WWE Monday Night Raw Report Card

The WWE traveled to the midwest for Monday Night Raw this week. This week's episode took place from the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

We are just two weeks away from WWE Extreme Rules when it takes place on July 15th from the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the hometown of both the Raw General Manager Kurt Angle and color commentator Corey Graves.

The card continues to take shape as two more matches were added by the end of this week's edition of Monday Night Raw. We learned that Dolph Ziggler will defend his WWE Intercontinental Championship against Seth Rollins in a 30-minute Ironman Match; while Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley will get to clash on the pay per view as well.

Outside of a couple of segments this week, Monday Night Raw was pretty lackluster as it appears the WWE is holding all of their cards for the go-home show next week when Raw takes place in Boston, Massachusetts.

As always with my report card articles, the best grade a segment or match can earn is an A+, and on the flip side the worst grade one can earn is an F.

Let's kick things off with The Big Dog...

#4 Roman Reigns calls out Bobby Lashley, gets Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre instead

Roman Reigns is picking a lot of fights lately...

With the match against Bobby Lashley not yet official at the start of this week's Monday Night Raw, Reigns came out looking for a fight with The Destroyer. Instead, he was interrupted by Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler, who were not happy about Reigns saving Seth Rollins last week from their beatdown.

Reigns would strike first, but McIntyre and Ziggler would get the upper hand until Seth Rollins predictably made the save. Though it is cool to see Ziggler and McIntyre in such a big role, this was completely predictable and nothing interesting to note.

GRADE: C

As for the tag match that occurred later in the evening, it was one of the bright spots of the evening. The match itself lasted over 15 minutes with some great action.

Just when Roman was about to get the hot tag from Rollins, The Revival came in and caused the disqualification. This is the absolute best they have booked The Revival since being called up.

GRADE: B

#3 More Roman Reigns

For some reason, they decided to have Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley team up to take on The Revival for the third straight week. Though Roman was worn down from the previous tag team match, he still refused to tag in Bobby Lashley.

Eventually, The Revival double teamed Reigns and ignore the referee's five count to cause the disqualification. Lashley, who never would get in the match, just left Reigns to be destroyed by The Revival.

It's good to see The Revival being booked as a serious threat to some of the bigger names in the WWE. The match itself was just okay though as it clocked in at over seven minutes and was more about Reigns refusing to tag Lashley than anything else.

GRADE: C+

#2 Quick grades for other Monday Night Raw segments

Liv or — Liv Morgan tries to escape Ember Moon's grip...

Curtis Axel d. Matt Hardy

I can give them a pass for repeating last week because Bray Wyatt was unfortunately involved in a car accident. At least it was a longer and better match, with Axel going over once again to make you think they'll take the tag titles at Extreme Rules. GRADE: C+

Authors of Pain d. Titus Worldwide

There wasn't much to see in this match as it appears the feud is only going to last two weeks. AOP disposted of Titus O'Neil and Apollo in about two minutes. GRADE: D

Baron Corbin demands an apology from Finn Balor

The confrontation and interactions were okay, but there wasn't anything to write home about in this segment. Nothing stood out as a "wow" moment. GRADE: C

Ember Moon d. Liv Morgan

This was a decent match that received some decent time as it clocked in at just over eight minutes. Morgan is getting a little better in the ring at least. GRADE: C-

Sasha Banks and Bayley go to counseling

The WWE Universe was excited that Dr. Shelby was back to counsel Bayley and Sasha, but these were terrible segments that went nowhere. GRADE: D

Mojo Rawley refuses to wrestle No Way Jose again

It was basically the same scene as last week, but with a little more fighting. I'm definitely liking the evolution of Mojo Rawley as a heel though. GRADE: C+

Nia Jax d. Mickie James

One of the bright spots of the evening as this was a very solid match. The ten-minute match concluded with Jax hitting James with a brutal Samoan Drop. GRADE: B

#1 Kevin Owens goes for a ride in the port-a-potty...

Though Kevin Owens tried everything (including Shania Twain concert tickets) with Kurt Angle to get out of a match with Braun Strowman, the match went on as scheduled in the main event of Monday Night Raw.

Strowman tossed Owens across the ring and KO would bail and get counted out. Owens tried to leave in his rental car, but he didn't have his keys, so he hid in the port-a-potty.

At first, it seemed like Owens found a good hiding spot, but unfortunately, Strowman figured it out and would duct tape the port-a-potty shut and drag him all the way to the arena stage where he would shoulder tackle the port-a-potty right off the stage.

Yet another great chapter in the story of Strowman and Owens. Easily the best thing on the show.

GRADE: A-