RAW

Raw opens with a recap of Roman Reigns facing Elias last week.

Kurt Angle kicks off the show in the area . He hypes the tag title match. He is about to announce an IC title match when he is interrupted by his own son, Jason Jordan.
Jason Jordan says he wants a shot at Reigns. Angle doubts him, but Jordan says he has been able to compete with the best.
He asks for another chance, but Reigns' music interrupts before he has a chance to respond.
Reigns says he wants to fight Samoa Joe and tells Jordan he needs to earn his opportunities. JJ calls him a hypocrite and says he is the poster boy for WWE. Roman says he earned everything he has after seven years of grinding. Samoa Joe's music hits and he comes out on the stage to say he accepts Reigns' challenge. Jordan talks some trash to Joe and challenges him to a match. Reigns tells him to stay in his lane. Jordan grabs him and hits a belly to belly suplex.
Reigns tells Joe he can wait and agrees to defend the title against Jordan after the break.

Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jason Jordon for the ICTitle

Roman Reigns won

Samoa Joe runs to the ring and attacks Reigns, Jordan makes the save and suplexes him out of the ring. Reigns sends Jordan out of the ring with a Superman Punch.

Paige vs Sasha Banks

Paige won

Absolution beats down Banks after the match while Bliss makes her retreat from the commentary table.

Alexander vs. Ali vs. Nese vs. Gulak

Gulak won 

Elias comes out to perform a song before his match. Eventually, Braun comes out to the ring.

Elias tries to take a cheap shot from behind, but Strowman catches him and throws him across the ring. Elias is able to push Braun into the post and break his guitar across Strowman's back, but the big man doesn't go down. He chases Elias down and levels him with a clothesline. He hits a running powerslam before going out of the ring to grab the steel steps. Kane's music hits and Braun watches for him on the stage. The Big Red Machine shows up on the big screen to taunt The Monster Among Men.

Asuka vs. Alicia Fox

Asuka won

Paige and her friends come out to the ring. They let Asuka leave unscathed. Paige tells Fox she loves her and they are friends, but Sonya and Mandy don't feel the same way. She lets Mandy and Sonya destroy Foxy while she watches with a smile.

Finn Balor vs. Bo Dallas

Finn Balor won

Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy deliver a dueling promo. Hardy vows to delete Wyatt.

The Shield vs. The Bar (c) for the Tag Team Titles

The Shield won via DQ but still tag team champions is The Bar.

The ref calls for the bell when Sheamus refuses to stop beating on Rollins.

Angle comes out and restarts the match with no DQ.

The Bar vs. Shield in a No DQ Match for the Tag Team Titles.

Samoa Joe attacks Ambrose and Rollins before they can hit their finisher. Reigns runs to the ring and chases Joe away, but the damage has been done. Sheamus hits a Brogue Kick and Cesaro covers Ambrose to get the pin.

The Bar retained the Tag Team Titles

The show ends with Cesaro, Sheamus and Joe celebrating in the crowd as The Shield looks on from the ring.

Rating 70/70

Great show and matches. However, I hope the Seth & Dean can get a real shot at the Tag Team Titles with no interferences.


RAW: Aftershow

RAW

Raw opens with a video package highlighting the recent tension between Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins.

Dean Ambrose comes out
He gets impatient and tells the truck to cut his music. He says he wants to know what is going on with Rollins and calls him out to the ring. Rollins wastes no time coming out to the ring.
Rollins says Ambrose claims he doesn't care, but he keeps showing up when Rollins needs help. Seth asks if they can let bygones be bygones and run this place together. He sticks out his fist and the crowd goes nuts. Ambrose paces around for a minute while he thinks about what to do. He says "You have go to be kidding me" and berates Rollins for walking out on him last week when he stuck his hand out as a sign of friendship.
Rollins says he doesn't even trust himself sometimes, but when they are on the same page, nobody can touch them. He says maybe too much has happened between them to ever mend fences and starts to walk away. Ambrose stops him and finally offers his fist. This time it's Rollins who stares at it for a long time. He decides to leave and Dean grabs him. They argue and shove each other before they break down into a brawl
.
Once they end up outside the ring and stop fighting, Cesaro and Sheamus come out and jump them. They toss Ambrose over the barricade before focusing on Rollins. They bring Seth in the ring to continue the beatdown while the crowd chants "You look stupid" at Sheamus. The Lunatic Fringe recovers and tries to make the save. The tag champs overpower him, but Rollins is able to get up and help. Ambrose and Rollins work together and send them out of the ring.
Ambrose and Rollins finally bump fists and the arena erupts.
Kurt Angle comes out and announces a tag title match at SummerSlam with Sheamus and Cesaro defending against Rollins and Ambrose. The former Shield members stand united in the ring while the champs hold their belts high.

Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax (Winner faces Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam for the RAW Women's Championship W/ Alexa Bliss sitting in a lifeguard's chair at ringside.
Sasha Banks won and will face Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam for the Women's Championship

Angle is shown talking to the Hardys when the Miztourage walks in. The
GM books Miz vs. Jordan for tonight before someone runs in and says
they have a problem with Balor and Wyatt. Angle runs to deal with the issue.

Balor and Wyatt can't stop fighting, so Angle says they are having their 
SummerSlam match tonight.

Back in the arena, Elias prepares to serenade us with another song.
Truth interrupts Elias and raps his way to the ring. Elias gets pissed and attacks him before he can get in the ring. He hits Truth with his finisher before grabbing his guitar and posing for the crowd.

The cage Enzo will be in during Big Cass vs. Big Show is in the ring. He gets some good heat when he tries to start his promo. He keeps trying to talk, but the crowd keeps booing him.
He finally starts talking over the boos, which only get louder. He talks some trash about Big Show and Enzo Amore. He says Enzo needs someone big behind him to do all his fighting for him.
Enzo comes out and mocks Cass inability to start his promo over the boos. Big Show comes down to engage in a fight, but Anderson and Gallows attack the giant for some reason. Big Show fights them off for a little while, but he eventually gets taken down by all three men.
They end up slamming the cage door on Big Show's right hand to neutralize his KO punch. A few officials manage to drive them off, but the damage has been done.

Akira Tozawa vs. Neville (C) for the Cruiserweight Championship

Akira Tozawa won and is the New Cruiserweight Champion


Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
Bray Wyatt won
Wyatt hits a second Sister Abigail before the lights go out. They come back on and he has a rusty bucket in his hands. He pours what looks like blood all over Balor.

(Maybe this means the Demon is coming out of Finn Balor at 

SummerSlam)

Balor teases a return for the Demon King at SummerSlam

It's offical it will be The Demon vs. Bray Wyatt at SummerSlam 

The Miz vs. Jason Jordan

Axel and Dallas attack him to cause a DQ. The Hardys run to the ring to make the save.

The Hardy Boyz and Jason Jordon vs Miz and Miztourage

The Hardy Boyz and Jason Jordon won


Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman are out first for the big face to face to face to face showdown heading into SummerSlam.

Paul Heyman starts things off by complaining about his client having to face the top three contenders in a conspiracy that will see Lesnar lose his title.
After Heyman talks for about 10 minutes, Samoa Joe finally heads to the ring.
Reigns marches to the ring. He immediately Spears Joe, so Braun grabs him for a Powerslam. It comes down to Lesnar and Strowman, but the security guards rush in the ring to keep them apart. They try to break through the sea of guards, but they keep getting pushed back. They start beating up the guards until they are the last two men in the ring. Angle calls for the locker room to come out.
Lesnar breaks free and gets in one good shot on Strowman before he is held back. Strowman gets to him and hits one punch of his own before they are separated again. 
The show ends with everyone holding them apart.

Rating:
80/80
Great show as we look on to SummerSlam.

