Shane McMahon opens Raw and is in charge of Raw tonight.
Shane gets a huge pop from the audience. He then thanks the fans for making Vince McMahon bringing him back.
He talks that he wants to get back to new faces and new matches. He announces Natalya vs. WWE Women's Champion Charlotte with the title on the line and a new tag team tournament to start as well tonight, with the winners facing WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day. He then congratulates AJ Styles on becoming #1 contender and announces Styles vs. Sami Zayn for tonight. If Sami wins, it will be Sami vs. Styles vs. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns in a Triple Threat at WWE Payback then the crowd gets excited for what is coming and then Kevin Owens interrupted Shane McMahon and came out to complain and say that Sami didn’t deserve a title shot and that he also needed a rematch for his Intercontinental Championship.
Shane said Kevin would have to earn that shot at the IC title and he’d earn it up next by winning in a match against Cesaro.
Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens in a #1 Contender match for the IC Title
Cesaro won and will face The Miz for the IC.
They show us Last week on Raw when Lita formally does a presentation the New Woman's Championship and then Natalya gets face to face with Charlotte and then took a shot at Charlotte took shot at Natalya's family but then Natalya attacks her but then Ric Flair saved her.
Then we see a backstage segment of Charlotte and Ric Flair where Charlotte is complaining as to what she has had to deal with and that she thinks Natalya hasn't did anything to deserve the chance at her title and then Dr. Paul comes into the conversation and tells her that she needs to get on our own two feet and quit using her dad to cheat and to letting him be in her way and then Charlotte walks away and then Ric gets in Dr. Phil's face and was going to woo but Dr. Phil did it in his face before he could and continued to do so tell he walked away.
We see Owens yelling at Shane McMahon about getting screwed. He says whatever happens to Sami Zayn tonight is Shane's fault. Shane says Owens doesn't threaten him, so Shane is having him escorted from the building.
WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day are out. Xavier Woods starts talking how the WWE tag team division is on fire. He says so many teams want a piece of them. Kofi Kingston asks who actually deserves a shot. Big E says we will see as a tournament to crown new #1 contenders begins tonight, sponsored by Booty O's cereal.
Tag Team Title Tournament
First round:
Dudley Boyz vs. Lucha Dragons
Dudley Boyz won and advances to semi-finals
Enzo Amore and Big Cass came out
Enzo speaks from the stage and does his usual introduction as fans go along with it. Bubba tells Enzo and the fans to shut their mouths. He calls Enzo and Cass young punks. Bubba says they paved the way for guys like Enzo and Cass. D-Von tells them they're not the best tag team in the business and the only reason they exist is because of The Dudley Boyz. Enzo and Cass fire back with promos, ending it with the crowd helping them spell "sawft" at The Dudleyz.
I have to say I am coming a fan of Enzo and Cass, I wouldn't mind them being Tag Champions.
Roman Reigns comes out
He talks about that it is all good because he's not a good guy, he's not a bad guy, he's THE guy. Reigns talks about how he respects both AJ Styles and Sami Zayn for winning titles all over the world but they've never won THE championship. Reigns says he plans on being champion for a long time... he's interrupted by the music and out comes The League of Nations.
Sheamus says Reigns is confident but might not be so confident if he was facing one of The League of Nations at Payback. Reigns isn't intimidated by The League of Nations. Sheamus says they got rid of their weakest link last week pf being Wade Barrett and they're not happy about being left out of the Fatal 4 Way. Rusev says he's stronger and better looking than Reigns, so he should be the face of WWE. Reigns says he just proved he's the ass of WWE. Alberto Del Rio says maybe one of them would have won the Fatal 4 Way last week and any of them can kicks Reigns' ass for the title. Reigns invites them to the ring for a triple beatdown. They rush the ring and go at it until the lights go out. It's The Wyatt Family. They come back on and the two teams start brawling. Reigns and The Wyatt Family clear the ring. An then the wyatt family looked to focus their attention on Roman Reigns and they stare each other down but Shane McMahon interrupted and said he wants to see more of Roman and Bray Wyatt teaming together side by side and tonight for the main event will be Roman Reigns and Wyatt vs. Two members of The League of Nations.
Natalya vs. Charlotte for the Woman's Championship W/ Dr. Phil at ringside to see if Charlotte has taken his advice and be a real championship.
Natalya won via DQ when Ric Flair pulled the ref out of the ring when Charlotte was tapping out but still champion is Charlotte.
I really hope they do like a Battle Royal or a Tournament for the Woman's Championship to determine the #1 contender to it.
They show us last week on RAW when Kevin Owens attacked Sami Zayn
Renee Young is with Sami backstage. Sami says he spent his entire life getting ready for this opportunity. He says Owens tried to take it away from him but he’s had two things that got him this far – heart and soul, something Owens and all the tables in the world can’t take from him. Sami says hes ready and didn’t come this far to lose. AJ Styles appears for a pop. AJ agrees with what Sami says because he was there all those years. AJ says they’re both finally in WWE but he’s the only #1 contender and he plans on keeping it that way. AJ walks off and we hear fans singing “ole!” to end the segment.
Second round of the Tag Team Title tournament:
The Uso's vs. Curtis Axel and Heath Slater
The Uso won and advanced to semi finals
Gallows and Anderson appeared and attacked The Usos
The Miz was getting pampered with Maryse by his side. She ran down a worker for having blue M&Ms in Miz’s snack bowl, which is when Cesaro came up to taunt his future opponent for the IC title.
AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn: If Zayn wins the match at WWE Payback for the WHC will become a triple threat and if Styles wins it stays one on one against roman reigns.
AJ Styles won and the match at WWE Payback against Roman Reigns for the WHC will be the same.
This match was insane.
Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel and the guest star is Chris Jericho and he talks all about himself and all the accomplishments and that no one can tough him on the roster and then Dean Ambrose came out with a plant and a sign and then Jericho asks what he is doing here and this is his show and Dean Ambrose said this is show now and gave Chris a memo from Shane McMahon that said Highlight reel is canceled and replaced with Ambrose Asylum.
Ambrose clips on a tie and asks Jericho if it's on straight. Jericho isn't happy. Ambrose welcomes us to The Ambrose Asylum and introduces his first guest, Jericho. Fans then boo and Ambrose asks them not to boo his guests. Ambrose says the whole world wants to know what's up with Jericho's scarf. Jericho says the scarf costs $700 and Ambrose is interrupting him because he interrupted Ambrose on SmackDown. Jericho says he's reached legendary status in WWE and he can do what he wants, say what he wants. If Ambrose was smart, he'd keep his nose clean or Jericho will bury him. Jericho tells Ambrose to look at him when he talks to him. Jericho tells Ambrose to take his stupid ass out of Jericho's ring. Ambrose stares at him and just wants to know about the scarf. Jericho knocks the mic down. Ambrose kicks him and nails Dirty Deeds. Ambrose's clip-on tie falls off but he puts it back on. His music hits and he thanks us for watching his show.
Apollo Crews vs. Adam Rose
Apollo Crews won
Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt vs. Alberto Del Rio and Sheamus
Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt won
and then Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt stared each other down to end the show.
Rating:
100/100
As always, Shane McMahon did awesome and I hope Vince McMahon gets that picture that we fans really do enjoy the change shane has given us and we just hope for him to continue what he is doing with RAW and the WWE.
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