{"id":27006,"date":"2016-08-01T22:28:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T03:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27006"},"modified":"2016-08-01T22:29:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T03:29:04","slug":"81-raw-news-notes-orton-crosses-sd-lesnar-returns-wwe-tv-rollins-balor-confrontation-u-s-title-match-reignss-next-feud-sasha-charlotte-jinder-mahal-returns-ptpers-explode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/01\/81-raw-news-notes-orton-crosses-sd-lesnar-returns-wwe-tv-rollins-balor-confrontation-u-s-title-match-reignss-next-feud-sasha-charlotte-jinder-mahal-returns-ptpers-explode\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/1 Raw News &#038; Notes &#8211; Orton &#8220;crosses over&#8221; from SD, Lesnar returns to WWE TV, Rollins-Balor confrontation, U.S. Title match, Reigns&#8217;s next feud, Sasha-Charlotte, Jinder Mahal returns, PTP&#8217;ers explode, D-Howard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1174537510\" 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 News &amp; Notes 8\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Randy Orton &#8220;crossed over&#8221; from the Smackdown brand to RKO Brock Lesnar out of nowhere to close Monday&#8217;s Raw. The main event segment was Paul Heyman hyping Lesnar ahead of Lesnar-Orton at Summerslam. Lesnar&#8217;s first WWE TV appearance since WrestleMania then ended with Orton coming out of the crowd to surprise Lesnar with an RKO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Seth Rollins and Finn Balor had their first WWE TV confrontation setting up their first-ever match, which takes place at Summerslam to determine the first-ever WWE Universal champion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Rusev retained the U.S. Title over Mark Henry, who WWE tried to build up as WWE&#8217;s ambassador to the Summer Olympics in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns then answered Rusev&#8217;s post-match speech about American Olympians being cheaters. Reigns knocked down Rusev with a Superman Punch to set up a new feud.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Raw opened with a Women&#8217;s Title segment involving new champion Sasha Banks, former champion Charlotte, Chris Jericho, and Enzo Amore. This led to Charlotte &amp; Jericho beat Enzo &amp; Sasha in a mixed tag match with help from Charlotte&#8217;s protege, Dana Brooke. This brought out Big Cass to get involved. Later, Jericho enlisted the services of Kevin Owens as his tag partner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jinder Mahal returned to WWE TV to initially re-form 3MB (now 2MB) with Heath Slater. However, Mahal pinned Slater in 15 seconds to earn a Raw contract. Slater is still without a home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Titus O&#8217;Neil and Darren Young rekindled their Prime Time Players run in a singles match that turned into Titus heeling on D-Young with a hook of the tights to win. 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