WWE Raw Results
August 19, 2024
Sunrise, Florida (Amerant Bank Arena)
Commentary: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee
Results by: Mike Tedesco of Wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever. Together.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
We see a shot of the Uber Arena in Berlin, Germany. We are less than three weeks away from Bash in Berlin.
Pre-Show Arrivals
CM Punk is shown arriving at the Amerant Bank Arena. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Unholy Union are also in the arena, ready to defend their titles. Their opponents, the Pure Fusion Collective and Damage CTRL, are shown arriving separately. Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley arrived together.
Randy Orton addresses World Heavyweight Champion Gunther
“I hear voices in my head. They counsel me. They understand. They talk to me.”
Randy Orton makes his way to the ring to a huge ovation. Orton will face Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at Bash in Berlin. If Orton is successful, he will move into second place for most World Titles held.
Replay: Last week on Raw, Randy Orton vowed to beat Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship. Gunther said when it really matters, Orton always screws it up. His grandfather and father were screw-ups. Randy Orton is the biggest screw-up of them all. Drew McIntyre then made his way to the ring. This allowed Orton to use the distraction to hit Gunther with an RKO.
The crowd is chanting Orton’s name. Orton is excited by the reaction. Orton says it’s been a minute since he’s done this, so he asks them to bear with him as he soaks it in. Orton then says, “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Monday Night Raw!” The next time he makes that introduction, he’ll be a 15-time World Champion. This match at Bash in Berlin is for the World Championship. That’s all it had to be about, but Gunther decided to make it personal. That only gives him that much more reason to beat his ass in Berlin pillar to post. Last week, when he couldn’t help but talk about his father and his grandfather before turning his back on him, he had no choice but to take the opportunity to hit him with the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment: R-K-O.
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther comes out to the stage, and he does not look happy. Gunther says the only thing he needs Orton to do… but the crowd loudly cuts him off with boos. Gunther says it goes for Orton and everyone in the building. The crowd boos louder. Gunther walks up the ring steps and enters the squared circle. An “RKO” chant picks up. Gunther sneers at the crowd. Gunther goes to speak again, but the crowd loudly boos him down. Gunther says what he needs Orton and the crowd to do is shut up and listen to what he has to say. Gunther tells Orton to look at him. He wants to know what Orton is celebrating. Is he celebrating the fact that he turned his back on Orton and got hit with the RKO? A “You suck” chant fires up. Gunther tells Orton to celebrate it because it’s the only celebrating he’s going to do. Doing what Orton did last week only made this personal. Orton stares back at the World Heavyweight Champion. A “USA” chant picks up. Gunther tells the crowd they only have a few brain cells to rub together to support Orton. Gunther says since everyone is hyped to see Orton hit another RKO on him, he came here to let them know it will never happen again. Since everyone is aware of how dangerous a move the RKO is, Gunther is left with no option. When he’s done with Orton in Berlin, he will leave him a bloody mess. Gunther will expose Orton for what he is: a very successful yet very underachieving one-trick pony.
Orton says Gunther keeps running his mouth, which will make the eight-hour flight to Berlin more uncomfortable with a size fifteen boot shoved up his ass. That’s a size fifteen boot double extra wide. Orton prepares to fight, but Ludwig Kaiser gets in the ring from behind to attack. Orton fights him off and hits him with a clothesline over the top rope. Orton turns and takes it to Gunther. Kaiser quickly chop blocks Orton’s knee. Orton pops up and hobbles around. Gunther clotheslines The Viper down and shouts at him. The crowd LOUDLY boos Imperium.
Replay: Last week on Raw, Sheamus and Ludwig Kaiser were arguing backstage. Pete Dunne then attacked Sheamus from behind and beat him with a shillelagh. Dunne would smash Sheamus’ hand with it.
Gorilla Position
Jackie Redmond is backstage with Sheamus, who is holding his left arm. His hand is in a cast. Sheamus says Pete Dunne smashed him with a shillelagh on the hand. Tonight, he’ll get retribution. Dunne will target his injured hand, but he still has a few tricks to teach him. Sheamus asks Fort Lauderdale if they’re ready for a banger before walking off.