RAW

Raw opens with a recap of last week's opening segment involving Reigns, Strowman and Samoa Joe before we go the usual opening video. When we go live to the arena, Kurt Angle makes his way to the ring.
Angle says he has a great show planned and hypes Big Show vs. Big Cass, MizTV with Jason Jordan and the Triple Threat main event with Joe, Roman and Braun. Angle says he wanted to address the WWE Universe and talks about this being the 21st anniversary of when he won a gold medal with a broken freakin neck.
Brock Lesnar makes a surprise appearance and heads to the ring.
Paul Heyman says he has figured out what Angle is trying to do by booking him in a Fatal 4-Way match so he is almost guaranteed to lose the Universal Championship.
Angle stands there while Heyman gives a promo about why the match at SummerSlam is a bad idea. Heyman says if Lesnar loses the title at SummerSlam, both of them will leave WWE for good.


The Hardy Boyz vs. Anderson and Gallows w/ The Revival at commentary
The Hardy Boyz won
They celebrate on the stage until Dash and Dawson start talking some trash. A fight breaks out, which Anderson and Gallows decide to join. Matt and Jeff end up taking out everyone to be the last team standing.


Ambrose tells Rollins backstage that he still doesn't trust him despite how well they worked together last week.


Rollins will battle Sheamus later tonight. We probably we'll see Ambrose at some point.

Swann, Tozawa and Alexander vs. Daivari, Nese and TJP

Swann, Tozawa and Alexander Won.

Miz Tv w/ The a Guest Jason Jordan who is the "son" of Kurt Angle.

Miz says Jordan will just have everything handed to him since he is Angle's son. Jordan says he doesn't want preferential treatment and wants to earn his spot. Miz tells him not to be an idiot and take his advice. Jordan says he would rather lose his job than be associated with The Miz.

Miz runs down Angle and Jordan in his usual vicious manner, even bringing some realism by calling out Angle for his past transgressions. Jordan gets defensive and gets in Miz's face. Axel and Dallas gets in his way, but Miz backs them off. He takes a wild swing and Jordan suplexes him into Dallas and Axel before leaving the ring.

Seth Rollins vs. Sheamus w/ Cesaro at ringside
Seth Rollins won
Cesaro attacks Rollins from behind after the match.
Sheamus and Cesaro hit a super White Noise on Rollins while the crowd 
chants for Ambrose. The tag champs are about to leave, but change their mind and head 
back for more. Ambrose finally appears to even the odds. Cesaro and Sheamus get the upper hand and put Dean away with a Neutralizer.
Ambrose wants more and Cesaro and Sheamus give it to him; Sheamus finishes off Ambrose with a Brogue Kick.Both Ambrose and Rollins are down and out.I still want Ambrose and Rollins to become Tag Team Champions. (I can wish)

Bray Wyatt heads to the ring while the crowd lights up the arena with phone lights.
He criticizes the Balor Club and says everyone has been infected by the sickness of hope.
The crowd is growing restless as Wyatt continues to rant about the same things we have heard him talk about for the past few years. He breaks down into creepy laughter before asking how it felt to see Balor beaten up last week.
The lights go out and Balor appears in the ring with his back turned. Wyatt tries to attack, but Finn sends him out of the ring with an overhead kick and into the crowd with a dropkick over the barricade. Balor celebrates as the crowd cheers him on.



Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe vs. Braun Strowman - (Triple Threat Match)

Roman Reigns won

Elias Samson vs. Kalisto

Elias Samson won



Bayley vs. Nia Jax
Bayley won by count out
Bliss tries to attack Bayley after the match, but Bayley escapes the ring and celebrates her win.



Big Show vs. Big Cass
Enzo jumps Cass and causes a DQ. The big man throws Enzo off his back and knocks him out with one shot to the head. Big Show gets up and hits a KO Punch to a charging Cass.
The show ends with Big Show and Enzo celebrating and Big Show carrying Amore up th ramp to close the show.

Rating 60/60

Great show and matches. Wish there was more women apart of raw though. But, it was great leading up to SummerSlam. It could've been better but had decent parts.


RAW Aftershow:
https://youtu.be/CPKOhN-j6oA

RAW

Roman Reigns opens RAW.
He talks about Samoa Joe putting him to sleep before Braun came out and attacked him while he was down. He accepts the challenge for an Ambulance match at Great Balls of Fire and promises to take Strowman straight to hell, because this is his yard. An ambulance with its sirens on starts backing into the arena.
Reigns goes to check out the ambulance. He opens the door and it's empty. Then Strowman attacks him from behind and throws him on the stage. Roman fights back, but Strowman grabs him and throws him into the side of the ambulance like it was nothing. He tosses Roman in the back and closes the doors.

