{"id":45629,"date":"2017-07-31T17:23:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=45629"},"modified":"2017-07-31T17:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T22:25:29","slug":"raw-primer-731-samoa-joe-braun-strowman-roman-reigns-jason-jordan-sashas-reaction-big-cass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/07\/31\/raw-primer-731-samoa-joe-braun-strowman-roman-reigns-jason-jordan-sashas-reaction-big-cass\/","title":{"rendered":"RAW PRIMER 7\/31: Samoa Joe, Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, more with Jason Jordan, Sasha&#8217;s reaction, Big Cass"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1279224119\" 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><h3><b>RAW PREVIEW<br \/>\nJULY 31, 2017<br \/>\n<\/b><b>PITTSBURGH, PA. AT PPG PAINTS ARENA<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b>By Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTorch contributor<\/h3>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cTHE BATTLE TO BROOKLYN\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not one to choose sides, but even during the first brand split almost a decade ago, I was always a Monday Night Raw advocate. The years of fantastic memories and nostalgic excitement always swayed me to lean towards the red brand. (Not that SD hasn\u2019t provided its fair share of memories as well.) So obviously, I\u2019ve been HOOKED on Raw\u2019s current main event scene involving four of the biggest, meanest, and hardest-hitting athletes that combat sports have to offer. Braun Strowman has truly emerged as one of the breakout stars for the WWE, and Samoa Joe has risen his stock way higher than most of us expected. And as for Roman&#8230; well&#8230; he may not have earned his push to the top, but he has earned the right to stay there. These three behemoths will clash tonight in a triple-threat on the journey towards their Fatal Four-way against the Beast at <i>Summerslam.<\/i> Good thing for us&#8230; that the champ will also be in Pittsburgh tonight. BRING IT ON.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>ALL THAT WAS OLD IS NEW AGAIN&#8230; MAYBE.\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s scene on Raw continues to perplex. After concluding a two PPV feud with Bayley, champ Alexa Bliss had prepared for a new challenger in Sasha Banks. Sasha took Bliss to the limit at <i>GBOF,<\/i> and nearly walked with the gold until Alexa got herself counted out. It seemed apparent that the two would meet again at the biggest show of the summer, but Bayley thought differently. She would defeat Alexa two weeks in a row, and last week won a #1 contenders matchup against the Boss to earn a shot at the title she lost in her hometown. Will Sasha let this go quietly? With three weeks left I feel like some type of curveball is headed our way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>WE\u2019RE JUST TALKING HERE\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a great way to ignite a feud it\u2019s to appear on the most \u201cpopular\u201d tv show within a tv show\u2026MizTv. Tonight\u2019s guest will be the newest member of team red: Jason Jordan. Jordan has been the talk of the wrestling universe these past few weeks as he was revealed to be Kurt Angle\u2019s long lost love-child from Angle\u2019s early days of Collegiate wrestling. Miz will most likely use his aggressive interview tactics to force some truth out of J.J., but I fear that if he pushes too hard he may end up trading fists with the American Alpha, and quite possibly defending his title against him too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>STEEL COUNTRY\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Shesaro (Cesheamus?) are enjoying this mayhem in the tag-team scene because it leaves the champs currently without contenders. Sheamus has been off shooting a movie so they\u2019re in no rush to find ones, but The Revival is making their presence known, as well as the reunion between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1427919106\" 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>-Big Cass and Enzo may never be done hating each other, but Big Show most be getting irritated that he keeps getting his ass-kicked.<\/p>\n<p>-The Universal Title scene may not be the only one that has a multi-man match. Neville and Akira Tozawa are still at each other\u2019s throats, but Ariya Daivari has now thrown his hat into the ring after defeating Neville by countout last week on 205. Is Neville\u2019s long title run coming to an end? If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned, the king always finds a way.<\/p>\n<p>-Elias Samson must be feeling good after pinning the first ever Universal Champion Finn Balor last week. He\u2019s probably not feeling too good about losing the latter part of his name though.<\/p>\n<p>-Speaking of Finn, this is the second time Bray Wyatt has cost him a matchup within the past couple months, and Balor be damned if he\u2019s going to get bullied by a man with mythical powers. The demon is coming, and hell is coming with him.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks away. Throw a light on this gasoline and let it all BURN.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S ARTICLE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/07\/24\/raw-primer-724-follow-kurt-angle-jason-jordan-reveal-finn-balor-vs-elias-samson-no-dq-seth-dean-dynamic\/\">RAW PRIMER 7\/24: Follow-up on the Kurt Angle-Jason Jordan reveal, Finn Balor vs. Elias Samson no DQ, Seth-Dean dynamic<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3891078726\"><div id=\"pwtor-1196512955\"><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>RAW PREVIEW JULY 31, 2017 PITTSBURGH, PA. 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