WWE Raw emanated from Phoenix, Arizona this week – our home town! Adam and Josh were on hand to witness another rock solid episode on the road to Night of Champions. AJ dropped a pipe bomb, Christian and Orton blew the roof off the place, CM Punk got beat like a government mule, and Daniel Bryan… Oh, Daniel Bryan. You continue to win our hearts and then Triple H crushes our hopes and dreams. Bravo, and thank you, WWE! Can’t wait to have you back again.

Hosted by: ‘The Beast from the Middle East’ Darrell Johnson (@zazzumplop)

Featuring: ‘A-Bomb’ Adam Hess (@ahess49), Joshua Schlag (@thesteelcage / @schlizzag), Sprung (@jasprung), and Hashtag Billi (@DirteeJesus)

Music by The Black Furies, courtesy of Music Alley.

Post by The Steel Cage.

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Joshua Schlag

For most of the last 30+ years of my life, I've been watching WWE. As a kid, Monday Night Raw hooked me from the start. From Bret Hart and Razor Ramon, to Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, to CM Punk and Daniel Bryan.. I've witnessed the ups and downs and I'm proud to have enjoyed pro wrestling through the years.

Though I now watch in a much different fashion than I did when I was a kid (finding out Vince McMahon was the owner and Jack Tunney no more than a figurehead was like finding out Santa Claus did not exist), I feel like I have a much greater appreciation for the hard work pro wrestlers do and the things they sacrifice to entertain us.

It's still real to me, dammit!