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WWE Monday Night Raw Reaction (9/19)

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WWE Monday Night Raw Reaction (9/19)

This week’s episode of Monday Night Raw kicked off with Roman Reigns coming down to the ring to a chorus of boos. Stephanie McMahon interupted and joined Reigns in the ring before Roman got a chance to say anything. Mick Foley then also joined Reigns and McMahon in the ring. Foley stated that he let things get away from him last week and he needed to make things right. Foley then gave Reigns a match with Rusev for the United States Championship at Clash of Champions. Foley then awarded Roman Reigns a rematch with Kevin Owens, but this time the match would take place in a steel cage. This prompted Kevin Owens to come out from backstage and call Foley a joke. Stephanie McMahon also didn’t seem pleased with Foley’s decisions.

Seth Rollins vs Rusev

Roman Reigns was still in the ring when Seth Rollins made his entrance. Rollins and Reigns shared an interesting stare-down. Reigns had a smirk on his face before he exited the ring. Rusev confronted Foley backstage before the match to voice his displeasure with having to face Roman Reigns again.

Rusev and Rollins had a quick back and forth match that ended in a double count out. Rollins got the upper-hand in a brawl and the segment ended with Rollins hitting a Crossbody onto Rusev off of the announce table.

Charlotte and Dana Brooke confront Mick Foley backstage about last week’s controversial finish to the women’s match. It looked like both of Sasha Banks’ and Bayley’s shoulders were down, however Banks was awarded the victory. Dana Brooke asked Foley to cancel the tag team match tonight on Raw until Foley can figure out who is the #1 contender to Charlotte’s title. Instead of doing that, Mick Foley just added Bayley to the match at Clash of Champions. Thus, it is now Bayley vs Sasha Banks vs Charlotte for the Women’s Championship.

Braun Strowman vs Sin Cara

Sin Cara wanted to face Strowman again for some reason. Sin Cara did get in a little more offense this time, but it wound up being the same result. Strowman easily defeated Sin Cara.

Winner: Braun Strowman

Sasha Banks & Bayley vs Dana Brooke & Charlotte

Charlotte had control of the match early on. She was beating down Bayley and preventing her from tagging in Sasha. Finally, Bayley was able to tag in Banks and the momentum turned for a brief moment. Charlotte kicked Sasha right in her injured ribs and that really slowed her down. Dana Brooke and Charlotte spent the next several minutes targeting Sasha’s ribs. Sasha finally battled back and was able to tag Bayley in. Bayley cleaned house and sent Dana Brooke out of the ring. Bayley went for the Bayley to Belly on Charlotte but Dana Brooke grabbed Charlotte’s leg and prevented it. Sasha Banks then brawled with Dana Brooke outside the ring. Charlotte then hit a massive kick to Bayley’s face for the victory.

Winners: Dana Brooke & Charlotte

Reaction: The first hour of Raw this week was solid. There is certainly a storyline in the works in regards to the power structure on Monday Night Raw. We haven’t seen Triple H since he attacked Reigns and Seth Rollins a couple of weeks ago. Stephanie McMahon seems to be disagreeing with Foley more and more nowadays. Bayley being added to the Women’s Championship match at Clash of Champions feels random. It seems like Charlotte will hold the belt a little longer, unless Dana Brooke once again gets involved and costs her another match.

Seth Rollins and Stephanie McMahon had a conversation backstage. Rollins still doesn’t believe that Stephanie had no idea that Triple H was going to attack him. Rollins just wanted to know why it happened. Seth then went on to say that Stephanie and Triple made the wrong decision. Rollins stated that he will walk out of Clash of Champions as the new Universal Champion and just may go on to be Stephanie’s worst nightmare. Rollins claimed that Stephanie cannot manipulate him and that he is the one champion that Stephanie wouldn’t be able to control.

Stephanie McMahon once again denied knowing about Triple H’s attack ahead of time. However, Stephanie went on to tell Rollins to never threaten her. Stephanie then stated that even though she didn’t know about, she does believe that Kevin Owens has replaced Rollins as “the man” on the Raw roster. The segment ended with Rollins claiming that Stephanie used to be a shrewd business woman but has lost her edge ever since her brother returned to the company.

Bo Dallas vs Gary Graham

Bo Dallas continues to defeat people nobody has ever heard of. The best part of this match was the crowd chanting “lets go jobber!” throughout it. Unfortunately the crowd’s support for Graham wasn’t enough. Bo Dallas emerged with a very quick and very easy victory over Gary Graham.

Winner: Bo Dallas

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Best of 7 Tournament Match: Cesaro vs Sheamus

Sheamus was up 3-0, but Cesaro has battled back and won the last two matches. Cesaro’s back seemingly will never heel as Sheamus targeted it early. Sheamus sent Cesaro over the top rope and Cesaro landed on his back. The match was back and forth all the way to the end. Sheamus went for the Brogue Kick but Cesaro rolled out of the way. Sheamus went over the top rope and landed onto the ring apron. Sheamus went to launch himself onto Cesaro but was greeted with an upper-cut while he was in mid-air. Cesaro then hit Sheamus with the Gotch Neutralizer for the victory. The series is now tied at 3-3 and the final match will take place this Sunday at Clash of Champions.

Winner: Cesaro

Chris Jericho confronted Mick Foley backstage and told him that he was then a terrible GM. Jericho then brought out a list of what is wrong with Foley and Mick pretty much laughed in his face. Jericho then stated that if Foley won’t listen to him, he will have to read the “list of Jericho” to the world.

