RAW

Raw opens with a new video and song before the new announce team of Dio Madden, Vic Joseph and Jerry Lawler welcome us to the show. Rey Mysterio's music hits and he makes his way to the ring.

Before Mysterio can say more than wanting to bring the universal title home, Brock Lesnar's music hits and he heads to the ring with Paul Heyman. Mysterio's son, Dominick, is in the front row.

Brock grabs Rey and hits two F5s. He looks at Dominick and practically dares him to get into the ring. Lesnar goes to ringside and grabs Dominick by the head. He drags him to ringside and runs him into the ring post before slamming him on the floor. The Beast decimates both Mysterios as Heyman pretends like he doesn't like what he is seeing. He throws both men with suplexes before he finally leaves with Heyman.

Brock heads back to the ring and beats up some producers before he throws Mysterio out of the ring and attacks Dominick again. The Beast eventually leaves as the crowd boos and chants at him.

Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss

Sasha Banks won

Becky beats up Banks and sends her out of the ring. She grabs a mic and promises to punish Sasha inside Hell in a Cell.

Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Heavy Machinery for the RAW Tag Team Titles

Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler won and retain the RAW Tag Team Titles

Miz brings out Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan for MizTv

Flair and Hogan have a fake argument and it almost comes to blows. Flair takes off his coat and Hogan says they aren't spring chickens anymore. The Miz announces a Team Hogan vs. Team Flair match for Crown Jewel. Hogan introduces Rollins as his team captain.

Flair reveals Randy Orton will be his team captain and Rollins challenges him to a match right now.

Corbin distracts Rollins so Orton can attack him from behind, but Rusev comes out and makes the save. It looks like we know who the second members of each team will be.

The Viking Raiders vs. The OC

The Viking Raiders won

Cesaro vs. Ricochet

Ricochet won

AJ Styles (c) vs. Cedric Alexander for the United States Championship

AJ Styles won and retains the USTitle

 


Natalya vs. Lacey Evans


Lacey Evans won






Seth Rollins (c) vs. Rusev for the Universal Championship

Bobby Lashley's music hits and he comes out on the stage. He motions for someone to join him and Lana comes out. Rusev is stunned as she and Lashley kiss. They make out for a long time before the lights go out and Bray Wyatt appears at ringside to attack Rollins.

Raw goes off the air with Wyatt's laugh repeating on a loop.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get closer to Hell in a Cell.

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a video recap of Erick Rowan and Luke Harper attacking Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns last week.

Daniel Bryan vs. Erick Rowan

Rowan comes out and gives a promo about how the fans have been disrespecting him. Bryan comes out and challenges him to a fight right now. A ref appears in the ring to make it official.

Erick Rowan won thanks to interference from Harper.

As Rowan and Harper clear off an announce table, Roman Reigns makes his way down. He nails Harper with a Superman Punch but Rowan takes him down with a big right hand. Bryan and Reigns end up saving each other but Bryan refuses to let Reigns help him to his feet. He grabs a mic and asks if Reigns will team with him to face Harper and Rowan. The crowd chants Yes.

Kofi Kingston gives a backstage interview with Michael Cole and talks about his match with Brock Lesnar on the premiere of SmackDown on FOX

Chad Gable vs. Mike Kanellis

Chad Gable won

Charlotte and Carmella vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks

Bayley and Sasha Banks won

Truth picks up Mella and runs away with her as several women pursue. Banks and Bayley team up on Charlotte until Becky Lynch heads to the ring. The Man takes out both women with Bexploders.

Ali vs. Shinsuke Nakamura


Shinsuke Nakamura won





The New Day vs. The B Team


The New Day won





Asuka and Kairi Sane vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville


Asuka and Kairi Sane won





After the break, Shane McMahon invites Kevin Owens to the ring.

Shane offers KO his job back and promises to get rid of his fine. He says they can restart with a clean slate and offers his hand. Owens thinks about it for a moment before calling Shane an idiot. He says he wants to see Shane get fired and challenges him to one final match. If Owens wins, Shane is fired, but if Shane wins, KO stays fired. He also says it needs to be a ladder match with the contract above the ring.

Becky is giving an interview backstage when Sasha Banks attacks her. The show ends with Banks taking Becky out before a few officials break them apart.


We’ll that was the last of SmackDown Live on USA Network. It should be interesting when it moves to FOX Next Friday.



Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get close to Hell in a Cell.

