Tonight, the WWE returns to
Canada for a special episode of Raw as we celebrate Memorial Day and
this show is dedicated to the Armed Forces. What is the latest update
on Triple H’s condition? What is next for Ryback and John Cena as they
move towards their Ambulance Match at Payback? What will the Shield do
tonight? Will they even mention that Dolph Ziggler has a concussion
too?
We are in Calgary . . .
Alberta, Canada and your announcers are Michael ‘If I mention that you should download the WWE App for a minute’ Cole, Jerry ‘Tonight we are in the HartLand’ Lawler, and John ‘Should I use Loonie or Toonie when insulting my fellow announcers’ Layfield.
Before we start with the new programming, we take a look back at the debut of Curtis Axel and his interaction with Triple H before their match.
Do you remember where you were when we had a Last Man Standing Match where neither man could stand so we had no finish? What will Ryback do tonight?
John Cena’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
John says that there is a lot of unrest in the arena tonight. Some anxiety and some anger. He says that he understands why. There was a Last Man Standing Match at Extreme Rules that is most known for its controversy. Neither man could stand for the count of ten so both men think they deserve the WWE Championship.
There is John Cena, who is the current champ. Then there is Ryback who thinks that he is the WWE Champion.
Ryback came out and challenged him to an Ambulance Match.
John picks up on the ‘We Want Bret’ chants and he says that we will get to Bret later.
John says that Ryback thought through things too fast. John says that he knows how to settle this. Payback be deliberate. Payback should be held. There will be a Three Stages of Hell Match at Payback. Each fall has a different stipulation. Stage one is a Lumberjack Match. Stage Two is a Tables Match. Stage Three is an Ambulance Match.
John says that even if he wins the first two falls, he will take Ryback and put him into the ambulance so Ryback can be taken for medical attention.
Ryback makes his way to the stage and he is dressed to wrestle. He says that payback should be deliberate, definitive, and it should be held. That is what he tried to do to John at Extreme Rules. He drove John through the LED board without worrying about what was on the other side. He tried to take Cena to hell.
Ryback tells John to say hello to Beelzebub, Lucifer, and Satan. Say hello to Ryback.
Paul Heyman comes out and he tells John that while he is saying hello to everyone, he wants John to say hello to a future WWE Hall of Famer, a future WWE Champion, and a man who defeated Triple H so decisively that you won’t see him around for more. Paul brings out Curtis Axel.
Paul tells John that Curtis and him were watching John and they were marveling at the fact that John accepted the challenge from Ryback. It takes something to suggest a Three Stages of Hell Match. He says that John is a fighting champion. Paul says that John will not back down from a challenge from Curtis Axel.
John tells Curtis that he watched him last week and he tells Curtis to stay as far away from Paul as possible.
Curtis says that he was not asking John for his opinion. He says that he was asking John if he is looking for a fight.
John says that Curtis got lucky last week, but he is acting like he is running the yard. John accepts the challenge.
We go to commercial.
Match Number One: Alberto Del Rio (with Ricardo Rodriguez) versus Big E Langston (with AJ Lee)
They lock up and Langston with punches and shoulders in the corner. Del Rio with a drop kick but Langston stays on his feet. Langston charges at Del Rio and Del Rio drops down and Langston goes over the top rope to the floor. Del Rio with a suicide dive onto Langston. Langston sends Del Rio into the apron and then he drops Alberto on the ring steps before returning to the ring and he gets a near fall.
Langston with a bear hug and Del Rio punches and kicks Langston to escape. Langston catches Del Rio coming from the turnbuckles and he hits three consecutive back breakers for a near fall. Langston misses a charge into the corner and he hits the ring post with his shoulder.
Del Rio with two clotheslines and Langston does not go down. Del Rio with another clothesline and then he avoids a clothesline from Langston and Del Rio with a lungblower. Del Rio with a super kick for a near fall. Del Rio tries for the float over into the cross arm breaker but Langston escapes and he hits a belly-to-belly suplex.
The straps are down but Del Rio with a single arm DDT. AJ pulls off the top turnbuckle and the referee fixes it while Del Rio applies the cross arm breaker. Langston is able to turn over and he picks up Del Rio. Del Rio sends Langston into the exposed turnbuckle and he gets the three count with a rollup.
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
After the match, AJ tries to apologize to Langston and say that it was not her fault. Langston leaves the ring and AJ follows after.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kane is in the locker room. Daniel Bryan is pacing in front of him and he is muttering. Kane tells Daniel to stop with the weak link obsession because the only person who thinks that he is the weak link is Daniel. Kane says that if they are going to beat the Shield tonight as a team, Daniel will have to pull himself together.
