RAW - July 13

MVP kicked off WWE RAW with the VIP Lounge and the guest for tonight is Dolph Ziggler. MVP stressed the fact that Ziggler 'made' Drew McIntyre’s career and Dolph was confident that for that reason alone, he would beat Drew on Sunday at Extreme Rules.

Drew McIntyre came out after MVP thanked Ziggler on his behalf and said that Dolph uses people. Drew said that on Sunday, he was going to torture Dolph and that he couldn't wait for then before knocking him out in the RAW ring with a right hand.



Viking Raiders vs. Andrade & Angel Garza - Elimination Match



Andrade & Angel Garza won





Ruby Riott & Bianca Belair vs. The IIconics



Ruby Riott and Bianca Belair won





R-Truth and Akira Tozawa were out for the 24/7 Title match on RAW, but Shayna Baszler interrupted before they could start, making her unexpected return to RAW. Tozawa sent his Ninjas after her who were swiftly taken out by the former cage fighter. Tozawa ducked out before Baszler turned to Truth who made a hasty exit as well. Shayna mentioned that she had been watching the women's division play stupid games from the sidelines and she was now back to set things straight.



Rollins came out and talked about what an 'Eye for an Eye' meant and he realized that Mysterio meant it literally before trying to figure out why everyone hates him and his vision for RAW. He said that Mysterio forced his hand to completely blind him at Extreme Rules before Kevin Owens came out. Owens said that even he didn't see it coming that a nice guy like Rey could be so mad.

Owens pulled out an eye patch as a gift for Rollins before Seth flipped out and called out Murphy. Aleister Black came out after Murphy and they started brawling before RAW headed for commercials.





Aleister Black vs. Murphy



Aleister Black won via DQ





Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins



Kevin Owens won





Randy Orton vs. R-Truth



Randy Orton won 



After the match, Ric Flair was trying to get Randy to stand down but Orton was going for the Punt Kick. The Big Show showed up to stop Randy from taking out one more veteran Superstar. Randy challenged Show to an unsanctioned match for next Monday on RAW and Big Show agreed before chasing Randy away.





Bobby Lashley vs. Ricochet



Bobby Lashley won





Sasha Banks & Bayley (c) vs. Kabuki Warriors for the Women’s Tag Titles

Sasha Banks and Bayley won and retains the Women’s Tag Titles







Rating: 70/70



Decent show and matches.

RAW

RAW opens with a recap of Lesnar seemingly turning on Paul Heyman last week.

Kurt Angle and Baron Corbin come to the ring to open the show. Kurt begins by talking about Rousey. He puts her over as a true professional, unlike Brock Lesnar. Corbin warns him to watch his mouth, but Angle tells him Lesnar is ruining the universal title. Before Angle can say what he plans to do about Lesnar attacking him, Roman Reigns heads to the ring.

Reigns calls out Corbin for not coming to Angle's aide last week when Lesnar attacked him. Angle says he hopes Reigns beats Lesnar at SummerSlam and Corbin calls him unprofessional.

Angle books Corbin to face Reigns right now after The Lone Wolf insults him. Corbin takes a cheap shot at Reigns right as the bell rings.

Roman Reigns vs. Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin decides to bail and walks up the ramp as the ref counts him out. Finn Balor's music hits and he blocks Corbin's path. Roman hits another Superman Punch before rolling him back into the ring for a Spear to get the win.

Finn Balor comes into the ring and takes out Corbin. Just a little revenge after these past few weeks.

Angle tells Seth Rollins he can face Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler in a tag match if he can find a partner.

Bobby Roode vs. Mojo Rawley

Mojo Rawley won

Elias is in the ring after the break and he begins to strum a tune. He is apparently filming another documentary and he keeps telling the cameraman how to shoot him as he plays.

Elias gets some heat when he insults the crowd in Jacksonville. He insults Bobby Lashley a few times, so Lashley makes his way to the ring to respond.

Lashley says he enjoyed Elias' documentary, but Elias says it portrayed him as too egotistical. Bobby says it was accurate.




They throw a few insults at each other and Elias tries to leave the ring. Then he takes a cheap shot at Lashley and knocks him down. Bobby makes the camera crew come back in the ring so they can film him hitting a vertical suplex.

Rezar vs. Titus O’Neil

Rezar won

We return to see Owens sitting on the stage with the new set for The Kevin Owens Show. He welcomes Jinder Mahal as his guest. KO says Mahal's techniques have taught him how to relax. He credits Jinder with helping him through the pain of being thrown off of a steel cage.
Owens talks about how he and Mahal both have wins over The Monster Among Men in recent weeks. He keeps talking over Mahal every time he tries to talk. Owens gets a little heated when talking about wanting to regain the universal title. He tells Mahal he should face Strowman again and teases bringing Braun out for a match right now, but then he reveals Strowman is nowhere to be found. Then the stage 
starts to move. Strowman ends up tipping the whole thing over from underneath.

