{"id":73824,"date":"2020-08-03T08:23:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73824"},"modified":"2020-08-03T15:53:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T19:53:45","slug":"preview-monday-night-raw-8-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/03\/preview-monday-night-raw-8-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE &#8211; Monday Night RAW (8\/3\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from an emotional episode last week this edition of Monday Night RAW will feature\u00a0<strong>Asuka\u00a0<\/strong>seeking vengeance on\u00a0<strong>Bayley\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Sasha Banks\u00a0<\/strong>for their<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/07\/28\/kairi-sane-departure-wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> career-ending attack<\/a> on\u00a0<strong>Kairi Sane<\/strong>.\u00a0 We will also see\u00a0<strong>Apollo\u00a0<\/strong>look for vengeance against\u00a0<strong>MVP\u00a0<\/strong>on a night full of grudges looking to be settled.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s get into the card for Monday Night RAW<\/p>\n<h3><strong>United States Championship: Apollo (C) vs MVP <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEApollo\/status\/1290065012631810053<\/p>\n<p>MVP and co. declared him the new United States Champion many weeks ago.\u00a0 Crews was unable to fight at\u00a0<em>The Horror Show At Extreme Rules\u00a0<\/em>but now he is back and ready to fight and prove that he is still the US Champion.\u00a0 MVP has backup in <strong>Lashley\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Shelton Benjamin<\/strong> that could swing the tide in his favor.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shane McMahon Returns<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shane-O-Mac is back!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shanemcmahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@shanemcmahon<\/a> RETURNS to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> TONIGHT. What will he have in store? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/el0kAtiUpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/el0kAtiUpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1290341665862033408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With WWE&#8217;s viewership dipping they have brought in the big guns as Shane O&#8217;Mac makes his return to Monday Night RAW.\u00a0 What will McMahon be up to and does it involve a possible SummerSlam match?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A New Faction Debuts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rumblings at the PC are that a group are set to make their presence felt on Raw to cause some chaos and shake the companies foundations to its core.\u00a0 Who are this group and what to they want?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Drew McIntyre Out For Retribution<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler \u2013 Extreme Rules Match: Raw, July 27, 2020\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1mykopgFrhc?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<p>Following his win over\u00a0<strong>Dolph Ziggler\u00a0<\/strong>last week on Monday Night RAW McIntyre was hit with an RKO by\u00a0<strong>Randy Orton<\/strong>.\u00a0 Earlier in that episode Orton had made his intention clear that he wanted McIntyre&#8217;s championship and to end the night hs threw the first strike.\u00a0 McIntyre has never been one to take things lightly and you know he&#8217;ll be out for a fight with &#8220;the viper&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Asuka Looks For Revenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc40 \ud83d\udc40 \ud83d\udc40<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:\/\/twitter.com\/itsBayleyWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@itsBayleyWWE<\/a> @KairiSaneWWE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTWXhyRohU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MTWXhyRohU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1287933762504884225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last week on raw Sasha Banks became the new Raw Women&#8217;s Champion by defeating Asuka via countout.\u00a0 The manner in which she did so has put her and Bayley in harm&#8217;s way as Bayley heinously attacked Kairi Sane backstage and seemingly ended her career.\u00a0 Asuka chose to help her friend over retaining her championship but it wasn&#8217;t enough as Sane has now bid farewell to the WWE.\u00a0 Asuka was seen last week after visiting Sane and she was obviously emotional and very, very angry.\u00a0 Banks and Bayley may have just unleashed a monster that they cannot deal with.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Not Announced But Expected<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Nia Jax<\/strong> was fined for her actions but that won&#8217;t stop her and\u00a0<strong>Shayna Baszler\u00a0<\/strong>tearing one another apart<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; We have new number one contenders in the tag team division<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The next page in the Rollins\/Mysterio saga<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\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.\u00a0<\/em>WWE fan? 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