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Hello and welcome, Tonight, Monday Night Raw is taking place in Manchester, England which means that the taping is being filmed and pre-recorded to play broadcast at the usual time for viewers around the world. Because of that, we'll be keeping up to date with things as they kick off.
Expected on the show, as announced by the WWE, is Kurt Angle appearing on Miz TV alongside Intercontinental Champion The Miz, Jason Jordan vs Elias in a Guitar-on-a-Poll match, Braun Strowman continuing to get revenge and of course more Survivor Series build-up.
22:30 pm GMT: The New Day is there alone and causes a distraction, but the entire RAW roster empties out and guards the match as it continues. However, the distraction allows The Bar to pick up the win becoming new Tag-Team Champions.
Result: The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) def. The Shield (Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose)
22:12 pm GMT: It's main event time and we're getting the Tag-Team Title match between The Shield (minus Roman Reigns) and The Bar, who are hilariously wearing Liverpool shirts in Manchester.
Seth gets a near fall with a Falcon Arrow before The Shield members hit Dirty Deeds and a Frog Splash before THE NEW DAY INTERRUPT.
22:06 pm GMT: We get a backstage segment of Alexa Bliss cutting a promo on Natalya as well as the news that Brock Lesnar will be on next week's RAW and the other crazy news that several UK guys will be on 205 LIVE this week. Are we getting a UK vs Cruiserweight Survivor Series match for Survivor Series?
21:47 pm GMT: Enzo Amore comes out to cut his regular Enzo Amore promo, Kalisto interrupts him as usual but goes straight to ringside. But then in one of the biggest surprises of the night occurs when Kurt Angle announces WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne as Amore's opponent for tonight. The crowd is deafening. Pete Dunne is making his main roster debut!
Pete Dunne naturally goes over Enzo with a vicious forearm into the Bitter End after Kalisto prevents Amore from getting the win in a dirty way.
Result: Pete Dunne def. Enzo Amore
21:28 pm GMT: Braun Strowman 'The Monster Among Men' is here and he's about to get his hands on The Miz, who makes his way to the ring about as slowly as he possibly can, and who can really blame him?
The match goes about as well as can be expected for The Miz. Strowman demolishes the Intercontinental Champion, and his two Miztourage associates leaving all three men completely dead all over the arena.
Predictably Kane then makes his way out before Strowman can actually kill anybody and the two 'Monsters' have a stare down before a brawl erupts. Strowman blocks a Choke Slam and hits his Running Power Slam. Strowman then throws Kane out of the ring, with 'The Big Red Machine then retreating. The Miz then foolishly attacks 'The Monster Among Men' from behind, earning a Running Power Slam for his troubles.
Result: Braun Strowman def. The Miz w/. Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel
21:18 pm GMT: Bayley is out next and it looks like we're getting Bayley and Sasha Banks vs Nia Jax and Alicia Fox.
The match seems to deflate the crowd a bit with Nia Jax punishing Bayley for most of it. Bayley manages to get the hot tag and the pair then unceremoniously eject Jax from the ring allowing Sasha Banks to hit the Bank Statement on Fox for the win.
Result: Sasha Banks and Bayley def. Nia Jax and Alicia Fox
Alicia Fox then announces Bayley and Sasha Banks as team members of her Raw Women's Survivor Series team. Meaning we've got Alicia Fox, Nia Jax, Asuka, Bayley and Sasha Banks at Survivor Series.
21:06 pm GMT: Another backstage segment takes place with Sasha and Bayley announcing they want to be included in the Raw Women's Survivor Series match. Bizarrely a backstage graphic flashes up during this segment announcing that Asuka is now also part of the team, having been included by Alicia Fox like it's no big deal.
Nia Jax makes her way to the ring
20:57 pm GMT: The Miz is backstage and seems scared to face Braun Strowman and then a match graphic confirms that Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose will defend their Tag-Team Titles against The Bar later on.
But first Kurt Angle is backstage on the phone with Daniel Bryan. Jordan walks in and Angle says he was just checking up on the SmackDown GM, Angle then confirmed that Jason Jordan will be the fifth member of the RAW Men's Traditional Survivor Series match team.
Wow. So a Tag-Team Title match and no Roman Reigns with Jason Jordan in instead. What a series of backstage segments. RAW Men's Survivor Series team now complete with Kurt Angle, Jason Jordan, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman.
20:30 pm GMT: Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil are backstage with Charley and basically announce that Titus will be facing Samoa Joe tonight following the events of last week's RAW that saw Joe choke out Titus after beating Crews.
