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Opening

Stephanie McMahon introduced the men's Raw team for Survivor Series. She brought down Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. She then introduced Seth Rollins as the fifth member. Stephanie then told them they needed to fight like their jobs depended on it, because it did.

Stephanie left the ring and Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho proceeded to insult the other three members. Rollins and Reigns then began beating down Owens and Jericho. Strowman attacked Rollins and then Jericho in the ring. He was about to confront Roman Reigns until Stephanie McMahon returned to the ramp. She put all five members in a fatal five way match for the main event.

Brian Kendrick and Rich Swann vs Naom Dar and Sin Cara

Rich Swann and Sin Cara won when Swann rolled Kendrick up for a pin. After the match, Kendrick blamed Dar for losing the match, although he was the one pinned. Kendrick cheap shotted Dar, who fought back and knocked Kendrick out of the ring.

Backstage

Stephanie McMahon was talking to Sami Zayn about her not thinking it was fair that Sami got the IC title match at Survivor Series as she thought it should go to Rusev. She made a match between Zayn and Rusev tonight and the winner will face Ziggler at Survivor Series.

The New Day vs Anderson and Gallows

Enzo and Cass, the Club, Sheamus and Cesaro all were in the ring bickering. After a lot of back and forth, the New Day announced they had a match with Anderson and Gallows.

Anderson and Gallows defeated the New Day by pinfall.

Backstage

Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho tried to get Braun Strowman on their side for the fatal five way. Jericho even removed Strowman from the list. Strowman insisted he was on team Braun and left. Jericho hastily put Strowman back on the list.

Golden Truth vs the Shining Stars


The Shining Stars defeated Golden Truth to advance to the tag team Raw vs Smackdown match at Survivor Series.

Women's Survivor Series Match Promo

Michael Cole was in the ring and invited the captain Charlotte out to the ring. He then brought out Nia Jax, Alicia Fox and Bayley. The crowd kept chanting and singing for Bayley and Charlotte threw a tantrum in the ring. Charlotte then introduced Dana Brooke as the fifth member of the team. Michael Cole then cut in and told Charlotte Brooke was NOT the fifth member and he introduced Sasha Banks as the fifth member. Charlotte then claimed that she named Brooke as an alternate because she thought Banks was too injured. Charlotte challenged Sasha as being the boss and had Nia Jax confront and stare Sasha down before the commercial break.

Bayley, Sasha Banks and Alicia Fox vs Nia Jax, Charlotte and Dana Brooke

Bayley, Sasha Banks and Alicia Fox won when Bayley pinned Dana Brooke.

Rusev vs Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn defeated Rusev by pinfall

Fatal Five Way Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens vs Braun Strowman vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins


Kevin Owens won the fatal fiveway by pinning Chris Jericho. It was a mistake, as Rollins hit Jericho with a pedigree and then super kicked Owens, who then fell onto Jericho. Owens still stood tall, holding his belt up in the air after the match.
 

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Wasn't complete ass infact I'd as this is probably one of the better episodes we've seen in a while but that really isn't saying much. The Glasgow crowd seemed dead throught most of the night with the exception of afew segments which was odd because UK crowds are usually lively and fun, 6/10.

The Good:

The main event was pretty damn good. Braun looked strong as fuck in this match and throughout the entire show really. They're really going full throttle with him and so far I like it, hopefully Smackdown does something similar with Baron Corbin tomorrow. The finish to this match was dare I say...creative. Ho-ly shit put me in a dress and call me Susan! The Raw Creative team being creative [HASHTAG]#endtimes[/HASHTAG].

The RAW tag team segment was actually pretty entertaining Brave heart references and all. Always down for some good banter, shoutsout to Cesaro for destroying the Club with one sentence. Speaking of the Club, I wish WWE would let their personality shine through because this thing that going on right now is kinda stupid but hey! They won clean on RAW against the champions so that's nice.

+10 for Glasgow shitting on Roman Reigns.

+5 for Glasgow showing Bayley some love.



The Meh:

The RAW Women's team segment died as soon as Alicia's music hit tbh...but Bayley brought the crowd back to life. What were they even chanting? Idk but I'm glad they gave Bayley a huge reaction at least.

The Cruiserweight match was...meh. Noam Dar got probably the biggest pop of the night tho'.

Sami Zayn Vs. Dolph Ziggler sounds good and I'm sure it'll be a hell of match...but why not just wait until the PPV to reveal his opponent? Could you imagine the pop Sami would've got of there was no announcement prior to him just showing up?...

The Bad:

I wish the teams took their competition more seriously than they did tonight. Also the matches still have no stakes...we need the stakes.
 

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I thought this Raw was extremely average. I really dislike the dysfunctional team angle that each Survivors Series team is doing. It became so annoying redundant by the women's segment that the crowd had enough. There was also a severe lack of wrestling on the show were by the end of the 2nd hour we only had 3 matches. All three tag matches mind you. The main event was a decent pay off though, by far the highlight of the show.

Here's my full thoughts on the show over at wrestling with words:
WWE Raw Review, Results (November 7, 2016): Raw Teams Fall Apart in Scotland
 

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~ Live (on tape) from Glasgow Scotland its Everybody Loves Bayley...I mean Monday Night RAW...

~ Wow...what a big surprise...Seth Rollins is the 5th member of Team RAW...I'm shocked...

~ Great work Stephanie...nothing will help your team work together at Survivor Series like
getting them to beat the shit out of each other.

~ Yay...another Cruiserweight tag team match...but at least Rich Swann appears to be getting a push.

