RAW

Vince McMahon makes a rare appearance to open the show and welcome Triple H and Stephanie McMahon to the ring to make a historic announcement. Most of the roster is on the stage for this.

Before they make the announcement, Triple H says he wants to acknowledge all of the Superstars across all of the brands and anyone who has ever stepped into a WWE ring and then he talks about the bonds and trust formed between Superstars who work together in the ring. Then he asks all of the women to step forward on the stage.

Stephanie says things only happen if the fans want it to happen and that is why the women's division has grown so much over the past few years. Stephanie announces all women's PPV called Evolution with upwards of 50 Superstars competing that night.

The B Team (c) vs. Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy for RAW Tag Team Titles

The B Team retained the RAW Tag Team Titles

Hardy and Wyatt applaud The B-Team before attacking them and hitting their finishers. Wyatt and Hardy pose to end the segment.

Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Jobbers

Sasha Banks and Bayley won

Elias is back after the break to plug his new album, but he is interrupted again. This time, Braun Strowman is the man who heads to the ring while Elias sits on the stage.

Strowman congratulates all of the women on the opportunity to have their own PPV, especially Alexa Bliss. Then he talks about Lashley and Reigns fighting for a shot at Lesnar's Universal Championship and how he doesn't care who holds the title when he decides to cash in his MITB contract. Kevin Owens' music hits and he comes out onto the stage with his arm wrapped up.

Owens says Braun has a lot of nerve acting like business between them is over after what he did at Extreme Rules. He says he tried to be friends with Strowman because his son wanted him to. He says his kids are afraid for him now because of what Braun did, so he vows to take everything away from Strowman. Constable Corbin comes out and says Steph gave him the power to handle this situation. He claims he found someone who can make Braun control his temper before Jinder Mahal comes out.

Mahal says he wants to help Strowman find his calm. He tries to teach Braun some breathing exercises, but Strowman says he doesn't need Mahal's help. He teaches Jinder his own mantra of "Get these hands" before he takes out Mahal and Sunil Singh.

Natalya vs. Mickie James

Mickie James won

AOP ask for some real competition and specify they want to face anyone but Titus Worldwide, which forces Titus, Apollo and Dana to come out for a response. Titus puts them over as a great team, but also says they have a lot to learn. Crews talks about everything Titus has taught him since they joined forces. Akam and Rezar say the only thing Titus can do for them is walk away and retire. O'Neil and Crews pounce on them. They end up sending AOP out of the ring.

Mojo Rawley vs. Tyler Breeze

Mojo Rawley won

Apparently at SummerSlam Kevin Owens will have a chance to take everything away from Braun Strowman because if he loses in any way Owens gets his MITB contract.

Drew McIntyre vs. Finn Balor

Ziggler trips him on the top turnbuckle to cause a disqualification. Dolph and Drew start to attack him, but Seth Rollins runs down to make the save.

Kurt Angle comes out and starts a Tag Match

Seth Rollins and Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler

Seth Rollins and Finn Balor won

Ember Moon vs. Liv Morgan

Ember Moon won

Dolph Ziggler will be defending the ICTitle against Seth Rollins at SummerSlam.

Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley. (Winner will face Brock at SummerSlam for the UniversalTitle)

Roman Reigns won and will be facing Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam for the Universal Title.

Lashley offers Reigns a handshake after the match. Reigns accepts it and Lashley leaves to let him celebrate the win. As he walks up the ring, Bobby shows his frustration with losing.

Rating: 70/70

Great show as we look forward to SummerSlam.

RAW

The show opens with Kurt Angle making his way to the ring. 

Angle talks about Triple H sucker punching him last week and he calls out The Game. Stephanie comes out instead and Angle looks furious. She says Triple H isn't even there tonight.

Stephanie says Angle has an expensive life due to having kids and both an ex and current wife. She says it was Angle's fault that Rousey put Triple H through a table and Angle had the sucker punch coming. Rousey's music hits and she makes her way to the ring with a smile on her face.

Ronda says she is starting to realize how things really work in WWE. Stephanie says she should be grateful for everything she has, including having her debut match at WrestleMania. Rousey says her contract said she could pick her opponent for WrestleMania and she wants to face Stephanie. Triple H comes out before Stephanie can answer.

Angle says because Stephanie has a contract as a WWE Superstar she has to face Rousey at WrestleMania. Then he says Triple H has a contract, too, so this will be a tag match with Rousey and Angle taking on McMahon and Triple H. Stephanie  tries to slap Kurt, but Rousey grabs her arm to block. Triple H tries to punch Angle but Angle  sees it coming and gets him on the mat in an Ankle Lock. Triple H kicks him away while Stephanie attacks Rousey from behind. Ronda chases her away and then turns back to see Triple H going for a Pedigree. Angle counters and puts him in the Ankle Lock again. Stephanie barely manages to pull her husband out of the ring. Rousey grabs Stephanie by the hair and brings her back in the ring.. She picks up Stephanie and hits an Angle Slam. The segment ends with Rousey and Angle celebrating on the stage.

