A recap of the Strowman-Reigns beat down was shown before RAW went on the air.
Big Cass meets someone his own size
JoJo introduced Big Cass as “He’s 7 feet tall, and you can’t teach that: BIG CASS”. He was eating in all the boos. Heavy heat for the big man. He started bragging about his victory over Enzo, starting off with “How You Doin’?”. He showed “the best part”: a video of Enzo being taken to the back after their match. He was met with loud chants of “Casshole”. He told the people not to “hop on the bandwagon” because he’s the future of WWE.boos. Heavy heat for the big man. He started bragging about his victory over Enzo, starting off with “How You Doin’?”. He showed “the best part”: a video of Enzo being taken to the back after their match. He was met with loud chants of “Casshole”. He told the people not to “hop on the bandwagon” because he’s the future of WWE.
Cass vowed to win the Universal Championship, main event WrestleMania, be on the Today Show and represent the company to the fullest. He said that “nobody is bigger than Big Cass” and started cutting a passionate promo until he was interrupted by The Big Show, who came out to a HUGE pop! The crowd started chanting “Big Show” as he went face to face with Cass.
Cass went face-to-face with Big Show and whispered something to him, only to be met with a headbutt by Big Show. The World’s Largest Athlete began teaching the young superstar a lesson in respect when he took him down quickly and efficiently. Big Cass quickly escaped and walked back as Big Show stood tall.
Finn Balor vs Elias Samson was announced next
Finn Balor vs Elias Samson
Elias Samson was in the ring, ready to play. He asked the crowd “Who wants to walk with Elias?”. He asked the crowd to put their cell phones down and save their applause until after. So naturally, the crowd instantly applauded and raised their phones. He had sung a bit and was unsurprisingly cut off by Finn Balor.
The match started with Samson pressing Balor. The former Universal Champion caught Samson with a kick and was setting up the Coupe-de-grace before Samson rolled out of the ring. After the commercial break, Samson had a hold of Balor with a full nelson. Finn elbowed The Drifter and got away with it.
Balor got some more offence in with a double stomp, but it was mostly The Drifter dominating. However, that didn’t stop Balor from regaining momentum with a sling blade and dropkick. He landed the coupe-de-grace and pinned Samson clean.
Finn Balor defeated Elias Samson
After the match, The Hardy Boyz came out and congratulated Finn Balor. They proceeded to the ring for their coming match.
The Hardy Boyz vs Gallows & Anderson
The Hardy Boyz came out and began teasing their Broken gimmick heavily and said they weren’t done. Gallows & Anderson came out and called them “Nerds”. Matt Hardy again teased it again by saying they were “Broken”. The Hardy Boyz then challenged the two for a match, and they came out. The legends started off dominant despite being beaten up from last night.
After the break, Gallows & Anderson almost won the match but Matt saved things for the legendary team. Matt Hardy went bonkers once he was tagged, dominating both members. However, Gallows caught Matt from behind when he wasn’t looking and he was then hit with a Magic Killer. Jeff tried to make the save but was too late, and The Hardyz lost again
Gallows & Anderson defeated The Hardy Boyz
As Gallows & Anderson were walking away, The Revival came out and destroyed the Hardy Boyz, hitting Jeff with a Shatter Machine.
The “Mizzies” gets hijacked
The Miz began hosting The Mizzies, and Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel won the “Best supporting role” award. The crowd chanted “You deserve it” to Bo and Curtis. Bo thanked The Miz for changing his career and life. The next award for the most “beautiful, gorgeous, sexy woman” naturally went to Maryse. She was in tears and the two seemed to reconcile all the past differences that they had.
The “Greatest Man In WWE” award went to The Miz himself. He took a shot at Ambrose once again and insulted a lot of the babyfaces who lost last night. He continued to insult Ambrose until he came out. The numbers caught up with Ambrose as he tried to assault The Miz, but SETH ROLLINS came for the save and the two cleared the ring.
Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt was announced as the main event RAW
Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins were talking backstage, and Dean told him to stay out of his business and that he didn’t trust him because he screwed that up. He said that there would be no Shield reunion or anything, which was met by huge boos from the crowd.
Sasha Banks & Bayley vs Alexa Bliss & Nia Jax
Alexa and Sasha started the action off, with Alexa running away as usual. She tagged in Nia, which was an obviously better strategy. Sasha tagged in Bayley who took care of Jax while Sasha chased the champion around. The chase went back in the ring and as the legal woman Nia tried to pick Sasha Banks up, she was met with a chop block to the leg by Bayley, followed by an elbow to the back of the head.