RAW

After a video package airs recapping Wyatt's attack last week, Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring. He talks about how he has done a lot in his WWE career but last week he met his match. He says Wyatt is like a bad dream he can't wake up from and now he must defend his title inside HIAC.

After Rollins promises he will defeat Wyatt, Braun Strowman makes his way to the ring. Braun blames Seth for losing the tag titles. It appears they will have a non-title match tonight.

The Viking Raiders vs. The OC

The Viking Raiders won

Becky Lynch sits down for a backstage interview with Michael Cole. She talks about her upcoming Hell in a Cell match against Sasha Banks.

Rusev vs. EC3

Rusev won

Nikki Cross vs. Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks won

Lacey Evans vs. Ember Moon

Lacey Evans won

Truth and Carmella run to the ring and several stars chase them. She grabs a mic and begs everyone to stop chasing them so she can get some rest. Truth tells her not to worry before she rolls him up to win the 24/7 Title. Truth celebrates with her before a bunch of women run down to chase them out of the ring.

Baron Corbin vs. Chad Gable

Corbin grabs his scepter and uses it as a weapon to get himself disqualified. He beats Gable down with it after the match.

Rey Mysterio vs. Ricochet vs. Robert Roode vs. AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Fatal 5-Way Match)

Rey Mysterio won and will be facing Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship Next Week on RAW

Seth Rollins vs. Braun Strowman


Before Braun can hit his powerslam, the lights go out and Bray Wyatt appears in the ring. He brings Braun down with the Mandible Claw.


Wyatt backs Rollins to the corner in fear just like last week. He turns his back on Seth and puts Braun back in the Mandible Claw.


RAW ends on a black screen with Wyatt's maniacal laugh playing in the background.



Rating: 70/70

Great show and matches as we get closer to Hell in a Cell.

SmackDown Live

After the commentators run down the lineup for the night, The New Day heads to the ring for the six-man match against Randy Orton and The Revival.

The New Day vs. The Revival and Randy Orton

The New Day won 

Brock Lesnar's music hits and he comes out on the stage. He walks to the ring with Heyman by his side. Kofi sends Woods and Big E out so he can face The Beast by himself. Heyman does his usual intro for Lesnar and himself. He says Brock is what stands in the way of the longevity of Kingston's title reign. He officially challenges Kofi to a title match on the debut episode of SmackDown on Fox.

Brock grabs Kofi and hits an F-5 after the champion accepts his challenge.

Erick Rowan gives an intense interview with Michael Cole. He says he is a leader, not a follower. He says he is smarter than Daniel Bryan and nobody will ever disrespect him again.

Ali vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

The match between Nakamura and Ali never happened since Shinsuke and Sami attacked Ali. We also see Kevin Owens being seated in the crowd and Shane McMahon being served with a lawsuit backstage.

Shane comes to the ring with a group of security guards after the break. He stares at KO as Greg Hamilton does his introduction. He invites Owens into the ring to talk about the lawsuit. He reveals Owens has filed the largest wrongful termination suit in history. He says KO would get $25 million if he were to win. Owens tells him to shut up and explains his case.

Owens lays out his case and says he knows he can hurt Shane by going after his wallet and his pride. KO says Shane didn't read the lawsuit very well because it also says if he wins, he gets to come back and Shane gets fired.

Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks

After a failed distraction from Bayley, Flair locks in the Figure Four. Bayley attacks her to cause a disqualification.

Baron Corbin comes out after the break to be crowned King of the Ring. He revels as someone places a cape and crown on him. He invites Chad Gable to the ring.

Corbin makes some more short jokes, so Gable tackles him and breaks the throne. He breaks the scepter over Corbin's body and rips his cape. Corbin retreats as Gable breaks all his stuff.



Heavy Machinery vs. The B Team


Heavy Machinery won



Daniel Bryan comes out to talk about how Rowan betrayed him. He says he treated Rowan as a friend and equal when they won the titles. Rowan comes out and says he is sick of hearing Bryan talk about being equals.

Rowan says Bryan tried to turn him into a puppet just like everyone else. He says Bryan disrespected him and Bryan tells him to do something about it because there is nothing, he can do that is worse than lying and breaking their friendship. Harper attacks Bryan from behind and they proceed to tear Bryan apart. Roman Reigns' music hits and he heads to the ring.

