WWE Raw Pre-Show Notes 11/2/15
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, DON’T YOU DARE BE SOUR!!!!!! The Raw Report is back for another 3 hours… It’s a new MonDAY. Yes it is!
– Lots of time wasted by Stanford, Otunga & Graves as they talk Halloween costumes and other unimportant type things. This leads us into the announcement of a Divas Fatal 4 Way for tonight. It’s Sasha, Brie, Becky Lynch & Paige, winner gets a title shot against Charlotte, presumably at Survivor Series.
– So Roman Reigns gets sucked back into the WWE Title picture. Again, it will crumble IMO because they insisted on fast tracking Reigns and not letting him organically take over the top spot, which I feel he could have on his own had he not been shoved down everyone’s throats. So yeah, Reigns beat half the locker room last week and gets a title shot at Rollins, again presumably at Survivor Series.
– We go backstage on Raw. The Miz tries to hire Cesaro to join his “organization”. Cesaro talks about wrestling, Miz says he doesn’t wrestle, he sports entertains… lol. Cesaro challenges Miz and his “infinity scarf” to a match tonight and says maybe he will swing Miz “infinity times” in the Swing… Yikes! This promo was short but fun for what it was.
– I assume WWE’s “PG” rating ends at religion because tonight we’re also going to hear from the Wyatts to find out the latest whereabouts on the SOULS of Kane and the Undertaker. Stanford then wonders if Bray truly CONSUMED THEIR SOULS…. Graves thinks it’s figuratively speaking, but Stanford seems to ponder if Bray truly ate their souls… Corey just stops speaking with this smirk on his face, like WTF… Seriously Stanford WTF…. Holy Jesus. Corey hopes the Wyatts consume Stanford’s soul.
– This show is such a clusterf*ck train wreck with Stanford sounding like an idiot and everyone else trying to upstage one another. I will not be shocked when Stanford gets the boot.
– Did You Know… Alberto Del Rio returned, won the U.S. Title and renamed it the Mex-American Championship. Yeah, that’ll get over. ADR beat Neville last week on Raw, and Truth on Smackdown. I’m still scratching my head who thinks this new “gimmick”, whatever it is, is a great idea. This has Vince written all over it.
– So last week Paige turned on Charlotte and Becky… AGAIN. Apparently that was a big shock to somebody on the writing staff. Tonight it’s Sasha, Brie, Becky Lynch & Paige, winner gets a title shot against Charlotte at Survivor Series.
WWE Raw Report 11/2/15 from the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO
Roman Reigns / Seth Rollins / The Authority Promo Segment
– Oh dear God, Roman Reigns coming out for a promo. I hope this is short… Whew, and it is… Reigns speaks for a minute about becoming the next champ when he’s cut off by Seth Rollins. That doesn’t make this segment a whole lot better, but it’s better than listening to Roman bomb another promo.
Seth stands on the ramp and talks about stealing the WWE Title from Reigns by cashing in and beating Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania. He puts himself over and pisses Reigns off. Roman calls Seth out, and Rollins starts his way towards the ring when hes cut off by…
The Authority… Good old Trips and Boobs McGhee are out. They tease making the WWE Title match tonight tonight, and then announce it… for Survivor Series… They laugh it off like they tricked the fans, but the fans didn’t really pop all that loud for it. They didn’t really take the bite. If this “trick” hadn’t been played out, maybe the crowd would have been fooled. Instead we get a 5 on 5 Survivor Series elimination match TONIGHT, Reigns picks his team, Rollins picks his. So we’re getting an elimination match two weeks BEFORE Survivor Series… Yeah, that makes sense.
This opening segment was much shorter than usual… Thankfully.