In the arena, Sheamus makes his entrance. He’ll battle Pete Dunne next.
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Replay: Moments ago, World Heavyweight Champion Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser attacked Randy Orton and beat him down.
Later tonight, Randy Orton will battle Ludwig Kaiser.
Pat McAfee will be in Dublin, Ireland this Saturday on ESPN College Gameday. Sheamus will join him on the show.
Sheamus vs. Pete Dunne
The bell rings, and Dunne immediately sidesteps a Brogue Kick. Dunne punches away at Sheamus, but Sheamus blocks one and turns him inside out with a clothesline. Sheamus tries to tie him up in the ropes, but Dunne fights him off. Dunne applies a side headlock, but Sheamus punches him off. Sheamus applies a side headlock, but Dunne whips him off. Sheamus catches him attempting a leapfrog and slams him down. Sheamus gets him on the apron for the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán, but Dunne fights him off. Dunne attacks the hand and brings Sheamus to his knees. Dunne starts bending Sheamus’ fingers on his injured hand. Sheamus manages to get to his feet and powers Dunne up for a backbreaker over his knee. Dunne rolls to the apron, so Sheamus hits the ropes and knocks him off into the commentary table. Sheamus goes to ringside and slams Dunne onto the commentary table. Sheamus uppercuts him and slaps hands with Pat McAfee. Sheamus goes to get into the ring, but Dunne dropkicks him down. Dunne then dropkicks Sheamus into the ring steps. Dunne gets on the apron and stomps Sheamus’ injured hand on the steel steps.
Commercial Break: Friday Night SmackDown comes to the USA Network on September 13.
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We come back from the break to see Sheamus holding his left hand in pain. During the commercial, Dunne worked over the hand. Dunne grabs the arm and chops Sheamus’ chest and slaps him in the face. Sheamus tells him to bring it, so Dunne does. Sheamus rocks him with some forearms, so Dunne absolutely lights him up with a slap to the face. Sheamus calls him a “bitch,” so Dunne runs him over with a forearm smash. Dunne backs up and charges, but Sheamus turns him inside out with an ax handle. Sheamus turns him inside out again with a clothesline. Dunne stumbles to the corner, so Sheamus connects with a corner clothesline. Sheamus hits a scoop powerslam, and Dunne rolls to the apron. Sheamus grabs him and tries for the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán, but Dunne attacks the hand and snaps the fingers. Dunne then hits Sheamus with the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán. Dunne celebrates, but Sheamus gets to his feet and grabs him for the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán! Sheamus hangs him over the top rope and does the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán again. We’re at twenty beats.
Sheamus heads to the corner, and the crowd is getting fired up. Sheamus pounds his chest and charges for a Brogue Kick, but Dunne cuts him off with a step-up enzuigiri. Dunne goes to the middle rope for a moonsault block, but Sheamus OBLITERATES him with a bicycle knee to the face! Sheamus covers: 1… 2… Dunne barely kicks out! Sheamus puts Dunne on his shoulders and climbs to the middle rope. Dunne slides down and brings Sheamus to the middle of the ring for a sit-out powerbomb for a near fall!
The crowd chants, “This is awesome!” Dunne grabs Sheamus’ injured hand and pulls it through the back of the turnbuckle pad! Dunne punches away at Sheamus before the referee backs him up. Dunne charges and kicks the injured hand. Sheamus is in pain, but he powers out and rips the turnbuckle pad off. Sheamus then wipes him out with a Brogue Kick for the win!
Winner by Pinfall: Sheamus
Locker Room Segment
Odyssey Jones is getting fired up with the New Day. Jones walks off. Kofi Kingston tells Xavier Woods that he’s felt his energy has been off. Kingston wants to make sure Karrion Kross isn’t getting to him. Woods says that isn’t the case. Woods wishes that Kingston talked to him about Jones coming in. It feels like Kingston is trying to replace Big E. Kingston says they’re not replacing anyone. Kingston recalls how everyone trash-talked The New Day when Woods was trying to bring it up. They stuck with it and are a family. Nothing will change that. Jones is in the same boat they were in back in the day. Kingston was hoping as veterans they could bring him under their wing the way the veterans should have done with them as they were coming up. Woods says Kingston is right. Jones walks in and gets fired up. Kingston walks off with him. Woods smiles at what he’s seeing.
