Tag: RAW

Michael Cole Storyline Update

Michael Cole is expected to be back on RAW tonight and there is speculation that he might be in a neck brace to sell the neck injury angle from last week’s F5 from Brock Lesnar. Cole may also threaten legal action against Lesnar. WWE wrote the following teaser in their RAW 5-Point Preview:

“While The Beast Incarnate has already been suspended indefinitely by Stephanie McMahon, reports are surfacing that Cole is threatening legal action against the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion. As a result, one has to wonder whether there will be additional fallout over the incident? Will The Authority chose, for instance, to take Paul Heyman to task for any instigation that he may have caused as Brock’s advocate? Will extra precautions be taken to assure that this type of carnage will does not happen again? Or, will it just be getting back on track, with Extreme Rules only weeks away?”

RAW Preview: 4/6/15

Can Seth Rollins survive Monday Night RAW? Who will be gunning for WWE World Heavyweight Champion Rollins?

Has John Cena sparked an international incident? Will Cena continue the U.S. Championship open challenge?

A Celtic fire threatens to burn down the Intercontinental Title picture. Who will Sheamus be looking to give the boot to tonight on RAW?

What will be the fallout from Brock Lesnar’s Chaos?

Is Funk (Naomi) ‘rolling’ her way to a Divas Title Match?

Source: WWE.com

The Raw crowd gets vocal 

This past Monday WWE Monday Night Raw took place from San Jose California. The Raw following WrestleMania always has one of the craziest crowds and this Monday was no exception.

The crowd was on fire all night long but one of the most notable chants was during the divas match. More specifically the chants directed at the Bella Twins. The chants were you suck Cena and you suck Bryan.

Both Trevor and I agree that although we may not agree with those chants as a fan when you buy a ticket you have the right to cheer what you want. Not to mention as said before its a post mania crowd so it’s to be expected.

The Bella’s took to their Twitter to respond to the chants and I have to say I absolutely love the smart ass reply

So what did you guys think about the chants? Were you offended? Did you find them humerous? Sound off in the comments below.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

Huge Ratings For Post-WrestleMania 31 Episode Of RAW

The USA Network issued the following:

USA NETWORK’S WWE ‘MONDAY NIGHT RAW’ ATTRACTS LARGEST AUDIENCE IN NEARLY THREE YEARS

5.4 Million Total Viewers Tuned-In to See Their Favorite WWE Superstars Live, Following a Record-Breaking WrestleMania

New York, NY – April 1, 2105 – Following WRESTLEMANIA 31, where Seth Rollins won his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship, this week’s WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW delivered 2.4 million adults 18-49, 2.4 million adults 25-54 and 5.4 million total viewers from 8-11 p.m. (live + same). This is the highest total viewers for RAW in nearly three years, since July 23, 2012, the night of the RAW 1000 special.

Monday’s RAW was televised live from the SAP Center in San Jose, CA, and was highlighted by Brock Lesnar challenging Rollins, the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, to a rematch; United States Champion John Cena defending his title against Dean Ambrose; and Intercontinental Champion defeating Dolph Ziggler.

Monday’s RAW was up vs. last week’s telecast by 27% in adults 18-49, 24% in adults 25-54 and 28% in total viewers 2+. USA was the #1 network Monday night in primetime in adults 18-34 as well as men 18-34 and 18-49 for all of television including the broadcast networks.

RAW was also the #2 most social show of the day with 400,000 tweets, reaching a unique audience of 3.6 million people generating 27 million impressions.

Could Jim Ross Return To WWE?

This past Monday on RAW a irate Brock Lesnar went on a rampage after Seth Rollins refused to give him his rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight Title that night. Lesnar took out the entire RAW broadcast team. Lesnar delivered an F5 to Michael Cole. Later that night Byron Saxton announced that Cole suffered a cervical spine injury from the attack.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer is reporting that WWE is trying to do everything they can to get WWE Hall of Famer announcer Jim Ross back. JR attended this past weekend’s NXT show and received a shout-out from Triple H. JR has said several times on his podcast that he doesn’t plan to announce wrestling shows on a weekly basis anymore, but that could change if WWE makes the right offer.

Nobody is expecting that Cole will be back next week. Cole could be kept off the show several weeks, which would leave the play-by-play spot open. Saxton could be used again next week on RAW, but it’s also possible that next week’s show could see the return of the greatest announcer in wrestling history, Jim Ross.

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Sting Addressed The WWE Universe After RAW

Sting addressed the WWE Universe after RAW exclusively on WWE Network. Sting said because of all the fans he felt right at home at WrestleMania. He said even though he came up short he was glad to finally say that he was there. Sting said he doesn’t know what the future holds. Fans chanted “Undertaker.” Sting said whatever opportunity WWE throws his way he will grab it but if WWE doesn’t throw him any opportunities then it is to bad and a crying shame as far as he is concern.

Bo Dallas interrupted and said he was a Sting fan when he was a kid and Sting even painted his face. Bo then went on to say that Sting loss his entire legacy at WrestleMania and all he has to do is BOLIEVE! Sting grab Bo and hit him with a Scorpion Death Drop.

Neville Made RAW Debut

Former NXT Champion Adrian Neville made his RAW debut by defeating Curtis Axel. It looks like WWE has dropped his first name and he is going to simply be called Neville.

Sheamus Returns

Sheamus made his return last night on RAW. He appeared to be coming out to save Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler from a beat down by Bad News Barrett but instead he attacked Bryan and Ziggler himself. Sheamus was sporting a new look with a Mohawk and braided beard. At one point the fans chanted “you look stupid.” All Sheamus had to say was “I’m back.”

WWE announced that Sheamus will team with Bad News Barrett to take on Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler this Thursday on SmackDown.

 

Stephanie McMahon Suspends Brock Lesnar Indefinitely

Brock Lesnar wanted his rematch against Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship but Rollins refused to give him the match last night on RAW. An irate Lesnar went on a rampage, going after Rollins, but Rollins was able to escape through the crowd. Lesnar took out J & J Security, the entire RAW broadcast team and a cameraman. Lesnar turned the announce table over on JBL & Booker T and F5’ed Michael Cole and a cameraman.

Stephanie McMahon suspended Lesnar indefinitely and said she will fine him for his actions.

Byron Saxton took over for Cole, JBL & Booker T and was later joined at the announce table by Jerry Lawler. They gave an update on Cole saying he may have a cervical fracture (commonly called a broken neck).

RAW Preview: 3/30/15

Fallout from WrestleMania 31.

What’s in store fro the Rollins era?

What’s next for Roman Reigns?

What repercussions will come from The Rock and Ronda Rousey bouncing Triple H & Stephanie from the ring at WM 31?

Who will challenge the new champions?

Are Nikki’s days as champion numbered?

Source: WWE.com