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It's been a long weekend for wrestling fans who have already endured three back to back nights of WWE entertainment live from Toronto, and now have SmackDown to look forward to tonight as well.
WWE has already pushed forward more than eleven hours of wrestling over this past weekend and the tired legs were definitely showing this week on Raw. It was a show that saw a number of interesting returns including Braun Strowman, Sasha Banks and Robert Roode, but it's also a show that will be remembered for some impressive botches throughout.
The road to Clash of Champions has well and truly begun, but if last night is anything to go by, WWE needs to allow some of their stars to take a break before they suffer burn out.
#4 Dolph Ziggler's hit and miss
Dolph Ziggler had a scheduled match against The Miz this week on Raw, less than 24 hours after he was completely dominated by Goldberg when he received three spears and a Jackhammer. Ziggler refused to stay down at SummerSlam and was still feeling the effects of his beating last night on Raw, which is why he tried to get out of the match against The Miz.
Ziggler unleashed an attack on The A-Lister after stating that he wasn't medically cleared to compete, but somehow despite Miz being in the corner of the ring, Ziggler managed to completely miss him and kick the rope instead.
The match then finally got underway with Ziggler uncharacteristically wrestling in jeans, which could be why he was forced to tap to the Figure Four, before Miz returned to the ring and hit a Skull Crushing Finale to send a message to The Showoff, who's career has hit quite the brick wall as of late.
#3 Rey Mysterio vs Andrade
Rey Mysterio took on Andrade in a 2-out-of-3 falls match after weeks of back and forth between the two men but it wasn't a match that Mysterio will want to remember since it was a clean sweep for Andrade with two straight falls without reply.
Mysterio and Andrade have worked together quite well over the past few weeks and could be leading towards a Mask vs Hair match when WWE decides that it's worth pushing the match forward. Last night on Raw, despite neither of these men competing at SummerSlam, Mysterio looked off his game, which could be why he delivered a shocking botch to Andrade.
It looked like the former World Champion was going for a Canadian Destroyer to get a cheap pop in the country, but Andrade flipped over whilst Mysterio was in the wrong position and incredibly this could have lead to a neck injury.
Luckily, both men recovered from the botch and were able to allow the match to play out the way it should have, but where does this embarrassing loss leave Mysterio, who has now been unable to defeat Andrade on three separate occasions.
#2 Ricochet vs Elias
Both Ricochet and Elias were part of SummerSlam last night, with the latter being the victim of both a spear by Edge and then a number of brutal chair shots at the hands of Kevin Owens, so their obvious fatigue could be overlooked since SummerSlam was less than 24 hours ago.
Ricochet interrupted Elias this week on Raw and the duo then had quite the match before there were a number of botches that made it to air. Elias completely dropped Ricochet at one point, before The One and Only picked him up and re-did the spot, which made it clear that it was a botch.
The ending of the match also saw the referee get in on the action as he counted a pinfall on Elias when his shoulder was quite obviously still up. Corey Graves pulled the official up on this whilst he was on commentary, but since Elias later went on to win the 24/7 Championship and Ricochet is now apparently helping Seth Rollins, it doesn't appear that this was an ending that was supposed to happen as part of this match.
#1 The Boss is back
It's been four long months since the WWE Universe saw Sasha Banks, but the former Women's Champion made her return to WWE last night as part of Monday Night Raw, where she showed off her new blue hair and a new attitude. Banks attacked long-time friend Natalya in her home country before Becky Lynch was able to make the save and the seeds were obviously planted for a feud heading into Clash of Champions.
Banks wasn't happy to just send a message to Lynch, she decided to use a steel chair to further hit home her point, which saw The Boss actually hit Lynch on the head with the object a number of times. Clear chair shots to the head have been banned in WWE for a number of years and are one thing that the company definitely won't stand for, so it's likely that Banks will be in a little bit of trouble for this accidental slip, but since Lynch has been active on Social Media since the show, it appears that there is no lasting damage to The Man following the incident.
