Monday Night Raw 28-4-14

Lithium93_

No doubt still feeling the effects of Kane’s onslaught last week, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan has nevertheless affirmed he will be at this week’s Raw, live in St. Louis. Will the “Yes!” Man suffer the wrath of his Extreme Rules opponent once again, or will Stephanie McMahon be able to rein in the demon she has unleashed?

Also on Raw, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” star Hugh Jackman drops in on the WWE Universe. What can Wolverine himself expect during his second visit to Monday night’s hottest show? WWE.com offers five early thoughts on the final Raw before Extreme Rules.


1. Can The Authority control Kane? (Brie Bella and the entire WWE Universe looked on in horror last Monday night as Kane viciously assaulted Daniel Bryan with a sadistic succession of Tombstone Piledrivers. As a result, Bryan was diagnosed with a cervical cord neurapraxia — a contusion of the spinal cord — that could have put his WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign in jeopardy. Bryan was fortunately able to recover and has vowed to appear on this week’s Raw, where Stephanie McMahon plans to apologize for the heinous actions of The Devil’s Favorite Demon.

Although Stephanie seemed to protest Kane’s attack last week, is The Authority truly repentant? Or is Stephanie merely doing some “damage control” to save face? Regardless, it will be interesting to see if The Authority is able to extinguish the wildfire they’ve started — or if they intend on letting it burn everything in its path.)

2. Snikt! Wolverine pops his claws (Remember that one time when Wolverine showed up on Raw a few years back and punched Dolph Ziggler in the face? The Showoff certainly didn’t forget, but he seemed to forgive the Academy Award nominee last week on Twitter, extending a digital olive branch to Jackman and gushing about the latest trailer for “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” in theaters May 23.

However, Ziggler’s Twitter hatchet-burying with this week’s Raw guest star drew the ire of perennial malcontent Damien Sandow, who ignited a war of words with his fellow former Money in the Bank contract holder. In the social media skirmish, Ziggler promised that he and Jackman will teach The Intellectual Savior of the Masses “something about respect.” By the time Raw’s over, Sandow might wish he had Wolverine’s healing factor, bub.)

3. Hounds on the hunt (On SmackDown, The Shield faced seemingly insurmountable odds when they were placed in an 11-on-3 Handicap Match — their second such encounter in as many weeks. However, rather than face the same unfair fight that left the trio vulnerable to an Evolution assault on April 14, the crafty Hounds of Justice appropriated their Extreme Rules opponents’ “adapt or perish” credo to whittle the larger team’s ranks down to just five Superstars. Although they were still technically outnumbered, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose picked up the victory and left their foes battered, bruised and breathing hard.

Now that The Shield has laid waste to all those who have stood between them and Evolution, what will happen between these two powerhouse factions before they go to war at Extreme Rules?)

4. Bad News meets rad dude (And then there were two. In the final round of an intensely competitive tournament to determine the No. 1 contender to the Intercontinental Championship, Rob Van Dam and Bad News Barrett will clash on Raw to earn the right to challenge Big E for the illustrious prize this Sunday at Extreme Rules. As a six-time holder of the coveted title, the veteran RVD seems to have the upper hand going into this must-see bout, but the bare-knuckle bearer of bad news has been on a tear of late as he vies to become a four-time Intercontinental Champion himself. Even though Big E has been nigh unstoppable as Intercontinental Champion, he’d be wise to watch closely as his potential challengers collide on Raw. Will the tournament winner go on to unseat this titanic titleholder?)

5. When we say ‘Uce,’ y’all say … ‘RybAxel’? (Announced exclusively on WWE.com after SmackDown went off the air, Ryback & Curtis Axel will challenge The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championship on Raw. The unorthodox pairing has displayed new ferocity in recent weeks, with Ryback defeating Jimmy Uso one-on-one last week on WWE Main Event and Curtis Axel pinning Jey Uso on SmackDown. In the aftermath of this singles sweep, the intimidating duo has cemented their standing as the greatest threat to the twins’ title reign. Will #RybAxelRules be trending on Twitter with the crowning of new WWE Tag Team Champions on Raw?)

Ape Lincoln

Ooh RVD vs Barrett is for the lineal title!

Lithium93_

Bad News Barrett to win against RVD and beat BIG E for the Intercontinental Championship at Extreme Rules.