~ Oh Great...Bork La$er & Glodberg are talking about each other...and I continue not to care.

~ A long talking segment featuring Cesaro, Big Cass, Big E, Goldust and bunch of people I don't
care about. I think I'll go make a cup of tea.

~ Bork La$er continues to talk...I wasn't listening...I was doing a crossword puzzle.

~ Bork & Glodberg will be face to face next week? Great...I'll have a book ready.

~ I don't care about the piece of paper with names written on it...

~ JUST PUT EMMA BACK ON TV ALREADY!!! My God...its been that long that her new look will be dated by the time she actually returns!

~ So...the Golden Truth aren't on the RAW team now? Okay...fine.

~ Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan will appear on Raw next week?
Sweet...may-be some SmackDown awesomeness will rub off onto RAW and make them better.

~ Finally...what I've been waiting for...Ugh...Michael Cole is here, ruining the mood.
All Hail Queen Charlotte! Nia Jax is up next...and she's scary...careful Charlotte.
Hey look...Alicia Fox is here *Cue Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix* She should be on the
team. Bayley is out next...I guess she is on the team. Wow...listen to the crowd...

"Hey Bayley...I want to know...will you be my girl?"

So Dana Brooke is out next...yeah...I'm not buying it...

"Hey Bayley...I want to know...will you be my girl?"

Oh Good...here comes the Boss...and the crowd seems happy...

"Hey Bayley...I want to know...will you be my girl?"

Guys...seriously I'm trying to type here...can you calm...

"Hey Bayley...I want to know...will you be my girl?"

Okay...I love Bayley to...I'd love to give her a hug...but...

"Hey Bayley...I want to know...will you be my girl?"

Okay...moving on. So...once again RAW decides to have Survivor Series team mates fight
against each other...okay...whatever.

So this 6 woman tag match was okay...Nia Jax is a tank, The crowd loves Bayley...

"Hey Bayley...I want to know...will you be my girl?"

Alright I get it! Charlotte still looks on another level compared to everyone else...
Oh...that big boot to Nia Jax is just another example of that. Wait...WTF? Bayley
pinned Charlotte after a Bayley-to-Belly? Are you kidding me? Its just a normal
Belly-to-Belly suplex...I'm calling shenanigans!!!

So..if Bayley is moving into a feud with Charlotte...does this mean Sasha Banks
is going to be fighting Nia Jax? Oh God...No...Don't do that...please...Don't shorten Sasha's career.

~ So Sami Zayn finally gets a match and a win for a title shot...over Rusev...you know what WWE...
F*ck You...F*ck You right in the ear!

~ And now 5 men who need to team together at Survivor Series can beat each other up.
I no longer care...and the sooner Owens & Jericho "break up" the better.

(P.S: These comments I leave are more for comedy than my actual honest opinions...I'm just being
a snarky bastard)
 
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My opinion doesn't really differ from what has already been discussed above so, for the record, gave it a 5/10 and just to be clear, most of those points were earned from that amazing crowd cause the show itself was below average.

For those complaining about the fans highjacking, I say piss off. Seriously? Should we mute the fans? Should we perhaps not allow chanting anymore? How about from now on we don't have any fans at all? How about all shows take place in empty arenas?

In all seriousness, people attending these shows are spending there good money to do so (and it ain't cheap) in order to have a good time and part of the fun is obviously the chanting so highjack...my ass, these loud crowds actually make the show so much better.

Other than that, won't go into any details cause...not worth the time. Once again, little made sense in regards to booking and/or storytelling so just a few quick notes:

- Anyone catch Dana Brooke's latest botch? Seriously, can she please get the fuck off the roster before she kills someone? I hope Bailey is ok...

- Alicia Fox promo: Oh lord, no wonder she ain't getting any TV time...

- Absolutely LOVED when KO grabbed the "I love Roman" sign and tore it. Needless to say, the crowd popped big time for that...

- Not for nothing, New Day really rocked with that Braveheart promo...

- That shit talk Stephanie gave to Zayn....what was that about? why all the hate towards Sami?
 

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- That shit talk Stephanie gave to Zayn....what was that about? why all the hate towards Sami?

I don't get Stephanie and her need to cuck one superstar a week but it needs to stop. Sami is a weird case right now, loved by the fans but seemingly not so popular both in and out of kayfabe. Hopefully this'll eventually lead to Sami going to SDlive where he belongs.
 

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The show was rather boring and felt lifeless, outside of a few bright moments that prevented the show from being abysmal. 4/10

The pop Dar received was pretty great. I got boosebumps, the crowd was electric, man! But, once his entrance ended, all the energy was gone.
The match itself was nothing to write home about and Dar should've got more time to shine, but oh well.

The gathering of RAW's Tag Teams was a pretty fun segment. The crowd was into it, The New Day were great and Cesaro had some pretty great lines, too.

The Glasgow crowd hijacking that women's segment and chanting for Bayley was seriously great. I loved it.

"Thank you, but I don't need the support of this pathetic village." - :lana2:

Sami Zayn vs Rusev was solid given the time constraint. Sami was selling Rusev's offense like a MF and I liked the ending. Also, I'm glad Sami will be the one to answer DZ's open challenge and here's to hoping he wins and moves to SmackDown.

The Fatal 5-Way was a rock solid ME and MOTN, but that ain't saying much. They continued to tease the issues of KO and Y2J, they established Strowman as a beast and the tease of Rollins and Reigns possibly being on the same page again was good. I'll always mark for The Shield.

Everything else was boring and pretty much sucked. And oh, Stephanie was as awful as always.

So, yeah, RAW wasn't good.

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