WWE RAW Results July 13th, 2020: Winners, Grades, Video Highlights for latest Monday Night RAW
MVP kicked off Monday Night RAW with the VIP Lounge and the guest for tonight was Dolph Ziggler. MVP stressed the fact that Ziggler 'made' Drew McIntyre's career and Dolph was confident that for that reason alone, he would beat Drew on Sunday at Extreme Rules.
Drew McIntyre came out after MVP thanked Ziggler on his behalf and said that Dolph uses people. Drew said that on Sunday, he was going to torture Dolph and that he couldn't wait for then before knocking him out in the RAW ring with a right hand.
Backstage on RAW, Garza, Andrade, and Vega were being interviewed and said that they were ready for the Viking Raiders tonight. Andrade said that if Garza had his back, he will return the favor before the Viking Raiders appeared and said that they will run through them.
Viking Raiders vs. Andrade & Angel Garza - Elimination Match
Andrade and Ivar started the first match of RAW and the Raiders were dominating early. Garza managed to take out Erik who was legal with a huge superkick before tagging in Andrade. Garza took out Ivar from the apron with a basement dropkick, allowing Andrade to hit the hammerlock DDT on Erik and get the first pin on RAW.
Erik of the Viking Raiders was eliminated.
We returned to RAW to see Andrade and Garza team up on Ivar but the Ivar hit a dive through the ropes and took them out. Andrade made a selfless move and pushed Garza out of the way of an attack but took a roundhouse kick before being eliminated.
Andrade was eliminated.
Garza failed to get the Wingclipper and took a spin kick but Andrade put his foot on the rope to break the pin. Angel Garza came back out of nowhere to hit the Powerbomb off a counter and picked up the win on RAW.
Result: Andrade & Angel Garza def. Viking Raiders
Match rating: A
Backstage on RAW, Ruby Riott's interview was crashed by the IIconics who were making fun of her for not having any friends. Riott revealed that she had a new friend and it was Bianca Belair.
Ruby Riott & Bianca Belair vs. The IIconics
Royce and Riott started us off and Kay was tagged early as the IIconics took Riott to their corner to isolate her. Royce was back in and kept Riott from making the tag but failed.
Belair and Kay were in as the EST of WWE lifted Kay like a set of weights before Royce rushed in and broke the pin. Riott came in and took down Royce with a big kick allowing Belair to hit the Kiss of Death for the easy win on RAW.
Result: Ruby Riott & Bianca Belair def. The IIconics
Match rating: B
Backstage on RAW, R-Truth was reminded by Ricochet and Cedric Alexander that he had a match with Randy Orton before almost being pinned by Tozawa. He challenged the 'Ninja Master' to a match for the 24/7 title instead.
R-Truth and Akira Tozawa were out for the 24/7 Title match on RAW but Shayna Baszler interrupted before they could start, making her unexpected return to RAW. Tozawa sent his Ninjas after her who were swiftly taken out by the former cage fighter. Tozawa ducked out before Baszler turned to Truth who made a hasty exit as well. Shayna mentioned that she had been watching the women's division play stupid games from the sidelines and she was now back to set things straight.
Backstage on RAW, Murphy was worried about the 'Eye for an Eye' match but Rollins gave him a speech about needing to make sacrifices for achievements.
Rollins went on a monologue on RAW about what an 'Eye for an Eye' meant and he realized that Mysterio meant it literally before trying to figure out why everyone hates him and his vision for RAW. He said that Mysterio forced his hand to completely blind him at Extreme Rules before Kevin Owens came out. Owens said that even he didn't see it coming that a nice guy like Rey could be so mad.
Owens pulled out an eye patch as a gift for Rollins before Seth flipped out and called out Murphy. Aleister Black came out after Murphy and they started brawling before RAW headed for commercials.
Aleister Black vs. Murphy
We returned to RAW to see that Muphy and Black were going at it and Black was sent out of the ring as Murphy dominated the match early on. Black hit a huge kick and sent Murphy down before hitting a sweep kick after he recovered.
Black hit the running knee strike for a near fall but Murphy countered the Black Mass. Murphy took the Black Mass on the middle rope but Seth broke the pin.
Result: DNF
As the match ended, Rey Mysterio & Dominick came out and surrounded Rollins with the help of Owens.
