmackDown stars will be there, but apparently Orton isn't one of them...

It's a work brother.

Everything is a work

I mean, Somewhat of a fair question. Ughh Sam Roberts outside and the crowd already What'ing themselves into a frenzy.

Originally Posted by Peter Griffin

I mean, Somewhat of a fair question. Ughh Sam Roberts outside and the crowd already What'ing themselves into a frenzy.

Sam Roberts is an unfortunate looking individual.

Yeah, He wouldn't look out of place as Krusty the clowns sidekick.

See you guys in less than 30 minutes. Hopefully RAW will be fun and not a 3 hour chore.

Taker and DX are at the Manhattan Centre according to JR. Austin is at Barclays.

This crowd is gonna do Peter Griffin's head in. To be honest, they stand a good chance of pissing me off as well.

Originally Posted by Beer-Belly

This crowd is gonna do Peter Griffin's head in. To be honest, they stand a good chance of pissing me off as well.

Don't worry about that, My head went a long time ago

Originally Posted by Beefy

Taker and DX are at the Manhattan Centre according to JR. Austin is at Barclays.

I'd be super bummed if I bought Manhattan Center tickets if that's the case.

Who do we think will open the show? I'm calling Vince.

Originally Posted by Beefy

Who do we think will open the show? I'm calling Vince.

Hopefully with Austin stunning him.

I feel especially dirty after finding out the most iconic raw theme is by nickleback. I am not sure if a shower can get me clean enough.

Originally Posted by virmicious

I feel especially dirty after finding out the most iconic raw theme is by nickleback. I am not sure if a shower can get me clean enough.

Did I miss that being mentioned? The most iconic them has to be the Attitude Era "Thorn In Your Eye" theme.

I think the most iconic theme is whatever one was on when you started watching

Well I vaguely remember that one and fuck me it is way worse than the nickelback one.

Best Raw intro is definitely Austin walking into the warehouse. Just an awesome video. The battle royal on top of Titan Towers was cool too.

Oh my god the pop for Shane.

"Let's get right to the action"

*Cue authority figure talking segment*

austin needs to come out and stun these jabronis

Enjoy Raw tonight fellows. I'll be here in spirit. Have to catch it on dvr later though.

The guy with the "WWE used to be cool" sign seems like a twat.

Good montage

That was a top montage.

Vince looks pretty good.

He's never gonna die

Vince's hair finally grew back.

Nothing got me more pumped for a Monday than hearing this.

"Thank you, Vince!"

Vince: "And we're going to celebrate Raw's 25th anniversary with a great match with Roman Reigns..."

"Die Vince, Die!"

Haha GoFundMe. That thing cost 50 bucks

Originally Posted by The Law

Vince's hair finally grew back.

From what

This company always knows how to do montages right.

"Plaque?! I thought you said you were going to chip in to get me a black!"

ahahaha old school 'ASSHOLE' chant

This opening is fucking awesome.

STONE COLD BY GAWD

No better way to start raw than with an old school Mr. McMahon promo interrupted by shattering glass.

Jesus that pop

Jizz. There's jizz everywhere

Nobody on the main roster gets pops like the classics.

This is why I used to watch wrestling

Austin looks great. Stun his ass.

Shane has always sold that stunner great.

Welp. Vince is dead...

I was at a Raw in 1999 where Austin Stunned Shane three times after the show and his selling got more over the top each time.

RIP Vince's 72 year old knees...

That was awesome.

Why can't Stephanie take a stunner? That was dumb.

Fucking hell Vince just nonchalantly poured his beer on Shane.

Originally Posted by Smart Remark

Why can't Stephanie take a stunner? That was dumb.

Shane took hers in her place I guess.

Love it. You see the Stunner coming a mile away but you mark out anyway!

perfect opening segment, couldn't have been better.

Originally Posted by Tainted Eclipse

perfect opening segment, couldn't have been better.

Yep. Can't imagine anything else that they could have opened with. Austin/McMahon family put RAW on the map.

Okay, I'm officially a curmudgeonly asshole, 'cause I can't even enjoy that opening. Seemed like the laziest way to incorporate Stone Cold. At least have him cut a promo!

Awesome opening segment. I loved the hell out of that.

The entire 3 hrs. should just be Austin stunning Vince, drinking beer, and posing on the turnbuckle while JR shouts "STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!" over and over until he passes out.

