Vince Russo's The Brand

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1. I hope it’s a good show.

2. Vince is going to be jealous- I now have Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell LP on vinyl. From the UK

3. Fingers Crossed if they show more Shane Mcmahon back stage segments then they did last week. Prediction. Raw will do a 2.5 rating

4. I hope something big happen tonight

5. Hello, All!

   • Hi

   • Hi.

6. Hey Vince.

7. They listen to the fans via social media? I guess they didn’t get the roman memo

8. This just makes no freakin’ sense. The Undertaker should be livid and show up and destroy everybody….oh wait, no logic in WWE…

   • damn man the show JUST started

     • considering they do all the important stuff first 30 minutes, not much time left….

     • turn it off

     • Drink the Kool-Aid! I have every right to complain as you do to mark out…even playing field!

9. Vince’s boy KO! Every time I hear Owens’ theme, i think of Jeff Lane! Hmmmm?

10. For once im more than happy about the lack of continuity following Shane’s loss at mania because at least him being in charge is pretty interesting

11. Cesaro Vs Owens Not a bad start. but the start was just a bit not exciting, shane looked out of it but good start to raw

    • cesaro doing a SWISS JAMES BOND? confusing to put 2 gimmicks into one superstar

      • Yea the bond screen is a work in progress but at least I get the ripping of the suit off last week flew over my head

12. It looks like Cesaro has a James Bond gimmick now…he’s one of my faves! KO’s mike skills pales in comparison to Shane O Mac!

13. I hare when the Giants have a day off. My life feels so empty.

    • Just watch the Rangers bro!

    • Cubs home opener!

14. Can’t believe you let somebody else pick up that new outfielder. Bro–asleep at the wheel.

    • they were quick on the trigger bro. I went to get him early yesterday and they already signed him

15. The Cubs look SCARY this year–REAL scary.

    • Meh. World Series winner is always too unpredictable. I say KC repeats…

16. Looks like Zack Ryder’s angle is done…back to NXT?

    • Yup, it was nice while it lasted…

17. Speaking of Mazara though Vince … Like the debut? 3-4 with a HR not bad bro!

18. is this going to be a build for cesaro to be the IC champion soon?

    • Naw it should be a build for KO to be world champ

19. I’m proud of whomever seems to be listening to the fans and putting guys who’re genuinely over in matches. 2015 was a tough year watching guys stagnate in storylines with no stakes.

    I do hope Ryder gets another shot at the IC title, or perhaps the US title.

20. Don’t know. You would think he has the “rematch” clause. If not-don’t know what was point of him winning. Did nothing for him unless they continue story.

21. They should just ditch the rematch clause all together, they’re never consistent with it and all it does 99% of the time is result in a double loss for whomever

22. Ryder had the rematch on last week’s Smackdown. Lost due to Maryse helping Miz cheat.

23. PRETTY EXCITED MY BLUE JAYS PLAY YOUR GIANTS IN 2ND WEEK OF MAY ONLY TIME THIS YEAR YOUR GIANTS MADE THE RIGHT MOVES TO IMPROVE THIS YEAR WE DID’NT BUT ARE BAT’S ARE THE BEST THING SO FAR ESTRADA HAD GREAT SHOWING OTHER NIGHT HOPE THE PITCHING PICKS UP

24. The spinning uppercut was Awesome…and the Miz knows it!

25. Owens screws zayn later I think so

26. Who knew black tape could heal an injury. It’s not even attached to anything its just on his skin.

27. Cesaro vs OWens not a bad match. could have been better but it was good.

28. DR PHIL! REALLY REALLY!

29. I have absolutely zero idea who Dr Phil is

    • HOLY CRAP! DR PHIL DOING WOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOO LOL THAT WAS POINTLESS BUT FUNNY

      • dr phil was with Oprah and hes a celebrity shrink that has his own talk show

30. Do dr Phil fans really watch wrestling? Sometimes the celebrity is a reach. Never mind pretty good promo

31. Thanks for telling me about SD. I don’t watch the show. WWE should cover that story on this show. I think a mention of Ryder is important. Still a lot of time..

    • SD crowd treated him with silence because honestly it’s Zach Ryder he tries hard but personally to me he is meh. That and he played the damsel in distress in a fued with Kane circa 2011-12 which makes him hard to respect

    • Yeah, baby–Grandpa is OVER with me!

    • I agree. I hope they tie up or continue the Ryder storyline.

32. Fist post, long time Russo fan, was listing to your podcast with my Grandad in the car, he says “whos that twat your listening to” I reply thats Vince Russo he used to be the head writer of WFF when you used to watch it, he replies “ah yeah I like him” haha

33. I’m loving this increase in use of backstage segments ‘thus far

    • Me too!

