Booking challenge: The RAW after Wrestlemania 31.

[Abdullah]

I've said a lot that, top to bottom, last year's RAW after WM was the best show WWE has done in a long time. I've been curious over the past few weeks about how this year will come across with even smarky cities being pretty dead lately and I've also said that if WWE doesn't start a good handful of interesting stories after Wrestlemania, then I'm out.

With that said, I'm curious to what FAN would like to see. Operating under the presumption that the PPV won't be that good, you have the daunting task of booking RAW the night after; the episode that would likely get the biggest rating all year. So, what do you do? What do you book and who do you push to ensure people will keep watching for the next 2-3 months?

- You can call-up anyone from NXT or anyone heavily expected to sign (yeah, Samoa Joe)
- You can start, continue, revive any feuds between active roster members.

There's just two catches and one is more relevant than the other.

- While you can still use Brock, Reigns would nonetheless win the title in the main event. You can decide the circumstances of his win.
- Taker still beats Wyatt.

Besides those two, you're free to determine what will happen at WN 31. This thread is basically TEW or EWR or it's another way of asking, 'if things go as planned and Roman wins, what would it take to keep you watching?'

[KobashiChop]

Debut Adrian Neville. British crowd will pop to an insane level.

Have Rollins cash in. It has to happen soon and a feud with Reigns chasing Rollins who FINALLY becomes validated as the Authority's "guy" is the best situation they can go with that takes Lesnar away from the picture and focusses on Reigns as a main eventer.

for the rest of the show Bryan stands in the middle of the ring and leads a Yes chant.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Have US Champion John Cena challenge IC Champ Daniel Bryan to a unification match at Extreme Rules

Feature Alex Riley in some form

Debut Adrian Neville and Tyler Breeze. Air vignettes for Sami Zayn.

Give Sandow a clean break from Miz and have them move on from each other. Move towards killing off Miz's movie star gimmick altogether.

[bestthateverdidit]

might be a good time to début Charlotte.

[Andrew is Good]

Rollins would cash in definitely. One issue is it makes Reigns first title win kinda lame, similar to Daniel Bryan. Plus I hate one day title reigns and guys being "former World Champions" like Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger. But yeah, Rollins is ready and he has more babyfaces to work with.

Adrian Neville debuts. He would have a good match with some time.

The Lucha Dragons have been wrestling together on Main Event, so I would have them debut on Raw and win a match. They need to get a push to eventually face Cesaro and Kidd.

I'd also do the idea thrown around by a bunch of people with the 4 horsewomen style stable of Charlotte, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and maybe Emma. The Bellas might be out after Wrestlemania so in the ensuing chaos, the Bellas will get crushed and taken out of WWE forever. This could happen after a title match where maybe Paige or AJ wins the title.

Daniel Bryan and John Cena will be on the road to a title unification with the US and IC Titles. Cena would be in a feud with Rusev till the next pay per view, and Daniel Bryan I would have contender of the month deals.

Wyatt stays off TV for a month or so.

Damien Sandow wins a feature match. They build up to Miz vs Sandow at the pay per view, and you start that build there with Sandow getting some wins.

Tyler Breeze as mentioned before might be a good idea to bring up as there's not much for him to do in NXT. Vignettes would air for him. Sami Zayn might end up staying in NXT for now to be the top guy of NXT. Zayn still could come up but they need more guys like Samoa Joe to come in, especially if they're looking to tour.

Big Show and Kane, like, the local men haha, they need to be phased out. I might feud them with some babyfaces and the babyfaces get them out of the company for good.

[Ben Wyatt]

Shemus returns the next night and aligns with the Auhority by taking out Big Show and/or Kane.

[The Stranger]

Mar 11, 2015 7:46:40 GMT -5 CATCH_US IS the Conversation said:

Feature Alex Riley in some form

Yeah, on the pre-show.

[The Ichi]

Heyman introduces his new client, Samoa Joe.

