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WWE RAW SEASON PREMIERE REPORT: THE SMACKDOWN HACKER IS REVEALED, JORDAN "THE DOOR MAN" HAS A NEW JOB, A NEW MATCH FOR HIAC, LEE/STROWMAN, AND MORE

We are in Orlando, Florida and your announcers are Tom Phillips, Samoa Joe, and Byron Saxton.

Alexa Bliss is in the ring and we hear the screeching.  She tells Raw that HE'S HERE, let him in.

The Fiend makes his way to the ring.

Retribution shows up in a battle of the lights going out entrances and they surround the ring while wax figure Fiend and wax figure Alexa stand there motionless.

Retribution enters the ring and they circle Bray and Alexa.

The lights go out and when they come back on, Bray and Alexa are gone.

The Hurt Business' music plays and they make their way to the ring.

All eight men battle in the ring as Retribution is sent to the floor.  Alexander with a flip dive onto Retribution and we go to commercial.

We are back and Matt Riddle says he is a tough dude to figure out.  He says he is laid back, but he has been fighting his whole life.  He can go from Bro-Down to Throw Down in a moment.  He has done it all over the world, without wearing shoes.

Match Number One:  Mustafa Ali, T-Bar, Mace, and Slapjack versus Montel Vontavious Porter, Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin, and Bobby Lashley

Lashley and T-Bar start thinggs off and Lashley sends him into the corner.  T-Bar with a kick and then Lashley with a flatliner.  Slapjack tags in and Lashley with forearms and a delayed vertical suplex.  Alexander tags in and kicks Slapjack and connects with forearms.  Slapjack goes for a suplex but Alexander counters with a gourdbuster and he gets a near fall.  Porter tags in and he kicks Slapjack. Porter with a hard Irish whip for a near fall.  Alexander tags in and he kicks Slapjack.  Slapjack hangs from the ropes and Mace comes over to check on Slapjack.  Alexander gets distracted by T-Bar and Mace and Slapjack with a palm thrust and biel.

Ali tags in and he drop kicks the arm.  Ali gets a near fall.  Ali with an arm bar and Alexander with a forearm.  Ali sends Alexander to the apron and connects with a forearm.  Ali sends Alexander into the ropes when he goes for a springboard move.  Alexander is sent to the floor and Ali has some words for Porter.  Ali sends Alexander into the ringside barrier and we have an Orlando Standoff until . . . 

The Fiend appears on the ThunderScreen and we go to commercial.

We are back and Mace and Benjamin exchange punches and knees.  Mace chokes Benjamin and punches him in the corner.  Mace misses a shoulder in the corner and hits the ring post.  Benjamin with a German suplex and a running knee into the corner.  Benjamin gets a near fall.  Benjamin with punches in his corner and Lashley tags i and he connects with a forearm.  Mace with a kick and Lashley clotheslines Mace over the top rope to the floor.  Lashley with a spinebuster and he hits a spear on T-Bar for a near fall.  Ali backs up from Lashley to distract him and allows T-Bar to apply a waist lock.  Lashley with a standing switch.

T-Bar with elbows but Lashley applies the full nelson and T-Bar taps out.

Winners:  Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Montel Vontavious Porter, and Cedric Alexander

After the match, the lights go out and The Fiend appears on the apron next to Ali.  Fiend with Sister Abigail to Slapjack and a uranage to Mace onto the table.  Ali tries to get away from The Fiend but he stops Ali.  T-Bar kicks The Fiend and The Fiend gives T-Bar Sister Abigail.

Alexa appears on the ThunderScreen and says LET ME IN in a Brayish voice.

We go to commercial.

AJ Styles comes to the ring and he is joined by Jordan Omogbehin.

AJ Styles comes to the ring and he says he has to give credit where credit is due to the powers that be.  You finally drafted a true leader.  A true leader in him. Seth Rollins with his messiah complex spewing his prophecy for the greater good.  He can only assume it was Jeff Hardy stumbling to the ring and screwing something else up to try to reclaim the promised land.  That is not what happened.  The real redemption of Raw was the return of the prodigal son . . . me.  I beat Jeff Hardy in a Triple Threat match to further prove this was never Monday Night Rollins.  When I beat Matt Riddle tonight, I will shepherd Raw into the future.  It is more than the season premiere of Raw, it is a new era that belongs to the Face that Runs the Place.

Match Number Two:  AJ Styles (with Jordan Omogbehin) versus Matt Riddle

The referee asks AJ to have Jordan leave the ring but AJ doesn't want to do it.  The referee tells AJ if Jordan doeesn't leave the ring before five, AJ is disqualified.  The referee starts to count, but Jordan stops him.  The referee begs for Jordan to leave the ring.  Jordan finally leaves the ring because he is the bigger man.

AJ punches Riddle and chops him.  Riddle with kicks to AJ.  AJ with a punch but Riddle with a gutwrench suplex and he holds on and rolls through for a second one.  Riddle with a third rolling gutwrench suplex.  Riddle clotheslines AJ over the top rope to the floor.  Riddle goes to the apron and Jordan gets between AJ and Riddle and Riddle slips on the apron.

We go to commercial.

We are back and AJ kicks Riddle in the corner.  AJ with a waist lock.  Riddle tries to get AJ on his shoulders but AJ with elbows.  Riddle with a Pele Kick.  Riddle with a forearm in the corner followed by a second one and an exploder.  Riddle misses a kickk and moonsault but lands on his feet.  AJ with a boot to stop the back senton.  Riddle with a kick but Styles with kicks of his own.  Riddle with a knee but Styles with a Pele Kick.  Riddle with a German suplex.  AJ with an Ushigoroshi for a near fall.  AJ sets for a Styles Clash but Riddle drops down.  Riddle escapes a power bomb and hits a fisherman's buster for a near fall.  Riddle goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault but AJ stops him and Riddle is crotched.  

AJ goes for a belly-to-back suplerplex but Riddle with elbows to knock AJ to the mat.  AJ punches Riddle on the turnbuckles and they return up top.  They exchange punches and both fall off the turnbuckles with Riddle falling to the floor and AJ falling into the ring.  Riddle looks up and sees Jordan standing in front of him and he returns to the ring.  AJ with a kick and Styles Clash for the three count.

Winner:  AJ Styles

We have a video package for Randy Orton's quest for the Raw Title and revenge on Drew McIntyre.

We go to commercial.

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