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WWE Raw 10/20/14 from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri
– The show opens with a recap of last week, Ambrose defeated Cena in the Contract on a Pole match to face Rollins in Hell in a Cell this coming Sunday.
– The live arena portion of Raw kicks off with the Hell In A Cell Cage lowering halfway, and HHH, Rollins, Orton, and Kane coming to the ring. We find out we get yet ANOTHER frickin Handicap Match with Rollins, Orton, and Kane vs. Ambrose & Cena in a Street Fight. Should Dean and Cena make it through tonight, they will go straight to Hell….in a Cell, on Sunday. Shameless Network $9.99 shilling follows. HHH talks about the Cell changing your life, he says it’s not a match you “win”, it’s a match you survive. HHH reminds us of the matches, Orton vs. Cena, Ambrose vs. Rollins. Gosh, there’s so many to keep up with.
Rollins likes the name “Mr. Money In The Bank”, but he wants to be called the “Future Undisputed Champion”. Orton cuts him off to remind Seth than Rollins vs. Ambrose isn’t the main event of the Cell PPV, but rather the veterans Orton vs. Cena. Being from St. Louis, Orton then grabs some local heat by crapping on the Royals.
HHH puts an end to the argument by telling them they’re both main events. HHH informs Orton, that the winner of his match vs. Cena will receive a title match against WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. Orton says he will beat Cena, and he will beat Lesnar. HHH reminds everyone that the Authority always wins. Kane’s pyro and theme goes off to close the segment.
– Last week on Main Event, Sheamus was part of MizTV, where he Brogue Kicked Damien Sandow, who was dressed like Sheamus, fella. Now we’ve got 6-man action coming up.
–Commercial Break–
1. US Champion Sheamus & The Usos vs. Goldust, Stardust & The Miz (w/Damien Sandow).
Ugh, the same teams every week. We learn The Usos will get a title rematch against the Dust busters at Hell in a Cell. We also get a Dust to Dust promo insert in the corner of the screen during their entrance, they’re not science fiction, they’re science fact. WAIT!!!! The Miz sends Sandow into the match to replace his spot. Crowd pops for that, as do I. Miz joins commentary. The Usos are all over Stardust to get things going, but once of the Usos winds up eating a Disaster DROPkick, and rolls out of the ring after a 2 count. Off to commercials.
Back from break, the Dusts are working over Uso, Goldust hits a spinebuster. Sandow tags in, the fans cheer, Miz believes that means the fans are cheering him. Sandow calls for the cheers, and he gets them, but he runs into a boot from Uso. Goldust tags in and beats down Uso, but eats an ENZUIGIRI TO THE FACE!!!! Hot tags to SANDOW AND SHEAMUS. Fella is a house-o-fire, clearing the Dusts off the apron and hitting all of his signature stuff on Sandow. Now everyone is in, Goldust with a powerslam on Jimmy so, Jey Uso superkicks Goldust to the outside. Jey Uso dives out onto Goldust and Jimmy Uso. Stardust hits a springboard flying ass bump onto the Usos on the floor (called the “Falling Star”). Shemaus backdrops Sandow outside to join the rest, and then Sheamus dives off the top out on everyone…. Back inside, Sheamus sets up for a Brodgue Kick on Sandow, but Stardust comes in with the Disaster Kick. Sheamus ducks the Kick and nails Stardust with the BROGUE KICK!!! But then SANDOW ROLLS UP SHEAMUS…1…………2……………3!!!!!!!!!!! SANDOW PINS SHEAMUS IN 10:00!!!!!!!!!!
SANDOW WINS!!!!!!!!! Miz celebrates as if he won.
–Commercial Break–
– Backstage HHH and Randy Orton have a talk about Hell in a Cell. Randy says he will do HHH proud. HHH informs Randy that the stipulation for Orton’s match was thought up by Seth Rollins. Orton needs to go find Rollins and have a talk with him.
– Erick Rowan Promo, conducted by Bray Wyatt per the usual. Another really good vignette, but not entirely sure why it takes this long to set someone free. Re-debut already, this waiting game is starting to kill the suspense.
– AJ Lee is up next in action, but to find out against who we have to stay with them through the break. Lame…
–Commercial Break–
2. Divas Champion AJ Lee vs. Alicia Fox (w/Paige).
Non-Title, of course. Oh those sneaky announcers, forcing me to stay through the break for Fox to be announced as the opponent. AJ has control early, skipping around while holding Fox by the hair. Alicia comes back with a Northern Lights Suplex for 2… Fox with a Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and gets 2. Fox starts to showboat, and AJ takes her down. Lee comes back with neckbreaker and a flying head scissors. Fox rolls outside, but Paige grabs her by the hair and throws her back inside. While AJ jaws with Paige, Fox rolls her up for the win in maybe 3:00.
