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Noticed this being mentioned on the dirtsheets this morning

Hyped for this RAW. The set looks amazing, and nostalgia sometimes can be a good thing.

Yes, it's that time again. And since we all love a good speculation, I thought a thread for that would be good. What's your predictions? Be it winner, entries, debuts, returns... Winners: For the women, I gotta go with Asuka. She's just the uber obvious choice, but sometimes that choice is the right one. I could even see her going the distance to further underline her dominance. For the men... In an ideal world, Braun wins the title pinning Kane and AJ keeps it 'til WM. Brock and Reigns get it on at WM without the title, and somehow (porbably a lazy Fatal 4 Way) Joe becomes Nr. 1 contender and wesee Braun vs. Joe for the title. The Rumble is won by Nakamura, that way…

Balor Club vs Rollins/Roman/JJ for the RAW main event. Finn vs Roman's got to be one of the top matchups in WWE right now.

I just read that Enzo in an interview with Corey Graves said amoung other things, he was the modern day Ric Flair. I dont think he was working. Anyone think he's going to make it to the end of the year before he's cut?

Lots of injuries going on. Let's see if they are able to keep the pace going on RAW despite that.

Do what you will

Haven't watched yet, but keen to see joe and reigns again

RAW was actually pretty damn good yesterday. The top two matches delivered (specially the main event, it's an angle with soooo much potential) Looking forward to SD. Hope they don't just coast it.

Penultimate week of the year. Let's see what sort of bombastic things they give us to start the road to the Rumble.

Is this the least interesting, least hyped card they've put together in a while? Pre-Show: Mojo Rawley vs Zack Ryder Breezango vs Bludgeon Brothers Lumberjack Match: Natalya vs Charlotte © Usos © vs Rusev/English vs Gable/Benjamin vs New Dat Baron Corbin © vs Dolph Ziggler vs Bobby Roode AJ Styles © vs Jinder Mahal Nakamura/Orton vs Sami Zayn/KO w/ Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan as guest referees.

Reigns vs Cesaro for the IC title should be a banger. Kane vs BRAUN for the fucking Rumble title shot less so, especially if they book Kane to win.

The weekly TV thread. Hopefully the Reigns open challenge continues and Kane being a heat sink for Braun does not

Apparently Roman Reigns will be doing an open challenge type gimmick with the Intercontinental Title, which should be awesome. Hope it gives guys like Elias a chance to shine.

AKA the show with a million card changes. I'm actually pumped for this one. There are at least four matches on the card that could legitimately be MOTY candidates given the right circumstances. Also, Matt Hardy vs Elias and Owens/Zayn vs Fashion Police have been added to the pre-show.

So Tony Nese took the lumbar check and managed to skid across the mat on his head for 5 feet.

Was WarGames always spelled awkwardly as one word like this? Is it supposed to symbolize two rings side by side? Just some weird WCW thing like two r's in Starrcade? Anyway...WarGames is back! Well, mostly in name only but whatever. Should be a fun show as always with a hot crowd and some potentially great matches. Who should win the women's match? Personally I think Sane should be chasing, Cross doesn't need it, putting it on a heel like Peyton could be a good idea, but Moon may need to win finally after all these months challenging and coming up short. Though I'm still not a huge fan of her and have found it hard to get behind her as a babyface

Just started this thread to note that some news sources, including Cleveland.com for whatever reason, are reporting that Paige will return tonight. I think there was some scuttlebutt on Reddit too that Paige and Del Rio also split recently. Paige has been on twitter too thanking some of the talent for helping her get back in ring shape, so, whether or not it happens tonight, her return seems imminent. I'm half-curious about which direction they'll go in with her upon her return - on one hand, the WWE could bring her back just to have her in a role not dissimilar to Mickie James or Alicia Fox, essentially just there to put over others but isn't she also the basis of a …

Well, Raw obviously didn't spark much interest here, but I think Smackdown will: AJ Styles won the WWE title from Jinder Mahal at the UK taping.

Maybe should have its own thread. Emma, Summer Rae, and Darren Young are all gone. When Emma was released there was talk that more would follow. Don't know if that just means the next two or if there will still be more.

We already getting started on Nawleans. Observer:

Ok so Kurt was super over in his TLC return match so we definitely need Stephanie to come out and bury him

Great Miz promo to start, and this six-man is tons of fun so far. No word on Braun's whereabouts yet.

Starting this thread early due to the news that Roman and Bray are off the show, I guess due to the meningitis. AJ Styles will take Bray's spot against Balor, and Roman's spot will be filled by...Kurt Angle? That's right, the recovering drug addict in his mid-forties with a bad neck is coming back in a TLC match, on two days notice with zero build. Besides the obvious worry about Roman's (and Bray/JoJo/Bo's) health, I was personally hoping to see The Shield back in action. I guess they felt like they had to replace it with an equally anticipated re-debut?

Old gimmicks never die, they just get added to PPV main events at the last second