Expectations were high from WWE Raw after a good startup post-Summerslam. This week, the MITB holder was about to have a confrontation with the Universal Champion to set up a potential match at Hell in a Cell. Plus, the acting general manager started his stint in the absence of Kurt Angle. Here’re the results from the show that took place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Roman Reigns kicked off WWE Raw for two straight weeks. The Toronto crowd welcomed him with boos as loud as possible. The Universal Champion embraced it to call out Braun Strowman. The MITB contract holder showed up to inform that he will cash it in at Hell in a Cell. Ziggler and McIntyre showed up throwing a challenge to the two men standing in the ring.
Baron Corbin appeared to sanction the tag team match for the main event of WWE Raw. He also started a match featuring himself against Finn Balor, right away. The acting GM took a chair shot to Balor to convert the match into a No Disqualification affair. Another chair shot followed up with an End of Days handed the win to Baron Corbin.
Seth Rollins was out issuing an IC title open challenge. Canada’s own Kevin Owens showed accepting it to deliver a solid contest. Seth Rollins hit a Frog Splash but failed to get the win. Owens missed a moonsault off the top rope. Rollins caught him with the Curb Stomp to retain the title. After the match, Owens grabbed a mic to declare that he quit the WWE.
Sasha Banks had a singles contest against Dana Brooke on WWE Raw. Brooke hit with a spinning back elbow and went for a second one. But Banks countered it and converted it into a Bank Statement to get the win. Titus Worldwide seemed to fall apart after the match.
The Revival received a non-title contest against The B-Team. Current champions almost got the win after Axel hit a spinning neck breaker on Dawson. But he kicked out and made the tag. Thereafter, these two hit the Shatter Machine on Axel to get a huge win. Revival cut a promo after the match announcing they are coming for the WWE Raw tag team titles.
Elias was out to sing a song to the Toronto crowd. He was insulting the city when Trish Stratus came out to a huge ovation. Elias insulted her in the ring to digest a slap. Ronda Rousey appeared to give a pose with Trish. Thereafter, Natalya had a match with Alicia Fox to squash her with a Sharpshooter. She paid tribute to her late father after the match.
Bobby Lashley demanded a match on WWE Raw. So Corbin handed him a match against the Ascension. Lashley hit a spinebuster following with over the shoulder face slam to Viktor to get the win. Dean Ambrose had a match against Jinder Mahal. He hit a Dirty Deeds countering the Khallas for a quick win.
The main event of WWE Raw was Roman Reigns teaming up with Braun Strowman against Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. Ziggler and McIntyre double teamed on Reigns to disqualify the match. They also took out Ambrose and Rollins who came out to help Reigns. Strowman delivered a Running Powerslam to Reigns to end this week’s WWE Raw.
