{"id":65131,"date":"2018-08-27T12:37:58","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=65131"},"modified":"2018-08-27T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T18:26:13","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-8-27-strowman-wants-roman-corbin-settles-in-ronda-awaits-repercussions-the-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/27\/wwe-raw-primer-8-27-strowman-wants-roman-corbin-settles-in-ronda-awaits-repercussions-the-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 8\/27: Strowman wants Roman, Corbin settles in, Ronda awaits repercussions, The Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2902448178\" 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><strong>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER<br \/>\nAUGUST 27, 2018<br \/>\nTORONTO, ONT. AT SCOTIABANK ARENA<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00PM EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Writer\u2019s Note: Due to my personal schedule this week, this article was completed the day before Raw. \u00a0<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arena \/ Opening Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, WWE travels north of the border into Canada as they arrive into Toronto, ON.\u00a0 Raw will emanate from the Scotiabank Arena after last appearing in August of 2017.\u00a0 We start to pull away from SummerSlam weekend and begin to turn our attention towards Hell in a Cell, which comes to us on September 16, 2018 (the birthday of yours truly ;o).<\/p>\n<p>Last week we got another near cash-in of the Money in the Bank contract by Braun Strowman which lead to the reunion of a favorite stable.\u00a0 Ronda Rousey served up another armbar to her good buddy Stephanie McMahon, which almost directly lead to a new general manager.\u00a0 The Revival kept up with their desire to be tag team champions.\u00a0 These are the items of focus according to <a href=\"http:\/\/wwe.com\/\">WWE.com<\/a> so with that said, let\u2019s look further into each topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Braun Strowman Wants Roman Reigns Face-to-Face <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week Roman Reigns successfully defended his newly won Universal Championship against former champion Finn Balor.\u00a0 Towards the end of the match, Braun Strowman made his way out to, without question, cash in his Money in the Bank contract on the winner.\u00a0 Following Reigns\u2019 pin on Balor, Strowman emerged in the ring.\u00a0 He would kick down Reigns, and hand the briefcase to the referee indicating he wanted to cash in for a title match.\u00a0 The referee would make the announcement; however, the bell would not ring but rather The Shield\u2019s music would hit.\u00a0 Out came Reigns\u2019 former Shield \u201cbrothers\u201d Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, who ended up foiling Strowman\u2019s cash-in.\u00a0 They would end up hitting the signature \u201cShield Bomb\u201d on Strowman to close out the show, and The Shield would stand united.\u00a0 Tonight, Strowman has demanded to meet Reigns \u201cface to face\u201d in the ring, but it\u2019s not clear if this is for a match or just a confrontation.\u00a0 He still owns the MITB briefcase.\u00a0 Strowman had tweets this week following Raw last week:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraunStrowman\/status\/1031745682217074688<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraunStrowman\/status\/1033044824751001601<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2151780503\" 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>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraunStrowman\/status\/1033097923733663747<\/p>\n<p><em>Thoughts:\u00a0 The dynamics are certainly interesting here as WWE gave the crowd essentially two things for which to cheer, Strowman\u2019s cash-in and The Shield reunion.\u00a0 Strowman did kick Reigns down before the cash-in.\u00a0 He\u2019s claimed to want to cash-in face to face and technically he did so; however, kicking Reigns down could be perceived as heelish even though most of the crowd wants to see Reigns lose the title.\u00a0 The Shield reunion is basically a way to bury Roman in a crowd-favorite stable and get him cheered yet stopping Strowman from cashing in the title also could be viewed as heelish considering it\u2019s their classic three-on-one gang mentality.\u00a0 While I can\u2019t be 100 percent certain, since Vince is bent on keeping Reigns a babyface, it\u2019s possible by default Strowman could be going heel.\u00a0 A lot of people viewed Strowman as such in his recent feud with Kevin Owens, so the possibility is not far-fetched.\u00a0 Bear in mind also, Paul Heyman made his case for Brock Lesnar to get his rematch, perhaps at Hell in a Cell.\u00a0 Kurt Angle would have none of it and threw in a Brooklyn \u201cfughettaboutit.\u201d (As someone who was born about 20 minutes away from the Barclays Center, not bad Kurt!) .\u00a0 Kidding aside it\u2019s not known the future of Brock Lesnar, but they positioned themselves to go in either direction if Brock and WWE still want to work together in the near future or not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ronda Rousey Repercussions \/ Baron Corbin New Interim General Manager<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I tie these sections together as they are very possibly related and could signify way may happen with Ronda Rousey in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Stephanie McMahon came out with the women\u2019s roster to officially congratulate new Women\u2019s Champion Ronda Rousey following her SummerSlam victory over Alexa Bliss and give her the belt customized with her name on it.\u00a0 Stephanie of course just couldn\u2019t help herself as she went on to praise herself, saying she made Ronda Rousey by \u201cshining her up like a diamond\u201d (sorry, I could have used the Rock here with one of his old-school \u201cshine it up real nice and turn that sumbitch sideways\u201d schtick).\u00a0 ANYWAY, following her self-praise champion Rousey would make her way out.\u00a0 She would have the women come onto the apron rather than stand ringside, would praise Natalya for being the cornerstone of the division, and promised to be a fighting champion.\u00a0 She said she couldn\u2019t wait to face each woman.\u00a0 Stephanie warned all the women Ronda only wanted to break their arms to which Ronda replied there was only one person her deserved it, and that was her.