Back after the break, Bayley was in the ring with Alexa, who tagged Nia Jax in. Bayley made her best efforts to take down the strong Nia. Bayley showed a bit of a meaner side, which was awesome.
Alexa and Nia began completely dominating Bayley, preventing her from tagging Sasha in. Bliss elbowed Sasha outside and hit the Twisted Bliss on Bayley. Sasha came back in on time to break the pin. Nia then took Sasha outside, and she attempted to run and bulldoze Sasha, but The Boss moved out of the way. Bayley then pinned Alexa with a roll-up for the victory.
Could this possibly mean Bayley getting involved in the title picture for Summerslam?
Sasha Banks & Bayley defeated Alexa Bliss & Nia Jax
Goldust cut another old-school backstage promo, quoting Reservoir Dogs from 1992.
A highlight was shown again of the Roman-Strowman backstage destruction.
R-Truth vs Goldust
The match between the two tag team partners finally collided on RAW. R-Truth started dominant but Goldust managed to gain control of him. The crowd wasn’t into this match much but was definitely more pro-Goldust. R-Truth started getting momentum with a series of moves such as the heel kick.
Goldust won after throwing R-Truth into the post and then hitting the Final Cut.
Goldust defeated R-Truth
Brock Lesnar gets confronted by two past rivals
Kurt Angle first came out and said that Great Balls Of Fire was a huge hit, but things got out of hand and that he didn’t know when Braun Strowman would return. He then introduced Brock Lesnar, and spoke to him about their WrestleMania 19 match and praised Lesnar for his continued improvement.
Kurt Angle said he wanted Heyman and Lesnar to hear what he had in mind for Lesnar’s Summerslam opponent. Heyman said that it didn’t work that way and decided to leave. Roman Reigns then came out
Kurt Angle then angrily told Roman that he had a lot of nerve to come out after what he pulled at GBOF. Roman told Angle that he did him a favour because Angle couldn’t control Strowman and Lesnar was never around to. There were “Roman” chants but it got drowned out by boos.
Reigns challenged Lesnar to a match at Summerslam. Heyman was thrilled for Roman to challenge Lesnar, but the champion wasn’t thrilled and said that he didn’t deserve it. Samoa Joe came out and the three superstars got into a tense argument and were about to get into a brawl. However, Kurt Angle controlled things and announced that Reigns and Joe would face each other for the #1 contendership for the Universal Championship.
Angle threatened to cancel the match if they got into a scuffle, thus keeping things under control
Corey Graves walked away from the commentary table again after receiving a text. He then went to Kurt Angle, who said that he’d be going public with it next week, saying it could end his family and career.
Cedric Alexander & Akira Tozawa vs Noam Dar & Neville
The babyfaces started off on top. Tozawa began dominating the champion, Neville. The champion did finally get back to him and used dirty tactics so Dar attacked Tozawa. The babyfaces continued to dominate overall, and Cedric began getting over with some very impressive moves. However, Noam Dar got Cedric Alexander caught with his groin caught on the ropes.
The same thing happened to Neville thanks to help from Cedric Alexander. Cedric took care of Noam Dar and Tozawa kicked the ropes to make things worse for Neville. He hit a senton from the top rope and pinned Neville, with it being the first time since Neville joined the division that he’s gotten pinned.
Cedric Alexander & Akira Tozwa defeated Noam Dar & Neville
Backstage, Seth Rollins told Charly Caruso that he went out to shut Miz up rather than saving Dean Ambrose. He said that Wyatt is still a fraud and an eye poke and win doesn’t change that.
Bray Wyatt cut one of his usual backstage promos.
Bray Wyatt vs Seth Rollins
Rollins started off aggressively. The two had a series of exchanges, and Rollins worked on Wyatt’s hand as it was the weakened part. Back in the ring, Bray hit a urenage on Rollins. As expected, it was a pretty boring match.
The pace of the match did increase and the crowd was firmly behind Rollins. The good thing is that the crowd was good, and the second half of the match saw mostly Rollins getting the offence in. Bray Wyatt took advantage of the “injured” eye by headbutting it. His obstructed vision allowed Bray to hit the Sister Abigail and pick up the win once again.
Bray Wyatt defeated Seth Rollins
Bray Wyatt disappeared from the ring and the Miz and The Miztourage came ringside and surrounded him. He started getting jumped by the 3 and Dean Ambrose came for the save with a steel chair. He hit The Miz’s back several times in a row until Miz was dragged out of the ring. Dean Ambrose stood tall.
Backstage, Kurt Angle was talking to someone and told them to come next week and they’d announce to the world together. He said “I love you” and that was the end of the show
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