Date: 09/19	7:00 PM
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Tonight's Raw will be remembered for years for one reason: The Cruiserweight division is back in WWE. After winning the Cruiserweight Classic, TJ Perkins is the first Cruiserweight Champion in nearly a decade, and he'll be looking to make a statement tonight. Of course, it's also the Clash of the Champions go-home show, so he may also be finding out who will challenge him on the night when every Raw title is on the line.

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Raw opens with Roman Reigns hitting the ring. "I've been waiting a whole we--"

Stephanie hits the ring. "Listen, Roman, look I know you want to carve your own personal path of destruction tonight on Raw, but I've got a show to run. Now Mick and I have been discussing this all week and we think we've come up with a pretty good--"

Mick Foley hits the ring. "Thank you, Stephanie, we did come up with a solution, and it's of my own doing. Last week, you were away representing the WWE in Singapore and I was in sole control, I let the show get out of control, that's all me. I made it very clear that I didn't want interference dictating the outcome of the main event, but some people didn't get the message. So I'm going to put the perpetrators in a match against each other, Seth Rollins vs. Rusev, tonight."

Reigns: "Well that's great, but what does it do for me? Three weeks ago, her coward husband screwed me out of the WWE Universal Championship, and I know I'll never see him again. Last week it was Rusev, when do I get my hands on him?"

Mick: "You will get your hands on him at Clash of Champions, and that match will be for the United States Championship."

Stephanie: "And I personally guarantee that match will happen."

Roman: "That means so much coming from you, Stephanie."

Mick: "You've got a lot of nerve to not take her at her word. She's been very open about her dislike for you. And it offends me personally that people don't take me at my word. As for Stephanie trusting me, she's the only reason I'm here. I know I was kind of an out of left field choice, but this is all I've got. We're in a war for survival with Smackdown, and if we lose, Stephanie, you'll land on your feet, you always do, but I'm on the couch. Things are going my way for once, I'm back in everyone's favour, but I'm sick of seeing people decide matches in ways outside of the ring. And I watched your match last week and I would pull aside the closest WWE Superstar and ask how anyone could boo Roman Reigns. But they find a way."

Stephanie: "So what are you going to do about this?"

Mick: "I'm going to sign another match, Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens, tonight."

Owens comes out. "I don't have time for this, I beat Reigns twice next week, and I still have to defend my title against Seth Rollins, that's right, Roman, I'm in the main event at Clash of Champions."

Stephanie: "Sorry, Kevin, what Mick says goes. But that match will not be for the Universal Championship, non-title."

Mick: "Okay. But that match will take place inside a steel cage! So now that we have our main event, let's start the show."

Seth Rollins comes to the ring for his match. After a commercial, Stephanie is skeptical about jeapordizing the main event of Clash of the Champions. Rusev comes in and yells about everything, then says Foley is just jealous of Rusev's family. Foley sends him to the ring. Then Jericho calls him.

Match One: Seth Rollins vs. US Champion Rusev (non-title)

Lockup, Rusev presses Rollins to the corner, break, Rollins with punches, punches in the corner, Rusev with a kick to the gut, stomp to the head, punch, fallaway slam blocked, Rollins with a boot in the corner, Tower of London, boots Rusev to the floor, misses a running knee from the apron, crossbody, reversed into a slam into the ring post, Rusev rolls Rollins into the ring, clubbing blow to the back, body slam, elbow drop for one, whip to the corner, Rollins sells hard, punch, another, chop, punch, Rusev with a judo toss, misses a running diving headbutt, Rollins with chops, whip, reversed, Rollins with a kick to the face, Rusev tosses him to the apron, Rollins with a forearm, goes up top, Rusev tosses him to the mat, commercial.

Back on air, Rusev has Rollins in a bear hug, Rollins elbows his way out, goes off the ropes, Rusev catches him with a punch, goes to pull him off the ropes, Rollins lands on his feet and hits an enziguri, STO into the bottom turnbuckle, Slingblade, running forearm in the corner, another, suplex, blocked, Rusev reverses, Rollins blocks, spin kick, Falcon Arrow for two, superkick, blocked, Rusev spins him around, whip, lifting knee press, roundhouse kick to the head for two, misses a stomp to the back, Rollins rolls to the apron, Rusev grabs him, Rollins drops him across the top rope, swinging kick, springboard knee to the temple, goes up top, Rusev rolls to the floor, Rollins hits a suicide dive instead, both back into the ring, Rollins ducks a clothesline, tosses Rusev to the floor, suicide dive, punch on the floor, Rusev retreats, Rollins follows, Rusev with a boot to the gut, trading punches as the count reaches 10.

