WWE RAW Discussion Thread - May 19, 2014 from London, England (#1095)

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When

United States: Monday Night, May 19, at 8/7c on the USA Network

United Kingdom: Tuesday Morning, May 20, at 12AM on SkySportsHD3

 

Venue

The O2 London in London, England

 

Confirmed Matches/Events

 

The State of the WWE World Heavyweight Title to be Addressed

 

Build to Payback

[Guest FreeSpirit]

Daniel Bryan has been given a week to surrender the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Stephanie McMahon has demanded he show up on RAW next week to "do the right thing" and what's "best for business"!!

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Just amazing live

[Guest John Hancock]

Pop for Greenwich mean time. There's not much going on in Britain these days.

[Guest Edgehead]

Laughed out loud at Stephanie's lame attempt at a british accent :lol

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Have to say that Steph was great last night, really got the crowd going. The Wyatt entrance is one of the greatest ever, has to be seen

[Guest Edgehead]

As it got towards the end of the show I was starting to worry that Bad News Barratt wasn't going to appear & we were just gonna have to settle for Stephanie's reference to him. Thankfully that wasn't the case. BNB has grown on me a lot lately but its always especially good to see him in the UK with the fans behind him.

 

I must admit I quite enjoyed the Adam Rose segment, probably because of how much the crowd got into it.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

The Exotic experience 100% better live, the gimmick I feel still has only a limited shelf life but it is enjoyable live.

 

The reception for Barrett was amazing, the UK crowd love him he can do no wrong. The Shield also deliver whether it be on TV or in person, such a great act

[Chris2K 176]

Beating Paige in her first WWE (televised) match in her home country?

 

F*ck that.

[Maxximus 353]

I've heard there was a JBL/Cole chant during Cesaro's match, is that true?

[Chris2K 176]

And a Jerry chant to complete the trio. It's times like that when the smart fans annoy me.

 

It's times with the whole arena singing along with Bray Wyatt that I love them though.

[Guest Inno]

I love Luke Harper. I really do. He gets his gimmick, he buys into it, he makes you believe it and to top it all, he's damn smooth in the ring. He always has a good match with whoever he's with, rarely puts a foot wrong.

 

And that beard is a thing of beauty.

[dsrchris 190]

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!!

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Luke Harper has really evolved into a very good worker

[dsrchris 190]

Brodie Lee laughs at your evolutionary claims and reminds you he's ALWAYS been a good worker.

[Guest Will O the Wisp]

I am to the point that I prefer Harper over Bray. I mean, they are both fantastic, but Harper is more fun for me to watch. The "YEAHYEAHYEAH" and the gator roll are great.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

I was referring more to the fact that's he' become more crisp in the ring, I personally felt their style was a bit slow when they debut in the summer

[Guest Inno]

Would totally buy this shirt:

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[Guest Magic]

ICW's Joe Hendry the Local Hero, and the Coffey brothers were all in the Adam Rose's exotic express. So was a girl from and English promotion who I met in London but I can't remember her name. Word on the street is that Mark Coffey was getting a WWE tryout during the day.

 

This Raw was just average for me. I loved everything to do with the Shield and Evolution. I could watch those two factions go at it forever. I can really take or leave the Wyatt Family and Cena at this point though. The content of Bray's promos is starting to grate on me and I growing to really hate the whole world in his hands singalongs.

 

Adam Rose, Bad News Barrett and The Union Jacks, all great. Everything else, meh.