Asuka vs. Nia Jax 

Asuka won 

Jax gets a great reaction when she finally gets up to leave after the match. 

The Bar vs. The Revival (if Dash and Dawson win they will get a shot at The Bar's title at WrestleMania.)

The Bar won

John Cena comes out

He says he wants to talk about SmackDown and how he found his path to WrestleMania. He says he doesn't take his status as a free agent lightly. He knows is he tried to give this promo on Tuesday that he would be interrupted, so he decided to give it tonight. Then he gets to the real subject, winning his 17th title. 

Cena declares his intention to win the title on Sunday and become the first 17-time WWE champion. He talks about what the critics will say when he beats AJ Styles and steals his WrestlleMania moment. He suggests Styles use his rematch clause to challenge with Nakamura at WrestleMania in a Triple Threat as if he has already won the title. For some reason, Goldust decides to head to the ring.

John Cena vs. Goldust 

John Cena won 

Bayley vs. Mandy Rose 

Bayley won

Deville immediately runs into the ring to attack her. Sasha Banks runs down to make the save.

Banks helps Bayley to her feet and offers her a hug. Bayley stops her and leaves with a hug

Alexa is shown checking on Jax backstage as she ices her arm. She really lays it on thick by mocking Nia while sounding like she is being her friend. Jax cries when Bliss brings up her size.

Braun Strowman vs. Elias in a Symphony of Destruction Match
Braun Strowman won 

Bray Wyatt vs. Rhyno 
Bray Wyatt won 

After the match is over, Bray calls out Matt Hardy. Woken Matt appears on the big screen and agrees that the great war is not over. He proposes one more match to settle their differences at the Hardy Compound. We get a video featuring Vanguard 1 and some footage of his compound.

The Miz and Miztourage are in the ring after the break for the 3rd Mizzie Awards.
The Worst Decision by a General Manager goes to Kurt Angle, who was the only nominee. Miz says he is too busy sucking up to Rousey to accept the award. The next award is the Lifetime Achievement Mizzies, and he gives it to himself. Before he can actually say it, Rollins interrupts.
Rollins is soon joined by Balor on the stage. The Miz lays into Balor for claiming he's over but not having the success to back it up. He challenges Balor and Rollins to take on the whole Miztourage in a handicap match. They accept.

The Miz and Miztourage vs. Seth Rollins and Finn Balor  in a 3 on 2 Handicap Match Match 

Seth Rollins and Finn Balor won

Angle comes out and announces The Miz will defend the IC title in a Triple Threat match at WrestleMania against Balor and Rollins.

Paul Heyman comes out after the break to deliver a message from his client. 

He lays the Universal Championship in the ring and says he can do that because Lesnar allows him to touch the title, but he won't let Reigns touch it at WrestleMania.

Heyman gets a little fired up as he talks about Lesnar being the man. He promises to bring Lesnar next week just in case Reigns wants to respond in person. Heyman ends by saying he will see Roman next week, but then Reigns' music hits and he makes his way to the ring.

Reigns gets in Heyman's face and tells him to pick up the title and show it some respect. He says he thought Brock would be a man and show up tonight, but he sent Heyman instead. He tells Heyman to make sure Lesnar comes prepared to fight next week. 

The show ends with Heyman backing out of the ring as Reigns stares a hole through him.

Rating: 70/70

Pretty awesome show and matches and segments as we look forward to WrestleMania 34. I’m pretty pumped for RAW NEXT WEEK! 

SmackDown Live

SmackDown opens up with a video showing a few highlights from the WWE Clash of Champions pay-per-view on Sunday.

Bryan starts by talking about the Women's Royal Rumble match Stephanie announced last night. He calls it a turning point in WWE history. After he announced the six-man tag match for tonight, Shane McMahon makes his way out to discuss what happened on Sunday.

Shane starts talking about what happened at The Clash. He says he knows Bryan falling on him was an accident, but what wasn't an accident was him choosing not to count Orton's shoulders down when Sami had him pinned. Remembering what happened to his father at the hands of Owens made him stop the count. Then Bryan did a fast count for Zayn when he rolled up Orton and Shane wants to know why. Bryan says it was to protect Shane from himself.

Bryan says he believes in Shane's vision for SmackDown as a land of opportunity, but only if it's for everyone and not just the people Shane likes. Bryan says he wants their shared vision to come true, but if Shane wants to fire someone, it should be him because he doesn't want to see Shane turn into Mr. McMahon. Shane says he trusts Bryan and wishes him luck with the show tonight before leaving.