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Video: Highlights are shown from WWE’s appearances at Fanatics Fest in New York City over the weekend.
Video: WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker says he’s going to be a star in this industry. It’s not arrogance. It’s just what it is. A highlight package then plays to showcase his dominance in NXT and Raw.
Replay: Last week on Raw, Ivy Nile tried to get Maxxine Dupri to break away from Otis and Akira Tozawa. Later that night, Nile attacked Dupri and slammed her on the commentary table. Nile then locked her in a dragon sleeper. This allowed the Creed Brothers to pick up the win over Otis and Tozawa.
Backstage Segment
Chad Gable and the Creed Brothers find Ivy Nile backstage. Gable says his vision is complete and welcomes her to American Made. Nile says she is the pit bull. She gave Maxxine Dupri a chance, but she was holding her back. Gable says after Nile breaks the “Malibu Barbie” and they finish with the failed experiment called the Alpha Academy, they can focus on the Wyatt Sicks. They’re not done with them and will send them crawling back to whatever swamp they came from. How are they made? American Made!
In the arena, Maxxine Dupri makes her way to the ring, accompanied by Otis and Akira Tozawa of Alpha Academy. She’ll battle Ivy Nile next.
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Maxxine Dupri w/ Alpha Academy (Otis and Akira Tozawa) vs. Ivy Nile w/ American Made (Chad Gable and The Creed Brothers (Brutus and Julius Creed))
As Nile is making her entrance, she turns her back on Dupri. Dupri dropkicks her out of the ring. Dupri goes to ringside and throws Nile into the barricade a few times. Dupri then connects with a fisherman’s suplex on the floor! Dupri pulls Nile up to her feet and throws her over the announce table. Dupri grabs Nile and gets her in the ring. Nile quickly retreats to the corner. Nile boots Dupri down and punches away at her. Nile stomps her down in the corner until the referee backs her up.
All of a sudden, the lights in the arena begin going out! White smoke fills the ring as the C# piano key plays. Nile turns around and sees Nikki “Sister Abigail” Cross in the ring. Gable and the Creed Brothers run into the ring to protect Nile. The rest of the Wyatt Sicks appear on the apron. Cross attacks Nile. The Wyatt Sicks take out American Made and get the Creed Brothers out of the ring. Gable is left alone in the ring. Uncle Howdy (Bo Dallas) appears from behind and hits Gable with Sister Abigail! The Wyatt Sicks pose in the ring.
Backstage Segment
CM Punk is walking backstage. He has a leather strap over his shoulders.
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The Bash in Berlin Kickoff Show takes place on Friday. It will air live at 10 am Eastern.
Video: Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley are shown backstage. For the last two weeks, this new, lame version of Judgment Day tried to take them out. Highlights are shown of those attempts. For the last two weeks, the Terror Twins stood in the ring as those clowns were sent running. For Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio, their days are numbered. At Bash in Berlin, they will receive their punishment. Rhea Ripley says there is nowhere to run or hide at Bash in Berlin. Dom will find out really quickly that it was her and Priest who were keeping him safe. As for Liv Morgan, she hasn’t taken everything. All she’s done is become the one thing she hates: a discount Rhea Ripley. At Bash in Berlin, the Terror Twins will put them through the mat.
CM Punk delivers a message to Drew McIntyre
CM Punk makes his way to the ring with a big leather strap over his shoulders. Punk high-fives some fans, as well as Samantha Irvin and Pat McAfee. A loud “CM Punk” chant picks up. Punk says they’ve got a lot to get to, but it is great to be alive on Monday Night Raw in South Florida. Before they get started, he wants to congratulate the Florida Panthers on winning the Stanley Cup Championship. Punk asks how he looks and mentions the bags under his eyes are getting a little bigger. A “Let’s go, Panthers,” chant picks up.
