Macaulay is great. He got himself super clean, has a great sense of humor and humility about himself, and loves wrestling, video games, and has demonstrated himself to have a quick wit on Red Letter Media. I'm happy that people respond to him.
For the crowd shots no doubt. Huge pop. The Hogan boos were even louder in the arena than on Netflix. haha. You couldn’t hear a word he was saying in the arena. It was the only time you couldn’t hear the mic
Travis Scott has 58.7 million followers on Instagram, Jey Uso has 1.8 million. I don't think Travis Scott is standing next to Jey so people know who he is 😂
I'm like Jim. I have never heard of Travis Scott before. Then again, I would never be able to pick Taylor Swift out of room full of people. I'm not part of the 'in' crowd. I really don't know who any of those people were.
11:55. Vince McMahon was booking the shows the way he wanted and Stephanie wanted it not the way the fans wanted and Vince had all the money he would ever need to keep the company going regardless of the ratings or ppv buys so he figured he didn't need the fans anymore and they said ok fuck it weren't not watching this anymore because your not going to give us what we want and we aren't going to pay to watch our favorite wrestlers get beat.
I love Jey, but he’s better as a Tag , same as Jimmy. It’s like they were a tag so long they never learned how to wrestle as a single. That match between them at mania was awful. Just missing something as a single and it’s something inside the ring.
41:11. Well, Cena won a Money in the Bank briefcase and cashed it in. He did so against Punk at Raw 1000, if I'm not mistaken, and he lost the match. But the point is, Cena let people know in advance when he would cash in; he didn't sneak around and wait until the champion was down. In this case, if Cena won another Money in the Bank contract, he would simply cash it in for a one-on-one match again. We don't need what-if scenarios; there is a history, and so if Cena won the Money in the Bank, he would just cash in the contract in a one-on-one match like he did the first time, because it aligns with him being a noble babyface.
That sounds like part of a WWE story of redemption. Cena tries the Rumble and fails. Cena tries the elimination chamber and fails. Cena wins the money in the bank and cashes in for the heavyweight title at Wrestlemania.
I don't care what Brian said Hunter has done a great job being the Dana of WWE. That opening was fantastic I didn't even know there was a version released in HD I have stayed away from all social media or any kinda spoilers about the debut on Netflix. I work from 5pm to 4am and luckily it snowed today and we got off at 11 and this is what I went straight to it was worth the wait and the only thing I was disappointed with was Rock not attacking Roman and helping Solo to win and Heyman making Rock the tribal boss it was the perfect setup to them at wrestlmania. What the hell was the point of him walking out at the end of ppv doing throat slit I was definitely waiting for it, maybe that's why it didn't happen
HHH is better than Vince McMahon for modern era but he is not close of Prime Vince in terms of booking some feuds takes so so long to progress and gets dragged it becomes very boring Liv vs Rhea are some examples, same with Solo vs Roman (though Roman appearing on tv makes it a big deal)
Going into this show brand new haven’t watched wwe seriously sense 07 not knowing the new wrestlers I thought the show was solid I thought I was gonna turn it on and be pissed off and turn it off immediately lol I actually watched it fully I enjoyed it 🤷♂️
The great and powerful Kenny Omega AEW Dynamite return show that was highly promoted on 1-8-25 had 615,000 viewers, a massive gain of 27,000 viewers from the 1-1-25 AEW Dynamite show that had 588,000 viewers.
It was honestly shocking especially after the last Smackdown before Netflix RAW being 3 hours and having literally almost all wrestling for all 3 hours... Netflix RAW and USA Network Smackdown are certainly going for different draws and I kinda like it so far
old boy still aint used to it being legal i guess. hell this was in California pretty sure heroins legal there or at the very least decriminalised a bit.
@t8kabr8km85 Nah but they should decriminalize all drug use tbh. My overall point though is "New Jack, go out and piss some white people off" led to FAR edgier stuff than just standing there smoking a joint.
The Rock always has a way of coming across like he’s condescending and saying “Im the big star.” He made Cody look secondary with his promo. He made it seem like he was the big star and above Roman by taking the ulafala and putting on Roman. Rock may be a bigger mainstream star. But in the world of pro-wrestling that’s going into business for yourself. He’s got such a big ego he feels like he gets this guys over by granting them his approval. It’s pathetic.
That won't win over wrestling fans but it might win over casual viewers that personality clashes. Four matches in three hours isn't even unusual for them.
@@ultraman5168 Lmao keep AEW aside. WWE especially SmackDown lately have been repeat feuds, dragged angles, more talk and less matches. WWE is a wrestling company at the end of the day storyline and in-ring action needs to go hand in hand.
@@anish87many female talent take maternity leave, that’s a ridiculous reason. More like she got Ricochet to get Tony Khan to pay for her on to put her as an on screen talent. what a joke.
As long as she’s not on WWE programming anymore I’m happy! Her announcing was getting annoying and by that I mean how she’d announce the talent’s entrances. Only so much I could tolerate of the “CHELSEA GREEEEEENNNN” crap. She wore it to shreds.
