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A new episode of Monday Night Raw just aired on the USA Network. Here’s what happened:
11:04 – The show closes with Kurt Angle on the phone. He says to some mysterious person that there’s nothing to be ashamed of and that she should come to Raw next week. He concludes by saying, “I love you.”
11:01 – After the match ends, The Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel enter and attack Seth Rollins. As soon as they start, though, Dean Ambrose enters, hitting The Miz over and over again with a steel chair. The Miz is finally pulled out of the ring by Axel and Dallas.
10:42 – Bray Wyatt defeats Seth Rollins. Once again, Seth Rollins’ eye is injured in the process, and Wyatt is able to execute a Sister Abigail for the win.
10:31 – In a backstage interview, Seth Rollins tonight, he interrupted the Mizzies in order to shut up The Miz. He also says that even though Bray Wyatt won last night, Wyatt is still a fraud and a coward.
Bray Wyatt subsequently appears on screen, saying that the best parts of Seth Rollins are now a part of him. He also tells Seth Rollins that for his sins, he will burn.
10:12 – Akira Tozawa and Cedric Alexander defeat Noam Dar and Neville. The match ends when Akira Tozawa pins Neville.
10:11 – Backstage, Kurt Angle and Corey Graves talk. Angle talks vaguely about some damaging information that has come out about him. He says that his career may be destroyed, and his family may not support him through this. He also says that he’s going to go public with whatever this is next week.
9:53 – Kurt Angle enters. He says that things got out of hand at the end of the ambulance match last night, and he doesn’t know where Braun Strowman is. But the show must go on, and so he introduces Brock Lesnar.
Brock Lesnar enters. Angle tells Lesnar that he gets better and better every year, and he congratulates him. Angle wants to talk about who Lesnar will face at SummerSlam, but Heyman and Lesnar aren’t interested in having a discussion about this right now.
Roman Reigns enters. Angle says that Roman has a lot of nerve coming out here after what he pulled last night. Roman mocks the idea that he went too far, saying that Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman were all a part of the attitude era. Kurt Angle says that that was then, this is now. Roman says they should thank him, because Angle doesn’t know how to handle Braun Strowman, and Lesnar is never around to. Roman says that Angle owes him one, and Roman says that he should get a title shot at SummerSlam. Lesnar grabs the mic and says that Roman doesn’t deserve a match.
Samoa Joe enters. He says that Lesnar did not beat him last night; he escaped him. Paul Heyman says that Samoa Joe is finished. Roman, Lesnar, and Samoa Joe all argue.
Kurt Angle decides that next week, Samoa Joe and Roman Reigns will have a match to determine who becomes the number one contender to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.
9:41 – Goldust defeats R. Truth.
9:29 – In a pre-taped segment, Goldust tells R. Truth that he wasn’t made for the spotlight. He also says that The Shattered Truth is the biggest hit of the summer, and so he’s going to give the audience an encore performance.
9:13 – Sasha Banks and Bayley defeat Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax. The match ends when Bayley pins Alexa Bliss with a roll-up.
9:10 – Backstage, Seth Rollins says that he only came out and attacked The Miz because The Miz was trash talking him. Dean Ambrose says that there isn’t going to be a Shield reunion anytime soon.
8:56 – The Miz hosts “The Mizzies,” giving out awards for the best performances at Great Balls of Fire. The first award, best supporting actor, goes to both Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. The next award is for the most beautiful, gorgeous sexy woman in the WWE, and it goes to Maryse. Finally, the award for greatest man in the WWE goes to The Miz himself.
After The Miz repeatedly insults Dean Ambrose, Ambrose enters and starts beating up The Miz. Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel attack Ambrose, but Seth Rollins soon enters and assists Ambrose. Ambrose and Rollins stand victorious as The Miz, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel retreat.
8:50 – After the match, The Revival come out and assault Matt and Jeff Hardy.
8:42 – Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeat The Hardy Boyz.
8:39 – The Hardy Boyz enter. They say that after being defeated by Cesaro and Sheamus, they want to declare that they are not going anywhere. They are nowhere near done, they say.
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson enter. They say they they’re the ones who have been saying that The Hardy Boyz are finished. These aren’t the Hardy Boyz of old, and they should just leave, Gallows and Anderson say. Matt Hardy suggests that they have a match now.
During this segment, by the way, the Hardyz intentionally drop the words “obsolete” and “broken.”
8:23 – Finn Balor defeats Elias Samson. Samson actually puts up a pretty fair fight here, and the match lasts about 10 minutes. Balor seems to “injure” his arm, and Samson targets this, but ultimately Balor is able to take Samson down.
8:18 – Elias Samson sings a song that he says he wrote for Finn Balor. In the song, Samson says that he’s going to knock Finn Balor off his pedestal tonight.
Finn Balor enters, interrupting Elias Samson.
8:00 – Big Cass enters. He shows pictures of himself beating up Enzo Amore and says he took out five years of frustration last night. He says that he’s going for the Universal Championship and that no one can stop him because he’s on the top and no one’s bigger than him.
Just as Big Cass says that, Big Show enters. Big Show immediately attacks Big Cass, and the two begin to brawl. After a few minutes of this, Big Cass retreats.