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RAW Deal: A mad November for WWE
The WWE pushes through with the controversial Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia
RAW Deal: WWE and its Saudi Arabia problems
WWE's supershow Crown Jewel is in trouble following the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi
RAW Deal: The post-Money in the Bank landscape
The title could have gone to someone who needed the quick, powerful impact of a cash-in

RAW Deal: Depositing Money in the Bank 2018
This may finally be the moment Shinsuke Nakamura wins the title he’s been chasing since January

RAW Deal: Finally at WrestleMania 34
We have 14 matches to call, so let's not waste any more time! Let's start picking!

RAW Deal: The Fastlane to WrestleMania 34
It will be John Cena, Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and AJ Styles vying for the WWE Championship in a Six-Pack Challenge

RAW Deal: Double the Rumble
Two Royal Rumble matches, multi-man World Title bouts, and more. Which men and women will head to WrestleMania 34 with title shots and championship gold?

RAW Deal: The pre-SummerSlam 2017 primer
Here are some of the things to look forward to at SummerSlam 2017

RAW Deal: 5 WWE superstars who could benefit from another shakeup
Who needs to switch brands get called up or sent back down? Here s a list of 5 superstars who could use a change of scenery

Ball brothers guest at WWE Raw, LaVar steals show
LaVar Ball is again the talk of the town as he goes topless with The Miz

RAW Deal: The WWE’s misguided brand of feminism
The women s Money in the Bank match would’ve been a great moment to do things as the fans would’ve wanted instead of swerving them for a heel reaction

RAW Deal: Time for some Payback
Payback is the culmination of different storylines affected by the sudden messing up of the status quo

RAW Deal: Now more than ever, don’t hinder Jinder
This is not a typo: Jinder Mahal is actually the number one contender

RAW Deal: Strife in the Fastlane
Here are some Fastlane to WrestleMania predictions

RAW Deal: Win, lose, or draw
SmackDown Live once again proves that they’re masters of hitting two birds—multiple birds actually—with one stone

RAW Deal: The Royal Rumble weekend postmortem
What s going on so far in the first few days of WrestleMania season?

RAW Deal: The most unpredictable Royal Rumble of the decade
This columnists lists down 5 contenders to win the upcoming big pay per view

RAW Deal: The John Cena we should’ve had all along
There are two versions of John Cena we get in the ring determined by the kind of feud he’s booked in The one we need returned to SmackDown Live two weeks ago

RAW Deal: The 2017 wrestling watchlist
Find out which wrestling stars are primed for a breakout year in 2017 from across the indy scene to NXT

RAW Deal: The end of the line for many things
On the masterful career movement of Cody Rhodes on the indy scene and predictions for WWE Roadblock

RAW Deal: Brand split inequality
RAW is losing the title civil war following its first brand exclusive outing since the brand split last July

RAW Deal: Philippine victories
All things considered WWE Manila wasn’t the best show it could have been especially with the relative depth of the RAW brand but they came to play

RAW Deal: Your new Universal Champion
This columnist also provides predictions for the victors of WWE in Manila

RAW Deal: When the lines between scripted and real are blurred
The Miz shocked fans with a brutal promo against the retired Daniel Bryan The columnist tackles why this incident made the impact it did

RAW Deal: WWE brand split means more wrestling and hard choices
The New Era of the WWE is starting off with a bang

RAW Deal: The fall of the Roman (Reigns) Empire
The Roman Reigns experiment as its top babyface has been a failure Turning him heel after violating the Wellness Policy is the WWE s only option

RAW Deal: Making sense of Roman Reigns' suspension
Reigns is out as champion and Ambrose is in Where does the company go with these ex Shield members?

RAW Deal: The end of NXT, or the end of NXT as we know it?
The next NXT Takeover event called The End will bring its own brand of change to the developmental territory

RAW Deal: Dawn of a new era
AJ Styles and Roman Reigns are telling in ring stories at a high level while WWE does spring cleaning on its loaded roster

RAW Deal: Yep, it's Payback time
The TNA movement is in full effect at NXT and the Payback card is looking stacked Here are some predictions for the upcoming WWE event

RAW Deal: Do all roads lead to Balor Club?
Who are Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows really working for and is Finn Balor showing up on RAW this week to answer that question?

RAW Deal: Do not go gentle into that good night
Undertaker vs Shane McMahon for control of RAW finally gets the stakes we’ve all been looking for writes this columnist

RAW Deal: High risk, high reward
Pro wrestling is on the verge of a boom period and it seems the wrestlers are trying hard to capitalize as WrestleMania season nears

RAW Deal: New year, new wrestling
Should Daniel Bryan be back for WrestleMania? How will the NJPW wrestlers be handled in WWE? These subjects and more are tackled in this week s RAW Deal

RAW Deal: Did WWE go too far?
Did the WWE go overboard with its Divas segment where Paige says the late Reid Flair who died of heroin overdose didn t put up much of a fight ?

RAW Deal: The grand tournament
The columnist makes the case for tournaments in wrestling jeers WWE s booking of Del Rio s return and praises the underutilized Cesaro

RAW Deal: A wrestling Kalyeserye
Plot twist: WWE incorporates real life stories into its Raw storyline involving Lana Rusev and Summer Rae

RAW Deal: WWE switches up as ratings dip
There seems to be a bit more effort being put into the Monday Night Raw storytelling following record low ratings

WATCH: John Cena slams former Daily Show host Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart takes John Cena s Attitude Adjustment finisher impressively well for a 52 year old non athlete

WATCH: The Dudley Boyz return to WWE, spoil The New Day's celebration
The Dudley Boyz make their first appearance on WWE programming in a decade promptly putting a member of The New Day through a table

RAW Deal: Like the first time, but not quite
The WWE resorted to hyperbole again this weekend but the long term solution to their ratings problem may not be as complicated as they think

RAW Deal: Ruining a good thing
The story now is Brock Lesnar a mountain of a man but no Mountain cannot possibly take on Seth Rollins plus a reunited Authority front

RAW Deal: Fifty shades of Seth
This muddling of Rollins’s alignment might be part of a set up for a huge Shield match for the championship

RAW Deal: Teenage dirtbag
Putting The Shield together in a feud is exciting but like an overeager first date it s all moving too fast

RAW Deal: Back to the madhouse
The Elimination Chamber pay per view is back but this time there is meaning to it

RAW Deal: The new face of complacency
Bray Wyatt needs to start leaving a trail of bodies and fast

RAW Deal: 'Burying' in the light
On inequality in the WWE: the World Championship and those who play for it represent the upper class everyone else are simply second or third class citizens

RAW Deal: Extreme Autopilot
WWE has gone into cruise control after a hot Wrestlemania 31 Have they failed to capitalize on their momentum?

RAW Deal: Kane proves it's never too late to evolve
Kane s face turn has transitioned him from a forgettable big man enforcer to a compelling voice of dissent within The Authority

RAW Deal: The rushing viper
An imperfect but refreshing angle plays out far too soon making Seth Rollins look more inept than it made Randy Orton look like a cerebral mastermind