Punk says he didn’t get a lot of sleep last night because he’s excited to share some news. Before they get down to business, he wants to tell a story. This weekend, he spent some time in New York City at an event called Fanatics Fest. Someone in the green room asked him about the hot streak WWE is on. They asked why CM Punk thought he was on a hot streak. The answer is easy: it’s the fans. They’re on a hot streak because of the fans. It’s the animals in the 300-level. It’s all the freaks here, live and in living color. Punk met a lot of great fans. The first person in line for pictures was a young lady in a wheelchair. She told Punk that she had just defeated cancer. Somehow, Punk was a source of strength for her. It makes him think of his two friends battling cancer. Then he met a young lady from Taiwan who flew fifteen hours to take a picture with him. Then, there was a young gentleman who came from Jordan to see him. That means something to him. It means something to every person in the back.
Punk missed them for ten years, so he gets excited to come to Florida for the first time in a long time to share some news. Fans like them drive him. Another “CM Punk” chant fires up. When fans hand him bracelets that they took the time to make, it may seem insignificant. It’s a Taylor Swift thing, but he’s Taylor Swift for men. They’re exactly like the bracelet that Drew McIntyre took off his unconscious body in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. Let’s talk about the hate: Drew McIntyre. While McIntyre says he hates Punk and wants nothing to do with him, he makes it personal. McIntyre continues to wear a bracelet with his beautiful wife’s name on it. A light “AJ” chant picks up.
Punk says he wants to share the news. His biggest hater is his biggest fan. Punk made McIntyre a bracelet and talked to Adam Pearce. Unless McIntyre is chicken, at Bash in Berlin, he wants to have a Strap Match. That means he’ll be tethered to McIntyre wrist-to-wrist. You have to carry your opponent’s carcass to all four turnbuckles to win. Punk wants a Strap Match to “win this bitch” and take his bracelet back. He’ll leave McIntyre with lasting scars so he will never forget the name of CM Punk.
Drew McIntyre’s music hits, and the Scottish Warrior walks out to the stage. The crowd loudly boos him. McIntyre says he’s been thinking all week about what he’ll do to Punk. Last week, Punk embarrassed him and whipped him like a petulant child. McIntyre has been dreaming of all the violence he’d bring to Punk. Now, Punk challenges him to a Strap Match. Has Punk started drinking? McIntyre accepts the match.
McIntyre cannot wait a whole week to get that match. McIntyre asks Fort Lauderdale if they want a teaser. If Punk loses the strap, he’ll give them a show. Punk says he’s not afraid of McIntyre. He’ll give him the strap if McIntyre gives him the bracelet. McIntyre looks at Punk’s bracelet, which is still around his wrist. McIntyre takes it off and says, “No!” Punk is a liar. April and Larry are safer at home with McIntyre. Punk sighs. Punk says it’s not him attached to McIntyre. It’s McIntyre who is attached to Punk.
Video: Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio are backstage. If Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley think they stand a chance against them at Bash in Berlin, they’re out of their minds. They’re the most dominant couple in the history of WWE. No one lays a finger on Daddy Dom and gets away with it. At Bash in Berlin, they’ll be on top. Mysterio says he doesn’t want to wait until Bash in Berlin to get his hands on Damian Priest. He’s not the same Dominik Mysterio he used to boss around. Mysterio tells him to leave Ripley in the back, and he’ll leave behind the Judgment Day. They should go one-on-one in the ring if Priest is man enough.
In the arena, The New Day and Odyssey Jones make their way to the ring. They’ll face the Final Testament next.
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Video: Footage from two months ago shows the Florida Panthers’ celebration of winning the Stanley Cup.
NHL Hall of Famer Roberto Luongo is shown at ringside.
