It was the final episode of WWE Raw before Summerslam 2018. Renee Young debuted on commentary to make the night historic for the women’s division. The upcoming PPV storyline angles have one last run on the show. Also, the WWE Raw tag team championships were on the line. Check out results from all of those from the show that took place at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Ronda Rousey kicked off this week’s WWE Raw with tears in her eyes. She paid tribute to the Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart aka Natalya’s father who just passed away. The cried broke into Nattie chants after this until Alexa Bliss came out. She brought out her own security guards into the show to protect herself. Rousey took three of the guards while the fourth ran away.
Ember Moon vs. Alexa Bliss was the opening contest for WWE Raw. Alicia Fox was constantly providing distractions to Moon throughout the match. Bliss set up for the DDT but Moon encountered with a gut-buster. She went for the Eclipse when Fox interfered to make the match disqualified. Ronda Rousey beat the hell out of Fox afterward as Bliss ran away.
Baron Corbin made his way to the ring on WWE Raw. He took on against Tyler Breeze in an unnecessary lengthy match. It ended with Corbin hitting a Deep-Six for the win. He took the mic after the match to announce a matchup between Finn Balor and Jinder Mahal. To make things worse for Balor, he announced a handicap match also including Kevin Owens.
Kurt Angle came out to interrupt this announcement. He added Braun Strowman as the partner of Finn Balor confirming a tag team match. Owens ran through the crowd fearing Strowman. He came back to the ring to get a punch of Strowman who also gave a battering ram to Owens. Strowman hit a Running Powerslam to Mahal to get the win.
Roman Reigns was out to talk about Brock Lesnar on WWE Raw. He cut a furious promo before Paul Heyman came out. Heyman wanted Reigns to become his client. After fooling Reigns with his words, he spread pepper spray to his face. Brock Lesnar came out of nowhere to apply a guillotine chokehold on Reigns. He delivered a vicious F5 before leaving.
Bobby Roode and Titus Worldwide teamed up against Mojo Rawley and Authors of Pain. Roode gave a Glorious DDT on Rawley to pick up the win. The B-Team retained WWE Raw tag team championships. Revival hit the Shatter Machine on Bray Wyatt. Axel came from the back and hooked Wyatt’s leg to get the pinfall win.
Sasha Banks took on against Ruby Riott in a singles contest. Ring-side shenanigans broke out when Morgan and Logan tried to interfere. Riott took advantage of the situation and rolled up Banks to pick up the win on WWE Raw. Elias tried to deliver another assault on Bobby Lashley. But Lashley beat down a wannabe musician standing by Elias’ corner.
A contract signing for the Intercontinental title was the main event of WWE Raw. Seth Rollins arrived on the scene after a long time. He stated that a Lunatic Fringe will be in his corner at Summerslam. Dean Ambrose’s music hit the arena as he returned on the show. Ambrose hit the Dirty Deeds on Drew McIntyre to end this week’s episode.
