• [WR] (VIDEOS): Two For Free. Heres What Happened During The Monday Nigh

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    (VIDEOS): Two For Free. Heres What Happened During The Monday Night Raw Commercial Breaks.

    Posted: 17 Jun 2019 11:53 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/videos-two-free-heres-happened-monday-night-raw-commercial-breaks/


    There’s more to it than what is on camera. Monday Night Raw is already a long show when you watch at home, with three hours to fill in the entire evening. However, there is another side of the show that you only get
    inside the arena. WWE still presents a few things during the night for the live crowd, but in recent weeks they have been starting to air things that
    only take place for the crowd.

    First up, a song! Check out Elias playing for the crowd during a break:
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    WWE has released a pair of videos to its YouTube page showing segments that took place during commercial breaks. These two segments include R-Truth running away to save the 24/7 Title and Elias attempting to serenade the
    fans with another song. Both things also took place during the Monday
    Night Raw broadcast, though neither had the greatest level of success.

    The chase never ends. Check out R-Truth running away again:
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    Opinion: These are the kind of things you can get to see for the sake of
    being a completionist and there’s nothing wrong with that. There are a lot of things going on with the show and while they might not be the most interesting things in the world, it’s cool to get to see things that happen during the show between some of the hotter stars. If nothing else, R-Truth
    is one of the funniest people around so seeing his antics is always a treat.

    Which of these is better? Which of the two should get more television
    time? Let us know in the comments below.

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
    over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
    wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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    REVIEW: Night Of Champions 2013: The Show After The Angle

    Posted: 17 Jun 2019 11:46 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/review-night-champions-2013-show-angle/


    Welcome to KB’s Old School (and New School) Reviews. I’ve been reviewing wrestling shows for over ten years now and have reviewed over 5,000 shows. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I’ll be posting a new review here on Wrestlingrumors.net, starting today. It could be anything from modern WWE
    to old school to indies to anything in between. Note that I rate using
    letters instead of stars and I don’t rate matches under three minutes as really, how good or bad can something that short be?
    Night of Champions 2013