— Commercial Break —
1. IC Champion Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler
Insert promo in the corner of the screen as Owens makes his way to ringside. He doesn’t like people. What a heel. Owens goes right after the “injured leg” of Ziggler. Apparently Tyler Breeze injured Dolph’s leg on Smackdown, I’d have no idea because I don’t watch it. Maybe that’ll change when it comes to USA. Owens just pounds the crap out of Dolph’s leg until the ref has to ask Ziggles if he’s going to continue. Zigglesworth continues the match, big shocker, and tries to make a miracularous comeback and spikes Owens with a DDT. Owens rolls to the floor as Tyler Breeze and Summer Rae make their way out… In one cool bit of production, you can actually watch Breeze’s selfie video on the titan tron as he walks to the ring. That’s clever… Anyway Breeze on his way down to ringside, Owens selling a DDT outside, and Ziggler looks unhappy that Breezey is on his way out and that all leads to commercial break.
Back from break, apparently Owens has controlled the entire break due to Breeze’s distraction. We see a clip of Owens with a Fall Away Slam into the barricade on Ziggleworm during the break. Extended chinlock by Owens. Breeze & Summer are in their “VIP” area at ringside. Dolph finally escapes with a jawbreaker and starts hitting his signature stuff, clotheslines, beckbreaker, elbow, only gets him 2. Ziggler tries to continue on offense but Owens lands a nice release German Suplex… Owens goes for the corner Cannonball but runs into a SUPERKICK from Ziggler that gets 2. Breeze causes a distraction and Ziggler turns right into the Pop Up Powerbomb for the finish. Owens wins in 11:00 even, as if they were given a time limit or something.
Breeze & Summer continue to take selfies after the match. Breeze kneels down next to Dolph and takes more selfies. Dolph plants Breeze with a right hand to the jaw, but Tyler comes back with the “Beauty Shot” kick. More Summer & Breeze selfies kneeling over Ziggler. The selfie is even shown on the titan tron. Hah, clever again.
Crowd is pretty dead for Breeze.
– We take a trip back to the original 1987 Survivor Series with highlights of the Macho Man vs. Honky Tonk Man 10-man match. Good old Honky doesn’t even job on PPV, walking out on the finish. A true politician. This is here to hype the big Ten Man Survival Match set for…… tonight’s Raw! Makes sense, right?!
— Commercial Break —
– You knew it was coming. The guys start to recruit their teams… Seth Rollins stops Kevin Owens and tries to talk him into joining his team. Seth seemingly hypes a potential title shot against Owens at WrestleMania… Pretty sure Royal Rumble determines that. Owens agrees to join Rollins’ team but tells Seth that he owes him.
– Wo go back to last week when Paige turned on her buddies… Even though she had already turned on them several weeks prior. They hype the Fatal 4 Way.
– Renee Young interviews Becky Lynch. They do a little exchange that was supposed to be funny, but it wasn’t. She rips on Paige. Brie Bella interrupts and the two exchange words for like 10 seconds. Junk
– Cesaro on his way to the ring to face the Miz, next.
— Commercial Break —
2. Cesaro vs. The Miz
Okay, let’s see if Cesaro loses THIS match. Stardust & the Ascension are in the crowd with “Stardust section” signs to compete against the Cesaro section signs. Miz grabs an wrist lock and Cesaro proceeds to flip, roll, and do FOUR nip ups before he escapes. Crowd pops for him. Cesaro with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and then follows with a pair of running uppercuts in the corner before Miz rolls outside. Miz takes over by dragging Cesaro into the post and onto the floor as Stardust watches on with a PARA-SCOPE. Miz hooks a chinlock of fun. Cesaro break but Miz with a clothesline in the corner and then he oversells a top rope double axe handle, lol. Cesaro comes back. Cesaro Swing!!!!!! Something like TWENTY-TWO REVOLUTIONS!!!! and then right into the Sharp Shooter for the near squash win in 4:50.
