By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE is advertising the following matches and events for tonight’s WWE Raw television show.
-CM Punk makes his first appearance since winning the World Heavyweight Championship
-AJ Styles and Dragon Lee vs. Finn Balor and JD McDonagh for the World Tag Team Titles
-Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer and Nikki Bella vs. Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez
-Penta vs. El Grande Americano
-“The Kabuki Warriors” Asuka and Kairi Sane vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria
Powell’s POV: Raw will be live from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, at Rio Rancho Event Center. Join me for my live review as the show streams Mondays on Netflix at 7CT/8ET. My weekly same-night audio reviews of Raw are available exclusively for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons).
You might want to keep an eye on the major MMA story getting ready to come out. Started off with a low level reporter getting tipped off and now people like Luke Thomas and Ariel Helwani are sniffing around. We’re legit looking at 100+ UFC fights being fixed and one of the top managers/gyms being implicated. FBI charges aren’t far away. There’s even some possible connection to FanDuel.
Solid chance that TKO is going to be connected to it, which could have an impact on them continuing to own WWE.
Thanks. Keeping an eye on it. They should investigate the independent MMA event I saw at Target Center several years ago. It was obvious that the guys in the main event were there to dance around, not take any punishment, and collect their checks. I have no idea if there was a gambling component, but it was just a terrible fight.