Daniel with an ‘AHA’ moment and he says that Kane thinks that he is the weak link.
They go back and forth with the yes and no and they see Bret Hart.
Bret tells them to take it easy. They are one of the best tag team partnerships. The tension that they have destroys tag teams. They are better than this.
Daniel asks Bret is he was thought of as the weak link.
Bret says that size means nothing because of your toughness.
Kane wants to know how Daniel believes Bret while Kane says the same thing and ignores him.
Daniel says that he is Bret Hart, the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. He is just Kane.
Match Number Two: Dean Ambrose (with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns) versus Kofi Kingston for the United States Title
They lock up and Ambrose backs Kofi into the corner and Ambrose pushes Kofi but Kofi pushes back. Kofi with a rollup for a near fall. Kofi with another near fall with a rollup. Kofi with an arm drag into an arm bar and a near fall. Ambrose backs Kofi into the corner and he punches Kofi. Ambrose with more punches but Kofi punches and kicks back. Kofi with a jumping back heel kick.
Ambrose with a single leg take down and then Kofi sends Ambrose into the ropes and he tries for Trouble in Paradise but Ambrose holds on to the ropes. Kofi tries for an SOS but Ambrose goes to the floor to regroup. Ambrose backs up from the ring when Kofi teases a dive to the floor and Kofi bounces off the ropes and lands on his feet.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Ambrose with a cross arm chin lock. Ambrose with a short arm clothesline and he stomps on Kingston before hitting a snap elbow drop and he gets a near fall. We see footage from the break on the WWE App. Kofi catapults Ambrose into the turnbuckles and Kofi with a near fall. Ambrose runs into a boot from Kofi.
Kofi with chops followed by a drop kick and he tries for the flying clothesline but Ambrose catches him and Ambrose sends him into the corner. Kofi with a double jump cross body and he gets a near fall. Kofi with a leaping clothesline and Ambrose moves when Kofi sets for the Boom Drop. Kofi and Ambrose alternate near falls.
Kofi with SOS for a near fall. Kofi with a baseball slide that sends Ambrose to the floor. Kofi rolls Ambrose back in and Kofi goes for a springboard clothesline and he connects. Kofi gets a near fall. Ambrose sends Kofi into the ring steps when he trips Kofi on the apron.
Ambrose rolls Kofi back in and then he sets for the Dean Driver and he hits it and he gets the three count.
Winner: Dean Ambrose
After the match, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns join Dean Ambrose in the ring and they show their title belts to everyone watching.
Kane’s pyro goes off and Daniel Bryan and Kane make their way to the ring. Bryan and Kane go after The Shield and The Shield goes to the floor.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Three: Daniel Bryan and Kane versus Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns (with Dean Ambrose) for the WWE Tag Titles
The match is joined in progress and Rollins punches Bryan and he takes him down with a side head lock. Rollins with a shoulder tackle but Bryan with a knee to the midsection. Bryan with kicks to the chest and the referee has to pull Bryan away from Rollins.
Kane tags in and he sends Rollins into the turnbuckles. Rollins floats over on an Irish whip but Kane catches him and hits a power slam for a near fall. Bryan tags in and they hit a Hart Attack and Bryan gets a near fall. Bryan with elbows to the shoulder and head. Bryan gets a near fall. Rollins backs Bryan into the corner but Kane tags in and connects with an uppercut. Kane with a clothesline in the corner and Rollins avoids a choke slam and he hits an enzuigiri. Reigns tags in and he punches and kicks Kane. Rollins with a kick to the head when the referee deals with Reigns. Reigns gets a near fall.
Rollins tags in and he punches Kane. Rollins with more punches to Kane and then he tries to suplex Kane but Kane blocks it and Kane with a suplex. Reigns tags in and he stops Kane and gets a near fall. Reigns with a reverse chin lock and he gets between Kane and his corner. Reigns with a slam to Kane and he gets a near fall. Rollins tags in and he kicks Kane.
Rollins with a kick but Kane with a clothesline and both men are down. Bryan tags in and he hits a drop kick that knocks Reigns off the apron. Bryan with a German suplex to Rollins and then he hits a running drop kick into the corner for a near fall. Bryan with Kicks of No to Rollins followed by a round kick to the head for a near fall.
Bryan goes up top and Rollins is able to crotch Bryan. Rollins tries for a superplex but Bryan escapes and he crotches Seth and he puts Rollins in the tree of woe. Bryan with kicks and a drop kick into the corner. Bryan goes for a belly-to-back superplex and he hits it.
