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Randy Orton kicked off RAW and told us that before he beat Drew McIntyre last week in a tag match, the WWE Champion wasn't pinned for nearly a year. Randy was gloating about breaking Drew's streak and said that he was taking the Championship from McIntyre before Drew made his entrance.
McIntyre said he was going to kick Randy's a** every time they were in the same building and proceeded to take Randy out. Drew backdropped Randy onto the announce desk before Orton managed to flee.
Stephanie McMahon was out next for Day 2 of the WWE Draft and announced that Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, and Charlotte Flair are going to RAW while SmackDown Women's champ Bayley and the RAW Tag Champs, The Street Profits are going to be on SmackDown. Does this mean that the Profits will drop their titles soon?
Kevin Owens vs. Aleister Black - No DQ match on RAW
The match went outside early before they both missed their finishers and Owens sent Black into the steel steps. Owens hit a cannonball on the outside before taking a table out from under the ring.
Kevin Owens was on the barricades and got tossed into the announce table from up there. Back after a break on RAW, there was a steel chair set up in the ring and we saw Black bring more chairs in after sending KO into one face first.
Owens picked up a chair and blocked a knee strike before getting a near fall off a DDT. Owens took a Meteora through the chairs but managed to kick out. Black tried to hit the Black Mass but missed and Owens hit the Stunner in the ring before getting a powerbomb on the table for the win.
Result: Kevin Owens def. Aleister Black
Match rating: A
Stephanie was out for Round 2 of tonight's Draft and announced that Braun Strowman, Matt Riddle, and Jeff Hardy were on RAW while Daniel Bryan and Kevin Owens were going to SmackDown.
Miz and Morrison were out next and made fun of the New Day who were split up recently and Heavy Machinery, who also had a painful break up. They called out their guests, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke.
Miz tried to rile up Dana against Mandy before mentioning that they will face each other in the Battle Royal later. They were okay with facing each other before Lana and Natalya interrupted them.
They two teams took verbal shots at each other before a brawl broke out and Lana and the B.O.A.T were sent outside the ring.
Back after a break on RAW, Miz was interviewing Morrison and was interrupted by Lars Sullivan. Sullivan took out Morrison and tossed him around after Miz escaped the ring. Lars hit a Freak Accident on Morrison before he was done.
The New Day and Street profits traded their respective tag titles with each other making the Street Profits the SmackDown tag champs and the New Day, the RAW tag champs.
Stephanie was back for the next round of Draft and announced that RETRIBUTION, Keith Lee, and Alexa Bliss were going to RAW while Lars Sullivan and King Corbin were on SmackDown.
Seth Rollins was out and said that it was the 'end of an era', on his last night on RAW. He reminded us that the Mysterio Family was going to SmackDown as well before Jeff Hardy made his entrance.
Rollins reminded him that on Friday, Jeff was facing Lars Sullivan and as he was walking out but then AJ Styles made his entrance. AJ made a passing insult to Rollins and the three ended up starting a brawl before Jeff took out both Superstars.
Jeff proposed a Triple Threat Match before we headed to commercials on RAW.
Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins on RAW
Rollins was sent outside early on as AJ and Hardy took on each other in the ring. Styles went for Hardy's injured knee and Seth returned for a sling blade to Styles. Hardy went for a Whisper in the Wind on Seth but hurt his injured knee all over again.
Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins on RAW (contd...)
Styles broke up a pin from Hardy before Seth almost got a near fall off a Falcon Arrow. Rollins hit the Tornado DDT for a near-fall on Seth and went to the top rope but AJ dropped him on RAW.
Styles was about to get the pin on Hardy but Jeff hit the Twist of Fate and took him down. Elias came out of nowhere and smashed a guitar on Jeff before AJ got the pinfall.
Result: AJ Styles def. Jeff Hardy & Seth Rollins
Match rating: A
Round 4 of tonight's Draft saw Elias, Lacey Evans, and Sheamus heading to RAW RAW while Sami Zayn, Cesaro & Nakamura will be on SmackDown.
Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose vs. Lana & Natalya on RAW
Dana and Natalya started the match off and Mandy was tagged in early who took control of the match after Dana failed to do so. Mandy and Dana hit a double team and kept Lana from getting the tag but Dana was dropped hard by the B.O.A.T.
Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose vs. Lana & Natalya on RAW (contd...)
Lana tagged in and she and Dana yelled a lot before Mandy was back in to hit a knee strike and then another double team senton, letting Dana pick up the easy win on RAW.
Result: Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose def. Lana & Natalya
Natalya was mad at Lana after the loss and parted ways with her, leaving her in tears.
Match rating: C
Ricochet made a proposal to the Hurt Business - he would face anyone in the team and if he won, the Business would have to leave him alone. But if he lost, Ricochet would join the Hurt Business. Cedric was overjoyed and volunteered for the match.
Andrade vs. Angel Garza on RAW
Vega was on commentary for this match between her former Business Associates. Garza took a beating as the match started and Andrade hit a back suplex off a counter. Garza dropped Andrade outside and they returned to the ring just for Garza to end the match with a Wing Clipper.
Result: Angel Garza def. Andrade
Match rating: C
Zelina went to check on Andrade after the match but then the lights went out and the Fiend's music hit before both Alexa and Wyatt showed up on RAW. They took out Vega and Andrade with a pair of Sister Abigails.
Another round of Drafts saw Nikki Cross, R-Truth, and Dabba Kato remain on RAW while Apollo Crews, Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode were going to SmackDown.
The New Day vs. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode on RAW
Woods and Dolph kicked us off and Kingston was tagged in early before Ziggler hit a Famouser for a near fall. Ziggler and Roode were isolating Kofi but he managed to make the tag before Xavier ran in to clean house with the Honor Roll and tossed both men out of the ring.
Woods got a near fall off a DDT and Ziggler replied with a DDT and a near fall of his own before tagging in Roode. Roode was dominating before Woods made a sneaky tag, leading up to the Midnight Hour which set Kofi up for the win.
Result: The New Day def. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
Match rating: B-
Elias was backstage on RAW and wanted to pay Jeff back for hitting him with a car, in the DUI incident that took him out of action till now. He promoted his new album and would play next week to celebrate his return.
Ricochet vs. Cedric Alexander on RAW
Ricochet was in trouble early on and took a snap suplex as well as a headlock in the ring. Alexander was punishing him and MVP riled him up from ringside. Ricochet almost got a pin off an inside cradle and hit a modified suplex to take back control.
Cedric hit the Michinoku driver and the ref went down. MVP brought a chair in and Ricochet faked getting hit by it. The ref fell for the trick and Ricochet picked up the victory via DQ.
Result: Ricochet def. Cedric Alexander via DQ
Match rating: B-
The last round of the WWE Draft saw Titus O'neil, Peyton Royce & Akira Tozawa stay on RAW and Carmella & Aleister Black went to SmackDown.
Nia Jax got on the mic before the match and said that the match would be won by either her or Shayna and invited everyone to eliminate themselves before she hurts them.
Women's Battle Royal to determine the No.1 Contender for the RAW Women's title
Tamina and Jax stared each other down and Nia ended up eliminating Tamina. Kay was trying to eliminate Jax as well but Billie ended up being thrown outside. Asuka was on commentary rooting for Dana and Mandy but they were both eliminated on RAW.
Nia defended Baszler and the whole lineup eliminated Jax, including Shayna. Jax was mad and sent Lana through the announce table again before we headed backstage on RAW to see Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre fighting viciously.
Back on RAW after a break, Cross was eliminated by Lacey and we found out Royce was eliminated during the break. Bianca Belair eliminated Shayna and the Riott Squad was next to go out.
Natalya and Lacey Evans remained and Asuka was watching closely from backstage now. Nattie sent Lacey into the ring post and almost got the win but Lacey almost kicked her off the apron.
Natalya dropped Lacey and it looked like she had won but Lana was still in it. Lana kicked Nattie out of the ring and picked up the win.
Result: Lana won the Battle Royal and will face Asuka at Hell in a Cell
Match rating: A
Drew and Randy ended up at ringside, still brawling and a crowd of officials came out to stop them as the show ended.
Episode rating: A
A great season finale of RAW saw a PPV worthy triple threat match and a no-DQ match between Owens and Black. We got a huge Battle Royal on the season finale and Drew sent another violent message to Randy.
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