{"id":30990,"date":"2016-09-05T23:44:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T04:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=30990"},"modified":"2016-09-06T02:07:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T07:07:18","slug":"mcneill-tweets-95-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/09\/05\/mcneill-tweets-95-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"MCNEILL Tweets 9\/5 Raw &#8211; Labor Day, new t-shirts, Lethal Weapon, more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4152258708\" 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>By Pat McNeill, PWTorch columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/RealPatMcNeill\" target=\"_blank\">@RealPatMcNeill<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last Monday on Raw, WWE broke Twitter. Fortunately, there&#8217;s no danger of that happening tonight in Kansas City.\u00a0Cole: What the hell is Triple H doing here? Me: Looks like he&#8217;s doing a Pedigree, Michael.<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Stephanie McMahon announces that Raw needs to over-deliver tonight. On Kevin Owens&#8217;s celebration. Had you for a moment, right?<\/p>\n<p>Mick Foley says Triple H hasn&#8217;t returned his calls or texts all week. Stephanie doesn&#8217;t ask how this is different any other week.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie tells Mick Foley she was taken by surprise, and she has no idea what happened to those missing cell&#8230;Oops. Wrong rant. We kick off Raw proper with Stephanie introducing KO and&#8230;where are the Clinton-sized red, white, and blue balloons? I&#8217;m disappointed. Is it wrong that I was hoping Owens would have a Maple Leaf spinner belt? If so, I don&#8217;t want to be right.<\/p>\n<p>Owens says the celebration is exactly what he wanted. Except next week he wants a double order of poutine fries in his dressing room. The Kevin Owens Show (starring Kevin Owens) is interrupted by multi-time WWE champion Seth Rollins. Seth gets cheered. He&#8217;s a heel.<\/p>\n<p>Owens called Seth Rollins &#8220;The Architect of Failure.&#8221; Gotta tell you, that&#8217;s gonna look great on a t-shirt. Foley tells Steph we don&#8217;t hand out suspensions on Raw for temper tantrums. Or failing to stand for the anthem. Or UFC PED violations&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Edge &amp; Lana (a Canadian and a Russian) want you to know that America doesn&#8217;t negotiate with terrorists.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1202092785\" 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>So, we have Owens vs. Zayn (non-title), Rollins vs. Jericho, and Charlotte vs. Bayley (non-title). I can live with that if you can.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte vs. Bayley. Yes, Bayley is still over. (She hasn&#8217;t been on Raw long enough for that to change.) Apparently Sasha Banks plans to be at Raw tonight, and she has &#8220;bad news.&#8221;\u00a0She&#8217;s bringing Wade Barrett with her? Awesome.<br \/>\nDana Brooke is taking notes at ringside. &#8220;Perform head scissors figure-four. Grow longer legs so I can perform head scissors figure-four\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking development, there was some sort of miscommunication between Charlotte and Dana Brooke. My takeaway from the philanthropic Connor&#8217;s Cure video package? Connor&#8217;s Cure has a better-looking championship title than Raw does.<\/p>\n<p>How can you possibly ruin the classic movie &#8220;Lethal Weapon?&#8221; Tune in to FOX on September 21st and find out.<\/p>\n<p>Bo Dallas is on his way to the ring to, um, make Bo Dallas great again. (Yeah, I got nothing here. Much like the Creative team.) Bo Dallas has a squash match. What happened here? Did Braun Strowman suffer a groin pull?<\/p>\n<p>Backstage, Kevin Owens has a conversation with Chris Jericho&#8217;s scarf (accompanied by Chris Jericho).<\/p>\n<p>Forget the football. Seth Rollins vs. Chris Jericho to kick off the second hour of Raw. BREAKING NEWS: A babyface wrestler is actually being cheered on Raw. Which reminds me. Somebody has been conspicuously absent so far&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to join the #Raw conversation during this match on social media by using the hashtag #WrestlingYay!<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2006700025\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been taking notes. Rollins wrestling as a fan favorite looks an awful lot like Rollins wrestling as a rulebreaker.<\/p>\n<p>Later tonight, it&#8217;s Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn. I&#8217;m guessing the actual main event segment involves a McMahon or two.<\/p>\n<p>Good grief, they&#8217;ve completely ripped off the James Bond open for Cesaro. I&#8217;m expecting a cease and desist letter from MI-6.<\/p>\n<p>Match 4 of Cesaro vs. Sheamus takes place on a non-televised show Wednesday in London. Yeah, I hate when the NBA does that, too.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Enzo &amp; Big Cass have another squash match this week. (Yeah, it&#8217;s Primo and Epico, but still&#8230;) Yes, Big Cass went from fighting for the Universal Title to a tag team feud against the Shining Stars in seven days. (* shrug *)<\/p>\n<p>I have bad news for Bruce Mitchell. Titus O&#8217;Neil already wrestled on the Superstars taping.<\/p>\n<p>Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens trade words. They&#8217;re fighting in the main event. You&#8217;ll want to call somebody! (But not Jim Cornette.)<\/p>\n<p>The Nia Jax Indyriffic Destruction Tour continues tonight on Raw against Ann Esposito. Byron Saxton says he&#8217;s terrified of meeting Nia Jax in his dreams. Geez, Byron, man up already.<\/p>\n<p>Gallows &amp; Anderson bring out The Old Day. Somehow, they&#8217;re not being played by Tony Atlas &amp; Rocky Johnson. That might not have been the right segment to program during halftime of the college football game. Just saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Darren Young vs. Jinder Mahal w\/Titus O&#8217;Neil on commentary. This feud won&#8217;t die. It&#8217;s a Zombie feud. I like Titus, but I don&#8217;t see #BeatUpDarrenYoung trending any time soon.Nia&#8217;s big feud for Clash of Champions is against\u2026Alicia Fox. I know. Are you ready to subscribe to WWE Network yet?<\/p>\n<p>Nia&#8217;s big feud for Clash of Champions is against\u2026Alicia Fox. I know. Are you ready to subscribe to WWE Network yet?Up next, Sin Cara vs. Braun<\/p>\n<p>Up next, Sin Cara vs. Braun Strowman in the Style Mismatch of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha Banks is out with some bad news. She&#8217;s seen the Smackdown Women&#8217;s Title belt, and it&#8217;s blue. Okay, I&#8217;m confused by the tenor of this promo. Is Sasha retiring, or does she have a fatal illness?<\/p>\n<p>Dana Brooke&#8217;s music hits, and she comes out to interrupt. Darn it! Now we&#8217;ll never know what Sasha was going to say.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Brooke&#8217;s music hits, and she comes out to interrupt. Darn it! Now we&#8217;ll never know what Sasha was going to say. So, Sasha Banks wants her re-match at Clash of Champions. But Bayley just defeated the champion on Raw. Could we see&#8230;a good storyline?<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Owens! Sami Zayn! Everybody else is watching the football game! It all happens NEXT.<\/p>\n<p>As we watch Zayn versus Owens, let&#8217;s not forget about the big news we just learned. Kevin Owens has a new t-shirt. Owens eventually pins Zayn cleanly.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns stops by, so the crowd can get all the booing out of its system.Mick Foley comes out to make next week&#8217;s main event. Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns, for a chance at a WWE title shot. Good night!<\/p>\n<p>Mick Foley comes out to make next week&#8217;s main event. Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns, for a chance at a WWE title shot. Good night!<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1749770958\"><div id=\"pwtor-225741888\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Pat McNeill, PWTorch columnist @RealPatMcNeill. 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