Monday, November 12, 2018

RAW


RAW opens with a special tribute to all the men and women who have fought for the USA to honor Veteran's Day.



Battle Royal - Winner will be captain of Raw's Survivor Series Tag Team


Braun Strowman's music hits after a moment and he heads to the ring. Konnor goes to meet him and gets laid out. The same thing happens to everyone who tries to approach him. Once he gets in the ring everyone piles on him until he breaks free. He grabs a chair from ringside and everyone gets out of the ring. He sits in the chair and says he is done chasing Corbin. He demands the GM come to the ring to get these hands. Instead, Stephanie's music hits and she comes out.


Stephanie says she understands why Strowman is upset, but he cannot hold Raw hostage. She says Shane insulted Raw by winning the World Cup, but Braun says he doesn't care about Shane or repping Stephanie at Survivor Series. She says he had better give a damn because she is the commissioner. She proposes an idea so they both get what they want. She says if he leads the Raw team to victory, he can have whatever he wants. He demands another match against Lesnar and she agrees. He says he also wants Corbin and she agrees to that, too. She allows him to pick the stipulations to his matches, too.


Before they can finish talking, Ronda Rousey comes out to the ring. She yanks the mic out of Stephanie's hand and tells her to save the pep talk because she is already motivated to defeat Becky Lynch. Corbin's music hits and he comes out and tells everyone to relax. He says they can't afford to get overconfident and Rousey hip tosses him to the mat.


Ronda leaves, Baron yells at her and turns around with Strowman in his face and McMahon tries to get between them and yells at Corbin to shut up and not provoke him. Braun tells him to enjoy his time as Steph’s lapdog, because after Survivor Series, he’s getting neutered.



Ember Moon vs. Tamina Snuka

Tamina Snuka won


Jax gets in the ring and adds insult to injury by hitting a leg drop on her former friend while the crowd boos.


We saw a recap on the whole situation with The Shield and the outcome with Rollins and Ambrose.



Seth Rollins is out after the break to look for answers as to why Dean Ambrose turned on him. Corey Graves asks him about Survivor Series first. He asks where Rollins is at mentally as he prepares to battle Shinsuke Nakamura for the first time ever.


Ambrose appears on the big screen and says he should come out and beat up Rollins right now, but the fans don't deserve it. He says he doesn't owe anyone an explanation and mocks all of the people who were upset about it. He says Seth is probably considering all of the reasons he might have turned on him. Dean says he used to think The Shield made them strong, but the truth is The Shield made him weak. He says today is a chance to be reborn before burning his Shield
vest in a trash can full of flames. We see Rollins leave the ring and heads to the back. Did this give Rollins what he wanted?


We saw a recap of Kurt Angle vs. Drew McIntyre last week.


Drew McIntyre comes out with Dolph Ziggler after the break. He says he told everyone he was going to take over Raw when he first showed up and asks if everyone believes him now. He takes credit for breaking up The Shield and retiring Kurt Angle.

McIntyre says Raw belongs to him now and he will mold it in his image. Finn Balor's music hits and he comes out to the ring. Drew says Finn has a lot of guts coming to the ring. Balor says he couldn't listen to McIntyre talk about Angle anymore and says he crossed a line. Drew says the real reason Finn is mad is that he got his head kicked off last week.

McIntyre says Balor will get a match tonight, but it will be against Ziggler. He calls Dolph the true best in the world. Drew hits a hard headbutt to knock Balor out as we head to a break.




Finn Balor vs. Dolph Ziggler

Finn Balor won



Stephanie runs into Balor backstage and offers him a spot on the Raw Survivor Series team. McIntyre shows up and threatens him, but Stephanie says he can't hurt his teammate. She gives them a pep talk about what she wants them to do at SS. Back in the arena, Cole throws to a video package hyping Lynch vs. Rousey.




The Riott Squad is out after the break and Ruby says she wants to address her actions from last week. We see a clip of her breaking the sunglasses Natalya had that used to belong to her dad. Riott sounds remorseful as she talks about it, but then she smiles and says she enjoyed every second of it.


Ruby says she and her friends have had to scratch and claw for everything they have ever earned and she loved seeing Natalya cry. She says Jim used to wear those glasses because he couldn't even look at his own daughter. This prompts Natalya to come out and attack her from behind while Liv and Sarah wait for her on the ramp. Nattie takes out all three women until they eventually get the upper hand. They pour salt in the wound by hitting Natalya with the Hart Attack.



Battle Royal- Winner captains the RAW Survivor Series Tag Team

Bobby Roode and Chad Gable won and are the captains for RAW Survivor Series Tag Team




Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman are out after the break.

Heyman gives the same speech he always gives when hyping his client's upcoming match. For some reason, Jinder Mahal thinks this is a good time to come to the ring. He tells Heyman and Lesnar not to underestimate AJ Styles. He offers to help Lesnar focus on his match by giving him a special mantra. Brock invites him into the ring. Mahal tells him to take a deep breath and chant "Shanti." Lesnar lays waste to Mahal and the Singhs.



Bobby Lashley vs. Elias - Winner becomes last member of RAW Suvivor Series Team
Rush holds Elias' foot so he gets counted out. Elias pulls him out from under the ring. He sends Lashley into the steel steps when he tries to intervene. He brings Lio into the ring so he can throw him right back out onto Lashley. 


Alexa Bliss says Survivor Series is personal because she wants to prove Raw is the A show. She says she has put together the most talented team in SS history. Tamina, Nia Jax and Mickie James are in the ring. She says she told Natalya to go home for the night so she can focus on SS before introducing James, Jax and Tamina. She reveals the final member of her team will be the winner of the next match. Sasha Banks takes on Bayley for the final spot next. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley - Winner is the final member of RAW Women's Survivor Series Team  
Tamina and Nia Jax interfere and beat up both women while Bliss laughs on the mic. Then she says Ruby Riott will actually be the fifth member of Team Raw. The Riott Squad comes out ad Ruby shakes Alexa's hand. The heels all pose together while we go backstage to see Becky Lynch with Ronda Rousey in the DisArmHer. Becky Lynch music hits and comes to the ring to confront the Raw team. Then the entire SmackDown women's team comes out of the crowd and attacks the Raw team. A huge brawl breaks out. The blue team gets the upper hand as the crowd chants "This is awesome!" Ronda Rousey's music hits and Lynch bails. Rowdy Ronda favors her arm but still manages to beat up a few women. Becky hits her with a steel chair as SmackDown continues to take control. Tamina and Nia are both taken out while Lynch continues to assault Rousey with the chair. Becky is bleeding profusely from her nose as she delivers the beatdown. A bloody champ poses with the SmackDown women's team before leaving through the crowd. The show ends with an angry Rousey watching as a bloody Lynch smiles from the crowd. Stephanie is shown ripping Corbin a new one for not preventing this from happening.


Rating 80/80: It was a great show as we look to Survivor Series and I can't wait to see if RAW gets revenge on SmackDown Live tomorrow.





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