WWE RAW

Randy Orton opens WWE RAW.

Randy Orton promises that at Hell in a Cell, no matter if he is on RAW or SmackDown, he will take the WWE Championship from him. 

Drew McIntyre comes out and says that Randy Orton made a mistake by not kicking him with a punt. 

McIntyre got up. He said that he promised that he would beat up Orton every time they were in the same building together. The two of them start to brawl in the ring.

The brawl spills outside the ring, where Drew continues to batter Randy Orton and hits him with a backdrop on the announce desk. 

Randy Orton manages to roll out of the ring and keeps going.  

Stephanie McMahon is out and in the first overall pick for the Draft for RAW:
1. RAW: Bray Wyatt "The Fiend"
2. SmackDown: SmackDown Women's WWE Champion Bayley
3. RAW: Randy Orton "The Legend Killer"
4. SmackDown: RAW Tag Team Champions, Street Profits
5. RAW: Charlotte Flair

 

Kevin Owens vs. Aleister Black in a No Disqualification Match 

Kevin Owens won 

Stephanie McMahon is out again for the next round of Drafts.
RAW: Braun Strowman
SmackDown: Daniel Bryan
RAW: Matt Riddle 
SmackDown: Kevin Owens
RAW: Jeff Hardy

 

The Miz and John Morrison are out now and they say that The Miz is now the face of The USA Network and make fun of Heavy Machinery splitting up.

The Miz and Morrison invite Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke out to the ring.

Natalya and Lana interrupt Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke. Natalya and Lana are thrown out of the ring by Brooke and Rose, asserting their dominance early on. 

The Miz and John Morrison may be done with their first guests, but they have another guest. The Miz introduces his friend John Morrison as the 'Mayor of Slam Town' and the next guest.

Before they can continue, Lars Sullivan comes out to the ring as he seems to focus on The Miz and John Morrison.

The Miz runs away, leaving John Morrison to deal with Lars Sullivan alone. 

John Morrison gets eradicated. The Miz tries to pull him out of the ring, but Sullivan grabs Morrison and throws him around, before hitting the Freak Accident, making a rather compelling statement. 

Stephanie McMahon is out again and it's time for the next round.
RAW: RETRIBUTION
SmackDown: 'The Freak' Lars Sullivan
RAW: 'Limitless' Keith Lee
SmackDown: King Corbin
RAW: Alexa Bliss

 

Seth Rollins is in the ring again as he bids farewell to WWE RAW. 

Seth Rollins says that there's no one here on RAW who can step up in his shoes. He says that Dominik and Rey have been drafted to SmackDown and he is sad about that. 

He is interrupted by Jeff Hardy, one of the newest draftees of RAW. 

AJ Styles vs. Seth Rollins vs. Jeff Hardy 

AJ Styles won

 

Stephanie is out again, and it's time for the next round:

RAW: Elias 
SmackDown: Sami Zayn
RAW: Lacey Evans
SmackDown: Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro
RAW: Sheamus

Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke vs Natalya and Lana

Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke won 

 

 

Angel Garza vs. Andrade 

Angel Garza won 

Suddenly everything goes black in the ring and then in the corner, Alexa Bliss is there in the classic Fiend pose. 

The Fiend is behind them.

The Fiend and Bliss hit dual Sister Abigails on Andrade and Zelina Vega. 

RAW: Nikki Cross
SmackDown: Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
RAW: R-Truth
SmackDown: Apollo Crews
RAW: Dabba-Kato

 

The New Day vs.Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler for the RAW Tag Team Titles 

 

The New Day won and retains the RAW Tag Team Titles

 

 

Ricochet vs. Cedric Alexander 

 

Ricochet won

 

 

 

 

Women’s Battle Royal

 

 

Lana won and will challenge Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship.

Meanwhile, McIntyre and Orton brawl to the ring. 

Orton and Drew have to be pulled apart from each other as they continue to brawl. 

 

 

 

Rating: 70/70

 

Great show and matches 

RAW

Raw opens with a recap of the main event from Hell in a Cell.

When we go live to the arena, Becky Lynch makes her way to the ring for the first match of the night against Charlotte.

The Queen gives a promo and says she wants to be friends with Becky again. Then she delivers a sucker punch to kickstart a brawl. The Man fires back as they trade lefts and rights. We head to a break as several officials try to break them apart.

Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair

Becky Lynch won

Stephanie comes out to announce the first round of draft picks for the night. Raw picks Seth Rollins, SmackDown takes Brock Lesnar, Raw gets Charlotte Flair, SmackDown picks The New Day and Raw gets Andrade with Zelina Vega.

Andrade Almas vs. Ali

Andrade Almas won

Raw picks Asuka and Kairi Sane. SmackDown picks Daniel Bryan. Raw picks Rusev. SmackDown picks Bayley. Raw picks Aleister Black.

Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode (c) vs. The Viking Raiders for the RAW Tag Team Titles

The Viking Raiders won

Raw picks Cedric Alexander. SmackDown picks Shinsuke Nakamura with Sami Zayn. Raw picks Humberto Carrillo. SmackDown picks Ali. Raw picks Erick Rowan.

