WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman make their way to the ring and Green Bay has come alive. Footage from Smackdown Live last Tuesday is shown of WWE Champion Jinder Mahal issuing a challenge to Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series.
Back live, both Lesnar and Heyman are smiling at Mahal’s comments. Heyman introduces himself as the advocate for the reigning, defending and undisputed Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar. He talks about someone having a problem with him using the term “undisputed” and the fact that Brock Lesnar is “the” champion WWE. Heyman says this same someone over on Smackdown Live has barely survived the title challenge of Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura. He talks about Lesnar eating through one of the most stacked rosters in WWE history. Heyman says that fact is undisputed.
He talks about living in the age of trashing talking. “Everyone wants to hurl insults.” Heyman says he chooses to not trash talk Lesnar’s opponent. He says anyone who makes the decision to get in the ring with Lesnar is a real man. Heyman says he didn’t trash talk Goldberg, Samoa Joe or Braun Strowman. “But you Jinder Mahal? The make-believe Maharaja. With the Sing-Sing-Singalong Brothers doing my shtick of introducing you? You’re not Brock Lesnar’s equal.” He says when they think of WWE Champions they think of Bruno Sammartino, Randy Savage, Triple H, John Cena and his client Brock Lesnar.
Heyman says Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan got shafted in the Superstar Shake-Up getting Mahal. “Any brand that brags Brock Lesnar is the number one brand.” Heyman says Mahal is going to Suplex City for questioning the facts. Heyman says the challenge is hereby accepted by the undisputed beast. Your challenge is accepted by the undisputed conquerer. Your challenge is accepted by the undisputed, number one champion in WWE! Lesnar smiles into the camera with the title over his shoulder and leaves with Heyman.
We see highlights of Enzo Amore regaining the Cruiserweight Championship at TLC. Backstage, Kalisto joins Charly Caruso and says it was his dream to be Champion. He said it would be one thing if he lost to someone he respected but he doesn’t respect Enzo Amore. Kalisto is invoking his rematch clause tomorrow on 205 Live but we have a huge tag match up next. Charly and Kalisto are joined by several cruiserweights and they chant “Lucha” as we head to the break!
*Commercial Break*
We return from the break and The Boss is out first, looking to win the right to become the leader of Team Raw at Survivor Series.
Triple Threat Match
Sasha Banks Vs. Bayley Vs. Alicia Fox
The match begins and Fox lands a dropkick to Banks and a kick early to Bayley. Fox drops Banks when she takes her back. Fox with a northern lights suplex on Bayley for a two count. Fox with another northern lights on Banks for a two count. Bayley and Banks dropkick Fox out of the ring. More dropkicks by Banks and Bayley preventing Fox from getting back inside.
*Commercial Break*
Banks with a spinning head scissors to Fox, knees in the corner and dumps her to the middle of the ring. Banks is up top and Fox cuts her off. We get a Tower of Doom from the corner when Fox jumped up with Banks and Bayley jumped back in to pull them down. Fox levels Bayley with a big boot in the corner.
Fox leaves the ring and starts ringing the ring bell at ringside. Fox kicks Banks in the face. Bayley to Belly. Banks breaks it up. Bayley with a clothesline tackle on Banks. Fox with a belly to belly on Bayley and kicks her out of the ring.
Banks avoids a scissors kick and hits Alicia with the Bank Statement. Fox is reaching. Banks rolls back to keep it locked in. Fox breaks free and throws Banks right into Bayley as she gets inside the ring. Fox covers Bayley and gets the pinfall!
Winner: Alicia Fox
Alicia Fox will captain the Raw Women’s Survivor Series team. Foxy celebrates her win after the match, jumping onto the barricade and posing with fans.
*Commercial Break*
Back from commercial, Enzo Amore makes his entrance, alongside his teammates, who dance with him. Enzo’s voice is sore though, so Drew Gulak will take the talking duties tonight.
