Match 4 – Rhea Ripley defeated Dana Brooke
Next up on RAW was another match where the WWE SmackDown Women’s champion Rhea Ripley was in action against Dana Brooke. This was a short match and it was booked for less than 2 minutes, and as expected, it was an easy victory for the Champion. After the match, Rhea beating down Dana even more, but Natalya came out and confronted her. Maybe a feud between this duo is next.
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Match 5 – Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated The imperium
Next up was another match. That is right, we had back to back matches tonight. The WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions were in action against Imperium what the champions picked up a victory after a seven minute long hard fought battle. The match was made official earlier tonight after a backstage segment.
Match 6 – Zoey Stark defeated Nikki Cross
Next up, what else but another match. Zoey Stark made her main roster review tonight with a match against former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Nikki Cross. The match was only two and a half minutes long, and Stark pinned Cross with a Belly to Back GTS which she addressed as Z-360.
Next up was a segment between Trish Stratus and Becky Lynch. Trish started the segment with mocking Becky’s missing status. But Becky made her return during the segment and attacked Trish. Trish somehow survived to the attack as she escaped. No match had been made official between the two yet.
Match 7 – Dominik Mysterio defeated Xavier Woods
Dominik Mysterio had a match against Xavier Woods next. Yes that is right, another match. The match was booked for nearly seven minutes and it was a good match. Woods almost won the match as he was about to hit an Elbow Drop from on top rope but Rhea pulled Dominik out of the ring and Dominik pinned Woods with a Small Package Hold.
Apart from a lot of matches there were a lot of backstage segments as well. Some of them made some matches for tonight or next week, there were other segments too like Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green looking for a Tag Team Championship rematch. The backstage segments of tonight were not bad.
Match 8 – World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi Final – Seth Rollins defeated Finn Balor
The main event of the night was the semi final of the world heavyweight championship tournament between Seth Rollins and Finn Balor. It was book for 10 minutes and indeed it was the best match of the night. It was a clean match with no outside interferences as Rollins pinned Balor with The Stomp. Seth Rollins celebrated his victory as this week’s RAW went off air.