6-Man Tag Team Match
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) and Odyssey Jones vs. The Final Testament (Karrion Kross and The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar)) w/ Paul Ellering and Scarlett
Karrion Kross will start the match against Xavier Woods. They take their time before Kofi Kingston blind tags in. Kingston punches away at Kross and gets him in the corner. Kingston avalanches Kross three times. Kross counters a whip with a forearm shiver to the skull. Kross puts Kingston in the corner and talks trash before laying in another forearm. Kross sends him to the corner, but Kingston springboards off the second rope with a dropkick. Akam distracts the referee as Scarlett grabs Kingston’s ankle. Kross hits Kingston with a backbreaker, followed by a Death Valley Driver. Rezar tags in and slams him into the top turnbuckle!
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Back from the break, Kross is still taking it to Kingston. Kingston tries to fight him off, but Kross connects with an exploder suplex. Kross punches Odyssey Jones off of the apron. Akam tags in, but Kingston flips through a back suplex. Akam charges, but Kingston sends him shoulder-first into the ring post. Woods wants a tag, but Kingston tags Jones instead. Woods is not happy.
Jones runs wild on Akam, Kross, and Rezar with clotheslines. Woods gets off the apron. Jones attacks Kross before the Authors of Pain double-team him. Jones runs through them with a double clothesline and hits Akam with a falling head-butt. Kross breaks up the pin. Kross hits the ropes and knocks Jones to his knees with a clothesline. Kingston hits Kross with Trouble in Paradise. Rezar grabs Kingston by the throat and sends him flying with a throw. Woods hits Rezar with a diving elbow drop. Akam hits Woods with a uranage. Jones then takes Akam out with the Journey’s End for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: The New Day and Odyssey Jones
Paul Ellering yells in frustration at ringside. Kofi Kingston celebrates with Odyssey Jones. Xavier Woods doesn’t look as excited.
Backstage Segment
Damian Priest is backstage with Rhea Ripley. Ripley is worried the match against “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio is a trap. Priest says he’d walk through a minefield arm-in-arm with her. As long as there is a breath in their bodies, they won’t stop until they pass judgment on this lame-ass Judgment Day.
Michael Cole and Pat McAfee pay tribute to Afa of the Wild Samoans, who passed away last week.
Video: The life and legacy of Afa of The Wild Samoans. Rest in Peace, Afa Anoa’i: 1943 – 2024.
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13,718 are in the Amerant Bank Arena, a record for Fort Lauderdale.
Former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler is at ringside.
Replay: Last week on Raw, “Big” Bronson Reed attacked The Miz and R-Truth.
Gorilla Position
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce is backstage with The Miz. Pearce says he wants to suspend Bronson Reed, but he respects the fact that Miz wants this match. Miz says he doesn’t know if he wants to do this. Maybe Pearce should suspend Reed and ban the Tsunami, but Reed hurt R-Truth, his friend. Miz doesn’t have a lot of friends. He may not want to do this, but he has to.
No Disqualification Match
“Big” Bronson Reed vs. The Miz
The Miz charges the ring and takes it to Reed. Reed pushes him into the ropes and avalanches him down. Miz is knocked out of the ring. Reed goes to get him outside, but Miz drives a chair into his midsection and smashes it on his back. Reed swats the chair out of Miz’s hands and chops him. Reed goes for an avalanche against the ring post, but Miz sidesteps him. Miz throws three chairs into the ring, as well as four kendo sticks. Miz gets a large trash can and tosses that into the ring. Miz then looks around, and the crowd starts to get fired up. Miz then pulls out a table to a big ovation. Miz puts the table in the ring and grabs a kendo stick.
Miz smashes it on Reed’s back, but he intercepts another shot and knocks Miz down. Reed breaks the stick over his knee and throws it out of the ring. Reed sets up the trash can and scoop slams Miz onto it. Reed grabs the flattened trash can and slams it off Miz’s back. Reed sets up the steel chair and sits on it as he keeps Miz down with a foot on his head.
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We are back from the break, and Reed head-butts Miz down. Reed charges, but Miz sidesteps him and sends him headfirst into a chair wedged in the corner. The table is also leaning in another corner. Miz kicks and punches Reed until Reed shoves him away. Miz drives a chair into Reed’s midsection and hits him with a tornado DDT onto the chair. Miz covers: 1… Reed quickly kicks out! Miz is stunned by the one-count. Miz grabs another kendo stick and hits Reed in the chest with it a few times, knocking him to the corner. Miz backs up and hits his patented corner clothesline with the kendo stick. Miz goes for a springboard, but Reed catches him. Miz slides off and big boots him twice. Reed is stumbling near the table in the corner. Miz charges, but Reed clotheslines him down.