Match rating: B
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
We returned to RAW to see that a match was underway as the Mysterios and Black spectated from ringside. Rollins begged for mercy but Owens went at him hitting a huge cannonball off a distraction from Black.
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins (contd...)
Rollins and Black had a face-off before KO went mad on the Messiah, punishing him at ringside. Owens took a chop block in the ring before hitting a dive through the ropes before RAW went for another round of ads.
Back from the break, Rollins was dominating the match by sending Owens into the buckles. KO was hit with a blockbuster but Black, Dominick, and then Mysterio distracted Rollins, allowing KO to hit the Stunner for the win on RAW.
Result: Kevin Owens def. Seth Rollins
After the match, Mysterio said that Rollins will be heading into Extreme Rules with both his eyes but will leave with only one.
Match rating: A
Backstage on RAW, Big Show got some praise from Ric Flair but it was only to discourage him from fighting Randy. Big Show saw past it and refused to play Flair's mind games.
Randy Orton was backstage on RAW and threatened Big Show. He even called Ric Flair 'family' before warning him not to betray the Viper.
Randy Orton vs. R-Truth
Ric Flair came out before the match to tell R-Truth that he wasn't going to get punted tonight, he'll only get the RKO. As the bell rang, Truth said he had to talk to Ric Flair but when Randy went for the RKO from behind, he tried to retaliate with a kick. Randy dodged the offence and hit the RKO to take out the 24/7 champ on RAW.
Result: Randy Orton def. R-Truth
After the match, Ric Flair was trying to get Randy to stand down but Orton was going for the Punt Kick. The Big Show showed up to stop Randy from taking out one more veteran Superstar. Randy challenged Show to an unsanctioned match for next Monday on RAW and Big Show agreed before chasing Randy away.
Match rating: C
Backstage on RAW, MVP was talking to Cedric Alexander and Cedric refused his offers yet again.
Drew McIntyre was being interviewed when Dolph attacked him out of nowhere before we headed for commercials.
Bobby Lashley vs. Ricochet
Ricochet started off strong on RAW but Lashley tossed him around and into the announcers' desk outside. Lashley hit the Dominator in the ring for a near fall before Ricochet hit the standing shooting star for a near fall of his own.
Ricochet hit the Superkick but was caught in the Full Nelson Lock, ending the match before a brawl broke out as Cedric came in to help his friend. Lashley took Cedric out as well with the Full Nelson Lock before celebrating with MVP on RAW.
Result: Bobby Lashley def. Ricochet
Match rating: C
Backstage on RAW, Big Show said that he accepted Randy's challenge before casually walking off.
Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Kabuki Warriors - Women's Tag Titles match
Bayley and Sasha showed off their 'film' showcasing their friendship before the match began. The duo then attacked the Kabuki Warriors as they were making their entrace, even before the bell rang for the main event of RAW. We returned from commercials to see the match kick off officially with Asuka and Banks in the ring.
Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Kabuki Warriors - Women's Tag Titles match (contd...)
Bayley was tagged in early on and Asuka had control of the match on RAW before Bayley took her to their corner and tagged Banks for a double team. Kairi came in and took out both opponents with one big move.
The Kabuki Warriors hit double hip attacks before Asuka kicked Banks and followed up with a hip attack in the ring before Bayley got the tag and they sent Kairi into the plexiglass. Sane was in trouble when we returned to RAW and managed to make the tag before Asuka unloaded on Bayley and Banks.
Banks was caught in the Asuka lock and Bayley tried to break it before being taken out by Sane. Sasha was unaware of a tag being made and Sane got the Insane Elbow but Bayley dragged her out of the ring before the pin was counted.
Asuka finished off Bayley at ringside but Sane was caught in the Banks Statement before she tapped out to the champ.
Result: Sasha Banks & Bayley def. Kabuki Warriors to retain the Women's Tag Titles
Match rating: A
Episode rating: A
A great go-home episode before Extreme Rules; Randy Orton vs. Big Show was set up for next week while Shayna Baszler made her big return to RAW. We got a bunch of great matches and Rollins and Mysterio had a face-off ahead of Sunday's big match. We even got a big title match to close things out on tonight's RAW.
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