WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
After accepting Alpha Academy’s open challenge via social media earlier in the day, The Creed Brothers arrived on “WWE Raw” and made the most of the opportunity, earning the victory after a Brutus Ball on Otis.
Accompanied by Ivy Nile, Brutus and Julius Creed made their way to the ring for this two-on-two showdown of bona fide amateur wrestling backgrounds. Julius kicked things off against Chad Gable, quickly showing the Greenville crowd his the trademark strength that he and his brother possess, starting from his knees to lift Gable into a vertical suplex before handing him off to Brutus to complete the move. Otis eventually scored a near fall following The Caterpillar, but Julius kicked out and turned the tides with a jumping knee.
Attempting to give the edge to Alpha Academy, Maxxine Dupri tried to distract the referee but Nile stormed around the ring and pulled her off the apron before attempting a distraction of her own, but Dupri returned the favor. Academy “junior cadet” Akira Tozawa tried to play intermediary but ate a suplex from Nile for his efforts.
Ultimately, the newcomers would get the glory, with Julius somehow hoisting the monstrous Otis into an electric chair position, setting up Brutus to hit The Brutus Ball and secure the 1-2-3 in their main roster debut.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the Bon Secours Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
WWE RAW will air live tonight on the USA Network from the American Airlines Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
The season premiere of WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK.
WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, NE.
At long last, Tommaso Ciampa has found Johnny Gargano — and all he had to do was catch a group beating from Imperium to make it happen.
After searching high and low for Gargano for months on end to no avail, Ciampa was reunited with his former DIY tag team partner/arch nemesis at the end of Monday’s “WWE Raw.” Gargano hit the ring to fend off Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci from beating Ciampa to a pulp following his unsuccessful Intercontinental Championship challenge against GUNTHER, as the champion casually waltzed away while his minions put the boots to the challenger.
But then Gargano’s music hit, and the former “NXT” Champion saved the day, warding off Kaiser and setting up for Meeting In the Middle, and the reunion was finally complete (though, in a matter of unfortunate timing, “Raw” faded to black before they could hit their finishing move).
Ciampa and Gargano, as DIY, won the “NXT” Tag Team Championships together at “NXT” TakeOver: Toronto in 2016, defeating The Revival (now known as reigning AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR) in a two-out-of-three-falls match. The pair would split less than a year later, when Ciampa attacked Gargano following a loss to The Authors of Pain, and they’d go on to feud for the better part of the next year. They’d reunite to make their debuts on both “Raw” and “Smackdown,” but that was short-lived. It wasn’t until Monday night that the two seemed back together, full time, and ready to shake up the tag team division on the main roster.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
WWE RAW will air live tonight on the USA Network from the Toyota Center in Ontario, California.
Some late changes were made to the lineup for tonight’s episode of “WWE Raw.”
According to PWInsider, Tegan Nox was originally set to answer the open challenge issued by the new “NXT” Women’s Champion, Becky Lynch. However, at some point before the show, Nox was pulled from the title match and replaced by Natalya, who has reportedly earned plenty of praise backstage following her involvement in the Superstar Spectacle in India.
The segment started with Lynch coming out and cutting a promo about how important the belt is to her and revealing that she would also be live on “NXT” tomorrow night with the belt. Natalya eventually came out, calling Lynch a “hypocritical ginger witch” and answering the challenge. The 15-year veteran ended up losing the match to Lynch, getting rolled up by the new champion following a back-and-forth match.
Getting back to Nox, she was relegated to a match against Xia Li that was recorded for “WWE Main Event.”
Another key change to tonight’s episode, according to PWInsider, was to push the match between Shinsuke Nakamura and Ricochet deeper into the show. The reported reasoning behind this was a desire by WWE officials to position more star power later in the episode, namely WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, who was involved in segments before and after the Nakamura-Ricocet match.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
