This week’s RAW started as footage from last week’s SmackDown was shown where Roman Reigns cut a promo on his upcoming match with Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship which will take place at the SummerSlam pay per view event.
The show started as Brock Lesnar came out to the arena. He also talked about his upcoming match against Roman Reigns at SummerSlam. Paul Heyman interfered and they exchanged some words. Heyman explain why Roman Reigns is the favorite at SummerSlam.
WWE RAW 11.07.2022 Results & Ratings
Theory interfered and he threatened Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns that he would definitely cash in after their SummerSlam match. He showed the footage from Elimination Chamber where Brock Lesnar beat him down really badly. He said that he would take his revenge at SummerSlam. Meanwhile the Alpha Academy tried to attack Brock but Brock beat them down.
Match 1 – Finn Balor defeated Rey Mysterio
Before the match they had a short promo segment where the Judgment Day tried to manipulate Dominik Mysterio to join their stable. They claimed that he has no future under his father’s shadow. He could rise even higher along with them.
About the match it was a good and competitive contest. It was booked for around 7 minutes and nobody in particular dominated the match. Finn Balor pinned Rey Mysterio with the Coup De Grace finisher.
Match 2 – WWE Raw Women’s Championship – Carmella defeated Bianca Belair by count out, Bianca retained
This was also a good match and it was booked for over 8 Minutes. It was a fun match throughout and it was slightly more dominated by Bianca. At the end, Becky Lynch who was sitting on the commentary table during the match, created the distraction for RAW Women’s Champion Bianca outside of the ring and it led her to get counted out.
The Miz welcomed Ciampa as he special guest of the night and reminded everyone how he had his back since he joined the main roster. He informed everyone that he would have a 2 on 1 handicap match against AJ Styles. He also talked about Logan Paul whom he might face at SummerSlam.
Match 3 – AJ Styles and Ezekiel defeated The Miz and Ciampa by DQ
The match was booked for almost 10 minutes and it was a cool match. Good to see WWE is finally producing longer matches. The match was mostly dominated by the babyface side. At the end when AJ Styles locked Miz into the Calf Crusher, Ciampa attacked him illegally and the match went to DQ.
Match – Asuka and Alexa Bliss defeated Nikki ASH and Doudrop
This match was booked for four and a half minutes and it was a routine jobber beating for Asuka and Alexa Bliss. Ultimately it was an easy victory for the babyface side. Alexa Bliss pinned her former Tag Team partner Nikki ASH with a DDT.
WWE undisputed Tag Team Champions came out to the arena. They talked about their match at SummerSlam against the Street Profits where there will be a special guest referee. Street Profits interfered them followed by an interference from R Truth who wanted to be the special guest referee of the match.
Truth was really comic in this segment. As The Usos insulted R Truth, he challenged them in a match with The Street Profits being his partners. Omos came out to the arena and announced himself to be the partner of the Usos.
Match 5 – The Usos and Omos defeated The Street Profits and R Truth in a six man tag team match
This match was booked for over eight minutes and it was also a good match. Nobody in particular dominated the match but Omos had been the unstoppable force of the match. Omos pinned Angelo Dawkins with the Two Handed Chokeslam to earn the victory for his side.
Match 6 – Bobby Lashley and Riddle defeated Theory and Seth Rollins
This was the worthy main event of the night and it was a full of surprises and special moments. No side in particular dominated the match but at the end, when Theory attempted a cheeky pin on Riddle with the help of the ropes, Dolph Ziggler, who was on the ringside throughout the match, stopped him from doing that. Riddle quickly delivered the RKO and pinned him. After the match Dolph Ziggler entered the ring once again and delivered is super kick on Theory. Ziggler stood tall on Theory as this week’s RAW went of air.
Overall it was an average show with nothing special happened and some question marks remained. Firstly what happened to the WWE Women’s Tag Team championships? Did WWE give up on them? And why there is no segment for the 24/7 Championship yet again in spite it was a fun part? World Championship segments are still weak. We give it 1.5 stars out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 1.5/5