{"id":17991,"date":"2016-05-02T21:47:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T02:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17991"},"modified":"2016-05-03T03:06:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:06:08","slug":"may2rawnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/02\/may2rawnews\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/2 Raw News &#8211; Reigns-Styles PPV build, Shane\/Steph, U.S. Title #1 contender battle royal, Ryback missing from battle royal, Titus O&#8217;Neil returns, Jericho-Ambrose, IC Title feud, Enzo Amore follow-up, SD Highlight Reel, ESPNews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4120902864\" 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 5\/2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw ended with WWE World Hvt. champion Roman Reigns and A.J. Styles brawling to set up their WWE Title re-match at Extreme Rules.<\/p>\n<p>After a main event six-man tag match, Styles turned down peer pressure from Karl Anderson &amp; Luke Gallows to blast Reigns with a chair. The Usos then blasted Styles, who returned fire. Reigns saw the return fire and went off on Styles, finishing him with a powerbomb through the announce table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw centered on Stephanie and Shane McMahon running Raw together, with Stephanie playing a nice person trying to get along with Shane. Shane only appeared in the opening segment, while Steph appeared throughout the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Rusev won a #1 contender match to the U.S. Title to get the next title shot against Kalisto.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger story was Ryback not being part of the match. Ryback was included in a pre-show graphic advertising the battle royal participants, but he was not in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the battle royal,\u00a0Titus O&#8217;Neil returned to in-ring action following his suspension. Titus was given a standalone ring introduction, but not factor in the battle royal outcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose continued their feud from Payback. After Stephanie McMahon canceled the Ambrose Asylum, Stephanie brought back Jericho&#8217;s Highlight Reel. A brawl broke out with Jericho getting the upper hand after losing to Ambrose\u00a0at Payback.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1008652324\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; WWE set up a likely four-way Intercontinental Title scenario. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens in a #1 contender match was cut off by IC champion The Miz. Sami Zayn then got involved and closed the segment holding the IC Title belt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; With Enzo Amore sidelined with a concussion, Big Cass was given a singles spotlight. 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