Here are the results for August 4th episode of WWE Raw.
The show opens up with a video package recapping last weekend’s WWE SummerSlam PLE.
Seth Rollins’ music hits. Rollins then makes his way down to the ring with Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed and WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman. Rollins then hugs his three allies once they were all inside the ring. There were loud “CM Punk” chants after Rollins’ entrance theme plays. Paul Heyman then introduces himself and points at the World Championship, then says it is evidence that he is the GOAT. Heyman then says he is not just the greatest of all time, he is your humble oracle. Heyman then says he is humbled by the fact that he stands here in the presence of the future of WWE, the Big Dog who patrols our yard. Heyman then says he is humbled by the fact that he stands in the same ring as the tribal thief, the owner of Roman’s shoes. Heyman then says at this point he would be introducing the champion, Roman Reigns, but Roman hasn’t been champion for a year and a half has he.
Heyman then says he would be introducing CM Punk as the champion, but Punk wasn’t champion long enough to have side-plates put on the title belt. Heyman then says Punk had one of the greatest title matches with GUNTHER. Heyman then says Rollins not only crashed the wedding, he stole the honeymoon with the title and she was good. Heyman then delivers a big introduction for Rollins as the new champion and then hands him the microphone. Fans then sing Rollins’ entrance theme before he speaks.
Rollins then says all the fans who turned their backs on him after he won his WrestleMania 41 match, who cheered for Punk and cheered for Reigns should be ashamed. Rollins then tells the fans to never doubt him again and he always has a Plan B and this Plan B was a top secret one. Rollins then says the only people he told about his plan were his wife Becky Lynch and Heyman and he’s achieved what he set out to with Heyman, Breakker and Reed. Rollins then says he, Heyman, Breakker and Reed have absolute power and no one can stop him. Rollins then says this is the past, the present and the future. Rollins then says this is the way forward. Rollins then says this is The Vision.
Rollins then says all the fans who turned their backs on him after he won his WrestleMania 41 match, who cheered for Punk and cheered for Reigns should be ashamed. Rollins then tells the fans to never doubt him again and he always has a Plan B and this Plan B was a top secret one. Rollins then says the only people he told about his plan were his wife Becky Lynch and Heyman and he’s achieved what he set out to with Heyman, Breakker and Reed. Rollins then says he, Heyman, Breakker and Reed have absolute power and no one can stop him. Rollins then says this is the past, the present and the future. Rollins then says this is the way forward. Rollins then says this is The Vision.
LA Knight’s music then hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Knight congratulates Rollins, Heyman, Breakker and Reed, then says he’s not in the ring for a fight but rather to answer some questions. Knight then says a lot of people are wondering why Rollins had to fake an injury and Rollins was faking the injury to get out of his match with him at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on July 12. Knight then says Rollins is a visionary with no vision and as he was enjoying his vacation, he realized what Rollins did and had to come to Brooklyn. Knight then says he was the last to beat Rollins and will be the next to beat him and Rollins gave him the ammunition to hurt him way worse than he could have by taking the World Heavyweight Championship from him tonight.
Rollins then declines Knight’s challenge to a title match, but Adam Pearce appears and says he would normally not make a World Heavyweight Championship with no promotion. Pearce then says normally a Superstar doesn’t lie to the medical staff week after week or to their general manager, then makes a World Heavyweight Championship match between Rollins and Knight official for the main event tonight as Breakker and Reed are barred from being at ringside.
We then head to the back, where WWE Intercontinental Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio is walking with The Judgment Day backstage. Finn Bálor says they never doubted him. Bálor then asks Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez how they’re holding up. They say they are going to regroup. Mysterio then sees the LWO and asks what they’re doing in his hallway. Dragon Lee then challenges Mysterio to a match and Mysterio agrees. AJ Styles then walks up to Mysterio, so Bálor and JD McDonagh get close to him. Styles then says he’s not going to slap Mysterio around yet. Styles then says what Mysterio did last night was clever, but he is still coming after the Intercontinental Championship. Styles then says as long as Mysterio has it, he is coming after him. Styles then says there are only so many tricks he can have. Styles then says time is running out. Mysterio then says, “Yeah, time’s running out because you’re getting old.”