[Fearless The Tank]

Heyman leaves behind Brock and gives a promo about how the future isn't in some fighting league that continues to lose money, but is in the New Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins. Turns out Seth cashed in on Reigns after he won at Mania. Seth comes in with the Authority, promos it up, Reigns comes in with Spears and punches. Demands a rematch tonight. HHH gives it to him.

Rusev and Barrett are in the ring and pissed about their title losses. Out comes Bryan to discuss bringing prestige back to the IC title and then out comes Cena to discuss bringing the US Title back for America. Sets up a tag team match which leads into a 4 way match at Extreme Rules for the unification. I prefer elimination style.

Rematch from Mania with Paige and AJ vs Bellas. The women from the fatal 4 way at NXT rivals come in and declare "divas" wrestling dead and restore order in Womens wrestling.

Miz comes out pissed about being so close to winning the battle royal, only to get eliminated by Mizdow. He challenges Mizdow, but out comes Samoa Joe and murders Miz.

Cesaro is out in the next match, accompanied by Tyson Kidd, his opponent is the debuting Adrian Neville. Match of the night, with amazing moves. Neville wins, Tysons stares him down to set that up for later.

Tag match that was set up earlier. Cena and Bryan win.

Main event. As the match starts, Sheamus comes out and starts beating on Reigns. Orton comes out to attack Rollins. Authority comes out to gain the upper hand. Ambrose comes out to get at Rollins. He's now pissed that Rollins ended up champ, especially screwing Reigns. He expressed that in a promo earlier that I forgot to write about. Sorry. After all the madness, Rollins and Heyman are in the ring, laughing it off. Heyman grabs the mic and starts using his godly powers. Brock comes out and destroys Rollins to end the show. Sets up triple threat at Extreme Rules for the title with rollins, Reigns and Brock and sets up Ambrose vs Sheamus in a no holds barred match for the ppv.

Edit: LOTS of recaps of Mania to fill time.

2nd edit, I think I like the idea of the next few raws having a match between Cena and Rusev and Bryan and Barrett and the winners go to the ppv to unify.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

The new United States Champion, John Cena comes out. He talks about how Rusev was the toughest opponent he ever face, but he Never Gave Up, and he brought the US Title back home where it belongs. He talks about the first time he won the US Title at WM20. Cena says it saddened him to watch people like Rusev take the title for granted and treat it as nothing more than an accessory. He then asks for the new Intercontinental Champion, Daniel Bryan, to come out, because he has a proposition for him.

Bryan comes out, and gets YES! chants. Bryan says that it's funny that he talks about titles being taken for granted. He says that the Intercontinental Championship used to be held by the best WRESTLERS, and he wants to bring the title back to its former glory. He says he wants to make sure that the IC Title is the most coveted title in WWE

John Cena then offers his proposition to Bryan. A match between the two of them at Extreme Rules. Winner takes all. Two men walk in as champions, only one walks out as a champion.

Roman Reigns comes out. He says that everyone knows that the most coveted title in the company is the one currently held by The Big Dog. He goes to speak further but is interrupted by The Authority.

After usual Triple H self fellating, they make a six man tag main event, Cena, Bryan and Reigns vs. Rollins, Kane and Big Show.

Adrian Neville makes his debut, defeating Curtis Axel.

Sami Zayn, Hideo Itami, Finn Balor & Alex Riley vs. Kevin Owens, Tyson Kidd, Cesaro & Tyler Breeze (w/Natalya)
Earlier today segment of the heels strategizing. The usual Kidd/Nattie shenanigans ensue when Nattie asks to see Breeze's "selfie stick" Owens sighs, annoyed at this f***ery.
Hideo Itami teases the GTS on all four heels. Faces win when Zayn pins Kidd



Adam Rose, Alex Riley, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel, Damien Sandow, R-Truth, Erick Rowan, Jack Swagger, The New Day, The PTPs, the Ascension, Fandango, Sin Cara, Zack Ryder are all standing in the ring.

