Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host, Jeff Lane, and former WWE Superstars, Stevie Richards and Bin Hamin.

Richards says he couldn’t understand Ronda Rousey’s debut at the Royal Rumble this past Sunday. Rousey shook Stephanie McMahon’s hand at ringside, but the last time they saw each other on WWE programming Rousey put McMahon in an arm bar. He mentions that some people are saying Rousey’s ready to be a full-time talent, but he thought she looked lost in the ring on Sunday, looking like she didn’t have a clue what to do.

Russo has a hard time believing that Asuka and Nakamura are the two performers that WWE wants to push as their top stars right now. He points out that neither of them can cut a promo, and he agrees with Lane in the sense that adding subtitles for their promos would be an improvement. He also suggests that a hot female translator would be a nice addition to Nakamura’s presentation, to accompany his rockstar gimmick.

Russo says he’d rather see Braun Strowman destroying things for 20 minutes to start RAW instead of a 20-minute match, but he’s also starting to get tired of Strowman flipping stuff over. He points out that turning over a desk is somewhat anticlimactic after Strowman flipped over an 18-wheeler just a couple of weeks ago.

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WWE announced on tonight’s episode of RAW that Chris Jericho will be appearing on the RAW 25th anniversary show next week. Here is the updated list of confirmed talents for the event:

Jacqueline
Michelle McCool
Torrie Wilson
Kelly Kelly
Terri Runnels
Maria Kanellis
Eric Bischoff
Gene Okerlund
Sgt. Slaughter
The Godfather
The Boogeyman
Brother Love
Teddy Long
John Laurinaitis
Ted DiBiase
X-Pac
Steve Austin
Ric Flair
The Dudleys
The APA
Scott Hall
New Age Outlaws
The Bella Twins
The Undertaker
Shawn Michaels
Triple H
Kevin Nash
John Cena
Brock Lesnar
Jim Ross
Jerry Lawler
Roman Reigns
Seth Rollins
Dean Ambrose
Asuka
Braun Strowman
Alexa Bliss
Samoa Joe
Sheamus
Cesaro
Kane
Kurt Angle
AJ Styles
Randy Orton
Jinder Mahal
Chris Jericho

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The topic of which talents WWE will bring in for the RAW 25th anniversary show has been a hot topic of late among individuals within WWE. PWInsider reports that there was “a lot of talk” internally about which talents would be appearing over the last week.

As of this writing, the following names are confirmed legends for the event:

* The Undertaker
* Shawn Michaels
* Kevin Nash
* John Cena
* Brock Lesnar
* Jim Ross
* Jerry Lawler
* X-Pac

Active RAW Superstars being advertised include:

* Roman Reigns
* Seth Rollins
* Dean Ambrose
* Asuka
* Braun Strowman
* Alexa Bliss
* Samoa Joe
* Sheamus
* Cesaro
* Kane
* Kurt Angle

Active SmackDown Superstars advertised:

* AJ Styles
* Randy Orton
* Jinder Mahal

We will keep you updated if more names are “rumored” or confirmed for the event.

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WWE posted the following injury update on Dean Ambrose:

Dean Ambrose injury will keep him out approximately nine months

Following Dean Ambrose’s successful surgery last Tuesday night to repair a high-grade triceps tendon injury, Michael Cole took a moment during the Dec. 25 episode of Raw to confirm that The Lunatic Fringe will be out of action for approximately nine months.

Ambrose’s successful procedure was performed by Dr. Jeffrey Dugas in Birmingham, Ala., and took around 40 minutes.

“He tore some of the distal triceps tendon where it attaches to the forearm bone, called the olecranon,” Dr. Dugas told WWE.com. “He basically tore about 50 percent of the triceps tendon away from the bone. So yesterday we repaired that back down to the bone where it tore off of. The surgery was very straightforward; we removed all of the extra bursal tissue — all of that extra swollen stuff around his elbow.”

Dugas added that Ambrose has begun physical therapy, starting with light range-of-motion exercises.

Keep in mind that WWE could be exaggerating the recovery time as a way to make his return sound more impressive if he comes back sooner. WWE did this with Braun Strowman’s injury earlier this year.

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It’s that time of week again, welcome to our coverage of Monday Night Raw for December 11 2017!

Tonight’s show is to be headlined by a monstrous showdown between Kane and Braun Strowman. These two behemoths will finally have a proper match, with the winner moving on to face Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble in January. This match should be fairly short but inevitably hectic and fun, even though a Strowman win seems inevitable.

