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Seriously. I didn't want to spoil it but it's been a few days now, and yeah that segment was awful. I think the fans are brainwashed or something though really, boo'ing King and JR was a real low blow... among 90% of the entire roster. :(

So company man vs the WWE roster, and people side with Mr. Company. Probably the worst angle I've ever seen, no idea how they're gonna fix this... I want to believe that Triple H see's the stupidity in this as well, but who knows. The worst part though is they apparently predicted that outcome, a quote my friend showed me:

"It was noted that during the final segment on RAW last night, names like John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly weren't at ringside. Word is that WWE was expecting the fans to boo the Superstars who walked out and didn't want certain ones getting heat from the crowd."
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The funny thing too was how forced it was. The divas had nothing to gripe about really. Mark Henry has caused a lot of the chaos in the WWE lately and yet he were walking out in unison with everyone else. I laughed at seeing Mark Henry in solidarity with everyone else when he injured a sound guy, attacked the Smackdown Assistant General Manager, put Jerry Lawler out of action for two weeks and had the whole Smackdown roster attacking him a week ago. Although realistically, it makes no sense that Henry hasn't been fired by Hunter, but Miz and Truth were. That's just one more reason that none of this makes any sense

Did Jim Ross walk out on the guy that supposedly brought him back on Raw? Seriously? I mean sure, Henry put his hands on Ross. That was kind of his own dumb fault though. Am I to believe that the two babyface announcers(well, Booker T is sort of a Tweener I guess)have drunk all of Michael Cole's kool-aid? Seriously?

I think the refs were the only ones who had a legit beef and I was cool with that. Del Rio, Miz, Truth and Henry have been beating the crap out of them. Everyone else though was just going against Hunter because apparently it was just the thing to do. That was weak.
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I was really hoping Mark Henry was gonna jump in the ring and destroy Triple H, lol...
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Xeogred wrote:I was really hoping Mark Henry was gonna jump in the ring and destroy Triple H, lol...
That would have been awesome :lol:

It's been so long since the WWE has had a genuine, bonafide BAD ASS. Mark Henry is the type of heel the WWE has been sorely lacking for a long time. Christian is a perfect example of the traditional WWE heel(and I guess Del Rio too). Nothing wrong with the cowardly, sneaky, cheating heel but the WWE uses that formula too much. We need more Mark Henrys
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Agreed. I'm just getting back into things myself though so it's still pretty funny, I can say I still mostly know him as Sexual Chocolate. Haha, talk about a 180...

I love when he walks out and the camera pans in on his enormous back, taking up the whole screen. Intense. Christian I've always liked too. Definitely not a favorite, but he's got the talent in the ring and on the mic, does the heel job pretty well. But yeah it's kind of funny though, Mark Henry almost feels like the new Kane kind of character to me. Just this huge evil monster that can't be stopped.
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Gamerforlife wrote:
Xeogred wrote:
Bikeage wrote:Whatever direction Raw takes I hope it involves less HHH standing in the ring droning on and on. The big conspiracy is going to end up involving a McMahon in some way, shape, or form anyways. WWE should have been building up new character's the past decade instead of going back to the family well again and again. And they have to stay PG, so they can't even raunch up a stale reveal or payoff for cheap shock value.
Agreed. Loving the Miz and R-Truth stuff myself, but Triple H needs to go. Boo the entire roster for him? ... horrible.
Only Triple H could bury EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE WWE

Seriously, Raw ended with ONE babyface standing in the middle of the ring and a whole truckload of heels walking out on him. Even Jim Ross went heel on Hunter

Wow

Triple H's biggest accomplishment ever? Burying an entire company?
How do you even know HHH had a thing to do with this? He doesn't ACTUALLY run the company. He's still just a wrestler employed by the WWE. Chances are, it was written that way by the writers.
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Xeogred wrote:"It was noted that during the final segment on RAW last night, names like John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Eve Torres and Kelly Kelly weren't at ringside. Word is that WWE was expecting the fans to boo the Superstars who walked out and didn't want certain ones getting heat from the crowd."
Cena, Punk, an' Sheamus are three of my top fav wrestlers and those three were the ones I was looking for during the vote of confidence... and couldn't find. I wasn't anticipating everyone voting no confidence, but I did expect the crowd to side with HHH and realized that's why those three weren't present.

Overall I think this whole fiasco was poorly developed; bad writers! As Gamer mentioned, it makes absolutely no sense for HHH to fire Truth an' Miz when Henry's done a lot worse to more major figures in their industry. The only element which might be granting Henry amnesty is the title, but honestly if that's the case it's a pretty poor excuse imo.

While I'm not a fan of Henry (just about any big guy can shout and make a pouty face all night) I am glad that he is that unstoppable force at the present. Again, like Gamer stated, the traditional WWE heel is the manipulative and sly weasel. It's nice to finally see a dominant heel champion again that can destroy his opponents without resorting to cheap tactics.
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BurningDoom wrote:How do you even know HHH had a thing to do with this? He doesn't ACTUALLY run the company. He's still just a wrestler employed by the WWE. Chances are, it was written that way by the writers.
When it comes to wrestling, at least in my personal opinion, you've gotta suspend disbelief in the same manner you would if you were watching a play or movie. You know they're actors but you don't let that take away from the enjoyment you get out of it.
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Runefaust wrote:
BurningDoom wrote:How do you even know HHH had a thing to do with this? He doesn't ACTUALLY run the company. He's still just a wrestler employed by the WWE. Chances are, it was written that way by the writers.
When it comes to wrestling, at least in my personal opinion, you've gotta suspend disbelief in the same manner you would if you were watching a play or movie. You know they're actors but you don't let that take away from the enjoyment you get out of it.
True, because if you over-analyze things, you have to ask how much Paul-L (is his wife still head of creative?) DIDN'T have to do with this.
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This is...the WORST storyline...the WWE has EVER done. Please get Triple H OFF MY GODAMN TELEVISION!!!!!

NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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