Stephanie comes out. She talks about how watching Triple H and Sting fight last night at WM gave her fond memories of the Monday Night Wars and the Attitude Era. She says that during that time, there were many popular wrestlers who tried their hardest to reach for the brass ring, but unfortunately were not Best For Business. And with the Intercontinental and United States Champions held by elite talents like Daniel Bryan and John Cena, many deserving talents will never be rewarded for their hatd work. Therefore she has decided to reinstate the European Championship. The champion will be crowned after winning a battle royal.

The battle Royal ensues. Adam Rose uses The Rosebuds to his advantage, as they distract wrestlers and allow him to pick people off one by one. The final two come down to Alex Riley and Damien Sandow. The Miz comes down to the ring, snatches the belt, and lays out both men with it, saying that he refuses to let his former proteges have a happy moment. He tries to steal the belt, but when he gets to the stage, he comes face to face with R-Truth, and a bunch of other lower card faces. The faces gang up on Miz and beat him up. The two remaining men recover and resume their fight before Riley ultimately prevails. Riley is presented with the European Championship and the faces give him applause while he cries in the center of the ring.



Damien Sandow has a match against Miz, Miz toys with Sandow, but Sandow wins with a roll up.

After the match, Miz grabs a mic and starts ranting.

"That is IT! I am done. I am sick of all of this! I am sick of stunt doubles. I am sick of personal assistants. I am sick of dressing like a poofter who hijacked Lady Gaga's garage sale. And I am REALLY....REALLY...REEEEEAAALLLLLY sick and tired of wearing loafers without socks. I went through all the trouble to reinvent myself for all of you. And what do I get for it? I get ignored. I put on the best matches of my career and people would rather cheer for the sideshow act on the outside. That's it. I am done pretending to be something I'm not only for someone else to get all of the credit. Well, no more. It's time for the Miz to actually Be Miz again. BECAUSE I'M THE MIZ, AND I'M AWWWWEEEEESSSSSOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!!

Miz then pulls a trash can out from under the ring, picks up his shades and jacket, and dumps them in the trash.


John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and Roman Reigns defeat. Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane when Bryan hits the knee that beat Cena on Big Show. RAW ends with Reigns, Cena and Bryan holding their titles up high.

[Madagascar Fred]

In no order...

Matches:
Lucha Dragons destroy Matadores
IC champ Ambrose beats Rose
Big Show defeats Kane in a loser ends career match
Adrian Neville beats Fandango
D Bryan beats Sheamus
AJ & Paige beat Bellas in a loser leaves wwe match - NXT newcomers (Charlotte, Becky, Bayley, Sasha) attack all 4 women after the match
Cesaro & Kidd vs Ascension is a double dq
Ziggler & Cena beat Reigns & Rusev

Segments:
Reigns turns heel in opening segment, attacking battered Cena
Godlike Heyman promo bragging about Brocks victory
Tyler Breeze vignette airs
Rollins/Orton wild backstage brawl throughout the entire show
Bray reunites Wyatt family, brags about win over UT
Christian special announcement for next week planned
Day in the life of Cesaro/Kidd/Nattie vignette
Miz and Sandow officially split on MizTV
Rufus Pancake Patterson shows D Young how to make a perfect pancake
Cody debuts new character similar to schezophrenic 3 Faces of Foley gimmick
Usos, R-Truth and Ryback get taken off TV for one or two months

[Sephiroth]

Vladmir Putin shows up to avenge Russia's honor against Cena

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Everybody fellates Roman Reigns, one by one, in the middle of the ring.

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Mar 11, 2015 16:14:14 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

Everybody fellates Roman Reigns, one by one, in the middle of the ring.

"You're hired dammit! Paul, get this kid a grape snowcone!"

[Professor Chaos]

What if Brock Lesnar Guy costs Brock Lesnar the title at WrestleMania? Then you can have Brock Lesnar vs Brock Lesnar Guy on RAW.

[CATCH_US IS the Conversation]

Mar 11, 2015 16:37:15 GMT -5 Professor Chaos said:

What if Brock Lesnar Guy costs Brock Lesnar the title at WrestleMania? Then you can have Brock Lesnar vs Brock Lesnar Guy on RAW.