The Usos vs. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin
Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin won


Charlotte is out after the break as Corey Graves throws to a video package hyping the women's Royal Rumble match.
Charlotte says the video package was great and talks about how important the women's Royal Rumble match is to the revolution. She says the fans are to thank for management listening. She warns whoever wins the match that she will be waiting to defend her title against them at WrestleMania. Naomi comes out.
Naomi declares she will be the first woman from SmackDown to enter the match. It doesn't take long before Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan head to the ring. Naomi calls them chicken heads and the crowd starts chanting it. She challenges any two of the Riott Squad to face them in a tag match

Naomi and Charlotte vs. Riott and Logan
Naomi and Charlotte won

Ziggler plays footage from his first U.S. title win in 2011 and his second win on Sunday. Then he shows more highlights from his various championship victories. He says the fans aren't worthy of his presence anymore. He says he is goi
ng to give the fans something to remember him by and he leaves the U.S. title in the ring as he walks away silently.


New Day vs. Rusev and Aiden English
New Day won


AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura and Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens and Jinder Mahal
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura and Randy Orton won

The show ends with Orton, Nakamura and Styles celebrating their victory together.

Rating 80/80
Great show and matches.


SmackDown Live: Aftershow

RAW

Raw opens with a recap of Kane vs. Braun Strowman from last week's show. 

Kurt Angle comes out to open the show in the ring. He hypes an appearance from Brock Lesnar tonight. Before he can continue, Strowman's music hits and he marches his way to the ring. He says he earned the right to face Lesnar when he was the only one standing at the end of last week's show. 

Angle announces all three men will fight in a Triple Threat at the Rumble and then runs away from the situation. Lesnar and Kane take out Strowman before Brock hits Kane with an F5. The champ grabs his belt and leaves with his advocate while Braun stares a hole through him from the other side of the ring. Kane sits up in the ring and Lesnar looks a little surprised.

Jason Jordan comes out instead of Samoa Joe and he says he wants to face Samoa Joe first. He tells Rollins he has nothing but respect for him, but he has to wait in line. Seth tries to say something, but he is interrupted by Samoa Joe.

Joe suggests Rollins and Jordan fight to see who gets to face him. Seth says he already has a match booked with Joe, so JJ can go look for his daddy's approval somewhere else. Jordan shoves Rollins down.

Seth Rollins vs. Jason Jordon 

Seth Rollins won

Rollins tries to fight off Joe after the match, but he ends up getting taken down by the Samoan Submission Machine. On his way up the ramp he lays out Jason Jordan

Finn Baylor vs. The Miztourage in a 2 on 1 Handicap Match 

the ref is forced to disqualify Miztourage for ganging up on Balor and listening to the refs instructions.

Hideo Itami runs to the ring and helps Balor fend off Dallas and Axel.

Finn Balor and Hideo Itami vs. Dallas and Axel 

Finn Balor and Hideo Itami won

Drew Gulak vs. Cedric Alexander w/ Enzo Amore on commentary 

Cedric Alexander won! 

Asuka vs. Alicia Fox 

Asuka won

Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins and Jason Jordon  vs. The Bar and Samoa Joe
The Bar and Samoa Joe won 


We see a limo pull in backstage and Stephanie McMahon steps out.
Womens Royal Rumble Announcement?! Hmm..


Dean Ambrose and Seth is show backstage as Dean is getting checked out for his elbow Samoa and The bar come in and attack Seth and then Samoa turn his attention to Dean and attack’s and injury’s him! This looks like they’re going to be writing dean off tv.


The Revival vs. Heath & Rhyno 
The Revival won 

Slater and Rhyno are shown walking backstage and Angle tells them they need to toughen up if they want to have more opportunities. Slater worries that they might get fired and Rhyno tells him they need to change their attitude. Rhyno tells him he knows exactly how they can toughen up and walks away. 


The Absolution vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley and Mickie 
Rose and Deville run into the ring and attack Sasha. The ref is forced to call for the bell when they refuse to get out of the ring. Nia Jax's music hits and she walks to the ring.
Jax singlehandedly disposes of all three women. She lifts Rose and Deville up at the same time for a Samoan drop and makes it look easy. Paige clips Nia's knee and kicks her in the face. Absolution gangs up on her until the entire women's division comes out and beats up the trio.
Stephanie's music hits and everyone stops fighting. She comes to the ring and talks about the women's revolution starting on Raw three years ago. She gives all the women in the ring props for taking the women's revolution to the next level and breaking new ground with several first-time matches. She says it's time make history one more time.
Stephanie announced the first Women's Royal Rumble match to take place next year. 

The show ends with the crowd and the women in the ring cheering and celebrating the news. We all knew this was happening but it’s AWESOME that it’s really happening.
The Womens Division is on fire. They keep making history. Couldn’t be more proud with how much Women’s Wrestling has changed. 

Rating: 80/80
Awesome show and matches as we look on to Royal Rumble. Are you excited for the FIRST EVER Royal Rumble Match!   

RAW: Aftershow