Both men are down and we go to commercial.
We are back and Bryan with a European uppercut to Reigns. Bryan with kicks to the leg and chest. Reigns with an Irish whip but Bryan floats over. Reigns with a clothesline to counter the flying clothesline and he gets a near fall. Rollins tags in and he kicks Bryan and punches him.
Rollins mocks Bryan and he tries for the surfboard and he gets Bryan up but Bryan is able to escape and he kicks Rollins. Rollins takes Bryan down and he connects with an elbow drop to the back. Reigns tags back in and he kicks Bryan in the back. Reigns with another kick and he gets a near fall on Bryan.
Rollins tags back in and he hits a super kick while Reigns holds Bryan. Rollins calls Bryan the weak link before sending him into the turnbuckles. Bryan with punches to Rollins but Rollins with a flatline into the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall. Reigns tags back in and he applies a waist lock on Bryan.
Reigns with a forearm to Bryan’s back but Bryan with a kick and a flying leg lariat and both men are down. Kane and Rollins tag in and Kane with punches to Rollins followed by an Irish whip and clothesline. Kane with another Irish whip and clothesline but Rollins avoids the side slam. Kane with a back body drop and Kane makes sure to hit the side slam and Reigns breaks up the cover. Bryan with a missile drop kick to Reigns that sends Reigns to the floor.
Bryan with a suicide dive onto Reigns. Rollins with a back heel kick to Kane but Kane with a big boot to Rollins. Bryan kicks Reigns against the apron and Kane goes up top. Kane hits the flying clothesline and he signals for the choke slam while Bryan waits for the flying knee off the apron. Reigns catches Bryan and he sends Bryan to the floor with a spear.
Rollins with a springboard knee to the head and Rollins gets the three count.
Winners: Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns
After the match, Ambrose joins Rollins and Reigns in the ring to celebrate.
In case you missed the announcement of the stipulation for the John Cena and Ryback match at Payback, we see the footage.
We go to commercial.
We are back with the WWE Rewind: Triple H defying medical advise to wrestle and suffering post concussion symptoms.
We are back and Michael Cole talks about what happened at the end of Raw. Michael has an update. Triple H has been advised not to travel to Raw, but he suffered no further damage.
Miz makes his way to the ring and he will be involved in some way in the match between Fandango and Wade Barrett. VOTE ON THE APP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We go to commercial.
We are back and Jerry Lawler tells us what Miz’ role in this match will be. He is the guest referee in a landslide.
Match Number Four: Wade Barrett versus Fandango (with Summer Rae) with Guest Referee Miz
They lock up and Fandango with a hammer lock and Barrett goes to the ropes. Barrett argues with the referee and then Fandango with chops and forearms. Fandango with a back elbow and Miz gets a near fall. Barrett with a short arm clothesline and he gets a near fall. Barrett with knees in the ropes and Miz gets the way of the running boot. Barrett throws Miz to the mat and Barrett with a boot to Fandango.
Miz gives Barrett the Skull Crushing Finale and Fandango gets the three count.
Winner: Fandango
After the match, Miz kicks Fandango while he dips Summer and Summer falls on Fandango and the Miz makes the three count.
Miz is in the medical room and someone asks him if he really wants to do it. John turns around and it is Shawn Michaels. He says that nobody ever listens to him because he is the voice of reason.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we see footage of 3MB crashing Natalya’s birthday party.
Match Number Five:Great Khali, Tensai, and Brodus Clay (with a lot of people) versus Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, and Drew McIntyre
Khali and Drew start things off and Drew with punches but Khali with a forearm to the top of the head. Khali with a chop. Khali with more chops and Tensai tags in. Tensai does some shoveling before the cannonball into the corner. Tensai punches Slater but McIntyre with a kick to Tensai. Jinder tags in and they hit a double side Russian leg sweep. Jinder gets a near fall and then he runs Tensai into the corner.
Slater tags in and Tensai with punches. Slater with a leg lariat and he gets a near fall. Slater with jabs to Tensai but Tensai with an uppercut. Clay tags in and he hits a few clotheslines followed by the Sheeeplex. Clay with a splash and then it is time for a power slam and he gets a near fall.
All six men are in the ring. Khali takes care of Drew. Khali with a chop to Slater followed by a Call to his Mama by Clay for the three count.
Winners: Great Khali, Tensai, and Brodus Clay
After the match, Brodus gets on the mic and he tells everyone that it is Natalya’s birthday and Khali will be leading everyone in singing Happy Birthday.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time for the Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho.