– Up next, we found out if it’s true that Bray Wyatt has eaten the souls of Kane and the Undertaker. I can’t believe I am writing this. lol
— Commercial Break —
Wyatt Family Promo – Bray Talks The Undertaker & Kane
Bray has consumed their souls. He has become the higher power. Tonight Bray and his Family have “successfully harvested the souls of the Undertaker and Demon Kane”. The power has become inconceivable, Bray makes it thunder, he makes it lightning, he makes Kane’s pyro explode. Bray creates an Undertaker thunder storm in the arena. Wyatt now plans to burn our world straight to hell. How evil. Wyatt mocks the Undertaker’s kneeling stance and causes more lightning and variety of colorful pyro. Well, that’s…not…scary….
We then see a video of the dominance the Undertaker and Kane have laid down together over the last 18 years together as the Brothers of Destruction. Then the video disappears via a whirlpool effect and apparently gets consumed by the eater of worlds… or some shit…. Wyatt laughs and tells us to follow the buzzards.
This MIGHT give Bray some type of rub if they weren’t advertising the shit out of the Undertaker being a part of Survivor Series.
End segment.
— Commercial Break —
– We get a Lucha Dragons video for some reason.
3. The Lucha Dragons vs. Sheamus & King Barrett
How odd is it that Sheamus has the MITB briefcase and gets thrown into a tag team with jobber Barrett? I honestly don’t know why this guy gets pushed to the main event. Sheamus dominates little Kalisto. Barrett joins in on the fun. Cara & Kalisto come back with some double team flippy stuff. But it’s not long before Barrett plasters Kalisto into the barricade outside and somehow this match runs through a commercial break.
Back from break, the heels continue to kill the crowd… errr control the match. Kalisto finally manages a hot tag and Sin Cara goes nuts on both heels, laying Sheamus out and landing a suicide dive on Barrett. Cara drops Sheamus and goes to the top rope, but Barrett distracts and Cara gets knocked off the ropes and falls onto the knees of Sheamus, but Kalisto breaks up the cover! Barrett posts Cara outside the ring but can’t get the job done. The heels beat down on Cara now, nice and slow like. Everyone loves slow plodding beat downs. Cara tries to fight back but eats an Irish Curse backbreaker for 2. Wade and Sheamus continue to pummel on Cara for what seems like forever. Wow, were these guys told to stretch the match or what. BORING. Cara finally counters a suplex with a spike DDT and hot tags to little Kalisto. Kalisto comes in with a springboard seated senton on Barrett and the kneeling huracan driver. Sheamus comes in to stop, but Cara with a cross body takes he and Sheamus out of the ring, even though Cara gets stuck in the ropes, lol…. Barrett uses the distraction to set up for the BULL HAMMER, but Kalisto ducks and spins things into the Soleil Del Sol and he PINS Barrett. Lucha Dragons get the win in 13:17.
– Backstage, Jack Swagger confronts Zeb Colter. Wow, Swagger gets promo time, on RAW no less! Jack isn’t buying Zeb’s “Mex-America” story and says there’s something else to this. Colter says the two great countries need to become one. He’d invite Canada too but they’re too simpleminded. Jack still isn’t buying it, but Alberto Del Rio steps in and interrupts. ADR warns Swagger to leave Zeb alone or Del Rio will do something about it. Zeb and ADR leave together while Swagger is left to ponder.
— Commercial Break —
– Well you know you’ve made it when you no longer work for the company but they start congratulating you… Batista gets congrats for the James Bond film.
4. U.S. Champion Mex-American Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. R-Truth
Wow R-Truth AND Jack Swagger on Raw… So we get a repeat squash from Smackdown I guess. My oldest son, who doesn’t really keep up with wrestling all that much, looks at the screen as he passes through the room, he sees R-Truth in the ring, and he says “Oh this is one of those jobber matches, huh?”…. Even he knows. Truth with his kicks and scissor kick gets a 2 count, but Del Rio recovers with a running Enzuigiri and a back suplex to take over. ADR ties Truth in the tree of woe and hits the top rope DOUBLE STOMP to finish this thing in 3:30.
