Six nights before WWE Clash of Champions, WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin will preside over a contract signing for the Universal Title Match between Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman. Can The Texas Rattlesnake control the chaos as the red brand returns to Madison Square Garden for the first time in a decade? Also on Raw, King of the Ring tournament semifinal action.
After SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley helped Sasha Banks obliterate Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in separate attacks on Raw and SmackDown LIVE this past week, The Man and The Queen will form an unexpected alliance against the brutal best friends in an anticipated tag team match involving all of WWE’s Four Horsewomen.
With Lynch poised to defend her title against The Boss and Flair challenging Bayley for her championship next Sunday at WWE Clash of Champions, who will gain key momentum?
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin to moderate Universal Championship contract signing between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman
One week after the Universal Title contract signing between Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman for WWE Clash of Champions ended in chaos thanks to The O.C., WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin returns to his old stomping grounds, Madison Square Garden, to preside over this anticipated contract signing … and raise some hell if he needs to.
After United States Champion AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson spoiled Rollins and Strowman’s contract signing, Austin took to Twitter, announcing that he would be making sure the contract signing goes down like it’s supposed to next week, and that’s the bottom line.
Remembering that Rollins received Austin’s seal of approval on Raw last month, Strowman seems wary of the WWE Hall of Famer’s return, stating plainly that if Austin steps out of line with The Monster Among Men, he’ll get those hands. However, just about anyone who has crossed The Texas Rattlesnake over the past 20-plus years has gotten a Stunner for their trouble, no matter their size.
Raw King of the Ring Semifinal Match becomes a Triple Threat
Anything can happen in WWE, and if you’re Baron Corbin, the surprises aren’t always pleasant.
After Ricochet and Samoa Joe’s King of the Ring quarterfinal bout ended in a rarely seen double pinfall, WWE officials determined that both Superstars would advance to the semifinal round on Raw’s side of the bracket. As such, Corbin – who defeated an injured Cedric Alexander in his own quarterfinal match – will meet WWE’s resident superhero and The Samoan Shark in a Triple Threat Match Monday night on Raw. The winner of that semifinal match will go on to face a Superstar from SmackDown LIVE in the final match of the 2019 King of the Ring tournament.
Which of these three intensely competitive Superstars will advance?
Rey Mysterio returns to action against Gran Metalik
Three weeks after his son Dominick pulled him from the brink of retirement, Rey Mysterio will compete on Monday Night Raw, taking on fellow luchador Gran Metalik of Lucha House Party in one-on-one combat.
As Dominick no doubt watches closely, how will The Ultimate Underdog fare against the high-flying Metalik as the masked warriors square off in legendary Madison Square Garden?
Cedric Alexander looks for payback against AJ Styles
A backstage attack by The O.C. hindered Cedric Alexander’s chances of advancing in the King of the Ring tournament on Raw, and now this astoundingly athletic Superstar will have a chance at retribution against United States Champion AJ Styles when he battles The Phenomenal One this Monday night.
With his King of the Ring dreams tarnished by Styles and his nefarious allies Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, Alexander will no doubt hold nothing back against the U.S. Champion. Will Alexander settle the score?
RAW will be on 9/9, not 9/3. Would use mentions but I don't think that is working for me.
RAW at MSG with Austin on my actual birthday is cool, but considering the current situation with the product right now I don't expect anything amazing. I'll also not be able to watch most of it live because of real life stuff.
I'm pulling for Corbin to win that triple threat.
May as well have all 4 horsewomen on the show if they are going to keep doing the wildcard rule.
im guessing Joe eats the pin from corbin (sorry joe you're always going to be the one who gets pinned ) and blisscross❤ get a win over some random team to bolster them before clash of champions after their... less than amazing week last week. maybe the iiconics, they haven't done a lot on tv in ages.
Boy this company really hates long term booking, they will never change. Should have saved Charlotte and Becky vs Sasha and Bayley for Survivor Series in a tag team match or Hell In A Cell. Way to show everyone that you are serious WWE. fpalm
AJ Styles vs Cedrick Alexander
Rey Mysterio vs Gran Metalik
Are good Television matches nothing more
Only the horsewomen Tag Team Match And the Stone Cold contract signings feel like big deals and a lot of people are hoping the Fiend attacks Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Compare that to Clash of Championships were you have
WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs Braun Strowman a Match where you expect a heel turn for one of them.
WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs Randy Orton personal storyline they have been telling and a more aggressive side of Kofi Kingston.
WWE Raw Woman’s Champion Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks
WWE Smackdown Woman’s Champion Bayley vs Charlotte Flair
Re: Raw from MSG seems like a bigger show than Clash of Champions
What passes for "big" thesedays in Pro Wrestling is depressing. Guys that'd be jobbers in any other Era having meaningless matches is somehow a big deal now.
On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez said that McMahon held a special meeting for the WWE writers on Friday. He told all the writers to be more creative and think of as many creative ideas as possible for next week’s shows.
“I’ve been told they’ve been doing a Raw creative meeting all day and Vince is on everybody to be creative.”
Even Austin won't save this show. At least when he helped saved the company in 1998, there was a better roster behind him and Vince had a good reason to be great at his job.
They're already doing the 4HW tag match? Are they being serious right now? :kobefacepalm
This is desperate as fuck. Where's the build? This is a SSeries main event worthy match. What are they gonna book the Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch HIAC match for next weeks RAW main event next and say fuck the HIAC PPV? Are they gonna just give Bray the title on hour 2 of RAW after a Lucha House Party match to try and get a ratings pop? Tell a fuckin story before you throw away matches like this. This is so damn rushed, FFS give the feud a couple minutes to breathe before blowing your load.
Are Becky and Charlotte gonna be booked to "get along" all of a sudden in an effort to get Charlotte cheered in her feud with Bayley? Sounds like hot garbage to me and a retcon of Becky/Charlotte's history.
If this is happening now, I guess this opens up the possibility of a Fatal 4 Way Winner Take All Match at SSeries. Who cares if it makes sense. It's not like WWE gives a shit anyway.
Ideally the Horsewomen tag match ends quickly via some shenanigans, or just descends into chaos. Typical WWE to just throw that match away on a random Raw rather than building to it and putting it on PPV.
i don't see how the 4hw match could end other than a big brawl & DQ, or a falling-out between charlotte&becky causing them to lose. if charlotte and becky win clean, sasha looks like a chump heading into her first ppv in months. if sasha and bayley win clean, becky has been beaten up for almost every show in the last month and looks like a chump as well.
Prediction after having to put up with 2 hours of hearing how these two don't trust each other, they fight, we get a dq, Becky and Charlotte fight them off and stand tall as Sasha and Bayley retreat. They are that lazy with this booking.
Leave it to WWE to book something major happening for the first time ever on free tv.
So I think we can all see Cedric beating AJ to earn him a title shot at CoC, which I hate.
But, for Cedric personally, getting to face AJ Styles who has been an influence on AJ, to get to face him for the 1st time in WWE in the Garden? That's gotta be cool him.
They seem to be going big with Alexander, it wouldn't surprise me to see them give him a US title run.
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