On the heels of one of the most surprising editions of the Money in the Bank PPV which will always be remembered for being Dean Ambrose’s night, Raw kicked off with the three former brothers of one of the most dominant factions in recent times facing off against each other presenting the picture of the future that has turned into the present.
The night also saw three returns, one of them being that of John Laurinaitis to hype up the brand split in July. So many things happened tonight but we’ve got five things that should be noted from this edition of Monday Night Raw-
#1 Battle in the brotherhood
Dean Ambrose is the first champion the audience unanimously like since Daniel Bryan. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard the audience in the arena actually pop big for the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. That said, the segment quickly turned into a confrontation between all three former Shield members to a war of words between Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.
By the way, Rollins is fire as a brat, his promo, albeit simple, really pumped up the segment because you know despite being a heel, he is a championship material.
A match between Reigns and Rollins was made to determine the new #1 contender which ended in a double countout. Shane O’Mac came out to seemingly order a rematch but Ambrose, ever the bad-ass, gallant man, said that he’s willing to take both.
So come Battleground, we have the dream Shield Triple Threat match as the main event.
But still, Battleground? Guess, we have to wait and watch.
#2 Fight Forever
Since December 2014, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens have been at war. Not a battle, a war.
Their story fired up NXT and the storyline continued over to the main roster and PPVs. These two are still at odds, still fighting and still compelling. They had a match on Raw and Zayn scored the victory this time which led to Owens bursting into flames of anger and a brawl ensued which exceeded the realms of the ring to ringside and beyond.
These two kept fighting and maybe that is how their entire WWE career would be. That’s what they’re destined to do – fight forever. And one just can’t complain because this is still great.
#3 That’s how you book a heel
AJ Styles was out looking as smug as ever, plugging his podcast appearance and talking about his victory over Cena. He asked his brotherrs from The Club to come out and apologize for interfering last night. Cena came out to pull off this sham and said that the contract wasn’t followed. Styles mentioned he wasn’t aware that this was going to happen. Anderson and Gallows mentioned that they hadn’t signed a contract to stay away. Good point!
Styles asked Cena to choose any member of the Club except him to face tonight and he promised that it’ll be one on one. But heels don’t follow their promises, do they?
They attacked Cena anyway.
#4 Make way for the BOSS!
Paige has beaten Charlotte twice in their past two matches on Raw and it was obvious that she will be granted a title match. The match had its moments but it still did not matter much. You knew, Charlotte was going to win and she did with Brooke’s help.
But The Boss finally returned just like the way she did during The Royal Rumble- while Charlotte was busy celebrating. This time Charlotte wasn’t shocked, she smiled away until Banks unleashed her fury and in the end she made it clear that she is coming for that title.The ghost of NXT may have visited Charlotte since she looked pretty haunted by the end.
The Boss is a threat.
#5 Bray Wyatt Returns
Bray Wyatt was back with his family except for Luke Harper, who is still nursing his injury. He mentioned that he and his team are stronger than ever and in an unlikely moment, The New Day interrupted. The men behind the power of positivity wanted to wash away the power of negativity led on by the Wyatts.
In the middle of it, Xavier Woods looked quite possessed, seemingly by Wyatt who was caught smiling looking at the tag team champs. Woods was a bit haywire in this segment as if Wyatt was controlling his mind.
Well, Wyatt had a prophecy. He said that the New day will fall and that brought the segment to an abrupt end.
