RAW Report for 8/15/16: What's a Demon King to a Crossfit God?

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A very long time ago I attempted to do weekly reviews on WWE Monday Night Raw. It lasted a grand total of one week because I am bad at doing things I would like to do. But as time goes by I realize more and more that I need to do things to keep my writing sharp (or as sharp as my rambling nonsense can ever be), even if it's saying words about a fake sport to an audience of two people.

So Monday Night Raw happened last night, and it's the go-home show to Summerslam. There's a ton of stuff happening on that reportedly seventeen-hour show, so they needed to get everybody excited for what's to come. Let's dive in, shall we?

Rusev vs. Cesar-OH GOD NO

I'm going to skip through writing up about the opening segment, because it goes along with the main event. So let's head right into the first match of the night, Sheamus vs. Sami Zayn with Cesaro on commentary. Sheamus and Cesaro have been fighting to prove who is better and tougher for the past two weeks, and we're mercifully saved from that with a nice little Sami Zayn/Sheamus contest. Sheamus has the terrible affliction of having one of the most boring characters on the show, so people have a tendency to think his matches are boring as well. That's not true. Maybe it's because he's wrestling Cesaro and Sami Zayn who could put on a good match with a cactus, but these matches he's been having the past few weeks have been dope. He's not going through the motions.

Cesaro distracts Sheamus so Sami can hit him with a Helluva Kick, and it works because Cesaro's getting payback for costing him the US Championship. He's not just distracting the heel to be a dick, which is what oftentimes happens in these sorts of situations.

This sets up a backstage brawl between the Swiss Superman and the Pale One, and Mick Foley breaks it up by announcing a Best-of-7 series to decide who is better, starting with Summerslam. It's nice that these two are given reason to have a million matches with each other, but I'm not huge into watching SEVEN more matches between these two when Cesaro already has two wins in the past two weeks. Match: B+; Foley's GM Work: C.