Thanks to Bob Bamber for this report from the RAW TV tapings held earlier today in London:
Raw kicks off with Paul Heyman coming out, repping for Brock Lesnar. Big ECW chants for Lesnar. Heyman says Triple H is not at Raw tonight, and he is going to read an email to the live crowd that he received from Triple H.
Triple H’s music hits, and he is in fact at Raw. Big pop for HHH, but surprisingly not as big as the one JBL received.
Triple H accepts Brock Lesnar’s Extreme Rules match challenge, then Pedigrees Paul Heyman!
It’s show on the Titan Tron that Chris Jericho vs Dolph Ziggler will take place on Raw tonight.
Antonio Cesaro vs R-Truth is up next.
Truth defeats Cesaro in a pretty quick match.
Tons of Funk is out next, and the match is Brodus Clay vs Damien Sandow. Bob says, “Think there was a botch there, roll up spot repeated once. Sandow wins, we’re going for a JBL chant every segment I think!”
A stipulation was added to Jericho vs Ziggler. If Jericho wins, the World Title match at Extreme Rules becomes a Fatal Four Way match with Jericho included.
Dolph Ziggler and Chris Jericho fought in a very long match, in which Jericho kicked out of the Fame Asser. Jericho locked in the Walls of Jericho and then Fandango’s music hit. There is no sign of Fandango, but the crowd popped massively for him. Ziggler hit the Zig Zag as Jericho was distracted to pick up the victory.
Tensai defeated Cody Rhodes when he hit a big splash.
Ryback appears on the screen and gets a mixed reaction from the crowd. Ryback talks about John Cena and how people just do not understand.
Out comes Big E Langston, who will be in a match next. He faces Zack Ryder and squashes him in quick fashion.
There is a pre-taped segment with Daniel Bryan and Kane. Bryan had some diagrams and pie charts, talking to Kane. The crowd started chanting “We Want Pie Charts.”
The Undertaker comes out and is attacked by The Shield before the match. Undertaker gets beaten down and then Team Hell No rushes out and clears the ring from The Shield. The match has not started yet.
Finally, the match begins with Bryan and Ambrose in the ring. Undertaker tags in early. He works over the arm of Ambrose, hits Old School, and tags in Kane. The Shield are in control right now, working over Kane.
The Undertaker is working with Reigns, gets Speared, but kicks out of it. The end comes when Bryan misses a flying headbutt and Ambrose pins him. Great 15 minute match.
After the match, Bryan asks The Undertaker for a hug. Taker walks off. Kane and Bryan hug.
-The Rock tweet comes on the screen, with a small amount of boos following.
Cena is backstage with Mick Foley. It looks like Ryback and Foley will be the final segment.
Fandango comes out next to a huge pop from the crowd.
Fandango defeats William Regal. After the match, Jericho comes out and attacks Fandango. He throws him off the stage. He dances with Fandango’s dancer and his music afterwards.
Kaitlyn comes out, looks like she is going to talk. Instead, there is a Divas Battle Royal to determine the Number 1 Contender. The match is won by AJ, who is the new number 1 contender to Kaitlyn’s Divas Championship.
The final segment is with Mick Foley who has a steel chair. Foley says he did not come for a confrontation but Ryback comes out. Foley talks about his accomplishments and says he will fight Ryback if need be. He gets in the face of Ryback and asks what happened to the man who commanded respect and says it is inevitable that Ryback will be WWE Champion.Ryback tells Foley he needs to shut up and stop living in the past.
Ryback calls Cena SuperCena and says he will be WWE Champion at Extreme Rules. Out comes Cena, but The Shield appears as well. The Shield turns their attention to Ryback, but Cena uses a chair to run off The Shield. Cena protects Ryback and then hits an AA on him.
Here is a second report from tonight’s RAW. Thanks to Thomas Bristol for this one:
Raw opened with a Paul Heyman promo claiming he had an email from Triple H backing out of Brock Lesnar’s challenge. Triple H then came out, accepted and killed Heyman with a Pedigree.
*R-Truth pinned Antonio Cesaro.
*Mick Foley cut a promo on the Ryback vs. John Cena bout at Extreme Rules.
*They announced World champ Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho for tonight.
*Damien Sandow, with Cody Rhodes, pinned Brodus Clay with Tensai.
*World champion Dolph Ziggler pinned Chris Jericho with the Zig Zag in a good match. The stipulation was that if Jericho won, he would join the World title bout at Extreme Rules, making it a three way. Fandango’s music hit to distract Jericho, setting up the finish.
*Tensai pinned Cody Rhodes.
*Ryback cut a backstage promo saying the fans don’t understand him. He knocked John Cena and said he would see Mick Foley in the ring later tonight, so it looks like Mick will be back out here!
*Big E. Langston defeated Zack Ryder.
*Backstage promo with Kane and Bryan, Bryan asks Kane where Undertaker is as they need to go through strategy, which include diagrams and pie charts, massive chants of diagrams….yup you read that right. The shield jump Team Hell No….
This leads to the Shield beating Team Hell No and The Undertaker in another awesome match. It starts off 3 on 1 but Team Hell No come out to even the odds. After a brawl Bryan misses the headbutt and Ambrose rolls up Bryan.
*Fandango comes out to a massive pop (not as big as Bryan or Undertaker) beats Willam Regal as Fandango is celebrating Chris Jericho beats him down and dances with Fandango’s dancer.
*AJ wins a Battle Royal to become the top contender to the Divas championship.
*Mick Foley came out with a steel chair, but says he’d rather not fight anybody tonight. Out comes Ryback. They go back and forth – with Foley listing his career accomplishments and asying he won’t back down from a fight. Ryback tells him to shut up and declares he will capture the WWE Championship at Extreme Rules when he defeats “Super Cena.” Ryback calls Foley fat and pathetic and gets in his face.
John Cena’s music hits and gets loud boos from the London crowd. The Shield runs out and it looks to be 4-on-1, with insurmountable odds against Cena. Cena manages to escape – which leaves The Shield there with Ryback. The Shield turns their attention to Ryback – but John Cena runs back into the ring with a steel chair and chases off The Shield. This leaves Cena and Ryback in the ring. Cena nails him with Attitude Adjustment to end the show.
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