    Date: September 15, 2013

    Location: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan

    Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Jerry Lawler
    This is the first PPV after the big summer angle with the rise of the new Corporation. Our main event tonight is Randy Orton defending his title
    against Daniel Bryan in Bryans first one on one shot against the new
    champion. The other main event is CM Punk vs. Paul Heyman/Curtis Axel in an elimination tag for Punks chance to get his hands on Heyman. Lets get to it. Pre-Show: Tag Team Turmoil
    This is a tag team gauntlet match with the winning team earning a tag title shot at Seth Rollins/Roman Reigns later in the show. There are five teams
    in total with two teams starting. The winners of the first match move on to face the next team, last team standing wins. Its 3MB vs. Tons of Funk
    (minus the Funkadactyls) to get us going.
    Brodus starts with Heath (teaming with McIntyre here) and quickly crushes Slater in the corner. Off to Tensai who follows Slater to the floor. Drew
    busts out a flip dive over the top of all things to take over for a bit.
    Back in and Tensai gets two off a sunset flip but Drew pounds away in the corner, only to get rolled up for the pin by Tensai at 2:40.
    The Real Americans are in next but 3MB sticks around to beat on Tensai.
    Cesaro shouts WE THE PEOPLE and its time for a commercial on the pre-show.
    Back with Cesaro still shouting WE THE PEOPLE before Tensai counters a
    suplex to take him down. Hot tag brings in Brodus to clean house with his headbutt to the chest and a splash in the corner but Swagger breaks up the cover off the middle rope splash. Swagger makes a blind tag and puts a
    covering Brodus into the Patriot Lock for the submission at 5:16 total.
    Its the Usos in fourth, meaning the Prime Time Players are last. They
    charge in to the ring with Jey hitting a big flip dive over the top to take
    out Swagger and a slingshot moonsault connects on Cesaro. Swagger comes in legally with a belly to belly suplex on Jey before we hit the armbar. Back
    to Cesaro for some choking and we take ANOTHER break. Do we really need commercials during a big commercial?
    After seeing the same explanation of how to order the show that we got in
    the first commercial break, were back with Cesaro being knocked off the
    apron but Swagger avoids the Superfly Splash and the Patriot Lock submits
    Jey at 10:00. Its the Prime Time Players in last with Titus cleaning house
    on Swagger. A fall away slam puts Jack down but he takes Titus leg out,
    only to have Darren Young break up another Patriot Lock. The hot tag brings
    in Young but he gets caught in the Patriot Lock as well. Young rolls
    through and the Gut Check gives the Players the title shot at 11:55 total. Cesaro was gone for the last fall.
    Rating: D+. These matches are fun in theory but Ive never cared for them
    for the most part. At the end of the day, it doesnt work to see these falls
    go down in just a few minutes. Theres no time to get any story going and
    one of the last two teams in line always wins the thing. Nothing special
    here and I think everyone knew the Players were winning here.
    Heres the full match for free:
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    The opening video is about what defines a champion with clips of men like Sammartino, Hogan, Michaels and Austin. It transitions into the usual PPV opening video focusing on the main events.
    Heres HHH to open the show. He thanks us for joining him in whats best for business and says hes listening to the audience. There wont be any
    interference in the main event from anyone, including Shield, Big Show or anyone else. HHH asks us if were ready for Night of Champions which brings
    out Heyman (in a suit) and Curtis Axel.
    Heyman says hes tried everything to get a message to HHH but this is the
    best he can do. HHH asks Heyman when he last slept or showered and Paul
    snaps that hes stressed out. Heyman complains about the position hes been
    put in as were ten minutes into the show and this is what were getting. He explains the entire story of Punk vs. Heyman/Lesnar as well as the match
    weve got tonight in case you bought all the PPVs available tonight and
    arent sure what you want to watch.
    Apparently the handicap match is No DQ which must have been announced on
    the pre-show. HHH says Heyman shouldnt be worried if he trusts Curtis Axel
    as much as he claims to. The match stays on so now Axel gets to beg for his boss life. He brings up beating HHH in a match as the fans chant BORING.
    HHH says this is Night of Champions so HHH is going to go to the back and
    the first person he finds gets an IC Title shot.
    Intercontinental Title: Curtis Axel vs. Kofi Kingston
    Well this is a letdown. Kofi takes him down by the wrist and sends Axel to
