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WWE RAW TAPING
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
REPORT BY KEITH MOONEY, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT
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Attendance Note: They tarped off the hard camera side one section and the only top section open was opposite of the hard camera.
I paid £51 so about $65 U.S.
Most T-shirts: Roman Reigns, The Shield, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Braun Strowman, John Cena, Ronda Rousey, Alexa Bliss
MAIN EVENT TAPING
(1) Tyler Breeze defeated Mjoj Rawley
(2) The Revival beat Chad Gable & Bobby Roode.
-The promo for Crown Jewel was booed by fans.
RAW TAPING
-Raw opened with Raw roster on the stage. Drew McIntyre is over with this crowd. Baron Corbin came out and declared he’ll be the Raw Team Captain for the men. He introduced Alexa Bliss as the women’s Raw Team Captain. Then it turned out Kurt Angle will face Corbin later to become Team Captain. Braun Strowman chased Corbin away. A brawl broke out.
(1) Natalya & Sasha Banks & Bayley fought The Riott Squad to a no contest. The crowd was dead for this.
(2) Apollo Crews beat Jinder Mahal. Crowd was dead again. A lot of fans heading for the concourse.
-Seth Rollins came out for the biggest pop so far. He talked about Roman Reigns’s leukemia to get heat on Baron Corbin and Brock Lesnar.
(3) The Authors of Pain beat Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose to capture the Raw Tag Team Titles. Dean came through the crowd and hit Dirty Deeds and then left. Fans booed. Dean teased revealing why he attacked Seth, but stopped before he did.
-Dolph Ziggler came out and complained about the World Cup. (Join the club. Isn’t everybody?)
(4) Elias beat Dolph Ziggler. Elias got the biggest pop of the night. A long match and the crowd was into it with “Elias” chants.
-Ronda Rousey got a big pop, same as Seth’s pop. Becky Lynch mentions got booed, then cheered. Rousey gave a great promo, getting herself over without turning Becky fans against her. Nia Jax came out and said she’s waiting for Rousey after Becky. The Raw screens weren’t on, so not sure if this actually airs.
(5) Nia Jax beat Ember Moon. Decent length match. Ember looked competitive but still lost. Tamina came out. Little reaction. She squared up with Nia, then they both attacked Ember. Double team to boos. Big hug. Woman’s tag preview?
-Corbin changed the Raw Captain match to Angle vs. Drew McIntyre.
(6) Bobby Lashley (w/Lio Rush) beat Finn Balor. Good news. No live mic for Lio.
-Drew McIntyre came out next. Lashley backed down from Drew. Drew helped Balor up, but then hit the Claymore Kick and got booed. That cemented he’d be booed against Angle, since this is Balor’s home crowd, too.
(7) Drew McIntyre beat Kurt Angle. He dominated and won with an Angle Slam and then an Ankle Lock. Angle tapped. It was Angle’s first Raw match in 12 years.
POST-RAW
Braun Strowman beat up both Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler.
If you attend a live event, please send results in the format of the following report to pwtorch@pwtorch.com. Thanks!
That sounded like a horrible episode. Glad I don’t have to watch it now. BTW, Finn Balor is from Ireland.