RAW - 29/9/14 - Chicago, IL

Moneymaker

Tonight's WWE RAW takes place from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, IL. Stars advertised for tonight include John Cena, Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Triple H, The Wyatt Family, Dolph Ziggler, The Usos, Sheamus and Kane.

No matches have been announced for tonight but Cena and Reigns vs. Orton and Rollins is being advertised locally.

WWE is focusing on the following points for tonight:

* How will Rollins hurt Ambrose if he doesn't return the briefcase?

* Who will step up to challenge Stardust and Goldust?

* Will Brie Bella give up her last name or use a more old-school method of settling their rivalry?

* Due to the referee error on SmackDown, will Dolph Ziggler give Cesaro a rematch?

Obviously the Reigns stuff is out of date. Swap in Ambrose. No idea if it's a dark match or not.

Taking bets on the CM Punk chant number and whether or not WWE acknowledge it. :pac:

Lithium93_

Well if A.J Lee makes an appearance, you can be certain the CM Punk chants will follow.

Deadlie

CM Punk chants are gonna annoy the hell out of me. Get over it you douches.

JP Liz V1

I would guess HHH to put Ambrose in a handicap match against Orton and Kane

Lithium93_

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I would guess HHH to put Ambrose in a handicap match against Orton and Kane

Maybe Hunter will put Ambrose in a 3 on 1 handicap match against Seth Rollins, Randy Orton & ''The Demon'' Kane, Ambrose proceeds to have his ass handed to him, only for Super Cena to make the save.

the groutch

Punk's music hits, plays for about 30 seconds, then out comes Bad News Barrett.

Lithium93_

the groutch wrote: »

Punk's music hits, plays for about 30 seconds, then out comes Bad News Barrett.

The Chicago crowd would be absolutely merciless if that was done.

Lord TSC

Deadlie wrote: »

CM Punk chants are gonna annoy the hell out of me. Get over it you douches.

People would get over it quick if they had a good product in front of them. The chants will only start in dud segments today.

Make this the Dean Ambrose show though, and the chants will be minimal.

krudler

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The Chicago crowd would be absolutely merciless if that was done.

Good I actually like when WWE trolls the crowd, and the Punk chants have been done to death now. He left of his own accord, get over it.

Punk music, out strolls CM Sandow, do it WWE.

Lithium93_

krudler wrote: »

Good I actually like when WWE trolls the crowd, and the Punk chants have been done to death now. He left of his own accord, get over it.

You know people will never eeeeever get over the departure of CM Punk, just one of those things that have to be taken on the chin.

CSF

Would also go nuts for a Sandow cameo!!!

Lithium93_

Spotted this on Twitter, some people will never accept the fact that Punk has called it quits with WWE

Tonight is Episode 1115 of Raw.

Raw is 3 hours.

1+1+1+5+3=11.

CM Punk was WWE Champion for 434 days.

4+3+4=11.

RETURN CONFIRMED!

Scruffy19

Who the hell comes up with stuff like that? Some people have far to much time on their hands.. Would love it if Sandow came out to punks music..

Guessing it will open with a Heyman promo again..

Loughc

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Spotted this on Twitter, some people will never accept the fact that Punk has called it quits with WWE

True but that tweet was clearly a piss take haha.

Lithium93_

TONIGHT: Dolph Ziggler defends the Intercontinental Championship in a Triple Threat against Cesaro & The Miz

ricero

Brilliant

Agent Coulson

You quit

seandotcomm

and there goes those chants for the next 3 hours. nice one Steph

Angron

Chicago, the only time WWE even vaguely acknowledges Punk any more :pac:

Agent Coulson

Whats that chubby guys name again and his clients name?

J. Marston

seandotcomm wrote: »

and there goes those chants for the next 3 hours. nice one Steph

Until AJ.

Edit: Or until 10 seconds ago.

seandotcomm

I'm sure Nidia would be able to sniff Ambrose out.

ricero

Lol at sandow selling the leg injury with the miz. Also loving the return of Jamie noble

J. Marston

Did someone say "straight to DVD"?

Angron

Selfie-queen, I thought that was Tyler Breeze?

seandotcomm

Tyson's headphones gimmick is actually deadly

colmufc

stayed up til the first ad break , opening was okay not great I was hoping for better then cena arrived and made it worse the only good thing was seeing the hell in a cell poster with Dean behind a cage so hopefully a mitb cell match v rollins

Angron

Part of me hoped we were gonna get holiday pictures of Dean and the briefcase.

J. Marston

"I'll sell the Sheamus t-shirt for a quarter."

"Uh oh, they've sent the cruiserweight division to get me."

Ambrose with two of the funniest lines of the year in the space of 20 seconds.

Agent Coulson

J. Marston wrote: »

"I'll sell the Sheamus t-shirt for a quarter."

"Uh oh, they've sent the cruiserweight division to get me."

Ambrose with two three of the funniest lines of the year in the space of 20 seconds.

