Monday Night Raw Report Card

Grand Rapids, Michigan was the scene for the first edition of Monday Night Raw after an exciting Money In The Bank pay per view this weekend. The focus now shifts towards the Extreme Rules pay per view on July 15th where he learned that there will be a multi-man match to determine who faces Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam in August.

The landscape of Monday Night Raw changed dramatically as a result of Money In The Bank thanks to the win and successful cash-in for Alexa Bliss; who now becomes a five-time champion in the WWE. On the men's side, things got scary for whoever holds the WWE Universal Championship as the "Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman won the briefcase.

In a nutshell, this week's edition of Monday Night Raw started off hot for the first hour but then took a nose dive before recovering with a great main event. There a surprise title change, WWE's newest Superstar completely losing it, and the in-ring debut of Constable Corbin in slacks.

As always on my report card articles, the best grade a segment or match can earn is an A+ with the worst grade being an F. This week was definitely a mixed bag, but let's start out with some fireworks...

#1 Alexa Bliss' Money In The Bank Celebration

Ronda Rousey takes her frustrations out on an overzealous Alexa Bliss...

The ring was decorated with carpet and a fancy table with the Money In The Bank Briefcase and WWE Raw Women's Championship for the championship celebration of Alexa Bliss. That championship celebration went south in a hurry when Bliss started trash talking Ronda Rousey.

General Manager Kurt Angle would hold back Rousey, but that only lasted for so long before she got her hands on Bliss. Not only that she applied a judo throw on Angle and put Bliss through a table.

It was definitely reminiscent of Stone Cold Steve Austin, and I absolutely LOVED it.

GRADE: A

#2 Seth Rollins initiates another WWE Intercontinental Championship open challenge

Seth Rollins entered as the WWE Intercontinental Champion but didn't leave that way...

One thing that Seth Rollins has made clear ever since he won the WWE Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania was that he's a fighting champion. Roughly 24 hours after a grueling battle with Elias at Money In The Bank, Rollins instituted an open challenge.

The challenge was answered by Dolph Ziggler, and the result was a spectacular 19-minute match. Pairing Ziggler with Drew McIntyre has paid dividends for both men as it seems that they are finally booking Ziggler to be a threat.

Thanks to some help by McIntyre, Ziggler was able to roll up Rollins, pull the tights and shock the WWE Universe to capture the title. This won't happen, but I would love to see Drew in that multi-man match at Extreme Rules and be the one to defeat Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship.

GRADE: A-

#3 Bobby Lashley and Roman Reigns begrudgingly form a super team to take on The Revival

General Manager Angle came out to the ring to announce when Brock Lesnar would defend his WWE Universal Championship next, and it will be at SummerSlam. Before Kurt could answer that question, Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley came out laying claim to be the next one to face Lesnar.

That is where we learned there will be a multi-man match at Extreme Rules to determine Lesnar's opponent at SummerSlam. The Revival came out and claimed that they could take on the best "singles" guys because they were the best team.

The match only went six minutes, but we finally got to see Lashley's version of the spear; which is good, and the segment overall was decent.

GRADE: B-

#4 Quick grades for other Monday Night Raw segments...

Rhyno is introduced to the turnbuckle courtesy of WOKEN Matt Hardy...

Bobby Roode d. Curt Hawkins to extend his losing streak to 204 matches

Bobby Roode's entrance lasted two to three times as long as this match. There wasn't any drama or nearfalls, just a simple beatdown. GRADE: D

Braun Strowman celebrates his Money In The Bank win

Mr. Monster In The Bank, Braun Strowman, went over all of his accolades, including flipping semis, but said that the Money In The Bank win was the biggest accolade of them all. A banged-up Kevin Owens interrupted almost immediately and wanted to offer a pact.

Owens would help him successfully cash in the contract and Strowman would grant him a WWE Universal Championship match in return. It's the start of a very interesting angle, and I'm listening. GRADE: B

The Deleter of Worlds d. Heath Slater & Rhyno

Though Heath Slater and Rhyno lasted longer in this match than normal, it was still only a four-minute match. The best part of the match was Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas's imitations of the tag champs. The match gets a GRADE: D, but the B-Team's imitation gets a GRADE: A

Jinder Mahal d. Chad Gable

Jinder Mahal came out with a calmer demeanor, but it was all a ruse once the bell rang. Chad Gable definitely deserves more than getting squashed in four minutes. GRADE: D

Riott Squad d. Sasha Banks & Bayley

This was more about the deteriorating relationship between Bayley and Sasha Banks than it was this match. Thanks to a commercial break, we missed half of the match anyways. GRADE: C-

Elias performs a great three-minute song, his best to date

One night after losing the WWE Intercontinental Championship match to Seth Rollins, Elias entered the arena and performed the best song he's come up with to date. GRADE: A

Mojo Rawley d. No Way Jose

Quick three-minute match to put over Rawley here as they seem to start to build him up for a possible midcard push. There is definitely potential in Rawley, and it will be interesting to see where they go with it. GRADE: C-

#5 Finn Balor and Braun Strowman take on Constable Corbin and Kevin Owens in the main event

Baron Corbin takes a stiff shot from Mr. Monster In The Bank...

After Braun Strowman came to the aid of his buddy Finn Balor backstage, the main event was set up as they took on Baron Corbin and Kevin Owens. This was the first match for Corbin since Commissioner Stephanie McMahon named him the Constable.

Clearly, they're looking to use it as a tool to push Corbin as surprisingly he and a beat-up KO were able to defeat Strowman and Balor. In the end, the bad guys were able to isolate Balor to where Corbin would land the End of Days.

This was a very solid main event that went about 16 minutes.

GRADE: B