This is the WWE Monday Night Raw Recap. This contains spoilers!
Results:
Rusev defeated Jack Swagger when the ref stopped the match
Cesaro defeated RVD to become number 1 contender for the US Title
Paige defeated Natalya via pinfall in a non-title match
Goldust and Stardust defeated The Usos via count out in a title match (Usos retain)
Dolph Ziggler defeated Damien Mizdow (the Miz’s stunt double) via pinfall in a non title match
Roman Reigns defeated Kane and Seth Rollins in a handicap match via disqualification
Los matadores defeated Heath slater and Titus o Neil via pinfall
Bo Dallas defeated Kofi Kingston via pinfall
John Cena defeated Bray Wyatt via disqualification after Rowan and Harper interfered
John Cena, Mark Henry, and Big Show defeated The Wyatt’s via submission
Reactions:
Is this WWE Hall of Fame forum supposed to make us forget that Brock lesnar isn’t here?
Hopefully this leads to a big Zeb Colter return instead of it leading to jack swagger going back to being a jobber
Building the Jack Swagger and Bo Dallas makes sense but why no mark Henry appearance for rusev?
At least AJ’s distraction didn’t cost Paige the match this week?
I hope the CM Punk chants for AJ eventually end one day
Whenever anyone says the word “impact” in a promo I don’t think it’s a coincidence
Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns is the next logical feud for both but I’m not sure who ends up on top
Usually when they announce how many days the title reign has been that the belts are going to change hands. I really thought the Usos were going to drop the titles but I’ll take the heel turn. Stardust being creepy can only last so long (see Wyatt, Bray)
Not having Lesnar there live won’t be that big of a problem if they keep up the video packages of this quality:
Poor Damien sandow
This Steph-Brie feud sure took a turn for the worse…not sure what they expected would happen
Nikki Bella May be the worst heel of all time and her telling Brie that she wish she died in the womb might have been the biggest no reaction in wwe history
That segment with the Bella’s was so bad it’s one of the segments where you feel bad for the at least one guy in the world who’s trying to get his friend to watch wrestling for the first time and he has to sit through that
I guess Kofi Kingston got a haircut and is no longer in Nation of Domination 2.0?
Sloppy ending from Bo Dallas that I’m sure Vince won’t look highly upon:
Nothing better than giving away one of this year’s Wrestlemania matches on Raw announced only at the beginning of the show.
Where’s Teddy Long when you need him?
Tweets of the Night:
Could the Bellas not have had this conversation in private?
— Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) August 26, 2014
#RawisGeneralHospital — PWI (@OfficialPWI) August 26, 2014
Evidently WWE has given up its anti-bullying stance.
— Kayfabe News (@KayfabeNews) August 26, 2014
Shouldn’t corporate Kane have different music? Like the elevator music version of the Kane theme? – RevRay — DVDVR (@D_V_D_V_R) August 26, 2014
“If we take our scripts from last month & just replace @RandyOrton with @WWERollins would anyone notice?” “Nah”. #RAWTonight
— WWE Creative Humor (@WWECreative_ish) August 26, 2014
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