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Here are the results of the July 18th RAW: (Will update as show progesses):
-Stephanie McMahon announced Mick Foley would be her RAW General Manager.
-Daniel Bryan is the new Smackdown GM!
-Sami Zayn and Cesaro defeated Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho
-Darren Young defeated Alberto Del Rio.
-The Club and the Wyatt Family defeated Enzo, Cass, Cena and the New Day.
-Baron Corbin defeated Sin Cara.
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Chat Starts at 8!
Here we go guys!
Who is excited!!!
Who’s going number one tomorrow I got Aj styles
Seth Rollins for me
Shucky Ducky Quack Quack… HERE WE GO
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Thank you for having the best wrestling chat ever
Who will be the GM’s???
Sounds like triple h and Daniel Bryan
I like seeing Steph on TV besides the awesome heel character she is just how hot she looks the most tempting bosses daughter ever
LET’S GO WHO WILL BE THE GMS OF RAW AND SMACKDOWN
YES!
Sorry for the delay in got a new phone yesterday and forgot my login info now am here let’s go
Shane’s reaction last week to being selected as Smackdown commissioner was so priceless one of the best wrestler/personality reactions I’ve ever seen
Here we go
Thanks for joining!
I know it’s been 5 months but it’s still amazing to think Shane is back in WWE
thinking about that return still gives me chills
I didn’t think he would be here for this long
Oh good, I didn’t miss anything.
YES CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION
Cruisweight division?
WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A CRUISERWEIGHT DIVISION ON RAW
Wow a Cruiserweight Division on Raw…okay very interesting did not see that coming
Cruiserweight division cool
Does this mean that either the US Title or ICE Title will be on SmackDown
MICK FOLEY
HOLY FOLEY
Foley!
MICK FOLEY
Wait…what Mick Foley?…okay maybe this won’t be so predictable
Wow little surprised
I am actually shocked with this pick
So if Foley is Raw does that mean Bryan would be Smackdown…wow this might be a very interesting brand extension after all
He is getting a show on the wwe network
Mick Foley, didn’t see that coming
Mick?!
What a start to RAW
I like how Raw is getting the Cruiserweight Division feels like a old school Nitro just a updated version with going to be big stars and then you have the undercard
If Shane reveals his GM to be Triple H then this would be the most shocking reveals ever
Here we go
YES YES YES
Foley and Bryan as GM’s…this is going to be very exciting
Daniel Bryan
YES YES YES YES YES
Daniel Bryan is the new smackdown GM!
Sweet, glad to see Daniel Bryan back!
This is what Daniel wanted to make SmackDown equal or better than RAW let’s see if he can get the job done
Great to have Daniel Bryan back sucks can’t wrestle anymore
Steph should be scowling more since well it’s Bryan and that rivalry of course
Yes…Yes…Yes we miss you
Loving this!
Sorry guys, a little late, but happy to be here:)
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Calling a swerve: Mick and Bryan cite past issues with McMahons and tell Shane and Steph where to go.
SAVAGE SHANE
Shane is roasting Steph tonight on the mic
Not a bad start to RAW
Im watching on a 10 minute delay. Will fast foward commercials and catch up.
Anyways, you can tell by the look on Stephs face that she loves working with her brother Shane in real life.
This brand extension is going to be great if didn’t have high hopes until tonight
Wow. Mick Foley and Bryan Danielson. !!!!
I am fired up for the split!
Mick Foley dyes his hair. Lol
After that I’m ready for the brand split and the rest of this show
The only things left to look forward to is the draft itself the cruiserweight division the new world title for either RAW or SmackDown depending on where the WWE Champion ends up the cruiserweight title and if they can pull this brand extension off
Everybody thought Raw’s GM would be HHH and then they give us Foley. I love it!
I thought it was gonna be HHH cuz of how last weeks Raw ended.
SWERVE
This should be a great tag match tonight going with Sami and Ceasro
I hope Sami wins at Battleground
Is Cesaro entrance is like the James bond movie
Entire arena doing the Yes chant just gave me chills. (Still watching on a slight delay)
Who ya got in the tag match?
Sami and Ceasro
Same
Hopefully more good news to come on RAW
Who are the 6 picks to get drafted from NXT
I have no idea but I would love to see American Alpha get called up
Balor and Bayley have to be 2 of them right?
They would be stupid not to be I also think American Alpha would have to be a top pick too
Cesaro fired up.
