{"id":17494,"date":"2016-04-25T23:01:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T04:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2016-04-26T01:22:39","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T06:22:39","slug":"425-raw-tv-news-notes-styles-reigns-teaser-for-payback-anderson-gallows-in-ring-debut-stephanie-returns-to-tv-no-hunter-jericho-zayn-owens-wyatts-primo-epico-cena-dudleys-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/25\/425-raw-tv-news-notes-styles-reigns-teaser-for-payback-anderson-gallows-in-ring-debut-stephanie-returns-to-tv-no-hunter-jericho-zayn-owens-wyatts-primo-epico-cena-dudleys-more\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/25 Raw TV News &#038; Notes &#8211; Styles-Reigns teaser for Payback, Anderson &#038; Gallows in-ring debut, Stephanie returns to TV, no Hunter, Jericho, Zayn-Owens, Wyatts, Primo &#038; Epico, Cena, Dudleys, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-968738348\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>WWE Raw TV News &amp; Notes 4\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mid-way through the third hour of Raw, WWE ran a tribute video to Chyna (Joanie Laurer) following her death last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw closed with a teaser of whether A.J. Styles will use help from Karl Anderson &amp; Doc Gallows against WWE World Hvt. champion Roman Reigns at the Payback PPV on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Styles continued to try to keep Anderson &amp; Gallows in check throughout the show as part of their introduction on WWE TV, carrying over from the (unnamed) Bullet Club in New Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson &amp; Gallows also made their WWE TV in-ring debut, defeating The Usos in a tag match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stephanie McMahon returned to WWE TV for the first time since WrestleMania to confront Shane McMahon. This set up a situation at Payback for their dad, Mr. McMahon, to decide which one gets to run Raw going forward. Shane ran this week&#8217;s Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Triple H did not return to Raw TV with Stephanie. 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