Tonight’s WWE RAW takes place from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California with the fallout from last night’s WWE Payback pay-per-view.
* Braun Strowman rules Team Red
* Cesaro & Sheamus reach their boiling point
* There’s no room for “The A-Lister” in The Bálor Club
* Bliss celebrates a history-making win
* Hobbled Kingslayer stuns Samoa Joe
WWE posted this video of RAW Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy receiving medical attention for the broken tooth he suffered during last night’s Payback pay-per-view from San Jose.
– Hardy’s broken tooth came during The Hardy Boyz retaining over Sheamus and Cesaro. The post-match angle saw Sheamus and Cesaro turn heel and attack the RAW Tag Team Champions. Matt Hardy took to Twitter after the show and issued a “Broken” warning to Sheamus and Cesaro:
Update: Matt Hardy went full “Broken” on Twitter again when issuing these threats to Sheamus and Cesaro:
Source: WrestlingINC
(Kickoff) Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Gallows & Anderson –Â Winners: Enzo Amore & Big Cass
(Kickoff) Miz TV – host The Miz with Maryse – guest Finn Balor (transcript from WrestlingINC)
Miz asks fans if they’re done but they just give him more heat. He welcomes us to MizTV and says tonight we have a special Payback edition because his guest has a presence, an aura, and his much-anticipated return to RAW after WrestleMania 33 had the world talking. Miz tells the crowd to rise and help him welcome his guest. The music hits and out comes Finn Balor.
The music stops and fans chant for Finn. Miz asks them if they’re done and they boo him. Miz also asks Balor if he’s done because he just had a 5 minute entrance. Fans cheer Balor and Miz can’t believe they’re cheering a 5 minute entrance. A “yes!” chant breaks out. Miz mocks Finn’s entrance and asks what is it. Finn says this is Balor Club. Miz asks what it takes to be in the Balor Club and asks if he and Maryse could get in. Finn says that’s not up to him, it’s more of a club decision. He asks the fans and they boo. Maryse stands up and shows off for a pop. Balor still says nope. Miz takes his seat and talks about how he did a lot of homework on Balor. He talks about how Finn had so much promise before coming to WWE. Miz goes on and asks Balor if he feels like a failure when he looks at the last year he had. Balor runs off the list of injuries he suffered in the SummerSlam match to become the first-ever WWE Universal Champion. Miz says he was champion, for a whole 24 hours, and if that’s not a failure he doesn’t know what is. He says Balor and the fans relate because they’re all failures. Miz says Balor is too small and fights with his heart instead of fighting with his brain.
Miz says while Balor was gone, he was making SmackDown must-see TV and raising the Intercontinental Title. Miz mocks Balor some more and asks him what’s next. Balor says he’s going to get his title back. Miz reminds him the current champion is Brock Lesnar. Lesnar’s name gets boos. Miz says Lesnar will snap Balor in two, even Miz would mop the floor with Balor. This leads to Balor threatening to kick Miz’s ass. Balor stands up and readies for a fight. Miz puts Maryse in between them and fans boo. Cole calls Maryse a brave woman. Balor says every episode of MizTV ends the same way – with Miz getting his ass kicked. But today, Balor is going to be the bigger man because Miz isn’t worth it. The music hits and Balor goes to leave. Miz yells for the music to be cut because he runs the show. Miz says Balor is afraid Miz will put him out of action again. Balor nails a Slingblade out of nowhere. Balor dropkicks Miz back into the corner next. Miz rolls to the floor as Balor’s music hits.
United States Championship: (C) Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho – Winner and new United States Champion: Chris Jericho (Jericho is now a member of the SmackDown Live roster)
WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Neville vs. Austin Aries – Winner by DQ: Austin Aries – Neville grabbed the referee pulling the him into them to break the hold.
RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) The Hardy Boyz vs. Cearao & Sheamus – Winners: The Hardy Boyz – after the match, Cearo & Sheamus shook the Matt & Jeff’s hand and then while Hardy’s were celebrating, Cesaro & Sheamus attacked The Hardy’s – during the match Matt got busted open and it appeared that Jeff lost a tooth.