Match Result: Double Countout

Rusev hits a punch, powerbomb from the stage reversed into a kick to the back, Rusev falls off the stage, Rollins climbs up on the announce table, crossbody.

Seth Rollins cemented his face turn entirely with ring psychology. This man is a treasure.

Backstage, Dana Brooke is complaining to Mick Foley that the match last week ended in a double pin, Charlotte says that means there's no #1 Contender. Dana proposes cancelling a tag match tonight and making them fight. Mick Foley makes the match Sunday a triple threat instead. He credits Dana for the idea, Charlotte shoves Dana.

They show a promo for the Cruiserweights.

Jericho tells KO that he's got his back and Foley's just doing this because he never liked Jericho. Owens agrees and says he's always had it out for him. Jericho grabs a note pad and vows to make a list of everything Foley's done wrong and show it to him.

Match Two: Braun Strowman vs. Sin Cara

Staredown, Strowman with a shove, Sin Cara with punches, Strowman goes for a body slam, blocked, Sin Cara with kicks, ducks an avalanche, kicks, ten-punch, Strowman tosses him down, tackle, tosses Sin Cara to the corner, avalanche, stomp, chops, Sin Cara breaks with a cutter, Strowman with a knee, tosses Sin Cara to the floor, follows, Sin Cara back in the ring, baseball slide, suicide dive, slides back in the ring, springboard moonsault reversed into a powerslam for three.

Winner: Braun Strowman

Backstage, Sasha and Bayley talk about Sunday. Bayley says she can't wait, Sasha says the old times were the old times, then they argue over who beat whom. Bayley says one of them will be the new Women's Champion, they argue over which one it will be, they vow to show them how it's done next.

Match Three: Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Women's Champion Charlotte and Dana Brooke

Sasha and Dana start off, Charlotte forces Dana to start, lockup, Dana with a rear waistlock, German, reversed into a side headlock, Dana whips out, Sasha with a shoulder tackle for two, Bayley in, arm wringer, Dana with a forearm, Charlotte in, double team stomp in the corner, toss to the adjacent corner, blocked, Bayley tosses Charlotte's head into the turnbuckle repeatedly, tosses her into Dana's head, tosses Dana to the floor, commercial.

Back on air, Charlotte has Bayley in a double armbar, break, inner thigh attack to the back, Dana in, double team stomp, knee drop for two, Charlotte in, snapmare, bow and arrow hold, Bayley arm drags out, goes for a tag, blocked, Charlotte with a forearm for two, whip to the corner, chop, whip, Bayley ducks a chop, hits a kick, springboard arm drag, clothesline for two, front facelock, Sasha in, double team suplex for one, chop to the chest, springboard arm drag, misses an avalanche, leaps, Charlotte catches her with a boot, tosses her to the bottom turnbuckle, knees for two, drags her to the corner, Dana in, cover for one, handstand elbow drop, elbows to the back, toss to the corner, Charlotte in, toss down, wrenches her across the ring post, Dana in, tosses her head into the mat, elbow to the back, toss to the corner, Charlotte in, knee to the back, chop, snapmare, knee to the back, bow and arrow hold, Sasha to her feet, knees her way out, hurricanrana, forearm, Charlotte trips her, Figure Four, blocked, Bayley in, clothesline, another, a third, punch for Dana, running elbow, clothesline, shoulder tackle in the corner, hip check, snapmare, second rope spinning elbow, Bayley to Belly blocked by Dana, Bayley chases her off, Sasha starts beating down Dana, Charlotte with a Big Boot for three.

Winners: Charlotte and Dana Brooke

Seth Rollins walks into Stephanie's office, says it brings back memories, but asks why Stephanie betrayed him for Owens. Stephanie says she had nothing to do with it, Rollins says he knows the truth, he just wants to say why. Stephanie says she can't explain something she had nothing to do with, but says that Rollins lost at Battleground, lost at Summerslam, and has been ruining HHH's reputation. Seth Rollins says they'll see at Clash of Champions. He says they'll come crawling back, but maybe he won't play ball, and he knows their moves before they make them. Stephanie reaffirms that she had nothing to do with it, but now she wishes she had, because Kevin Owens is the right choice and the right replacement for Rollins. Rollins says the return of Shane has been causing her to crack.

Match Four: Bo Dallas vs. Some Jackoff

Bo: "The tide has turned, and I slowly learned that all our bridges need to burn. As lovers come and go, and friends turn to foe, I've come to know that only I can Bo-Lieve in Bo!"

Bo with a clothesline, mounted punches, mounted punches to the back, running boot, reversed into a rollup for two, Bo with a clothesline to the back, exploder suplex across the top rope, knees, wraps his head in the apron, punches, running clothesline, Crossrhodes for three.

Winner: Bo Dallas

There has been a sizeable portion of the crowd chanting "Delete! Delete! Delete!" all night. I approve.

Match Five: Best of Seven Series Match 6: Cesaro vs. Sheamus (Sheamus leads 3-2)

"Earlier today" promo, Sheamus says Cesaro just isn't good enough, and it won't go to 7.

Sheamus opens with a boot, punches, snapmare for one, back breaker for one, European uppercut, punch to the back, Cesaro with punches, European uppercut, Sheamus with a punch, European uppercut, Cesaro with a European uppercut, Sheamus goes for an Irish Curse, reversed into a Neutralizer, blocked, Cesaro lands on his feet and hits a European uppercut for two, Cesaro Swing blocked, Sheamus presses Cesaro to the floor, commercial.

Back on air, Sheamus goes for White Noise from the top rope, Cesaro blocks with elbows, dropkicks Sheamus to the floor, running European Uppercut across the barricade, back, ring post, rolls him into the ring, springboard spinning European uppercut, Hard Way Superplex, blocked, Sheamus hits White Noise onto the apron for two, misses a Brogue Kick, Cesaro with a rollup for two, Sharpshooter, blocked, Sheamus hits an Irish Curse for two, Celtic Cross into a backbreaker for two, locks in the Cloverleaf, Cesaro rolls through, rollup for two, Irish Curse reversed into a European Uppercut, whip, Sheamus rolls Cesaro up, uses the ropes, the ref catches him at two, Cesaro with a European uppercut, Neutralizer, blocked, Sheamus misses a Brogue Kick, ends up on the apron, shoulder tackle, Battering Ram reversed into a European Uppercut, Neutralizer for three.

Winner: Cesaro (Series tied 3-3)

Backstage, Mick Foley makes Match 7 for Clash of Champions. Chris Jericho walks in, says Foley's never liked him, Foley says he recommended him to Paul Heyman. Jericho pulls out the list, calls it the List of Jericho. Foley says he can't hear him because he's missing an ear, "You stupid idiot!" Jericho adds "steals catchphrases". Foley walks off after "terrible fashion sense", then says he looks ridiculous, "right here in Memphis, Tennessee!"

After a commercial, Jericho is in the ring with a list. "Quiet. Don't you dare boo me, I said quiet. For the last two months, Mick Foley has been doing a terrible job as General Manager and everyone knows it. He's been screwing me over, he's been screwing over my best friend Kevin Owens, and he's screwed up. So I've made a list of all my grievances and I'm going to read it out now. Number one, trying to drive a wedge between me and my best friend Kevin Owens, that is not happening. Number five, terrible fashion sense. What did you say to me? You there. You're on the list, brace face in twelfth row. Number 15, he's developed an affinity for that human leper Sami Zayn. This Sunday I cross him off the list forever."

Enzo and Cass come out. "My name is Enzo Amore, and I am a certified G and a bona fide stud, and you can't teach that. And this right here, this is Big Cass, and he's seven foot tall, and you can't teach that. Bada boom, realest guys in the room. How you doin'? The Enzo Amore GPS has an issue to address, and that issue is that you're saying you're best friends with Kevin Owens. Know how I know you're not? Because a real best friend would never let their friend come down to the ring wearking that vest and that scarf."

Cass: "When I think of best friends, I think of Enzo and Cass, Bart and Millhouse, Beavis and Butthead, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson."

Chris: "Shut up, half those people don't even exist. Ashton Kutcher, what, did you think of that listening to your Spice Girls album with your conch shell necklace?"

The Shining Stars come out. "Come on, guys, you look so stressed. Wouldn't you like to own a piece of the Carribean?"

The New Day come out.

Jericho: "What are you three losers doing here?"

Kofi: "Hold on, Chris, just who do you think you're talking to like that? And to answer your question, we have a very good reason to be out here."

E: "We had nothing better to do."

Woods: "And those time shares seem nice, but they're not as nice as the fact that on my Youtube channel upupdowndown, go subscribe, I'm giving away two free iPhone 7s, so two of you can call your friends when we beat Gallows and Anderson this Sunday to remain your WWE World Tag Team Champions!"

Gallows and Anderson come out.

Luke: "This is exactly why we're going to beat you this Sunday."

Karl: "We beat you last week and you come out here to talk about your stupid Youtube channel. And your time share scams. And your stupid cereal."

Chris: "You know what? Originally the list of Jericho was just about Mick Foley, but now you're all on it. You, and you, and all of you, but especially you."

Sami Zayn comes out, beats down Jericho, rolls him into the ring to prompt a huge brawl.

Match Six: WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day, Enzo and Cass, and Sami Zayn vs. The Shining Stars, Chris Jericho, and Gallows and Anderson

Match begins during commercial, back on air it's Kofi and Jericho, then Epico, then Big E, then Kofi again, aided dropkick for two, whip, reversed, Kofi with a boot, Luke with a boot, tags in, toss to the corner, punches, Karl in, body slam, knee drop for two, chinlock, Kofi elbows his way out, Karl with a whip, spinebuster for two, elbow to Big E, Primo in, punches, whip, monkey flip, Kofi lands on his feet and tags in Big Cass, clothesline, clears the opposing corner, clothesline, fallaway slam, avalanche, body slam, Empire Elbow for two, Epico breaks the count, Enzo punches him and tosses him to the floor, Epico returns the favour, earning him a Big Cass boot, Gallows with a big boot, E tosses Gallows to the floor, then Anderson, Kofi with an aided suicide dive, Jericho attacks E, Zayn brawls with him, tornado DDT, misses a Helluva Kick but hits one to Primo, Enzo in, Bada Boom Shacka Lacka for three.

Winners: Enzo, Cass, Sami Zayn and the New Day

Hispanic Heritage Month shows an Eddie Guerrero video package.

Mick Foley's in the ring. "They say it's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog. This year, WWE set out and found 32 of the best athletes to compete to be the greatest Cruiserweight in the world. They battled it out and last week, we crowned the first ever Cruiserweight Champion in TJ Perkins. Along the way, they defined what it meant to be a Cruiserweight. It's about heart, skill, athleticism, and most of all entertainment. From 32, we brought four here for the initial match of what we will bring you every week only on Raw in the Cruiserweight Division. First of all, a man who's as entertaining inside the ring as outside it, from Baltimore, Maryland, Rich Swann!"

Swann hits the ring.

"The crown jewel of Lucha Libre and the runner up in the Cruiserweight Classic, from Guadalajara, Mexico, Gran Metalik!"

Metalik makes his way to the ring.

"Introducing a man who unquestionably won the heart of the WWE Universe in the Cruiserweight Classic, from Charlotte, North Carolina, Cedric Alexander."

Cedrik Alexander makes his way to the ring. Picture-in-picture, he talks about how much it meant to be signed via fan chant.

"And last but not least, please welcome back to Monday Night Raw a former WWE Tag Team Champion, from Venice Beach, California, Brian Kendrick!"

Kendrick makes his way out, P-I-P says that it was 618 days when they released him.

"For those of you who were watching the Cruiserweight Classic on the WWE Network, you know this is going to be great. If you don't, it's going to be a hell of a ride. Gentlemen, it's going to be great to watch you tonight, but you know that every title is on the line this Sunday, including TJ Perkins' Cruiserweight Title. So this is a Fatal 4 Way #1 Contender's Match."

Match Seven: #1 Contender's Match: Rich Swann vs. Gran Metalik vs. Cedric Alexander vs. Brian Kendrick

All four men circle each other, Kendrick drops to the floor, Cedric boots Metalik, German to Swann blocked, Kendrick back in the ring, tries something, doesn't really work out, Metalik and Swann square off, Metalik with a whip, Swann with a dropkick, Kendrick clubs him from behind, running forearm in the corner to Metalik, goes for one on Cedric, reversed with an elbow, Swann with a punch, chop, whip, Kendrick drops to the floor, Alexander with a boot, shoulder tackle to Metalik, sunset flip for two, boot to the back, European uppercut, chop, whip, body slam, blocked, Metalik with a springboard elbow, charges, Cedric with a boot, springboard dropkick, Swann boots him in the gut, snapmare, kick to the back, goes for a dragon sleeper, boots Kendrick and tosses him to the floor instead, locks in the dragon sleeper, Cedric snapmares out, chop, elbow to the back, Swann with a chop, Cedric with a chop, Swann with a chop, misses a roundhouse kick, so does Cedric, Swann with a hurricanrana, Cedric lands on his feet, kick, reversed into a different kick, Swann with a chop in the corner, toss to the adjacent corner, whip, blocked, Cedric boots him to the floor, Metalik back in the ring with a whip, Cedric with a suicide dive to Kendrik, goes to roll both him and Swann back in the ring, Metalik hits a suicide dive to all three of them, rolls Cedric into the ring, springboard, blocked by Kendrick pulling him to the floor, shoulder tackle to Cedric, knee lift, Swann drags him out of the ring, punches, Kendrick tosses him into the barricade, into the steel steps, superkick to Metalik, traps Swann's leg in the steel steps, kick, stomp, commercial.

Back on air, Metalik breaks up Kendrick covering Cedric with a top rope elbow, covers for two, broken by Swann, whip, Metalik scales the ropes, dropkick, standing shooting star for two, goes up top, moonsault blocked by boots, Swann hits a dragon bomb, jackknife for two as Cedric breaks the count, drags Swann up, punch, forearm, whip, body slam blocked, Swann does for a German, transitions to an Unprettier, blocked, Cedric with an elbow, springboard high kick for two, drags Swann up, punch to Kendrick, Kendrick tosses him to the floor, Sliced Bread to Swann reversed as Metalik grabs Kendrick, who reverses into a DDT for two, Cedric with a running knee to Kendrick, Swann with a knee to Cedric's face, sets him up in prime top rope position, standing 450 for two as Kendrick breaks the cover, Captain's Hook to Cedric, Metalik breaks the hold tosses Kendrick to the floor, Metalik Driver blocked, Cedric tosses Metalik into Kendrick, Lumbar Check to Metalik, Kendrick locks in the Captain's Hook to Cedric for the tapout.

Winner: Brian Kendrick

Alicia Fox vs. Nia Jax is official for the pre-show.

Main Event: Steel Cage Match: Roman Reigns vs. WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens (non-title)

Owens goes for the wall, Reigns with punches, Owens for the door, Reigns tosses him across the ring, Owens goes for the wall, Reigns pulls him down, trading punches, Reigns gets the better of it, whip, Owens with a boot, clothesline, another, whip, reversed, Reigns with a clothesline, punch, whip to the corner, clothesline in the corner, Owens tosses Reigns into the wall, crossbody for two, commercial.

Back on air, both competitors brawling on the cage wall, Owens rakes Reigns' eyes, Reigns crotches him, clothesline across the wall, another, a third, clothesline in the middle of the ring, Superman Punch blocked as Owens goes for the door, Reigns slams him for two, clotheslines in the corner, misses one, Owens with a German, cannonball, goes for the door, Reigns grabs his let, Owens with a boot, running senton blocked by knees, Reigns goes for the door, Owens grabs his leg, Reigns with a punch, trading punches, Owens with an elbow, Reigns with a boot, punches, Owens with a knee, whip, Reigns holds the ropes, punch, elbow, trading punches, Owens with a knee, superkick, Pop-Up Powerbomb reversed into a Superman Punch for two, spear reversed into a kick, Pop-Up Powerbomb for two, Owens goes for the wall, makes it to the top, Reigns grabs a leg, Owens with a headbutt, tosses his head into the cage wall a couple times, Reigns hits a Superman Punch, Reigns goes for the wall, Owens goes for the door, Reigns hits the floor first.

Winner: Roman Reigns

Wow. Champ loses clean six fucking days before the PPV to a guy who's not even in the main event.

Then to turn a shitty idea into a shittier one, Rusev attacks Reigns and Reigns takes easy control. Owens kicks the cage door into Reigns' face, Rusev beats down Reigns, rolls him into the ring, Owens beats down Reigns, Rusev climbs in and chains the door shut, stomps, mounted punches, Owens rolls Reigns into prime Accolade position, Rusev obliges. Rollins comes out, climbs the cage, Owens meets him, Rollins punches him down, Rusev climbs up next, Rollins punches him down, Rollins hits a crossbody from the top of the cage, Raw goes off the air.