– So we’re less than an hour away from the ten man main event and so far we know THREE of TEN guys involved. Just sayin.
— Commercial Break —
– The New Day stop Seth Rollins backstage. Seth doesn’t look too excited about it, but he adds them to his team under the condition that they listen to him. New Day use their unicorn power to think of a 5th member of the team… A trombone plays as Xavier Woods returns! Woods returns to join team Rollins as a 5 man team for tonight’s main event. They start singing and dancing “Team Rollins”, Seth even joins in for a moment…
– Sasha Banks in the back getting ready for her big match. Jojo interrupts for an interview. It’s acknowledged that the fans have been chanting for Sasha for weeks and now she has to deliver.
— Commercial Break —
FATAL FOUR WAY #1 CONTENDER MATCH
5. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Paige vs. Brie Bella
All other Divas banned from ringside… THANK GOD! Okay, so what I’d do here is boot Brie to the floor and get this thing going. We start with all 4 in the ring, but Becky Lynch winds up taking over on all three. Lynch with quite a series of near falls on Banks. Brie waits in the corner for her spot… and waits… and waits… and finally hits a double dropkick off the ropes on Lynch & Sasha. Brie Mode knee to Sasha’s face. Paige finally comes in and lays out Nikki, but Lynch tackles Paige to the floor.
Paige sends Lynch into the steel steps outside, meanwhile Sasha controls Brie in the ring with the double knee drop in the corner for 2. Paige keeps getting knocked off the apron. Banks becomes distracted by Paige, and Brie takes over control of Banks and lands a bulldog for 2. Brie misses a second rope dropkick on Banks and Paige tries to steal the cover on Brie, Sasha breaks it up as we head to commercial.
Back from break, Brie with YES kicks on Banks. Brie with YES kicks on Lynch. Paige rolls Brie up for 2. Now Brie with YES kicks on Paige for 2 as Lynch breaks up the cover. Paige sends Lynch to the floor which leaves Paige & Brie in the ring. Paige knees Brie right in the chin in the corner. Nasty. Paige and Brie Double SUPERPLex Banks while Lynch gets underneath and powerbombs the entire lot of them…. Banks rolls to the floor leaving the other 3 inside. Lynch comes back and destroys Paige & Brie… Becky with a T-Bone Suplex and half nelson suplex on Brie… I bet Brie is shitting her pants now… Becky with the Dis-Armer on Brie, but Banks breaks it up! Banks with the Banks Statement on Lynch, but Paige breaks it up and tosses Banks into the ring post. Paige with the RamPaige on Lynch for the win in 13:16.
– Byron Saxton interviews Paige in the ring. She tries to get heat by trash talking Charlotte.
– The main event is next… And it;s only 10:18, which means this match is either going to be really, really long, or there’s something coming at the end of the program. Knowing WWE I’d go with the former.
— Commercial Break —
– Renee Young interviews Charlotte. She doesn’t like Paige very much. Woo
– AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, Don’t you dare be sour! New Day sporting Turquoise this week. The crowd won’t stop chanting to let Xavier talk so he says “you know we;re going to talk, so you might as well just shhh”, lol. They have the crowd making unicorn horns on their head. Wow. Okay, well this ate up a segment…
— Commercial Break —
– Okay, so Reigns hasn’t announced his team yet. If I had to guess I’d say Dean Ambrose is a safe bet. Likely the Dudleys? Ryback? Neville? A surprise Uso return? Not a whole lot of decent talent left.
WOW…. Did I call that???
The USOS RETURN…
Traditional 5 on 5 Survivor Series Elimination Match
6. Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens & New Day (Kofi, Big E, & Woods) vs. Roman Reigns, Jimmy & Jey Uso, Ryback, & Dean Ambrose
Lots of gold on the heel side. Jimmy Uso starts off with Xavier Woods. Xavier runs directly into a Superkick. Jey tags in with the Superfly Splash and Woods is ELIMINATED 33 seconds into the match! And we go to break.
