RAW 22-8-16 *SUMMERSLAM SPOILERS AHOY*

Lithium93_

Finn made history last night, now where does he go from here, let's find out..

Raw becomes The Demon Kingdom
In an incredible, historic matchup, Finn Bálor put Seth Rollins away with a Coup de Grâce to become the first WWE Universal Champion last night at SummerSlam. Following The Demon King’s conquest, Bálor brings Team Red’s flagship title to Raw. What’s next for the enigmatic Irishman? We’ll hear from him — and Rollins — on Monday night’s hottest show.

Charlotte demotes The Boss
Proving that she doesn’t need help to come out on top in big match situations, Charlotte ruthlessly brutalized Sasha Banks last night at SummerSlam to become a two-time WWE Women’s Champion.

Sustaining a lower back injury during last night’s match, The Boss refused to give up despite excruciating pain, and Sasha will undoubtedly display that same tenacity in her quest to reclaim the crown jewel of Raw’s Women’s division. How will she retaliate against Charlotte tonight?

The Beast at his most barbaric
In an intensely brutal SummerSlam clash nearly 15 years in the making, Raw’s Brock Lesnar conquered SmackDown Live’s Randy Orton via technical knockout, ending the match in carnage and bringing an entirely new meaning to the term “Team Red.” Then, after the bout, Lesnar got his hands on Shane McMahon, hitting SmackDown Live’s Commissioner with an F-5 that left the Brooklyn crowd in stunned silence.

How will The Beast Incarnate’s horrific actions impact tonight’s Raw, and how will Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and General Manager Mick Foley respond?

Have The New Day found the cure for 'ringpostitis'?
SummerSlam’s special guest (and honorary member of The New Day) Jon Stewart nearly fell victim to “ringpostitis,” the startling epidemic affecting Raw’s tag teams. However, the returning Big E prevented the acclaimed comedian from being diagnosed by so-called “doctors” Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson.

Last night’s WWE Tag Team Championship Match pitting Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods against the faux physicians ended in a disqualification victory for Gallows & Anderson when Big E charged the ring, so it’s clear the rivalry between these Team Red tandems is far from over. But now that The New Day is fully functional and more virile than ever, are the WWE Tag Team Champions poised to give the wannabe doctors a triple-dose of payback?

Will The Big Dog's rampage continue?
Not willing to wait for last night’s United States Championship Match to begin, defending champion Rusev sparked a brawl with Roman Reigns outside the ring, preventing the bout from ever officially getting underway.

The melee, which required a veritable army of WWE officials to separate the rivals, ended when The Super Athlete was deemed unable to compete by medical personnel. That didn’t stop Reigns from brutalizing Rusev further with a thunderous Spear onto the floor. Will The Big Dog bring that same aggression to Raw tonight in Brooklyn? Plus, will we learn more about Rusev’s condition following Reigns’ assault?


SKY SPORTS 5 - 01:00

I'm sure someone will post the Whatculture W.T.F Moments for the show tomorrow afternoon.. And someone else can do the threads for both RAW & Smackdown Live next week, along with the respective W.T.F Moments for both shows...

As of tomorrow i'm off out of the country.. back September 1st

Agent Coulson

Finn injured left the arena in a sling I see doing the rounds worries he may need surgery on his arm.



It looked to me when Seth threw him into the ringside barrier early in the match that he did hurt it.

Lithium93_

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Finn injured left the arena in a sling I see doing the rounds worries he may need surgery on his arm.



It looked to me when Seth threw him into the ringside barrier early in the match that he did hurt it.

The pessimistic option - Short title reign for Finn then if surgery will be required.

The optimistic option - It's just a sprain and hopefully nothing serious..

Neil3030

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The pessimistic option - Short title reign for Finn then if surgery will be required.

The optimistic option - It's just a sprain and hopefully nothing serious..

Optimistic option from the pessimistic option - the world now knows who Finn is, and what the whole demon gimmick is about, so he can have a touching ceremony to relinquish the title, tug a few heartstrings about how he worked 15 years for this and it's gone in a heartbeat etc etc., Rollins takes the title and goes on a heel championship run, conquering all in his path..... Fast forward to January when the demon music hits at entry 30 of the Royal Rumble....

CSF

Neil3030 wrote: »

Optimistic option from the pessimistic option - the world now knows who Finn is, and what the whole demon gimmick is about, so he can have a touching ceremony to relinquish the title, tug a few heartstrings about how he worked 15 years for this and it's gone in a heartbeat etc etc., Rollins takes the title and goes on a heel championship run, conquering all in his path..... Fast forward to January when the demon music hits at entry 30 of the Royal Rumble....

Don't think that's how Vince works. If Vince goes against his better judgement and gives a small guy the title, and then that guy swiftly gets injured. Well we all know what Vince will take away from that.

Neil3030

CSF wrote: »

Don't think that's how Vince works. If Vince goes against his better judgement and gives a small guy the title, and then that guy swiftly gets injured. Well we all know what Vince will take away from that.

True in most cases, but imo Finn wouldn't have even sniffed the title were HHH not firmly in his corner, and you'd hope this will continue to be a factor.

CSF

Neil3030 wrote: »

True in most cases, but imo Finn wouldn't have even sniffed the title were HHH not firmly in his corner, and you'd hope this will continue to be a factor.

I'd imagine you're right, and clearly Vince has given HHH some rope on this, but in the end Vince is still boss and will look at himself to have been proven right.

the groutch

Hey, heeeeey Bayley, ooh ahh
I wanna know oh ooh oh, oh ooh oh
Will you be on RAW?

Lord TSC

The Dudleyz have tweeted that they will be "saying goodbye" tonight, teasing their retirement.