Singles Match: “The Bulgarian Brute” Rusev vs. “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus
The match starts off with Rusev punching Sheamus as Sheamus enters the ring. Both men then exchange many punches and Rusev gets the advantage for a moment. Sheamus then hits a punch. Sheamus then blocks a hip toss and hits a short arm clothesline. Sheamus then clotheslines Rusev over the top rope and to the floor. Sheamus then comes off the apron, but Rusev hits a kick to the midsection and follows it up with an Irish whip into the ringside barrier. Rusev then sends Sheamus back into the ring and he runs into boots from Sheamus. Rusev then hits an exploder. Rusev then hits a forearm to the back. Sheamus then delivers some punches and Rusev hits a boot to the head. Rusev then hits a head butt and an elbow drop, then follows it up with a kick to the back. Rusev then chokes Sheamus. Rusev then hits a European uppercut and both men exchange punches. Rusev then hits a knee to the midsection. Rusev then goes up top and Sheamus chops him.
Sheamus then hits a punch and he goes up top. Sheamus then gets Rusev on his shoulders for a Super Air Raid Crash and he hits it. Sheamus then hits a knee drop on Rusev. Rusev then hits a knee on Sheamus and follows it up with punches. Sheamus then hits a forearm and he fish hooks Rusev in the ropes. Sheamus then hits a knee lift on Rusev on the apron and he goes up top and hits a clothesline for a near fall. Rusev then hits a drop kick for a near fall. Rusev then delivers some kicks and he rakes the back. Rusev then hits shoulders in the corner. Rusev then hits a snap mare and a reverse chin lock. Rusev then uses his body weight to add more pressure on the hold. Rusev then kicks Sheamus in the chest, but Sheamus wants more from Rusev. Rusev then hits kicks to the chest and Sheamus blocks a kick and punches Rusev. Sheamus then hits a uranage back breaker
Sheamus then forces Rusev to the apron and he tries for the forearms, but Rusev drops Sheamus on the top rope. Sheamus then misses a Brogue Kick and he gets caught in the ropes. Sheamus then gets to the apron and he goes for the forearms, but Rusev sends Sheamus into the ring post and Sheamus goes to the floor. Sheamus then picks up Rusev and slams Rusev onto the announce desk. Sheamus then breaks the count and Rusev sends Sheamus into the ring steps. Sheamus then hits The Ten Beats Of The Bodhran on Rusev using one of the barricades as the action spills out of the ring, but neither man can beat the ten count that the referee has started.
The Singles Match ends in a No Contest due to a double count-out!
After the match, both men begin to brawl with one another, with Rusev grabbing Sheamus’ shillelagh. Sheamus then takes out Rusev before he can use the shillelagh as security works to pry apart both men. Both men then fight through and go back to brawling at ringside to a huge ovation. Rusev and Sheamus then have a crazy look in their eyes.
We then see what transpired earlier today, where The New Day are still in mourning and they are approached by Grayson Waller. Waller asks where they were last week before realizing they were letting him learn a lesson. Waller then says that’s what family does. Kofi Kingston then says they’re still in mourning. Xavier Woods then says they look like perfect chocolate decadence, but they can’t get themselves in the right state of mind, especially against Sheamus. He then says they need their titles back and he gets emotional. He then says it’s all Adam Pearce’s fault. Waller then sees General Manager Adam Pearce and Waller angrily approaches him. Pearce is talking with Penta. Waller then demands that The New Day get a Tag Team Title Match. Pearce then says they’ll get a title shot when they earn it. Pearce then says he and Penta were just talking about a match, so Waller has earned that. Pearce and Penta then walk off. The New Day then asks how it went and Waller says Pearce didn’t give him a date for them.
Singles Match: Penta vs. Grayson Waller
The match starts off with both men circling the ring before locking up. Waller then shoves Penta aside and taunts him. Both men then lock up and Penta hooks a waist-lock. Waller then sidesteps a side headlock and taunts Penta more. Waller then hooks a side headlock and cinches it in. Waller then pushes Penta off and does a leapfrog. Waller then drops down again, but Penta puts the brakes on and casually walks on him. Penta then ducks a clothesline and hits a hurricanrana that sends Waller out of the ring.
The New Day’s music then hits and Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods walk out to the ringside area. Waller is excited and goes for a high five, but they walk by him. Waller then gets in the ring and knocks Penta back. Waller then avoids a slingshot dropkick, pulls Penta out of the ring and bounces him off the commentary desk. Waller then gets in the ring, hits the ropes, slides out of the ring and clotheslines Penta at ringside.
Penta then hits a chop on Waller, but Waller wears down Penta with a submission hold. Penta then responds with a backbreaker on Waller and hits an enzuigiri on him, then hits a modified Bronco Buster. Waller then responds with a sit-out powerbomb on Penta and both men nail one another before Penta sends Waller crashing into the mat off the ropes with a Mexican Destroyer for the win.
The winner of the Singles Match, Penta!