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Jericho then came down to the ring with a clipboard. Chris Jericho then proceeded to read a bunch of items off the list. Jericho claimed that Foley had terrible fashion sense and that he had grown an affection for Sami Zayn. Enzo and Cass interrupted. Enzo found it amusing that Jericho actually believes that Kevin Owens is his best friend. Enzo claimed that he knows Owens is not his friend because no friend would let Jericho come down to the ring wearing that scarf. The Shining Stars and The New Day then interrupted and joined the party.

Xavier Woods boasted about his YouTube channel and the fact that he was giving away two Iphone 7s. The Club then came down and insulted everyone. Jericho then left the ring and stated that he was starting a new list of stupid idiots and that all of them were on it. Sami Zayn then came out and attacked Jericho.

Chris Jericho, The Club & The Shining Stars vs Sami Zayn, The New Day & Enzo & Cass

This was a back and forth match with the good guys coming out on top. Sami Zayn went for the Helluva Kick on Jericho but he rolled out of the way. The Helluva Kick did connect with Primo. Sami Zayn then chased Jericho out of the ring. Enzo and Big Cass hit the Bada Boom Shakalaka on Primo for the victory.

Winners: Enzo & Cass, Sami Zayn & The New Day

Reaction: The second hour of Raw had a lot more filler than the first. The best segment was the backstage promo between Seth Rollins and Stephanie McMahon. I’m still holding out hope that the end result of this isn’t an Authority reunion but that seems pretty likely. I am interested in seeing Seth Rollins try to take down the the brand new Authority if that does turn out to be the case. Everybody knew that Cesaro was going to win and tie the series so that match was difficult to get into. In fact, the whole series has been rather difficult to get invested in. Thankfully, the series comes to an end this Sunday at Clash of Champions

Fatal 4 Way to Determine #1 Contender for Cruiserweight Championship: Brian Kendrick vs Cedric Alexander vs Rich Swann vs Gran Metalik

Rich Swann started out the match strong and showed off his interesting style by dancing around the ring. Cedric Alexander and Brian Kendrick then brawled in the ring. Kendrick rolled out of the ring for a breather but Alexander hit him with a boot through the ropes. Alexander and Gran Metalik then battled in the ring. Alexander sent Metalik outside the ring. Swann then attacked Alexander and the two battled in the ring. Swann hit Alexander with a slap across the face that echoed through the arena.

Alexander, Swann and Kendrick were battling outside. Gran Metalik took advantage and flipped onto all three of them. Kendrick locked Swann’s foot in the steel steps and stomped on his leg. When Raw came back from commercial, it was Swann and Metalik battling in the ring. Swann had Metalik pinned but Cedric Alexander broke it up. Alexander hit an incredible kick on Swann but it was not enough to put him away. Brian Kendrick locked in the Captain’s Hook on Cedric Alexander for the submission victory. Kendrick will go on to face T.J. Perkins for the Cruiserweight Championship at Clash of Champions.

Steel Cage Match: Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens

The match started out back and forth. Roman Reigns hit a forearm on Owens right before the commercial break. When Raw returned, both Reigns and Owens were climbing the cage. Owens knocked Reigns down to the ring, but Roman recovered and pulled Owens down. Owens landed with top rope between his legs. Reigns then beatdown Owens and captured momentum in the match. Reigns was going for the Superman Punch but Owens rolled out of the way towards the door of the steel cage. Kevin Owens hit a German Suplex on Reigns and followed it up with a Cannonball to Roman in the corner.

Owens went to escape the cage through the door but Reigns grabbed his leg. Owens went for a Senton on Roman but Reigns got his knees up. Reigns and Owens then traded punches in the ring. Owens went for the Pop-UP Powerbomb but Reigns reversed it into a Superman Punch. Reigns went for the cover but Owens kicked out at two. Reigns went for the Spear but Owens kicked him in the face and followed it up with a Pop-Up Powerbomb. It was not enough to put Roman Reigns away as he kicked out at two.

Reigns and Owens once again battled on the cage. Owens repeatedly smashed Reigns’ head into the cage. Reigns powered back and hit a Superman Punch to the back of Kevin Owens’ head. Both men fell off the cage and onto the mat. Roman Reigns then started climbing the cage and Kevin Owens crawled towards the door. Roman Reigns wound escaping the cage before Kevin Owens could escape through the door.

Winner: Roman Reigns

After the match, Rusev tried to ambush Reigns but Roman saw it coming. Reigns beatdown Rusev against the steel steps outside the ring. Kevin Owens then kicked the cage door open and it smashed Reigns in the face. Owens then shouted “Machka something!” at Rusev. Reigns was then helpless in the ring as Rusev locked the cage door shut with a steel chain. Owens and Rusev then beatdown Reigns in the middle of the ring.

Seth Rollins then came out and climbed the cage. Owens met Rollins at the top and Seth punched him off the cage. Rusev then tried the same thing but Rollins punched him off of the cage as well. Rollins then jumped from the top of the cage onto Rusev and Owens.

Reaction: The third hour of Raw had two very good matches to close the show. The Cruiserweight Fatal 4 Way was very exciting and so was the main-event. Raw has been lackluster for the past few weeks but that was not the case for tonight’s episode. Raw needed some momentum heading into Clash of Champions and they got it with this show. There will certainly be some surprises at Clash of Champions and I cannot wait to see if anyone gets involved in the Universal Championship match. It was also interesting to see Seth Rollins come down to the ring and help out Roman Reigns. That also opens the door for a Shield reunion of some sort. Hopefully some of these questions will be answered this Sunday at Clash of Champions.

What did you think of this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw? Let us know in the comments below.

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