Strummer

also several announcements made tonight for the Jan 7 Raw where the show starts to "count" again:

First reaction is this might be building to AJ v Hunter at Mania

Holy shit AJ lays out Vince! Are they writing Vince out already or is this building to something?! Interested here

Oh man D-Bry versus the entire 205 live roster is going to be freakin' great

I didn't buy the creative control stuff when Bryan re-signed this past summer but with this character and these promos I'm starting to believe it's valid. I can't believe this is something Vince would come up with or even green light if he had the option

man this is really turning into late 2013/early 2014 DB with Becky here. John Pollock says the original plan for Rumble was Becky v Asuka but plans changed due to Becky's rise presumably. Obviously the original plan was for Charlotte to win the Rumble and face Ronda at mania. Now they are having to re think things obviously

btw, now that she's a face I could totally see them doing a Stephanie v Alexa feud on Raw and maybe even a mania match. Remember how much they love Alexa

going further I think Bryan's mania opponent has to be Rey or Jeff Hardy. Unless they bring over another babyface from Raw or call someone else up

I know he's been on the anniversary episodes and stuff but so weird seeing Vince on SD

Yeah so it's official no more gms

Reports that people left in droves before they started taping the Christmas Eve Raw tonight

Honestly this Raw has been better but I wouldn't call it a homerun show or anything

Well looks like they are giving the 3rd hour all to the women's division. Gauntlet match

How long before the McMahons turn heel? You know they won't be able to resist. Hell it might be by the end of this show

S I guess there are still gms, ? Wft this is sorta a trainwreck

Yeah sounds like it. McMahons running both shows

So the change is all 4 McMahons on tv every week? Um....

Could mean something but I think the SD women's match will main event

This should be a good to great show. If you just watch their ppvs wwe would seem like a hot product these past few months but then Raw happens. surprised Becky/Charlotte/Asia isn't main eventing. Where did you see Bryan/AJ is main eventing, Nintendo?

WWE announcing Vince is returning to tv Monday. Man this reminds me of the old days when numbers would be down and Vince would throw himself out there in response

Probably in minority here but Miz and .Shane play off each other very well. Shane is actually a good comedy straight man here

Honestly Ronda has lost quite a bit of momentum since Survivor Series. And that was only 3 weeks ago. Obviously they can heat her up anytime and she'll be fine but it was noticeable tonight

So now they are openly talkIng about how horrible the product is on air? What the hell is going on? They even made fun of their own poor ratings? Wtf!?!

Don't forget that after the run SD was on in 2002 wwe's response the next year was to fire Heyman and build the show around a Vince v Stephanie feud for 6 + months that produced some of the worst tv the company has ever presented

I know a lot of people (a fair amount here) thought Raw sucked in late 2016/early 2017 because of Jericho/Owens push as top heels but I always thought it went deeper than that. I always kinda thought they were scapegoats for Raw sucking so much during that time