Chris welcomes everyone to Raw is Jericho and the Highlight Reel. His guest is one of the most controversial, annoying, and bulbous performers in WWE history. Chris brings out Paul Heyman.
Paul makes his way to the ring and Chris points out that Paul has been called many things throughout his career, some unflattering and most of them true. Chris says that Paul has an uncanny knack of aligning himself with great talent.
Paul says that he discovers and develops great talent. Talent like Chris Jericho. Paul reminds Chris that it was him who discovered and developed Chris Jericho. He was the person who gave Chris his first big break.
Chris reminds Paul that he still owes him money.
Paul says that he has waived his fee to appear tonight on The Highlight Reel. He reminds everyone that Curtis Axel took care of Triple H last week and he will take care of John Cena tonight.
Chris says that he admires Curtis Axel but he doesn’t want to talk about Curtis.
Paul starts to talk about BROCK LESNAR but Chris tells him to shut up.
Chris says that he wants to talk about Paul’s other client. The man who has been off of Raw for the last six weeks, CM Punk. Punk has been absent and the last time he was on Raw, Punk talked about taking the Undertaker to the limit and then leaving.
Chris points out that Paul is wearing the same suit that he wore six weeks ago and Paul had the same look on his face. Chris suggests that Punk surprised Paul as well as the entire world.
Paul says that this is his favorite suit because of his admiration for Chris Jericho. Paul asks Chris to show him the same respect that he is showing Chris tonight. Paul reminds us what Punk said and he never had to say stupid things like the best there is, the best there was, or the best there ever will be. He says that Punk never got the respect he deserves.
Chris wants to know where CM Punk is.
Paul says that he will have an announcement in a few weeks about the return of the Best in the World.
Chris does not like that explanation. Punk cannot sit at home for six weeks and call himself the Best in the World.
Paul says that he has a client at home who would vehemently disagree.
Chris has a few messages for CM Punk and Chris points out that the next pay per view is in Chicago. Chris tells Paul that Punk cannot sit at home after losing the title and to the Undertaker.
Chris says that he is the best and Paul cuts him off. Paul does not have the right to claim that title.
Chris says that Punk can prove it by facing him at Payback.
Paul says that Chris does not get to dictate terms to him and CM Punk.
Chris tells Punk he can stay at home and Chris says that he is the best in the world at what he does.
Paul tells Chris that Jericho wants a match against CM Punk in Chicago, in his home town, at Payback. Paul tells Chris that on behalf of his client, he accepts.
They shake hands and Chris pulls him close. Chris tells Paul that after Payback, CM Punk will never ever be the same . . . agayne.
We go to commercial.
Match Number Six: Kaitlyn and Natalya versus Nikki and Brie Bella
Kaitlyn and Nikki start things off and Nikki with a waist lock. Kaitlyn with an elbow and a European uppercut. Kaitlyn with a clothesline and Nikki goes to the apron. Nikki trips Kaitlyn on the apron and she rolls Kaitlyn back in and she gets a near fall. Nikki uses her assets to choke Kaitlyn in the ropes.
Brie tags in and hits a flying clothesline and then she applies a rear chin lock. Brie sends Kaitlyn to the mat and gets a near fall. Brie with a reverse chin lock. Brie with a knee and Irish whip but she misses a splash into the corner and Natalya tags in and she kicks Brie and hits a suplex.
Natalya with a kick and discus clothesline. Natalya with the Sharpshooter and Brie tries to make the tag but Natalya pulls her into the center of the ring. Nikki slaps Natalya and then Kaitlyn with a spear. Kaitlyn accidentally spears Natalya and Brie knocks Kaitlyn off the apron and gets the three count.
Winners: Nikki and Brie Bella
After the match, The Bellas sing Happy Birthday to Natalya.
Curtis Axel is in the locker room and Bret Hart enters. Bret talks about how Curtis’ dad and him had some great matches. Bret tells Curtis to get rid of Paul Heyman. Curtis says that Bret might have known his dad, but he doesn’t know him. The only person who believed in him was Paul Heyman.
We go to commercial.
We have a Bray Wyatt video package and he is joined by Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. They are coming.
Match Number Seven: Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton and Sheamus
Cody and Orton start things off and they lock up. Orton with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Orton with another shoulder tackle. Rhodes works on the wrist and he puts Orton in a top wrist lock. Rhodes with a knee in the corner but Orton with an Irish whip. Rhodes floats over and Orton with a shoulder tackle for a near fall.