Culkin has been to many wrestling shows, going back to home alone. Not a surprise to see him there, at the same time still a happy surprise to see him.
Punk, Cena, Roman. The final 3 in this years Rumble match. Punk finally wins his first rumble, guaranteeing a WM main event, and possibly denying Roman and Cena their championship matches as well. I love how many ways this can go.
Triple H presented Travis Scott a new version of the Hardcore title cause he calls himself Cactus Jack and has Nike shoes named Cactus Jack Big wrestling fan and that's why he was there
HHH has said that Travis Scott is "going to be like Bad Bunny" with future involvement.... With him having that hardcore title and calling himself Cactus Jack, I would be full of shit if I said I didn't want to see someone handcuff him and go off on him like The Rock did to Foley in the infamous I Quit match... But I doubt that's gonna' happen.
Im 31, been watching wrestling since Goldberg was in the WCW, and when that initial promo video played and the artist was painting all the faces of the greatest wrestlers to ever grace us, I got choked up and teary eyed. Honestly couldn't help myself.
Vince was great as a heel against Austin, but he made the mistake of cutting promos on the fans themselves. I was thinking back then, "Why should I support WWE when the owner is spewing vile promos at me personally?"
I can actually see Jim as Harry, but HHH doesn't have the afro to be Marv unless he gets fitted for a wig. Great artwork (and cool seeing Macauley Culkin make an appearance).
Was anyone else’s audio way Out of sync with the video? My audio was constantly 2 seconds behind when they actually spoke, did not like that. Audio constantly disappeared when Cole was talking at various times, did not like that either.these are things they had plenty of time to make sure didn’t happen but it did. Very annoying program to me
Jim you have to run an HDMI from your receiver to your TV on an arc input and set both to arc if they don't automatically and then that input on your receiver will pick up the TV audio. fly me out and I'll fix it up for you
Love Jim. 9/10 wrestling takes I agree with. He needs to let Brian handle the reviews on current music stars lmao. Say what you will about Travis Scott but as far as the mainstream music scene is concerned he’s S tier popular
Please review punks interview with O’Shea JR podcast ,,, it was one rare occasion i have heard punk share his OVW experience and talks about how he went from being a “Jim Cornette guy” to “Paul Haymen guy “ Fascinating cuz we all have heard over time what corny thinks of punk But we never heard the other way For that reason and to hear Cornys feedback on Punks interview would be great for us Fans
Jim gotta stop with the racism calling Travis a felon based off of appearance is crazy because jey is an actual felon and he didn’t bring that up at all
I mean... Travis Scott is a shit ass human being who is the reason that a handful of people are dead, and when people got upset about it, he offered an apology that might as well have been "Fuck, sucks to be them, bro, but I got my money!" He's not a felon, but he's been arrested repeatedly for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, endangering the welfare of a minor. The man's not a Saint by any standards, and he portrays himself to be a felonious individual.
When Roman said January 27th, they walked through the door, and the camera zoomed in on a "WWE 2K25" sign. I took it to mean that they will release a trailer for the game on January 27.
Some of ya don't understand the peak of wrestling was "Attitude Era" crash tv, matches being 5 to 10 minutes if that even might be lower. The fans back then tuned into to see what is Stone Cold gonna do next to make Vince's life a living hell. They didn't care about wrestling matches. Hence why the only match that gets talked about the most during that era is Undertaker vs Mankind Hell in a Cell. So those complaining about there being only 4 matches for a 3 hr show. Trust me, that was fine to a casual or the audience they were going for on Monday.
This was my first Raw I have made the effort to watch all the way through in over 5 years. If this was a show for newcomers, then I'll just stick to recaps on TH-cam and Twitter.
Bingo. 5 hours ahead so watched out of curiosity Tues am. On YT as I FF I see on screen whats happening and play if interested, but Netflix doesnt give preview, so constant FF/Play to see if the filler is over yet. Not an enjoyable user experience interface, back to YT for me too
Jim, you need a digital optical cable from your tv to your sound system. Unless you use an HDMI (ARC) port. Its just easier to run an optical cable. smart TV's when using a smart hub dont send audio through the HDMI ports.
1:04:02 this is the reason wwe should give Cena his 17th title run even if brief This is the Only opportunity ever to make history right as history will solidify Cena as officially The GOAT and rightfully so This guy is a gem of a human being , rare in the industry
The only blowoff I was really disappointed in was the Rhea/Liv outcome. I understand that they needed to come full circle somehow, but with Liv so hot, and Rhea absolutely NOT needing the belt, I feel like this was a perfect time to transition the feud to Raquel and Rhea, via Raquel spoiling the win for Rhea.
I don't know if they'll do anything with Rock and Cody this year, although Rock did mention when referencing Cody: "Someone I've bled with... and we will bleed again."
Also, on NXT he said for the fans to trust the journey he is intending to take them on over the fans complaining about him being nice to Cody, so I think his Netflix heel turn is impending.