34. Not bad Dr. Phil, not bad….delivered his promo pretty decently… Good to see an authority figure punishing a heel.

35. Two nice vignettes. Dr. Phil was entertaining. Shane taking control was good.

    • Agreed!

      • KO still needs to mess with zayn later if not wwe still hasn’t learned from there mistakes

    • But you know WWE will go on autopilot the last 2 hours…

36. More backstage Segments can make RAW BETTER VINCE> hope that they can keep it up for the rest of tonights raw bro

37. Tonights raw is good so far. Shane actually interacting with wrestlers back stage.

    • Plus the crowds are not disrespectful this week, thank goodness.

      • I kinda like crazy crowds but Im from the UK and thats kind of our thing here, it all stems back to the early days of Soccer/ Football when towns and citys would play each other with fans going crazy. But last week was a bit extreme.

38. Better show so far.

39. I have to ADMIT this is a good raw to start with. I may do a review on BIG JOSH TV PODCAST TONIGHT

40. Only thing about watching Raw live from the UK is the AD breaks, WTF, WAYYYY to many ADs and its a 3 hour show, so is that 2 hours of Raw and 1 hour of wrestling?

41. DR PHIL SEGMENT WITH RIC AND CHARLOTTE THEN TO SHANE & OWENS WAS ONE OF TWO BETTER SEGMENTS I’VE SEEN ALL YEAR

42. Really A use of 90s NBA JAM Video Game Reference to todays WWE CROWD. Todays CROWD DONT KNOW WHAT NBA JAM IS, BUT 90s GENERATION KNOWS> I KNOW> lol

    • Lame…

43. New Day is on. Time to turn it to Gotham.

44. Have to agree with that. I’m just personally tired of act–that’s me.

    • The dudleys are a tired act as well. Although bubba is finally channeling his bully Ray character which is better

45. Maybe I’m weird but I like the New Day – maybe they will make an actual cereal like the WWF cereal in the 80s (been a fan since the mid 80s). I like the tag team bracket. Can’t wait for the Dudley / Enzo & Cass feud ( love both of those teams too – plus Birthday boy Goldust and RTruth)

46. More ADs “sigh” anybody got any links for Lucha Underground? Cant get it here, I emailed them and EL Rey and they have no plans to distribute to the ?UK any time soon “double sigh”

47. Vince if i bought you some Booty O’s would you eat them? They’d make sure you aren’t booty!

    • Too many carbs.

48. Lucha is fairly easy to find online.

    • I tried to look but the sited I found were blocked 😦 It might be my provider.

49. IM A DR.PHIL MARK HIS SHOW IS REALLY GOOD LOVE THE DRAMA ON HIS SHOW’S SOME ARE DOWN RIGHT NUT’S

50. whyd bubba notlet dvon get the cover

51. US champ down that’s not good. I see no way Enzo/cass don’t win quickly

52. I’m waiting for a better cereal than Booty-O’s. I’m waiting for RussO’s or The Raisin Brand…

53. Now this promo sparring is going to be good and entertaining!

54. This has to be add lib with Enzo/Cass and Dudleyz to bide time for the injured Kalisto…

55. Nice mic work Enzo gift of gab can not be undervalued. Cass did alright to. Their catchphrases harken back to AE with crowd participation which is key

56. I feel in love with those two guys the second I saw them. Crazy that it took WWE so long to bring them up. Badly, badly needed!

    • I hope they stay a team for a while and dont split to get a cheap feud. I dont think WWE would know what to do with them individually,

57. Enzo and Caz look like a real tag team that can be champions in WWE. I hope that they book them the right way in WWE

58. Enzo and Cass just breathe so much life into their segments, absolutely ooze charisma. That was a great little seg there.

    • Agreed

59. At least they didn’t say the crowd was wierd for booing him tonight. Embrace the hate reigns and then you can play the bland baby face Vince wants

60. OMG is roman using the same promo from last WEEK

    • Not a good thing…

61. Vince, Reigns just used your line verbatim!! wow

    • uhhh roman used that line last week

      • Oh ok, I missed that. I was just referring to Vince’s blog about Reigns, and what he said he should say in his promo after Mania.

62. JBL actually acknowledging part of the crowd hating Reigns instead of pretending as though its all cheers for once

63. I wonder what would happen if Reigns went off script… just once…

64. The Rusev character has died in my eyes, remember last year, he was on fire.

    • The entire League of Nations is dead

    • when rusev started with LANA. that was a hot start. but i agree with ya 1000% the character has really died

      • Mate he had a tank entrance at Wrestlemania last year, now hes in a worse version of the JOB Squad, much worse.