    the floor. Back in and Curtis avoids the double leapfrog and bails to the
    floor again because the seventeen minutes of stalling to open the show
    werent enough. Kofi kicks him on the way back in and Axel is on the floor
    for the third time in three minutes. Back in again and a dropkick gets two
    on the champion so Axel goes outside AGAIN. Kingston gets tired of waiting
    and goes outside but gets sent into the steps. Kofi stops himself and jumps
    to the apron and then the top for a spinning cross body to the floor.
    Back inside again and Axel gets in a cheap shot to take over. Kofi is tied
    up in the Tree of Woe for a spear to the ribs and the snap Saito Suplex is
    good for two. We hit the neck crank followed by a clothesline for two for
    the champion. A quick slam gets two on Kofi as this boring match continues. Back to the chinlock for a bit before Kofi tries to spin around a
    clothesline but cant quite pull it off as crisply as he wanted to. A DDT
    gets two on Axel and Kofis spinning cross body off the top gets the same. Theres the Boom Drop but Trouble in Paradise misses. Axel drives Kofi into
    the corner but walks into a pendulum kick. Kofi goes up, only to dive into
    a dropkick to the chest for two. Kingston escapes another Saito Suplex and
    a side roll gets two. The SOS is countered and Trouble in Paradise is
    ducked but Kofi counters Curtis neckbreaker into the SOS for..something as
    the camera is on Heyman at what could have been the three count. Its only
    two so Kofi goes to the corner, only to wind up on Axels shoulders and
    dropped on the top rope. The neckbreaker into the cutter are good enough to retain Curtis title at 14:05.
    Rating: C. When civilization has come to an end and the human race is gone, Kofi Kingston will still be in the Intercontinental Title hunt. The match
    wasnt terrible and it got WAY better at the end, but the first five minutes
    of this match were way too boring. Also whats the idea of having Axel in a nearly fifteen minute match before he was a big underdog in the match
    later? Methinks something is up.
    Chris Jericho is named the best IC Champion ever with 63% of the vote over
    Mr. Perfect, Pat Patterson, Rick Rude and Honky Tonk Man. Those are your
    only options.
    Ricardo teaches Van Dam how to say his finishing moves in Spanish. Also Del
    Rio has no testicular fortitude and the universal term for World
    Heavyweight Champion is RVD.
    AJs new friends (Aksana/Alicia/Layla) want nothing to do with her for the
    title match. AJ says theyre nothing without her, which makes me think
    theyre actually pushing the Total Divas as the good ones in this.
    Trish Stratus dominates Michelle McCool, Wendi Richter, Lita and Fabulous Moolah to be named best Divas/Womens Champion ever.
    We get the entire promo that set up AJ vs. the Total Divas and the Total
    Divas beating AJ up.
    Divas Title: Natalya vs. Brie Bella vs. AJ Lee vs. Naomi
    Big face reaction for AJ despite the lack of clarity in whom were supposed
    to cheer for. AJ gets chased to the floor and sent into the barricade
    before. The challengers all kick AJ to the floor before the Total Divas
    break down. The crowd goes SILENT when AJ isnt in there. Brie cleans house
    but walks into a dropkick from Naomi. Those two take each other out an AJ
    grabs a rollup on Natalya for two. The Rear View gets two on Natalya and
    Brie loads up a superplex on Naomi.
    Natalya makes the save but has to duck a high cross body from Naomi. AJ
    sends Naomi to the floor but Naomi pops back up onto the apron to totally
    miss a high kick to Brie. Natalya baseball slides AJ to the floor and
    suplexes Brie down for no cover. Brie breaks up a Sharpshooter on Naomi so Natalya slams her down onto Naomi. Why the referee doesnt count Naomi while Brie is on top of her isnt clear. Natalya puts both of them in a
    Sharpshooter which I believe she did to Laycool before but AJ makes the
    save. Theres the Black Widow on Natalya for the submission to retain AJs
    title at 5:45.
    Rating: D. This is in no way related to AJ because she did everything she
    could out there. These other girls SUCK and no one cares about them. Theres nothing else to it than that. Theyre getting this push because theyre
    horrible to each other on a reality show and thats supposed to make them interesting wrestlers. Yeah Natalya can go in the ring and Naomi is
    athletic, but that doesnt mean anyone cares about them. Im being very
    generous with the rating actually. It was that bad.
    We go to the All-Star panel of Alex Riley, Booker T and Santino Marella.
    World Heavyweight Title: Rob Van Dam vs. Alberto Del Rio
    Alberto is defending, Rob is the hometown boy (close enough) and Ricardo is here after being banned from ringside on Smackdown. Del Rio quickly takes
    him down but Rob comes right back with a kick to the face. A loud spinwheel kick in the corner has the champion staggered and a monkey flip gets two.