Are you guys real security I thought you were Rosebuds last week.

seandotcomm

ha, knew that was gona happen

Angron

Was JBL implying he's gay by pointing out he has a beard?

rovert

Really enjoying the show so far. Way better than the last few weeks.

Angron

I bo-lieve Mark Henry is a bo-lly.

J. Marston

Big Show and Kane need to feck off.

paconnors

Cole said wwe network was available Nov 1st but according to the site its Oct 1st, Its a mystery?

Never Mind its now updated on the site. Boo

rovert

There's was no must see match or stand out segment but this was a very watchable show which rarely dragged.

Lord TSC

Dean Ambrose is such a breath of fresh air.

For all people moan about the Punk chants, the reality is it's the crowd begging for a "grown up" character they can invest in and get behind. Same reason the YES chants got so strong too. The adults don't want a ridiculously perfect cartoon hero. They want someone more "adult" and realistic to get behind.

So it's no surprise that when Ambrose gets a significant push (and it really is one; he's being billed at the same level as Cena right now), they get behind him. The segment in the ring at the hour mark was brilliant, and I don't know if Ambrose was being scripted or if they were off the cuff remarks, but they were perfect "breaking-the-forth-wall" shots that the smarky elements would eat up. Even the fact he's not fawning over Cena and being best buds...

He's a tweener leaning towards the face side, and he's magnificent right now. With Punk gone, Bryan out, Rollins MIA, Ambrose has a real chance here to massively establish himself as worthy of a top run, and I stand by my belief that Ambrose vs Brock would be a fantastic feud for a short run.

colmufc

Lord TSC wrote: »

Dean Ambrose is such a breath of fresh air.

For all people moan about the Punk chants, the reality is it's the crowd begging for a "grown up" character they can invest in and get behind. Same reason the YES chants got so strong too. The adults don't want a ridiculously perfect cartoon hero. They want someone more "adult" and realistic to get behind..

could not agree more , I stopped watching for the most part in 2005 when cena wa been made into a big deal , when I caught a punk segment 2 and 1/2 years ago I instantly was hooked , then the shield came along and I instantly was taken by ambrose and his character and can only hope wwe booking don't screw him over he has everything needed.

As for daniel bryan and the yes chant well last night proved it's bryan that's over and not just the chant if anyone but bree does the chant it's only a few marks that chant when bree does it the place want wild crying out for daniel

Scavenger XIII

Holy crap I'm actually looking forward to watching this episode of the Dean Ambrose show Raw.

CSF

They did a good job making a show that silenced the madness a little.

Ambrose is a king.

What was the Wyatt thing about? Kind of missed it, but seemed to focus on Harper?

Terrible decision with Rusev, taking him from a heel who the crowd actually gave heel heat to (Rollins is the only other one) and now they're booking him against someone the crowd and all spectators will probably be rooting for him to beat, after 2 very good feuds with Henry and Swagger that did him plenty of good.

I would heavily embrace a Henry heel turn.

Angron

CSF wrote: »

They did a good job making a show that silenced the madness a little.

Ambrose is a king.

What was the Wyatt thing about? Kind of missed it, but seemed to focus on Harper?

Terrible decision with Rusev, taking him from a heel who the crowd actually gave heel heat to (Rollins is the only other one) and now they're booking him against someone the crowd and all spectators will probably be rooting for him to beat, after 2 very good feuds with Henry and Swagger that did him plenty of good.

I would heavily embrace a Henry heel turn.

I'd hazard a guess at a singles push. It seemed to be what the promo implied by him being "set free" or whatever it was.

CSF

Angron wrote: »

I'd hazard a guess at a singles push. It seemed to be what the promo implied by him being "set free" or whatever it was.

Is he gonna be part of the Wyatt Family though or is he likely to have a face push springboarded by going over Bray?

colmufc

CSF wrote: »

Is he gonna be part of the Wyatt Family though or is he likely to have a face push springboarded by going over Bray?

I'd imagine a push on his own to possibly recruit for bray, I think the best thing to do with bray is keep him in the shadows and bring back a bit of mystic that he lost after cena

Deadlie

Some laugh out loud moments and with the exception of Big Show acting the maggot, I thought it was enjoyable start to finish.

CSF

colmufc wrote: »

I'd imagine a push on his own to possibly recruit for bray, I think the best thing to do with bray is keep him in the shadows and bring back a bit of mystic that he lost after cena

Bray is done hence the Harper solo push.

Deadlie

CSF wrote: »

Bray is done hence the Harper solo push.

No way Bray is done. Time off will do him wonders though.

Angron

I'm just happy if it keeps him away from Rowan.

CSF

Deadlie wrote: »

No way Bray is done. Time off will do him wonders though.

He's been failed feud after failed feud in his relatively short career, where are they realistically going to go with him once the Harper feud is done and dusted?

rovert

Hope Harper goes back to his roots as trucker Big Rig Brodie Lee

Moneymaker

Harper is a great fit as a dominant monster heel imo.