WWE Raw notes: Hiroshi Tanahashi shout-out, Stranger Things, new theme song
Notes from this week’s WWE Raw.
Monday’s show in Brooklyn, New York is a collaboration between WWE and Netflix’s Stranger Things show, which recently aired its series finale. Despite the tie-in, no one from the blockbuster television show is at Raw.
“I was told nobody from Stranger Things doing anything on the show tonight, which would be odd,” Bryan Alvarez is reporting.
Despite this, executives from both Netflix and TKO are at tonight’s show at the Barclays Center. It also serves as the one-year anniversary of Raw debuting on the streaming platform.
“A ton of TKO execs and Netflix people at the show tonight, it’s completely sold out,” Alvarez added.
During the opening match, IYO SKY gave Asuka a slingblade, Hiroshi Tanahashi’s signature move. Corey Graves on commentary gave a shout-out to Tanahashi, mentioning him by name and noted he had recently celebrated his retirement. Tanahashi had his final match in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 20, losing to AEW’s Kazuchika Okada. SKY & Ripley went on to defeat the Kabuki Warriors for the Women’s Tag Team titles.
WWE also revealed a new theme song that played during Monday’s show: ‘Godzilla’ by Eminem featuring Juice WRLD.
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