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WWE Raw results, Sept. 4, 2017: Strowman sends Big Show through the steel cage in savage display
Braun Strowman defeated Big Show in tonight’s Steel Cage Match main event, but it didn’t end there. In In an unbelievable feat of strength, The Monster Among Men picked up The World’s Largest Athlete and tossed him through one of the reinforced walls! How will Universal Champion Brock Lesnar respond to Strowman’s destructive message as their clash at WWE No Mercy fast approaches?
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Raw Results : Quick Hits
- John Cena def. Jason Jordan
- Roman Reigns confronted John Cena
- Cesaro & Sheamus def. Heath Slater & Rhyno
- Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Jeff Hardy
- Enzo Amore, Cedric Alexander & Gran Metalik def. Noam Dar, Tony Nese & Drew Gulak
- Bray Wyatt challenged Finn Bálor to a match at WWE No Mercy
- Nia Jax and Emma def. Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss & Sasha Banks to add themselves to the Raw Women’s Title Match at WWE No Mercy
- Raw Tag Team Champions Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins def. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
- Braun Strowman def. Big Show (Steel Cage Match)
Raw Results : Full Details
John Cena def. Jason Jordan
OMAHA, NE — Jason Jordan isn’t just learning from his father Kurt Angle, he’s learning from his old opponents. Much like when John Cena stepped up to Angle in his debut, Jordan received a match with the 16-time World Champion to kick off Raw. And if Jordan didn’t quite unleash his inner ruthless aggression, he still displayed plenty of intensity, integrity and intelligence, grounding Cena with his mat game and forcing the decorated champion to adjust on the fly.
To Jordan’s credit, he hung with Cena almost every step of the way, escaping both the Attitude Adjustment and the STF before administering a jaw-dropping pair of Northern Lights Suplexes. But much like Cena against Angle, Jordan came up empty against the veteran, succumbing to a quick-strike AA that didn’t come a minute too soon for the imperiled Cena. For all the similarities this match shared with the one waged between his father and his opponent so many years ago, it turned out to be one of the most declarative statements yet about the path Jason Jordan might forge on his own.
Of course, the moment had barely passed before Roman Reigns’ music hit and The Big Dog emerged, surely with a thing or two on his mind …
Roman Reigns confronted John Cena
Last week, John Cena and Roman Reigns got on the microphone and aired a few grievances about each other in advance of their dream match at WWE No Mercy. It got deeply personal in a hurry. And they didn’t hold back at all in Round Two, with Reigns openly questioning whether Cena had lost a step after taking so long to beat the “rookie” Jason Jordan.
In response, Cena floated the idea that perhaps he was hanging back, adapting to Jordan’s skills and waiting to drop the hammer … same as he might do to Reigns at No Mercy. As the barbs mounted and mounted, Cena eventually got to the heart of his gripe with Reigns, claiming his foe hasn’t had to scratch and claw the way the likes of Jordan, Chad Gable and even The Miz have. And, when the 16-time World Champion declined The Big Dog’s offer to fight then and there, Reigns replied that the feeling of disrespect was mutual.
Cesaro & Sheamus def. Heath Slater & Rhyno
Rough news awaits Heath Slater’s kids: The One-Man Band and Rhyno fell short in a Raw tag bout against Cesaro & Sheamus, who have managed to keep pace in the Tag Team division even after losing the Raw Tag Team Titles to Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins.
The inaugural SmackDown Tag Team Champions gave “The Bar” a solid fight, with Rhyno nearly turning the tables against Sheamus while Ambrose & Rollins watched from commentary. Unfortunately, The Man Beast turned straight into the path of a Brogue Kick after he attempted to dispose of an interfering Cesaro, giving the victors a boost as their Tag Team Title rematch at WWE No Mercy approaches.
Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Jeff Hardy
The Miz has been claiming for weeks now that both he and the championship he holds are owed much more respect than they’ve been given. He may have just taken that recognition for himself on Raw after retaining his Intercontinental Title against a wild Jeff Hardy, who won a Battle Royal last week to earn the opportunity.
The Charismatic Enigma pulled out all the stops in pursuit of his fifth Intercontinental Championship, forcing Miz to go it alone after both Matt Hardy and The Miztourage were ejected following a ringside brawl. The A-Lister proved to be a worthy opponent, answering almost all of Jeff’s signature moves and dodging a Swanton Bomb at the last possible second thanks to a heads-up from Maryse, who alerted Miz to the incoming Hardy.
The A-Lister sealed the match shortly thereafter, writhing free of the Twist of Fate and transitioning straight into the Skull-Crushing Finale. Even as The Miz accumulates haters by the day, defenses like this ensure his respect grows at an equal pace.