RAW Women’s Championship:Â (C) Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss –Â Winner and new RAW Women’s Champion: Alexa Bliss (first to have won the RAW Women’s Title & SmackDown Women’s Title)
House of Horrors Match:Â WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt – Match started in Wyatt’s House of Horror, after Wyatt tips a refrigerator over on Orton, Wyatt makes it out of the house gets in Orton’s limo and tells the driver to take him to the arena and starts singing “in his hands” as they drive off. Too be continued……
Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe –Â Winner: Seth Rollins
House of Horrors Match:Â WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt – Wyatt arrived at the arena in the limo and made his way to the ring, the lights came up and Orton appeared out of nowhere behind Wyatt with a steel chair in hand and the fight continued. The Singh brothers attacked Orton but he fought them off and hit Wyatt with a RKO, Jinder Mahal attacked Orton with the WWE Championship Title. Wyatt his Orton with Sister Abigail for the win. –Â Winner: Bray Wyatt
Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman – Winner: Braun Strowman – after the match, Strowman brought the steel steps into the ring and picked Reigns up dropped him onto the steps then picked up the steps and slammed the steps down into Reigns’ ribs. Reigns made his way to the back on his own, refusing help from the medical team.
After the show, Strowman tried to attack Reigns as he was entering the ambulance but Reigns dodged him and Strowman crashed through the ambulance door ripping it off. Reigns slammed the other door several times into Strowman.
House of Horrors Match:Â WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt
Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe
RAW Women’s Championship:Â (C) Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss
United States Championship:Â (C) Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho
RAW Tag Team Championship:Â (C) The Hardy Boyz vs. Cearao & Sheamus
WWE Cruiserweight Championship:Â (C) Neville vs. Austin Aries
(Kickoff) Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Gallows & Anderson
(Kickoff) Miz TV with Finn Balor
As we mentioned this morning, Reby Sky denied reports that WWE had purchased the rights to the Hardys “Broken” gimmick from Impact Wrestling. It should be noted that Jeff Hardy denied days before WrestleMania that they were headed to WWE anytime soon.
Matt Hardy has been tweeting nearly all of his messages lately in his “Broken” character. As of this writing, Impact Wrestling still has a Trademark logo on their YouTube channel next to any phrases pertaining to the gimmick, including “Broken Matt,” “Brother Nero” and “Broken Brilliance.”
Nonetheless, Hardy wrote on Twitter that “DELETION is coming,” as seen below:
Source: WrestlingINC
As noted, WWE announced at last month’s SmackDown Live taping that their next show in the state of Connecticut will be the return of the Bad Blood RAW pay-per-view on July 9th at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
WWE has apparently changed those plans, as the July 9th RAW pay-per-view will now be called Great Balls of Fire. It is also now scheduled to take place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
You can watch a promo for the event in the video below. It is also noted in the promo that the event will feature the first title defense by WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.
Source: WrestlingINC
Karl Anderson spoke with USA Today “For the Win” section about a number of wrestling topics.
When they found out about the Hardys at WrestleMania:
“We found out a couple of hours before we had to work. We had some kind of expectation because the rumors were flying for a couple of weeks. The day of is when we got word they were coming. We were all very happy with it.
“At the end of the day, Jeff and Matt Hardy helped make the WWE tag team division what it is. The ladder tag team matches they had at WrestleMania in the past made those matches famous. Being in there at WrestleMania with Matt and Jeff Hardy was an honor in itself. It was a great moment to be part of and I’m glad we got that.”
You can read the full interview by clicking here.
Reby Hardy denied recent reports regarding WWE working out a deal with Impact Wrestling to use the “Broken” character for Matt Hardy on television. She noted that it was “absolutely” not true, and she thinks it was leaked by Impact Wrestling “in an attempt to make TNA look like it’s in a position of power,” as seen below:
As for Matt currently not using the “Broken” character on WWE television, Reby wrote:
Source: WrestlingINC
The following matches were taped for tonight’s WWE NXT episode:
* Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade “Cien” Almas
* WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate vs. Jack Gallagher
* Aleister Black vs. Kona Reeves
If you thought there was no chance in hell you’d ever see a Vince McMahon biopic, you were wrong — because TriStar pictures is working to lock it down.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie studio is in negotiations to buy a script on his life called Pandemonium and it would be directed by the team who make This Is Us on NBC.
The script reportedly hit the studios last summer but was turned down because McMahon and the WWE didn’t give their blessing, so no one wanted to make the company angry. THR claims the producer of American Sniper has now “secured McMahon’s life rights” though and studios quickly became interested in recent weeks.
Sources told the publication that TriStar wanted the project so badly they decorated their offices in WWE regalia for their pitch.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