65. Mr Russo What do you think of how they did Wyatt turn my buddy and I said half ass

66. NICE!! SHANE HAS done a great job so far. NOT A BAD MAIN EVENT

67. Man they hate Roman Reigns in LA

68. It’s good that it looks like Shane is inserting himself throughout the show and booking matches.

    • Why? Styles and zayn should end the show. That’s the main event

      • Just curious why that should be the main event? It doesn’t continue a storyline since AJ and KO aren’t feuding. They’re trying to build the Wyatts v the League of Nations feud.

      • Zone is right they are building wyatts v league zayn/styles should have the 2 segment match at 10pm est

69. I mean, I guess that commercial could sort of be considered a vignette for Nakamura?

70. Really nice touch with Bray & Reigns. It’s ashame they haven’t written League of Nations to mean more–but, I’ll take it nonetheless.

    • Well Rusev said he’s better looking then reigns so maybe he’s got a Rick Rude gimmick coming up 😂

    • I liked the gimmick better when it was World Elite in TNA 🙂

71. Teen Mom! I’m out…

    • Barbra, baby!!!

72. Wow honestly I was expecting Shane just to “be there” and have the same writers writing the same old crap but it looks like he maybe giving his own input behind the scenes.. I’m pleasantly surprised at what I’m seeing tonight.

73. Knowing Vince McMahon, he probably booked Dr. Phi because Dr. Ruth wasn’t available. #datedcameo

74. WOW Natayla is really hot, but in a really striking way if you get me.

75. Think that Wade Barrett in the main event that he will be attacking the league of nations tonight.

76. Is it just me, or is Charlotte just not hot at all. I’m sorry, but all I see when I look at her is Ric Flair with tits. Way too much of a resemblance.

    • That’s a little funny cause if you rewatch WM 24 I believe ric flair had boobs. He’s still the GOAT your comment made me remember yesteryear tho

      • 👍🏻

77. I still say you need to get Barbara on the podcast one day Vince

78. How did you react when you turned 30 Vince? I recently turned 30 and ive been worried about all sorts.

79. I wish!

80. Vince Hot wheels IS coming out with some Beatles Cars and the Yellow Submarine is coming out. If i see any or pick up any extra i will let you know if i get any

81. NATTIE WILL BE THE WOMENS CHAMPION

    • Dusty finish booooooo

      • YUP!

      • I agree Trap…I wish Natty would chase Charlotte and Ric out of the ring…

82. Woman’s title match and dr Phil is the trend they promote that’s a problem

83. God, Cole and JBL are so unbearable.

84. Owens better mess with the match now otherwise you make his character gutless

85. I quite liked that, decent enough match and keeps the story going. Dr Phil is probably one of the better guest stars they’ve had, actually kind of added something to the story

86. They are booking Charlotte the right way. Good job.

87. I think for the first time in a LONG time the Womans Championship is now actually the story I’m most interested in

88. Side note, Vince: My Orioles are 6-0 baby!!

89. Offense is insane–will the arms hold up? I don’t know.

    • That is the question this season .. they’ve pitched good so far, but of course we’ve got a LONG way to go.

90. Vince And Brand. Does Anyone still think that there (being WWE) going back to the DRAFT to where Shane RUNS RAW AND the AUTHORITY RUNS SMACKDOWN, Think that could improve the product. Thoughts…..

    • Wouldn’t matter because you’d still have the SAME writers. My opinion.

91. gallows and ANDERSON!! BUSINESS JUST PICK UP BIG TIME

92. Oh damn. Well The Bullet Club is here. Loved that.

93. Now that’s how you debut

94. Great debut by Gallows & Anderson. Love them destroying the Usos.

95. I do believe that the TAG TEAM LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED WITH ANDERSON AND GALLOWS!

    • You bet the tag team landscape has changed #bulletproof can’t wait L

96. I hope Gallows and Anderson run in on the Main Event and turn AJ heel….Bullet Club! They destroy Zayn (since KO got kicked out). I was hoping that Reigns would be the heel and AJ be the baby….

97. The Tag division is starting to look quite stacked right now

98. Gallows and Anderson looked strong. Never realized how big they were. Now those two look like wrestlers. Throwbacks. Love it.