Drew Gulak begins by saying he can’t stand idly by and watch a visionary like Enzo be held down by the man. Unfortunately due to a vocal chord injury, he has a prepared statement on behalf of Amore, and if you know it, feel free to sing along. Drew reads the deal off in his own unique style. He says Kalisto is a bigger letdown than the local footballmen, and the crowd starts up with the chants. They all team up to call Team Lucha! Lucha! SAWFT to close it out.
Team Lucha! Lucha! Vs. The Zo Train
We start with Kalisto and he wants Enzo Amore. Ariya Daivari teases tagging out, but doesn’t. Quick tag to Tony Nese and tag to Gran Metalik. Metalik with a missile dropkick to Nese. Dropkicks by Alexander and Swann when they jump in. Gulak is dropkicked off the ring apron into his team at ringside as we head to a commercial break.
*Commercial Break*
Back live, Gulak and Dar take out Ali and Alexander in the corner. Gulak with stomps to Swann in the other corner near his team. Tag to Daivari. Daivari and Swann collide both attempting a cross body. A big brawl breaks out at ringside. Enzo’s entire team is down at ringside. Daivari tags Enzo in.
Kalisto gets the tag to almost zero reaction. Kalisto with body kicks and a kick to the head. Kalisto with a knee and diving senton on Enzo. Pinfall gets broken up. Enzo drops Kalisto off the top turnbuckle and dives off the corner connecting with a DDT on Kalisto. That also gets broken up. Lots of dives to the outside. Back inside, Kalisto connects with Salida Del Sol on Enzo for the pinfall!
Winners: Team Lucha! Lucha!
Kurt Angle is on his way to the ring next, to reveal the members of Team Raw!
*Commercial Break*
RAW GM Kurt Angle heads to the ring to another big reaction from Green Bay. He talks about Survivor Series being RAW Champions vs. SmackDown Live Champions, including the best of the best on the roster. He is here tonight to announce the five members of Team RAW that will take on Team Smackdown in a few weeks”
Shane McMahon’s music hits. Shane shows up in the crowd and is leading the SmackDown Live roster to the ring! Angle has a confused look on his face as a majority of the Smackdown roster starts to surround the ring staring down Angle. Shane gets inside the ring with a mic in hand. He looks at Angle and says, “Under siege.” Angle drops his mic and starts heading up the ramp. Shane tells the blue team to go get him. The SmackDown Live roster walks up the ramp and heads to the back after Angle. We go to Michael Cole, Corey Graves and Booker T wondering what is going on.
Backstage, we see the SmackDown Live roster walking the backstage area. They walk up on Titus O’Neil and Apollo Crews. The Smackdown crew attacks Titus and Crews. Baron Corbin walks up on a production member and tosses him aside. Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger push over a flat screen TV with the RAW logo on it.
The Smackdown Live women’s division walks up and tries going after some women backstage. Goldust, Curt Hawkins and Rhyno are attacked next backstage. Jason Jordan, Matt Hardy and Finn Balor are attacked next in the locker room area. Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and Elias are attacked next. The RAW women’s division walks up and they go at it with the Smackdown women and the crowd cheer big. The SmackDown ladies put the beat down on the Raw women and the mob moves on. Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose try to sneak attack the Smackdown crew, but get outnumbered quickly. Corbin and Rusev hold Kurt Angle and make him watch the attack backstage.
They drag Angle back out to the stage where Shane McMahon is still inside the ring. He tells them to bring Angle to the ring. Angle gets inside and Shane tells Corbin and Rusev to back off. Shane grabs the mic again. “At Survivor Series, I want you to bring your gold medal, what’s left of your RAW roster and we are going to finish what we started. Oh it’s true, it’s damn true.” The SmackDown Live roster slaps the ring and they all leave as Angle looks on upset. Shane motions for the troops to leave and they do so through the crowd. Statement made.
That’s it for tonight’s Raw! That was a pretty cool ending! Let us know what you thought in the comments and on the Ringside Talk app. I will see you back here tomorrow night for SmackDown Live and 205 Live! Until then, safe travels.