\u00a0 Ronda would lock her signature armbar on Stephanie and would be praised by the babyfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, <a href=\"http:\/\/wwe.com\/\">WWE.com<\/a> has pointed out she may face repercussions for her actions although they are not specific at this time.\u00a0 Alexa Bliss still deserves a rematch, and if that happens either tonight or at Hell in a Cell, a stipulation could be added as \u201cpunishment.\u201d\u00a0 Later in the evening, Alexa and \u201cConstable\u201d Baron Corbin were tending to Stephanie in the back.\u00a0 G.M. Kurt Angle would come in and express his concern, only to be (shockingly) reprimanded by Stephanie.\u00a0 She questioned how he could let Ronda put her in an armbar.\u00a0 After a year and a half, she claimed Kurt may need a vacation.\u00a0 Baron Corbin was named interim general manager.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thoughts:\u00a0 I tie these items together because it was Kurt Angle that teamed with Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania earlier in the year to defeat Stephanie and her husband, HHH.\u00a0 By naming Corbin interim G.M., he can make life miserable for new champion Rousey and also Kurt Angle upon trying to \u201creturn\u201d from vacation.\u00a0 In storyline they may have never gotten over the defeat and want to punish these two as much as feasible.\u00a0 It could just be a way to put a heel in charge of Raw following a babyface figure running the ship for quite some time. <\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Revival <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Following their unsuccessful attempt to gain the Raw Tag Team Championship from the B-Team (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas) on the SummerSlam kickoff show, The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) faced the B-Team in separate one-on-one matchups.\u00a0 Dawson defeated Bo in three minutes, and Dash followed suit over Axel immediately thereafter.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-701351767\" 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><a href=\"http:\/\/wwe.com\/\">WWE.com<\/a> is not specific as to what they\u2019ll do tonight, but this is a point of emphasis.\u00a0 Dawson and new interim G.M. Baron Corbin did exchange on Twitter this week.\u00a0 Here\u2019s their \u201cchat\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks, it\u2019s good to have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/topguys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#topguys<\/a> like you and @DashWilderWWE to count on in the tag division <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/quD0K0p2eO\">https:\/\/t.co\/quD0K0p2eO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corbin (@BaronCorbinWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaronCorbinWWE\/status\/1032080563476332544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Thoughts:\u00a0 Based on past WWE writing in situations like this, a rematch for the championship could be in order tonight.\u00a0 In an effort to stretch this out for whatever reason they could also do a non-title match, with the stipulation being if the Revival wins they get another championship opportunity at Hell in a Cell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Items<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dean Ambrose saw his first in-ring action in over nine months defeating Dolph Ziggler.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Owens was nowhere to be seen after essentially losing a squash match to Braun Strowman for the MITB briefcase at SummerSlam.\u00a0 Nothing is out there pertaining to an injury or any issues backstage at the moment; however, he just signed a new contract with WWE.\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting to note that Hall of Famer \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin expressed his displeasure at Owens being squashed in such a manner.\u00a0 His \u201cguru\u201d Jinder Mahal was not on the show last week either.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobby Lashley defeated Baron Corbin (prior to his being name interim G.M.) in around 13 minutes.\u00a0 While the match was decent, it was met with chants of \u201cboring.\u201d\u00a0 Lashley continues to struggle to gain worthwhile traction since his return to WWE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Riott Squad defeated the trio of Bayley, Sasha Banks, and Ember Moon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For the first time in quite a while, Triple H cut a promo discussing his upcoming match with The Undertaker at The Super Show-Down taking place in Australia come October.\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting how he plugged \u201chis era\u201d to the point where various articles this week have speculated as whether or not that was purposeful, meaning it could lead to a bigger story involving members of that time period.\u00a0 Speculation is out there about an nWo reunion, Hulk Hogan has recently returned to the fold, and Shawn Michaels said he may be open to \u201canother match.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to say specifically what it all could mean, but the breadcrumbs are certainly out there to have worthwhile conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Elias defeated Curt Hawkins in two minutes, as Hawkins sported colors of his favorite baseball team the New York Mets.\u00a0 Michael Cole just couldn\u2019t help himself saying Hawkins and the Mets share losing records. (Hey Cole, lay off the making fun of the Mets please.\u00a0 I\u2019ve suffered enough in my lifetime as a fan.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Start Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On the arena\u2019s website, start time shown is 7:30 p.m. but they do not indicate when doors will open.\u00a0 There are no matches advertised.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow me on Twitter @FrankPeteani and ask any question you may have.\u00a0 Thank you for reading!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S TOP RAW HAPPENINGS:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/20\/top-3-developments-raw-8-20-the-shield-returns-a-terrible-womens-segment-triple-h-prepares-for-undertaker\/\">TOP 3 DEVELOPMENTS \u2013 RAW 8\/20: The Shield Returns, A Terrible Women\u2019s Segment, Triple H Prepares for Undertaker<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-978861413\"><div id=\"pwtor-1955314589\"><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>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER AUGUST 27, 2018 TORONTO, ONT. 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