After the match, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods get in Penta’s face. Penta then shoves woods and sends Kingston crashing out of the ring over the rope rope, then sends Woods out of the ring to join him and flies to nail both men.
We then head to the back, where WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss are walking. All of a sudden, Sheamus and Rusev send each other into some road crates and they are still brawling. WWE officials then run over to break them up. Flair and Bliss then basically ignore it and keep walking. We then get a video, where Charlotte Flair talks about her love of the business on WWE: Unreal.
Naomi then makes her way out to the stage. Naomi says they need to have an honest conversation. Naomi then says she couldn’t wait to leave New Jersey so she came here to think it would be better but she went from a bad situation into a worse situation. Naomi then says it stinks here. Naomi then says she wants to know about all of the trash and construction. She then mentions all of the cranes. Naomi then says she knows why everyone wants to come to Florida. She then tells everyone to stay here where the trash is. Naomi then cackles. Naomi then says since we are being honest, she talks about being the World Champion after SummerSlam. Naomi then cackles again. Naomi then looks around and she says she is going to keep this division on notice. Naomi then says she will clock your favorites and that Stephanie Vaquer is next.
We then take a look at the main event from Sunday. Brock Lesnar made his shocking return to WWE. Lesnar came out after John Cena wrestled a nearly 40-minute main event match against Cody Rhodes and hit him with an F5. Brock Lesnar’s return received 75 million social media views within 12 hours. Michael Cole then says he sat down with WWE President Nick Khan and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque. Cole says he asks when it was decided that Brock Lesnar would return. They said they reached out to Lesnar a month ago and said they felt it was time for him to come home and Lesnar agreed. It is then announced that John Cena will be on SmackDown from Montreal this Friday to address Brock Lesnar’s attack.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair then make their way down to the ring. Flair starts off by saying it feels amazing to be champion again and Bliss corrects Flair by saying that they’re both champions again as the Women’s Tag Team Champions. Flair then says if Bliss stopped hitting her in the head, then maybe they could be “whatever”. Bliss then tries to get Flair to admit that they’re friends, then tells Flair that she’s stuck with her as long as they’re still Women’s Tag Team Champion.
Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez’s music then hits and they make their way down to the ring. Perez says the only thing that matters is bringing all the gold back to Judgment Day and Rodriguez says she and Perez are looking to take back the Women’s Tag Team Championship. Bliss and Flair then agree to defend against Perez and Rodriguez. Adam Pearce then makes his way out and he tells them to take a breath. Pearce then says it is the RAW after SummerSlam and they are in Brooklyn. Pearce then says normally a title match or rematch needs some time to put together, but tonight is not normal and the match happens now.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Match: “The Queen” Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss (c) vs. The Judgment Day (Raquel Rodriguez and “The Prodigy” Roxanne Perez)
The match starts off with Rodriguez and Bliss. Raquel Rodriguez knocks Alexa Bliss down a few times before tagging Roxanne Perez in. Perez then stomps Bliss and puts her on the ropes. Perez then chokes Bliss on the ropes before bouncing her off the top turnbuckle. Perez then taunts the crowd. Bliss then bounces Perez off the turnbuckles and hits a head-scissor takeover. Bliss then knees her in the midsection and tags Charlotte Flair in. Perez then sends Bliss into Flair and punches away at her. Perez then hits the ropes and Flair clotheslines her down.
Rodriguez then tags in and both women lock up. Rodriguez then elbows her. Rodriguez then absorbs a shoulder tackle and hits a shoulder tackle of her own. Flair then fights back, but Rodriguez elbows her. Flair then knees her in the face and goes to the second rope for a flying hurricanrana. Flair then takes Rodriguez down with a shoulder tackle. Rodriguez then blocks a vertical suplex and drives her headfirst into the turnbuckle. Perez then tags in and kicks away at Flair’s ribs. Perez then sends her to the corner, but Flair rolls up the turnbuckles. Flair then kicks Rodriguez away and knocks Perez back. Rodriguez then grabs the ankles, so Perez kicks Flair down to the floor. Perez then hits a suicide dive and gets Flair back in the ring.
Rodriguez and Flair then tag in and Flair and Bliss hit a Natural Selection on Rodriguez and Perez. Rodriguez then continues wearing down Bliss on the outside and gets her back in the ring before Perez tags back in and continues wearing down Bliss. She then delivers some strikes on her and tags Rodriguez back in, but Bliss sends Rodriguez crashing into the corner and hits a Tornado DDT on her. Flair then tags in and hits a Fallaway Slam on Perez that sends her crashing on top of Rodriguez. She then climbs to the top rope and hits a moonsault on both women, then pins Rodriguez but Rodriguez kicks out.