This show was an absolute chore to get through. Took me a good 3 or 4 sittings, and even then I got restless. I don't know if it's the arena, or the crowd themselves, but they sounded so quiet all night save for a few moments. Then there's the black ring mat, which will never show bloodstains, doesn't contrast with the rest of the environment, and has distractingly obnoxious adverts plastered all over it like the Arkham City GOTY cover. But, they have their multi-billion dollar, multi-year, multi-multi-multi-advert deal, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Really going into this pretty new I haven’t watched wwe seriously sense 07 I thought this was solid I went in with expectations of I m probably gonna wanna turn it off after 5 minutes I actually enjoyed it but than again I haven’t watched wwe in a long ass time lol so not knowing the storylines etc I thought it was decent 🤷♂️ I definitely watched it one take
So I didn't know my sister listened to Corny and I'm over her place and pulls up a recent video bout Hogan getting bood. Her son (9) loves wrestling .....and I always talk about this podcast and she goes I love the artwork to the videos. I said that Travis. He always does funny ones . So that was a nice surprise too learn about my sister.
So we will never know what the Rock put in Cody's hand when shaking it after Wrestlemania last year. I think they purposely put storylines on hold for the debut on Netflix. The spectacle was much greater than kayfabe.
Would Jim ever team up with another legendary rage-o-holic and review some classic WWF video games with the Angry Video Game Nerd? The guy did Home Alone games with Culkin, and this artwork got me thinking.
Cena fails at both the Rumble and Elimination chamber. He wins money in the bank and cashes in at Wrestlemania. Drew beats Gunther, Cena cashes in, and loses it back to Gunther the next night.
I'm wwe's biggest fan but this show was an abomination, just seemed like 3 hours of promotion and ads with old timers, sucking up to netflix in every segment and to top it off, Dwayne ruined an entire year of story, the matches were lame, it was terrible.
I’m with you. Crowd saw very little. Should have been action packed wrestling instead it was a kiss ass to Netflix and tell everyone how awesome we are.
Remember Netflix is paying 5 billion!!!!! Dollars for wwe, and it's there premier on there platform, been sent around the world, Netflix showing off there new acquisition, don't worry it will settle down, not everyweek it's going to be like that, im a massive wwe fan, hhh is my favourite wrestler off all time, I hate that celebrity stuff I don't know who anybody is these days celebrity wise, but I knew it was going to be a typical big American production, im English, happy just to put Netflix on nd watch it for cheap as fck instead of 50 pound a month 😂😂
Sure, you’re WWE’s biggest fan, so they weren’t catering to you this episode, they were trying to draw in casuals and lapsed viewers on the first show. Now if they keep pulling this on subsequent episodes, then I’d understand getting annoyed with the formatting
I would be more than glad to take a day trip to Louisville to fix any and all remote and surround sound issues simply for the chance to be called a fucking idiot by Jim Cornette and maybe get a short tour of My Personal Graceland 😂
It would be a better story if cena had to do all those things to get his shot, battling heroically in the rumble and money in the bank but falling short until eventually winning the elimination chamber to get the shot
For the record: Hulk shouldn't have done the job for HBK. They were both 2 old guys and HBK was a midcard tag guy and always will be to Hulk fans. Hulk doing the job for The Rock made sense, it never made sense for Hulk to do the job to HBK in 2003 or 2005 or whenever that Summer Slam was. It wouldn't have made HBK any bigger.
@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist not at all.I'm not a sheep that parrots what he hears over the internet. I actually have a mind of my own. You're not even embarrassed are you? You're the type who's probably confused by your own gender.
-BATTLE FOR THE WISEMAN: Roman vs Punk (🏆) -RAW MEN'S: Gunther vs Logan Paul (🏆) -RAW WOMEN'S: Rhea (🏆) vs Iyo -Seth, Drew, KO (🏆) vs Sami and The Usos -Bianca vs Jade (🏆) -US TITLE: LA Knight vs Chad Gable (🏆) -SD MEN'S: Cody (🏆) vs Cena **Randy story involvement** -TRIBAL COMBAT RULES: Solo vs Jacob (🏆) -SD WOMEN'S: Tiffy vs Charlotte (🏆) -IC TITLE: Bron vs Sheamus (🏆) -WOMEN'S IC TITLE: Lyra vs Becky (🏆) -The Wyatt Sicks (🏆) vs Judgement Day **This is also a good way to get a belt on Cena and have a marquee match against Logan Paul later on in the year - Logan eliminates Cena in the Rumble to win and challenges Gunther, while Cena wins the Elimination Chamber and challenges Cody but comes up short at Mania, he then gets his redemption and record breaking 17th heavyweight championship at SummerSlam in August**
Macaulay is great. He got himself super clean, has a great sense of humor and humility about himself, and loves wrestling, video games, and has demonstrated himself to have a quick wit on Red Letter Media. I'm happy that people respond to him.
I'm willing to bet that entire Raw crowd were RLM fans 🤣
If you haven't so, watch when he was on the Joe Rogan experience few years back
woah he loves all the childish stuff i do! Awesome
Macaulay Culkin hiding his face and then doing the reveal was the only angle on the whole show
It was a good show that blew off feuds.
