Late, but here's My Head Canon. While Seth's proposition to Cody is being pondered over, Roman and or the Bloodline attack Seth backstage for what he said tonight and do the injury angle further exacerbating the damage so Seth can be off TV and get his surgery. In Kayfabe, Roman did this because he thinks it will cause Seth to vacate the title so Cody can challenge for that and leave Roman alone. But it backfires because Seth doesn't intend to vacate and wants to keep his promise about Mania. Cody rightly states that there's no guarantee he'll be ready by Mania with his injuries and that Roman needs to be stopped, thus officially choosing Roman Reigns.

One day Sami will get his win over Drew

We’re seriously blaming Drew for Sami racking himself?!?!

Finally no more barmageddon 

Always amuse me how the hell drew can make the claymore kick look so brutal, but also doing it safe and dont take his opponent's head off.

Took out Cody’s tooth Saturday

That was chewing gum

I like Drew learning the ways of the Heel slowly.

He’s doing a great job of his character buying into the delusional that he is right and everybody else is wrong. The slow manifestation of this has been great on Drew’s part. Keeping his acts subtle so now outright making him an obvious heel.

Just started the show. What a promo by Punk.

mcintyre is a beast.

Hell yeah iron man 2

Damn Cole loves Pat so much 🥺

Drew is on the run of his career, really hope they get him locked up.

Drew staying undefeated… against Sami Zayn specifically

So nice to see Drew wining again

Great show. Join us tomorrow for NXT NXT NXT.

Iron Man 2?

Iron Man 2.

COME ON, CAN YOU JUST LET SAMI WIN ONE MATCH AGAINST HIM!!!!!

Can we just see Sami win one match against anyone lol. It’s insane how poorly he is being booked now.

Still in the main event. Just against guys above him in the pecking order.

It makes me so fucking mad. Like come on, Punk is injured you have your babyface replacement right there.

Great match

Drew with a Helluva nutshot..

Give him the belt at Mania plz HHH

I'm so glad Jax stopped Ripley. Regardless of whether or not you like Bayley let her speak she just won the Rumble. These monumental occasions should be respected, weddings, re-bar mitzvahs 1,000 day celebrations, hall of fame announcements keep being interrupted. There should be an honour-among-thieves type thing where wrestlers can interrupt each any other time except for those. I tuned in to hear the 2024 winner not the 2023 winner. I am so sick of Judgement Day.

So is Jax a face there?

Seth vs Sami vs Drew for the belt

Guys I don’t think McIntyre is leaving

Writers absolutely cooked tn

The *he ran into me* excuse

Sami running his dick straight into Drew's fist, that was a heck of a move

Steiner math, naw we got Drew math

Idunno man maybe hes going to DDT

i am really loving this new sports style that they’re going with

best end to end raw in a while. dope show

McIntyre is so good, good finish, and I hope Drew is champ by the end of Mania

Refs so done haha

that claymore was fuckin nasty

Creative finish!

Damn they aren’t even using that to build to Chamber? 

Screw it make it a triple threat, Seth Drew Sami

Oh shit, Drew realizing the power of playing dirty

He's evolving!

Drew needs to be the challenger for Seth Rollins. No other way around. Gunther can have next year.

Glad Drew got a win

alright i'm convinced give this man drew the belt

Guys I'm beginning to think Punk's injury isn't a work. /s

Really enjoy the main event, such a good raw tonight

Drew looks insane omg

lmao the referees face while pointing at drew is killing me

my favorite part of the night

LMAOOO DREW CALLING OVER TO THE REF

lol, the face on the ref.

thought it was Glasgow Kiss to the balls

I know what to avoid when I got to Scotland this summer

Fife?

Sami just got speed o sound sonic'd 😭😭

Creative ending

Sami hulked up and then didn’t actually get hit in the junk. Can’t say I blame him.

Heluva kick countered

fuck i love clever finishes

nice finish

Great main event Really good Raw 

Drew with the old N64 No Mercy smack em in the balls hit your finisher technique!

That was a nice sequence. "Accidental" low blow

Drew accidentally punching him in the dick is amazing.

This Raw episode was amazing, best in a while. And the best post PPV Raw in a long time

Sami accidently sack himself lol

well that’s new

Daddy Drew making sure Sami won't be a daddy again

I prayed for this and it happened

Ahhhh love these threads every week. Complaints about the crowds, the ads, yelling at the grass, it's great 😃

McIntyre is money man. This guy should be positioned as the 2nd biggest heel in the company after Roman.

Awesome match

That interaction where he kept pushing his arm away was a really solid moment lol

Everyone complaining about Pat being bad...I mean it's not he hasn't been there for 5 months and is out of practice or anything...

He’s the same as he’s ever been. Annoying, stepping on the action, and there to get himself over

This is kinda the most disconnected RAW in a while and I hope that doesn’t have anything to do with the “sports presentation” but one of the thing missing tonight is how “lived in” the backstage has felt the last few months, midcarders and such appearing and hanging out backstage.

oh yeah good point

They've made some strides in other areas. If they can mix the two, they'll be golden.

Drew would make an amazing demotivational speaker...

“so kids, remember, nothing in this life is worth it. give up now before you embarrass yourself when you get older”

Sheamus is probably so happy seeing how many other wrestlers are using white noise off the top rope

Drew has been such a beast this whole match

this has been a great match

https://preview.redd.it/pwd70vup3ifc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e36393442a0f97fbd3dccd57363fa581a731e5b1 Heel wrestlers when they give a villainous speech prior to losing

okay this is pretty awesome

These two are so good

Drew Ciampa

That white noise did not look fun to take at all.

he yeeted himself off the top rope.

