Yesterday night WWE RAW opened with a graphic in memory of WWE Hall of Famer Blackjack Mulligan.WWE RAW held at Los Angeles as Shane McMahon’s music hits and out he comes. Michael Cole welcomed us and he’s joined by JBL and Byron Saxton.
Shane McMohan got a pop and fans chanted his name. He thanked the fans for making Vince McMohan bring him back. He announced Natalya vs. WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte with the title on the line and a new tag team tournament to start, with the winners facing WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day. He congratulated AJ Styles on being #1 contender and announced Styles vs. Sami Zayn for yesterday night.
#1 Contenders Match: Cesaro vs Kevin Owens
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The fight begun between Cesaro vs Kevin Owens. Cesaro took him down with a headlock. Owens turned it around and yelled that he has the best headlock, he’s the headlock master. Cesaro turned it around again and Owens went back to the floor upset. Cesaro took chops and droped Owens with an uppercut. Owens rolled to the apron and droped Cesaro’s shoulder on the rope. Owens came in and went to work on the injured shoulder. Cesaro rolle to the floor for a breather but Owens did not give a minute to took breathe and sent him into the ring post.
The fight was very exciting and entertaining. They fought very well but Cesaro hit the neutrilizer to win the fight and become #1 contenders.
Winner: Cesaro
Tag Team Tournament Match: The Lucha Dragons vs The Dudley Boyz
D-Von Dudley wasted no time and went to fight immediately.
D-Von ended up taking control of Cara in the ring. Cara fought back with chops but got dropped. Bubba came in and worked over Cara as Kalisto was still being checked on. D-Von taged in and took chops from Cara. Cara with a springboard crossbody but fans chanted for tables.
Cara kept control on D-Von and hit a springboard moonsault. Bubba taged in and Cara but he did not see it. They hit the 3D for the win to advance in the tournament.
Winners: The Dudley Boyz
WWE Women’s Title Match: Natalya vs. Charlotte
When Lilian Garcia introduced both of them, Charlotte went to tackled down the Natalya but Natalya stopped her and took contor over her. Natalya took Charlotte down and applied a leg lock. Charlotte freed herself from Nataly’s leg lock with a boot on Nataly’s face. When Charlotte came back from floor, Natalya caught her and gave a slams her on her face. After this once again Charlotte went on the floor and chased by the Natalya.
Natalya uploaded and hit a German Suplex. Natalya wanted to hit the German Suplex again but Charlotte blocked it.
Charlotte kept control and hit a suplex as Flair looked on. Natalya went for the Sharpshooter and locked it in. Flair got under the bottom rope but the referee ordered him to not to interfere the fight. But Flair pulled down the referee to the floor and they argued themselves. We saw Charlotte tapping out but the referee’s back is turned. The referee called for the disqualification and Charlotte retained.
Winner by DQ: Natalya
Tag Team Tournament Match: The Usos vs Curtis Axel and Heath Slater
Curtis Axel started fighting with Jimmy Uso. Uso took control over Axel and tagged in Jey Uso for a big shot off the top. Axel hit a running knee to head and unloaded with kicks before Slater came in.
Axel tagged back in and kept control of Jey Uso. Axel kept Uso grounded in the middle of the ring with a headlock. Uso got up but Axel nailed a dropkick. Slater came back in with more offense and more aggresive mood and another taged to Axel for quick moved in the corner. Slater with a close 2 count on Jey. Slater and Axel went to the floor for a victory lap around the ring with Rose and Bo Dallas. Jimmy Uso taged in and Slater got rolled up for the win. But Axel and Slater could not win the fight against the Usos.
Winners: The Usos
Fight between AJ Styles vs Sami Zayn
They locked up and started to fight. They locked up again and Sami rolled AJ up for a 2 count. Styles slamed Sami for a pin attempt. They went to the corner for a clean break but Sami nailed a big chop. They locked up in the middle of the ring and Sami applied a headlock. They ran the ropes and AJ hit a dropkick right to the face of Sami.
Sami ducked the Phenomenal Forearm and hit a Blue Thunderbomb for a close 2 count. AJ got the Calf Crusher applied. Sami made it to the bottom rope and broke the hold. Styles went to the top but Sami climbed up with a forearm. Styles foughtsSami off and went for a sunset flip but Sami countered and nailed a dropkick. Sami went to the other corner and waited. Styles blocked the Helluva Kick and hit a Phenomenal forearm for the win.
Winner: AJ Styles
Fight between Apollo Crews vs. Adam Rose:
Adam Rose waited Appollo Crews made his entrance. Crews took control early on and sent Rose to the floor to regroup. Rose came back in and they locked up, going to the ropes. Rose with a shot to the head and kicked in the corner.
Crews turned it around with a suplex. Crews unloaded but turned his attention to Dallas at ringside. Rose tried to took advantage but Crews hit an enziguri. Crews got the win with the spin-out powerbomb.
Winner: Apollo Crews
Fight between Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns vs Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio:
They met in the ring and stare each other down. The League of Nations is out next. Reigns and Wyatt had have tension over who was going to start the match. Sheamus and Wyatt started the match.
Sheamus striked first but Wyatt escaped safely. Wyatt unloaded on Sheamus and took him to the corner. Reigns tagged in and got in Wyatt’s face. They doubled team Sheamus in the corner. Sheamus nailed Wyatt but got dropped by a big right hand. Wyatt with a 2 count. Sheamus with a knee to the gut on Wyatt.
Del Rio came in and hit the running enziguri for a close 2 count. Del Rio turn Reigns upside down in the corner and went to the top after wasting some time with Sheamus. Wyatt taunted Del Rio from the apron. Reigns brought Del Rio to the mat and got himself down. Sheamus came in and stopped Reigns from tagging. They both crawled for tags. Del Rio came in as does Wyatt. Wyatt got hype in the corner and turned upside down. He caught Del Rio in Sister Abigail but it was blocked. He ran the ropes and Wyatt hit the elbow. Rusev kicked Wyatt from the floor and Del Rio followed up with a Backstabbber but Wyatt kicked out at 2. The lights went out and came back on. We saw Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan taking Rusev out on the floor.
Del Rio ran back in for the cross armbreaker on Wyatt but he got caught with Sister Abigail. Wyatt covered Del Rio and Sheamus ran in but got speared out of the air by Reigns. Wyatt got the pin for the win.
Winners: Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt
After the bell rang, Wyatt’s music hit as he and Reigns stared each other down. Rowan and Strowman came in to stand behind Wyatt. He got closer in Reigns’ face and RAW went off the air with the staredown.
