Last night, WWE Raw had a packed card which was no less than a PPV event. It consisted of multiple big matches including the members of The Shield. Also, the main event witnessed a battle of supremacy between two of the monsters present on the red brand. Check out how all of those went down at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
The show started live, as we witnessed Samoa Joe standing inside the ring addressing Roman Reigns. The Intercontinental Champion came down to the ring to start a brawl after sometime. The Bar was quick to team up with Joe making it an assault. So, the remaining members of The Shield ran down to make the save. But, this time the heel team gained the upper hand playing dirty games.
The Absolution appeared on the show to cut a promo before competing in a tag team matchup. Paige and Mandy Rose teamed up against Bayley and Mickie James. The latter one was rolling and controlled the match when Paige took advantage of referee’s distraction. She hit a kick to Mickie allowing Mandy to pick up the win.
Finn Balor had a singles contest against Curtis Axel who finally got rid of his neck brace. But, that did not do him any favour since Balor did a quick work to him and hit the Coup De Grace for the win. Bray Wyatt was cutting a promo on the Tron when Woken Matt Hardy cut him off and vowed to Delete him and Sister Abigail in the future.
Rich Swann could not compete on WWE Raw since he got arrested. Hence, we received a new fatal-4-way match with Mustafa Ali, Ariya Daivari, Tony Nese and Cedric Alexander competing. Alexander picked up the win to emerge, as the second number one contender for the Cruiserweight title. Following the match, we got a glimpse of Enzo Amore at the backstage area who had another short segment with Nia Jax.
The singles match between Roman Reigns and Cesaro converted into an Intercontinental Championship match. It made sure that the champion defends it, each week. It was a hard-hitting contest, as expected which witnessed Reigns countering the neutralizer into a spear to pick up the pinfall win and retain the championship.
In the second matchup featuring one Shield member, Seth Rollins took on against Sheamus which was an entertaining contest. Rollins was able to hit the Ripcord Knee to pick up the win. In the other match, Dean Ambrose had a first-time matchup against Samoa Joe with Jason Jordan present at the ringside. He distracted Ambrose during the match that allowed Joe to lock in the Coquina Clutch to pick up a submission win.
Asuka was scheduled for a matchup against Alicia Fox who was already taken out by Paige and co. They went hunting down Asuka inside the ring and started an ambush when the entire women’s division came down to make them retreat.
In the main event match, Kane locked horns against Braun Strowman with the stipulation that the winner will face Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble for the Universal Championship. But the fate of the title picture remains undecided, as these two continued brawling on the ramp. The match was declared a no contest, as Strowman put Kane through a table to end the show.