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Vince Russo's The Brand 
You–where is everybody?!!!
Fantasy Baseball is keeping me busy Vince…
I missed my beloved Giants because I had a big interview today.
Here
So glad who’s on first is back!
Well let’s hope we end this night with something to look forward to, something more on the shane story and Roman
Did you enjoy Wrestlemania 32? How would you compare it to last year’s show?
Bro–have to listen to podcast–talked about for 90 minutes today!
So what’s going to happened to Shane
Here Comes the Money
Keeping my fingers cross for Enzo and Big Cass tonight!
So he got his ass whipped for no reason
I’m ok with that, I assume we look at it that Shane won Vince over last night?? They should probably have told that a bit more but nonetheless I like it
I’m good with it–doesn’t make much sense but good TV!
Where is the DBZ armor?
Alright! Shane is running Raw! Now what?
6 seconds later.
CUT TO: Same old shit comedy promo/tag match.
Vince McMahon just essentially said, “Remember all the hype and the big match last night? All of that means jack!”
I’m confused….all that for nothing? I’m mean cmon at least another stipulation. Shane joins “Kiss My Ass Club” would be something.
If you are over the age of 12 and singing along with New Day, you are an insufferable dork.
Love how the Tag Titles couldnt be defended against the league of nations at mania but yet we get the same match 24 hours later with HIGHER STAKES.
Something tells me he will be the new GM of RAW
Hey Jeff Lane, no freakin’ new Gotham on tonight. WTF?
One of the best shows on T.V.
Man I really liked season 1 even though it completely deviates from the actual story, but I just couldn’t get into season 2.
Probably don’t want to compete with NCAA Championship
Vince, Whats up bro, so far strong RAW to start, hope they build from that into a 3 hour great raw
Shane’s first action: Ban Ric Flair from ringside and have a rematch of the Women’s match from last night.
New Day Really?Getting old.
league of nations will cheat to win the tag titles shortly
New Day v League of Nations. Wow what an original match. Once in a lifetime feel right here guys
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Why Cant WWE have a full match and then cut to commercial after the full match, The whole thing to where theres not a full match on raw cheats the home viewer from watching raw. i know that they pay for there sponsors but come on, thats so damn simple it could bring up ratings
What will be the big swerve tonight boys.It always happens the Raw after Mania.
WWVRD ? What Would Vince Russo Do?
They’ve got a good chance to repackage Ryder tonight. He teased it in NXT before they advertised him for the ladder match.
Same ole generic rock intro. Same ole geriatric Vinnie Mac. Same ole garbage format of a show.
The biz is finished.
They’ll pop a 3.0 tonight, but it’s back to 2.0’s next week, and 1.0’s next month.
It is what it is, but they reap what they sow…
R.I.P. WRESTLING
1830-2016
Then. Now. Or Never.
1 segment and 1 match so far, give it a chance, ya negative Nancy!
It’s more than 1 segment and 1 match. It’s been more than a DECADE. They’re stuck in 1970, but these NXT and WWE Universe smarks will continue blinding them until the bubble bursts a blood vessel and they finally see the biz for what they made it. Nothing.
Here’s them writing Barrett off TV.
There sure are a lot of Balor Club shirts in the crowd tonight…coincidence?
Yes. But it wouldn’t be a surprise if they did bring him up tonight, people are just being smarks.
Hey Vince will it help you if we listen to you on Podcast 1(Ratings)I’m a Brand Member and will watch on there but will still listen on Podcast 1 to help you.
I appreciate that–yes–it benefits us for EVERYONE to listen!!!
WYATTS ARE RATINGS GOLD!!!
They need to thread the Wyatts attacking people all night long…
Did they just turn the Wyatt Family face?
Who knows what the hell they are anymore?
Can we give the Wyatts a decent programme now please. Let these guys run for once!
Bray Wyatt is a natural baby face! There is much money to be made!
Fingers crossed if wwe can book them right in a storyline
WHERES OL LAZY BONES MR LAZY JEFF LANE AT
He’s out celebrating Lesean McCoy getting off scott free
It’s unfortunate that nether the Wyatts–or–The League of Nations are over. That’s why you really can’t get excited about the angle. At least it was different so I will give them that!
they cant build a natural feud to make a long term vince
But Vince, Bray can be over…they need to thread the Wyatts all night long…
Nearly 2am here in the UK, not quite sure why im awake for this but im holding out hope
OMG a match between Sasha vs Summer RAE, fingers crossed for a decent match
Great, short promo by Sasha there!
Frying pan.
pee break Ryan for me lol
Ryan–that’s exactly what I was thinking.
Vince look whos the REF in the divas match, RUDY!!!! hes so freakin lucky
Sasha looked like a million bucks in that segment!
Apollo Crews , to me hes great but hope that wwe dont turn him into Bobby Lashley but maybe can be better than bobby was in WWE.