Enzo Amore, Cedric Alexander & Gran Metalik def. Noam Dar, Tony Nese & Drew Gulak
Last week, Enzo Amore made his in-ring 205 Live debut by using some under-the-table trickery to win a match for his team in a Six-Man tussle. This week, he ... well, he did it again. In a rematch of 205 Live’s spectacular Six-Man, Muscles Marinara made good on his promise to work “smarter” than the rest of the purple brand workhorses, sneakily tagging in right before Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik soared over the ropes onto Tony Nese and Noam Dar. While the official explained to a fired-up Alexander that he was no longer legal, Amore administered a thumb to the eye of Drew Gulak behind the zebra’s back and planted Gulak with the match-ending maneuver.
Smart moves indeed, and they may yet come in handy during tomorrow's all-important Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match on 205 Live, where the winner earns a dance with The King of the Cruiserweights, Neville, at WWE No Mercy.
Bray Wyatt challenged Finn Bálor to a match at WWE No Mercy
After a week where he was conspicuous by his absence, Bray Wyatt resurfaced on Raw seven days ago to eliminate Finn Bálor from a Battle Royal and remove him from contention for the Intercontinental Championship. This week, we found out why: Bray wants another match with the first-ever Universal Champion at WWE No Mercy, which is unsurprising given their series is tied thus far at one win apiece.
However, he added a special wrinkle, challenging Bálor to face him “man-to-man” as himself rather than the dreaded Demon that downed Wyatt at SummerSlam in order to prove the charismatic Irishman can defeat Wyatt without the help of his “bow and arrow.” Bálor accepted The Reaper of Souls’ offer, but time will tell if he was wise to return to war without his greatest equalizer by his side.
Nia Jax and Emma def. Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss & Sasha Banks to add themselves to the Raw Women’s Title Match at WWE No Mercy
And just like that, the Raw Women’s Championship picture grew by two. Mere hours after it was announced that Sasha Banks had invoked her rematch clause against Alexa Bliss for WWE No Mercy, Nia Jax (who dropped Bliss last week) and Emma (whose grassroots social media campaign is moving her toward the spotlight once again) got Raw General Manager Kurt Angle to sanction a tag match, pitting them against champion and challenger with a win-and-you’re-in stipulation attached for No Mercy.
Long story short, they won and they’re in. Emma insisted on shouldering the lion’s share of the match, tagging in on an unsuspecting Jax and eventually taking the brunt of Bliss & Banks’ offense before finally bringing Jax back into the fray. Nia showed no mercy (so to speak) on both her former ally and The Boss, eventually hitting Sasha with a leg drop. Emma seized the pin for herself thanks to yet another sneaky tag, but Nia quickly got payback, hitting Emma with a bone-jarring Samoan Drop after the bell. That one made a statement. The next could make her a champion.
Raw Tag Team Champions Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins def. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Cesaro & Sheamus showed they’re not slowing down anytime soon with their win over Heath Slater & Rhyno, but Raw Tag Team Champions Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins are right there with them. The champs defeated Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, a move that won’t exactly earn them good-brother status but definitely does wonders for their momentum as their showdown with “The Bar” looms large in the distance.
They might need it, too: Cesaro & Sheamus jaw-jacked with Gallows & Anderson before the match and lurked, stone-faced at ringside for the entire bout … at least until they attempted to interfere.
Rollins used Anderson as a human projectile to thwart the intrusion, rolling his foe up for the win moments later. And then Cesaro & Sheamus surprised everyone by going after the good brothers instead of the champions, getting the better of a brief, but intense fight. Even when their plans go awry, they still set the bar, and might just dictate the pace as well.
Braun Strowman def. Big Show (Steel Cage Match)
Braun Strowman promised to make a statement during his maiden voyage into a Steel Cage Match and potentially put his foe, Big Show, “out to pasture” before moving on to challenge Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at WWE No Mercy. He certainly made an example of his opponent, but Show did not cede the proverbial stage as easily as The Monster Among Men thought he would.
The giant gave a turn-back-the-clock performance that included an early KO Punch, the return of his old big elbow for a top-rope plunge straight into the heart of The Gift of Destruction, and multiple attempts to escape over the top of the cage. Unfortunately, each of those awesome feats depleted Show’s reserves bit by bit, and the younger Strowman held on to administer a top-rope superplex that failed to collapse the double-reinforced ring, but did enough to finally empty Big Show’s tank.
One Running Powerslam later and the match was over, but the astonishing display of power continued, as Strowman lawn-darted Show through the wall of the cage after the bell, breaking it off its hinges and sending The World’s Largest Athlete plummeting to the floor. He even had a statement of the literal variety to go with it: “Brock Lesnar, at No Mercy, this is your future. And mine is becoming the new Universal Champion.” After what he’d just done, it was a hard point to dispute.