@vincesmith2499 some feuds ended, but some sure did take a backseat to the Netflix praise-fest.
And no angles
@@afrodesiac8064don't worry lil bud one day you'll understand how this works
He’s an auto pop
Macaulay Culkin got the loudest pop of the night
rightfully hes a legend plus a lot people in the crowd probably watched home alone during the holiday season
Came to comment this. I popped at home 😂
For the crowd shots no doubt. Huge pop. The Hogan boos were even louder in the arena than on Netflix. haha. You couldn’t hear a word he was saying in the arena. It was the only time you couldn’t hear the mic
Did Jim talk about this part? At which point?
I am glad he is the only child star who is doing great in life. He seems happy there that night.
Travis Scott smoking weed triggerred Cornette 😂
I swear I can hear autotune every time he's on screen even if he's not opening his mouth
i knew it would 😭
Lmfao.... the parole comment was unneeded... like dude "weed in California is completely legal"😂😂😂😂😂
Weed should have never been legalized… next will be coke.
@riseoflordphoenix stfu.... you obviously never studied the medical benefits
35:34 to skip the commercial.
Give this man a medal
draft kings ad was gold
Thanks. I enjoy Jim's ads more than most but they drag on like a Vince era Raw promo
Where were you during the Netflix broadcast 😂
thanks , i was just gonna comment the same thing
Travis Scott has 58.7 million followers on Instagram, Jey Uso has 1.8 million. I don't think Travis Scott is standing next to Jey so people know who he is 😂
To Cornette he is.
facts
I'm like Jim. I have never heard of Travis Scott before. Then again, I would never be able to pick Taylor Swift out of room full of people. I'm not part of the 'in' crowd. I really don't know who any of those people were.
He founded “Cactus Jack Records”.
I’m still trying to figure out how Travis Scott looks like a “felon” to Cornette?
11:55. Vince McMahon was booking the shows the way he wanted and Stephanie wanted it not the way the fans wanted and Vince had all the money he would ever need to keep the company going regardless of the ratings or ppv buys so he figured he didn't need the fans anymore and they said ok fuck it weren't not watching this anymore because your not going to give us what we want and we aren't going to pay to watch our favorite wrestlers get beat.
He didn't need the fans approval along as rating's were decent and it was profitable.
Holy run-on sentence batman!
@slimmike56 nerd
Sounds exactly like HHH lol, "Tweet your displeasure" mindset lol
Happy Rusev Day! (it still hurts)
Kieran Culkin was there, too, fresh off his Golden Globe award win. There's footage of him meeting CM Punk.
"The Wet Bandits" for Tag Champs 😎
"It's our trademark 😁🚰🌊"
We're not the wet bandits We're the sticky bandits 😂
If they can no sell bricks to the head, flamethrowers and paint cans, sure why not? Still better than the Young Bucks selling anything.
KEVIN! (Owens)
@@andrewjohnstone1165 Vince trademarked Wet Bandits. Had to change to Sticky when moving promotions.
I totally agree that Jey Usos work in the ring does not match his connection to be over with the crowd. He reminds me of Wolfpack Konnan.
@toddbarts9916 the guys had as many singles matches this year as he'd had in his entire career combined
All Jey Uso needs to do is get rid of Superkicks and add some new arsenals.
@ChrisJericho22 yeah pretty much add some springboard stuff and he would be gold
@@realrobroseFr, let him figure out his solo moveset. There’s no disputing Jey can tag with anyone and have chemistry
I love Jey, but he’s better as a Tag , same as Jimmy. It’s like they were a tag so long they never learned how to wrestle as a single. That match between them at mania was awful. Just missing something as a single and it’s something inside the ring.
34:34 Corny 1000% had to stop himself from instinctively saying 877-50-Steveeeee during the sport betting ad read 😂😂😂😂
41:11. Well, Cena won a Money in the Bank briefcase and cashed it in. He did so against Punk at Raw 1000, if I'm not mistaken, and he lost the match. But the point is, Cena let people know in advance when he would cash in; he didn't sneak around and wait until the champion was down. In this case, if Cena won another Money in the Bank contract, he would simply cash it in for a one-on-one match again. We don't need what-if scenarios; there is a history, and so if Cena won the Money in the Bank, he would just cash in the contract in a one-on-one match like he did the first time, because it aligns with him being a noble babyface.
Stupid ass comment
Same with RVD when he won the case in 2006 - he used it to call his shot for the title at the ECW PPV.
He won the match but by dq
That sounds like part of a WWE story of redemption. Cena tries the Rumble and fails. Cena tries the elimination chamber and fails. Cena wins the money in the bank and cashes in for the heavyweight title at Wrestlemania.
and he cashes in after Drew beats Gunther. There you go, story set
Jim cornette commentary on Travis Scott! Thank you Mr Cornette. “Fresh out of county lockup smoking a joint with a mark belt” no truer words were said
The parole comment on Travis Scott was unneeded
2:21 Brian - you can't fast forward when it's live because it hasn't happened yet.