As Elias Samson is preparing to play a song with Sheamus and Cesaro, The Hardy Boyz' music interrupts.

The Hardys and Finn Balor vs. Elias Samson, Cesaro and Sheamus

The Hardy Boyz and Finn Balor won 

Goldust comes out for his match with R-Truth with his own cameraman dresses in a gold suit.

Goldust attacks Truth before the bell and proceeds to demolish him while the cameraman films the whole thing. He stands over Truth in the corner and poses as his music plays.

While Paul Heyman is giving an interview, Samoa Joe grabs him by the neck. He doesn't 
apply the full hold and says he is saving the Coquina Clutch for Brock Lesnar tonight

MizTV

The Miz and Maryse come out for MizTV. She rebuffs a kiss to show they still have some tension. He brings out the Ball family.

The Miz and Lavar quickly get into an argument. Lavar is trying to get the better of him on the mic, but nobody gets the better of The Miz on the mic. Lavar tells his sons to take over and The Miz says "So now you're going to release all the balls on me."

The Lunatic Fringe comes out wearing a Big Baller Brand shirt saying he is repping BBB at Great Balls of Fire against The Miz.

Dean Ambrose and Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas and Miz.

Miz and Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel won

WWE plays a video package showing Big Cass and Enzo Amore's segments leading up to Cass' betrayal

Enzo comes out after the break to talk about Big Cass turning on him. He is still wearing an Enzo and Cass shirt. He says he has been trying to get Cass on the phone all week and calls him out to the ring to finally settle 
their issues. Cass comes out to the same music the team.

Enzo says he knows the boos hurt Cass because he knows him better than anyone in the world. Amore says despite Cass being hurtful, he was right about a lot of the things he said, especially when it comes to him having a big mouth.

Cass politely reaches for the mic and says Enzo never knows when to shut up, but he is ashamed of what he did last week. He says he knows they both won't change and they are brothers. He actually says he is sorry for everything he said and did over the past five weeks and asks Enzo to accept his apology.

Enzo accepts the handshake and they embrace while the crowd chants No over and over. They do their SAWFT routine and celebrate with another hug. They pose on the ramp before Big Cass lays Enzo out with a clothesline. He taunts the crowd while Amore tries to recover. He picks up his former partner above his head and throws him down the ramp.

Seth Rollins vs. Curt Hawkins

Seth Rollins won

Wyatt appears on the thron and does his promo and challenging Rollins at Great Balls of Fire.

Heyman says Joe is stupid for not fearing Lesnar. He then brings out The
Beast.

Joe attacks Lesnar on the stage and locks in the Coquina Clutch. Brock tries to break the hold a few times, but Joe never releases his grip. A few Superstars and officials come out to break up the fight. Joe tells at Brock as he struggles to catch his breath. The crowd chants "Let them fight" as Joe is dragged to the back.

Neville vs. Lince Dorado
Neville won
Titus O'Neil announced that Great Balls of Fire that it will be Tozawa vs. Neville for the Cruiserweight.

The Women's Gauntlet Main Event

Nia Jax beat Bayley and Emma and Mickie James and Dana Brooke 

Nia Jax 

Sasha Banks won and is the number one contender to the WWE Raw's Women's Championship and will face Alexa Bliss at Great Balls of Fire.

Kurt Angle comes out after the match to congratulate Banks on her win. Jax lasted over half an hour in what might be her most impressive performance to date. Alexa Bliss comes out to confront her next challenger.

Bliss holds up the title in Banks' face, so The Boss dropkicks her out of the ring. 

The show ends with Sasha celebrating while Alexa looks angry in the aisle.

Rating: 80/80

That main event though. Incredible match that included the women and it was action packed and I look forward to seeing Great Balls of Fire.
Props to all the women tonight. Jax was on fire. Very exciting to see Banks back in the Women's Championship feud again.