Would he still be called Brock Lesnar Guy?

[Deleted]

This will be the most amazing Raw ever.

- Heyman comes out with a heel Reigns who is proud they screwed Brock over at WM, Reigns doesn't give a damn what fans think because he's reached the top. He cuts a promo until a babyface comes out to challenge him. The babyface is his opponent for the tonight. Have it be Orton.
- Neville debuts and wins over Harper. After the great match Harper extends his hand but lays him out with a clothesline setting up their feud
- Cesaro/Kidd defend the tag belts against all the teams in an amazing rematch- Cena says he's overcome Rusev but now he has to keep the title. Rusev comes out and furiously lays Cena out. He announces they'll have their match at the next PPV and it'll be a Last Man Standing. Lana isn't there because she's filming her movie and the announcers play it up as no one is there to control Rusev now
- The new IC Champion, Ambrose, comes out and is interviewed by Renee and he says he'll defend the title like the greats Austin, Hart, HBK and others did. Renee brings up Reigns but Ambrose is pissed at Reigns and his turn but before he voices his concerns, someone interrupts him. He defeats the opponent from last night's match in a great match
- Sting comes out and calls out Taker. Taker comes out and they give a short promo, they say they respect each other but they need to see who's truly the great one. They set up their final match at WM32
- Stardust is pissed that he lost and he blames the cosmos
- Big Show comes out to a chorus of boos and says he wants to cut the noise about the Authority. He claims the Authority is stronger than ever. Stardust comes out and gets in Show's face, Show isn't intimidated. Stardust then blindsides him and destroys his legs with a chair putting him out of action a damn good while. Stardust says from now on he's giving the old guard what they deserve, his time has arrived. Kane comes out but Stardust escapes before Kane can get to him
- Bryan comes out and says he would have won the IC belt had it not been for Sheamus, who interfered causing Bryan the belt. Sheamus comes out and says he's now in the Authority. He says as long as he's there, Bryan's life is ruined after he ruined his with the 18 Seconds thing
- Paige and AJ come out and argue who will be the rightful contender for the Divas Championship since they beat the Bellas. Nattie comes out and says she's in the running too. Out of nowhere, Charlotte debuts and says she's in the running. Stephanie comes out and sets up a "Best of 3" tournament between each of these 4 women where the winner will face Nikki for the belt at the next PPV
- Rollins is kicked out of the Authority after he told everyone to listen to him regarding Orton and to go along with that, he couldn't even stop Orton. Sheamus calls the hit and says along with being in the Authority, he's their lead superstar. Rollins thinks about his career all alone in the back wondering what he can do
- Wyatt comes out to massive cheers as he's earned not only Taker's respect but the crowd's respect as well. Stephanie comes out and get pissed at him over his stunts revolving around the legend Taker. Wyatt doesn't care. Triple H, who's still pissed about his loss to Sting comes out and goes off on Wyatt. He says that he runs things around there regardless what happens. Wyatt says that all this time he was fighting those he saw as doing wrong but now he sees the most evil is the machine. He will not bring the fight to the machine and then leaves the ring
- Reigns barely beats Orton and he only does through Heyman's help. Orton lays him out after the match
- Rollins cashes in on Reigns at the end of the show to become the new WWE Champion as the crowd erupts and he's now a babyface

[Reflecto]

-Show starts off with a John Cena celebration after he won the United States Championship. Cena brings down a United States flag like Rusev does for the Russian flag. Daniel Bryan comes out to meet him as the Intercontinental Champion, and does a YES! chant. Both men congratulate each other for their victory- Cena says the United States Champion is traditionally number-one contender, Daniel Bryan claims that the Intercontinental Championship has been held by the best champions in WWE history. The two settle on a match, no titles on the line- tonight.

-Debut videos for Adrian Neville and Tyler Breeze.

-Lana's out filming her movie. Rusev squashes Alex Riley. Bray Wyatt comes and cuts a promo, saying that when you lose once, you lose everything- but even in the darkness is a silver lining.

