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This week's edition of WWE Monday Night Raw was hosted at US Bank Arena, Cincinnati Ohio, USA. This was a set-up episode for SummerSlam PPV.
The beginning of this show was awesome as Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Vince McMahon were standing on the ring to announce an all women's Pay-Per-View. The end was also good as we saw a great main event number one contender match between Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley.
There were plenty of positive things about this show and at the same time, there were some not so good occurrences. But in this article, we are going to present you 3 best things that happened on Monday Night Raw (23rd July 2018).
#3 The main event
This match was the main highlight of this show because the winner of this match faces the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. Roman and Bobby faced each other at Extreme Rules and Lashley got the victory. But this time 'The Big Dog' beat Lashley.
It's not about who won this match, it's about how good this match was. We saw everything in this match - spear, superman punch, reverse submission, and pinfall. This was a true main event.
Fans are still upset with WWE because they gave Roman one more chance to fight against The Beast. They have already fought many times for the title, and this includes the Greatest Royal Rumble as well as WrestleMania.
Back to the point, this match was very interesting as we saw these two superstars kicking out on a pinfall many times. This increased the suspense. In the end, Roman defeated Lashley with a spear.
Now we will see a match between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2018.
#2 Kevin Owens vs Braun Strowman (if Strowman loses, Kevin will get the MITB contract)
In a segment on Raw, Baron took Kevin backstage where Kurt and Stephanie were present. Kevin complained to the commissioner that the general manager gave too much control to Strowman.
Kevin said he wanted to fight Strowman at SummerSlam. And if he wins the match in any way - pinfall, submission, tap out or count out, Strowman should lose his Money in the Bank contract.
This should make you wonder what happens next. Will Strowman defeat Kevin or will he lose his MITB contract? Instead of Strowman, Owens could cash-in the Money in the Bank contract on the Universal Champion (after winning at SummerSlam).
Well, we will talk about that later, but right now it is the second best thing that happened on the latest episode of Raw.
#1 Evolution - a women only PPV
Triple H, Stephanie McMahon and Vince McMahon kicked off Raw by announcing an all women's PPV. The name of this PPV is Evolution - this will take place on October 28 2018, at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York. It will be streamed live on the WWE Network.
In this pay-per-view, we will see almost every women's title defense, plus more than 50 women will be a part of this historic event. By announcing this PPV, WWE clearly showed how serious they are about the women's revolution.
This show will feature female superstars from Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, NXT and NXT: UK. Aside this, we will see the Mae Young Classic's final. WWE Hall of Famers including Trish Stratus and Lita will also be a part of this historic event.
What did you like most about the latest episode of Monday Night Raw? Have your say in the comments.
