WWE Raw will air live tonight on the USA Network from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.
WWE’s programming rights for RAW, NXT, and SmackDown are set to expire next year. RAW currently has an agreement with the USA Network.
Networks, including USA Network, Warner Bros [TBS or TNT], Discovery, and FX, are rumored to be interested in getting the broadcasting rights for RAW.
Most of the talk is that RAW is going to go to FX, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.
Source: eWn
The WWE’s programming rights for Raw, NXT, and SmackDown are set to expire next year. Raw and NXT currently have agreements with the USA Network, while SmackDown is aired on FOX.
However, WWE has recently signed a five-year deal to bring SmackDown back to the USA Network starting in October 2024. This move may affect the renewal of Raw and NXT’s rights with the network, but negotiations are still possible.
Other networks, including USA Network, Warner Bros [TBS or TNT], Discovery, and FX, are rumored in obtaining the broadcasting rights for Raw, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.
Source: eWn
GUNTHER has now held the WWE Intercontinental Championship for well over 500 days, having first won the title from Ricochet back in June 2022. Last night’s “WWE Raw” included a four-way to determine the next contender for GUNTHER, and the lineup featured the former champion Ricochet, as well as The Miz, Bronson Reed, and Ivar of the Viking Raiders. Like much of last night’s show, there was plenty of action and excitement. However, not all was well coming out of the match, with Ricochet reportedly hurt.
Today’s “Wrestling Observer Radio” had hosts Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussing the situation. Alvarez stated that Ricochet was in WWE’s concussion protocol, meaning he must get cleared by a doctor before being able to return to the ring. Depending on the severity of his injury, that could take days, weeks, or possibly even months.
One spot relatively early on saw Ricochet slam his head onto the mat and, according to Alvarez, it was immediately clear that Ricochet should have been pulled from the match and checked out for a concussion. However, the high-flying WWE star finished out the match.
“I’ve seen a million Ricochet matches, and he does not miss stuff, and he is not slow,” Alvarez said. “From that point forward, for a good three [or] four minutes, he’s slow and everything is not Ricochet-level. And it was clear this guy was messed up but they let him work the entire match.”
Both hosts agreed that Ricochet’s condition had seemed to improve after the commercial break, with the wrestler likely having a minute or two to recover. There was some confusion at the end of the bout, with Ricochet kicking out while the ref still counted to three, but it’s not yet clear if that was a planned angle or a mistake on someone’s part.
Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to
GUNTHER has now held the WWE Intercontinental Championship for well over 500 days, having first won the title from Ricochet back in June 2022. Last night’s “WWE Raw” included a four-way to determine the next contender for GUNTHER, and the lineup featured the former champion Ricochet, as well as The Miz, Bronson Reed, and Ivar of the Viking Raiders. Like much of last night’s show, there was plenty of action and excitement. However, not all was well coming out of the match, with Ricochet reportedly hurt.
Today’s “Wrestling Observer Radio” had hosts Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussing the situation. Alvarez stated that Ricochet was in WWE’s concussion protocol, meaning he must get cleared by a doctor before being able to return to the ring. Depending on the severity of his injury, that could take days, weeks, or possibly even months.
One spot relatively early on saw Ricochet slam his head onto the mat and, according to Alvarez, it was immediately clear that Ricochet should have been pulled from the match and checked out for a concussion. However, the high-flying WWE star finished out the match.
“I’ve seen a million Ricochet matches, and he does not miss stuff, and he is not slow,” Alvarez said. “From that point forward, for a good three [or] four minutes, he’s slow and everything is not Ricochet-level. And it was clear this guy was messed up but they let him work the entire match.”
Both hosts agreed that Ricochet’s condition had seemed to improve after the commercial break, with the wrestler likely having a minute or two to recover. There was some confusion at the end of the bout, with Ricochet kicking out while the ref still counted to three, but it’s not yet clear if that was a planned angle or a mistake on someone’s part.
Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to Wrestling Observer Radio
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.
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.
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