This week RAW started as footage of Randy Orton and Matt Riddle incident was shown from last week. After that Randy Orton came out to the arena. He said that people had been asking him for last week why did he hit Riddle with the RKO last week. He said that he never wanted anyone’s help, he loved to walk on his own.
Orton said that last week he taught AJ Styles a lesson, and this week we would do the same to Omos. Riddle interrupted and came out to the arena. He said that Austin did not have to explain why he hit him with the RKO last week, it was because he was teaching him how to hit the move properly. He requested Orton to bring RK-Bro once again.
WWE RAW 16.08.2021 Results & Ratings
Before anyone could say anything more, AJ Styles and Omos interfered. AJ said that nobody cared why Orton hit Riddle with the RKO. But Riddle was going really annoying day by day. So he would teach him a lesson, AJ challenged him in a match one on one, Riddle accepted and here we go.
Match 1 – AJ Styles defeated Matt Riddle
This was a very good match to kick things off for the night. The match was booked for around eight minutes and it was a much needed victory for AJ. Riddle was expecting Orton to be in his corner but the Viper did not. AJ pinned Riddle with the Styles Clash.
Match 2 – Rhea Ripley defeated Nikki ASH
It was a non title match and a warm up before SummerSlam. The match was good and it was quite fun to watch. It was mostly dominated by Rhea and he pinned Nikki with a Riptide. It was a clean victory. After the match, Nikki attacked Charlotte Flair who was on the commentary table and as Nikki and Charlotte teamed up to beat her down.
Match 3 – Drew McIntyre defeated Veer & Shanky in a 2 on 1 handicap match
The match was good, it was more of an easy victory for Drew. Good to see the Indian boys are improving week after week. Drew pinned Shanky with the Claymore to earn the victory.
Next up is the debut of the Moist TV hosted by John Morrison aka Johnny Drip Drip. His special guest was The Miz. After he joined the frame, Morrison asked him if he was faking an injury. Damian Priest interfered and he made fun of Miz for faking the injury. Morrison started to doubt Miz too and told Miz to face Priest in a match one on one
Match 4 – Damian Priest defeated The Miz
It was more of a comedy match. Miz’s performance was excellent. Morrison left Miz during the match and Priest pinned Miz with a Bicycle kick.
Match 5 – Mansoor defeated Mace
Short match but a good continuation of the storyline between the two tag teams. With an outside help from Mustafa Ali, Mansoor was able to pin Mace with a roll up.
Match 6 – Randy Orton defeated Omos by DQ
The match was being completely dominated by Omos. But because of an unnecessary attack from AJ Styles led Omos to get disqualified. After the match, the tag team champions started beating down Orton as Riddle came out and saved the day.
As AJ Styles and Omos were leaving, Orton announced RK-Bro was back and Riddle challenged AJ and Omos for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship at Summerslam.
Match 7 – Karrion Kross defeated Jeff Hardy by Technical Submission
The victory for Kross looked more easy this week as he dominated Jeff and defeated him very early and the match did not go on for long.
Match 8 – Nia Jax and Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley and Nikki ASH
This match was completely unnecessary to book. Rhea and Nikki already fought in a very good match earlier on the night, then why booking them once again? They just have to portray Charlotte Flair as the strongest force in the entire universe, that was the reason this match was booked.
Goldberg came out to the arena. He said that he came out of retirement because of his son so that he could get to know who his father was. Bobby Lashley came out. He said that at SummerSlam he would end his career and he would get the privilege of telling his family that his career was finished by the Almighty Bobby Lashley. As he attempted to attack Goldberg, Goldberg dodged and nailed Lashley with a Spear. Goldberg celebrated with his son as this week’s RAW went off the air.
Overall it was a good closing show before SummerSlam but ultimately all the ongoing storylines felt a little weak except the Tag Team Championship one. None of the storyline felt like SummerSlam standard. The over pushing of Charlotte Flair continued which feels really unbearable at times. We give it 2.5 stars out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 2.5/5