This week’s Monday Night Raw kicked off with an announcement from MVP, informing The Miz that he would be defending the WWE Championship against The Hurt Business’ Bobby Lashley at exactly 9 p.m. EST (at the top of Raw’s second hour). Lashley arrived in the ring on time for the bout, but Miz was backstage with John Morrison pretending to have stomach issues. He tried to convince Adam Pearce to delay the match but the WWE official wouldn’t budge.

#WWEChampion @mikethemiz just bought himself another hour.#WWERaw @fightbobby @TheRealMorrison @ScrapDaddyAP pic.twitter.com/KuucvtOhgU

“Make the announcement: we’re doing it right NOW!” — @The305MVP#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/3uqOPNvtr0

.@mikethemiz just ran out on this #WWETitle Match! #WWERaw @fightbobby pic.twitter.com/5EsaiJMgkX

According to @shanemcmahon: “We WILL have a championship match TONIGHT."#WWERaw @fightbobby @The305MVP pic.twitter.com/VU9xwKZs8t