    Del Rio hits a dropkick of all things but misses a charge and falls to the floor. A slingshot moonsault puts Alberto down and Rob drapes him across
    the barricade for the spin kick to the back.
    Del Rio blocks a suplex back in and brings Rob to the apron before knocking
    him out to the floor. The champions suicide dive takes Van Dam down and Del
    Rio sends him into the barricade. We hit the chinlock before Rob rolls him
    up for two. A snap suplex puts Rob right back down and Del Rio does the
    finger point. Del Rio kicks him in the back of the head for two and its
    back to the chinlock. An enziguri sends Del Rio to the floor but Alberto
    misses a dive and crashes on the outside.
    Back in and a kick to the face gets two for Rob and the middle rope thrust
    kick gets the same. A top rope kick to the face sets up Rolling Thunder but Alberto rolls away and hits the Backstabber for two. Rob breaks up the
    reverse superplex and the cannonball off the top gets two. They slug it out with Del Rio getting two off a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Rob kicks his way
    out of the armbreaker and gets two off a rollup.
    The split legged moonsault gets the same but Alberto comes back with a Codebreaker on the arm. Del Rios low superkick gets two but Rob kicks him
    off the ropes. The Five Star hits knees and theres the armbreaker but Rob
    gets to a rope.and Del Rio holds on through the five count for the DQ at
    14:28.
    Rating: C+. The match was fine but the ending crippled anything it could
    have been. Alberto just isnt interesting as a champion whatsoever but hes
    been in every PPV Smackdown Title match this year. I dont know who were
    waiting on to take the title from him but this wasnt the right ending for
    this match.
    Post match Rob hits a Van Terminator to wake the crowd up.
    Axel is confident while Heyman panics even more. Weve covered this for
    weeks now.
    Booker T beats out Flair, Edge, Batista and Undertaker as greatest World Champion ever. WHAT?
    Orton wants to know what HHH is thinking. HHH says hes just making sure he picked the right face of the WWE.
    The Miz vs. Fandango
    Heres the filler match we all knew was coming. Fandango dances around to
    start and drives some elbows into Mizs neck. Miz comes back but cant hit
    the Reality Check or put on the Figure Four, allowing Fandango to send him
    to the apron. Back in and Miz hits the corner clothesline but a Summer Rae distraction lets Fandango take over again. We hit a chinlock with a bodyscissors as a Summer Rae chant starts up.
    The announcers are talking about baseball as Miz sends Fandango to the
    floor, only to jump into a kick to the ribs. Now its a Randy Savage chant
    as the fans just do not care about this match. Miz fights up and goes after
    the leg before hitting the short DDT for two. Now the fans want tables. Fandango suplexes him down for two and ties Miz up in the ropes for a guillotine legdrop for two. The real guillotine legdrop misses and Miz gets
    two as the crowd groans. Thankfully the Figure Four ends Fandango at 8:00. Rating: D. This show is sinking like a stone. The fans didnt care about
    this at all and theres no reason for them to. Its a feud about Miz
    interrupting Fandangos dancing and thats about it. Why would I want to see
    that on a show Im paying to see? Also its a bad idea after such a dull show
    so far.
    WWE loves the National Guard.
    We recap Punk vs. Heyman/Axel. Punk asked Heyman to stop coming to the ring with him so Heyman screwed him over at MITB. Punk swore revenge so Heyman brought Lesnar back to beat Punk up with Brock getting the pin at
    Summerslam. Now its Heyman/Axel vs. Punk in an elimination match so Punk
    can get his hands on Heyman.
    Paul Heyman/Curtis Axel vs. CM Punk
    No DQ and its under elimination rules. Heyman of course hides on the floor
    as the other guys swing kendo sticks at each other. Axel gets in a shot but Punk comes back with a series of his own to take over. Curtis gets knocked
    down and Punk dives through the ropes to get at Heyman. Paul is taken into
    the ring and put in a chinlock before Punk picks up the stick. CM takes too long though and a low blow drops Punk. Curtis pounds away and gets in some stick shots to the back.
    The beating continues as Heyman does Brocks bounce on the floor. The fans
    still want tables but they get chops and forearms from Punk instead. Axel
    hits a clothesline to the back of the head for two and its table time,
    making Curtis the most over guy in the arena for a split second. The table
    is set up in the corner but Punk blocks a suplex through the table, only to have Axel do the same. Axel takes Punk down again and we hit another
    chinlock.
    Punk fights up and sends Curtis into a chair in the corner, knocking Axel