Reed sets up for a powerbomb, but Miz slides off. Miz goes for a Skull Crushing Finale into the table, but Reed gets out. Reed crushes Miz with a Death Valley Driver through the table in the corner! Reed quickly follows up with a devastating Tsunami for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: “Big” Bronson Reed
“Big” Bronson Reed isn’t satisfied with this victory and heads to the top rope to hit Miz with another Tsunami… but Braun Strowman heads to the ring! Reed is stunned. Strowman shouts at Reed, who laughs back at him.
Backstage Interview
Jackie Redmond is backstage with Sheamus. He is holding his hand in pain. She asks how his hand is. Sheamus says it hurts. Pete Dunne went toe-to-toe with him. Ludwig Kaiser interrupts and asks why Redmond is talking to the opening match. She should be talking to Kaiser, who is in the main event against Randy Orton. Sheamus asks Redmond to excuse them. Kaiser says when he is done with Orton, he’s coming back to Sheamus to settle things once and for all. Sheamus says a few broken ribs and a smashed skull weren’t enough for Kaiser. If he wants to finish the trilogy, Kaiser knows where to find him. Sheamus will be enjoying a pint as he watches Kaiser take an RKO.
Backstage Segment
“Dirty” Dominik Mysterio is walking backstage. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan embraces him. Mysterio will face Damian Priest next.
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The return of a classic is teased for WWE Bad Blood.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley is backstage with WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker. She asks about his future plans now that Sami Zayn is behind him. Breakker says it’s a good thing he went to a highly educated university. Apparently, there will be a tournament next week to determine his next challenger. Adam Pearce can’t stand the fact that he is progressing through the roster at a fast pace. Now he wants to stop him with a tournament. It’s not his fault that he’s a badass and a genetic freak. It’s not his fault that the dogs are barking in every city they go to. It’s not his fault that he earned this Intercontinental Championship. To the poor soul who wins the tournament, he’ll Spear him through the floor and give him the beating of a lifetime. That’ll be Breakker’s fault.
“Dirty” Dominik Mysterio vs. Damian Priest
As Damian Priest makes his entrance, he senses something is off and turns to take out Carlito, JD McDonagh, and Finn Bálor. Priest hits Carlito with a chair. McDonagh grabs it, but Priest sends him flying. Priest grabs Bálor for South of Heaven on the floor, but Carlito pulls Bálor away. Priest superkicks Carlito before hitting McDonagh with one. Bálor escapes.
In the ring, Rhea Ripley shows up behind Mysterio. Mysterio turns and sees her. Mysterio turns, and Damian Priest is in his path. Ripley head-butts Mysterio, and Priest forearms him down. Ripley goes outside and clears the commentary table. Priest sends Mysterio out of the ring, and Ripley grabs him. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan hits Ripley with a steel chair and smashes her off the commentary table. The Judgment Day has a four-on-one advantage on Priest in the ring. They viciously beat him down and hold him up to watch Morgan beat on Ripley. Priest fights out, but Carlito hits him with a Backstabber to take back control.
The Judgment Day forces Priest to watch as Morgan sends Ripley shoulder-first into the ring post. She sends Ripley over the commentary table and whips her into the steel steps. Morgan viciously sends Ripley’s shoulder back into the ring post. In the ring, Bálor crushes Priest with a Coup de Grâce. Ripley is put into the ring, and Morgan hits her with Ob-Liv-ion. Bálor stomps away at Priest as Mysterio goes to the top rope. Mysterio shimmies a la Eddie Guerrero and hits Priest with a Frog Splash. The crowd loudly boos as the new Judgment Day stands tall over the Terror Twins.
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Replay: Moments ago, The Judgment Day destroyed Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley.
Backstage Segment
The Judgment Day is celebrating backstage. Finn Bálor says that was just a little sample of what will happen to Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley at Bash in Berlin. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio says Priest was World Champion because of the Judgment Day. JD McDonagh says he’s not the World Champion because of the Judgment Day. Carlito says that’s cool. Liv Morgan says Mysterio has been all man. At Bash in Berlin, she’ll make Ripley her bitch.
Video: Last week on Raw, the Unholy Union attacked the Pure Fusion Collective and Damage CTRL.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Triple Threat Tag Team Match
Damage CTRL (IYO SKY and Kairi Sane) vs. The Pure Fusion Collective (Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark) w/ Sonya Deville vs. The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) (c’s)
After the in-ring introductions by Samantha Irvin, a brawl breaks out between the three teams. The Unholy Union is cleared from the ring.
The bell rings, and Damage CTRL takes it to the Pure Fusion Collective. PFC is knocked out of the ring. Sky goes to launch Sane over the top rope, but they come up way short. Sane hits the top rope with her midsection and uses the momentum to carry her over the top rope for a pseudo-plancha on PFC. Good save. Sky then wipes out the Unholy Union with a suicide dive.
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Back from the break, this match is taking place under the ridiculous two-people-at-a-time rule for triple-threat tag matches. Sane hits Stark with a DDT. Baszler tags in, but Sane hits her with an enzuigiri. Fyre tags in off Baszler. Sky also tags in. Sky sends Stark’s foot into Baszler and knocks her down. Sky sends Fyre to the corner and hits a running elbow. Sky boots Dawn down. Sky knocks Baszler back. Sky hits Stark and Dawn with a springboard missile dropkick. Sky is fired up and hits everyone with Bullet Train Attacks. Sky grabs Fyre, but Fyre gets out of a move and heads to the top rope. Sane stops Fyre, and Sky grabs Fyre on the top rope. Sane tags in. Damage CTRL hits Fyre with a double-team superplex, but Dawn breaks up the pin.
The match starts to break down. Fyre takes Baszler out and knocks Deville off the apron. Sane spears Fyre down. Sane knocks Deville off the apron. Baszler kicks and knees Sane. Stark tags in off Fyre. Stark and Baszler hit Sky with a Death Valley Driver/running knee combo. Sane hits PFC with a flying cross-body block. Sane grabs Baszler, but Baszler forearms her. Sane absorbs it. They trade forearms with Baszler coming out on top. Baszler hits the ropes, but Sane forearms her. Baszler goes for a Kirifuda Clutch, but Sane backs her to the corner. Sane hits a nasty backhand on Baszler, taking her down. Sane heads to the top rope. Dawn tags in off Sane. Baszler gets the boots up on an In-Sane Elbow. Baszler applies a Kirifuda Clutch. Dawn hits Baszler with a backstabber and holds her up with Sane still in the Kirifuda Clutch. Fyre hits a senton bomb off the top rope onto Sane and Baszler and picks up the win.
Winners by Pinfall and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: The Unholy Union
Backstage Segment
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther is giving Ludwig Kaiser a pep talk ahead of his match against Randy Orton in tonight’s main event.
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Backstage Interview
Jackie Redmond is backstage with “Main Event” Jey Uso. She mentions WWE fans have been excited to see him and Sami Zayn interacting backstage. Zayn isn’t here tonight. Can he shine some light on that? Uso says Zayn is taking some time off, but he’ll be back with a vengeance. Zayn told Uso that if he can’t be champion, Uso still can. Uso says he heard Bron Breakker talking about needing a challenger. Uso talked to Adam Pearce and will be in the Intercontinental Championship Tournament. Next time he’s in this city, he’ll be the Intercontinental Champion. Uso is still looking for his first singles title.
Michael Cole calls Pat McAfee one of his best friends. McAfee will leave WWE Raw for the next few months as football season starts up again.
Video: Highlights of Pat McAfee’s last seven months in WWE. McAfee is moved and says he’ll be back in a few months.
Cole says McAfee will be back in January for the first Raw on Netflix.
