There are rumors that Sting may be appearing on tonight’s RAW from Brooklyn, NY. Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez added to the rumors on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. They also confirmed other reports of there being a lot of speculation and talk about something big happening at RAW tonight, possibly an angle to set up one of the WrestleMania 32 main events.
Source: WrestlingINC.com
WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley says WWE needs a women’s pipebomb. Foley wrote the following on Facebook after watching last night’s RAW:
Will The Phenom and The Beast brawl before SummerSlam?
Should Orton watch his back on Monday?
Will Cena meet Rollins face-to-face on RAW?
How will Lana get payback against Rusev and Summer Rae?
Which Diva trio will stand tall before SummerSlam?
Source: WWE.com
“Arrow” star Stephen Amell will be at RAW tonight.
Is Stephen Amell prepared to ’embrace the strange’?
Will John Cena accept Seth Rollins’ challenge?
Is Ryback’s Intercontinental Title reign in jeopardy?
How will Summer Rae retaliate against Lana?
Will ‘families’ clash before SummerSlam?
Source: WWE.com
If you watched this week’s RAW, which took place in San Jose, CA., then surely you noticed all the “Cesaro Section” signs. A fan who attended the show printed them out on his own and passed them out to people in his section. The fan reportedly printed out 7,000 of the signs. Below is a picture that Cesaro posted on Instagram of the section with all the signs:
Another fan decided to pay it forward and brought his own signs to this week’s SmackDown tapings. So be looking for the “Cesaro Section” signs tonight on SmackDown. Below is a picture that the fan posted of his signs on Twitter:
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Last night’s RAW opened with Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Triple H and the WWE roster (all wearing Roddy Piper “Hot Rod” T-shirts) out on the stage to pay tribute to the late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. There was a 10-bell salute followed by a tribute video.
The Miz honored Roddy Piper during the opening of his Miz TV segment, saying there would be no Miz TV without Piper’s Pit.
RAW takes place tonight from the Sap Center in San Jose, California. the show will probably feature some kind of tribute to Roddy Piper.
John Cena is not scheduled to appear due to the broken nose he suffered last week in his match with Seth Rollins.
From WWE.com RAW Five-Point Preview:
What Chaos will Brock Lesnar unleash?
Has Kevin Owens made a mistake by provoking Cesaro?
Has Seth Rollins broken more than Cena’s nose?
Which tandem will challenge The Prime Time Players?
Can Neville vanquish Stardust’s supervillainy?
John Cena has been removed from this weekend’s WWE Live Events after suffering a broken nose during a match on RAW against Seth Rollins. Cena had surgery on his broken nose. PWInsider reports that Cena is no longer being advertised for this coming Monday’s RAW from San Jose, California.
Update:
WrestlingINC reports that John Cena has also been pulled from the August 10th RAW in Everett, Washington and all live events that week. Cena is still being advertised for the final RAW before SummerSlam on August 17 in Minneapolis.
WWE announced that Alicia Fox suffered a concussion in her match with Nikki Bella on Monday’s RAW in Oklahoma City against Charlotte and Becky Lynch.
Now with Alicia Fox having suffered a concussion this could lead to a new Team Bella member being brought in, as has been speculated.
John Cena suffered a broken nose on RAW after taking a knee to the face from Rollins during their main event match. Cena continued to wrestle the rest of the match and defeated Rollins. A WWE doctor attended to Cena several times during the match.
Here is a photo that Joey Styles posted on twitter:
Here is a vine video of the incident that Jim Ross posted on Twitter:
