Date: 10/03	7:00 PM
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Tonight's Raw features a Women's Championship match between Sasha Banks and Charlotte, not unlike the first Raw of the brand split, but announced this time. There is no such thing as a bad Sasha/Charlotte match, so it'll be guaranteed to impress. Meanwhile, the card for Hell in a Cell is sure to take shape, and with a diversity of feuds and tensions forming, there's no telling which matches will end up on the card, and which will see the structure.

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Raw begins with the standard intro and pyro, then they remind us that the Women's Championship and the Cruiserweight Championship will be on the line tonight.

Roman Reigns hits the ring. "My bloodline has been represented in WWE for a long time. But we've never had anybody win the United States Championship, until now. That's because I am the guy. I come out here and I represent my family on a nightly basis, and I do exactly what I--"

Lana hits the ring. "Roman, I've come out here to talk to you, but my husband doesn't know."

"Lana, what? Come on now, we're in LA, we're in the Staples Center. There's cameras everywhere, there's like 60 TVs back there, and you're the only woman who's given Rusev any attention in a long time. I think he knows where you at."

"That's funny. It's good to have a sense of humour when you're negotiating."

"We're negotiating now?"

"Life is a negotiation. I am out here to negotiate a challenge for the US Title."

"That doesn't sound like a challenge, that sounds like he's got you out here to do his dirty work while he hides behind your skirt."

"That man is my husband. He is family, and you know nothing about what that means. You talk about family and respect, but you have absolutely no respect. My husband will crush you in front of your country, in front of the fans, in front of your family!"

"Why don't you tell your husband to find his Bulgarian balls and get out here?"

"You shut up! That is my husband you are talking about! You go to hell!"

Rusev hits the ring and they brawl outside. They head in the ring, Reigns goes for a Superman Punch, Rusev tosses him to the corner, knees, whip, superkick, blocked by a punch. Rusev rolls out to the floor, Roman goes for a Superman Punch, Rusev reverses into a kick and tosses him into the steps, before superkicking him across the barricade. He grabs the United States Championship and walks off with it. He stops to celebrate on the stage, Reigns flanks him and hits a Superman Punch. He grabs a mic.

"If you want me to go to hell, I'm taking you both with me. And you're gonna get your rematch, but it'll be inside Hell in a Cell!"

They show a video package for TJ Perkins vs. Brian Kendrick, focusing on Kendrick's resentment of Perkins' use of his former homelessness in his persona.

Match One: Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins vs. Brian Kendrick (non-title)

Kendrick offers a handshake, Perkins takes it, then dropkicks Kendrick, Kendrick to the floor, Perkins feigns leaping at him, back body drop in the ring, back suplex, blocked, whip, reversed, Perkins with a springboard spinning back elbow, whip, reversed, Perkins hangs in the ropes, Kendrick charges, TJ dumps him to the floor, ducks him a few times, spinning back elbow to the floor, misses a senton in the ring, Kendrick with a big boot, wrenches his face in the ropes, traps his fingers in the metal screws of the turnbuckle, wrenches his hand, stomp, tosses Perkins to the floor, commercial.

Back on air, Perkins completes a hurricanrana, misses an avalanche, Kendrick goes up top, TJ punches him, super hurricanrana, Kendrick goes for a hurricanrana, reversed into a kick, Perkins follows up with a hurricanrana, wheelbarrow facebuster for two, kneebar, Kendrick makes it to the ropes fairly quickly, Kendrick with a boot in the corner, toss, Sliced Bread #2 for two, Captain's Hook, Perkins nearly makes it to the ropes, Kendrick rolls through, Perkins rolls him up for two, ducks a kick, drop toehold, springboard dropkick in the ropes, fireman's carry, Kendrick breaks by grabbing the eyes, rolls him into the Captain's Hook, Perkins taps.

Winner: Brian Kendrick

This was apparently not, in fact, a championship match. I should probably edit this above. I swear they said it was last week.

They show a clip from an interview earlier today between Seth Rollins and Michael Cole. Rollins reveals he's still injured and not cleared, but he's here anyway. He says Owens never beat him, points out that he (Rollins) has alienated everyone, but says that Owens gets everything handed to him while he cashed in Money in the Bank on his own. Rollins says there's no replacing Seth Rollins, and Owens is just a cog in the machine. He says that he used to be a cog himself, but now he's going to tear down the machine. He says he knows how the game is played and saw it play out at Night of Champions, but it's going to play out differently if he gets his rematch.

They show a video package for that organization I once again refuse to mention every year in October (because they are a scam).

Match Two: Braun Strowman vs. Chase Silver

In the usual pre-match interview, Silver says he just moved to Hollywood where your dreams come true, and last night he dreamt about beating Braun Strowman up. Strowman laughs through the interview.

Silver with a boot, punches, off the ropes, Strowman shoves him down, yells at the crowd, Silver clubs him from behind, Strowman responds with a boot, toss to the corner, avalanche, another, shoulder tackle, powerslam for three.

Winner: Braun Strowman

Byron: "Braun, ever since the brand extension, you've left a pile of bodies in your wake. With this domination, what's next?"

"I am the gift of destruction, and you are wasting my talents! You tell Foley that if I don't get some real competition next week, there might not be a next week."

Corey Graves brings the audience's attention to a Forbes article titled "5 Reasons Why Charlotte is Already the Greatest Female Superstar of All Time".

Bayley congratulates Sasha on making the main event tonight. Sasha says she's nervous, but this is more than just her. She says the critics are dismissing her, but she doesn't need to listen to them. Bayley says she wishes it was her, but Sasha makes a deserving candidate.

Rusev vs. Reigns is official for Hell in a Cell, inside Hell in a Cell.

Kevin Owens comes to the ring with Chris Jericho.

"You know, Chris, I just watched Seth Rollins' interview with Michael Cole, Cole you were terrible, by the way. Seth, if you were smart, you'd sit on the sidelines while those ribs that I injured, thank you very much, healed. But he's not smart. He is stupid. One might even say he's a stupid idiot. And now he's jumping the gun and asking for a rematch for my WWE Universal Championship. What has he done to earn that title shot? Because he can talk all he wants about how it all went down at Night of Champions, but at the end of the day, he lost. So if you want to see who's responsible for your loss, look right here. Because I beat Seth Rollins. Now let's get to another question everyone's been asking, why is Chris Jericho standing next to me right now?"

"It's because we're the best of friends."

"That is true, but that's not why I had you out here. One of the people Seth Rollins has been trying to blame is the referee. Where was the referee? So if Seth Rollins manages to weasel his way into another rematch for the title, we need a referee who can handle anything, and I think that referee should be you."

"That's not a terrible idea, and I do have my own referee jersey."

"I bet you look good in it."

"It costs $750 dollars. But last week, after we beat Enzo and Cass in the ring, it made me realize that we are the best tag team in the business."

"Team Kevin and Chris is the greatest."

"I was thinking we should challenge The New Day."

"For the Raw tag team titles? We are the best, but Cesaro and Sheamus already have a title shot lined up."

"They're not best friends, they're not even friends. So first we challenge New Day to a non-title match, we beat them, we get a title shot, then we make history, because we become the Raw Tag Team Champions while we're already the Universal Champion."

"I don't know, that feels like a lot of work. I'm already Universal Champion."

"It's not like I'm asking for a shot at your title."

"You're right, Team Kevin and Chris, Raw Tag Team Champions!"

The New Day comes out.

Kofi: "Well, well, well. Now I know you two weren't out here talking about friendship. Because around here, you know who has the best friendship in the WWE? The New Day, baby!"

Chris: "Oh yeah, Kofi? Questioning our friendship? You just made the list!"

Kevin: "Kofi, with an I, not a Y."

E: "No big deal. Speaking of friends (sings) How many of us have them, ones we can rely on. That's all I had. About your challenge, this requires a champion's huddle. Kevin, you can join me, but not Chris."

Chris: "You know what? You just made the list!"

Kevin: "Woods is laughing."

Chris: "Woods is laughing? You know what? You know what's going to happen?"

Woods: "No, no, no, no!"

Chris: "You just made the list!"

Woods: "That's it! Champion's huddle!"

Kevin: "You know what? Have your little huddle! But if you're not going to give us our challenge, why don't you get out of here? Because good for you, you're all friends, you won the tag titles together, you held them for 400 days together, and then, six months ago?"

Chris: "More like seven."

Kevin: "Seven months ago you all jumped the shark together!"

Woods: "You know that we do not swim! And Kevin, look at you, when's the last time you jumped over anything?"

Kevin: "Haha, that's funny. You know what? Put Woods on the list again. You're on there twice!"

Woods: "You know, we were planning on going to see The Magnificent Seven to see what made them so magnificent, or we thought barring that we'd go see Luke Cage, heard that was pretty good."

Kevin: "Enough references!"

Woods: "But about your challenge? We accept! But because we are gentlemen, you are not dressed to compete, we will give you some time. Just know that you will never become their WWE World Tag Team Champions!"

E: "Because!"

All New Day: "New! Day rocks!"

They show Cesaro and Sheamus arriving earlier today and arguing as they get out of the car. Cesaro tosses Sheamus' bag, Sheamus vows to talk to Foley about him.

Match Three: Sami Zayn vs. Titus O'Neil

Picture-in-picture promo, Titus O'Neil announces the beginning of the Titus Brand, coming to everything including fashion and music. #MakeItAWin. Haha, I remember that.

Lockup, Titus presses him to the corner, Sami floats over, chops, Titus with a chop, tosses Sami to the apron, Sami with a shoulder tackle, floats over, crossbody, reversed into a pair of sidebreakers, tosses Sami to the side, chop in the corner, punch to the back, whip back to the same corner, mocks Sami's entrance theme, whip, bear hug, Zayn punches his way out, Titus with a punch, Canadian Backbreaker, punches, Zayn with a clothesline, exploder suplex to the bottom turnbuckle, Helluva Kick for three.

Winner: Sami Zayn

Backstage, Sheamus and Cesaro are arguing over who made them late. Mick Foley walks in, Sheamus asks why he made them ride together. Mick says he believes in them, and part of being a team means getting along outside the ring. When that doesn't work, he says they need to project their anger to their opponents.

Match Four: Golden Truth vs. Gallows and Anderson

On the pre-show, Gallows and Anderson said New Day have ruined the tag team division, and reduced it to a side show. They vow to end everyone.

Karl and Truth start off, Truth starts dancing, ducks a clothesline, hits a hip toss, Goldust in, double team straightjacket leg sweep, Goldust with an elbow drop, Karl with a knee, whip, Goldust with a punch, clothesline, arm drag, armbar, Karl presses him to the corner, Goldust punches his way out, Karl with a running knee to the arm, Luke in, punches in the corner, mounted elbows to the shoulder, chinlock, knee, whip to the corner, Goldust punches his way out, scoopslam, double tag, Truth with a pair of clotheslines, heel kick, boot to the gut, scissors kick for two as Gallows breaks the count, knee to Goldust, Luke in, truth with a punch, Gallows with a knee, Magic Killer for three.

Winners: Gallows and Anderson

Gallows and Anderson continue the beatdown post-match, Magic Killer to Goldust.

Backstage, JeriKO run into Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson. Jericho puts them on the list of Jericho... ink it in, man.

Masterson steals the list and reads it off: "People who don't appreciate a good scarf, people who say I look like a poor man's Bon Jovi, Superstars who lose to Fandango at Wrestlemania." Kutcher says he has questions about JeriKO's friendship. Jericho says they should be conjoined twins, Owens says he's going to get ready. Kutcher says they'll be at ringside, then they "Quiet" Jericho. He says if they get in his business, they're going to get... it.

Enzo and Cass have a segment with those people I'm not going to talk about.

Match Five: WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. JeriKO (non-title)

Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson are on commentary.

Woods and Jericho start off, Jericho tosses him to the corner, punches, Owens in, misses a cannonball, tosses Woods to the corner, punches, Woods responds with punches, toss to the corner, Jericho in, stomps, punch, whip, Woods ducks, Jericho with a boot, punches, Woods with a boot, Honour Roll, Jericho runs to Owens, grabs him by the waist, Owens wipes his face, tags in, E in, Owens with a boot as E is getting in, punches, E with a shoulder tackle, punch to the gut, punch to the gut in the corner, whip, shoulder tackle, whip, misses a shoulder tackle, hits the ring post, Jericho in, boot, punches, foot choke, slap, another, E blocks a third, hits a series of slaps, Jericho with a dropkick, taunts Woods, Owens chokes E in the corner, Jericho with a knee, punch, forearm, punch to the back, goes up top, leaps, E with a punch to the gut for two, Jericho with a dropkick, Owens in, Jericho with a foot choke, Owens hits a cannonball, covers for two, punch, senton for two, commercial.

Back on air, Woods reverses something from Owens, goes for a tag, Owens punches Big E, Woods with a dropkick, punches, dropkick in the ropes, punch to Jericho, Owens with a gutbuster for two, kick to the back, another, kick to the side, knee, chinlock, Woods to his feet, punches his way out, goes for a tag, blocked, Owens with an arm trap clothesline, mocks Woods going for a tag, stomp to the back, toss to the corner, Jericho in, toss to the adjacent corner, punches, whip, clothesline, sets Woods up top, chop, yells at Ashton Kutcher on commentary, Woods with punches, Jericho goes for a suplex, blocked, Woods with punches, exploder superplex, crossbody for two, Owens in, DDT, Seth Rollins hits the scene, walks toward the ring, Woods with an enziguri, Rollins just stands on the stage, double tag, E with a belly to belly, another, ducks a clothesline, Jericho with a boot to the face, E tosses him to the apron, Jericho goes up top, leaps, E catches him and hits another Belly to Belly, goes for a running splash, Owens hits him with a superkick, Woods tosses him to the floor, suicide dive, Jericho rolls up E for two, E with an elbow, running splash, Woods in, Owens drops E across the top rope, Woods with an elbow, Woods locks in the Lion Tamer, Rollins gets up on the apron, Jericho releases the hold, E in, Midnight Hour for three.

Winners: The New Day

Rollins stalks Owens. Owens retreats, Rollins floors Jericho with a Pedigree. NEW DAY AND SETH ROLLINS REUNION CONFIRMED!

