SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens with Charlotte Flair making her way to the ring

Charlotte talks a bunch of trash about Trish Stratus and says the athletes of today are superior to yesterday. She shows a video of her own career highlights. The video changes to highlights of Trish's career and Charlotte looks pissed.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Rey Mysterio

Dolph Ziggler does Goldberg's signature entrance for his upcoming match.

Ziggler attacks Rey Mysterio during his entrance. He takes out the luchador with a superkick at ringside before grabbing a mic to brag about putting down a legend. He says SummerSlam will be Goldberg's last match.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Ali

Dolph Ziggler won

We get a recap of how someone has had it out for Roman Reigns in recent weeks. We'll hear from Roman himself after the next commercial break.

Roman Reigns says that he's always known who's been after him but the incidents of the past two weeks have left him shaken because now he has to constantly look over his shoulder. He says that WWE has offered him security but he's used to rolling on his own.

Reigns says he is sorry for Samoa Joe's name being dragged into his drama but also says he has no idea who attacked him.

We get a touching tribute from WWE for the legendary Harley Race who passed away earlier this week.

Ember Moon vs. Natalya 

Natalya takes her down with a clothesline and locks in the Sharpshooter at ringside. The ref counts them both out as she refuses to break the hold. Bayley runs down to make the save for her SummerSlam opponent. Natalya shoves her and walks away.

Kevin Owens is out next for the KO show with special guest Shane McMahon. Owens stops Greg Hamilton from giving Shane a long intro so he can get his show started. KO says he thinks Shane should put his career on the line at SummerSlam. Shane, obviously, disagrees. 

KO tries to goad McMahon, but it doesn't seem to be working. Elias comes in and helps Shane attack Owens. KO gets the upper hand and throws Shane over the announce table. He cleans the table off and prepares for a powerbomb. Elias stops him but Owens hits him with a Stunner on the table. Shane trips Owens and unloads on him with punches. He tips the table onto Kevin and dropkicks a chair into his face.





Zayn comes out and says he challenged Aleister Black to a match at SummerSlam. Black comes out and says the match is happening now instead.



Sami Zayn vs. Aleister Black

Aleister Black won





The New Day vs. Daniel Bryan and Rowan

Rowan uses a set of steps on Woods to cause a DQ.



Reigns is shown asking Murphy about who attacked him. After some coercion, Murphy reveals he saw Rowan at the sight of the first accident. The show goes off the air with Bryan and Rowan seeing all of this from the tron.



Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get closer to SummerSlam.



 

RAW

The WWE roster is out for a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings.

The intro is interrupted by Samoa Joe standing on the announce table. He says people have been accusing him of taking out Reigns last week. Graves tries to talk some sense into him, but Joe just gets more upset.

Samoa Joe makes Cole rewind the footage in response to Cole saying that "fans voted in a poll" and 80% voted thinking Joe is the culprit. He also said that he just conducted a poll and called 80% of the WWE Universe idiots.

Becky Lynch makes her way out for the first match of the night despite Joe saying he wouldn't leave the stage until Reigns showed up.

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya and Trish Stratus 

Natalya refuses to break the 5-count and her team gets DQ'd. She drags Lynch to the center of the ring, but Stratus breaks it up and Natalya shoves the legend away. There's a tense stare down but Natalya walks away as Stratus helps the champion.

Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade Almas 

Andrade Almas won with the help of Vega. 

Mike Kanellis pins his wife while she is at the doctor's office and runs out with the title. R-Truth is hiding in the waiting area wearing women's clothes and he rolls Mike up to regain his title. He grabs Carmella and runs away with his baby.

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman make their way to the ring after the break.

They show a replay of Lesnar destroying Rollins last week. Heyman says Seth is in Pittsburgh and says the crowd shouldn't cheer for someone who is so self-destructive. This brings Rollins out to respond. He limps his way onto the stage with a steel chair.

Rollins tries to hit Brock with the chair but runs right into a kick to his injured ribs. Lesnar picks up the chair and hits him in the ribs again. The Beast proceeds to tear him apart once again.

Brock poses with his title over a fallen Rollins before the show cuts to commercial.

Rollins asks for a mic after the break and says he has been asking himself if all of this is worth it. He says he loves WWE so much and wants to protect it even if it keeps getting him beaten to a pulp every week. He vows to be at SummerSlam and take the title back from Lesnar.

The Viking Raiders vs Jobbers

The Viking Raiders won

We see a video package honoring Harley Race.

Drew McIntyre vs. Cedric Alexander - Kurt Angle as special guest referee 

Drew McIntyre attacks Cedric Alexander during his entrance and beats him all around the ring. He goes for the reverse Alabama slam, but Alexander reverses it and hits a big DDT on the floor. The lights go out and Bray Wyatt appears in the ring to attack Kurt Angle. He brings him down with his version of the Mandible Claw before the lights go out again and he disappears.

The New Day vs. The OC

The match never really gets started as AJ Styles joins Anderson and Gallows in beating down Big E and Xavier Woods. Graves says Kofi is not in Pittsburgh, but Ricochet's music hits and he runs down to make the save.

