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Monday Night RAW promised to be quite the ride with it being the first RAW after SummerSlam. Many questions were left from SummerSlam, but were they answered?
Brock Lesnar gets his next challenger
The Universal Champion Brock Lesnar was in high spirits with a big grin on his face as he walked out STILL Universal Champion. The crowd gave loud chants of "Suplex City". Paul Heyman hyped Lesnar's win, and the crowd was eating it up.
Paul Heyman mentioned Brock Lesnar pinning Roman Reigns, which received a huge pop and "Yes" chants. Braun Strowman came out, and without saying a word, started assaulting Lesnar viciously. He hit the Universal Champion with not one, but two vicious powerslams.
Braun posed with the title and stood tall and then left the ring.
Big Cass vs Enzo Amore - Brooklyn Street Fight
Enzo was cutting his usual promo but then started getting booed. He made sure to get a lot of cheap pops. He ran inside and brought out a shopping cart full of items, but Big Cass came out and started rag dolling him as usual.
After the break, Big Cass was continuing to squash Cass. The crowd started chanting "Casshole" after which Enzo got one strike on him, but Cass once again ragdolled him.
Enzo pulled the ropes down when Cass was going for a big boot and finally got the big man hurt. As Enzo crawled for a steel chair, Cass came back in and stomped Enzo.
Big Cass' knee gave out and the match stopped. Big Cass suffered a legitimate knee injury. This sucks for him. Enzo Amore was declared the winner by forfeit.
Enzo Amore defeated Big Cass by forfeit
Backstage, Emma was bragging to Dana Brooke about starting the women's revolution and started trash talking about Nia Jax, who was standing behind her. Nia Jax changed the #GiveEmmaAChance to #GiveEmmaACPR
Nia Jax vs Emma
Emma wasn't the smartest cookie as she slapped Nia Jax to start things. Nia then started completely squashing her, literally. Nia Jax finished her with a Samoan drop.
Nia Jax defeated Emma
Elias vs R-Truth
Elias was parodying R-Truth's song and completely worked the crowd. Absolute entertainment through and through.
Elias pressed R-Truth in the beginning, who fought back quick and aggressive, having a chip on his shoulder from the previous week. Elias did make the comeback and hit the "Drift away"
Elias defeated R-Truth
John Cena gets an incredible welcome back to RAW
Kurt Angle introduced the 16-time World Champion John Cena to RAW for the first time in over a year. John Cena said that Kurt Angle asked him to come to RAW on SummerSlam weekend, to which he agreed. He wanted to face a certain superstar, and guess who it was? ROMAN REIGNS! That's right. ROMAN REIGNS!
Cena said that Roman Reigns was exactly who he was looking for. Roman said that the only time he looked for him was when he took shots at him on Twitter. He said that it was his yard, and dared him to talk trash to him on his face.
Cena said that he didn't come to talk, getting ready for a fight. The Miz then came out with the Miztourage. The Miz was trashing Roman Reigns and John Cena in pure rage and getting an amazing response from the crowd.
The Miz asked for a moment, and the crowd chanted "You deserve it". John Cena proposed a tag-team match between Miz & one of the Miztourage members against him and Roman Reigns.
Samoa Joe came out and said that he had a strong opinion of the situation. He trashed the Miztourage and said that he was going to be The Miz' tag team partner. He ran his mouth on Roman to his face and then looked at Cena, who he attacked.
Roman took out The Miz and the Miztourage while Roman saved Cena from Joe. The two WWE golden boys stood in the ring tall as the crowd chanted "You both suck" at them.
The main event was set for the night.
Mustafa Ali, Rich Swann Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik vs Drew Gulak, Ariya Daivari, Noam Dar and Tony Nese
The babyfaces started off dominant. Noam Dar refused to tag in to face Rich Swann, so Tony Nese tagged himself in and rolled through Rich Swann.
After the break, Gulak was pressing on Swann,w ho made the comeback with an enziguri. The crowd didn't seem to care as they were flowing with a Mexican wave. Cedric Alexander was next in the ring up against Tony Nese, who he dominated with his pace.
Cedric hit Tony Nese with a lumbar check to get the win for his team.
Mustafa Ali, Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik defeated Drew Gulk, Ariya Daivari, Noam Dar and Tony Nese
After the match, the new and 2-time Cruiserweight Champion Neville was being interviewed backstage, and Titus O' Neil and Akira Tozawa announced their rematch clause for 205 Live.