    to the floor. Back in and Punk hits his swinging neckbreaker and the knee
    into the corner. Axel rolls away before the Macho Elbow and gets in a chair shot for two. The lone boring chant is blocked out by a Punk chant as Axel
    gets two off a neckbreaker of his own. Heyman shouts that Axel is better
    than Punk as Curtis strolls around the ring. More kendo stick shots to
    Punks back get two but Punk counters the neckbreaker into the cutter into
    the GTS. The Anaconda Vice gets the tap out at 10:40 to get us down to Punk
    vs. Heyman.
    Punk wisely keeps the hold on to knock Axel out even more before going
    after Heyman. Heyman slowly walks around the ring before running up the
    ramp, only to go into the crowd and back to ringside. Punk catches him in
    the ring and pulls on Heymans ears and nose. Punk gets the stick but Heyman hugs him. The smile on Punks face is rather creepy as he canes Heyman down. Heyman: “OH THAT HURTS!” Punk pounds away before calling for the GTS. Hes not ready yet though as he pulls out the handcuffs from his boot, just like Heyman used on him for the big beating a few weeks ago.
    Heyman tries to tap out but the fans think this is awesome. Heyman begs for mercy, making it even better. Punk hits him very slowly with the stick and
    says to remember that it was him doing this to Paul. Heyman tries to tap
    with his foot so Punk promises to break Pauls face. Cue Ryback to drive
    Punk through the table, slicing Punks back open in a scary looking visual. Heyman is placed on top for the pin at 1 5:56.
    Rating: B-. This was exactly what it was supposed to be: Punk getting some revenge, only to have Heyman debut his new guy to give Punk a real
    challenge next month at Battleground. At the end of the day, Axel just isnt competition for CM Punk and everyone knew it. Ryback isnt a huge star, but
    hes a much bigger deal than Axel and gives Punk a much better challenge.
    Good choice here and the perfect booking.
    Punk refuses medical attention for his back.
    More expert panel stuff.
    US Title: Dolph Ziggler vs. Dean Ambrose
    Ziggy beat Ambrose via DQ on Friday to get this shot. Feeling out process
    with Ziggler trying to speed things up, only to have Dean grab the rope. Ziggler gets two off a dropkick and there are the ten elbow drops. They
    tumble out to the floor and Dean takes over before heading back inside for
    a knee in the back and some face rubbing into the mat. We hit a reverse chinlock followed by a regular chinlock until Ziggler fights up and gets
    two off a sunset flip.
    They trade rollups for two each and Ziggy goes to the middle rope, only to
    be knocked down so Dean can slowly rake his back. A superplex gets two for
    the champion so Dean flips over the top and goes up but Ziggler catches him
    in a top rope X Factor for two. Ambroses full nelson is countered into a
    rollup for two and Dean goes to the corner.
    A Stinger Splash and ten punches set up a clothesline for two on Ambrose
    and its off to the sleeper. Dean easily suplexes his way to freedom and a
    near fall but gets caught in the Fameasser for a close two. Deans bulldog driver is countered into a rollup for two but the second attempt is good
    for the pin to retain the title at 9:54.
    Rating: C+. I liked this one more than I thought I would. This is the kind
    of match the show needed: a fast paced, back and forth match with both guys looking good. A clean win over a former world champion is nothing but good
    for Dean and the match was a nice pickup as well. Good stuff here.
    Sting is named best US Champion ever over Bobo Brazil, Harley Race, Sgt. Slaughter and Ricky Steamboat.
    Tag Titles: Prime Time Players vs. Shield
    Its Rollins/Reigns defending as the Players won tag team turmoil on the pre-show. Rollins and Titus start in a nice power vs. speed matchup. Seth
    cant throw Titus around and has his cross body caught, only for ONeil to
    throw him down like its nothing. Off to Young with a headlock on the mat followed by some shoulder blocks and a clothesline for two. Roman gets the
    tag and blocks an OConnor Roll before being sent to the outside.
    A big elbow gets two for Young and its back to Titus to pound on Rollins
    some more. All Players so far as Titus blows the whistle, allowing Rollins
    to bail to the floor. Darren follows Seth to the floor, allowing Shield to
    take over as they come back inside. Its Reigns working over Darren before throwing him back to the outside.
    Back in and Seth hooks a chinlock on Young before slapping him around a
    bit. Young comes back with a quick belly to belly but Reigns blocks the hot tag. Darren sends him into the corner and backdrops Seth down, allowing for
    the hot tag to Titus. ONeil starts cleaning house and hits the release fall away slam on Rollins. Clash of the Titus gets two as Reigns makes the
    trademark Shield save. Young and Roman go to the floor but Reigns jumps
