Monday Night RAW July 25th 2016 *Battleground SPOILERS*

Lithium93_

Thread title has a CLEAR WARNING, so if you haven't seen Battleground, AVOID this thread...

With an excellent Battleground in the books, attention now turns to SummerSlam in 4 weeks time.. And RAW starts the "New Era" minus a World Champion due to the Ambrose retaining his title and taking it to Smackdown Live..

BEAT BLUE
With the ball now in Raw’s court, what will Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and General Manager Mick Foley do for their first show of the New Era

THE NXT FACTOR
The WWE Draft saw the much-anticipated summons of Finn Bálor from WWE NXT, as well as the unexpected selection of Nia Jax, the powerhouse of the Women’s division.

TKO.
If WWE Battleground was, indeed, the last time Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens will ever fight each other, then Owens has to be feeling pretty rotten right about now.

HOUNDS WITHOUT A BONE.
There’s no chance these two are done with each other, so the only question is where “The Man” and “The Guy” will take their rivalry next

#CesaRAW
No idea what to put here, will he continue on his rants/pipebombs.. Who knows..Tune in to find out I guess...


SKY SPORTS 5 - 1 AM

Bounty Hunter

I'm really hoping that Roman embraces the heel heat and fully turns and in doing so cites how the Usos (now off on SD so he can say what he likes) were out celebrating with Ambrose to show that nobody has ever really had his back.

Also... Finn to finally debut on Monday Night Raw!

how they deal with that is really what I wanna see this show for, far more than them no doubt announcing that at Summerslam they will crown a new Raw champion.

Lithium93_

Start of a tournament tonight, new Champion crowned at Summerslam is the most likely route, who'll be in that tournament, answers on a post card..

And seeing Finn debut, that'll be one reason to check out RAW tonight.

the groutch

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Start of a tournament tonight, new Champion crowned at Summerslam is the most likely route

and in an ironic twist, Cesaro wins it


(Vince, call me)

Lithium93_

the groutch wrote: »

and in an ironic twist, Cesaro wins it


(Vince, call me)

Well if anyone's deserved of a sustained push, it'd be Cesaro, but alas Vince probably won't/definitely doesn't share the same opinion.

Agent Coulson

You'd feel sorry for Seth having to be stuck in a feud with Roman for the next few months.

Lithium93_

Pictures apparently circling around online of a new RAW set.

Lithium93_

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Pictures apparently circling around online of a new RAW set.

And they've gone back to

Red ring ropes

Small thing I've always wanted them to go back to :P

Lithium93_

Deleted User wrote: »

And they've gone back to

Red ring ropes

Small thing I've always wanted them to go back to :P

The new set looks very familiar

Hope we get a new theme song as well.

Loughc

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The new set looks very familiar

It's a reused old Summerslam set.

Lithium93_

Deleted User wrote: »

Hope we get a new theme song as well.

Read somewhere that as part of the "New Era", both shows will have new sets and new theme songs.

Loughc wrote: »

It's a reused old Summerslam set.

Thought it looked oddly familiar.

Loughc

Itssoeasy

Loughc wrote: »

Lithium93_ wrote: »

The new set looks very familiar

It's a reused old Summerslam set.

WWE Must have needed to make room in their warehouses.

Another old thing they've gone back to

Announcers table by the stage

Itssoeasy

Deleted User wrote: »

Another old thing they've gone back to

Announcers table by the stage

Ah Christ really ? Not a fan of that now.

Itssoeasy

Also why was Lillian Garcia nowhere to be seen last night ? Jojo (who was looking very well btw) and Greg Hamilton were doing the announcing honours. Has she been given the chop ?

the groutch

Deleted User wrote: »

Another old thing they've gone back to

Announcers table by the stage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFmuO6xJ36g

sky88

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Also why was Lillian Garcia nowhere to be seen last night ? Jojo (who was looking very well btw) and Greg Hamilton were doing the announcing honours. Has she been given the chop ?

Seen her on Twitter mentioning that her father was sick and was going for scans

CastorTroy

What has Cesaro been saying? Saw the one on the Draft live where he complained about being asked about Foley and Stephanie.

JP Liz V1

Is Rollins Vs. HHH still happening as rumoured, could begin tonight with Steph blaming him for losing world title match so title is on SD with Ambrose

Itssoeasy

Nice addition to the pre show in lita.

Itssoeasy

At least she is nice to look at.

Agent Coulson

Lita is looking well these days.

Lithium93_

Will Bayley be on the show tonight, or was Battleground just a one off thing.

Itssoeasy

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Will Bayley be on the show tonight, or was Battleground just a one off thing.

John bollocks layfield kept saying it was a one time deal.

Itssoeasy

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Lita is looking well these days.

Yep like a fine wine.

Lithium93_

https://twitter.com/ProWrestlingMag/status/757720618120912896

Itssoeasy

Refresh my memory lads but wasn't becky drafted ahead of nattie ? They just a recap of some of the draft picks from last weeks draft and becky wasn't there.

Jesus what a bunch of petty pricks the WWE are. I mean one of the most talented and likeable women wrestlers(I'd even say one of my liked people on the roster full stop) in the world is on your roster and ye seem to have said "nah **** it"

I mean if it has anything to do what she said at comic con. Which nothing she said wasn't true then that's even worse.

Agent Coulson

The Fat Guy.

martyos121

Bo Dallas trying to keep a straight face there was brilliant.

ricero

Jasus shocking name for a title

martyos121

WWE Universal Championship, kinda like it actually.

Mr.Nice Guy

Universal Championship?

I just threw up a little.

Lithium93_

**** name for the new title

ShaneU

Why must the theme song always be a terrible generic rock song

Me_Grapes

WWE Universal Championship?

Good jazeus no.

Agent Coulson

Awesome for Finn

Thepoet85

Is Finn on stage?

paconnors

can see a lot of people turning to smackdown

Bret Hart

Brilliant.

Agent Coulson

There is no way Finn is losing tonight.

Lithium93_

Sasha to win the women's championship

Me_Grapes

Very anti-climatic debut for Finn I thought

brianregan09

Is it too soon to dream of rollins vs balor this early

Lithium93_

ShaneU wrote: »

Why must the theme song always be a terrible generic rock song

Nothing wrong with Shinedown's Enemies, better than the old one.

ricero

paconnors wrote: »

can see a lot of people turning to smackdown

Yuup with the two hour show i think il be a smackdown only man. Il watch both up till summerslam and decide afterwards

Agent Coulson

CMLL to sue for copyright over the Universal name.

Itssoeasy

Jesus the universal title. What a dumb name for a world title.

Faugheen

Me_Grapes wrote: »

Very anti-climatic debut for Finn I thought

In reality there wasn't a whole lot they could do considering everyone knew he was going to be there tonight.

If they immediately throw the rocket on him, then it'll be incredible.

Got the loudest cheer out of the lot as well.

ShaneU

So what's the logic of Rollins not being one of the eight?