Jester252

Isn't there word that

Ric Flair

is meant to be at Raw tonight?

Lord TSC

Jester252 wrote: »

Isn't there word that

Ric Flair

is meant to be at Raw tonight?

Yeah, there was talk of it a few days back.

IanMc666

That tombstone gif is awesome

Ape Lincoln

Jester252 wrote: »

Isn't there word that

Ric Flair

is meant to be at Raw tonight?

It's true, I heard Meltzer say it! :pac:

JP Liz V1

I wanna see more monster Kane preferably Brie taking a chokeslam

Jester252

Ape Lincoln wrote: »

It's true, I heard Meltzer say it! :pac:

However there is a 40% chance you heard him wrong

Ape Lincoln

Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton is booked for tonight

Ape Lincoln

On the pre-show they're having to point out Stephanie is still a heel and she was being disingenous last week.

The graphics for Extreme Rules look wierd. Reminds me of the Led Zeppelin Celebration live album thingy

Lithium93_

Ape Lincoln wrote: »

Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton is booked for tonight

I sense a run in by Evolution, distracting Reigns allowing Orton to pick up the victory, leading to a melee between Evolution & The Shield ahead of Extreme Rules

Lithium93_

Taken from Wrestlenewz.com's Play By Play of tonight's Raw

Stephanie McMahon will apologize to Bryan tonight.

Rjd2

Ape Lincoln wrote: »

On the pre-show they're having to point out Stephanie is still a heel and she was being disingenous last week.

Depressing that people thought otherwise.:(

Lithium93_

Stephanie's at her best when she's a villainous evil bitch.

Ape Lincoln

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Stephanie's at her best when she's a villainous evil bitch.

Moneymaker

I think Orton will job. Randy never has a problem putting a guy over and they're high on Reigns.

Or it ends in a DQ and mass brawl.

Jester252

Dave seen as he is leaving for a few months after ER

Agent Coulson

Teasing heel turn

Professional Griefer

No way..

Moneymaker

This is pretty interesting, Cena's body language is totally different.

Of course this only matters if it actually goes anywhere. If its the usual CENA WINS LOL at ER it means nothing.

If ever there was a time...

Insect Overlord

Then a cheap pop. :pac:

Ape Lincoln

They're continuing to tease a heel turn! Woop.

Jester252

Really a cheap pop for a guy you are booing, come on St. Louis

Super-Rush

Fucking teases.

dirkmeister

Quoting Batman films,nice one Cena!


He sounds like this is a heel turn...won't happen though

Moneymaker

I wish he'd cut promos like this more often.

Ape Lincoln

Hah he just said people don't know who the NXT wrestlers are. Least they're being honest about the Network numbers!

brianregan09

Quoting Batman was typical Cena cheese fest, and then going on to name known fan favourites down in nxt

Chagan

Harper is such a good singer.

J. Marston

Ted, I think I'm going mad.

Agent Coulson

awesome

Super-Rush

The actual hell is going on?

Ape Lincoln

Well this has taken a turn for the wierd.

Moneymaker

Even the kids are turning against Cena.

Really liked that segment.

Itssoeasy

I've just turned raw on. What in the holy Jesus ?

Professional Griefer

Ah come on

TGJD

That was pretty cool.

nazmoalex

Cena's one weakness singing children!!

dirkmeister

Garland Green vs John Cena...this Sunday at Extreme Rules!!!

Agent Coulson

This is fcuking Awesome!

Mr.Nice Guy

That was fun. I like the story of the feud but I hate the thought that Bray could turn babyface in a few months.

Lithium93_

The singing kids taunting John Cena was brilliant

dirkmeister

Now THIS is cool!!

nazmoalex

Hahahaha I just nearly pissed myself! They should have sang with the masks on!

Lithium93_

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

That was fun. I like the story of the feud but I hate the thought that Bray could turn babyface in a few months.

DO NOT EVEN SAY THAT!!!!

Jester252

Bray ruined a good promo from Cena.

seandotcomm

this is amazing....

Moneymaker

That was such a good segment. The kids are being turned and Cena is alone, trapped in a cage.

Bravo.

Itssoeasy

Okay.

Mr.Nice Guy

Eh? Another bloody ad! We'll come back and they'll be doing ring-a-rosy around the cage. Then another ad...