Just hours before RAW, footage of Brock Lesnar attacking Dean Ambrose outside the arena surfaced, causing a HUGE buzz in the social media of the WWE Universe. Ambrose was then stretchered out of the arena in an ambulance, meaning he'll be missing tonight's show due to the devastating injuries he received after being slammed by Lesnar unto a limo. YEAH FUCKING RIGHT.
Unpredictability seemed to be the theme for tonight's RAW, as the hour kicked off with showing footage of Lesnar beating up Ambrose (again), followed by Vince McMahon introducing the newly created Vincent J McMahon Legacy of Excellence Award. The award went to Stephanie, of course, who was gracious to accept the award (amidst the reign of boos from the audience). Just as she was getting ready to give her acceptance speech, she was interrupted... by none other than Shane McMahon. The reason for Shane's return was that he wanted to take control of Monday Night RAW, after being disgusted with how the ratings, the stock, and roster injuries have been under Stephanie's reign. Vince said he'll do it if Shane fights and win in one match of Vince's choosing, which Shane hastily accepts. The match will take place at Wrestlemania. His opponent is Undertaker. And it will be a Hell In A Cell match.
The rest of RAW was entertaining for the most part. The results can be found here.
The second hour saw Paul Heyman and Lesnar returning, with Heyman cutting a furiously amazing promo on how Brock Lesnar is "THE MAIN EVENT," regardless of him not facing against HHH for the title. Thanks to Ambrose screwing over Lesnar and himself out of the Triple Threat, he needs another Wrestlemania opponent. Ambrose shows up in the same ambulance he was taken out of and crawls towards Lesnar, who literally steps on Ambrose's head as he makes his exit. Ambrose calls out for Lesnar and demands a No Holds Barred Street Fight at Wrestlemania. Lesnar does an F5 on Ambrose and Heyman tells him that his client accepts. Initially, I was worried that Ambrose's momentum has been killed off after losing in Fastlane. Not only did this continue the storyline of "Indestructible" Ambrose, this also marks his first ever one-on-one Wrestlemania match! And thanks to Heyman's emphasis on Lesnar being "THE MAIN EVENT", it's shaping up to actually outshine the main event match with HHH vs Reigns.
The end of the third hour saw a lackluster match between Reigns and Sheamus, which ended in a no contest as HHH appeared and proceeded to take out Reigns. The beatdown got incredibly violent as HHH repeatedly smacked Reigns' head on the announcer's table, leaving his face a bright bloody mess. HHH even did the pedigree on Reigns on the steel steps. This is the heel giving a brutal beatdown to a babyface and yet, the whole crowd was behind the heel the whole time, cheering "YES!" for every smack and yelling "ONE MORE TIME!" for another pedigree. There's 6 more weeks left til Wrestlemania and I can't imagine how Reigns is going to handle this (some asshole fan even threw beer at him during his entrance). He really has to turn heel, otherwise he's going to get booed out of the building in Wrestlemania again.
WWE.com reported that Reigns had to undergo surgery following HHH's attack, which seems to alude to that rumor that Reigns might get written off TV to avoid the boos he'll be getting when RAW comes to Chicago, Philiadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Brooklyn next month. If WWE had to resort to this, this is probably the best choice. It helps to take off all the heat Reigns gets. I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for him.
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