    back in for the spear on Titus, giving Seth the retaining pin at 7:30.
    Rating: C. This was fine all things considered. The Players werent going to
    get the belts and everyone knew it, but its nice to see a fresh team in the title scene. Its not like those two getting a title shot is a stretch or anything so I cant imagine a ton of complaints about Young being pushed. Nothing special here but it was fine.
    We look at Heyman vs. Punk some more.
    DX is named the greatest tag team of all time over the Wild Samoans, the Bulldogs, the LOD and the Harts. Thats so laughable Im not even going to
    bother making fun of it.
    We recap the main event. Bryan won the title from John Cena at Summerslam before being screwed over by HHH and Randy Orton, bringing in the new Corporation with Orton being named best for business. Bryan was then beaten down for weeks on end as he waited for his one on one rematch with Orton
    here tonight. No one has been allowed to help Bryan for fear of losing
    their jobs. Cody Rhodes questioned things and lost his job in a match
    against Orton.
    Hulk Hogan dominates Cena, Punk, HHH and Austin as Best WWE Champion ever.
    All of the polls were landslides.
    WWE Championship: Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan
    HHH has guaranteed no interference but there are no special rules. BIG pop
    for Bryan as expected. Feeling out process to start with Bryan taking the
    arm for early control. Orton takes him down with a shoulder but Bryan fires
    off a knee to the ribs to take over. Bryan unleashes the kicks but Orton
    comes right back with a clothesline. Randy takes too much time posing and
    Bryan comes back with right hands, only to be clotheslined down again for
    two.
    We hit the chinlock for a bit before Orton fights up and pounds away at
    Ortons head with some good aggression. Randy comes back with a knee to the
    ribs and the slow circle stomp Theyre doing the slow build here for the big finishing sequence. Orton rains down right hands in the corner with the
    fans chanting NO on each one in a nice touch. Bryan fights back with the running clothesline and the kicks in the corner as Orton is suddenly
    reeling. The headbutt connects to send Orton to the floor for the FLYING
    GOAT.
    Back in and the missile dropkick sends Orton to the floor again, setting up
    a second FLYING GOAT! Back in again but Orton bails to the other side of
    the ring but Bryans third FLYING GOAT meets a forearm. Orton hits the
    Elevated DDT on the floor but Bryan slides back in at nine for a nice false finish. Orton does the finger point and loads up the RKO, only to have
    Bryan escape but knock the referee to the floor.
    Bryan cant get the YES Lock but theres a second referee in now. Ortons powerslam gets two but the Elevated DDT is countered into the YES Lock in
    the middle of the ring. Bryan is CRANKING on it too with the arm looking
    like a pretzel. Orton very slowly crawls over and finally makes the rope in another nice false finish. There are more kicks in the corner but the
    running dropkick misses. The first referee is still on the floor which
    makes me very nervous of a double fall.
    Orton puts Bryan on the corner but Bryan slips through the legs and
    crotches the champion. Orton is put down into the Tree of Woe for more
    kicks to the ribs and now the running dropkick connects. Bryan loads up a
    belly to back superplex but Orton knocks him down, only to have Daniel pop
    up with a forearm to a seated champion. Now Bryans superplex connects but
    Bryan hangs on by the legs.
    A LONG flying headbutt hits Orton but Randy is out at two. The original
    referee is back in now which isnt something you see that often. Bryan
    unleashes more kicks but Orton catchs the big one into the high collar
    suplex to put both guys down. Orton cant get a backslide so Bryan hits the
    big kick to the head and the running knee gets the pin and the title 17:49. Rating: B+. This took awhile to get going but once they got on a roll they didnt stop. That running knee has become a devastating finisher and it
    worked very well here again. Im sure there will be more shenanigans in the future but the match tonight was very good. Solid stuff here and I cant say
    Im upset that Bryan won. Good stuff here, as you would expect.
    The champ is here:
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    Bryan celebrates to end the show.
    Overall Rating: D+. The last couple of matches saved this from being one of
    the least interesting shows Ive ever seen. Its still not a good show but it
    set up Battleground well enough. Thats the problem with having three PPVs
    in seven weeks: theres not enough time to build anything up. Nothing really happened tonight and it felt like a big episode of Raw. Ive seen worse but
    this was a huge drop after Summerslam.