I would say they won’t screw it up, but their recent track record has done nothing to ensure my confidence.
sasha was not too bad, shes legit wrestler can be champion
I’m sorry guys I think the Diva’s just look as fake as could be.I know it’s fake but man 1/2 the time I can’t tell who’s move it is.
no one today cant take a risk like the divas of the past jerry. trish and lita sable and countless others take chances to win matches, todays matches some are great but others can been too quick of a finish of a match
vince shane should have come out and told sasha she got screwed lastnight and he’s making it right and give her a title match
TEEN MOM!!!!!
The show is starting to feel different after that glimpse at Crews.
Something crazy has to happen that’s going to make Shane look good
Crews has yet to debut and yet that one video is more build than 95% of the guys from NXT get when they make the jump
HE COULD HAVE . . . BUT . . . HE DIDN’T.
Squash match time
OMG Breeze vs Crews, NXT match on RAW, match ends in 5 mins or less
Don’t change that channel–here comes Tyler Breeze’s BOOTS!
That’s a money shot!
Oh, Tyler Breeze is jobbing tonight? Nice.
Vince probably think crews is bobby lashley…. Lol
It’s blatantly obvious the same 25 dummies are writing this and anything Shane McMahon is a work. He’s no more a character than Heath Slater is. No stroke. 50 minutes in and what threaded narrative? One backstage pre-tape with Shane. No audio. They don’t have the balls nor skills to do what needs to be done.
Agreed Ryan, what’s the difference ‘thus far in the feel of this raw to any other… We’re currently watching an extended NXT promo
figured, and Called it vince. Match ends in 5 mins or less
One thing I don’t understand is they have over 100,000 people at Cowboy game how was there only 101000 people there yesterday with the whole field filled with people to.
The massive stage was probably the reason for that.
Hey Vince, Apollo Crews looks like Barry Bonds…
That back flip and 75 cents can get Apollo Cruz a pack of MnM’s at Walmart. No character, no depth, I don’t care.
yup ryan. but more than likely he turns into bobby lashley
His background story is awesome. I’m not sure why they didn’t use a vignette before his match just showing his path to WWE. It’s not much, but it’s something.
So far it seems raw tonight will be better than last year’s raw…but last year’s Wrestlemania was better than this year…MY OPINION
good point Gil
Great athlete without a doubt, but without a character why is he different to any of the other spot workers
Tyler Breez Another NXT star reduced to Jobber status.
Yup jerry just a pushover to the other guy to be on the main roster
The Roman Reigns boos are ugly!
BOOOOO Vince has not said hi to me lol just kidding, its time for the boo Segment of RAW Roman BOO regins lol
Ahh listen to them wonderful babyface Austin-esque cheers for your Champ… C’mon please do something here to turn him
People want to boo Reigns, he needs to give them a reason to boo. Time for a turn now more than ever.
he sounds like the Cowardly lion from the wizard of oz, PUT EM UP PUT EM UP! regins hopefully they can be the wwe make the storyline better
Really jerico and reigns I’ll pass Jericho is boring me
Vince, you’re thinking what I’m thinking. I can’t f&cking believe this. Business as usual.
Ryan Vince mcmahon must be pulling the strings for the storyline running raw same ol crap as usual
Not even Y2J can work heel versus Reigns
Roman needs to flip the crowd off! I loved the heelish tendancies!
This all wrong! They are making RR look like a punk.
Oh no! Mr. Owensteen! Mark must be losing his mind!
oh lord its SAMMI IN ZAYN IN THE MEMBRANE
why would any of these other than Jericho deserve a title shot? they all lost their respective matches last night
there just 4 guys to be a pushover to regins
Amen to that. Jericho fair enough but the other 3 cannot afford to be cannon fodder to reigns
that true adam but WWE is probably using jericho to make regins look strong.
Okay. WTH was that????
Same old booking it stinks sad but it’s the truth
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JEFF LANE IS HERE HI JEFF
Hey Jeff how’s it goin whats your thoughts of raw so far
Hey Jeff!!
Business just picked up a little bit!
Hi guys, looking like business as usual so far on Raw.
So sad. I am watching the NCAA championship game.
I can’t believe this is the Raw after WM show.I have given up all hope.
Wonder how many times does the usos and dudleys fight on RAW, maybe for the 6740th time
Ok brothers. Powerin. I’m done with this show.
Expected. Better Call Saul at 10. No need to watch this shit. Cheers guys.
*Powderin.
has shane made any on air decsions since vince left him in charge at the start of the show
to me ownes styles zayn and jericho are being used to make roman look strong if theres a 5 way match at payback
Great segment. Reigns best promo ever…..and it took all of 60 seconds. Finally no Mickey Mouse cheesy babyface promo. Builds to later segment where we get Reigns real future opponent.
You have to be trolling…
Then don’t watch…
Come on–we are 1:15 in–let’s DO SOMETHING!
vince is the show going the same way when Vince mcmahon makes and books raw, good segment then crappy segment then bad segment and turns into a 3.0 rating the next day
Enzo and cass have to debut in this match
There’s the writers we know…
The Raw after Mania is the same every year, rematches of the what we saw the previous evening. It opened so hot!!
predict fatal 4 way tonight, AJ would be the favorite, OWens would be the next guy to win plus zayn the upset and jericho would be the one to cheat to win, AJ wins but think jericho cheats to win
Im reckoning a Jericho cheap win just because WWE puts a lot of trust in him to work with people. I kind of hope im wrong, i’d love to see AJ get a shot and build a programme with them
any speculation on vince saying this will be a night you never forget usually when he say’s that one thing happens
I cannot sit through this show. How do you do this every week ?