Sami and Ceasro wins let’s go this was my pick to win
I think Zayn and Owens are going to end up on separate shows it would make sense I think to have them separated for a while
I want them to fight forever in every single PPV
LOL DB dabbing
I enjoy watching Cesaro wrestle but 75% of his european uppercuts look really fake. He doesnt even get close to their face. Lol
You know if they had labeled a guy as “the guy who ended Daniel Bryan’s career” like Sheamus for example and Sheamus was drafted to Smackdown that would make a very interesting dynamic I think
Alberto vs Darren. Who wins? I say Alberto
Nah this is a long term push for Darren Young so Darren has to win here tonight
good point
Ok. So Darren Young not only needs to get the win, he needs to have a good match.
Not too crazy about Darren’s new theme
I’m not enthused about the IC match.
Thoughts on Darren Young vs Miz for the IC title?
I hope the Miz retains.
I think Young wins
I have high hopes for this match because we have seen so many segments between Darren and Backlund to make him great again so I hope he wins
2 weeks in a row Alberto has miss that kick lol
Hmmmm? Roll up pin of death
Why did the feel like the longest three seconds lol
That match isnt a way to make him great.
Whoever gets Big Show loses.
Not necessarily he is a vet and can make a great looker room leader to fire up the roster
Thats cool and all. . . But what about the slow, boring matches he’s always in?
Don’t put him in any matches just let me put young stars over or let him be an ambassador for the brand
Hmm, im just gonna stick with my original post and say whoever gets him, loses. Lol
Should Sasha’s partner be anyone besides Bayley?
It won’t be Bayley it would probably be Summer Rae #SummerandWinterRae
Summer is a heel though
Sasha did kinda asked her on Twitter
I think it was a joke because they’re friends in real life
True
You are correct!!!
Any suprise draft picks do you think is gonna happen on Smackdown?
Cena!!!
Havent heard loud “John Cena sucks” chants since he’s been back. . . .until now.
“Ill brush ya mouth like colgate”
Hottest line of the song
Without a doubt
Its honestly a good punchline
Cena looks like he wishes the crowd loved him like they do D-Bry
Cena did not just say that
As excited as I am for the Draft, part of me wishes that they were waiting until after Battleground.
They should wait until after Summerslam actually but am find with it being tomorrow
I don’t have a problem with the Draft this month, I just wish they’d wait until after Battleground so it feels more important.
It would be cool if just every once in a while Cena would do a rap for one night against whomever he’s feuding with like he is with The Club
Yes.
John Cena loves Enzo, I love it.
Enzo haha
Enzo hit em hard with that one.
Cena this is updated trash talk 101 your teacher Enzo Amore
SAVAGE ENZO IS RIPPING THE CLUB A NEW ONE
Savage life
Yeah I dont like AJ Styles hair, i want his haircut from New Japan
I was typing about the Wu Tang Clan and John Cena just said what i was typing. So i deleted it, & wrote this post instead. Lol
AJ Freaking STYLES is HERE!!!!
*dabs*
They can talk about AJs hair, but his theme song is fire.
True that
I still have a big smile on my face seeing AN Styles come out in a WWE ring
Who has a pic of his wife? Whats her name?
I would pay someone to find a pic of her and what her name is
I think it’s just a gimmick
His twitter profile says it too
Naw, he’s gotta have a hot ass asian wife for reals
#BeatUpJohnCenaski
I like The Club and they are passable on the mic but trash talk exchanges…they got some work to do
They got some work to do-ski
loving this lol.
I knew a Pokemon Go reference was gonna happen
All the best talking wrestlers in the ring, still to come Wyatts, this is awesome.
Bay-beeeeee
DAMN THAT’S IMPRESSIVE XAVIER
Have u seen his gaming channel?
I love it. I have an UpUpDownDOwn shirt
Awesome. I have 2 new day shirts, but no upupdowndown
Yup I love it
Very entertaining. Especially when New Day play against each other
An hour into the show and only 2 matches have happened lol
That’s crazy
John’s gotta be feeling like a old man he does not even understand how u doin
Kayfabe???
I know in kayfabe terms he’s gotta be feeling like a old man
Kayfabe or not, he feels like an old man. Lol
Mick Foleys Daughter =’s Eva Marie 2.0
(Im not talking about looks)
OK u need to chill why would u say that we haven’t seen her wrestle or anything
I say that because the WWE Universe hates Eva Marie and I feel the same is gonna happen to Mick Foleys daughter.