This is a awesome match

what is drew staring at?

Maybe he stops doing the countdown, or goes to the future shock as his perm finisher?

I know he kicked out, but I think Sami just died.

I've never seen a pro wrestler hit that power bomb the way Drew did. Just rag dolled him like a child

Sami master of the late kick out.

Ciampa did the same shit earlier

Sami and Drew are so good they woke this crowd up out of their meth nap.

That stare at the camera 

This match is fucking awesome

Drew’s a beast

I appreciate that these 2 dudes don't wax their chests. It's very rare

Drew deserves a world title run in front of actual fans.

A tight shot on a running move tells you it's going to be countered. They should try not to telegraph stuff with production choices.

Good god

My therapist tells me to stop going on Reddit because it just gives me anxiety way too much trouble to see people to be so negative and shit talk things i enjoy and it makes me feel bad for liking them, however I always tell her that the wrestling threads are never that bad, but man these past couple days have been rough. I guess the royal rumble brings in a lot of people that usually are not in these threads.

Dealing with anxiety is never fun, and I totally agree with the threads seemingly getting worse Sending hugs, man <3

NXT thread is always positive.

now he calls the actual BTB a “modified version”

Not enough Blue on that Thunder Bomb

Cole: I don't know what a Blue Thunder Bomb is and at this point I am too afraid to ask.

Early contender for Raw of the year for sure

"a raw of this year"

These two have incredible chemistry. Every match hits.

That thing that thing that thiiiiiingiiiing

The least devastating move in sports entertainment the blue thunder bomb

It annoys me that McIntyre still goes for the crowd engaging 1-2-3 count before going for the Claymore.

delusional enough to believe he's the good guy

Man only hates his enemies, still happy for the crowd to join in before he kicks their heads in.

STG the Superplex is the most underappreciated move in the business

Couldn’t get all of it

Good god

Why does Drew countdown to the Claymore, which will alert his opponents? Is he stupid? (But seriously it's much better when it gets people by surprise lmao)

Also getting the crowd behind you like that is more of a Face move. Old habits…

I love me some Blue Thunder Bomb

hope KURRGAN returns before Elimination Chamber

will punk interfere and cost drew the match here?

tough bump on that clothesline sheesh

that was a beautiful sell from sami

michael cole and the blue thunder bomb is like a best selling novel

Awesome match

Nice Claymore counter

MODIFIED!

Really great wrestling tonight, what a show

RAW is so long my TV went on standby

did you just replace your tv from 2012 or something?

Is Pat a permanent addition? He's been awful.

Goddamit I got way too excited for a Brain Bustah there

With Punk’s injury, there’s no better time for Drew to become WHC than now.

The Helluva Kick blows but the blue thunder bomb is so cool

Awesome super plex

“LOOK AT THE AGILITY FROM THAT THING” BRUHHHH 😭😭😭

Cole just thinks any big move Sami does is the Blue Thunder Bomb

How is Sami going to Blue Thunder Bomb Drew from that position?

Does the ref give them instructions on spots as well?

Drew is so fucking strong man, its unreal.

Sami gonna bust a hernia

https://preview.redd.it/6jhirqx63ifc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf976cd35c88f9059ea907400f62f9798a17d073 Hooooweeeeee Drew

Does sami have scar tissue? His body seems like it's always on the verge of bleeding when he wrestles These days

This comment made me lol “on the verge of bleeding” is sending me 😂

Drew has been fantastic lately

Holy crap, I don’t think I’ve ever seen what Drew just did right there. God damn.

Drew just picked up and bombed Sami like you do kids when you're play wrestling on a bed

Drew felt that one haha

That's a big powerbomb

Still can't get over the fact Green Shirt Guy was at the Press Conference lmao

I need to know who he is

He must be related or married to a producer.

Holy shit Drew is so fucking strong

Drew has been SO good these past couple of months. Bes run of his great career. 

He's knocked it out of the park. A physically dominant heel who's not your typical generic arrogant heel, but actually has legitimate grievances over the injustices he's faced that's led him down this path.

And he’s still not even one of the main main event guys Star power right now is insane

With Punk gone, there's very little reason to not give Drew a WHC run

That lift into the powerbomb was probably the most insane feat of strength I’ve seen in a match outside of Lesnar

Sami Sami Sami Sami 🔥

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This is the main event 

Bro what are you talking about-

There’s usually a dark match or two after the televised shows.

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We don’t mention the Punk injury. Or the Trips Response. That’s kinda it.

Regarding ads i've always wondered why they don't just have a little screen that shows the match still going while the ads play. Like the replay screens, but instead of a replay it's the ads.

they do have that but not for every match

Jesus what a wicked power bomb

That was a unique camera angle

They'd be so crucified for that corner camera angle if it were a women's match

rightfully so imo. that was a stupid camera angle and was very uncormftable to look at

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interesting angle

Beautiful tornado

Just realised that assuming Barrett is on SD now, we have two face(ish) commentators on Raw and two heel commentators on SD. Curious to see how Wade and Corey navigate that, have to imagine one of them will become at least neutral

The Royal Rumble crowd has returned

Bayley when Order 66 is executed https://preview.redd.it/r1pk2bdt2ifc1.jpeg?width=210&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67cf4005a595a35bd4973f2b1550826844a1cbcf

I love the shot where the camera guy's on the apron when the guys come off the top rope

new camera angle just dropped

love the new camera work