Next week on Raw
— Braun Strowman vs. “Big” Bronson Reed
— Intercontinental Championship #1 Contenders Tournament begins
— Uncle Howdy vs. Chad Gable
Randy Orton makes his entrance. He’ll battle Ludwig Kaiser next.
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CM Punk and Randy Orton will appear on the first two episodes of WWE NXT, which will debut on the CW Network in October.
Randy Orton will battle Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at Bash in Berlin.
Randy Orton vs. Ludwig Kaiser
A “Let’s go, Randy/Kaiser sucks” chant picks up. Orton looks pleased with that. They lock up, and Orton applies a side headlock. Kaiser whips him off, but Orton runs him over with a shoulder tackle. Orton poses as Kaiser gets to his feet. Orton applies a waistlock, but Kaiser manages to break the grip. Kaiser applies a waistlock, but Orton easily breaks the grip and connects with a headlock takeover. Kaiser fights up and backs Orton to the corner. Kaiser gives a clean break before kicking and chopping him. Kaiser talks trash, so Orton wipes him out with a forearm to the head. Orton hits a fallaway slam. Orton attacks Kaiser in the corner and starts up the traditional ten punches. Orton stops at nine and gets off the middle turnbuckle before hitting an uppercut.
Kaiser rolls out of the ring to recover. Orton follows him out, so Kaiser attacks him with some uppercuts and a chop. Orton is not happy with that chop and viciously chops Kaiser down. Orton bounces Kaiser off the commentary table. Orton sets up for a back suplex on the commentary table, but he throws Kaiser aside when he sees World Heavyweight Champion Gunther standing in the timekeeper’s area. Kaiser chop blocks Orton’s knee, which was attacked earlier tonight. Kaiser then gives Orton a back suplex onto the commentary table. Kaiser poses in the ring. Gunther points at Orton. Kaiser goes outside and sends Orton’s knee into the ring steps. Kaiser gets back in the ring and exits out the opposite side. Kaiser runs around the ring and dropkicks Orton’s injured knee into the ring steps. Orton collapses in pain.
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We are back from the final break of the evening. Orton is taking it to Kaiser. Orton goes for a back suplex, but his injured knee gives out. Kaiser continues to attack the leg and applies a leg lock. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther is pacing at ringside. Orton tries to fight out, but Kaiser digs into the knee. Kaiser releases the hold and attacks the knee off the ropes. Kaiser goes to attack the leg on the ropes again, but Orton kicks him over the top rope.
Orton goes to ringside and attacks Kaiser. Orton tries to bounce Kaiser off the steps, but Kaiser blocks it. Kaiser bounces him off the steps and goes into the ring and out the other side. Kaiser runs around the ring for another attack into the steps, but Orton intercepts him with a clothesline on the floor. Gunther looks worried. Orton hits Kaiser with a back suplex on the commentary table and stares at Gunther. Orton hits Kaiser with a second back suplex on the table and looks at Gunther again. Orton hits a third one and continues to look at Gunther. Orton then grabs Kaiser and launches him onto the commentary table for a fourth time. Orton rolls into the ring to break the referee’s count.
Orton gets Kaiser in the ring and sends him into the ropes for a snap powerslam. Orton stares at Gunther. Orton sets Kaiser up for a draping DDT, but Kaiser fights out and snaps him off the top rope. Kaiser hits a step-up enzuigiri for a two-count. Orton cuts Kaiser off and puts him on the top rope for a superplex. That was not the regular top rope superplex Orton normally does. That was from the middle rope. An “RKO” chant picks up. Orton hits Kaiser with a vicious draping DDT. Orton drops down and stalks Kaiser. Kaiser counters an RKO with a roll-up for a two-count. Orton immediately pops up and hits Kaiser with an RKO! Orton covers Kaiser for the victory. Gunther is not pleased.
Winner by Pinfall: Randy Orton
An angry Gunther gets in the ring, but Orton greets him with some right hands. Gunther fights back with some uppercuts. Orton fights back and sends him into the ring post. Orton continues to punch the World Heavyweight Champion as the show comes to an end.