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Tonight, on the “three-hour prequel to 205 Live” edition of the With Spandex WWE Raw open discussion thread:
Monday Night Raw emanates from Charlotte, N.C., where Charlotte Flair defends the Raw Women’s Championship in her birthplace and namesake city against Sasha Banks. Will Flair keep her crown in this Queen City showdown? Also on Raw, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson look to keep Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day from becoming the longest-reigning tandem titleholders in history. (via WWE.com)
Our five-point preview:
1. Sasha Banks will get her guaranteed rematch against Charlotte Flair for the Raw Women’s Championship. If history is any indication, Sasha will capture the title on Raw for a third time, and will then drop said title to Charlotte at Roadblock. May the circle be unbroken.
2. The Club will get their match against The New Day for the Raw Tag Team Championship. If history is any indication, The Club will get their asses stuck in a comically large bucket, then will fall down the stairs into a wading pool filled with butterscotch. The New Day will win via cheating, and they’ll build to a rematch at Roadblock, where The New Day will win. May the circle be unbroken.
3. Big Cass and Rusev are on a very slow, lumbering collision course, thanks to wang-related shenanigans. My best guess at how this ramps up: Enzo puts his dick in Rusev’s borscht, but Lana accidentally grabs it thanks to some Diner-style hijinks.
4. 205 Live debuts tomorrow night and WWE is playing up an angle of “could this be the last Raw with Brian Kendrick on top of the cruiserweight division?” Given what we know about when WWE plays up an angle, the answer is almost certainly “no.” Enjoy your two six-man cruiserweight tag matches tonight. Tony Nese will somehow end up taking the pin in both of them.
5. There’s also a Universal Championship feud of some sort going on. Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Chris Jericho remain locked in a love/hate triangle. Let’s hope the power of friendship and Canadian-ness can pull our heroes through these hard times.
Hey, so +1 your favorite comments from tonight’s open discussion thread and we’ll include 10 of the best in tomorrow’s Best and Worst of Raw report. Enjoy the show!
a paul heyman stubble meets a paul heyman tear. things just got extreme.
the tooth of foley, let it fly maannn
I’m late on this but –
Why does Ric Flair keep calling Sasha ‘Halle Berry’?
So I was at work when around 8:32 PM I suddenly had the irresistible urge to fall down to my knees crying “No! Please, God! No!!!”
Did anything horrific happen in the first segment of Raw?
Wish they had started the Women’s Revolution a couple years earlier. A.J./Paige feud could’ve been at least 1/2 this good instead of like, 1/10th.
NXT was the proving ground that this would work. AJ and Paige died (read:flailed in mediocrity), so that Charlotte, Sasha, Becky, and Bayley could live.
Charlotte and The Club need to kiss Bill Murray to get out of this cycle
Do the monitors on the announce desk even work? The way they get tossed about each week, that’s a lot of wasted money to shareholders.
-1 fiduciary duty
Actually they do, and have proven to be fairly indestructible. It’s like they’re made out of Gamecubes.
Maybe now Sasha can get an actual character besides just “confident”.
Did you know her Hero is Eddie Guerrero?
Has jewelry on her fingers that say “Boss”
Don’t forget athletic.
How about “happy to be here”?
These women must wear some super extra strength pantyhose that they didn’t get a single tear in this match.
I can’t wait for WWE to trademark the term “Hometown Loser”
Good for Sasha, but that’s Reigns levels of a bunch of championship runs in such a short amount of time
Damn, Sasha stole Charlotte’s title, her dad…hell later tonight she’s probably gonna take her husband too just for extra measure.
Luckiest husband ever
Damn, Ric Flair really is a bandwagon jumper.
Great match but in ready for this feud to end.
Welp sorry to break it to ya man, but ummm….. Charlotte’s winning it back at Roadblock.
This is the first time Ric Flair has stood tall after seeing a Bank Statement.
I’m late but +1
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+4 divorces
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+1 -$150,000
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“I love you Hunter”
“…I’m Sasha.”
“I know what I said”
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Don’t trust him Sasha… Check under the ring for Arn!!
Really again?
oh no, Ric Flair’s cashing in his Money in the Bank on Sasha.
Whoops looks like I owe someone a Coke.
Can’t give that a +1, as the punchline relies on the crazy notion that Ric actually saved money at some point.
Pffft, yeah right, like Ric has any money in the bank
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I was wrong. I’m pretty happy about that, but now I have to wonder how long before we have a PPV and she loses it back. >_<
That was the final Banks Statement for Charlotte…her account is closed.
She’s a Flair. None of them have enough money to need an account.
How can this show be 2.5 hours of shit and then have an awesome main event?
Welcome to every raw for the past 5 years.
So Charlotte wins the title back at Roadblock?
Charlotte forgot that Sasha gets a +100 stat boost on championship matches on Raw
Yep
don’t tug on superman’s cape, don’t piss in the wind, don’t defend the women’s title against Sasha Banks on Monday Night Raw.
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Charlotte Flair is let down? Looks like Sasha really did dedicate the match to Ric
Ok, that was a good and interesting spot. They probably came up with the spot then built the match around it.
ULTIMATE BANKSU STATEMENT!!!
She even sold a Kendo Stick my kicking the kendo stick.
Anyone else notice how Charlotte “sells” Sahsa’s offense by kicking her in the chest, kind of, every time?
I like how Charlotte just moonsaults wherever and depends on Sasha to figure out and get to where she needs to be to catch her. One gets the pop, the other actually keeps her safe.
The super double knees looked really good.
Byron: Sasha & Charlotte bring the best out of each other!….which is why we are promoting this match as the end of the rivalry!
If Sasha wins, I’ll be seriously pissed. Let it end.
Welp..
Sorry for snark, they put on great matches pf course. I just want to see new things in the division.
luckiest fan
That’s not as high as the top turn buckle.
The first moonsault from the announce table since we moved to the ramp belongs to Charlotte!
Just in case you haven’t heard, Michael Cole would like you to know that this match is falls count anywhere, no disqualifications, and no count outs.
Ooo, is this the first time they’re doing an announce table spot with this new set up?
Are Charlotte and Sasha going to literally do the First everything ever on Raw?
Took Sasha long enough to grab the Shinai again.
I’m just waiting on Dana Brooke to show up in a Kalisto mask
@LUNI_TUNZ +1
You mean Kalisto to show up in a Dana Brooke mask.
Kendo Stick to the lady parts. Ouch.
Charlotte getting some Tommy Dreamer hugs.
Damn, whipping her like an old Carolina slave right there.
*Books no dq, falls count anywhere match*
*Wrestles entire match in the ring within the rules*
DAMMIT! BUBBLE WRAP TEAM DO YOUR JOB!
up in the city, slap a titty
Boss and the Queen getting dirty and gritty
Raw is evidently in rerun season. So much so thry5 are rerunning the same match in the same episode.
Charlotte beats Sasha again. Then Mick puts them in a best of 7 series that will end in a double count out. Charlotte and Sasha are then forced to be a tag team and compete for the new women’s tag championships.
I’d give the break away suit to Sasha, Charlotte already has the brogue kick down pat enough to be fem-sheamus
Only if one of them can tear a suit off every time they enter
now that’s a bar brawl I can look forward too