Braun Strowman vs. Jinder Mahal
KO sneaks back and grabs the briefcase again. Strowman catches him and hits a hard right hand. He gets disqualified when he hits Mahal with the case, making Jinder the winner by DQ.


We see a video package of a look into Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns feud leading to SummerSlam.

Angle and Corbin tell Reigns Stephanie has decided he can't work a second match as Rollins' partner. Seth heads to the ring by himself. Roman walks back and punches Corbin in the ribs.

Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler
Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler won


The B Team vs. The Revival

The lights go out and we see Wyatt and Hardy appear on the apron where Axel and Wilder were standing. They cause a DQ when they attack Dawson and Dallas.



Renee Young interviews Paul Heyman about what happened with Brock Lesnar last week. Heyman says he doesn't know where he stands with Brock right now because he changed his number. Heyman gets uncomfortable and says this interview will just make Lesnar angry. He accuses Young of taking pleasure in his pain. He says he still think of Lesnar as a friend.

Heyman still says Lesnar will beat Reigns at SummerSlam, especially against a man as angry as Lesnar is right now.

Riott Squad vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley

Riott Squad won thanks to a distraction from Ruby Riott

Ronda Rousey vs. Alicia Fox

Ronda Rousey won

Alexa tries to attack her from behind, but Rousey easily throws her away. The show ends with Ronda and Nattie celebrating while Bliss runs away.

Rating: 80/80

Great show and matches as we look onto SummerSlam.

RAW

The show opens with a narrated video package hyping the big storylines we will see addressed during the show.

Roman Reigns comes out. 

Roman says The Revival is extremely talented but he never thought he would lose to them. Then he blames the loss on having a bad tag team partner in Lashley. He challenges Bobby to come out and fight him right now. He keeps calling him Bob.

Reigns calls himself The Guy and The Big Dog expecting it to bring out Lashley, but Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre come out instead. Ziggler calls him an egotistical hypocrite and Drew says the same thing. McIntyre says they are here to return a favor, but Reigns takes the first shot. Ziggler and McIntyre get the upper hand right away, but Seth Rollins runs to the ring to save his friend.

Reigns and Rollins approach Angle backstage and he agrees to give them a match with Dolph and Drew next week. Reigns protests and Angle relents and books it for tonight. Does this mean Lashley and Reigns vs. The Revival is canceled? 
Back in the arena, Matt Hardy comes out solo since Bray Wyatt is out after his car accident. Axel comes on the big screen doing his Matt Hardy impression.

Dallas and Axel sing "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" while Hardy watches from the ring with an unamused look on his face.

Matt Hardy vs. Curtis Axel

Curtis Axel won

Lashley and Reigns have a confrontation backstage before we get the first therapy session with Bayley.

Sasha Banks shows up and finds out her session was scheduled at the same time as Bayley's. Dr. Shelby brings them in and tells them to follow the rules of friendship. We will get more of their joint session later.

AOP vs. Titus Worldwide

AOP won

Kevin Owens is shown arriving at the arena and refusing to give his keys to the valet. He puts up his hoodie so he can enter without being seen by Braun Strowman.

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs. Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre 

The Revival come through the crowd and attack Reigns to cause a DQ. Dolph and Drew join Dash and Dawson in beating down the former Shield members at ringside.

Baron Corbin comes to the ring to talk about how he is here to help everyone reach their full potential. He says there is always someone who is too proud to accept help and shows a clip of Finn kicking him last week during their tag match.

He invites Balor to the ring so Finn can apologize to him. Balor does come out, but he clearly has no intention of offering a sincere apology. Corbin offers an apology first, but it's not even a halfhearted apology. Finn says he is sorry Corbin got fired from TGI Friday's. Corbin gives him one last chance and Balor says the only apology Corbin is owed is from whoever gave him that haircut.

Corbin demands respect and an apology once and for all.

Balor says he is sorry Corbin stopped deserving respect the day he became Stephanie McMahon's stooge. Corbin levels him with a right hand, but Balor responds with a sling blade and a dropkick. Corbin escapes before Balor can leap off the top rope.

Ember Moon vs. Liv Morgan

Ember Moon won

Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley vs. The Revival

The Revival beat him down and the ref calls for the bell. Lashley leaves Roman to deal with it by himself.