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
    over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since
    2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28
    wrestling books. His latest book is the History Of In Your House.

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    (VIDEO): A Light In The Dark (Match): Title Match Takes Place After Monday Night Raw Goes Off The Air.

    Posted: 17 Jun 2019 11:35 PM PDT https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/video-light-dark-match-title-match-takes-place-monday-night-raw-goes-off-air/


    Send them home happy. Monday Night Raw is a rather long show with three straight hours of wrestling to keep the fans entertained. This comes after
    a Main Event taping and various videos playing throughout the middle of the show don’t make the evening feel any shorter. After the show was over,
    there was one more match to go, featuring one of the company’s top stars.

    After this week’s Monday Night Raw went off the air, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch successfully defended her title against Lacey Evans in a street fight. Lynch defeated Evans with the Disarm-Her. Both of them appeared
    during the show with Lynch hitting a Bexploder suplex on Evans to leave her laying. Lynch will defend the title against Evans at the upcoming Stomping Grounds pay per view.

    These two work well together. Check out the end of the match:

    Opinion: This is the kind of thing that serves as a good closing for the
    show. Lynch is one of the most popular names in the company at the moment
    and it makes sense to have her out there to send the fans home happy. Her
    feud with Evans has gone well so far and their title match on Sunday sounds interesting. If they do better than they did before, things should go
    rather well.

    Are you interested in the feud? Who leaves Stomping Grounds as champion?
    Let us know in the comments below.

    Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen
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    Not Even A Cameo. Legendary Name Backstage At Monday Night Raw.

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    It’s a shame he didn’t show up. The last few months have not been kind to Monday Night Raw. The recent shows have not been well received and while
    there are several problems, one of the biggest issues has been the lack of
    star power. WWE has had problems creating new top names, though they
    certainly have a long backlog of them. One of the biggest of all time was backstage at this week’s show.

    According to PWInsider.com by way of 411mania.com, John Cena was backstage
    at this week’s Monday Night Raw, though he did not appear on the show or before the live crowd. There is no word on why Cena was at the show,
    though he could have just been visiting as the show was taking place in Los Angeles. Cena’s most recent appearance for the company was at WrestleMania 35 when he appeared and attacked Elias.

    Cena still has it. Check out his appearance at this year’s WrestleMania 35: [This post contains video, click to play]


    Opinion: Cena is one of the biggest stars in WWE history and while I would
    have liked to see him on Monday Night Raw this week, it makes sense to not
    put him on the show with no hype and nothing to do. I don’t know how many

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