Kurt Angle hugged Jason Jordan backstage and Jordan told him that he didn't want preferential treatment, but he wanted a match. He asked for Finn Balor, and Angle asked him if he was ready for that level of competition, but granted his wish.
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose's open challenge
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose were celebrating in the ring and they issued an open challenge to any tag team, and it was answered by The Hardy Boyz!
The two teams had a friendly exchanged and then called out the referee to start the action
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose vs The Hardy Boyz
Dean Ambrose and Matt Hardy began the action. The veterans' teamwork played in early on as Jeff Hardy then had one over Ambrose.
Rollins was soon tagged in, but The Hardy Boyz got their double teamwork onto him as well. The two teams went at it in full brawl mode and found themselves in a stalemate.
The Hardy Boyz were soon in control as Jeff Hardy attempted a suicide dive. Dean Ambrose was nearly hit with a backflip by Jeff, but Rollins ran in and pushed him away, showcasing their top notch teamwork.
Seth and Dean told a good story about their partnership. Ambrose intercepted Jeff before he was able to tag in again. The teams continued their even attacks on each other, earning a "This is awesome!" chant from the crowd.
Dean and Seth landed the double suicide dive onto the WWE legends just like they did at SummerSlam. When The Hardy Boyz had Ambrose planted on his back, Jeff attempted a Swanton bomb but was met by Ambrose's knees instead. The Lunatic Fringe then tagged in Seth, who hit the knee to Jeff's face, followed by a Dirty Deeds from Ambrose. The champions pinned the legends.
Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose defeated The Hardy Boyz
Sasha Banks celebrates the end of the Brooklyn curse
Sasha talked about ending the Brooklyn curse, and Alexa unsurprisingly came out. Sasha Banks bragged about making her tap out and challenged her to a rematch right there. Alexa Bliss said that the Brooklyn "Fanboys" didn't deserve to see an Alexa Bliss title celebration. She invoked her rematch clause for next week.
Jason Jordan vs Finn Balor
Jason Jordan was getting it taken it to him by Finn Balor. Jordan tried showing sportsmanship by offering his hand, but Balor wasn't interested, continuing his dominance.
Balor continued to get the better of things, but Jordan was still in it. After the break, Jordan had some control as he hit an overhead suplex.
Balor got back his momentum as he hit a dropkick followed by two chops and then he sent him out of the ring. The former Universal Champion really went at it as he struck Jordan with a kick from the apron.
Jordan shifted the momentum to his side before Balor once again went at it. He got himself in a position for a coupe de grace, which he landed for a clean win.
Finn Balor defeated Jason Jordan
John Cena & Roman Reigns vs The Miz & Samoa Joe
The match started after the break, Miz was attacked and tagged in Joe, who was getting ready to face Cena for the first time. Before the stare-off, the beachball made a return and Cena stood up on the turnbuckles getting the crowd pumped. A member of the audience caught and popped the beach ball. The fans then screamed Non-PG words at that audience member.
back in the ring, Joe chest slapped a distracted Cena and tagged The Miz back in. Cena was having fun and games but started getting dominated by The Miz and then Joe.
The crowd was all about themselves, which did get quite annoying for someone watching and for the performers too, imaginably. Reigns got the hot tag but was selling from the SummerSlam main event.
Joe eventually got the better of Reigns with a uranage. Outside the ring, a distraction by the referee ensured the Miztourage attacked Reigns.The Miz started hitting the "It" kicks on The Big Dog, who came back using sheer strength.
Reigns was unable to get the hot tag as Samoa Joe was dominating him. Soon after, Reigns cleared The Miztourage outside the ring. Miz was the legal man at this point. Reigns finally got the hot tag on Cena, who started a flurry of offence on The Miz.
A distraction caused Samoa Joe to land the coquina clutch on Cena, though he wasn't legal. Roman Reigns went for the Superman punch but Joe moved out, and Cena was hit by the punch instead. Joe then cleared Reigns from the ring and as Joe tried to land a suicide dive, The Big Dog sent a punch his way.
Back inside the ring, Miz looked for the chance to hit the skull-crushing finale, but the franchise player countered it into an AA instead for the win. The most Cena-esque finish ever.
John Cena & Roman Reigns defeated The Miz & Samoa Joe
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