Randy Orton just before his failed defense of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX on 6 April 2014 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. That made Cesaro instantly seem like a bigger star despite his embarrassingly low pick.
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– The Raw opening segment has always been the place main event wrestlers go to ramble. It seemed like a foregone conclusion that Rollins was going to win clean as he did a few weeks ago on Smackdown against Zayn.
Charlotte and Chris Jericho defeated Sasha Banks and Enzo Amore at 10:00: I don’t remember the last time I saw a mixed tag match in WWE, but this certainly was a refreshing match.
– Rapper T-Pain was backstage at last night’s Raw in Atlanta, GA.
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows d.
Paul Heyman was in the ring to bring out Brock Lesnar & offered a soaring proclamation of Lesnar’s superiority, capped off by the declaration that Lesnar’s SummerSlam opponent Randy Orton would never & could never hit an RKO outta nowhere on his client. The show featured the much-anticipated debut of NXT tag team darlings American Alpha, and the naming of a new #1 contender for the Intercontinental Championship. Mahal tweeted this: “Good to be back”.
Rusev Beats Mark Henry, But… Henry will be traveling to Brazil to represent the company.
AJ Styles challenge John Cena to another match at SummerSlam, and Cena accepts. We already have RAW’s answer, and now it looks like we have SmackDown’s as well.
Styles defeated Cena at Money in the Bank with help from Gallows and Anderson but The Club was then beaten by Cena, Enzo Amore and Big Cass in a six-man tag match at Battleground. Not only are they now on the longest Tag Team title reign in WWE history, but they have held the titles for more combined days than any other team in WWE history. “He underwent several tests and medical examinations, but WWE officials did not confirm the specifics or severity of Big E’s injury at this time”.
– Booker T reportedly had elbow surgery over the weekend, which was why he was hospitalized and had to miss the Raw Pre-Show.
PRO: The surprise of Ziggler’s win sets a promising tone for “Smackdown Live”. Instead, we got just one F-5, on Orton, as Lesnar interrupted an Orton-Fandango match. How will Chad Gable & Jason Jordan make an impact in their first night on SmackDown Live?
The countdown to SummerSlam is in full swing this week on “SmackDown Live”.
– The opening segment was not fun to watch.
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– Rhyno (real name Terrance Guido Gerin) is on the ballot as a Republican for MI 15th House District seat in Tuesday’s primary election for a spot on the November ballot.