LOL!
That was the very point he was making.
Netflix must be using the same technology the Spaceballs used to make Spaceballs the Movie!
@@DenkyManner I don't think it was. I just think he said it without thinking. And I was just making a joke.
my girlfriend went “that guy looks a lot like Macaulay Culkin when they showed Seth Green, then the pan to Culkin popped us both
How dare Jim not know who Danielle Fishel or Will Friedle were. Friedle took a body press from Vader!
Mick foley helped them through college
Without Corey Matthews, Vader's son is never able to Remember the Titans.
Saw Topanga fine ass but Eric Matthew’s was there too?? lol
@nygblue
It’s the same reason why my 22 year old nephew has never even heard of Nicole Kidman or Hugh Hefner.
I don't care what Brian said Hunter has done a great job being the Dana of WWE. That opening was fantastic I didn't even know there was a version released in HD I have stayed away from all social media or any kinda spoilers about the debut on Netflix. I work from 5pm to 4am and luckily it snowed today and we got off at 11 and this is what I went straight to it was worth the wait and the only thing I was disappointed with was Rock not attacking Roman and helping Solo to win and Heyman making Rock the tribal boss it was the perfect setup to them at wrestlmania. What the hell was the point of him walking out at the end of ppv doing throat slit I was definitely waiting for it, maybe that's why it didn't happen
Yes I completely agree about ring announcer where the hell did Lilian Garcia go?!?!?!
Hunter is a fake name
HHH is better than Vince McMahon for modern era but he is not close of Prime Vince in terms of booking some feuds takes so so long to progress and gets dragged it becomes very boring Liv vs Rhea are some examples, same with Solo vs Roman (though Roman appearing on tv makes it a big deal)
@@randyk_18no!! You don’t say?!?
Going into this show brand new haven’t watched wwe seriously sense 07 not knowing the new wrestlers I thought the show was solid I thought I was gonna turn it on and be pissed off and turn it off immediately lol I actually watched it fully I enjoyed it 🤷♂️
The great and powerful Kenny Omega AEW Dynamite return show that was highly promoted on 1-8-25 had 615,000 viewers, a massive gain of 27,000 viewers from the 1-1-25 AEW Dynamite show that had 588,000 viewers.
What killed me watching this show was the ratio of talking to matches. It was 2:1, and most of the talking segments were awful.
It was honestly shocking especially after the last Smackdown before Netflix RAW being 3 hours and having literally almost all wrestling for all 3 hours...
Netflix RAW and USA Network Smackdown are certainly going for different draws and I kinda like it so far
I haven't watched in many years and that was one of the reasons I got turned off. It sucks to know it's that way again.
@@Billinois78it was just for the debut of Netflix’s
Is Jim really gonna bitch about Travis Scott smoking a joint indoors when he unleashed New Jack upon the world?
old boy still aint used to it being legal i guess. hell this was in California pretty sure heroins legal there or at the very least decriminalised a bit.
@t8kabr8km85 Nah but they should decriminalize all drug use tbh. My overall point though is "New Jack, go out and piss some white people off" led to FAR edgier stuff than just standing there smoking a joint.
The Rock always has a way of coming across like he’s condescending and saying “Im the big star.” He made Cody look secondary with his promo. He made it seem like he was the big star and above Roman by taking the ulafala and putting on Roman.
Rock may be a bigger mainstream star. But in the world of pro-wrestling that’s going into business for yourself. He’s got such a big ego he feels like he gets this guys over by granting them his approval. It’s pathetic.
He's still a heel too
Imagine that
Cody is a DORK.
He is diplomatic version of Hulk Hogan. He should have stayed heel, the promo on NXT made no sense when he called out the fans.
Most insecure usually do
Rock is a great heel because he's so fake now.
He comes across like Hogan from the 2000's.
I would rather he just stay behind the scenes.
Vince was in the promo when it went to Shawn Michaels boy hood dream & Steph was there plus Hogan so Vince is still lurking
The name WWE means Vince is there. He made it what it is today.
Four matches in three hours and the rest of it talking was an interesting way to try and grab potential new viewers
That won't win over wrestling fans but it might win over casual viewers that personality clashes. Four matches in three hours isn't even unusual for them.
One hour needs to be pure in-ring product and show case lower carders and mid-carder.
@@ChrisJericho22lmao nah, this ain't AEW
@@ultraman5168 Lmao keep AEW aside. WWE especially SmackDown lately have been repeat feuds, dragged angles, more talk and less matches. WWE is a wrestling company at the end of the day storyline and in-ring action needs to go hand in hand.
I'm just praying we never see liv and rhea in the ring together again 😂@@ChrisJericho22
Samantha Irvine is crazy to quit.
The only thing I can think is that she may be pregnant or is planning to start a family so it didn't make sense to re-sign with WWE.
@@anish87many female talent take maternity leave, that’s a ridiculous reason. More like she got Ricochet to get Tony Khan to pay for her on to put her as an on screen talent. what a joke.
