Monday, November 13, 2017

Raw Deal - Raw recap for November 13, 2017

Commissioner Stephanie McMahon shows up to start tonight's show. Stephanie says that as Chief Brand Officer of the WWE, she has to make a lot of big decisions for the company everyday, and she needs true leaders to help her execute. She introduces General Manager and Survivor Series team captain Kurt Angle, who shows up. When asked about how The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) got into the building last week, Angle says he does not know. Stephanie wants to know if there was a raid. She also wants to know who the fifth man in the Survivor Series team is. Angle says it is Jason Jordan. As for the fifth man on SmackDown Live, it is John Cena (which was revealed on Twitter last week). Stephanie concludes that either Angle picked Jordan over Cena, or if Cena is so embarrassed that he joined Team SmackDown. As for the first thing Angle will do, he will break SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon's ankle. Stephanie says Shane won't start the match and will let others do the work for him; and that Angle can't snap an ankle anymore. Stephanie starts thinking that she made a mistake putting her faith in Kurt Angle, and that nothing he has said to him has changed her mind. She wants him to decimate SmackDown Live, but before she can fire him, The Shield (Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins) show up, and this time Roman Reigns is with them for the first time in weeks. Ambrose asks Stephanie if she is a leader, and says he has seen them come and go and that there is none better than Angle. He says Angle proved it at TLC. Stephanie McMahon wants to know where the Raw tag team titles are, how The New Day made The Shield look like fools, and where Roman Reigns has been. Roman spins it around and asks Stephanie where she has been, saying she's been out longer than he has. The Shield makes it clear that they don't what Stephanie wants them to do; they do what they want to do, and they want to fight The New Day. He challenges The New Day to a six-man tag match at Survivor Series. Roman then says that Angle will lead Team Raw to victory, and that they will whup The New Day's asses and destroy them.



Bayley beats Dana Brooke and Mickie James in a Triple Threat Match to join Raw's Women's team. During the match, Asuka checks on Dana Brooke, but Dana Brooke gets ticked off and hits Asuka before daring her to get in the ring. Not surprisingly, Asuka lays her out.



Before the next match, Enzo Amore says that this Sunday, Kalisto will be competing for "his boo," the Cruiserweight Championship, and the future of 205 Live. Enzo says he is money, and says Kalisto equals "nonexistent pockets." Before Drew Gulak can speak, Kalisto and Akira Tozawa show up.

Enzo Amore and Drew Gulak beat Akira Tozawa and Kalisto.



General Manager Kurt Angle is backstage with the Survivor Series Men's Team. Finn Balor and Samoa Joe will be in a match with Gallows & Anderson to see if they can get along. Jason Jordan will face Bray Wyatt tonight to prove that Angle is not playing favorites. Braun Strowman, on the other hand, demands a match with Kane. He gets it.

It's time for Miz TV. Tonight's special guests are Sheamus and Cesaro. The Miz says that Baron Corbin has squandered opportunities, while he creates them. He has an opportunity tonight against The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns), but he won't be doing it alone. He will have help from tonight's guests, Sheamus and Cesaro. Sheamus says he and Cesaro were not surprised by The New Day's (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) surprise appearance. Cesaro says that while The Shield were more focused on representing Raw, they were focused on the titles, and they took them last week to become three-time tag champs. Sheamus then says he and Cesaro are the real tag team champions, unlike The Usos, who won theirs "on that cute little B-show, SmackDown." The Miz demands that the crowd give Sheamus and Cesaro the respect they deserve. Sheamus reiterates that he and Cesaro are the real tag team champions, and Cesaro says they will jailbreak the Uso Penitentiary. The Miz then proclaims he, Sheamus and Cesaro will break The Shield, and this time it is the classic Shield without a glory-hogging Kurt Angle. Miz says that The Shield have gone through so much just to reunite for a match with them, but he says the moment belongs to him, Sheamus and Cesaro, as the "happy reunion tour" ends tonight.



We see a video package chronicling SmackDown Live's attacks on Raw.

It is announced that The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) have accepted The Shield's (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) challenge for Survivor Series.

