WWE Monday night Raw invades Saint Louis, MO for tonight’s Extreme Rules go-home show. Here is what’s on tap:
* This is the final Raw before Extreme Rules event this Sunday.
* Ric Flair is scheduled to appear.
* Adding the final touches on the event card.
* Hugh Jackman is set to appear.
* Stephanie McMahon to apologies to Daniel Bryan.
* Bryan makes his return to Raw, will he get his hands on Kane?
* The Usos are scheduled to defend the WWE Tag Titles against Ryback & Curtis Axel.
* Wade Barrett vs. Rob Van Dam in the Finals of the #1 contender Intercontinental Title tournament.
Talent
that is set to appear are: Bryan, Kane, John Cena, Triple H, Orton,
Batista, The Shield, The Wyatts, Big Show, Alberto Del Rio, Dolph
Ziggler, Cesaro, Sheamus, RVD
The
dark match for the live crowd is a ten man tag team match: Daniel
Bryan, John Cena, & The Shield vs. Randy Orton, Batista, Bray Wyatt
& The Wyatt Family.
We will be providing live play-by-play coverage of Raw later tonight at 8PM EST.
Here is the official preview from WWE.com:
Can The Authority control Kane?
Brie
Bella and the entire WWE Universe looked on in horror last Monday night
as Kane viciously assaulted Daniel Bryan with a sadistic succession of
Tombstone Piledrivers. As a result, Bryan was diagnosed with a cervical
cord neurapraxia — a contusion of the spinal cord — that could have put
his WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign in jeopardy. Bryan was
fortunately able to recover and has vowed to appear on this week’s Raw,
where Stephanie McMahon plans to apologize for the heinous actions of
The Devil’s Favorite Demon.Although
Stephanie seemed to protest Kane’s attack last week, is The Authority
truly repentant? Or is Stephanie merely doing some “damage control” to
save face?
Regardless, it will be interesting to see if The Authority is
able to extinguish the wildfire they’ve started — or if they intend on
letting it burn everything in its path.
Snikt! Wolverine pops his claws
Remember that one time when Wolverine showed up on Raw a few years back and punched Dolph Ziggler in the face? The Showoff certainly didn’t forget, but he seemed to forgive the Academy Award nominee last week on Twitter, extending a digital olive branch to Jackman and gushing about the latest trailer for “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” in theaters May 23.
However, Ziggler’s Twitter hatchet-burying with this week’s Raw guest star drew the ire of perennial malcontent Damien Sandow, who ignited a war of words with his fellow former Money in the Bank contract holder. In the social media skirmish, Ziggler promised that he and Jackman will teach The Intellectual Savior of the Masses “something about respect.” By the time Raw’s over, Sandow might wish he had Wolverine’s healing factor, bub.
Hounds on the hunt
On SmackDown, The Shield faced seemingly insurmountable odds when they were placed in an 11-on-3 Handicap Match — their second such encounter in as many weeks. However, rather than face the same unfair fight that left the trio vulnerable to an Evolution assault on April 14, the crafty Hounds of Justice appropriated their Extreme Rules opponents’ “adapt or perish” credo to whittle the larger team’s ranks down to just five Superstars. Although they were still technically outnumbered, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose picked up the victory and left their foes battered, bruised and breathing hard.
Now that The Shield has laid waste to all those who have stood between them and Evolution, what will happen between these two powerhouse factions before they go to war at Extreme Rules?
Bad News meets rad dude
And then there were two. In the final round of an intensely competitive tournament to determine the No. 1 contender to the Intercontinental Championship, Rob Van Dam and Bad News Barrett will clash on Raw to earn the right to challenge Big E for the illustrious prize this Sunday at Extreme Rules. As a six-time holder of the coveted title, the veteran RVD seems to have the upper hand going into this must-see bout, but the bare-knuckle bearer of bad news has been on a tear of late as he vies to become a four-time Intercontinental Champion himself.
Even though Big E has been nigh unstoppable as Intercontinental Champion, he’d be wise to watch closely as his potential challengers collide on Raw. Will the tournament winner go on to unseat this titanic titleholder?
When we say ‘Uce,’ y’all say … ‘RybAxel’?
Announced
exclusively on WWE.com after SmackDown went off the air, Ryback &
Curtis Axel will challenge The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championship on
Raw. The unorthodox pairing has displayed new ferocity in recent weeks,
with Ryback defeating Jimmy Uso one-on-one last week on WWE Main Event and Curtis Axel pinning Jey Uso on SmackDown. In the aftermath of this
singles sweep, the intimidating duo has cemented their standing as the
greatest threat to the twins’ title reign. Will #RybAxelRules be
trending on Twitter with the crowning of new WWE Tag Team Champions on
Raw?
Don’t
miss Raw, Monday night at 8/7 CT on USA Network, and be sure to tune in
to the WWE Network for the Raw Pre-Show at 7:30 and Backstage Pass
immediately following the show!