Harper and Rowan eventually get the upper hand and powerbomb Reigns into the ring post. They expose some of the concrete floor before they have to beat up several security guards. Rowan breaks off part of the barricade and uses it as a weapon to hit Roman. He and Harper clean off the announce table and put Bryan through it with a double slam. SmackDown ends with Harper and Rowan standing over the bodies of Reigns and Bryan.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we look to Hell in A Cell.

RAW

Seth Rollins comes out to open RAW

Rollins talks about his match against Strowman last night at WWE Clash and being attacked by The Fiend.

Bray Wyatt appears on the big screen for a new Firefly FunHouse and Bray let’s Seth know that “friends forgive but he never forgets” Also, The Fiend might have “more to say” to Seth tonight. 

Bray gives Seth an evil stare before breaking into laughter, a wave, and a “see you in hell!”

The new Raw Tag Team Champions Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler are here, apparently to have a "Tag Team Summit" with the new SmackDown tag team champions The Revival.

As Robert Roode tells the world that nobody - not even Michael Cole, for some reason could believe that he and Ziggler could win the Raw tag team belts, Braun hits the ring just as he promised and begins to beat everybody up.

Roode, who has a match with Seth Rollins later tonight, manages to get away.

The OC vs. Cedric Alexander and The Viking Raiders 

AJ hits the Phenomenal Forearm for the pin and the win. He starts attacking Cedric Alexander after the match until The Viking Raiders scare him off. Anderson and Gallows fight Erik and Ivar out of the ring. Cedric trips AJ on the top turnbuckle and climbs up to fight him. Cedric goes for a hurricanrana but AJ turns it into a super Styles Clash.

Baron Corbin vs. Chad Gable (KOTR Finals)

Baron Corbin won and is the King of The Ring.

Maria reveals she is having a boy during her gender reveal party. She just announces it. There is no special way of revealing it. She tells Mike that Ricochet is actually the father of her child. Ricochet says he has never touched her but Mike slaps him and challenges him to a fight in the ring.

Mike Kanellis vs. Ricochet

Ricochet won

We return to Maria yelling at Mike Kanellis for not being a man. She says the real father of her baby is Rusev. Mike says he doesn't care anymore and tries to leave. Rusev runs him over with a clothesline while Maria watches from the stage.

Rusev vs. Mike Kanellis

Rusev won

Mayor Glenn Jacobs is shown pinning Truth to win the 24/7 Title.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cesaro

Rey Mysterio won

Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks

Bayley and Sasha Banks won

Banks grabs a chair after the match, but Becky runs down with her own. Bayley picks up another, but Charlotte comes down to even the odds. The Queen takes out Bayley at ringside and The Man nails Banks with a chair in the ring.

Kane is shown arriving at the arena with Truth hiding on top of his car. Truth rolls him up to regain the 24/7 Title.

Becky Lynch responds to Sasha Banks' challenge and basically, she accepts on the condition that they're match at Hell in A Cell is inside Hell in A Cell.

Lacey Evans vs. Dana Brooke

Lacey Evans won





Seth Rollins vs. Robert Roode

Ziggler stops the pin and causes a DQ. Rollins fights back until The OC runs down to help the Raw Tag Team Champions.

Kane's music hits and The Big Red Monster makes his way to the ring to make the save for Rollins. He singlehandedly takes out everyone. As he prepares to hit his pyro, the lights go out. Bray Wyatt appears in the ring behind Kane and puts him in the Mandible Claw. The Fiend sets his sights on Rollins and crawls toward him. Seth is scared stupid as Wyatt laughs in his face to end the show.



Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we look forward to Hell in A Cell.

Clash of Champions

The Kickoff panel consist of Booker T, The Coach, Charly Caruso, David Otunga and they hype tonight’s match card. 

Drew Gulak (c) vs. Humberto Carrillo vs. Lince Dorado in a Triple Threat Match for the Cruiserweight Championship 

Drew Gulak won and retains the Cruiserweight Championship 

AJ Styles (c) vs. Cedric Alexander for the United States Championship 

AJ Styles won and retains the USTitle 

Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode for the RAW Tag Team Titles 

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode won and are the New RAW Tag Team Champions

Bayley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair for the SDLive Women’s Championship 

Bayley won and retains the SDLive Women’s Championship 

The New Day (c) vs. The Revival for the SDLive Tag Team Titles 

The Revival won and are the New SDLive Tag Team Champions

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross (c) vs. Fire & Desire for the Women Tag Team
Titles

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross won and retain the Women Tag Team Titles 

Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship 

Shinsuke Nakamura won and retains the ICTitle

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha Banks for the RAW Women’s Championship 

The announcers say Becky was DQ's for hitting the ref so this is all just a fight. Banks grabs another chair but Lynch kicks her in the gut and uses the chair to hit her in the back.