Angle is shown telling Reigns he will get his match with Lashley at Extreme Rules. Back in the ring, 

No Way Jose is dancing as he prepares for his match against Mojo Rawley

Mojo grabs a mic and runs Jose down for thinking he deserves a rematch. Jose takes a shot at him and Mojo lays him out with a forearm to the back of the head. Then he grabs a guy dressed as a cheeseburger and throws him over the steel steps and spears him into the barricade. Jose tries to help his friend by gets rammed into the ring apron. Rawley hits a spinebuster on the apron before leaving.

Nia Jax vs. Mickie James

Nia Jax won

Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens

The bell rings and they lock up. KO gets pushed away with ease and rolls out of the ring. He ends up running away from the ring and gets counted out. Braun chases after him as Owens is shown looking for something backstage. He gets to his car and realizes he forgot his keys in the building. He looks for somewhere to hide and chooses a port-o-potty.

The crowd chants "port-o-potty" as Braun looks for Owens outside. He is about to head back in the building when he sees the place Owens is hiding. He knocks on the door and 

Owens tells him to go away. He duct tapes KO inside the port-o-potty and drags it back into the arena. 

Strowman gets the port-o-potty up on the stage just so he can knock it off the side onto the floor with Owens inside.

The show ends with officials trying to help Owens, who is covered in whatever blue stuff they put in those toilets.

Rating 70/70 Pretty decent show as we look onto Extreme Rules

RAW

After a quick rundown of what we can expect on tonight's show, Kurt Angle heads to the ring to open the show.

Angle hypes an appearance from Ronda Rousey to sign the contract for her match against Nia Jax at MITB. He also announces a Fatal 4-Way match for a spot in the women's MITB match, but he is interrupted by Stephanie before he can reveal who is in the match.

Stephanie says she doesn't hold any hard feelings about what happened at WrestleMania and she will always do what is best for business. She says he has been doing a great job since Mania, but she will be presiding over the contract signing instead of Kurt. This is when Roman Reigns decides to come out.

Reigns threatened to continue beating people up until he gets what he wants. Roman brings up Lesnar again and Stephanie tries to shut him down by saying they have heard his concerns. Kevin Owens decides to come out he brags about qualifying for the MITB match while Reigns did not.

Owens says he is actually a fan of Reigns and tries to get a Thank You Roman chant going. He also tries to suck up to Stephanie and fails miserably. She books Reigns vs. Owens to take place immediately.

Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens

Jinder Mahal jumps Reigns and the ref calls for the bell. Mahal brings Reigns in the ring so he and Owens can double team him. Seth Rollins runs to the ring to make the save.

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens and Jinder Mahal

Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns won

Jinder Mahal attacks Reigns and Rollins with a steel chair after the match. He hits Roman a couple dozen times before the officials finally drive him off.

Reigns vs. Mahal is announced for MITB before Sami Zayn comes down to interview Bobby Lashley's sisters.

Sami Zayn says Lashley lied during his interview last week and he is here to expose him. He invites Bobby's sisters to the ring, but the people who come out are clearly imposters. The crowd is sitting in stunned silence. The fake sisters tell some lies about Lashley. It takes way too long for Lashley to finally cut him off.

Lashley plays along and pretends these fakes are his sisters for a few moments. Zayn calls Bobby garbage and threatens to kick him out of the ring. The sisters help Sami attack Lashley, but the powerhouse fights them off. The painful long segment ends with Lashley using a broom to take out the last guy in a dress.

Alexa Bliss vs. Ember Moon

Ember Moon won

Baron Corbin vs. No Way Jose

Baron Corbin won

The B Team vs. Breezango

The B Team won

Stephanie McMahon is in the ring after the break to welcome Nia Jax to the ring first for the contract signing.

Ronda teases Stephanie about her arm after their Mania match before sitting down. McMahon asks how it feels to pass the rest of the division to get a title shot. Rousey says she knows there are women who deserve this more, but Nia challenged her and she accepted. Stephanie says Jax may be trying to make a name for herself at Rousey's expense. Stephanie asks Jax why it took her 20 minutes to defeat Bliss for the title. Jax says Ronda would never be able to get the armbar on her. She says she will make a name for herself because she will win at MITB. The champ signs the contract, and so does the challenger. Then Ronda moves the table out of the way and offers her hand to Nia. She looks at Jax's arm and vows to break it at Money in the Bank.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Chad Gable

Dolph Ziggler won

McIntyre grabs Gable after the match and hits the Claymore Kick to add insult to injury.

Natalya vs. Dana Brooke vs. Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan - Fatal 4 Way MITB Qualifying Match

Natalya won and qualifies for the Women's MITB Match

Bobby Roode vs. Elias

Elias won

Braun Strowman vs. Finn Balor

Braun Strowman won

The show ends with Strowman celebrating his win.

