Missed most of the Raw Preshow so not covering that too much tonight, but some quick notes heading into Raw. They did play an interview with the referee discussing why Cesaro/Sheamus ended the way it did with the no contest. The ref said the doctors said to stop it so he had no other option. I’d love to see a doctor stop an Undertaker match when he’s laying around for minutes at a time… What a frickin match they had last night, easily the best of the lot by 10 fold, and they ruined it IMO, and Mick Foley you can kiss me ARSE.
THE WWE RAW REVIEW 9/26/16 from Cincinnati, OH
Raw kicks off with Roman Reigns to the ring and immediately we learn that Rusev has already received a jobber entrance as he’s already in the ring waiting for a rematch. There’s no Lana, Rusev gets no entrance, they have 3 hours and 10 minutes to fill, I don’t get it…
MATCH #1: U.S. CHAMPION ROMAN REIGNS VS. RUSEV
Lana randomly wanders down almost immediately… I guess to give her an entrance… It’s back and forth, Rusev works on Reigns’ back. Reigns inadvertantly pins Rusev during a spot because Rusev is late to kick out, but they play it off like he did and the match continues. Reigns tries the one arm power bomb, but his back is hurting Rusev sends Reigns outside for the commercial break…
Back from break, Rusev continues on offense, nails Reigns with a nice DROPKICK! Rusev works the back slowwwwwwwly with bearhugs and whatnot. Reigns comes back with clothesline-a-mania, but Rusev catches him in the air during a Superman Punch and they both topple over the top rope and land outside in a screwed up looking bump. Back to break…
And we’re back yet again, Rusev tries a Superplex, but Reigns knocks him off the ropes. Reigns with a Samoan drop gets 2… Rusev comes back with a spin kick for 2… Rusev with a kick upside Reigns head for another near fall. Crowd is blah, I don’t blame them, this shit is going on WAYYYY to long. Reigns ducks a kick, Rusev ducks a Superman Punch, Reigns blocks a German Suplex, Rusev with the big jumping Super Kick gets another near fall. Reigns comes back SUPERMAN PUNCH! 1…2… Rusev kicks out.
Lana tries to distract, but it seems like she’s too early for her spot…. Drive By by Reigns outside. Rusev sent into the crowd…. They fight into the crowd and get counted out… FUCKING REALLY????? 26:00 match and it goes to a double count out??? WHAT… THE…. EFFF…..
The fight comes back to ringside. Reigns tries a Superman Punch off the steps but runs into a STEEL CHAIR!!! Rusev beats Reigns down with the chair…
Back inside Rusev rushes Reigns with the chair but runs into a SPEAR…. Of course old Superman had to come out on top, heaven forbid somebody get HEAT on him. So Reigns comes back from multiple chair shots, but Rusev is DEAD from a spear… Lana is nowhere to be found.
Reigns sits in the chair at the head of Rusev and celebrates. And now this shit must continue… Sigh.
Rusev finally starts to get back up and Reigns whacks him with the chair… Rusev rolls outside like a turd. Reigns has now been on my TV for 35 minutes straight… Somebody help me.
There isn’t this much wrestling on Smackdown combined… Crowd really wasn’t feeling most of the match. They made noise for Reigns on his comebacks, but just dead otherwise. Finish rivals the Cesaro/Sheamus finish in regards to stupid booking.
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MICK FOLEY ADDRESSES CESARO / SHEAMUS
Foley out first and he intros Sheamus and Cesaro. They both feel they proved they are the more dominant man and deserve a title shot… Foley agrees… Foley gives them a TAG TEAM TITLE SHOT together… ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?????????? After ALL that shit they get a TAG title shot???????????? What garbage…
Sheamus and Cesaro will get a tag title match against one of the teams in the next match…
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MATCH #2: TAG CHAMPS THE NEW DAY VS. GALLOWS & ANDERSON
New Day control early. G&A take over to send us to break… Back from break, Gallows and Anderson work over Kofi. Hot tag to Big E, he clears house and does the spear through the ropes to take Anderson out to the floor… Back inside New Day his the “Midnight Hour” (Big Ending/flying DDT combo) but Gallows breaks it up at 2…. G&A Take over and murder New Day, including Woods… Legend Killer on Big E, but Kofi breaks it up on 2… Kofi dives onto Gallows… Kofi tries to dive on Anderson, but Gallows catches him and sends Kofi into the steps…. Kofi is POURING blood down his face… Nice…. Shit breaks down, Big E takes a bump outside, Gallows gets bumped… Anderson tries a Spinebuster but Kofi turns it into a DDT and Kofi with Trouble in Paradise ends this in 10:00…. New Day retains… Poor Gallows and Anderson…
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– Backstage, Cesaro and Sheamus are arguing, Mick Foley comes into the room. Mick is on fire, he’s sick of them arguing, he talks about him, Arn Anderson, and Michael Hayes watching the match last night and saying they stole the show… He said they proved everyone wrong, they’re two of the greatest superstars he’s ever seen… Together they can change the face of tag team wrestling and create magic… Mick asks them to try and trust him. This statrt off hokey, but Foley cut a hell of a promo here to put these guys over, the fans applaud…
MATCH #3: BAYLEY VS. ANNA FIELDS
Anna Fields is your local jobber for the evening. Anna controls for a minute, Bayley comes back and hits her signature stuff. Bayley to Belly ends this in 2:05.
