Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with the fallout from last night’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.
* Rollins once again slays The Beast
* The Miz and Dolph Ziggler to face off tonight
* What’s on tap next for The Man?
* Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross to defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships against The Kabuki Warriors on Raw
* Can The O.C. remain “Too Sweet” after SummerSlam?
Last night’s WWE RAW from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh opened with the entire roster on the stage for a tribute to the victims of the weekend shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. Mike Rome remembered the victims and asked everyone in the arena to stand for a ten-bell salute. Below is video from the segment:
Goldberg made an appearance last night on RAW during a MizTV interview segment after it was explained that the contract Dolph Ziggler signed wasn’t for a match against The Miz as previously announced or against Shawn Michaels who was on hand for the segment.
Goldberg signed the contract and said to Ziggler – “Your’e Next.”
Just as the show was coming to a close … Shawn Michaels hit Ziggler with some Sweet Chin Music.
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA with the final red brand hype for WWE SummerSlam.
* How injured is Seth Rollins heading into his SummerSlam battle with Brock Lesnar?
* Was someone responsible for the Roman Reigns forklift incident?
* Will Becky Lynch and Natalya’s rivalry continue to escalate?
* Will The O.C. keep their celebration going into SummerSlam?
* What’s next for WWE’s first pregnant champion? Maria Kanellis 24/7 Champion
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas as the road to SummerSlam continues.
* Rollins seeks retribution against Ziggler
* “Samoan Summit” set for Reigns and Joe
* Becky Lynch set to battle Alexa Bliss
* 24/7 Rules
According to Pro Wrestling Sheet, WWE has recently let go of two writers on their creative teams – Steve Guerreri, who was one of the lead writers on SmackDown and Steve Oppenheim, who was the in-office or “home team” leader writer on Raw.
Both were released from the company last week but it was neither of WWE’s new Executive Directors, Paul Heyman or Eric Bischoff, who made those decisions.
Tonight’s big WWE RAW Reunion special will take place from the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida with appearances by several former Superstars, Legends and Hall of Famers.
* WWE Hall of Famers and Legends to descend on Raw Reunion
* How will Seth Rollins gear up for The Beast?
* “A Moment of Bliss” will welcome Becky Lynch on Raw Reunion tonight
* Will Ricochet get retribution after vicious assault at the hands of Styles, Anderson & Gallows?
Stick with us throughout the day for updates on tonight’s show and be sure to join us for live coverage at 8pm ET.
Below is the line-up of stars advertised for tonight:
* Alicia Fox
* Alundra Blayze
* Booker T
* Candice Michelle
* Christian
* D-Von Dudley
* DX (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Sean “X-Pac” Waltman, “Road Dogg” BG James)
* Eric Bischoff
* Eve Torres
* Gerald Brisco
* Hulk Hogan
* Hurricane Helms
* Jillian Hall
* Jonathan Coachman
* Jerry Lawler
* Jimmy Hart
* Kaitlyn
* Kelly Kelly
* Kevin Nash
* Kurt Angle
* Lilian Garcia
* Mark Henry
* Melina
* Mick Foley
* Pat Patterson
* Ric Flair
* Rikishi
* Ron Simmons
* Santino Marella
* Scott Hall
* Sgt. Slaughter
* Shawn Michaels
* Sid Vicious
* Steve Austin
* Ted DiBiase Sr.
* The Boogeyman
* The Godfather
Plus there are reports that John Cena could be appearing tonight at RAW Reunion.
Since being named the new executive director of RAW, Paul Heyman’s influence has started to get noticed. Whether it be physical segments involving talent or the Mike and Maria Kanellis segments, the man who innovated ECW is looking to do the same with WWE’s flagship show.
That apparently also includes promo work.
According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Heyman has been trying to make backstage interviews come across as more realistic. Similar to what we saw with Drew McIntyreand Cedric Alexander on Raw this past Monday, Heyman wants there to be consequences to everyone’s actions and for the atmosphere to feel authentic.
In the past, Heyman has worked with a number of wrestlers when it comes to in-ring and promo work including Charlotte Flair, Ronda Rousey and Aleister Black. Rousey had publicly talked in the past about Heyman working with her, including with some of her promos on Becky Lynch.
Source: Wrestling Inc.
Bray Wyatt has finally returned to RAW after months of WWE airing his “Firefly Funhouse” segments on WWE TV.
Wyatt made his return to RAW on tonight’s show from Long Island following Samoa Joe’s win over Finn Balor. After the match, Joe attacked Balor but Balor fought him off and stood tall. That’s when the lights went out and music started playing in the arena. Wyatt appeared, wearing “The Fiend” mask that he debuted a few months back, and dropped Balor with Sister Abigail in the middle of the ring.
The segment ended with Wyatt laughing across the arena as RAW went to commercial.
It looks like Wyatt vs. Balor will be one of the matches for the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view.
Wyatt took to Twitter after the show and made two comments. The first said, “Worth the hurt, worth the healing”
Wyatt then wrote, “I’ll forgive you, when it’s done brother. The sickness is gone. We owe them. And Yowie Wowie is it gonna be a spectacle!!!”
Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island, NY with the fallout from WWE Extreme Rules.
WWE has not confirmed that new WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will be on tonight’s RAW. No matches have been announced for tonight but it looks like Roman Reigns might appear as he was announced locally on Sunday.
* The Brock Party resumes – Brock Lesnar reclaimed the Universal Title last night at Extreme Rules after cashing in MITB on Seth Rollins after the main event in which Rollins and Becky Lynch retained their Titles.
* Club house rules: new WWE United States Champion AJ Styles
* What friends are for: fallout from the 2-on-1 Handicap Match for the SmackDown Women’s Title
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