The Bar and The Shield are set to collide many times in the following weeks, but tonight, each member of the two teams will face-off in singles competition. Tonight, Roman Reigns will face Cesaro, Dean Ambrose will tackle Samoa Joe, and Rollins will take-on Sheamus. Those are three huge matches, each of which will hopefully receive ample time to breathe and play out. This comes a week after The Shield failed to recapture the Tag Titles, largely thanks to Samoa Joe, who has it out for Reigns!

Elsewhere on tonight’s Raw, Matt Hardy has been WOKEN and he will again collide with Bray Wyatt, meanwhile Absolution will continue their wreaking of havoc, but will they again leave Asuka alone? All that and more on tonight’s show, so get ready and enjoy!

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Rich Swann’s #1 contender’s match against Drew Gulak for a shot at the WWE Cruiserweight Championship has been cancelled due to Swann’s suspension over the weekend. The match has been removed from the 5-point preview on WWE’s website and they have not announced how they will deal with the change.

Here is the updated card for tonight’s show:

* Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro
* Samoa Joe vs. Dean Ambrose
* Seth Rollins vs. Sheamus
* Kane vs. Braun Strowman

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of tonight’s show.

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It was announced on tonight’s episode of RAW that Kane will face Braun Strowman on next week’s episode of RAW.

Already confirmed for next week’s show is Drew Gulak vs. Rich Swann. The winner of the match will move on to face Enzo Amore for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

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November is drawing to a close, and in the WWE year, that can only mean one thing- Triple H has come out of hibernation, blown the cobwebs off his sledgehammer and is about to insert himself into a top-level feud for Wrestlemania. Over the last few years it has been pretty obvious who Triple H’s opponent is going to be, especially in the case of Seth Rollins last year, and Sting two years prior to that. This year, however, things are looking a little different.

At the end of the Survivor Series main event, Triple H went crazy and made the whole thing about himself- attacking both Shane McMahon and Kurt Angle, and then getting beat up by Braun Strowman. While the ending was supposed to have made Braun look strong, Hunter isn’t fooling anybody and the internet reacted with its usual response to Triple H doing such things. The match did create a lot of speculation surrounding Triple H’s Mania opponent, though, and fans have since been discussing it ever since the show closed.  While it seems likely it will be one of the men involved in the finish at Survivor Series, just which one it will be remains uncertain, and who knows, it could be someone different entirely. Let’s take a look at five potential Wrestlemania opponents for Triple H.

Braun Strowman

At the time of writing, Braun Strowman is definitely the front-runner to face Triple H at Wrestlemania. The two men had a square off at the end of Survivor Series and Braun followed that up by confronting The King of Kings on Raw the night after.

Triple H cowered away from Braun in their in-ring segment, something we have rarely seen The Game do in recent years, and there is every chance that sooner or later he will find some underhanded way to retaliate against the big man. WWE won’t be teasing a feud between the two for nothing either, and Triple H, for all his faults, has a habit of putting over younger stars on the grand-daddy of them all, Wrestlemania.

A match between Braun and Triple H, and a victory for the former Wyatt Family member would work wonders for his career, and with Brock Lesnar likely leaving the company after Wrestlemania, this would position Braun as the next unstoppable force in the WWE.

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While speaking to Times of India, Kane talked about former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal and mentioned that WWE Superstars should strive to be more like him.

“He was in the WWE years ago, then left company. And then really improved both in his wrestling and his body and came back and became a world champion. I think a guy like Jinder Mahal is really what every WWE superstar should strive to become.”

Kane also talked about Braun Strowman and predicts that he will be one of the greatest big men ever.

“Braun Strowman is doing a great job and he is going to have great career in WWE. I think at the end of the career he will be known as one of the great big men ever.”

You can check out the full interview here.

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Russo is joined on today’s show by his co-host Jeff Lane, Kenny Bolin, and Big Vito.

Russo says this week’s RAW and Smackdown Live had to be the worst 5-hour follow up to a major PPV in WWE’s history. He believes that Stephanie McMahon has to be the least cool character in the business right now, and she’s very frustrating to watch because it’s quite clear that she thinks she’s cool.

Bolin says he recalls a time when Stephanie McMahon was a gorgeous woman. However, the longer that she’s with Triple H, the more he’s starting to make her look like Chyna by turning her into a gym rat.

Russo says there was no need for Braun Strowman to be in the opening segment of RAW this week, and his inclusion there made no sense whatsoever. He thinks the only reason that Strowman was in that segment was to set up the match with Jason Jordan later in the night, and that’s just lazy booking in his opinion.

Russo goes on to say that there was a much easier way to get Strowman involved in this angle. Angle should have named Strowman as the first member of Team RAW, which would have pleased Strowman and resulted in him having Angle’s back. Then when Triple H attacked Angle at Survivor Series, Strowman getting angry would have made much more sense.

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