– Bayley is interviewed in the ring. She fell short last night. But she’s not done, she’s just getting started. She wants to hug the Women’s title…
– Mick Foley confronts Stephanie. Mick is let down by Stephanie, Steph conveniently found a referee for the main event last night only AFTER Jericho interfered. Stephanie turns all bitch and attacks Mick verbally and basically makes him apologize. Steph dresses Mick down, lays into him hard, and tells him to be a businessman or lose his job. Foley apologizes…
Oh yeah, I should note that at some point during the show they did acknowledge that Seth Rollins hasn’t been cleared to compete after hurting his ribs at the PPV.
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MATCH #4: CEDRIC ALEXANDER & RICHARD SWANN VS. DREW GULAK & LINCE DORADO
These teams don’t seem right, but whatever. A little back and forth to get things going, Dorado with a nice pinning combo but it’s broken up. Dorado hits a huge moonsault off the top to the floor onto everyone as we head to break…
Back from break, Gulak has control of Swann. Dorado tags in but takes the Psicosis upside bump into the corner… Hot tag to Alexander and Gulak. Alexander a house-o-fire on Gulak, Dorado stops a cover. Alexander with the lumbar check (flying back suplex into a back stabber) on Dorado. Gulak with a nasty Saito Suplex on Credic…. Rich Swann back in and hits the Rich Kick, and a jackknife cover to get the win in 8:19.
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MATCH #5: CESARO & SHEAMUS VS. NICK CUTLER & WILLIS WILLIAMS
Cesaro can’t even finish his entrance before Sheamus interrupts. Another squash. Michael Cole says he hopes Nick Cutler is better than Jay Cutler, LMAO… For non-NFL fans, it’s a Chicago Bears joke… Cesaro has even MORE spider tape on… Looks stupid… Cesaro and Sheamus take turns tagging themselves in and squashing the job guys. Cesaro gives the jobbers some offense and they look lost. Cesaro uppercuts one with his free hand and Sheamus Brogue Kicks both jobbers out of nowhere. Cesaro covers Cutler and this garbage ends… Michael Cole calls the match “pretty ugly”… I’ll say.. They need to select their jobbers better… Match was 3:34.
– TJ Perkins interview. He debuts tonight. He sucks on the mic… Brian Kendrick interrupts. He says TJ owes him the cruiserweight title. Kendrick tells TJ to his enjoy his match tonight because when they face again Brian will be the new champ…
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CHARLOTTE / DANA BROOKE / SASHA BANKS PROMO
Charlotte is the best, and blah blah blah… Sasha interrupts. Charlotte pinned Bayley last night, but not Sasha… Banks wants her one on one rematch right now… Charlotte agrees to it… NEXT WEEK…. Charlotte rambles on some more, Sasha shuts her up with a big SLAP across the face… Banks Statement on Dana Brooke… Charlotte attacks but the heels get run off… Sasha gets her title rematch next week on Raw….
– SETH ROLLINS IS IN THE BUILDING BY GAWD!!!
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– Backstage, Mcik Foley tries to talk Seth Rollins out of doing anything tonight. Seth isn’t letting himself get screwed. He brings up HHH picking up Stephanie post PPV last night.. Is she not supposed to be with her husband?
MATCH #6: CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION TJ PERKINS VS. TONY NESE
Perkins tries a knee bar early… Nese with cartwheel off the apron, a superkick, and then an INSANE flippy dive to the floor onto TJ.. Awesome… Back inside Nese gets a near fall as Raw goes to commercial…
Back from break, inverted gut wrench suplex by Nese gets 2. Nese controls. Perkins with a haracan rana out of nowhere. “CM PUNK” chants as the crowd isn’t into this match at all besides the spots… Perkins with the double chicken wing into the codebreaker for a near fall… Nese slaps the shit out of Perkins on the top rope. Perkins tries a Tornado DDT but Nese stops it mid flow and floors Perkins with some nice moves for a near fall… Dropkick onto the apron by Perkins, then Detonation kick into the Knee Bar and Nese taps in 9:00. Fans were chanting “Randy Savage”. Definitely an entirely different group of fans than at CWC… These fans are becoming overbearing ass clowns…
– Hispanic Heritage video on Pedro Morales.
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HIGHLIGHT REEL WITH KEVIN OWENS
We get video of Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson from That 70’s Show which ended years ago… I guess they’re in a new show together or something.. Anyway, they cut a promo about being friends, unlike Jericho & Owens.. They’re coming to Raw next week in LA…. Jericho cuts a promo on them, keeps calling him KutchNer… Anyway… Here comes Owens… Owens craps all over Cincy. He puts himself over…
Seth Rollins interrupts… Indy Security and Finlay block Rollins from coming to ringside. Mick Foley joins them. They all get Rollins to the back.
Enzo and Big Cass interrupt… WTF???? They go from jobbing to Primo and Epico and not making the PPV to this randomness??? Anyway, it’s abck and forth promo… Comedy ensues between Jericho and the faces… This ends up being a tag match after the break…
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MATCH #7: ENZO & BIG CASS VS. CHRIS JERICHO & KEVIN OWENS
Faces dominate but the crowd has just completely died… Cass misses a big boot and tumbles to the floor… The heels take over as Raw goes to the final break…
Back from break, heat on Enzo…. Enzo tries to come off the top but lands into a dropkick from Jericho. Owens with a senton on Enzo. Jericho miscues and Cass gets a hot tag. Cass goes off on both opponents, Stinger Splash to KO, Big Boot to Jericho coming from the top rope. Empire Elbow to Owens… Cass misses a second corner splash, Owens tries for a Cannonball but eats a big boot… Enzo tags in for the Rocket Launcher, but Jericho interrupts… Big Boot takes Cass and Jericho to the floor… Enzo hits a diving DDT on Owens for 2…. Owens comes back with a nasty clothesline and a wicked Powerbobm ends this in 16;00…
I don’t understand the constant burying of Enzo & Cass… Raw Ends…
