WWE Raw Recap (18th September 2017)


Kurt Angle is out to talk about No Mercy. Miz and associates make their way down. Miz is annoyed that he isn't on the PPV but Angle says there will be a number one contenders match between Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Elias and Jason Jordan. Miz calls Angle out for his nepotism and says he will be a better champion and father than him. Jordan isn't happy that Miz is bad mouthing his daddy and threatens to knock Miz's teeth out. Jordan wants Bo and Axel added to the match. Angle agrees, because apparently he is a stooge that will do anything his son asks. Jordan clears the ring. Miz was great here, again. Overall it was a decent enough way to start the show.

Jordan whinges to Angle, saying he didn't ask for this. He literally just asked for a favour and he got it. I can't be arsed with their nonsense. 

Alexa Bliss vs Nia Jax - Jax won in a match I would describe as having happened. After the match Jax takes out Bliss and Sasha Banks but Bayley returns to make the save. All three of them take out Jax, then Bayley and Banks take out Bliss. Emma was nowhere to be seen here. That bodes well. 

Shesaro come out and cut a promo about hating nostalgia and getting their titles back. The crowd doesn't care, probably cuz it's a bit shit. Ambrollins turn up and say that Shesaro look like Braveheart and Taxi Driver had ugly kids, someone got paid for writing that joke.Anderson & Gallows come out and call everyone nerds. Ambrose takes great exception to this and starts a big brawl. Not a very good segment. 

Ambrose & Rollins vs Sheamus & Cesaro vs Anderson & Gallows - This match was much better than the promo that preceded it. It was fun for what it was, with Shesaro picking up the win. It was clever for them to wait for Ambrose to hit the Dirty Deeds first, nobody kicks out of that fucker.

Bayley has been added to the title match at No Mercy. She didn't earn it but who cares about common sense, right? 

Goldust wants a rematch with Bray Wyatt, but as Dustin Rhodes. Angle agrees.

Curt Hawkins announces that his 114 match losing streak will end tonight.

Curt Hawkins vs Apollo Crews - This wasn't the end of the losing streak. It will never end. Thankfully this was short.

We get a pre taped side by side video interview with Lesnar and Strowman. Strowman says that nobody has done to Lesnar what he has. Heyman tells Strowman that he may be able to withstand one German suplex but he won't withstand a whole night of them. Braun doesn't care about any of that shit. Heyman says while Lesnar is champion it is all about him. Lesnar thanks Braun for backing him into a corner, it's when he's at his best. It was a decent segment but it didn't really do anything that hasn't been done better before.

Roman Reigns is out for a chat. He says that Cena likes to run his mouth but sometimes he says stupid shit. He isn't the new John Cena, he lets his actions talk for him. He shows a video of Cena running down The Rock for not being there. He says Cena is a hypocrite and teases bringing him to the ring but Cena isn't there. At No Mercy the result will be the same as it was against The Rock, but this time he will lose to a different Samoan. It was okay, there is no way that Reigns is the face here. He managed to get his point across but Cena wasn't there. He wasn't filming a movie either, he was doing PR work for WWE in China.

Both of the Hardys are planning to win tonight. They should be too.

Bray Wyatt vs Dustin Rhodes - This was actually okay. It was short but it had a good energy about it. Wyatt won with the Sister Abigail.

After the match Finn Balor comes out and says that if he created the Demon, is man or Demon more dangerous? Well, Balor has caught Wyatt disease and is now rambling.

We get a wonderful Bobby Heenan memorial video. Heenan was fantastic at everything he did and is the best manager in wrestling history. He was genuinely one of a kind.

Enzo turns up and does his usual nonsense. Braun feels like killing someone so he kills Enzo. I'm fully on board with that. Neville then turns up and hits the Red Arrow. Fuck Enzo.

Neville vs Gran Metalik - This was decent enough for a 3 minute match. Neville was a dick, trying to tear Metalik's mask off. He won with the Rings of Saturn.

Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy vs Jason Jordan vs Elias vs Bo Dallas vs Curtis Axel (IC Title Number 1 Contenders Match) - This match had an issue, Jordan was obviously going to win. This would be okay if it showcased him and he looked good but it was a bit boring to be honest.

After the match Jordan got laid out by the Miztourage. Miz said that after No Mercy he will still be champ, Angle will still be a bad father and Jordan will still be a bastard. 

Overall Thoughts

This was tedious. On the go home show for a PPV there was no live appearances from Cena or Lesnar and that was your main event. Way to convince people to watch the show. There is nothing must see other than the Bobby Heenan tribute video.

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