WWE
RAW
August.Week
2.2017
Dallas,
TX
CHAMPIONS
WWE
Universal Champion: Samoa Joe
WWE
Intercontinental Champion: The Miz
WWE
RAW Tag Team Champions: The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy)
WWE
RAW Women's Champion: Paige
WWE
RAW POWER RANKINGS
1.
Jeff
Hardy (WWE RAW Tag Team Champion)
2.
Matt
Hardy (WWE RAW Tag Team Champion)
3.
The
Miz (WWE Intercontinental Champion)
4.
Finn
Bálor
5.
Dana
Brooke
IN
TWO WEEKS AT SUMMERSLAM:
“The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe defends the WWE
Universal Championship against former Universal Champion “The Beast
Incarnate” Brock Lesnar, “The Big Dog” Roman Reigns and “The
Monster Among Men” Braun Strowman in a Fatal 4-Way Match for the
WWE Universal Championship!
SHOW
OPENER PROMO
Brock
Lesnar once again protests his championship rematch for the
Universal Championship now being a Fatal 4-Way Match against Roman
Reigns, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman at SummerSlam, but “The
Conqueror” opted not to turn Dallas into Suplex City. Instead
Lesnar, believing RAW General Manager Kurt Angle only sanctioned the
bout to put Lesnar in an unwinnable match, expressed his displeasure
by way of a monumental ultimatum: If Brock loses at “The Biggest
Event of the Summer”, he'll leave WWE and take his advocate with
him.
LAST
WEEK ON RAW: Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, two Superstars no
stranger to the numbers game, overcame the odds by defeating The Miz
and The Miztourage in a main event bout that left Ambrose with a
minor injury.
IN
THE BACKSTAGE AREA: Seth Rollins continued his attempts to mend
fences with Dean Ambrose but to avail.
NEXT:
The Hardy Boyz may rule the roost as RAW Tag Team Champions, but the
competition to rise above the pack has gotten incredibly fierce of
late.
MATCH
#1
Tag
Team Match
The
Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) vs Heath Slater & Rhyno
WINNER:
The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)
Method:
Submission from Dawson on Slater
Finish:
Inverted Figure Four Leg Lock
IN
THE BACKSTAGE AREA: Seth Rollins has a run-in with Sheamus who
makes fun of Seth for nobody wanting to associate with him anymore.
The Bar are the current #1 contenders for the RAW Tag Team Titles and
Seth is the #1 contender of nothing. Cesaro says that The Bar are
more trustworthy than The Shield and Seth shuts this all down by
challenging both Sheamus and Cesaro on tonight in a Two on One
Handicap Match.
LAST
WEEK ON RAW: Neville, the challenger for Cedric Alexander's WWE
Cruiserweight Championship at SummerSlam, explained that his vicious
attack on Akira Tozawa the week prior wasn't personal and that it was
purely a move to keep Neville on the mind of Cedric Alexander and to
make sure that people are paying their attention to the king because
at SummerSlam, Cedric will bend the knee and all of the peasants like
Tozawa will follow suit.
MATCH
#2
Six-Man
Tag Team Match
Neville,
Ariya Daivari & The Brian Kendrick vs Rich Swann, Mustafa Ali &
Gran Metalik
WINNERS:
Rich Swann, Mustafa Ali & Gran Metalik
Method:
Pinfall from Ali on Kendrick
Finish:
450 Splash
MIDDLE
CARD PROMO
Jason
Jordan's parentage has been the talk of RAW ever since Kurt Angle
revealed that Jason was his son two weeks ago. The Miz brought out
the young Superstar and immediately began his passive-aggressive line
of questioning.
Miz's
offer to mentor Jordan and add him to The Miztourage was turned down
politely enough, but tensions began to escalate when “The A-Lister”
implied that Jordan would receive preferential treatment from Angle.
Miz went so far as to demean The Olympic Hero as a “washed-up jock”
pining for long-gone glory. Jordan promised a beat-down if Miz kept
trash-talking his father.
The
Miz vs Jason Jordan
PROMO
BATTLE WINNER: The Miz
IN
THE OFFICE OF RAW GM KURT ANGLE: Angle meets with Dean Ambrose
and asks “The Lunatic Fringe” if he'd do Kurt a favor and be Seth
Rollins' partner for a night against The Bar. Dean accepts but makes
it clear that he's doing it as professional courtesy to Kurt and not
personal favor to Seth. Kurt thanks Dean and says that he doesn't
need to tell him what happens when you beat the team that are the
current #1 contenders. Ambrose only scoffs at this notion as he
leaves.
MATCH
#3
Tag
Team Match
Seth
Rollins & Dean Ambrose vs The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro)
WINNERS:
The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro)
Method:
Count out from Sheamus on Ambrose
Finish:
Gutwrench Suplex
LAST
WEEK ON RAW:
“The Eater of Worlds” Bray Wyatt interfered in Finn Bálor's
rematch against Goldust and laid Bálor
out.
MIDDLE
CARD PROMO
Bray
Wyatt arrived to preach his gospel, decrying the entire Bálor Club
as wayward sheep following a shell of a man that never was. Finn
Bálor answered by letting
Bray know that he's ready to play his games.
Bray
Wyatt vs Finn Bálor
PROMO
BATTLE WINNER: Bray Wyatt
MATCH
#4
Triple
Threat Match
Brock
Lesnar vs Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman
WINNER:
Brock Lesnar
Method:
Pinfall on Reigns
Finish:
F5
Elias
performs a song running down the city of Dallas.
MATCH
#5
Normal
Match
Darren
Young (w/Bob Backlund) vs Elias
WINNER:
Elias
Method:
Pinfall
Finish:
Diving Elbow Drop
Post-Match:
Elias decides against leaving to stomp away at Darren Young.
LAST
WEEK ON RAW:
Mickie James defeated Bayley to earn the right to challenge Paige for
the RAW Women's Championship at SummerSlam.
INTERVIEW:
The WWE RAW Women's Champion Paige is looking forward to taking on an
esteemed veteran such as Mickie James at the biggest party of the
Summer.
MATCH
#6
Normal
Match
Mickie
James (w/Paige) vs Maryse (w/The Miz)
Note:
Paige corners Mickie to even the odds of The Miz being in Maryse's
corner.
WINNER:
Maryse!
Method:
Pinfall
Finish:
French Kiss DDT
Post-Match:
Maryse tells Paige that she'll see her at SummerSlam.
INTERVIEW:
The Big Show says that respect is something he can teach Big Cass.
Enzo Amore steps in and apologizes to Show for dragging him into
Cass’ orbit but “The World's Largest Athlete” says that after
tonight the only apology that will have to be made is to Big Cass
himself after what Show will do to his jaw and/or throat tonight.
MATCH
#7
MAIN
EVENT
Normal
Match
Big
Cass vs Big Show
Mid-Match:
Enzo Amore runs in to attack Big Cass in an attempt to assist Big
Show.
WINNER:
Big Cass
Method:
Disqualification
