![]() On the final Raw before No Mercy, Reigns insulted Cena for being absent and compared him to The Rock, whom Cena had criticized for leaving WWE for Hollywood several years ago. Cena confronted Reigns, stating that Reigns also had a hard time defeating Jordan. The following week, Reigns defeated Jordan. Reigns tried to goad Cena into a fight, but Cena refused and Reigns left, claiming that Cena did not back up his own words. The following week, Reigns confronted Cena, who had just defeated Jason Jordan, and wondered why a rookie gave the sixteen-time world champion a hard time. After a heated worked shoot argument about Reigns being the new "John Cena" and the two not respecting each other, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson interrupted and challenged Reigns and Cena to an impromptu tag team match which Cena and Reigns won. Cena immediately signed the contract while Reigns was more reluctant. The following week, Cena and Reigns had a contract signing for a match at No Mercy. ![]() Reigns came out to confront Cena, but they were interrupted by The Miz and Samoa Joe, resulting in a tag team match, in which Cena and Reigns defeated Miz and Joe. On the August 21 episode of Raw, John Cena made his return to the Raw brand due to his status as a free agent and called out Roman Reigns, who was the reason Cena came to Raw. In a split-screen interview on the final Raw before No Mercy, Lesnar thanked Strowman for being a "great challenge", stating that is when he is at his best. In a confrontation the following week, Lesnar attacked Strowman with a German Suplex but Strowman quickly performed a Chokeslam and Running Powerslam on Lesnar, hoisting the title over Lesnar. On the September 4 episode, after Strowman defeated Big Show in a Steel Cage match, Strowman also warned Lesnar before throwing Big Show through the cage. The following week, Lesnar and Heyman issued a warning to Strowman. Later on the show, a Universal Championship title match between the two was scheduled for No Mercy. The following night on Raw, Lesnar's victory celebration with his advocate Paul Heyman was interrupted by Strowman, who attacked Lesnar with a Chokeslam and two Running Powerslams. Īt SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, and Samoa Joe in a fatal four-way match to retain the Universal Championship. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live. The event comprised eight matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. While the 2016 event featured wrestlers exclusively from the SmackDown brand division, the 2017 event was Raw-exclusive. It was the 13th No Mercy and in addition to airing on traditional PPV, it was available to livestream on the WWE Network. ![]() On May 11, 2017, the 2017 event was moved up to September and held on September 24 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. No Mercy was discontinued in 2009 but it was reinstated in October 2016 following the reintroduction of the brand extension. A second No Mercy was then held later that same year in October, but in the United States, which established No Mercy as the annual October PPV for the promotion until 2008. No Mercy was first held by WWE as a United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view (PPV) in May 1999. Production Background The event was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. In other prominent matches, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to retain the Raw Tag Team Championship and Alexa Bliss defeated Bayley, Emma, Nia Jax, and Sasha Banks in a fatal five-way match to retain the Raw Women's Championship. In another marquee match, Roman Reigns defeated John Cena. In the main event, Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman to retain the Universal Championship. In 2023, however, No Mercy was revived for WWE's developmental brand, NXT.Įight matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. No Mercy was discontinued after the 2017 event as following WrestleMania 34 in 2018, WWE discontinued brand-exclusive PPVs, resulting in the reduction of yearly PPVs produced. The event took place on September 24, 2017, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division. The 2017 No Mercy was the 13th No Mercy professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman
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