{"id":27919,"date":"2016-08-01T22:21:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T03:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27919"},"modified":"2016-08-01T22:21:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T03:21:17","slug":"raw-news-item-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/01\/raw-news-item-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Raw Update &#8211; Brock Lesnar returns to WWE TV, gets a surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2138976507\" 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>Brock Lesnar returned to WWE TV for the first time since WrestleMania Monday night on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>The result was taking an RKO &#8220;outta nowhere&#8221; from Randy Orton, who &#8220;crossed over&#8221; the brand split lines.<\/p>\n<p>The set-up was Paul Heyman lulling the crowd to sleep with a promo hyping Lesnar vs. Orton at Summerslam three hours into Raw TV.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, Orton hit the ring and RKO&#8217;ed Lesnar, popping the crowd. Referees, security, and Raw authority figures then stormed out to protest Orton&#8217;s appearance on Raw from the Smackdown brand.<\/p>\n<p>Raw went off the air with back-and-forth shots of Orton posing with excited crowd members\u00a0far away from Raw&#8217;s authority figures and Lesnar recovering in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>During Heyman&#8217;s promo, there were no references to Lesnar&#8217;s drug-testing violations following his UFC return fight. 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