While I enjoy the fact that when they bring up folks from NXT they keep their entrances and music the same, Samoa Joe needs a new entrance theme desperately. That weird bad-trombone sounding thing does nothing to suggest BADASS COMIN'.

Unless he turns heel yet again and they send Nakamura at him.

Because I'm a masochist who watches Total Divas, and given that last week's season premier was set around last year's brand split, I felt pretty bad for Dean and Renee last night. Other than that, Raw was just there. I don't see how there's going to be a great payoff for Braun, despite the great visual of the…

I think the Revival should go to Smackdown next week in the SHAKEUP, if only to strike up their ongoing friendship with Alpha again. I also wonder if the rumor of BIG DOG MY YARD POOCHIE-MANIA heading to Smackdown means the WM34 match with BRRRRROOOOOCCCCCCCKKKKK is gonna be title vs. title.

Bray Wyatt needs to head to WCW immediately.

That main event of Tyler Black and Prince Devitt against Kevin Steen and uh…Samoa Joe. Amazing. Stay healthy, Finn. Also, if AJ Styles gets dumped onto Raw's roster as the rumor mill keeps saying, they better move some major talent to Smackdown Live.

I know Mauro tweeted last week and I was super-glad to see that. I hope he's back soon. On the other hand, I hope AJ Styles obliterates Shane McMahon into "no more matches" retirement.

Warning: You must be THIS interested to go on The Ultimate Thrill Ride.

With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Or so I hear.

Excited for the UK adaptation "LOIFE".

I hope he's okay. Being part of a three man announce team is tough enough without having Phillips shoe-horned in there. I just want to hear Mauro call Styles-Nakamura in 2017. Some day, some way.

POINTS. TO. SIGN.

Tom Phillips is decent. Mauro Ranallo is outstanding. It's a decidedly different show without Mauro calling the action. I think Phillips does his best work with Corey Graves and Michael Cole has been pretty open about wanting to step back from weekly play-by-play. I hope Phillips gets moved to Raw to work with Graves…

In addition to AJ Styles being a God Among Men, Smackdown works because the so-called Authority figures are essentially babyfaces, in that they aren't outright dicks. I mean, I think Daniel was being totally truthful about wanting to punch Mike Mizanin in the face repeatedly, quite frankly, but Miz has been such an…

Since the brand split, Smackdown Live has been BY FAR the better of the two flagship shows. Somehow, this has translated into a bunch of WrestleMania matches that make me don't care one whit about the results, other than MAYBE Corbin/Ambrose (mostly because they haven't killed off Corbin yet and Dean can take a loss…

I think we have to stop looking at these shows through the prism of "heels" and "faces". They are just characters now, with shades leaning one way or the other. The writers and bookers of these shows take more inspiration from Game of Thrones (Kingslayer shirt being the latest and most blatant example) than Jerry…

There was one match in the first hour of programming, and it was a mixed tag. I mean, they're allowed to have a dumb expository week (FIRST, WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE WERE THERE) but sheesh.

The Triple H, with all that "THE BEST {HEALTHCARE} IN THE WORLD" chatter, really likes to subtly stick it to the CM Punk when in the Chicago.

Super excited to see Maryse Mizanin [ANGRY QUOTEFINGERS] wrestle in a high profile WM match.

There's one main cast member who's of color. It's about bitchy rich white people living by the ocean. That being said, it's better than 98% of the other crap on tv right now by virtue of the writing and the cast, so despite it's overall WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE WORST vibe, I'll keep with it.