Welcome to the Live coverage of Monday Night Raw, the last episode before the brand split. Also, Stephanie McMahon and Shane McMahon will choose the General Managers for their respective shows. The draft is taking place tomorrow and the experts are discussing it in the Raw pre-show.WWE champion Dean Ambrose will take on Seth Rollins in a title match later tonight.Darren Young, with Bob Backlund in his corner no less, goes up against Alberto Del Rio tonight! Will Darren Young complete his journey to greatness or will he suffer a major roadblock in the form of the no-nonsense Alberto Del Rio? Stephanie McMahon comes out as Michael Cole runs through the rules for the draft picks tomorrow, only to be interrupted by Shane McMahon! What a start to Monday Night Raw!Stephanie McMahon leaks BREAKING NEWS! WWE will be launching a Cruiserweight Division exclusively on RAW!And she also announces the New General Manager of Raw....aaaand...its a car crash!! It's Mick Foley as the audience goes wild!Shane announces the SmackDown! General Manager next...aaand...it's Daniel Bryan!The audience go WILD with Yes! Chants. The only drawback is that we have to deal with the drab and dreary commentary of JBL instead of the legendary JR to dress up such a moment. It's momentous!The WWE is really pushing SmackDown Live as the 'Underdog' in this 'fight' with Raw, and who better than Daniel Bryan to represent the brand right? As Stephanie McMahon sums it up, " a B+ player for a B+ show", but it seems like the ratings war is back on between SmackDown Live and Raw! Shane and Daniel Bryan close the segment, leading the audience in a boisterous Yes! chant. Food for thought though, is Mick Foley a heel? Sami Zayn and Cesaro versus Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho to happen up nextJericho is out first, followed by Kevin Owens (are those cheers I hear?). Sami Zayn out next (JBL: They both short changed their futures!) followed by the Swiss Superman, Cesaro! (He seriously needs to change his music)JBL plugging the fact that Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens won't end up in the same brand, making this Battleground match-up between them possibly their last for the time being. Hints much?Jericho and Cesaro start things off, as Zayn and Owens look on from their respective turnbuckles.Jericho and Owens keep a lid on the babyfaces, by controlling Zayn and preventing him from tagging in the Swiss Superman. But he takes out both the heels on the outside before crawling into a tag with Cesaro. Uppercut barrage!He tries to pin Jericho, but the Ayatolla of Rock 'n' Rolla kicks out. Tags made, as Zayn and Owens come in. Another quick double tag as Cesaro and Y2J are back in, and this time, he locks in the Cesaro Swing!Confusion ensues, as all 4 men come into the ring in quick succession as Jericho tries to roll-up Zayn , only for it to get reversed. Zayn with the roll-up on Jericho for the 3 count! Not a great match, but certainly got the crowd goingBrand new Darren Young vs Alberto Del Rio next Del Rio has Young in an armlockDel Rio with a cover after a clothesline, Young kicks out at 2Del Rio misses the Enziguri in the corner and D-YOung finds an openingYoung with a Belly to Belly and a reverse atomic drop to Del RIoFollows it up with a huge right handAnd another one to Miz, who gets up on the apron Del RIo uses the distraction to roll up the no.1 contenderBut the ref's too busy giving Miz an earful to count! That's 5!Darren Young reverses into a roll-up of his own! Darren Young picks up the W!!!Afagaaaaaah!!! It's John Ceeeeennnaaaaaa!!!!The guys in the audience give their singing muscles a workout The conflicting choruses must be audible for miles aroundCena plugs SmackDown and Battleground And brings out his allies this Sunday - Enzo and Cass! The Certified Gs take the stage, with Cena's blessingEnzo is a barbarian!Cena tries to critique Enzo, but the crowd's not having itCena's playing the sober one to Enzo and Cass, telling them they have to focus on their match at BattlegroundCass tells Cena that all talk aside, they will put up in the moment of truthCass starts with the S-A-W-F-T chant, but he's interrupted by guess who?The Club talk about how good it's going to be to beat up Cena, Enzo and Cass - and also the New Day!!!Cue the tag team champs! New Day talk about how any mortal would've been destroyed by the Wyatts but the fact that they're there proves that they're extraordinary! Xavier Woods gives us his own version of Enzo and Cass' "how you doin'?" chants with Pokemon namesCena cuts him off with 130 names to goThe Wyatts look like they've taken exception with the Pokemon Go craze 6-on-6 tag team match  - Cena, Enzo and Cass and New Day vs The Club and The WyattsRowan and Cena stare off Rowan down with a shoulder tackle from Cena and he tags in Gallows Cena tags in Big EBig E's belly-to-belly forces Gallows to tag in Braun Strowman! The Black Sheep's stomps are answered by Enzo's shuffle! Enzo does a victory shuffle around the ring before being planted by Strowman....presumptuousCometh the hour, cometh the man - Big Cass tags in! Strowman cheap shots Cena and sets off a brawl - 2 dozen fists meet faces The carnage clears  - Cass and Strowman face to faceCena and Wyatt in now Cena going for the 5 knuckle shuffle, but he's stopped in his tracks by Wyatts reverse spider crawlCena stranded where he doesn't want to be Rowan in now, hammering away on CenaStyles in, plants Cena on his knee with a Fireman's CarryCoverCEna kicks out at 2 Karl Anderson in, catches Cena with a dropkick as he surges for a tagGallows inThe big man misses a splash and the door cracks open! No dice - Bray Wyatt in He misses the big splash in the corner and Cena tags in Big Cass!Styles in! Big Cass distracted and STyles capitalizes! All hell breaks loose! Bodies everywhere! Cass takes out Styles with a giant boot! Boom