Becky uses a chair to help apply the DisArmHer again. A few officials come out
to break up the fight. The crowd boos when the fight finally ends.

Becky Lynch is still Raw Women’s Champion. We better get this again at HIAC!

Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship

Kofi Kingston won and retains the WWE Championship

Roman Reigns vs. Erick Rowan in a No Disqualification Match

Erick Rowan won thanks to the interference of Luke Harper.

Seth Rollins (c) vs. Braun Strowman for the Universal Championship
Seth Rollins won and retains the Universal Championship


As Seth celebrates on the stage and the lights go out and The Fiend appears. He hits Sister Abigail on the stage before the lights go out again. They come back on and he chokes out Seth with the mandible claw.


Rating: 90/90 Great show and matches.

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with The Undertaker coming out.

The crowd chants Taker's name for a long time before he finally speaks. He says he wanted to take a minute to absorb the crowd's response. He talks about how he has considered MSG his home for 30 years and he doesn't know how many times he will be able to visit in the future. For some reason, Sami Zayn decides this is a good time to make an appearance.

Zayn puts over The Undertaker and says he has nothing but respect for him. However, he doesn't think Taker should have opened the show over him. He asks Taker when enough is enough after 30 years. Zayn says he is the future of WWE and the crowd tells him he sucks. He asks Taker to leave the ring, but he does it respectfully.

Taker acts like he is going to do what Zayn said but then he turns around and grabs him for a chokeslam. The segment ends with Taker leaving as his music plays.

The Miz vs. Andrade Almas

The Miz won

Shinsuke Nakamura attacks The Miz after the match.

Mandy Rose vs. Nikki Cross

Nikki Cross won

Heavy Machinery vs. Jobbers

Heavy Machinery won

Shane tells Owens he is thinking about getting rid of his 100K fine if he is willing to be the ref in his KOTR match against Gable tonight. Shane implies the fine will go away if he helps Shane win.

Rowan is in the ring and says nobody truly understands him and thinks someone else has been controlling him. He says everyone should look into his eyes to see what he is capable of. Reigns music hits and he marches his way to the ring. He hits a Superman Punch as soon as he gets into the ring. He runs around the ring for a Spear but Rowan kicks him in the face. They take the fight into the crowd.
Roman hits a second Superman Punch before a bunch of officials come down to separate them. Reigns nails one more. Rowan picks up a fan who was planted there and throws him into Reigns from over the barricade. Reigns and Rowan continue to fight up to the stage. Rowan grabs the camera crane and throws it into Reigns.

 

Bayley vs. Ember Moon

Bayley won

Kofi Kingston heads to the ring after the break. Kofi talks about his feud with Randy Orton before The Viper appears in the crowd to taunt him.
Kofi heads into the crowd and they get into a fight. Orton hits him with a chair and it is revealed to be a trap. He beats Kingston down with the chair before throwing him into the side of the stage. He puts Kofi on a table for a DDT but Kofi counters and starts pounding on him. Kofi grabs the chair and hits Randy a few times. The champ sets up a table. Orton tries to hit him with a chair but Kofi blocks. Kingston breaks the table on accident, so he grabs a second table and puts Orton on it. He climbs up into the crowd and leaps off to put Orton through the table just like he did 10 years ago.

Chad Gable vs. Shane McMahon (KOTR Semifinals) - w/ Owens as special guest referee.

Gable hits the rolling German suplex and Owens makes the count to give him the win. Shane grabs a mic and says the match is now two out of three falls.

Gable grabs Shane and puts him in an ankle lock. Shane taps and Gable gets the win to advance to the finals.

Shane attacks Owens after the match and then says he is fired.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get closer to Clash of Champions.

RAW

Raw opens with Steve Austin heading to the ring to a huge ovation.

Austin talks about how it has been 20 years since he was in Madison Square Garden. He reminisces about the old days and tells a story about facing Bret Hart. He also says the first time he hit Vince McMahon with a Stunner was in MSG.