It was all a ruse! Paige pretended to turn on Fox, but it was just an act. Paige takes a bow for fooling AJ Lee. That’s two matches in a row where a champion is pinned by someone else’s number two man, or woman.
– Randy Orton catches up with Seth Rollins, he doesn’t trust Seth, who claims to be looking out for Orton. Rollins says that if Orton beats Cena, and by some MIRACLE beats Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title, “the future takes care of itself”. Rollins implies that he wants to beat Orton for the WWE Title. Randy doesn’t look too happy.
–Commercial Break–
– Exclusively on the Network following WWE Raw, Hulk Hogan will be on Backstage Pass to talk about Hell in a Cell. Wow, talk about sparing no expense.
– Now we get a Randy Orton Promo in the ring. Orton takes us back through time, to the start of Cena and Orton’s careers in WWE. To make sure he gets the crowd’s attention and heat, he craps on the Royals once more… Orton then goes back to dressing Cena down, pointing out how he beat Cena at the Royal Rumble this year. He says he will savor every second of Hell in a Cell when he beats Cena.
And here comes Cena as hour #2 begins. Cena says Orton is talented, but a dumb ass. Now we go into Comedian John Cena mode, and then Cena gets cheap pops by putting over the Kansas City Royals being in the World Series. Orton brought up 2002 as Cena and Orton’s starting point, but Cena wants to talk about 2014. In 2002 the Royals DID suck, but this is 2014 and they’re in the Series. Cena says that 2002 was the last time Orton was also relevant, which gets a big pop.
The guys do a little back and forth, and given that I’m not a fan of either on promos, they actually do a decent job. Both men want a shot at Brock Lesnar…
Speaking of which….. PAUL HEYMAN interrupts!!! Heyman points out that the WWE Champion in 2002, is ALSO the WWE Champion in 2014… Brrrrock Lesnar. Heyman says the winner of their Hell in a Cell match is the ultimate loser, because they have to step in the ring with The Beast. Heyman respects Orton, but assures him he wants no part of Lesnar. Cena starts to leave, Heyman stops him. Heyman admits Cena wants the title AND Lesnar, but Heyman says Cena isn’t thinking soundly.
CENA PICKS HEYMAN UP FOR AN AA!!! But lets him down… Laaaaame. Cena turns into an RKO FROM ORTON!!!! Orton RKOI’s Cena!!!
Heyman stands back laughing at Cena, while Orton hovers over John asking him “Who’s stupid now?”.
Heyman starts to leave when RANDY ORTON WITH AN RKO ON HEYMAN AS WELL!!!!
Randy lays Cena and Heyman out to end the segment….
– We go back to last week when Mark Henry interfered in the Rusev/Big Show match, and aided Show in KO-ing Rusev after the match. Rusev and Lana are on their way out, next.
–Commercial Break–
3. Rusev (w/Lana) vs. Big E.
Big E makes it back on Raw after what feels like months. It’s two big guys jockeying for control. They briefly fight to the floor, then back inside where Rusev takes over. Big E makes a brief comeback, but Rusev lands a jumping spin kick to take E back down, and we head into commercial.
Back from break, Big E breaks free of a chinlock, starts to make a come back, and takes the big jumping side kick to the throat…. Accolade and it’s over after 7:20. Wow, that was like 10 seconds of action after the break, the commercials lasted longer than the parts of the match we saw. Where’s Kofi and Xavier when you need them?
– Rusev & Lana cut a promo on The Big Show. They signal for their giant Russian flag to drop down from the ceiling, but it’s not there…. The Big Show shows up on the screen, smiles, and the AMERICAN FLAG drops from the ceiling instead with the Stars and Stripes Forever playing.
Rusev goes to yank down the American Flag, when a “U.S. Soldier” enters from the crowd to try and stop him. While the soldier fan is being held back, Rusev rocks him with a jumping side kick, and runs off…. Officials check on the downed solider, instead of arresting him… Well gee, this isn’t an angle or anything… Duh… Still fairly clever, or at least outside the usual box in WWE World. Sort of sad they use a military soldier gimmick to get more heat on Rusev.