The OC vs. Ricochet and New Day

The OC won

Samoa Joe comes out and demands Roman Reigns come out to apologize for other people accusing him of being behind the attack last week. Someone tells Joe that Reigns just arrived, so he heads to the parking lot.

As Joe goes to meet Reigns in the parking lot, a car crashes into Reigns' SUV. 

The IIconics (C) vs. Asuka and Kairi Sane vs. Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville vs. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross in a Fatal 4 Way for the Women Tag Titles 

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross won and is the New Women Tag Team Champions.

The Miz is in the ring for MizTV. He brings out Shawn Michaels to oversee his contract signing with Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler talks some trash before he signs on the dotted line. The Miz says he can't wait to face Ziggler next Monday on Raw. Ziggler looks confused.

The Miz reveals Ziggler is facing someone else. He looks at Shawn but HBK says it's not him. Goldberg's music hits and he makes his way to the ring. Ziggler bails before Goldberg gets to the ring. The former WCW champion picks up the contract and signs it in the ring.

Goldberg tells Ziggler he's next before HBK lays him out with Sweet Chin Music to end the show.



Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we get closer to SummerSlam.
 

RAW

Kevin Owens w/ Jericho opens RAW

KO is questioning why he has to defend his title inside Hell in a Cell.

Jericho says he should have been in the title match and lists off some of his accomplishments to prove he is better than Rollins.

KO says he is going to retire Rollins at HIAC, so Rollins comes out to respond.
He insults Jericho's scarf and haircut. He calls Y2J Sparkle Crotch because his trunks have rhinestones.

Rollins suggests a rematch between himself and Jericho. He also gets Jericho to not have KO at ringside.


Seth Rollins vs. Chris Jericho

Seth Rollins won




Lita's exclusive interview with Charlotte
Lita asks Charlotte about all the icons who have made their name in Hell in a Cell and how it feels to join their ranks. Charlotte says she is born for these moments.
She touts her accomplishments and guarantees victory at Hell in a Cell against Sasha Banks.




Golden Truth and Mark Henry vs. The shining stars and Titus O'Neil

Golden Truth and Mark Henry won



Sheamus vs. Big E
Big E won



Bo Dallas vs. Neville

Bo Dallas won

Bo Dallas then attacked Curtis Axel



Dana Brooke vs. Bayley

Dana Brooke won



Michael Cole introduces Paul Heyman, who is backstage. Heyman says his challenge was rhetorical.
He says Lesnar doesn't even think about Goldberg because he isn't worth the time. He says all this has been built up because of the video game and says Goldberg should decline the challenge.


Braun Strowman vs. 3 jobbers
Braun Strowman won
Strowman says he wants some real competition, and Sami Zayn heads out
Strowman shoves Zayn right out of the ring and walks away. Zayn gets back in the ring, but Strowman walk up the ramp and leaves.

Sami Zayn is walking backstage. He is asked why he picked a fight with Strowman, and he says it's because nobody else will.


Rusev comes out and complains about the USA chants and says he will defeat Reigns for the U.S. title at HIAC. He says his family is better than Reigns', and he shows some pictures of his family.

Roman Reigns comes out, Reigns insulted Rusev and then Lana slapped Reigns before Rusev blindsides him with a kick to the head. He beats Reigns all around the ring, grabbing the steel steps and using them as a weapon in the process.
He brings Reigns and the steps into the ring. Reigns fights back, but he takes another kick to the head before being thrown into the steps again.
He puts Reigns on the steps and locks in the Accolade.


Karl Anderson vs. Big Cass
Big Cases won


Lita's exclusive interview with WWE Women's Champion Sasha Banks
Sasha talks about getting where she is today, and being the first woman inside HIAC. and how she will walk out as the WWE Women's Champion


Cruiserweight Division

T.J. Perkins, Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander  vs. Brian Kendrick, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak
Brian Kendrick, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak won





Michael Cole is in the ring after the break to recap what has happened in recent weeks with Goldberg and Lesnar before bringing Goldberg out to answer Heyman's challenge from last week!

Goldberg talks about having his wife and son in the crowd for the first time and how he participated with WWE 2K17.
He says the biggest thing he missed other than kicking ass was being a superhero for the kids all around the world. He says promoting the game gave him that opportunity again.

He says maybe it's better that he doesn't accept Lesnar's challenge and just keep it to a thing for the video game, but then Lesnar challenged him to a fight through his representative instead of doing it man to man.
Goldberg says he might just have one last ass whooping in him to dish out to Lesnar, so he formally accepts the challenge.

The show ends with Goldberg saying Lesnar is next and last. He grabs his son from the crowd and walks around the ring with him.
Cole says Lesnar will be on Raw next week to make a response to Goldberg's challlenge!

30/30

Goldberg returning was awesome. Had some great feuds and promos as we look on to HIAC and there was some great matches but it could've been better. But I except next week will be better as Brock is live in person on RAW & KO vs. Rollins vs. Jericho. I look forward to that next week but also HIAC


RAW: Aftershow-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6ybETzeHJY