shakalaka! Nope, Gallows breaks it up by rushing into Enzo and Cass! Cena in, huge F5 on Gallows! Anderson takes out Cena with a wicked Spinebuster! Enzo gets rid of Anderson with a DDT! Meanwhile, the Wyatts and New Day pummel each other into the back area, leaving their partners to sort things out between themselvesSTyles and Enzo in the ring - they're legalCena's in the ring too - he gets clotheslined by an oncoming Enzo after Styles ducksStyles with a Pele kick to Enzo! COver! The Club pick up the win! Tonight, they look like as well-oiled as Styles claimed Cena and Enzo and Cass have some strategizing to doSeth Rollins with a promo He's in the empty arena, talking about how he used Reigns and Ambrose before washing his hands of them when the time cameHe says Reigns rose in his absence and will return at Battleground to try and power his way to the crownHe calls Dean Ambrose a thief and signs off by saying that he will always be "the man" in the Shield and he'll prove it by beating Ambrose for the WHCWe're backstage and Mick Foley's getting dance lessons from BreezangoShane cuts in and drops a word to the wise about his sister's deviousness to the new GM of RAWFoley says he had a front row seat to Stephanie's ascent, so he knows exactly what to look out for Baron Corbin squashes Sin CaraKalisto comes to his partner's aid before Corbin can punish him some moreCorbin slips out of the ring - but comes back for the cheapshot as Kalisto checks on Sin CaraThe first pinprick of heelishness from the "Lone Wolf"The Boss is in the house! She will team with the Lasskicker against Charlotte and Dana BrookeBecky and Dana Brooke legal Tag to Sasha Banks  - she takes out Dana and Charlotte! Sasha gets back to business but Becky Lynch is ambushed by Natalya! Sasha gets distracted, sent out of the ring and big booted by Charlotte Charlotte and Dana Brooke double team Sasha BanksAll this effort to depict Charlotte as an evil mastermind better pay off and soonSheamus and Rusev vs Zack Ryder and Dolph ZigglerSheamus and Ryder lock upRyder with the momentum, but a distraction costs himZiggler ties up the ref with his protests, and Rusev tosses him into the barricade Sheamus with the Fireman's Rolling Slam on the outsideThey're both back in the ringSheamus tags RUsev in but tags himself back in a second later Ryder makes Sheamus pay for horsing aroundZiggler and Rusev tagged inZiggler 0-100 in 4 seconds! Zigger with the splash in the corner! Tires a Neckbreaker but Rusev whips him off the ropesZIggler ducks the big boot and hits the Famasser! COver! Rusev catches Ziggler with a huge kick! Accolade sunk in! Ziggler taps! Thank god that's over! The Ascension look like they're trying to pitch a Final Deletion to Mick Foley backstage, but Daniel Bryan's shows upFoley and Bryan's camaraderie doesn't last too long, with the HOFer saying that at the end of the day, Bryan's in his wayThey shake on "may the best brand win"Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins next!!!Dean Ambrose comes out first, followed by Seth RollinsShane with Daniel Bryan and Stephanie with Mick Foley are ringside as wellAnd the action kicks off Ambrose giving Rollins no room to breath, the former champ retreats to the apron They're back in the middle of the ring and Ambrose still in control, with headlocks and armdrags  Rollins comes back strong but pays for showboating as Ambrose cross bodys himRollins with a kick to Ambrose's mid sectionAmbrose recovers quickly and sends Rollins to the concrete with a clothesline The champ rushes off the apron to the still staggered challenger and returns to the ring to stand tall! Rollins coming back stronger, just like his return from injuryRollins with a chokehold in the middle of the ring Ambrose makes it back to his feetRollins outside the ring, comes face to face with Shane, signals he's got no beef with himSeth points at Stephanie and winks before hitting Dean with a huge right handBoth men back in the ringBoth hit crossbodies on each other and are flatAmbrose gets up first and fires off a succession of chops and right handsAmbrose with a fisherman suplex! Ambrose charges ROllins in the corner, but gets telegraphed with a huge kick! Ambrose slips the Pedigree and sends Rollins out of the ring! The champ takes flight! Dean tries a clothesline on Seth but eats barricade insteadSeth with a Running Powerbomb onto the barricade! Seth with a frog splash! Cover! New champion??!!No!!! Dean kicks out at 2 and 9/10thsAmbrose looking for a dirty deeds out of nowhere, ROllins almost turns it into a pedigree, but Ambrose slings him into the turnbuckleRollins jumps onto the ropes and hits Ambrose with a flying kneeRollins goes high risk! Nobody home for the frog splash! Ambrose looks for dirty deeds, but ROllins with a couple of huge kicks! Ambrose tries the rebound clothesline but Rollins hits the turnbuckle powerbomb!  Ambrose with dirty deeds! Cover!  Seth gets his foot on the rope! Dean tries a dirty deeds on the announce table, but ROllins scurries away! ROllins tries a pedigree on the apron, but Dean counters! Rollins with running forearms to Ambrose in the corner! Ambrose counters by following him into the corner! Ambrose with a rebound clothesline! The champ heads to the high rent district! Rollins follows! He tries a Superplex but is thrown off the ropes! Rollins comes back to try a Superplex, but Ambrose rolls him up!  Or did he? The ref's counted to three, but both had their shoulders down! Who's the winner?Chaos! Both GMs in the ring, with the Commissioners! Stephanie grabs the mic and announces Seth Rollins as the new WWE Champion! The finish was a weak, but the ending was completely scandalous! THe WWE have announced that Dean Ambrose is still the champ, but we have a feeling this'll continue on SmackDown tomorrow! See you tomorrow! 
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