Does anybody have a stream for mobile that works? On the west coast, don’t want watch RAW from 8-11, that’s brutal.
Never did I believe I would hear facing Dolph Ziggler referred to as a “baptism by fire”….
Why not have him face Kane? That was set up last night! It’s an easy book, not a rivalry, just a debut match.
I agree. I actually thought for sure that’s who it was.
Vince Anything good happening on TEEN Mom tonight
ok never mind will watch teen mom. to find out. my bad vince
NO reaction for Ryder, N-O! That’s bad, that’s really bad.
now they chant “You deserve it.” But you couldn’t cheer?
Microphone cuts off, poor lillan
So is Ryder going to lose his title the next day? or is this just more pointless filler
more than likely be a one hit wonder IC champion
All that for a Razor Ramon shout out?
Who here thinks Seth Rollins will interfere in the main event?
We know he’s there
holy CRAP miz is wearing aluminum FOIL attire lol
Lol
Lol
Did Miz borrow those shades from Bret Hart?
Does anyone think miz will cheat to be IC champion and does that in front of Ryders DAD here shortly
Yup
The Miz gets the IC belt – I’ve seen this booking a few years ago.
didn’t MIz lose a title a night after he won it?
That one I don’t remember but the outcome is a retread of that booking.
IF Shane has a chance to run RAW, They should have more Shane segments on RAW, barley any shane o mac tonight onr raw
This has nothing to do with wrestling, but it’s 2016. How do we not have live ratings on television? We can tell how many people are live watching a stream, but we can’t measure that on live TV? I call BS!
Bayley is definitely debuting during Charlotte’s presentation segment, right?
omg MIZ using his Wife Maryse nice heel way to win a title
Does anyone care? Maryse? Ryder? Miz? Why should we care?
This is where i sign out. its 3 am and I’m surprised i made it this long. This has been awful.
Boooo to WWE for booking Ryder loss.
Boooo to WWE for booking Ryder win…
I just got back from work. Did I miss anything worth watching?
Really good Sasha Banks segment, but everything else has been business as usual…
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Later BJH
Night big josh
Good night, Big Josh!
Isn’t Shane in control ? Where the fuck is he ?
Is this just NXT welcome hour?
Prepare to welcome Bayley
These crowds are just getting to be a bunch of A-HOLES! Period, end of story.
They are such fools!
I don’t blame them. They got ripped off of their hard earned money
yeah vince, i normally dont mind the crowd after wrestlemania, but its getting really annoying.
Isnt that the irony though Vince? These crowds are supposed to be smarks yet they are hurting the chances of their favs getting over.
They do a better job of ruining Raw than McMahon could ever do. It’s their own doing tonight. They’re hurting the very people they claim to love.
What the hell was that Puerto Rico crap? I thought it was a commercial but JBL mentioned it
Someone who needs to be in the title picture, Cesaro! That place would erupt
What a botch! Holy cow!
This show has not delivered…
First good segment of the night. Zayn and Owens !
Nice backstage segment with Zayn and Owens attacking. Looks like maybe we’ll need a 4th participant now….
LOVE Enzo and Cass but Raw has this week become nothing more than a three hour promo for NXT
yeah i agree & no build if you don’t watch NXT.
I popped on the lazy eye joke, I’m not gonna lie
That was the most entertaining segment of the night – sad. Enzo definitely is a master of the mic – doesn’t sound scripted. Baron Corbin is not a big man, Big Cass now that’s a big man. Should have brought up Carmella too.
CALLED IT!
I still haven’t tuned in to Raw yet. I’m not going to based on the comments that you guys have posted. I could write a better show than Vince McMahon and I would be willing to prove it. Anybody on here could. Thanks for being there for us former wrestling fans Vince. I appreciate it. Maybe one day wrestling will be great again.
The big swerve of the night guys Cezaro.Someone kill me please.Why do I waist my time.
I can see some improvements so far, but this takes time and I don’t know if they have the ability to do it over time.
Good for AJ! He is a more natural babyface and Reigns can be the heel.
Reigns heel turn has to come now. It can’t be a face vs face match, right?
Im okay with that, AJ deserves it plus i think they can work with the fact that AJ is an internet darling whilst Roman is being booed out of the building… if they have the balls to draw attention to that that is
you mean grapefruits!
Decent show. Definitely not great by night after Mania Raw standards but not bad either. Enjoyed first half of show a lot more than the second half personally. Was really just looking for change with Reigns and possible change at the top. Got both with seeds planted for Reigns turn and Shane at the top (temporarily anyway). Styles is a good bridge face contender until Rollins/Ambrose.