Scratch that, Titus vs Joe is up next as Titus attempts to make his entrance and Joe jumps him from behind hitting the Coquina Clutch on the ramp until Titus has passed out. Joe then makes his way to the ring and suddenly Finn Balor interrupts. It's all kicking off.
The Finn Balor and Samoa Joe match is made official and the match begins. Balor gets the early offence even building up to a Coup De Grace but Joe knocks him off the ropes. Joe grounds the British Superstar and the crowd is loud in their encouragement for Balor. Balor gets back on top and manages to kick Joe off of a turnbuckle to the outside of the ring, Joe plays the heel well and evades Balor on the outside, until Finn finally chases him down and rolls him back into the ring.
The pair then wrestled each other to a standstill earning 'This is Awesome' chants from the hot UK crowd. Balor rallies first and gets Joe into position for his finisher but Joe counters for a near fall. Joe almost locks in the Clutch but Finn manages to flip out of it. The brawl then makes its way outside and the two get counted out. That doesn't stop the fight however as the two men keep fighting. Angle and six refs break it up and Angle then announces both Joe and Balor for Team RAW at Survivor Series.
Result: Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe ends in double-count-out.
Incredibly Balor then jumps off of the stage and takes Joe out, Joe eventually runs away. Great match, great announcement! Balor and Joe will be at Survivor Series.
20:22 pm GMT: Kurt Angle is seen backstage with Sheamus and Cesaro who want a Tag-Team Title shot against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, the trio argue as Asuka and her latest victim make their way to the ring.
A few kicks, including a mean kick to the face followed by the Asuka Lock and the unnamed opponent taps out. Asuka continues her unbeaten streak. Chants of 'We want Emma' break out which probably won't make it onto the taping.
20:08 pm GMT: Elias is out next to do his usual introduction, but the crowd chant 'Who are you?' so he has to introduce himself again. Out then comes Jason Jordan and the Guitar-on-a-Poll match begins.
Jordan gets the early advantage and almost gets up to the guitar but Elias knocks Jordan off of the turnbuckle. Elias manages to get the guitar down but Jordan disarms him before chasing an escaping Elias around the ring. Jordan then manages to hit Elias with a Belly to Belly Suplex, before smacking the guitar over Elias' back.
Result: Jason Jordan def. Elias - Guitar-on-a-Poll match.
19:58 pm GMT: RAW starts and The Miz and his Miztourage are out for Miz TV, Curtis Axel is sporting a neck brace following the events of last week's RAW and Braun Strowman's attack. The Miz starts off by laying into his Survivor Series opponent Baron Corbin, garnering 'Who's your daddy?' chants from the crowd.
Angle comes out and The Miz criticises the RAW General Manager for his handling of the #UnderSeige event. Angle gets a little bit of retaliation in there by booking the Intercontinental Champion to face 'The Monster Among Men' later on tonight.
The Miz vs Braun Strowman will take place later
19:35 pm GMT: Main Event's second match of the evening is Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs Heath Slater and Rhyno
Unfortunately for fans of Heath Slater and his kids, the heels go over with Gallows hitting a low blow on Rhyno and then The Club hitting The Magic Killer on a prone Rhyno.
Result: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson def. Heath Slater and Rhyno
19:20 pm GMT: That 6-man tag-team match was a dark match, Main Event tapings are now up, and first we have Matt Hardy facing Curt Hawkins in a rematch from last week's Main Event.
Curt Hawkins would have been looking to end his impressive losing streak, but it wasn't to be tonight with Matt Hardy putting the unlucky wrestler down with his patented Twist of Fate.
Result: Matt Hardy def. Curt Hawkins
19:11 pm GMT: In what appears to be the dark match or part of Main Event we start off with a 3 vs 3 tag-team match showcasing some of the local British talents. We have T Bone, Joe Conners and Sam Gradwell vs former UK Champion Tyler Bate, Trent Seven and Mark Andrews.
During the match Sam Gradwell took a nasty looking bump, landing face-first outside of the ring. However Tyley Bate and co. pick up a win following a Tyler Driver 97 into a Shooting Star Press from Mark Andrews on Sean Conners.
Result: Tyler Bate, Trent Seven and Mark Andrews def. T Bone, Joe Conners and Sam Gradwell
18:45 pm GMT: New backstage notes from tonight's Raw suggest that Braun Strowman will be put in a match against The Miz, possible arising from Kurt Angle's appearance on Miz TV. It has also been noted that no SmackDown LIVE Superstars are backstage.
We have this photo of inside the arena, courtesy of one of our news reporters Philippa Mariee
