Monday, August 17, 2015

Raw Deal - Raw recap for August 17, 2015

Triple H and Stephanie McMahon arrive to start the show. They go through the SummerSlam card for this year, and Stephanie confirms that John Cena has accepted Seth Rollins' proposal for a contract signing for their SummerSlam match. After gushing about how epic SummerSlam will be this year, Stephanie announces that Jon Stewart, recently-retired host of The Daily Show, will officially host this year's SummerSlam. Triple H says the road to SummerSlam starts right here, right now.

Randy Orton and Cesaro beat Sheamus and Kevin Owens.



The Undertaker tells Brock Lesnar that when the Reaper calls his name, it's over. He tells Lesnar that the hounds of Hell and welcoming him to his eternal damnation, and that his name has been called. He says Lesnar will never rest in peace.



Seth Rollins is with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon in the back. Stephanie holds the contract, and Rollins asks for a statue of himself in WWE Headquarters when he beats John Cena and wins the WWE United States Championship along with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Stephanie says it's a possibility, and both HHH and Stephanie tell Rollins not to let them down.

Dean Ambrose guests on commentary for the next match. He takes Byron Saxton's seat and pushes it to Bray Wyatt, who sits in it. Saxton has to call the rest of the match standing up, as Ambrose dares Wyatt to do anything during the match.

Roman Reigns beats Luke Harper.



Becky Lynch beats Tamina with the Disarmher.



Lana guests on commentary for the next match.

Rusev beats Mark Henry with the Accolade. After the match, Lana gets in the ring and calls Summer Rae out. She slaps Summer, then calls out Rusev. As she and Rusev stare down, we see the surprise return of none other than Dolph Ziggler, who lays waste to Rusev with Lana's help.



WWE alumni Jonathan Coachman will host ESPN's SportsCenter live from the Barclays Center - home of this year's SummerSlam - at 10 AM Eastern/9 AM Central on ESPN!

Jojo interviews Lana and Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler wants a match with Rusev at SummerSlam.

Big Show guests on commentary for the next match.

The Miz makes fun of Big Show's acting skills before the next match as he promises to take back the WWE Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam.

Ryback beats The Miz, then dares Big Show to get in the ring with him. Big Show just blows Ryback off, however.



Triple H and Stephanie McMahon are here for the official contract signing for the title-for-title match between World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and United States Champion John Cena. Rollins is introduced first, and congratulates Triple H and Stephanie for setting up this year's SummerSlam as well as the WWE Universe for becoming part of history when he beats Cena and becomes a dual champion with the US and World Heavyweight titles. He then signs the contract, then talks about how John Cena plays the role of Superman and keeps people from "knocking him off the top of the mountain," and calls Cena a villain and "a disease." As he talks about how he inoculated the WWE Universe by kneeing Cena in the nose and became the cure, and how Cena accepted his challenge on Tough Enough and not to his face, Cena shows up. He calls Rollins a cheap imitation, and tells him that Triple H hand-picked him to be the champion. He considers injuring Rollins himself as part of his payback, and tells Rollins that what he'll do to him at SummerSlam will haunt him for long after, and in the end calls taking the World Heavyweight title the true payback, because if Rollins loses, Triple H loses as Cena matches the total reigns of HHH's mentor, Ric Flair. He then tells Rollins that while Triple H wasn't Ric Flair's bitch, he's making Rollins his. He signs the contract and leaves.



Brock Lesnar guests on ESPN's SportsCenter tomorrow at 9 AM Eastern and Pacific.

Despite the interference from El Torito, The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) and The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) beat The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) and Los Matadores (Fernando and Diego).



Stardust and King Barrett aren't impressed with Stephen Amell. Stardust also gives Barrett an awesome cape, and Barrett calls himself "The Cosmic King."



Randy Orton, Cesaro, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns take on Luke Harper, Bray Wyatt, Kevin Owens and Sheamus in eight-man tag action this Thursday on SmackDown!

Sasha Banks beats Nikki Bella with the Banks Statement.



Renee Young interviews Team PCB (Paige, Charlotte, Becky Lynch). They plan to come out of SummerSlam the last team standing.

Paul Heyman is in the ring for Brock Lesnar's homecoming here in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He introduces Brock Lesnar, and confetti and streamers rain down for The Beast. Paul Heyman then both figuratively and literally sings Lesnar's praises until the arena briefly goes dark at the sound of a gong. Lesnar and Heyman laugh it off, being in on it, and tells Undertaker that he doesn't have what it takes to beat Lesnar at SummerSlam, as 'Taker won't be fighting a man, he'll be fighting a beast, and Heyman tells 'Taker that Lesnar will offer no quarter. The arena goes dark again, and this time 'Tkaer is in the ring. He hits a low blow, a choke slam and a Tombstone Piledriver on Lesnar to end the show.



Here's the top 10 moments from tonight's show!

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