–Commercial Break–
– Back from break, the Big Show is in the ring with the flag still hanging, and he’s pissed off…. He actually starts to tear up. Crowd chants “USA”. Big Show says you DO NOT disrespect an American soldier… EVER…. Show says if Rusev wants his attention, he’s got it. Show says he has a dark world in his head, and Rusev just unleashed every bit of it. Show says he’s an American, and Rusev’s 15 minutes in the WWE are up…
Show changes his mind, screw the PPV, Show wants Rusev, NOW!!!! Show calls Rusev out NOW!!!! More USA chants follow, but Rusev doesn’t appear. Show says Rusev won’t come to him, so he will go find Rusev… Show storms off to the back looking for Rusev…
Show locates Rusev’s dressing room. He kicks the door in. But nobody is there.
– Dean Ambrose is in the back watching See No Evil 2. John Cena shows up and wants to know why Dean is preparing for their match by watching TV. Dean tries to calm Cena down, and says Handicap Street Fights are his specialty. Ambrose says they’re going to go out there and punch anything that moves, and if they go down, they take everyone they can with them. Ambrose compares Cena to Superman, and himself to Batman. Cena says Ambrose is more like the Joker. The crowd pops…. Ambrose goes back to eating popcorn and watching the movie…
–Commercial Break–
– We learn Stephanie McMahon has been chosen for a 2015 Eisenhower Fellowship award. She was chosen by Colin Powell, likely why she’s not on the show tonight playing a heel.
4. Brie Bella vs. Summer Rae.
No intros or anything, bell sounds immediately back from break. Brie has control, as Nikki watches from the back. It’s Brie vs. Nikki at the PPV, loser has to be the servant to the winner for 30 days. Summer takes over with a kick to the face. Summer with some sort of chinlock, Brie escapes and eventually comes back with a running knee to Summer’s face, but misses a middle rope dropkick. Summer gets 2. Summer misses a charge in the corner, NOW Brie hits a middle rope dropkick and a facebuster finishes it in 2:30. And that horrible Brie mode music plays.
Not complaining, but wow have they yanked this feud out of the spotlight.
– Dean Ambrose is on his way to ringside with a couple of bags.
–Commercial Break–
– Dean Ambrose out to the ring, with a couple of bags in hand. He places a chair in the ring and then opens a bag. A dummy of Seth Rollins is in the bag and he places it in the chair. He rips the arm off the dummy and slaps the Seth dummy with it. He says Seth is “no dummy”. Ambrose then opens the other bag and pulls out a screwdriver and jabs it in the dummies face, and then beats it down with a hammer. Crowd is DEAD… Dean pulls out a SAW and says he wants to saw his balls off, but Rollins has sold his balls to the Authority. Rollins finally pulls out a pair of tongs and grabs the dummy by the balls before Piledriving it. That’s a fine… This segment is bad… Poor Dean.
Seth’s music hits and out comes Rollins. Seth is out with Stooges 2k15 – Jamie Noble & Joey Mercury. Rollins mocks Dean for his comedy. “You Sold Out” chants, and Seth admits to it. Rollins says he’s the best part of Raw every single week. Ambrose threatens to attack Seth now if he continues talking. Rollins says he doesn’t sweat Ambrose or Hell in a Cell…… This segment is dying when……
MICK FOLEY music hits… Out comes Mick Foley… He’s here to visit a friend (The Cell), and starts talking about The Shield. He admits he subscribes to the Network, but refuses to give the price. Foley admits that in almost any scenario, he sees Rollins beating Ambrose. EXCEPT for Hell in a Cell. Foley talks about his contributions to the business inside the Cell. Fans chant “Thank You Foley”. Ambrose has Foley look him in the eyes to know that he’s ready for Hell in a Cell. Dean asks Rollins to ask himself if he’s really ready. Foley stands between the two.
Rollins gets it, Ambrose and Foley are crazy, but it takes more than crazy to win Hell in a Cell. Rollins is going to beat Ambrose, the same way he beats everyone, with his brain. Foley calls Rollins out, explaining to him the life that awaits him after the Cell match. Foley puts over Kansas City AND the Royals. The local fans have been waiting for a World Series for 29 years, well this Sunday Dean and Rollins will get the match they’ve been waiting for…. Have a nice day…
After Foley exits, smart Rollins gets hit with the dummy Rollins. Then Ambrose throws the dummy out onto the stooges, and Noble actually bumps off it. Ugh.