Poor Devon is surely the only one who doesn't see what's coming...

SureYWouldntYa

I really hope someone interrupts them during their "retirement" speech, then just after they do the D-Von get the tables bit Bubba Bully Ray cracks him

CastorTroy

Hope Sasha's there as it would help prove she's not being suspended.

And as I said on the SS thread, maybe we'll get a proper presentation of the title to Balor and the setup for his next match, which I assume will be a rematch.

And will Slater be there? How does he keep getting in, along with entrance music if he's not signed to any brand?

sky88

CastorTroy wrote: »

Hope Sasha's there as it would help prove she's not being suspended.

And as I said on the SS thread, maybe we'll get a proper presentation of the title to Balor and the setup for his next match, which I assume will be a rematch.

And will Slater be there? How does he keep getting in, along with entrance music if he's not signed to any brand?

Sadly sasha and Balor look like their injured

Lithium93_

https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/767861610119569410

PTH2009

wonder will they call up one of the big NXT names now with Balor out ???

Shinsuke or Joe would be good call ups. Too early for Bobby Roode i think

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:( for Balor but the demon will come back very hungry

sky88

For all the bad that comes with the injury it could help Finn be a bigger star if they tell the story right

J. Marston

I hope he's furious in his promo. Being all "I'll be back, siya" would be a bit of a letdown.

Be ragin', Finn!

Mr.Nice Guy

I'd be amazed if they don't call up Joe as a replacement. Now that he lost the NXT title there's no reason for him to be down there. Have Roode be Nakamura's next opponent and let Joe debut on Raw.

I'd have Rollins demand to be awarded the title and claim that there is no one more deserving than him. Then have Joe's music hit and have him point out that the last person to beat Finn was himself in NXT.

They need to find some star power to replace Finn as he was one of their top picks.

brianregan09

Joe had his jaw broke by Nakamura though didn't he ?

Agent Coulson

Finn out for 6 months

Loughc

brianregan09 wrote: »

Joe had his jaw broke by Nakamura though didn't he ?

Dislocated according to the WWE app. Still needs to be assessed but not as bad as first thought.

johnnysmack

God i love his music!

Lithium93_

Cue Seth to interrupt in a few minutes.

J. Marston

Stephanie in Smackdown blue.

J. Marston

I really hope they give Jericho one last championship run.

Lithium93_

End of the Jericho/Owens tag team tonight I guess..

ricero

Lithium93_ wrote: »

End of the Jericho/Owens tag team tonight I guess..

I hope not

irish_stevo815

I wonder was the Reigns beat down last night done so he'd be free to go for the Uni title after Finns injury??

Faugheen

They should have Seth be champion and then just have vignettes of the Demon appear on the screen until his return anytime Rollins is in action, similar to the Wyatts when they were interfering. Give off the vibe that Balor is haunting Seth.

Mr.Nice Guy

Just do Reigns vs Rollins because no one can believe these other midcarders have a chance.

Lithium93_

ricero wrote: »

I hope not

If it means Kevin Owens becoming the next Universal Championship, then I'm all for breaking up Jericho & Owens...

Furious-Red

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Just do Reigns vs Rollins because no one can believe these other midcarders have a chance.

Especially after they put Zayn vs Rollins they are not gonna have Rollins lose twice in 24 hours

johnnysmack

I like Rollins but I hope to god they give the title to someone new so they build up a new main eventer

sky88

I think it's pretty obvious this will end up as reigns vs Rollins again

PTH2009

Thought someone new was going to come out and challenge for the title

If Joe or Shinsuke came out the place would explode but it wasn't meant to be

Can't wait for 6 months time

super_furry

Would love to believe they'd get behind Zayn or Owens for this but it's gonna be Rollins.

Mr.Nice Guy

This tournament shows how thin the roster is at the top. It doesn't look like they will add anybody from NXT which sucks.

Looper007

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

This tournament shows how thin the roster is at the top. It doesn't look like they will add anybody from NXT which sucks.

Get Samoa Joe up as soon as possible that's what they should be doing, once he recovers. Even Bobby Roode. Both men are more then able to step in.

Bret Hart

I'd imagine last night is the last time,we'll ever see of the buckle/wall powerbomb.

ibFoxer

Did Sami just injure his ankle or is someone blowing smoke up my ass?

PTH2009

ibFoxer wrote: »

Did Sami just injure his ankle or is someone blowing smoke up my ass?

Seth ffs lol

Neil3030

Neville is going to have no knees if he keeps landing like that on the outside.

Mr.Nice Guy

ibFoxer wrote: »

Did Sami just injure his ankle or is someone blowing smoke up my ass?

I think he's just really good at selling. If it was injured I'm sure the match would have been wrapped up much quicker than it was.

Speaking of Zayn, he is criminally underutilised at the minute. He can be a great babyface if they get behind him.

IncognitoMan

Any chance Owens gets the belt?

super_furry

So far so dull.

Insect Overlord

ibFoxer wrote: »

Did Sami just injure his ankle or is someone blowing smoke up my ass?

He got himself trending on Twitter anyway. If he wasn't injured, it was the most convincing selling I've seen in years.

mrkiscool2

JeriKO are amazing. Also, so hope Bailey debuts as who else can legitimately beat Charlotte for the title at the moment?

ricero

That jezebel

mrkiscool2

YES BAILEY!

mrkiscool2

Reigns is a worse, less charismatic version of Cena. At least it's a fatal-4way next week

johnnysmack

Back to this reigns bull**** again

IncognitoMan

Thought they had set up a decent story with Jericho and owens for the fatal 4 way but no reigns must be kept strong.