Stephanie McMahon gets confronted by The Big Dog
Stephanie McMahon kicked off RAW. She “apologised” for Mick Foley “embarrassing himself” at Samoa Joe’s contract signing. Roman Reigns then came out and said that he didn’t want to wait till Fastlane, and he wanted Braun Strowman. She said that Braun Strowman was in action as he faced Mark Henry later in the night.
Roman implied that he would interfere, and Stephanie threatened him not to. Gallows & Anderson came out and said that they couldn’t take hearing Reigns disrespecting Stephanie. Gallows then challenged Roman to a 2-on-1 handicap match, and Stephanie “honoured” Teddy Long(who was just announced as a Hall Of Fame inductee) and made the handicap match.
Just as the Tag Team Champions were walking towards the ring, Reigns came out and started assaulting them both.
Gallows & Anderson vs Roman Reigns – 2-on-1 Handicap match
The match had already begun after the break. Anderson dominated Reigns but it didn’t take long for Reigns to flip the switch. The numbers game began getting the better of Reigns, and as Gallows and Anderson were viciously attacking Reigns, the match was called off in a disqualification.
The Tag Team Champions tried to hit the magic killer on Reigns, but Reigns escaped and cleared the ring.
Roman Reigns defeated Gallows & Anderson by disqualification
A clip of Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho was shown leading up to their “Festival of Friendship”
Kofi Kingston vs Bo Dallas
The New Day came out starting a promo about how they had a blueprint for ice cream. They started the match, and Bo Dallas snatched the “Ice cream blueprint” from Xavier Woods and ripped it in half, much to the disdain of Xavier and Big E.
Bo almost got the better of Kofi Kingston with a neck breaker from the top rope. Kofi ended up winning after hitting the SOS. They poured Booty-Os over Bo Dallas’ face.
Kofi Kingston defeated Bo Dallas
Neville was interviewed by Charly Caruso backstage, and she asked Neville about Jack Gallagher. Neville started talking trash about Gallagher saying that he wasn’t on his level. Gallagher then appeared. Gallagher told Neville that people don’t dislike him because of his look or the way he talks, but because he’s a “bloody peck”
Noam Dar(w/Alicia Fox) vs Jack Gallagher
The match had a lot of back and forth, with each dominating for specific periods of time. Gallagher ended up winning with the running dropkick.
Jack Gallagher defeated Noam Dar
After the match, Neville came out and lifted the Cruiserweight Championship.
A limousine arrived outside the arena and Samoa Joe and Triple H came out.
Emmalina was announced to be next
A clip of Chris Jericho wearing Sin Cara’s mask to help Kevin Owens retain the Universal title against Seth Rollins
Emmalina finally premiers
Emmalina made her grand entrance, and as she entered, she said that the people waited 17 weeks to see the transformation of Emma to Emmalina. She then said that they would see the transformation of Emmalina to Emma, and walked off.
Charly Caruso interviewed Bayley backstage, and Bayley said that she was in the same position as Lita & Trish Stratus, being in the main event of RAW. She said she was going to achieve her dream and become RAW women’s championship
Chris Jericho backstage asked Kevin Owens if he was ready for the festival of friendship. Triple H butted in and said he needed to take Kevin Owens aside.
Braun Strowman vs Mark Henry
Backstage, Triple H was seen having an inaudible conversation with Kevin Owens.
Strowman and Henry started off with an elbow lock. It didn’t take long for The Monster Among Men to start dominating The World’s Strongest Man. Henry managed to block Strowman’s strikes for a while and began getting some heavy offence on Strowman.
Henry nearly hit the World’s strongest slam on Strowman, but Strowman proved too heavy. Strowman hit the World’s Strongest Slam for the win.
Braun Strowman defeated Mark Henry
Right after the match, Roman reigns came out. As Reigns climbed to the apron, Strowman pushed him off. Reigns caught Strowman on the ropes and hit two superman punches to Strowman. As he was about to hit the spear on Strowman, he was caught and power slammed.
Samoa Joe was seen in a room ready for an interview with Michael Cole.
A highlight of the Roadblock: End Of The Line main event was shown, where Chris Jericho helped Owens retain the Universal Championship.
Backstage, Sheamus and Cesaro were giving Bayley pep talk. Enzo & Cass stopped the conversation, and Sheamus expressed his disgust at Enzo & Cass for costing them the tag team championships the previous week. They got into a heated argument.
Samoa Joe interview
Samoa Joe said that his actions were “dishonourable” but he didn’t care, and that the only person whose opinions he cared about were Triple H. Samoa Joe was told by Cole that many believe he was there because Triple H is scared of Seth Rollins.
Samoa Joe said that in NXT no one was on his level. He said that people were scared of him, and he said that Seth Rollins was the perfect example. He told Michael Cole that he would have no issues reinjuring Seth Rollins when he comes back.
He started talking about his RAW debut and said that he was there to make a statement. Cole confronted Joe about the fact that Triple H’s relationship with the likes of Shawn Michaels, Batista, Randy Orton and Seth Rollins soured. Joe said that he was different from these men and that he didn’t need Triple H’s help.