Back from break, the heels have Jey Uso in their corner where they take turns stomping Jey down. Owens then hits the Cannonball in the corner for 2. Jey catches Kofi coming off the top rope with a punch and we get a hot tag to Jimmy Uso. Jimmy with a Samoan Drop and assbump in the corner on Kofi. Kingston and Big E both sent to the floor and we get both Usos flying over the top rope with a double dive onto New Day… Jimmy Uso with a Frog Splash on Kingston for the pin in 7:45.
Jimmy drops Big E and goes back up, but he’s crotched by Kevin Owens and Big E with the Big Ending, pins Jimmy Uso in 8:32.
Jey Uso back in, knocks Big E to the floor with a Superkick but misses a blind tag by Owens… Jey bounces off the ropes for a suicide dive but runs right into the Pop Up Powerbomb by Owens, and Jey is pinned in 10:00 even. Welcome back Usos…
Things break down now. Reings comes in on fire and destroys Owens…. Rollins tries to break it up but Ambrose clotheslines him outside and lands a Suicide Dive on Rollins… Big E clotheslines Dean on the floor…. Then Ryback MEAT HOOK clothesline to Big E on the floor!!! Back inside Reigns nails the Samoan Drop on Owens and sets up for the Superman Punch. Seth distracts and Owens nails a Superkick! We go back to break.
Back from break, it’s still 3 vs. 3. Big E plows over Reigns for 2. Rollins tags in and taunts Reigns, Roman fights back but Seth spikes him with a DDT for 2. Reigns fights back again, but Seth hits him with the spinny JTG clothesline thingy. Too much Seth vs. Reigns interaction here when building to the PPV. Owens tags back in with a senton for 2, and we’re back to more Seth on Reigns. Fans chanting for Ambrose… So am I. Rollins knocks Ambrose off the apron, but Reigns backdrops Seth outside. Hot tag to Ryback, and Seth tags Big E. Ryback starts taking out everyone, shoulder block to Big E, spinebuster to Rollins. Big E comes back and drops Ryback with a clothesline, but Ryback pops up and catches Big E with the MEAT HOOK, but the cover is broken up. Shit breaks down with Ambrose taking out Owens, and then Rollins sending Dean into the steps.
Back inside Shell Shock pins Big E in 22:00.
Rollins immediately attacks Ryback and lands the Pedigree to pin him in 22:30.
Ambrose is the legal man now, for like the first time in the match. Dean ifs still groggy but Seth prevents him from tagging Reigns. Ambrose comes back on Seth with all of his usual signature stuff. Owens tries to crotch Dean but he knocks Kevin off and still nails the flying elbow on Rollins for a near fall. Owens distracts and Seth drops Ambrose to his knees and lands a superkick. 1…2… Reigns breaks the count. The final 2 heels continue to dominate Ambrose. Owens holds Dean up for Seth to come off the top with a flying knee for a 2 count. Dean won’t quit, he keeps trying to fight back. Owens hold Dean again for Rollins to come off the top. Seth screws around too long and Dean ducks… Rollins flying knee to Owens!!! Dean discards Seth and Owens gets planted with DIRTY DEEDS… Holy shit Dean hit his finisher! Ambrose pins Owens in 28:00….
Rollins tries to escape ringside repeatedly, but Ambrose and Reigns keep catching him. Reigns beats the crap out of Rollins all around ringside with the Drive by dropkick, 10 clotheslines in the corner, and other things. Rollins escapes the Dooms Day Device and runs again, but Dean catches him…. Seth has a chair though.
Rollins takes the steel chair and beats down both Ambrose and Reigns with it, getting disqualified for the finish. Dean and Reigns will survive after 31:00. Rollins lays Dean out, and then takes Reigns into the ring with the chair. But Seth walks right into the SUPERMAN PUNCH… And Rollins retreats…