Jason Jordan beats Bray Wyatt after reversing a Sister Abigail into a schoolboy pin. General Manager Kurt Angle and Commissioner Stephanie McMahon watch the match from backstage. After the match, Bray Wyatt attacks Jason Jordan and drills him with a clothesline at ringside before slamming Jordan's injured leg into the ring post. General Manager Kurt Angle heads towards the ring as Jordan is helped to the back.



Jason Jordan is checked on by a trainer. General Manager Kurt Angle says Jason won't be able to compete at Survivor Series, but Jason says he's seen Kurt fight through pain and he wants this opportunity.

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman show up. Heyman says this is the very first time in history that the Universal Champion will square off with the WWE Champion, as well as the first time that Brock Lesnar will face off with AJ Styles. He goes on to say this may be the only time Lesnar faces Styles in the ring, and tells the fans that if they want to see this happens, it happens this Sunday. Heyman then goes to say that he himself wants to see Lesnar vs. Styles, saying that he cannot put Lesnar on a pedestal any better than he can, especially with the opponents Lesnar has faced this year. He says that Styles possesses an impressive dichotomy and does not sell his wrestling ability short, but says speed kills. Suddenly, a wedding proposal happens in the crowd, and the crowd chants "She said yes!" Heyman says she only said yes because she's never been up close to a beast like Lesnar and that interrupting his promo is like having a match with Lesnar: you don't have a chance. Heyman goes on to call Styles the greatest performance of his generation and says Styles is a perfect opponent for Lesnar due to his career momentum and his worldwide admiration, but now Styles must be the ultimate underdog as he will step in the ring with Lesnar, who will make the claim that he will be the #1 champion then, now and forever. Paul Heyman then calls Styles "a Rocky movie come to life," having scored definitive victories over men like John Cena and Jinder Mahal to become WWE Champion again. But he says this is Survivor Series, not a Rocky movie, and Styles won't survive Brock Lesnar. Heyman looks forward to watching Styles at Survivor Series put on the show of his life only to be conquered by Lesnar.





The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns) beat The Miz, Sheamus and Cesaro. During the match, The Miz runs away through the crowd after The Shield makes quick work of both Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel at ringside. After the break, The Miz is back in the ring and is actively fighting The Shield. Nevertheless, The Shield win with a three-man powerbomb to Miz.



We see Kane. Even someone as sick and depraved as him can smile. All he has to do is remember what he did to Braun Strowman at TLC. Tonight, he will show Strowman that there are worse things in life than death, like him.

We look back at Lita vs. Trish Stratus on Raw for the WWE Women's Championship from December 2004 - the first ever women's main event in WWE.

General Manager Kurt Angle is in the ring. He says the decision he is about to make is probably the toughest in his career. He mentions Jason Jordan's injury, and as General Manager and team captain, he cannot allow him to compete at Survivor Series. Just as he is about to name a replacement, Jason Jordan shows up and still wants in the match, but Angle says he is not at 100%. Jordan says he will be fine by Sunday, and reminds Kurt he won a gold medal with a broken neck. Jordan says he has emulated Angle, whom he wants to fight side-by-side with, his entire life, and says he was picked for the team because he was the best option. He says he will never get another shot like this again. Commissioner Stephanie McMahon shows up, tells Angle to make the announcement, then leaves. Suddenly, Triple H says that if Angle won't make the announcement, he will. Triple H declares that he is the fifth man for Team Raw. Jason Jordan is disappointed, then Triple H hits Jason Jordan with a Pedigree.



Finn Balor and Samoa Joe beat Gallows & Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson).



Charly Caruso interviews Alexa Bliss. Alexa Bliss says when she went to Raw, SmackDown became the B-Show. She is interested in the SmackDown Women's title match, but she doesn't care who wins as she will reign supreme at Survivor Series.



Tomorrow night on 205 Live: Kalisto's birthday celebration!

Kane vs. Braun Strowman ends before it even starts after a ringside brawl and Braun Strowman hitting Kane with a running powerslam through the ring.



After the show goes off the air, Braun Strowman gets out from underneath the ring under his own power.



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

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