Sami Zayn vs Rusev
Rusev started off the match with a series of rest holds. Sami managed to gain some momentum back until Rusev hit him with a superkick. Rusev even gave a big dropkick. The moment Sami got some offence in, Rusev caught him with yet another kick. Sami dodged a jump from Rusev, who ended up falling face first outside the ring.
Sami Zayn tried to muster some offence but was unsuccessful. However, as Rusev entered the ring, he was caught with a Helluva kick out of nowhere. Zayn then got the pinfall on Rusev.
Sami Zayn defeated Rusev
Sami was interviewed by Charly on the entrance ramp and spoke about the momentum he had, and how it sucked losing to Chris Jericho. He referred to Samoa Joe’s interview, where Joe said that “he was no Sami Zayn who was happy to be there”. Sami Zayn then said that Joe was a sellout, and he was “no Sami Zayn”.
Joe’s music hit, and as Sami turned around waiting for Joe, and Joe came from behind, attacking Sami and choking him out with the coquina clutch. Joe told Sami that when he says his name, he has to say it with respect.
Teddy Long’s Hall Of Fame induction video package was shown.
Akira Tozawa vs Ariya Daivari
The Brian Kendrick was on commentary for the match. He said that he and Tozawa are similar. The match started off with a lot of screaming from Tozawa, and a lot of back and forth slaps. Tozawa dominated early on.
Ariya Daivari had a near fall on Tozawa, but it was primarily Tozawa dominating, including a dive through the mid ropes. Tozawa moved rapidly and hit the bridging German suplex lightning fast and picked up the win.
Akira Tozawa defeated Ariya Daivari
The Festival Of Friendship was announced as next.
A highlight of Kevin Owens helping Chris Jericho defeat Sami Zayn.
The Festival Of Friendship
Chris Jericho was seen on the video screen introducing the festival of friendship. Showgirls came out, and then Jericho came out in a flashy white hat and blazer and introduced Kevin Owens, who seemed to be very reluctant about the whole ordeal.
Jericho was escorted to the ring by the showgirls. There were looming “Goldberg” chants by the crowd. Chris Jericho revealed a minimalist sculpture by “Ralph Guggenheim”, and said it was the “Art of Jericho, sculpt it in man”. He said that he paid $7,000 for the sculpture. He then unveiled a “creation of Adam” painting with Jericho and Kevin Owens modified into it. He called it “The creation of Kevin”. The crowd responded with resounding “Yes” chants.
Owens seemed reluctant about the painting, and introduced “Friendship the magician”. Owens was unimpressed by his magic, saying that his “9-year old who had a magic kit” knew how to do the tricks Friendship did. Jericho put Friendship on the list.
Jericho then called Goldberg out. Goldberg’s music hit, but Gillberg ended up coming out. Owens quickly beat Gillberg up, and Owens seemed outraged about it. Owens said that he expected Jericho and him to beat up Goldberg together. The crowd chanted “Gillberg”.
Jericho said that he enjoyed working with Kevin Owens and thanked Kevin Owens for making the past year of his in WWE one of the best. He also told Owens that he would beat Goldberg at Fastlane because Jericho had his back.
Owens thanked Jericho and gave him a present. Jericho saw it to be a new list and asked Owens why his name was on it. The camera zoomed in to reveal that it was “the list of KO”, and Jericho realised what was going on, and Owens began to assault Jericho.
He took Jericho outside and power bombed him against the ring apron. He then took Jericho into the ring and smashed him into the glass set Jericho appeared to be bleeding as the referee was covering Jericho with a towel.
Chris Jericho was being loaded up in an ambulance to be taken to a “local medical facility”.
Enzo Amore vs Cesaro
Cesaro dominated Enzo, who seemed like he regretted even competing. The crowd seemed to be behind Cesaro as well. However, Enzo got some offence in with a DDT, but Cesaro threw Enzo in the air and gave him an uppercut, pinning him.
Cesaro defeated Enzo Amore
As Charlotte was walking backstage, Sasha Banks confronted Charlotte and the two had a back and forth exchange, with Charlotte telling Sasha Banks that she couldn’t walk(pointing to her knee brace) and walking away.
Charlotte vs Bayley – RAW Women’s Championship
Bayley started off dominant against Charlotte in the main event. After the commercial break, Charlotte had control after the commercial break, using her power to smash Bayley against the bottom turnbuckle.
Charlotte began pressing Bayley, adding pressure to his neck. Charlotte hit the neck breaker on Bayley. Bayley turned things around when she hit Charlotte’s spine with her knees. Charlotte hit a moonsault from the top of the barricade outside the ring onto Bayley, connecting it and hitting hard. It wasn’t enough to put Bayley away. Both women started striking each other but took each other out with a crossbody clash.
Bayley started to build momentum, and hit the Macho Man Elbow on Charlotte, only to score a near fall. Bayley even got a hurricanrana from the top rope. Dana Brooke came out and Bayley attacked her, and Bayley got the figure-4 on Charlotte, and Dana Brooke racked Bayley’s eye.
Sasha Banks then came out and hit Dana Brooke from behind with her crutch, and in the meanwhile, Charlotte had a figure-8 locked on Bayley. Sasha hit Charlotte with the crutch, allowing Bayley to hit the Bayley-to-Belly and win the match.
Bayley defeated Charlotte to win the RAW Women’s Championship