As long as she’s not on WWE programming anymore I’m happy! Her announcing was getting annoying and by that I mean how she’d announce the talent’s entrances. Only so much I could tolerate of the “CHELSEA GREEEEEENNNN” crap. She wore it to shreds.
Alicia Taylor is the one that trained Samantha. If anything, Sam is trying to be more like her.
Culkin has been to many wrestling shows, going back to home alone. Not a surprise to see him there, at the same time still a happy surprise to see him.
Punk, Cena, Roman. The final 3 in this years Rumble match. Punk finally wins his first rumble, guaranteeing a WM main event, and possibly denying Roman and Cena their championship matches as well. I love how many ways this can go.
That opening video and then the curtain falling down to reveal HHH in the ring was a very classy way to debut the show.
It was crap.
Agree all they did wasvysp netfix. It was a giant commercial. For an already existing product. This is gonna keep dropping off
I can say for certain that my homie was sitting near front row and a few of the celebrities where there in front of him the whole time
Triple H presented Travis Scott a new version of the Hardcore title cause he calls himself Cactus Jack and has Nike shoes named Cactus Jack
Big wrestling fan and that's why he was there
That's type of celebrity guests I can support
HHH has said that Travis Scott is "going to be like Bad Bunny" with future involvement.... With him having that hardcore title and calling himself Cactus Jack, I would be full of shit if I said I didn't want to see someone handcuff him and go off on him like The Rock did to Foley in the infamous I Quit match... But I doubt that's gonna' happen.
Yeah I saw the Hardcore title duct tape on the ugly big W belt was all I could stare at after the joint and his ridiculous vetements parachute pants 😅
Im 31, been watching wrestling since Goldberg was in the WCW, and when that initial promo video played and the artist was painting all the faces of the greatest wrestlers to ever grace us, I got choked up and teary eyed. Honestly couldn't help myself.
The Culk getting more love than the Hulk made me very happy. Great guy. Jimmy Hart should've came out with him instead
For a bunch of wrestling fans I’m astonished how some people don’t understand The Final Boss gimmick
Im astonished how many people cried and complained about Mondays show period!!
Vince was great as a heel against Austin, but he made the mistake of cutting promos on the fans themselves. I was thinking back then, "Why should I support WWE when the owner is spewing vile promos at me personally?"
Cornette didn't recognize Gorgeous George from the 1940s?
Steve Austin does have a beer. Then again, in the UK we have Stella. Same kinda thing.
I thought Liv Morgan did a fantastic job against Rhea. Jim's too hard on her.
Agreed, also she’s improved a lot over the year when compared to her wrestling at the beginning of 2024. Their match was good.
@laileleneirose7966 Totally agree
I think she's the most improved female wrestler by far. And she's got tons of personality as a heel
wish the title change wasn't clean though, Dom and Raquel did nothing the entire match
Ship liv to la in the woods shes a plague
I can actually see Jim as Harry, but HHH doesn't have the afro to be Marv unless he gets fitted for a wig. Great artwork (and cool seeing Macauley Culkin make an appearance).
Love the art work of home alone
It's about damn time Jim!!! I've been waiting all week to laugh
Was anyone else’s audio way Out of sync with the video? My audio was constantly 2 seconds behind when they actually spoke, did not like that. Audio constantly disappeared when Cole was talking at various times, did not like that either.these are things they had plenty of time to make sure didn’t happen but it did. Very annoying program to me
The "frank, or liza, or julio" line from Bodyslam absolutely popped me
29:00 - 34:00 please god never ever ever stop improvising your sponsor spots 😆🤣😆🤣
Jim you have to run an HDMI from your receiver to your TV on an arc input and set both to arc if they don't automatically and then that input on your receiver will pick up the TV audio. fly me out and I'll fix it up for you
Love Jim. 9/10 wrestling takes I agree with. He needs to let Brian handle the reviews on current music stars lmao. Say what you will about Travis Scott but as far as the mainstream music scene is concerned he’s S tier popular
he's not tapped in at all.
jim’s stuck in the past but he’s still funny lol
Cornette, u need a surround sound receiver that has hdmi ports. The stereo will then become the source of sound and video distribution
I popped for this thumbnail!
1:16:56 we need Monday Night Messiah back for gods sake
Enough of stupid visionary crap
Ruins him more than does good every time
Watching the cold open made me proud to be wrestling fan!
Please review punks interview with O’Shea JR podcast ,,, it was one rare occasion i have heard punk share his OVW experience and talks about how he went from being a “Jim Cornette guy” to “Paul Haymen guy “
Fascinating cuz we all have heard over time what corny thinks of punk
But we never heard the other way
For that reason and to hear Cornys feedback on Punks interview would be great for us Fans
I read somewhere that it was 4.9 million viewers worldwide and it beat out Squid game's premier.
Don't worry Harry! I'll get him!!!
Lol. "Ow. Right in the shnoz."
::climbs in through window and steps on glass ornaments:: 😂 I still laugh @ that 34 years later
I fast forwarded to hear about Corey’s opinion on the felon!
it’s 2024 and Jim Cornette still sounds like he’s broadcasting from a 1960s radio.
ngl it’s a vibe.