I don’t think so
Well she just woke up one day and said she wanted to be a wrestler. You know how WWE Universe feels about that. I could be wrong tho
She is Mick Foleys daughter, pretty sure everyone will like her.
Yeah, at least she has that going for her.
People hate Eva, not because she is hot and can’t wrestle. We hate her cuz she has been a year in and still didn’t know how to wrestle. She decided to learn a year into her career. At least Noelle is training before debuting.
I disagree.
That’s cool
She grew up around wrestling
So did Roman.
I love the Cruiserwieght Classic. An awesome moment to see Kota Ibushi on WWE television
Did u hear that he got signed to NXT
Yup, I popped when I heard
Yeah, the first episode was great.
All the talent in the ring and the arena chants Cena/Cena sucks. The man is still special.
I hope we see Broken Matt Hardy get drafted tomorrow
Wow.
Strowman with the botched catch.
yeah that was ugly lol
Of Strowman ever learns to wrestle, he and Cass could be $$$.
Yes!!! Big Show in his WcW days was a monster.
Big Show was already a great athlete. I’m not sure we can say the same about Strowman.
Strowman is as athletic as the Big Show is in 2016
True, but Show back in his time was a college basketball star and could really move for a big man. Strowman makes getting in the ring look awkward.
Haha
Agreed
Crazy how Darren Young gets an IC title match when AJ Styles is in the WWE. Does Vince hate TNA that much??
Chances this match ends in a DQ?? I say 100% chance.
Cena being wigged out by the spider walk is kinda stupid at this point.
It shouldve been Xavier Woods who got shook. Not Cena.
I enjoy AJs hard hitting style.
Hows everyone enjoying RAW?
Awesome as always
been really good now it’s just kind of waiting to see Ambrose vs Rollins
Great as usual just waiting for the Women’s tag match and the main event
Pretty good so far.
I’m loving it. And being a part of this chat always makes it better
This whole segment has been going on for 30 mins
That CiCi’s pizza looked good
right lol
Great sell on the Srrowman slam, Kofi
Styles Clash!!!!!
Well, so much for my DQ that i thought was gonna happen
Styles clash for the win
Great to see WWE is keeping Styles and The Club strong what do you think strongest booked stable since The Shield?
Give them a year then ask that question
fair enough
I dream of a world where people like The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Adam Cole, Will Ospreay, and more are in the WWE
Has it been 30 days for Reigns yet?
i think it will be in a few days
Wednesday or Thursday
Nope he will be back at a live event before Battleground
Who are the top five picks in the draft I got styles Ambrose Rollins Cena Finn balor
I gotta believe a tag team (new day/ enzo cass) gotta be a top 5 pick.
If Brock fails his test, how do you think the WWE universe will treat him. In a fair world, he should get the Roman Reigns treatment. WWE Universe voiced their opinion on social media when Reigns failed his test.
But that’s Roman, the reaction to Brock will probably be same, But not as strong
Ha. That just proves people are biased against Reigns. For no reason. Haha. I love it.
There is a lot of reasons, And you know them but choose to be biased
Brock and Reigns both fail tests. Brocks being worse. Fans still hate Reigns more. Steroids in UFC is being a coward & cheater. Nobody knows what test Roman failed but wrestling isnt exactly the same competition as UFC.
Except Brock, it’s still a potential violation, so it’s not definite
Yeah, i was speaking as if it was true. If he never fails the test, then this conversation never happened.
Lol
they swerved us earlier with Foley being the RAW GM who the hell knows they might swerve us again and put the title on Rollins
I hope not. I picture it going to double DQ or countout.
I agree but they may swerve us you never know
Neither man would be served by a win tonight. It would hurt Battleground and the Triple Threat.
How?
1. It’s a dumb thing to do. 2. You take out the drama of the Triple Threat if Dean or Seth win tonight and make Roman’s return feel pointless.
Sunday night Heat?
Maybe
Who is seth talking to exactly? Lol
This is little weird
Yeah, just a little.
I love FaBreeze, I hope they don’t break them up.
Yeah. Tyler Breeze is a gem.
And they’re characters! They actually have gimmicks, where today, there isnt a lot of characters
Thay selfie stick is gold.
