WWE reveals plans for next Monday night's Raw
Yes, it's the storyline that just keeps on giving.
After almost the entire WWE locker room chose to walk out on Triple H due to "unsafe work conditions," it's been questioned how exactly it is they plan to explain why none of them will be there for next week's show, which is just a couple days away.
Triple H gave a kayfabe interview today where he talked about what to expect:
"At this point, all I know is what we've put out there and what's been confirmed. John Cena, CM Punk, Sheamus, Randy Orton and Big Show have all confirmed that they will be there Monday night. Beyond that, I might not have referees, I might not have announcers, I might not have cameramen. Quite frankly, I don't know what's going to happen. The way I see it, those guys have stepped up to the plate and I'm glad they did. The way I see it, we owe it to the WWE Universe to put on a show one way or the other and we're going to put on a hell of a show. Nobody else wants to show up... I don't get it. I guess I look at the business differently than everybody else does. In the WWE, we face challenges in the ring. We respond to these things in the ring, we don't walk away like a bunch of little kids and that's really want they've done at this point. We'll see what we come up with on Monday. Who knows, they might all show up and I might not let anybody back in."
I love the idea of this storyline but it just has too many plot holes and weird booking to go along with it. The execution has been brilliant but why only protect the big babyfaces and leave guys like Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston, the tag team champions, to get booed and made fun of by Triple H?
Certain heels claiming unsafe work conditions is fine as long as we know it's just a ploy from a bad guy who wants to get out of having to actually do anything or defend his title or something along those lines. But they trotted out Mark Henry to participate in the walkout. Yes, that Mark Henry. The one who put multiple wrestlers on the shelf, who likely ended the career of Great Khali and has created more of an unsafe work environment than Miz and R-Truth ever could, is walking out with everyone else because of unsafe work conditions.
It just makes no sense.
Now, WWE is taking a page out of the big media headlines and borrowing from a major story taking place on Wall Street. Heels like Dolph Ziggler and Wade Barrett are keeping kayfabe alive on Twitter with a new initiative they're calling "Occupy Raw." Presumably they would do so until Triple H is ousted and, as Barrett put it, they're "safety is secured."
There's only so far they can go with an angle like this and I'm still trying to reserve judgement until we get to the end.
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Mark Henry..
That’s exactly what I said Monday night.. They had no business doing that to him. Someone really dropped that ball in the room.. I can see it like this.. we’re gonna have everyone walk out… wait.. let’s protect HHH because is Cena & Orton & Punk walk.. they may turn on him, so they will just not be out there even though they were just out for the main event, so did they all jump in the shower together? So when HHH read that, he freaked & said NO WAY are you letting me get booed.. Rewrite this crap.. in their last minute haste, they forgot about Henry, who is the ONLY one logically that should NOT be out there.
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"In fact, most of these free-swinging Padres couldn’t hit Dock’s funky palm ball. I threw it often. But by then, also, the first acid distractions entered: the TV flickered; the cracks in the wall started to move; the hand soap started to breathe — those sorts of things. Plus I was drawn to the outdoor garden between innings. Rain was near, I sensed." - A.J. Daulerio
#Occupy Raw?
Uhhh-huh
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by scorpio_x on Oct 7, 2011 7:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I saw TLIS
this week, it’s not something I usually go out of my way to check out but I was really digging what Ziggler was doing, I hope it continues.
Between that, and the Jackman thing,
it looks like they could have a nice program between the two with the U.S. Championship involved, if they wanted.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 7, 2011 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions
No
Is HHH really no-selling the law? Come on.
It makes no sense that, OK, everyone walked out and has no confidence in me and is unhappy- wrestlers, refs, cameramen, announcers, tech guys- but a handful of good guys randomly show up (for reasons unknown) so everything is fine.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!" Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 7, 2011 11:34 PM EDT reply actions
Beth Phoenix was another problem
Beth is essentially the Mark Henry of the Divas. She’s running roughshod over them. Now she’s afraid something might happen? Did Kelly’s going postal scare her?
The real problem with this story is nothing’s really happened that didn’t happen under Vince. Remember when Undertaker was crucifying people? Remember Austin stunning grandmother Linda McMahon?
On a related not to Miz and Truth, what about just last year when the “fired” John Cena kept showing up and beating up Nexus members. I hate storylines that require you to completely ignore everything that happened in the past.
I don't get it
Why is it so hard to understand Beth Pheonix pretending she’s afraid is just a heel thing to do.
And that might be a real problem, but its the WWE. If it hasn’t happened in the past few months, its generally ignored. Part of that is on the WWE, but also part of that is on the fans as most of the fans simply don’t care. I know I don’t for the most part. 52 weeks of Raw and Smackdown with how many ever PPVs, I really don’t care for them to remain consistent for things that have happened over the past 20 years. It happens all the time in other TV shows and I’m not holding the WWE to a higher standard.
That also ignores that sometimes, these past angles need to be ignored. Lots of stupid things happen over the years in the WWE, I don’t want that shitting all over a current storyline that doesn’t suck.
"In fact, most of these free-swinging Padres couldn’t hit Dock’s funky palm ball. I threw it often. But by then, also, the first acid distractions entered: the TV flickered; the cracks in the wall started to move; the hand soap started to breathe — those sorts of things. Plus I was drawn to the outdoor garden between innings. Rain was near, I sensed." - A.J. Daulerio
REALLY?
It’s not even past storylines I’m talking about. Mark Henry & Beth Phoenix have been the least safe people in their divisions and they walk out!? Also why is it just RAW? He’s not the RAW GM, he’s the COO of the entire WWE. This whole thing just makes the roster look weak and really only benefits HHH.

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