I honestly don't know why a new viewer would take any interest in watching this next week.
😢😢🎉🎉😊
Jim gotta stop with the racism calling Travis a felon based off of appearance is crazy because jey is an actual felon and he didn’t bring that up at all
I mean... Travis Scott is a shit ass human being who is the reason that a handful of people are dead, and when people got upset about it, he offered an apology that might as well have been "Fuck, sucks to be them, bro, but I got my money!"
He's not a felon, but he's been arrested repeatedly for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot, endangering the welfare of a minor. The man's not a Saint by any standards, and he portrays himself to be a felonious individual.
53:50 Cornette’s rant on Travis Scott was amazing 😂😂😂😂
How long before R Truth is hosting Red Light, Green Light backstage with Alpha Academy and the War Raiders?
Brian Last is SUCH a hater. An absolute hater.
Dude- stop thinking you know better than The Rock lol
If someone said 5 years ago that Roman reins would be more over than the rock, then I would have said you smoke wayyy too much crack.
Artwork is fucking FIRE
When Roman said January 27th, they walked through the door, and the camera zoomed in on a "WWE 2K25" sign.
I took it to mean that they will release a trailer for the game on January 27.
Bryan casually pointing out that you can't fast forward when it's love, like he's explaining how time works to Grandpa 😂
Some of ya don't understand the peak of wrestling was "Attitude Era" crash tv, matches being 5 to 10 minutes if that even might be lower. The fans back then tuned into to see what is Stone Cold gonna do next to make Vince's life a living hell. They didn't care about wrestling matches. Hence why the only match that gets talked about the most during that era is Undertaker vs Mankind Hell in a Cell. So those complaining about there being only 4 matches for a 3 hr show. Trust me, that was fine to a casual or the audience they were going for on Monday.
Jim does the blow by blow every week when talking about punk 😂😂😂
This was my first Raw I have made the effort to watch all the way through in over 5 years. If this was a show for newcomers, then I'll just stick to recaps on TH-cam and Twitter.
Bingo. 5 hours ahead so watched out of curiosity Tues am. On YT as I FF I see on screen whats happening and play if interested, but Netflix doesnt give preview, so constant FF/Play to see if the filler is over yet. Not an enjoyable user experience interface, back to YT for me too
Jim, you need a digital optical cable from your tv to your sound system. Unless you use an HDMI (ARC) port. Its just easier to run an optical cable. smart TV's when using a smart hub dont send audio through the HDMI ports.
1:04:02 this is the reason wwe should give Cena his 17th title run even if brief
This is the Only opportunity ever to make history right as history will solidify Cena as officially The GOAT and rightfully so
This guy is a gem of a human being , rare in the industry
Mildly disappointed we didn’t see The Rock go to In n Out for the first time…again.
They did that joke
@ Yeah I heard it. Just running with it.
Samantha Irvine is definitely missed.
If he only said, "The Rock has come back to Netflix", he has made a few movies for Netflix.
8:47 they did use Vince’s voice over the intro! It was one of the matches he called way back!
I mean, the Raw move to Netflix is a HUGE for WWE. So i didnt think they “overdid” it. They hyped it as much as they needed to, as they should.
“i have it on good authority that 9.7 billion people watched that stream”
A lot more believable than 1.9 watching Live Aid lol
you know Jim, there's a multi-buttons remote that's been popular for a while, it's called a KEYBOARD.
Body slam was a great movie Brian
The only blowoff I was really disappointed in was the Rhea/Liv outcome.
I understand that they needed to come full circle somehow, but with Liv so hot, and Rhea absolutely NOT needing the belt, I feel like this was a perfect time to transition the feud to Raquel and Rhea, via Raquel spoiling the win for Rhea.
"Trouser trout" I've actually never heard that one before
We already got Cena, Roman, and Punk in the Rumble already. Only 3 names and I feel like it's stacked with a lot of star power.
I don't know if they'll do anything with Rock and Cody this year, although Rock did mention when referencing Cody: "Someone I've bled with... and we will bleed again."
Also, on NXT he said for the fans to trust the journey he is intending to take them on over the fans complaining about him being nice to Cody, so I think his Netflix heel turn is impending.
Is Raw three hours on Netflix?
Yes. And you felt every single minute of them.
Damn this maybe Travis's best yet 😂😂😂
This show was an absolute chore to get through. Took me a good 3 or 4 sittings, and even then I got restless.
I don't know if it's the arena, or the crowd themselves, but they sounded so quiet all night save for a few moments.
Then there's the black ring mat, which will never show bloodstains, doesn't contrast with the rest of the environment, and has distractingly obnoxious adverts plastered all over it like the Arkham City GOTY cover.
But, they have their multi-billion dollar, multi-year, multi-multi-multi-advert deal, so I guess it doesn't matter.