Corbin vs Sin Cara
I hope Corbin wins here
I don’t know how I feel about it being announced before the draft that The Lucha Dragons were splitting up I would of liked them to have been split up during the draft it’d add to that unpredictability of the draft in my opinion
Can they give Corbin some time off to get muscles and abs? He’ll be more legit if he does.
Love Corbin finisher
Same
Kalisto was running like Becky Lynch haha.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Batman vs Superman was lame to me
I feel like people like Dana Brooke only because she has big t*ts.
That’s why I like her
If you watch NXT, you would know that’s only half the reason, or 75% the reason
Never watched nxt but on the main roster she has a lot of mistakes. I remember she couldnt even lift Charletts foot on the rope in a match.
I dont give a shit about superdumb vs batbug… sorry
Lol
I am confused with this batman vs superman I thought they were both good guy’s
I would be LMAO if they said “Here is a sneak preview to Cena vs Roman” and it showed that
Gold
Could you imagine the “Cena Sucks/Roman sucks” chants?
Oh man, brutal
Lex Luthor makes Batman believe that Superman is a bad guy. Wasn’t that great of a movie
Ok thanks
Holy shit I thought you said Lex Luger, and I thought it was a reference to how Luger wasn’t over as a baby face, and it made sense lol
HAHAHAHA i almost typed Lex Luger
There will be a day in the future when IWN will be used as a media outlet on WWE.
100%
I would like for Smackdown to get a good amount of the female wrestlers and Raw can be for the very hot women with a good wrestler sprinkled in to at least balance it out
Smackdown is already the B show for 2 reasons.
Raw is still 3 hours.
Raw gets Cruiserweight division.
From the jump its not fair and equal.
You gotta wait for the draft bro
Cruiserweight division…. Raw
Dont have to wait for the draft to understand Smackdown is already fighting an uphill battle.
My future wife Becky lynch lol
I got about 3 future wives and girlfriends in there Becky, Sasha and Charlotte lol
I would wife up Sasha. F*ck Charolette and kill Becky
Oh those shorts on Becky are… short? lol
I wonder if Smackdown will get the female roster exclusively?
perfect time for a Bayley debut
This Sunday bro
I was hopeful lol
**charloetts music hits**
Tha dude
ahhhh Team Hell No…if Daniel Bryan can make Team Hell No work then he can make being SD GM work
Niceeeee throwback to initial Shield promos for Ambrose’s promo
Really good RAW so far, sucks it’s under the shadows of all those bad RAWs
If you were to create a new email every month, would you be able to get WWE network free for life??
Yea i guess, but $10 a month is a steal, so it wouldn’t make sense
Yeah i know. I was just wondering. ?
If I don’t see Papa Shango get drafted tomorrow, we riot
*Disco Inferno
HAHAHAHA
Xavier Woods has a masters in Physchology but lets Bray Wyatt get into his head. …. Makes no sense at all
Jesus Christ, were we’re seeing more and more skin on Lana
more like PG-13 era
If those spanish announcers call wrestling matches like they call soccer games…. Im learning spanish
I bet it’s lit
Shiiiiit, the way they scream goal, but do that to the way they say finishers, I would hear them all the time
It was be lit, as GirlsCabHoop2 stated.
Dolph Ziggler! Yay
Still a great wrestler and a great seller.
Why did they have to change the “woo woo woo” to so much seriousness in the new theme?
I hope Ziggler and Ryder win this tag match
The more I see Lana, the more my hatred for Rusev grows stronger
They are having a live event in Delaware. Delaware doesnt scream wrestling community to me.
Thoughts on Ryders new music?
I actually dig this remix
don’t like it. i guess i’m just so use to the old one
Now that’s how you sell a submission
Hes still acting like his back is broken lol
LOL Undertaker in golf attire: https://www.iwnerd.com/undertaker-photographed-wearing-golf-attire-will-ruin-kayfabe/
wow…. my favorite wrestler in golf attire lol
The Brock/Orton match should be a retirement match. Yeah, i said it.
who should lose if that was the case?
Well, so many stories of Orton being a doushebag/bully, i wouldnt mind seeing him go.
yeah i think i saw a story here on IWN about that. wasn’t sure if it was true or not
Theres been several stories. Not just 1 or 2 or 3 or 4.
I can’t wait for Randy’s return
You think hes gonna have ring rust?
