WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (Nov. 16, 2015) from the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina, featuring the go home show to the upcoming Survivor Series pay-per-view (PPV) scheduled for this coming Sunday night in Atlanta.
Advertised for tonight: The Brothers of Destruction are back again, the second round in the WWE world heavyweight title tournament, and more!
Come right back here at 8 p.m. ET when the Raw live blog kicks off once the show starts on USA. It will be below this line here. (REMINDER: NO GIFS OR PICS ARE ALLOWED IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. OFFENDERS WILL BE BANNED.)
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WWE RAW RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR NOV. 16
BaconStrips here. Let's do this...
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WWE Signature and we go straight to Greenville where a moment of silence is held for the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks.
Solidarité
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The lights go out in the arena as Undertaker's druids march to the ring. The Undertaker and Kane enter soon after.
Undertaker says that the true army of darkness stands before us in the form of Undertaker and Kane, and vengeance awaits The Wyatt Family.
Taker then mentions how Bray Wyatt tried to suck their souls out, but there is no form that can ascertain the power of the dark side. Kane follows up by saying that if you try to steal one of Hell's soul, you will get burned. He also says that there is a special place in Hell reserved for The Wyatts.
Taker tells Wyatt that his brand of evil is no match for the time-tested evil of the Brothers of Destruction.
Taker tells Wyatt to choose his two sacrifices since the Brothers of Destruction have already decided their destiny: they will never rest in peace.
The Wyatt Family comes out now. Bray Wyatt talks about Undertaker's 25 year reign of terror in WWE. Wyatt says that 25 years of darkness is long enough; the new army of darkness will be commanded by Bray Wyatt.
Wyatt vow to destroy the Brothers of Destruction at Survivor Series. After all, he IS Bray Wyatt.
A second Wyatt Interruption ensues, and the druids turn toward the ring wearing sheep masks. The druids attack and are quickly destroyed by the Brothers of Destruction.
The Wyatt Family starts to approach after the destruction when Bray Wyatt stops them, reminding us that their date with destiny is on Sunday.
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Neville vs Kevin Owens (WWE WHC Tournament Quarterfinal)
This was an absolute barnburner of a match with both men beating the hell out of each other, including the rarely-used but always-awesome poision frankensteiner from Neville. In the end, Neville goes for the Red Arrow, but Owens rolls out of the way and nails a vicious pop-up powerbomb to win.
Kevin Owens def Neville; advances to WWE WHC Semifinals
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Tyler Breeze vs R-Truth
Short match as you would expect. Breeze gets the win with the Beauty Shot.
Tyler Breeze def R-Truth
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Dean Ambrose vs Dolph Ziggler (WWE WHC Tournament Quarterfinal)
This was a pretty fun match that started like a good ol' fashioned grapplefest before turning into a hard-hitting affair. After a long match, Ambrose gets the win via Dirty Deeds after rolling out of a roll-up attempt.
Dean Ambrose def Dolph Ziggler; advances to WWE WHC Semifinal
After his win, Ambrose vows to turn WWE on its head when he wins the WWE WHC. Michael Cole being placed in a fish tank was a suggestion...seriously.
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The New Day vs The Usos and Ryback
Before the match, The New Day complains about everyone being so focused on The Undertaker's 25th anniversary. Instead, we should care about the one year anniversary of The New Day's (disastrous) debut. They then make fun of Jey Uso's injury and Ryback tagging with them for reasons. Big E also tells us to make Booty-ade when life gives us booty.
At the start of the match, our commentary team addresses the fact that Kevin Owens blocked Melissa Joan Hart on Twitter, so there's that.
This was a standard six-man tag that we've seen a million times before. It ended when Ryback's ravenous hunger overcame his senses, causing him to enter, shove the ref, and go after The New Day, causing a DQ.
The New Day def The Usos and Ryback by DQ
After, Ryback cleans the ring out and celebrates with The Usos.
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Backstage, Triple H has a chat with Cesaro regarding the stakes of the WWE WHC tournament before putting Cesaro over as a hell of a performer. However, Trips thinks that it's Cesaro's time to grab the brass ring and become the man.
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Roman Reigns vs Cesaro (WWE WHC Tournament Quarterfinal)
Fasten your seatbelts, kids.
Before the match, Reigns talks a bit about his path to this quarterfinal match, including debating Triple H's offer. However, Reigns has never sold out, and he never will. He vows that this ride will end with him becoming the WWE WHC.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the way you execute an exciting match. They started with grappling and slowly built it to an incredibly hot and intense finish with some great limb psychology along the way (if you'd want to think about it another way, this felt like a really good Ring of Honor match...that's about all I've got to say). After one of the most intense ending sequences of the year, Reigns got the win with the spear.
Roman Reigns def Cesaro; advances to WWE WHC Semifinals
Afterward, Cesaro and Reigns shake hands outside the ring.
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The late, great Nick Bockwinkel is remembered.
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The Ascension vs The Dudley Boyz
This happened. Dudleys hit the 3D to win.
The Dudley Boyz def The Ascension
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Backstage, Renee Young interviews Alberto Del Rio and Zeb Coulter about ADR's upcoming match with Kalisto. Coulter talks about Mex-America before Triple H interrupts and gives his offer.
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Kalisto vs Alberto Del Rio (WWE WHC Tournament Quarterfinal)
Well, this was a decent little match that happened. About midway through, Del Rio unmasked Kalisto...dead serious (not sure if it was intentional or not). In the end, Del Rio won with the corner stomp.
Alberto Del Rio def Kalisto; advances to WWE WHC Semifinal
So your semifinals look like this: Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Owens vs Dean Ambrose
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It's contract signing time for Paige vs Charlotte. Yes, you read that correctly. The women have the main-event slot this evening.
Michael Cole is in the ring for this and introduces both women.
After both women are in the ring, he asks both where Paige and Charlotte's friendship imploded. Paige responds that there was never a friendship in the first place, and she had to teach Charlotte the hard way. Paige vows to take the Divas Championship back.
Charlotte responds, saying that Paige is always bitter and angry. After Paige fires back, Charlotte says that she was never in this business to make friends. Charlotte goes over the lineage of her and Paige. Charlotte emotionally brings up her late brother, Reid, and him being the reason why she's in WWE today.
After this little aside, Paige drops the bomb that she's been using Charlotte since day one. The two then go back and forth about being champion and all that jazz. At the end of this disjointed mess, Paige eventually makes a quip regarding Reid not being strong enough, causing Charlotte to snap and attack Paige.
They did it.....they actually went there.
Good night, folks.