Really going into this pretty new I haven’t watched wwe seriously sense 07 I thought this was solid I went in with expectations of I m probably gonna wanna turn it off after 5 minutes I actually enjoyed it but than again I haven’t watched wwe in a long ass time lol so not knowing the storylines etc I thought it was decent 🤷♂️ I definitely watched it one take
If Drew McIntyre couldn’t even get a good match out of Jey Uso then there’s no hope
I didn't realize how much I'm used to corporate culture until I heard everyone complain about how much wwe kissed Netflix's ass.
Back to reality lol
So I didn't know my sister listened to Corny and I'm over her place and pulls up a recent video bout Hogan getting bood. Her son (9) loves wrestling .....and I always talk about this podcast and she goes I love the artwork to the videos. I said that Travis. He always does funny ones . So that was a nice surprise too learn about my sister.
So we will never know what the Rock put in Cody's hand when shaking it after Wrestlemania last year. I think they purposely put storylines on hold for the debut on Netflix. The spectacle was much greater than kayfabe.
Would Jim ever team up with another legendary rage-o-holic and review some classic WWF video games with the Angry Video Game Nerd? The guy did Home Alone games with Culkin, and this artwork got me thinking.
That would be awful and jim hates video games
Can't believe he got Gilbert Gottfried. Now he would have been hilarious with Corny too.
@@randyk_18 Jim might throw the AVGN out of his own house and lock the door.
Cena fails at both the Rumble and Elimination chamber. He wins money in the bank and cashes in at Wrestlemania. Drew beats Gunther, Cena cashes in, and loses it back to Gunther the next night.
I believe the undertaker him self said he was very done with the deadman and much rather come out as himself/ the American badass lol
I'm wwe's biggest fan but this show was an abomination, just seemed like 3 hours of promotion and ads with old timers, sucking up to netflix in every segment and to top it off, Dwayne ruined an entire year of story, the matches were lame, it was terrible.
I’m with you. Crowd saw very little. Should have been action packed wrestling instead it was a kiss ass to Netflix and tell everyone how awesome we are.
Remember Netflix is paying 5 billion!!!!! Dollars for wwe, and it's there premier on there platform, been sent around the world, Netflix showing off there new acquisition, don't worry it will settle down, not everyweek it's going to be like that, im a massive wwe fan, hhh is my favourite wrestler off all time, I hate that celebrity stuff I don't know who anybody is these days celebrity wise, but I knew it was going to be a typical big American production, im English, happy just to put Netflix on nd watch it for cheap as fck instead of 50 pound a month 😂😂
Sure, you’re WWE’s biggest fan, so they weren’t catering to you this episode, they were trying to draw in casuals and lapsed viewers on the first show. Now if they keep pulling this on subsequent episodes, then I’d understand getting annoyed with the formatting
I would be more than glad to take a day trip to Louisville to fix any and all remote and surround sound issues simply for the chance to be called a fucking idiot by Jim Cornette and maybe get a short tour of My Personal Graceland 😂
It would be a better story if cena had to do all those things to get his shot, battling heroically in the rumble and money in the bank but falling short until eventually winning the elimination chamber to get the shot
For the record: Hulk shouldn't have done the job for HBK. They were both 2 old guys and HBK was a midcard tag guy and always will be to Hulk fans. Hulk doing the job for The Rock made sense, it never made sense for Hulk to do the job to HBK in 2003 or 2005 or whenever that Summer Slam was. It wouldn't have made HBK any bigger.
Did Hulk at least say hi to Punk?
Why would he? Punk couldn't lace Hogan's boots.
@@deepblue8143 what a pole smoke you are
@@deepblue8143BOO!
@@deepblue8143It must be lonely, being a Hogan mark in 2025. 😂
@SpinosaurusTheProudSocialist not at all.I'm not a sheep that parrots what he hears over the internet. I actually have a mind of my own. You're not
even embarrassed are you? You're the type who's probably confused by your own gender.
Just found out that WWE had 56.1 Million views for Wrestlemania 38 in India
-BATTLE FOR THE WISEMAN: Roman vs Punk (🏆)
-RAW MEN'S: Gunther vs Logan Paul (🏆)
-RAW WOMEN'S: Rhea (🏆) vs Iyo
-Seth, Drew, KO (🏆) vs Sami and The Usos
-Bianca vs Jade (🏆)
-US TITLE: LA Knight vs Chad Gable (🏆)
-SD MEN'S: Cody (🏆) vs Cena **Randy story involvement**
-TRIBAL COMBAT RULES: Solo vs Jacob (🏆)
-SD WOMEN'S: Tiffy vs Charlotte (🏆)
-IC TITLE: Bron vs Sheamus (🏆)
-WOMEN'S IC TITLE: Lyra vs Becky (🏆)
-The Wyatt Sicks (🏆) vs Judgement Day
**This is also a good way to get a belt on Cena and have a marquee match against Logan Paul later on in the year - Logan eliminates Cena in the Rumble to win and challenges Gunther, while Cena wins the Elimination Chamber and challenges Cody but comes up short at Mania, he then gets his redemption and record breaking 17th heavyweight championship at SummerSlam in August**
8:45 vince was in the the tyson/austin clip