He’s back in the ring now at the performance center to work that off but he has been out for almost 10 months so yang ring rust is expected
Here we go!
The title is on the line NEXT
Does anyone know what lesnar test positive for
They havent released it yet.
Ready for this main event.
I love that promo for the main event of Battleground
Cena killed the ESPY monologue. Brutal jokes in there.
If Nakamura gets picked, im marking out.
I figured a way to hopefully elevate the Championship belts….
The WWE needs a Evolution-esque team. I think it can be like a team of TNA superstars, like Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, Eric Young or something along those lines. Thoughts?
Good idea.
Dang, Foley looks good, DDP Yoga did him good.
Hair dye works wonders.
Death stares
Here we go
I miss when the NBA playoffs were on and the would put the main event at the end of the 2nd hour.
Daniel Bryan talking about smackdown beating raw in the ratings I can’t see Vince McMahon wanting that to happen
If the brand split happens and 1 year later, ratings stay the same. Would it be considered a failure? Not financially because Im sure they’ll be making way more money than they already do.
I think Smackdown ratings will go way up because of the live factor. So if RAW stays the same and Smackdown can match it I think they would consider it a success
Well when the fans are the only ones trying to keep Kayfabe alive, and the wrestlers don’t care, ratings will be love, as they should be
This has been a good RAW, but since all other RAWs were bad,the tone is still kinda low, but I’m loving every second
Cant let the past dictate the present brotha. Is that another reason people dislike Reigns, because they disliked him in the past?? Sorry, had to throw that in there haha.
Well, when you watch every RAW, and it’s not like the best show ever, it’s just a show, my attitude coming to this RAW is used to the other RAWs
Honestly, Raw IS the best show on television. Mainly because its the only show I watch lol. I have nothing else to compare it to.
Is there gonna be 2 PPV’s next month? How is Summerslam gonna work?
The big 4 PPV’s are split (Survivor Series, Summerslam, RR and WM
So expect a lot of filler matches until Summerslam since they are sharing the show & have matches from both programs to fill out 1 PPV
I think this is a great way to end the last RAW before the brand split. Two wrestler that are the future of the WWE, this is awesome.
this is gonna be awesome going to get a lot of time it looks like
30 minutes. Doesnt Raw always run 10 minutes after?
normally ya so strap in for this one
And the house shows have been great, hopefully we get a taste of that
1 thing for sure.. Smackdown is getting the better announcers.
Mmmmm. Subways
This brand split is gonna be something. Some Mid carders are gonna be main eventers now.
This is great for people like Cesaro, Zayn & KO
Agreed can’t wait for it!
Great chemistry
2 commercial breaks, really?
If your going to use the Frog Splash, please don’t kick out
Agreed
Hey man, Sweet Chin Music has been reduced to an everyday move.
great minds think alike
Sure do.
Blame the young bucks for that…. and Usos… well just everyone
Everyone. . . .except Cena.
Paige, Tamina, Rusev, Seth, Dolph, Del Rio, and many more
kinda like the sweet chin music. everyone kicks out of super kicks now
To people who regularly watch TV. Are there any advertisements for WWE Brand Split other than on WWE Raw, or Smackdown?
Nope, only on USA network, or sometimes YouTube
I was just curious. Non-wrestling fans prolly arent aware there is a brand split coming up.
Kicking out of finishers is too normal now
For great matches, it’s still cool to see
People especially hate it when Reigns does it. Haha
Not anymore, since Roman used steroids, it makes sense that he kicked out all those finishers
Hahaha
?? the pubes on Seth Rollins chest is all I can look at
Here comes the swerve.
wait what
I knew they were gonna pin each other. IWN, i tweeted that to you earlier today!!!!!
you have got to be kidding me. really WWE?
Vince needs to come out and start a rematch
So Seth is champ even tho they clearly pinned each other
I mean Ambrose shoulder was on top of Rollins, but kayfabe
Well, theres both of your champs for Raw & Smackdown folks
Odd finish lol
I tweeted you earlier that a double pin was gonna happen when you asked the question on twitter.
They’re probably gonna give Ambrose the World Heavyweight Champion or something tomorrow
WWE needs a replay like they do in sports.
Head to the Network peeps
Whays going on over there
the aftermath
It’s a draw. DEAN RETAINS
Im out.
Thank you for having me!
I am glad Dean retain the belt. Also so happy to see DB as Smackdown GM !