    • They look Like BAD ASS TEAM THAT KNOW THE WRESTLING Ryan

99. The return of Maryse is definitely a good add. Glad to see Cesaro getting mic time.

100. Hard to believe that Vince russo works with AJ STYLES IN TNA, AND NOW TO SEE HOW FAR HEs GONE IS TRULY REMARKABLE

101. Vince what do you think of Miz and Maryse? Honestly I think they are GOLD and are probably the only ones getting legit old school heel heat. Their act is super entertaining. They definitely gotta keep Maryse! And boy is she smokin’

102. This will be match of the night till Owens ends it

103. AJ Styles heel turn???

     • I hope that happens

104. Good to see that guy from Aces and Eights finaly make an appearance

105. SAMMI INZAYNE IN THE ZAYNEBRAIN!

106. Going to call it a night. finish up with RAW and then may do a review on Big Josh TV podcast. Night BRAND AND Night VINCE

     • Good Night Big Josh

107. AJ definitely needed to go over.

     • he wont be vince. AJ will be a push over for Roman

     • Yea I guess but no getting even for Owens doesn’t that kinda kill his heat if I’ve understood what you’ve said about the process

108. That was a good match and the right call.

109. I still think WWE will put Roman over on AJ when they meet in a title match.

110. I mean To say ROMan will be put over aJ

111. That was good, they need to build AJ up leading in to Roman, even if he is going to lose to him may aswell make it look like a real competition

112. I wonder if Grado would ever be on the WWE radar. He was over like Hulk Hogan was over here before TNA with his original Madonna entrance tune was scrapped.

     • Man I love Grado, every show i’ve been to with him in here he has been HOT, everyone goes nuts for that guy. So entertaining.

       • In the UK he was super over especially in Scotland, he was in the same category as Rock, Austin and Hogan with how much the crowd wnt crazy and poped for him, Watch his stuff with Colt Cabana in Insane Championship Wrestling really good. #Irn-Jew

       • Yeah I’m in London, down here at the IPW:UK shows the pops he always got were insane. I’ve seen a couple of his ICW shows when they’ve come down south, they were great, its the theme – never seen a crowd go more nuts

       • Mate, you need to come up to Edinburgh when ICW do there 4 weeks at the Edinburgh Festival, totaly rocking adult themed wrestling. I think this year they are booking a new venue as the Studio is to small now they are pretty big after the BBC documentarys, they just sold out the Hydro Arena in Glasgow, 12000+ seats. ICW is best served in Scotland.

113. Here comes ambrose

114. Loving this entertaining segment!

115. As Dutch Mantell would say–“That was a good little piece of business.”

116. Solid B show tonight my guess is main event will either be fascinating or disappointing depending how you feel about the new superman of wwe

117. I can honestly say this is the First Raw this year that hasn’t lost me by the top of the second hour

118. Look, there is no denying that Shane being in charge makes absolutely ZERO sense. Triple H and Steph not being around makes ZERO sense. Vince not being around makes ZERO sense. BUT–at least tonight the majority of matches have some stakes and mean something, Backstage segments a\have been effective as well—but—no sense that Shane didn’t address Gallows and Anderson. Will all that being said–vast improvement.

     • Yes agreed, there rare numerous flaws and Overlooking the obvious lack of continuity; as a stand alone Raw I’ve quite enjoyed it.

119. I like this mix of matches and backstage / onstage segments. Dr. Phil is a pretty decent guest!

120. I am loving raw the matches are so good and the booking by shane

     best ever raw show i think the rating will go up high

121. Really liking how Shane is taking over like With Roman and the main event

122. why is michael cole whispering

123. Vince are you doing the podcast at the other place later? Looking forwARD

124. I thought Baron Corbin was joining the Wyatt family for a second.

     • hed be a great addition

125. I guess I’m the only person who had no clue who the two guys were that attacked the USOs. I can’t watch ROH or NXT so is that where they’re from?

     And I am so confused…are they turning Roman heel or not? Is Wyatt now a babyface? I feel like banging my head on the desk.

     • new japan pro werestling is where they were at last. part of the bullet club

       • Thanks for the help. Can’t say I’ve heard of the bullet club either.

     • From Japan and TNA , one of the guys was in the straight edge society with CM Punk ages ago in WWE

       • Thanks. That must have been when Punk had the long hair? That was before I started watching again.

126. i hope something BIG happens here and shane one more apperance

     • Roman will turn on Bray, kinda like a double turn maybe? thats my bet

127. maybe

     • hopefullynot barret

128. wherer the wyatts

129. Did my ears deceive me or did I hear Cole call Rusev Russo????

130. At least it wasn’t completely predictable a blue collar B for tonight. Continuity needs work but miles ahead of the last few months