{"id":126458,"date":"2024-08-19T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=126458"},"modified":"2024-08-19T06:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T10:06:04","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-8-19-24-cm-punk-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/08\/19\/preview-wwe-raw-8-19-24-cm-punk-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (8\/19\/24) &#8211; CM Punk Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>WWE Raw <\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">rolls into the FLA Live Arena tonight for a show that is guaranteed to make a massive impact in WWE. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here&#8217;s our full preview for <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">which<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> airs live from Fort Lauderdale, FL at 8\/7c.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>WWE Raw Match Card<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: &#8220;The Unholy Union&#8221; Alba Fyre &amp; Isla Dawn vs. &#8220;Damage CTRL&#8221; Kairi Sane &amp; IYO SKY vs. &#8220;Pure Fusion Collective&#8221; Shayna Baszler &amp; Zoey Stark w\/ Sonya Deville<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;New Day&#8221; Xavier Woods &amp; Kofi Kingston &amp; Odyssey Jones vs. &#8220;The Final Testament&#8221; Karrion Kross &amp; &#8220;Authors of Pain&#8221; Rezar &amp; Akam<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sheamus vs. Pete Dunne<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Maxxine Dupri vs. Ivy Nile <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM Punk Delivers &#8216;can&#8217;t miss&#8217; message to Drew <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McIntyre<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw Match Card Preview <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A bucket load of ongoing feuds continues on <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">this week. <strong>P<\/strong><\/span><strong>ete Dunne<\/strong> looks to prove that he isn&#8217;t butch to <strong>Sheamus<\/strong> when they finally meet after weeks of Dunne attacking his former mentor with a Shillelagh.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last week, the\u00a0<strong>Unholy Union<\/strong> interfered in a number one contender&#8217;s match for their WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> So this week, they have to face both teams &#8211; <strong>Damage CTRL <\/strong>and<strong> Pure Fusion Collective<\/strong> in triple-threat action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Ivy Nile<\/strong> will look to prove her worth to <strong>American Made<\/strong>\u00a0by embarrassing <strong>Maxxine Dupri<\/strong> in a one-on-one match. Expect to see lots of interference during that match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Meanwhile, <strong>Odyssey Jones<\/strong> continues his <strong>New Day<\/strong>\u00a0audition when he teams with <strong>Kofi Kingston <\/strong>and<strong> Xavier Woods<\/strong> to take on <strong>The Final Testament.<\/strong>\u00a0Surely, Big O will get the big pin in this match.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">he&#39;s dunne.<br \/>but he&#39;s not DONE!<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJsgn1sC8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nJsgn1sC8c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1823180224248348752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bash In Berlin\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>CM Punk<\/strong> has promised a &#8220;can&#8217;t miss message&#8221; for <strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong>. Perhaps it&#8217;ll be a challenge for <em><strong>Bash In Berlin. <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Talking of <em>Bash In Berlin<\/em>, <strong>Randy Orton<\/strong> will once again be on <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw <\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to trade insults (or fists) with <strong>Gunther<\/strong> ahead of their World Heavyweight Championship match in Germany next month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Randy Orton RKOs Gunther for calling him a \u201cscrew-up\u201d: Raw highlights, Aug. 12, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CHK6mKe1Zv0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw rolls into the FLA Live Arena tonight for a show that is guaranteed to make a massive impact in WWE. 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