-Damien Sandow introduces his brand-new "stuntman for hire" service, taking the APA's old "office" and hiring his services out. This leads to R-Truth buying his services for the night in a match with Bad News Barrett. Barrett wins.

-AJ Lee and Paige take on the Bella Twins in a tag team match...but just as they do, Emma, Charlotte, Sasha, Bayley, Becky, Alexa, and Carmella all show up and lay waste. Paige tries fighting back, but reveals she's the ringleader of the group.

-The Lucha Dragons have a formal debut with an upset win over The Ascension.

-Cesaro and Kidd make an open challenge for the titles- Sami Zayn and Finn Balor accept it, then upset them for the titles.

-Randy Orton and Seth Rollins have a Mania rematch, this time for the MITB briefcase. Rollins wins after Dean Ambrose accidentally costs Orton the match.

-Sting cuts a promo saying his match with Triple H was one of the toughest ever, and he was happy that he just got to check Wrestlemania off of his bucket list. If he never sees the WWE Universe again, it was his honor to appear for them...as the lights go off, and two tombstones appear on the TitanTron with the date of Wrestlemania 32 in Dallas, one saying 'Sting', one saying 'Undertaker', and on top saying 'ONE LAST TIME...?'

-Main event: Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena. Cena and Bryan put on an awesome match. Roman Reigns comes out to scout- as Seth Rollins is out to the ring with the briefcase in hand and a referee in tow. Reigns runs off as Dean Ambrose tries to help him, but inadvertantly leads him to the ring. The briefcase is up as Cena and Bryan are in shock...then Seth Rollins clocks John Cena with his briefcase. Dean Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds on Daniel Bryan, as Roman Reigns hits a Spear and a Superman Punch on both. The show ends as The Shield have reformed, heels, standing aloft over Cena and Bryan.

[Johnny Flamingo]

Raw opens up with HHH saying that last night was one of the best he's ever seen and that tonight our main event is champion vs champion Bryan vs Lesnar.

Kidd/Cesaro have an open challenge which is answered by Balor/Itami. Balor and Itami win only to be taken out by a repackaged Ascension.

Cena comes down after the break and says he won his match and took down a monster but now he wants to take down the beast tonight. Heyman comes down with Lesnar. Cena takes off his shirt ready to fight and is attacked from behind by Samoa Joe coming out of the crowd. Joe lays our Cena. Heyman takes the mic and mentions that he didn't say which beast he was talking about. Now he has his new beast, Samoa Joe.

out of the break cut to Cena being loaded into an ambulance


Adam Rose defeats Ambrose after interference by Bo Dallas making a Dallas-Rose alliance. Rose (now darker) then starts a feud with Ambrose where he pulls a Raven-esque character and has his lacky Bo Dallas (Stevie Richards) run interference and Bo feuds more with Ambrose leading to Summerslam when Ambrose finally fights (and defeats) Rose.

AJ Lee defeats Paige for the Divas Title

Adrian Neville defeats Kofi. After Adrian Neville says he first step on raw is to win the IC title.

The Lucha Dragons defeat the Uso's.

Main Event. Have Lesnar dominate most of the match. Bryan makes a comeback and at the end hits the knee and gets a very close 2 count. they fight a little more and Lesnar hoists Bryan up for the F5. Bryan escapes by falling down his back and kicking Lesnar forward and hits the knee again knocking Reigns out. Heyman comes in with a chair. Reigns then comes in and there is a standoff with Heyman and Bryan/Reigns. Reigns walks Heyman toward the far corner turnbuckle then turns around and spears Bryan, Lesnar gets to his feet and is immediately speared by Reigns. Rollins then comes down, cashes in the briefcase and pins Lesnar.

Afterwards HHH and Steph come down and celebrate their new World Champion Seth Rollins with thanks to their new corporate enforcer Roman Reigns.

Show fades to black with Reigns and Rollins raising hands with the title as confetti falls and boos throughout the arena and a visibly pissed off Lesnar and Heyman in the background.