–Commercial Break–
5. IC Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Cesaro.
This isn’t on the PPV? Are you serious? A quick shout out by the announcers to the passing of Ox Baker earlier today, he was 80. Cesaro has control early, but Dolph lands the standing dropkick to take over. Ziggler clotheslines Cesaro to the floor and sends him into the barricade. Ziggler with a slingshot sunset flip back inside for 2… Cesaro takes back over after dropping Ziggz across the top rope as we take a commercial….
Back from break, Ziggles escapes a chinlock, but Cesearo picks Dolph up into a Press Slam down into a gutbuster for 2… Cesaro applies a variation of the Cobra Clutch, but Ziggles breaks free. Cesaro still trips Ziggler up and goes to the top, but he comes down right into a dropkick from Ziggler… CROWD IS DEAD… NO REACTION… Sad… Ziggler makes his comeback, the two men trade some nice stuff… Cesaro tries a double underhook powerbomb, but Ziggler turns it into a facebuster on the way down… Cesaro blocks Dolph’s DDT, blocks Dolph’s Superkick, and lands a nasty EUROPEAN UPPERCUT for the win in 9:30….
After the match, Cesaro claims he’s the next champion and plants Dolph with the Neutralizer….
– Backstage, Orton and Rollins are arguing, so HHH makes Kane the “ring general” for tonight. Kane reminds his partners that the end to Cena and Ambrose at the PPV starts tonight. Kane tells Randy and Seth to put aside their difference for tonight.
–Commercial Break–
– Hell in a Cell Kickoff show will start an hour before the PPV… No matches… AGAIN… With an hour to burn. We will instead get MizdowTV with guest the Miz. Also, Paul Heyman joins the panel for the show.
– Hell in a Cell… By the Numbers… Sorry this only works with the Rumble for me…
–Commercial Break–
– Another Wyatt Family Promo, or non-family promo now, I guess. Focuses on all three members separating. Bray talks about walking alone on his journey. IT’S COMING.
– A reminder that Hulk Hogan is here, but apparently he’s not worth TV time, so we can hear from him on the Network post game show…
6. Handicap Street Fight: John Cena & Dean Ambrose vs. Kane, Randy Orton & Seth Rollins.
A five man brawl gets this thing going. Ambrose and Rollins goes to the floor, Ambrose jumps off the announce table onto everyone, then uses a chair on Ambrose. Even though this is a street fight, apparently this match is being held under tag team rules… Lame… Ambrose goes for a table under the ring, but Kane attacks Ambrose, and also lays out Cena as we take a commercial break.
Back from break, Rollins is working over Ambrose. The heels control the second half of the match until Ambrose takes Orton down and hot tags to Cena. Cena takes out Rollins with all of his signature stuff, and then an AA to Kane, what a shocker… Cena grabs a table and sets it up. Cena tries to AA Rollins onto the table, but Seth flips the table and rams Cena into a steel chair in the corner. Meanwhile, outside the ring, Kane and Orton take Rollins out after repeatedly hitting him with the steel steps…
Cena tries another AA on Seth, but Rollins counters with a standing Sliced Bread #2 for a near fall… Kane tosses Cena over the announce table and then into the steel steps, and then the ring post. Kane then half ass tosses Cena through a table propped up in the corner of the ring, but it looked crappy… And NOW KANE SIGNALS FOR THE CELL TO BE LOWERED!!!!
THE CELL IS LOWERED, Cena fights back but runs into a big boot from Kane. Cena fights off Orton and hot tags to Ambrose who dives onto all of the heels. Dean dropkicks Rollins off the apron into the Cell in a SICK ASS BUMP!!!! WOW…. Ambrose then beats on Orton with a kendo stick. WHITE RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP! Shout out to Sandman… Then Dean OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE WITH A DIVING CHAIR!!! Shout out to New Jack. Kane grabs Ambrose, but gets dumped. Ambrose dives out onto Rollins and they’re both out. Orton takes over on Dean back in the ring,
Orton tries an RKO, but Cena intercepts to try for an AA, but it’s KANE with a CHOKESLAM on CENA!!!
The new DIRTY DEEDS DDT on KANE! Ambrose bounces through the ropes and comes back for his wild clothesline, but Orton meets him with an RKO for the win in 18:30!!!
Orton pins Ambrose…. But then SETH ROLLINS CURB STOMPS RANDY ORTON!!!! Rollins says he calls the shots, and then climbs to the top of the Hell in a Cell cage to celebrate.
Wow, that was a hell of a finish to set up the PPV… I can’t begin to tell you how much I look forward to that Ambrose vs. Rollins match.