Originally Posted by Sasori

The entire 3 hrs. should just be Austin stunning Vince, drinking beer, and posing on the turnbuckle while JR shouts "STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!" over and over until he passes out.

Man.. I wish! They could have Roman Reigns come out and then he gets stunned over and over until he got the f*** out.

What a fucking pop for Austin as well.

I hope they don't segregate the legends from the current wrestlers. A lot of guys on the current roster could use interaction with legends to help get them over.

The pop for Austin stunning Reigns would blow the roof off.

Asuka looks like a ghost that haunts Party City...

Originally Posted by Tabaschritar

Okay, I'm officially a curmudgeonly asshole, 'cause I can't even enjoy that opening. Seemed like the laziest way to incorporate Stone Cold. At least have him cut a promo!

He's not done for the night. Not by a long shot.

So are the people in the other arena just watching on the titantron or something?

Originally Posted by The Law

I hope they don't segregate the legends from the current wrestlers. A lot of guys on the current roster could use interaction with legends to help get them over.

I think I read on social media Christian is doing the peep show with Rollins and Jason Jordan. Other than that no idea I am also wondering how much of this show is going to be from the manhattan center only that short intro from JR and King so far.

Originally Posted by Tabaschritar

Okay, I'm officially a curmudgeonly asshole, 'cause I can't even enjoy that opening. Seemed like the laziest way to incorporate Stone Cold. At least have him cut a promo!

I bet you’re real fun at parties.

Originally Posted by The Law

This looks fantastic.



Even got the ICOPRO banner.

Can someone help this noob (me) understand what this is actually going to be used for tonight, if at all?

I wouldn't be surprised if Austin bookends the show...
But they have so many guest stars to cram into the show, that I don't want to set myself up for disappointment by expecting more Austin...

The night could reasonably end on Undertaker...

Originally Posted by The Law

I hope they don't segregate the legends from the current wrestlers. A lot of guys on the current roster could use interaction with legends to help get them over.

Didn't they foreshadow The Revival going after the legends last week? I just hope they don't get treated like The Ascension.

Originally Posted by Punchy McTackleVest

Can someone help this noob (me) understand what this is actually going to be used for tonight, if at all?

Wrestling?

Originally Posted by Punchy McTackleVest

Can someone help this noob (me) understand what this is actually going to be used for tonight, if at all?

No one knows. JR implied on the pre-show that DX and Taker are there. I assumed they'd have matches at both venues but we shall see.

Originally Posted by Tabaschritar

Okay, I'm officially a curmudgeonly asshole, 'cause I can't even enjoy that opening. Seemed like the laziest way to incorporate Stone Cold. At least have him cut a promo!

Austin doesn't use PG language or regurgitate lines that are written for him. Just be glad you got some Stunners and some beer drinking.

I hope there's a match or two in the old-school ring.

And we're going old school with a flashback to 2010-2012 and Michael Cole being a shithead.

Starting late but super excited for this show. Hoping it goes well.

Originally Posted by Punchy McTackleVest

Can someone help this noob (me) understand what this is actually going to be used for tonight, if at all?

Reading the tweets right now with #ManhattanCenter. Apparently they're just watching RAW like we are, on their jumbotron. I guess it'll go back and forth but it's kind of a terrible idea. But they'll definitely have some matches there. JR and King are doing commentary over there.

Originally Posted by TooCool

So are the people in the other arena just watching on the titantron or something?

https://twitter.com/griffpr/status/955615132331147264

I'm hoping they show off Asuka tonight for the giant ass kicking machine she is...

I was sort of semi-marking out when the show first started and I saw the arena with JR and King. Was pretty bummed out to find they were doing a double act.

Originally Posted by Beer-Belly

Austin doesn't use PG language or regurgitate lines that are written for him. Just be glad you got some Stunners and some beer drinking.

I feel like we could make an exception for the language on the 25th anniversary show. I mean, Reigns gets his "bitch" in every now and then. And I know from listening to his podcast that he can cut a generic promo that can get me pumped. I'm not that disappointed, but if this is just a little amuse bouche for something more substantial later, I'll pop big.

Originally Posted by Bill Casey

I'm hoping they show off Asuka tonight for the giant ass kicking machine she is...

Like that!