Tom Phillips interviews Charlotte and Dana, asking if Charlotte has butterflies being in the ring with someone so evenly matched. Charlotte says "genetically superior" isn't a catchphrase.

They show a video package for Rich Swann.

Backstage, Stephanie McMahon admonishes Seth Rollins for getting physical when he's not cleared. Seth says she doesn't get to tell him what to do. Stephanie says that Seth is truly alone for the first time, Seth says that betraying him was HHH's second-worst mistake, then vows to burn Raw to the ground if he doesn't get his rematch. He walks away as Stephanie looks like she's had an idea.

Match Six: Rich Swann vs. Tony Neese

Picture-in-picture promo, Tony Neese says he's jealous of Rich Swann's popularity when he himself is so good.

Swann goes for a test of strength, fakes him out, starts dancing, blocks a boot, locks in a side headlock, Neese powers out by lifting Swann, shoulder tackle, leapfrogs from both competitors, Swann with a dropkick, Neese with a boot to the gut, whip, reverse, Neese with an elbow, ducks a clothesline, punches, kicks, leg sweep, suplex, blocked, Swann with an elbow to the neck, hurricanrana, Neese begs off in the corner, roundhouse kick, stomps in the corner, Swann wih a punch to the gut, punch to the face, Swann with a knee, Alabama Slam, reversed into a sunset flip, reversed into a kick for two, Neese with crossface punches for two, body scissors, slap to the back of the head, Swann elbows his way out, punches, Neese with a whip to the corner, Swann sells hard, boot, elbow, ducks an avalanche, Neese with a boot, goes up top, Swann hits a super hurricanrana, pair of clotheslines, dropkick, Curb Stomp for two, punch, springboard elbow blocked, Neese drops Swann across the top rope, pump handle slam for three.

Winner: Tony Neese

Hispanic Heritage Month (the month after apparently, hey, these are talented athletes, I'm not going to question it too hard) shows a video package for Mil Mascaras.

They show a return package for Emma, apparently rebranded as Emmalina.

Match Seven: Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Two Jackasses

Khaki jackass and Cesaro start off, jackass with a knee, Cesaro with a suplex, press to the corner, Sheamus tags himself in, knees in the corner, punch, suplex, toss to the corner, shoulder tackle, Cesaro tags in, staredown, jackass goes for a rollup, Sheamus helps block it, Cesaro with a double foot stomp, Sheamus in, shorts jackass in, Sheamus with a suplex, cloverleaf, Cesaro leaps over top of Sheamus' back while he's locking the hold in to DDT khaki jackass, they argue, Brogue Kick to shorts jackass for three.

Winners: Sheamus and Cesaro

They show a comprehensive video package for Charlotte and Sasha, going back to NXT.

Backstage, Charlotte and Dana run into Bayley. They talk down to her and tell her to find a seat to watch the main event. Dana sticks around to keep making fun of Bayley, who gets in her face, prompting her to shove her against the wall. Bayley reverses this by tossing her into the production crates.

Main Event: Raw Women's Championship: Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks

Lockup, Charlotte tosses Sasha down, Figure Four, blocked, Charlotte lands on the floor, Sasha with a suicide dive, blocked with a forearm, hits the move anyway, commercial.

Back on air, Charlotte has Sasha in a bow and arrow hold. During a commercial, Charlotte pulled her off the top rope and threw her into the steps. Sasha powers out, Charlotte pulls her by her hair for two, boots to the back, choke in the ropes, backbreaker submission, Sasha with knees to break the hold, punches, Charlotte with a leg sweep backbreaker, toss to the corner, misses an avalanche, Sasha with punches, pair of clotheslines, dropkick, blocks a big boot, hits a boot, leaping double knees to the shoulders for two, hurricanrana, Charlotte lands on the floor, Sasha leaps, Charlotte catches her, tries to toss her into the apron, Sasha rolls into the ring, hits her head on the bottom rope, Charlotte covers for two, Figure Four, reversed into the Banks Statement, quickly blocked, Sasha tosses Charlotte to the corner, Charlotte tosses Sasha to the apron, Sasha tosses Charlotte to the adjacent corner, goes up top, Charlotte pulls her down, big boot for two, chops, sets Sasha up top, punches, superplex, blocked, Sasha with punches, headbutt, leaping double knees to the chest for two, Back Stabber, blocked, Charlotte tosses Sasha to the floor, goes up top, corkscrew moonsault, rolls Sasha back into the ring, Natural Selection for two, slaps, drags Sasha up, Sasha rolls her into the Banks Statement, reversed into a rollup for one, rolled directly back into the hold, Charlotte limply taps.

Winner and NEW Raw Women's Champion: Sasha Banks

Sasha celebrates in the ring as Charlotte has a meltdown on the floor and Raw goes off the air.