Rating 70/70

It was a pretty decent show (besides some segments) but other than that it was decent leading to MITB.

RAW 25

The show opens with The King and JR with the old siren playing in the background. Then we see Cole, Booker and Graves dressed in tuxedos.

Shane and Stephanie get in the ring and thank all the wrestlers and behind-the-scenes employees who have made Raw special for the past 25 years. They throw to a video package of some of Raw's best moments.

Shane and Stephanie get in the ring and thank all the wrestlers and behind-the-scenes employees who have made Raw special for the past 25 years. They throw to a video package of some of Raw's best moments.

Vince is greeted with chants of "Thank you, Vince" and he thinks it's something negative until Stephanie tells him what they are saying. He jokes like is just there to smell the roses and tries to leave, but Stephanie stops him, so she and Shane can give him a plaque.

As Vince continues ranting about how he made Raw a success all by himself, Stone Cold's music hits and he marches to the ring. 

Vince tells Austin time has not been kind to him as a way of trying to avoid a Stunner and lists a bunch of ailments he is suffering from. Then he says Shane is in his prime to throw him under the bus. Austin grabs Shane's hand and raises it before giving him the Stunner.

Vince grabs a pair of beers and proposes a toast.

Vince hands Austin a beer and they embrace in a hug. McMahon tries to leave, but he turns and sees Austin staring a hole right through him. Austin toasts him and delivers one last Stunner after flipping him the bird. What a way to start of RAW 25!

Asuka and Sasha Banks and Mickie James and Bayley vs. Absolution and Nia Jax and Alicia Fox

Asuka and Sasha Banks and Mickie James and Bayley won

Asuka celebrates with her team until she decides to turn on them and lays out everyone with vicious kicks. She ends the segment dancing in the ring while her teammates recover outside the ring.

After the break, JR and The King throw to a video package of The Undertaker's best moments on Raw

After the video, Taker appears in the aisle and slowly walks to the ring.

The Undertaker waits for the chants to die down before he talks about how Raw got its start in the very arena he stands in tonight. He mentions some of the biggest names he has faced over the years who have fallen to his Tombstone.

Several former general managers are brought out after the break to pay tribute. Eric Bischoff, John Laurinaitis and William Regal are all out before Daniel Bryan comes out last to get a YES chant going. The Miz and Miztourage came out to the stage. Miz smiles at him before he heads to the ring.

Roman Reigns (c) vs. The Miz for the IC Title 

The Miz won and is the NEW Intercontinental Champion! This makes his 8th IC Title! 

Christian welcomes us to another episode of The Peep Show. His guests are Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan.

Jordan gets some major heat as soon as he opens his mouth. Every time he tries to start over, the boos get louder.

Cesaro and Sheamus come out to taunt the champions. They say all the legends backstage have been lining up to take pictures with them. Jordan attacks and Rollins has no 

choice but to back up his partner. He accidentally takes out Jordan when he tries to hit Cesaro with a springboard knee. The Bar laughs as they head up the ramp.

Bray Wyatt vs. “Woken” Matt Hardy

Bray Wyatt won

After the break, JoJo introduces several women who have made an impact on Raw over the years. The list keeps growing and growing as more are brought out. Lita wasn’t there though! 

Elias runs into Y2J backstage and Jericho sings him a song he wrote about not wanting to walk with Elias. He adds Elias to The List of Jericho. He ironically mocks Elias' scarves as he walks away.

Elias comes out and talks about the legends being backstage tonight. He says they need to hear his newest song, but the crowd just keeps chanting "Stupid idiot." He threatens to walk off without playing, but he says he couldn't do that in front of Jimmy Fallon, who is seated at ringside.

John Cena's music hits to interrupt Elias. The Drifter bails before Cena makes it to the ring.

Elias tells Cena to shut up and says he ruined his performance. Cena tells him to do something about it and takes off his shirt. Elias tries to attack him from behind, but Cena sees it coming and takes him down for the Five-Knuckle Shuffle. Elias counters the AA and nails Cena with a low blow. He grabs his guitar and smashes it over Cena's head and back. He ends the segment by hitting Drift Away.

Slater and Rhyno vs. Titus Worldwide

We return from the commercial to see a brawl breaking out with all four men. The ref calls for the bell. The Dudley Boyz' music hits and they make their way 

to the ring.

 Rhyno and Titus Worldwide throw Slater to the wolves. They hit a couple of their trademark moves on him before putting him through a table with a 3D.