Orton runs his laces across the face and Sheamus tags in and Sheamus with a slingshot shoulder tackle for a near fall. Sandow tags in and he kicks and punches Sheamus. Sheamus blocks a hip toss but Sandow avoids a short arm clothesline. Sheamus with a slam for a near fall. Orton tags in and he kicks Sandow. Orton sends Sandow into the turnbuckles and he punches Sandow.
Orton with a drop kick for a near fall. Sandow with forearms and he tags in Cody. Cody with punches and kicks to Orton. Rhodes with an Irish whip but you don’t Irish whip Orton into the corner because Orton with a clothesline for a near fall. Sheamus tags in and he hits a knee drop. Sheamus with forearms across the chest.
Rhodes with punches and kicks to Sheamus and the referee warns him. Sheamus with a hard Irish whip to Rhodes followed by a neck breaker for a near fall. Cody with punches and Sandow tags in. Sandow with a snap mare and a knee drop. Sandow with a kick to Sheamus but Sheamus with a rolling fireman’s carry slam. Rhodes tries to stop Sheamus on the apron. The distraction allows Sandow to send Sheamus to the mat from the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall as we go to commercial.
We are back and Sandow with a near fall. Sandow with a reverse chin lock. Rhodes tags in and he applies a front face lock and pulls Sheamus out of the corner and he applies a body scissors. Sheamus with a uranage back breaker and both men are down. Orton and Sandow tag in and Orton with two clotheslines and then he avoids a clothesline from Sandow and he hits a power slam. Orton with a power slam to Rhodes.
Orton with the IEDDT on Sandow and then he twists to the mat for the push ups. Sandow goes to the floor to avoid the RKO. Orton goes to the floor and he clotheslines Rhodes. Sandow sends Orton face first into the ring post. Sandow sends Orton back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Rhodes kicks Orton and he hits a gourdbuster for a near fall.
Rhodes with a rear chin lock. Sandow tags back in and he connects with knees followed by a side Russian elbow sweep and the Elbow of Disdain for a near fall. Sandow with knees to the ribs and he tags Cody back in. Rhodes punches Orton and runs him into the corner. Orton with punches and a European uppercut. Rhodes with a knee but Orton with an Exploder suplex and both men are down.
Sheamus tags in and he hits two running double sledges before sending Rhodes into the corner and he hits a knee lift. Sheamus with the forearms to Sandow on the apron. Rhodes with the Beautiful Disaster to Sheamus while he sets for White Noise.
Orton sends Cody over the ringside barrier into the Roberts Cubicle. Sheamus avoids Terminus and Sheamus hits White Noise. Sheamus looks around and he pounds on his chest for the Brogue Kick. Sheamus hits the Brogue Kick for the three count.
Winners: Sheamus and Randy Orton
Match Number Eight: John Cena versus Curtis Axel (with Paul Heyman)
They lock up and Axel with a side head lock take down. Cena with a hip toss and Axel goes to the floor to discuss strategy with Heyman.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Axel sends Cena into the apron and then he sends Cena into the ring steps. Cena gets back in the ring in time and Axel with kicks and he sends Cena into the turnbuckles. Axel with kicks followed by a hard Irish whip. Axel runs his forearm across Cena’s head to rub it into the mat.
Axel with a suplex and a near fall as the fans look at something going on in the crowd. Axel with an arm bar and chin lock. Cena gets back to his feet but Axel with kicks and a Northern Lariat for a near fall. Axel punches and kicks Cena. Cena with two flying shoulder tackles followed by the Blue Thunder Bomb. Cena with the five knuckle shuffle and he connects. Cena gets Axel on his shoulders but Curtis escapes and he hits a drop kick and gets a near fall.
Axel with an elbow drop from the turnbuckles. Curtis goes back to the turnbuckles but he misses an elbow drop the second time. Cena with a power slam for a near fall. Axel with a kick and snap mare followed by a leap frog neck snap followed by a kick to the head for a near fall.
Cena with a drop toe hold but Axel kicks him away. Cena gets Axel up for the Attitude Adjustment and Axel counters with Son of Perfectplex but Cena kicks out. Axel misses a splash into the corner and Cena with a clothesline.
The ambulance drives into the arena and that means that Ryback must be there. Cena walks to the ambulance and the referee makes his count and Cena is counted out.
Winner: Curtis Axel (by count out)
Cena checks inside the front of the ambulance and no one is in there. He opens the back and no one is in there. It was a trap and Ryback hits Cena from behind. Ryback sends Cena onto the stage and he sets for the lariat through the LED board but Cena moves.
Cena tries for the Attitude Adjustment but Ryback escapes and he throws Cena off the stage.
We go to credits.
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