Rollins does a little posturing before they get to signing on the dotted line. Seth embraces the What chants and goes along with them. Rollins promises he won't stab Strowman in the back in their tag title match on Sunday. He picks up the pen and signs. Braun says he likes being the tag champs and won't turn on Rollins, but he also wants to be the universal champion. The OC's music hits and they come out on the stage.

The crowd gives Styles a lot of heat and Austin repeats the unkind words they were calling AJ. The OC gets in the ring and continues to talk trash. Stone Cold moves the table out of the way so Rollins and Strowman can rush The OC and send them packing. It ends with Styles taking a Stunner from Austin.

Cedric Alexander vs. AJ Styles

Anderson interferes to cause a DQ before he can capitalize. He and Gallows begin beating Alexander into the ground before The Viking Raiders come out to make the save. They destroy The OC while Alexander recovers on the apron. Cedric hits AJ with a dropkick before Anderson takes The Viking Experience.

Roman Reigns comes out after the break to talk about his fight with cancer and visiting so many young patients recently. He brings out several young New York residents suffering from cancer to take the stage.

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair won

Rey Mysterio vs. Gran Metalik

Rey Mysterio won

Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin vs. Ricochet in a Triple Threat Match (KOTR Round 3)

Baron Corbin won and advances to KOTR Finals

Lacey Evans vs. Natalya

Natalya won

Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman and Cedric Alexander and The Viking Raiders vs. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode and The OC



Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman and Cedric Alexander won



Steve Austin comes down to celebrate with the winning team by sharing several beers to end the show.




Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get closer to Clash of Champions.

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with a recap of Bayley's heel turn from Monday's Raw.

Bayley comes out at the top of the show just like she always does, but this time you can hear a few boos in the crowd. She grabs a mic and when the music stops, a lot more boos can be heard. You can also hear people chanting her name and she says the reaction is confusing. She talks about how people were shocked by what she did but everyone should have known she would be loyal to Sasha Banks.

Bayley says she has been trying to lift up the entire division with her whole heart and she is trying to show people what it means to be loyal. She promises to defeat the selfish Charlotte at Clash of Champions. Charlotte comes out and agrees that she is selfish and says she is genuine about it. This brings out Sasha Banks.

Before Banks can get to the ring, Charlotte nails Bayley with a big boot. She tackles The Boss and beats on her until Bayley hits her with a steel chair. She gives the chair to Banks so she can use it on Flair. 

Ali vs. Elias - KOTR Round 2

Elias advances to KOTR

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville

Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville won

After a scathing promo, Orton calls out Kofi for a fight. The New Day's music hits but when Kofi comes out, he is being beaten up by The Revival. Kofi does his best to fight them off but Orton lays him out with a clothesline. He keeps calling Kofi stupid as he stomps him into the mat. The Revival hold him up so Orton can hit an RKO. Kofi kicks him below the belt and breaks free for a moment but he gets beaten down once again.

Andrade Almas vs. Chad Gable (KOTR Round 2)

Chad Gable advances to KOTR

Aleister Black vs. Shelton Benjamin

Aleister Black won

After several other Superstars try, Bo Dallas ends up pinning Drake Maverick to win the 24/7 Title. Back in the arena, Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn head to the ring.

Shinsuke Nakamura vs A Jobber

Shinsuke Nakamura won

After the match, Maverick chases Dallas into the ring and pins him to regain the 24/7 Title. He escapes before Dallas can get revenge but then Truth appears on the stage and rolls him up to win the belt for the 14th time.

Bryan comes out after the break and gives a promo saying he had nothing to do with the attacks against Reigns. He demands The Big Dog come out and apologize to him. As Roman comes out onto the ramp, Rowan attacks him from behind. Bryan eventually tries to stop him but Rowan shoves him to the floor. He powerbombs Reigns into the ring post before bringing him into the ring. He grabs Reigns by the skull with The Iron Claw and slams him to the mat. He picks up a mic and taunts Reigns by saying Bryan had nothing to do with it. He says Bryan is worse than everyone because he thought he could control Rowan. He says if Bryan wants to show how big of a man he is, he can try to slap him in the face again. Rowan says he is proud of everything he has done to Reigns and looks forward to hurting him at Clash of Champions. He picks up a set of steel stairs and hits Reigns in the face. He cleans off an announce table, but Bryan tries to stop him. He slaps Rowan in the face, so Rowan slams him through the table. The show ends with Bryan and Reigns on the ground as Rowan yells at everyone. Rating: 80/80 Great show and matches as we get closer to Clash of Champions.