AJ Styles brings out Mean Gene Okerlund to interview him 

about his match with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, known collectively as Kami.

DX heads to the ring for its latest reunion.

HBK tries to tell some old stories, but Triple H keeps telling 

him they can't repeat those stories now. Michaels complains that he used to be the boss of the group and now Trips is the boss of everything. Hunter gets the crowd hyped up by talking about how Raw got its start in the very building they are standing in.

Triple H talks about Rick Rude and Chyna being part of their early success as he recalls how the group broke new ground 

every week. Then he brings out the rest of the group.

Road Dogg does his signature intro for the New Age Outlaws before he brings out X-Pac
X-Pac says the celebration wouldn't be complete without 

Scott Hall. The Bad Guy heads to 

the ring. Eventually, The Balor Club heads to the ring. 

The Balor Club and DX puts up the Too Sweet sign and comes together. The Revival's music hits and the come out to spoil the party.

The Revival vs. Anderson and Gallows

Anderson and Gallows won

Everyone in DX takes turns hitting moves on Dawson and Wilder

Kurt Angle comes to the ring with a group of legends and Superstars to watch the final segment with Lesnar, Kane and Strowman.

All the Superstars in the ring bail when Lesnar starts heading to the ring. Braun lays out Kane, so he can go after Lesnar, but Brock gets the upper hand. Braun comes back and clotheslines Lesnar over the top rope and throws him into the barricade. He clears off an announce table and powerslams Brock through it. 

The show ends with Strowman standing tall in the ring.

Rating: 90/90

I thought it was AWESOME! What a show! Wish there was more matches and less commercials. But, for a big WWE fan and who misses this type of generation feel to wrestling I loved it. I am excited for Royal Rumble.

RAW 25: Aftershow

SmackDown Live

SmackDown Live opens with the roaster of SDLive in an moment of  silence for Las Vegas. 

We see an recap of the events from last week between Jinder & Nakamura. 

Shinsuke Nakamura joins Renee Young in the ring to start things off with an interview.

Young asks about Jinder Mahal's recent promos and how they have affected Shinsuke. He says sticks and stones will break his bones, but words will never hurt him.

As Nakamura waits for the Singhs to introduce Mahal, the WWE champion appears out of nowhere and attacks his HIAC opponent. Nakamura manages to take out the Singh Brothers at first, but the numbers game catches up with him and Jinder takes control. Jinder hits the Khallas to end the attack.

Natalya and Carmella vs. Charlotte and Becky Lynch

Natalya and Carmella won

WWE airs a video package for the Shane McMahon and Kevin Owens.

Bobby Roode vs. Mike Kanellis

Bobby Roode won

Dolph Ziggler comes out and mocks Roode for being nothing more than an entrance. Roode mocks him with his Glorious post as his music plays to end the segment.

The Usos head to the ring to talk about their HIAC match against The New Day inside Hell in a Cell.

The Usos deliver an outstanding promo promising to win the title for a fifth time on Sunday. The New Day interrupts them and tries to plug some New Day underwear.

New Day talk about dominating the division for five months while having the best matches at every PPV. They promise to leave HIAC as champions. The segment ends without any physicality.

Baron Corbin vs. Tye Dillinger

Tye Dillinger

AJ Styles comes on the big screen and mocks Corbin or losing and trying to take the easy way out of everything.

Dana Warrior and the women's division are out to present another three breast cancer survivors with custom WWE title belts.

Randy Orton vs. Aiden English w/ Rusev at ringside

Randy Orton won.

Shane McMahon comes out to confront Kevin Owens before their Hell in a Cell match.

After Shane makes the HIAC match Falls Count Anywhere, Kevin Owens appears in the crowd with a mic. McMahon tells Owens to get in the ring, but KO says he has already spent too much time in Denver and starts to leave. Shane calls him a coward and starts chasing Owens through the crowd.

Owens attacks Shane near a concession stand and they start fighting all around the merchandise stands. KO ends up powerbombing Shane through a table. KO heads back into the arena and heads to the ring.

Owens talks about the violent things he is going to do to Shane inside the cell. He says he is going to throw McMahon off the cell. Shane is seen struggling to make his way down the arena steps. KO warns him not to come to the ring if he wants to make it to Hell in a Cell.

Owens goes after Shane and they continue their fight. Shane gets thrown over the announce table, but he gets back up again. He gets in a few good shots before taking a superkick from Owens. The Prize Fighter changes his mind about leaving and goes back to dish out more punishment. He delivers a Popup Powerbomb to end the segment and the show.

Rating 80/80

Incredible end of SDLIVE. Great show and matches leading to HIAC.

SmackDown Live: Aftershow