5 Botches, slip ups, and outrageous moments from WWE Raw (August 21st, 2017)

SummerSlam is promoted as the second-biggest show of WWE's calendar year. With that level of importance, it means that Brooklyn's Barclays Center received the honour of hosting many, many nights of in-ring action in a row. After Saturday's NXT event and Sunday's big pay-per-view, this capacity crowd began to reach the point of exhaustion during Raw.

With that exhaustion came a little bit of insanity. There were several times during the evening when those in the arena completely revolted against the action inside of the ring. Finn Balor experienced this during his match with Jason Jordan. A beach ball got knocked towards ringside, causing a couple of fans to get ejected from the show.

This negative crowd experience didn't make the countdown, but don't worry because two other moments just like it did. Like it or not, the audience at the Barclays Center made themselves part of the show on this Monday Night.

Joining the off-putting Brooklyn crowd is a rare promo slip up by The Miz as well as an injury that will certainly cause poor Big Cass to miss some time. All of these moments are among the botchiest and most outrageous of the night; without any further ado, here are the moments made the cut.

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#5 The first wave of the night

WWE has already conditioned their audience to not care about the Cruiserweight division. During the middle of Raw, every single competitor in this 8-man tag match got the 'jobber entrance.'

That means that they were already in the ring when the show came back from commercial break. There was plenty of talent in this match, but who can blame the crowd when they're not given any story to accompany the action inside the ring?

This was at the point in the evening when Brooklyn first decided that they wanted to entertain themselves. A massive wave broke out, which can be seen behind the sub-205ers as they anticipated a hot tag.

It's a shame that this arena decided to not care because this was the same match that featured a massive Gran Metalik springboard moonsault as well as a Lumbar Check from Cedric Alexander that sent Tony Nese many feet high into the air.

#4 Broken whiplash

Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose are the new Raw Tag Team Champions. There's going to be an eventual rematch with the former title holders, Sheamus & Cesaro, but on this night they engaged in a dream match against The Hardy Boyz. Matt & Jeff competed against two-thirds of The Shield in an effort that reminded the crowd they were also there to watch wrestling and to not simply play with beach toys.

This was a good match, yes, but this one move was at least a little scary. Both Hardyz had Rollins by each leg, slamming him back-first onto the mat. The way they had Seth positioned was rather awkward, causing him to land lower back first. This resulted in his head getting whiplashed hard, a point even the announcers were quick to point out. Rollins seemed okay, but this was a hard bump to watch.

#3 Miz botched the arena name

It's a strange dynamic for The Miz to become the overwhelming crowd favourite when standing in the ring across Roman Reigns and John Cena. It's a credit to how hard he works and how talented he is, especially when it comes to his promo abilities.

Despite praising his typically superior mic skills, he did misspeak when he incorrectly pronounced The Barclays arena. He didn't say the 'l' and tried adding an extra 's' in the word. John Cena made sure to let him have it over this error.

Cena took pride in that brief moment of getting to razz on Miz's promo, but it was only a momentary hiccup. Miz got the conversation back to where he wanted it to be: getting massive cheers by pointing out that they get all the moments they want while he didn't even get the chance to defend his Intercontinental Championship at SummerSlam.

#2 Even more beach balls

It's slightly understandable that fans entertain themselves when the Cruiserweights take over Raw, but this is just crazy. This main event tag team match started with a faceoff between Samoa Joe and John Cena! That had to have been considered a fantasy matchup. The Barclays Center apparently disagreed with that sentiment because they again hijacked the show with more beach ball action.

Where was Cesaro in all of this? Is he the only one who can save the day in these tumultuous times?

It's a good idea to offer the reminder that, in Brooklyn, there were likely many attendees who planned on going to every night of the extended stretch of shows inside of that arena. There does come a point when even the most hardcore fans get to the point where it's too much wrestling.

#1 Big Cass gets injured

Could this injury come at a worse time for Big Cass? He just defeated Big Show at SummerSlam and was about to put to rest his rivalry with Enzo Amore in a Street Fight. He has the size to make all of us believe that the higher ups have him primed for bigger and better things. That makes this leg injury even more saddening.

The replay of when he goes over the top rope and out of the ring is stomach turning to watch. It's no wonder that he collapsed before being able to connect with his Empire Elbow. It wasn't anyone's fault but just bad luck for the giant. Cass could have minimized the damage by taking a softer bump.

Enzo Amore got an unexpected win due to this sudden match stoppage. Thoughts and prayers go up for Cass in the hope that he has a speedy recovery.

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