Aleister Black vs. Jobber

Aleister Black won

Raw picks Buddy Murphy. SmackDown picks Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler. Raw picks Jinder Mahal. SmackDown picks Carmella. Raw picks R-Truth.

Ricochet vs. Shelton Benjamin

Ricochet won

Strowman says Fury is a tough guy but he promises to hand him his first loss in Saudi Arabia. Tyson signs the contract before responding. He says he is a fan of Braun and came to SmackDown to see him with his family. He says he will step into Strowman's ring and knock him out. They stand face to face and Braun smashes the table with his bare hands.

Raw picks Samoa Joe. SmackDown picks The Miz. Raw picks Akira Tozawa. SmackDown picks King Corbin. Raw picks Shelton Benjamin.

Buddy Murphy vs. Cedric Alexander

Buddy Murphy won

Raw picks Rey Mysterio. SmackDown picks Chad Gable. Raw picks Titus O'Neil. SmackDown picks Elias. Raw picks Liv Morgan.

Natalya and Lacey Evans vs. Kabuki Warriors

Kabuki Warriors won





Bray Wyatt cuts in with another episode of Firefly Fun House. Seth Rollins comes out of nowhere and attacks him on the set of his show. Bray stands up and asks why Seth is attacking him. Rollins beats on him some more before he sets the Fun House on fire. Raw ends with the Firefly Fun House set in flames.





Rating: 70/70



A lot better this week with some great matches and segments.

SmackDown

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins

Seth sets up for The Stomp but the lights go out and The Fiend comes up through the ring to apply the Mandible Claw. He drags Rollins through the ring before the lights come back on. Seth escapes through the hole but he is choking. Wyatt looks through the hole for a moment before disappearing.

Rollins is revealed to be the winner of the match by DQ, so Raw gets the first pick. Stephanie comes on the stage and reveals Raw has drafted Becky Lynch. SmackDown gets Roman Reigns. Raw takes the entire OC and SmackDown selects Bray Wyatt. The final pick of this round is Raw taking Drew McIntyre.

Baron Corbin vs. Chad Gable

Baron Corbin won

Orton is drafted to Raw and Sasha Banks is drafted to SmackDown. Raw also gets Ricochet and SmackDown brings in Braun Strowman. The final pick for this round for Raw is Bobby Lashley.

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

Heyman talks about how Brock has been waiting nine years to get revenge on Cain for taking the UFC title from him. After a couple of minutes, Rey Mysterio's music hits and he comes out with Cain on the stage.

The New Day vs. The OC The New Day won The next draft
picks are Alexa Bliss to Raw, Lacey Evans to SmackDown, Kevin Owens to Raw, The
Revival to SmackDown and Natalya to Raw.

Viking Raiders to Raw

 Lucha House Party to SmackDown

 Nikki Cross to Raw

Heavy Machinery to SmackDown

Street Profits to Raw



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



Bayley comes out with a new shorter haircut and starts cutting down all the Bayley Buddies on the stage.

Bayley grabs the mic and says "Hey, bitches." She says "Screw all of you" to the crowd before dropping the mic and heading up the ramp.



Rating: 80/80



Great show and matches tonight.

RAW

We go live to the arena to see Corbin and Orton beating down Rusev. The Bulgarian sends them out of the ring before Lashley appears on the big screen. He says he is at Rusev's house with Lana. He takes off his robe and gets into Rusev's bed. Lana walks in and gets into bed with him as some soft jazz plays in the background. Lana says everything they own is in her name and she has emptied their checking account. Rusev takes his frustration out on both Corbin and Orton.

Natalya vs. Lacey Evans in a Last Woman Standing Match

Natalya won

Dolph Zigger and Robert Roode vs. The Viking Raiders

The Viking Raiders won

Aleister Black vs. Singh Brothers

Aleister Black won

The OC vs. Lucha House Party

The OC won

The Miz comes out after the break to host an episode of MizTV with the guests of Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. Miz puts over both women for their wins last night at HIAC.

Asuka and Kairi Sane come out and deliver a promo in Japanese. Becky tells them to bring it and a brawl breaks out in the ring.

Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Kabuki Warriors

Kabuki Warriors won



Bliss and Cross run down to make the save for Charlotte during a post-match attack. They dispatch Asuka and Sane to be the last women standing in the ring.





Ricochet vs. Apollo Crews


Ricochet won

Fury comes to the ring and demands an apology from Braun Strowman. It doesn't take long for The Monster Among Men to head to the ring.

Braun and Tyson exchange a few words. Tyson pushes Braun and The Monster picks him up and drives him to the corner. A brawl breaks out and a couple of dozen security guards try to break them up. Fury and Strowman take out the guards and keep fighting until the locker room comes out to break them up again.

The show ends with Strowman finally heading to the back. Charly catches him for a quick interview and Strowman says Tyson might be tough, but he will get these hands. He runs back to the ring and the show goes off the air with them fighting again.



Rating: 60/60



Honestly, it could’ve been better. I mean had some good parts but most of the show was kind of was lame to be honest.

 

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.

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.

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.