The home of the LA Clippers (and the Lakers) plays host to this week’s RAW, 11th April 2016. For a second time in a row and much to everybody’s thrill, Shane McMahon will be steering the ship. The man who nearly pancaked the Undertaker at WrestleMania wastes no time taking charge.
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Shane makes the first defense of the WWE Women’s Championship official. Charlotte will put her belt on the line against Natalya. He also announces a number one contender’s tournament for the WWE Tag Team tournament.
WWE’s crown prince isn’t done with the surprises there as he rights a wrong from last week by giving Sami Zayn another chance at WWE World Heavyweight Championship contendership. Zayn will face number one contender AJ Styles and if he upstages the number one contender, we will have a Triple Threat match at Payback.
Here’s the WWE Monday Night RAW Full Show Highlights for 11/4/2016 show:
CESARO DEFEAT KEVIN OWENS
Kevin Owens interrupts Shane and while they’re talking about rematches, demands one for the Intercontinental title. Shane agrees, on one condition – Owens must get past Cesaro! We have our first match of the evening.
Cesaro and Owens leave everything in the ring as they battle for an IC shot. Owens exploits Cesaro’s injured shoulder but the Swiss Superman fights through the pain. The match ends with Cesaro hitting the Gotch Neutralizer for the win, becoming the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship.
We go backstage to Charlotte and Ric Flair, talking about their genetic superiority being cause enough not to give anyone a title shot. They’re interrupted by special guest Dr. Phil, who says that all despite Charlotte being one of the hardest workers, her wins are all tainted by her father’s deviousness.
An infuriated Charlotte storms off as Naitch and Dr. Phil have a Wooo off, which the latter wins!
DUDLEY BOYZ DEFEAT THE LUCHA DRAGONS
The New Day come out to flag off the tag team title tournament. The Dudleys and the Lucha Dragons fight it out for a spot in round 2. Kalisto suffers what seems a legit injury early in the match and Sin Cara is squashed with a 3D.
The Dudleys are interrupted for a second time in a row by Enzo and Cass. The upstarts chose big game to make their bones on the main roster. It ends with Cass calling the Dudleys S-A-W-F-T.
NATALYA DEFEATS CHARLOTTE VIA DQ
Charlotte and Natalya lock horns with the Women’s Championship on the line. After back-and-forth action, Charlotte Moonsaults onto canvas as Natalya moves out of the way and locks in the Sharpshooter.
Charlotte taps but Naitch pulls the referee out of the ring and gets his little girl disqualified. Natalya wins, but Charlotte remains the champ.
THE USOS DEFEAT THE SOCIAL OUTCASTS
Heath Slater and Curtis Axel look on course to pull off a shocker by taking out the former tag team champs, but an untimely Bo Train costs them the match. The audience is stunned when Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows pull a hit-and-run on the twins, announcing their arrival.
AJ STYLES DEFEATS SAMI ZAYN
AJ Styles defends his number one contendership as Sami Zayn is reimbursed for losing his chance due to Owens’ powerbomb last week. Shane has Owens removed from the arena to make sure.
Styles and Zayn put on a 5 star match. Near falls, finishers and aerial assaults were aplenty and Styles picked up the win after a Phenomenal Forearm out of nowhere. They shake hands in respect after the match, backstage.
DEAN AMBROSE DDTs CHRIS JERICHO DURING HIGHLIGHT REEL
Chris Jericho comes out to host the “biggest Highlight Reel of all time” with his very special guest – himself. Dean Ambrose gatecrashes with an “official memo” from Shane McMahon cancelling the Highlight Reel. A humiliated Y2J slaps the mic out of Dean’s hands and is punished for it with a Dirty Deeds.
APOLLO CREWS DEFEATS ADAM ROSE
One of the WWE’s most impressive physical specimens in Apollo Crews takes on the Radical Mongoose. The One Man Nation has an answer to everything Rose puts in front of him. By no means a squash match, Crews gets distracted by the Social Outcasts but catches Rose’s Superkick, schools him with an Insiguri and hits the Spinning Sitout Powerbomb for the win.
ROMAN REIGNS AND BRAY WYATT BEAT SHEAMUS AND ALBERTO DEL RIO
The match starts with Bray telling Reigns to step aside while he shows him how it’s done. The Eater of Worlds dominates Sheamus and we see both of them double-teaming the Celtic Warrior before Bray takes over again.
The match swings in LON’s favour as they isolate Bray. Reigns gets the tag and cleans house, but he’s run into the steel post when he goes after Sheamus. LON dictate the match before Reigns makes the hot tag to Bray and then it’s all Papa Wyatt.
Bray’s momentum is snapped when Rusev interferes but he’s sent over the barricade by Rowan and Strowman. Meanwhile Sheamus and Reigns negate each other outside the ring. Bray hits Sister Abigal out of nowhere and covers Del Rio. Sheamus tries to interfere but he’s speared.
Reigns and Wyatt stare down each other before the cameras turn off.
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