Rodriguez and Perez then hits a Russian Leg Sweep-big boot combination on Flair and Perez delivers some right hands and left hands on Flair. She then sets up for Pop Rox, but Flair escapes and sends Perez crashing into the middle turnbuckle face first. Perez then hits a hurricanrana on Flair, then tags in Rodriguez. Rodriguez then hits the Corkscrew Elbow on Flair and goes for a pin, but Bliss breaks the fall. Perez then tags in and Flair sends her out of the ring. Bliss then tags in, but Perez pulls Bliss off the ring apron. Perez then looks to fly to level Flair on the outside, but Bliss hits a Sister Abigail on Perez for the win.
The winners and still the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, “The Queen” Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss!
We then head to the back, where IYO SKY is talking with The Kabuki Warriors. They are speaking in Japanese before SKY says, “Thanks, but no thanks.” Rhea Ripley then shows up and asks to talk to SKY for a moment. Asuka then tells SKY to talk to her friend. Ripley then says she heard SKY ask for a Women’s World Title match. SKY then says she didn’t get pinned at SummerSlam. Ripley then says she respects SKY as a former champion, so she needs to beat Naomi. She then says nothing would make her happier than to beat her for the title. SKY then says, “Rhea, you are never going to beat me.” SKY then walks off and Ripley smirks.
We then see Bayley walking in the back and Lyra Valkyria stops her and says she wants to talk to her. Valkyria then says she does not care what Bayley did out there. Valkyria then says she cannot face Becky Lynch any more. Valkyria then says she has to get out of this Bayley Vortex. Valkyria then says she is not her friend or her enemy. Valkyria then tells Bayley to stay away from her.
Non-Title Match: The Judgment Day’s WWE Intercontinental Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio vs. LWO’s Dragon Lee
The match starts off with Dominik slapping Dragon Lee and Lee responds with punches. Lee then clotheslines Dominik over the top rope to the floor. Lee then hits a suicide dive and he punches Dominik on the floor. Lee then sends Dominik back into the ring and punches Dominik in the corner. Lee then delivers some punches from the turnbuckles. Lee then blocks a boot from Dominik and chops Dominik and punches him. Lee then hits a kick in the corner and a leg sweep, but Dominik sends Lee to the floor. Dominik then hits a chop against the apron.
Dominik then sends Lee back into the ring and shimmies and does the slingshot senton back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Dominik then chokes Lee in the ropes. Dominik then sets up for a 619, but Lee moves and hits a kick. Dominik then hits a chop. Lee then hits a jumping knee and Dominik goes to the floor.
The two men brawl on the apron, but Dominik spikes Lee with a DDT on the apron. Dominik lands a Michinoku Driver on Lee, but Lee sends Dominik crashing into the mat face first. Lee lands a boot on Dominik’s midsection and sends him crashing into the mat with a sit-out powerbomb, then lands a double stomp on Dominik’s midsection as Dominik is draped off the ropes by his knees.
Two El Grande Americano’s appear at ringside, but Lee clocks them both. A third El Grande Americano appears and lands an enzuigiri on Dominik, opening the door for Dominik to hit Lee with his boot and pin him for the win as he holds onto the bottom rope.
The winner of the Non-Title Match, The Judgment Day’s WWE Intercontinental Champion “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio!
After the match, Dominik looks to hit Lee with his boot but AJ Styles makes his way down to the ring and grabs the boot from Dominik. Dominik then rolls out of the ring before Styles can hit him with it, but Styles throws the boot at Dominik and hits him before he helps Lee up.
We then head to the back, where Jackie Redmond is interviewing Sami Zayn and asks how good it felt to prove Karrion Kross wrong. Zayn says it’s not about proving people wrong. Zayn then says people would have liked to have seen him use the pipe, but he chose not to. Zayn then says it would have felt good to use that pipe, but that’s not who he is. Zayn then says this is about who he wants to be. Zayn then says he wants to be a World Champion. Zayn then says he will do it, but he wants to do it the right way. Karrion Kross is in his rearview mirror. All of a sudden, Sheamus and Rusev bump into him as they continue to brawl. Zayn then catches a stray shot. WWE officials then pull everyone apart.
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion “The Man” Becky Lynch’s music then hits and she makes her way down to the ring. Lynch says ding dong Lyra Valkyria is gone. Lynch then says Valkyria will have no more opportunities at the title as long as she is champion and that will be a very long time. Lynch then says it is time to open the floor to new competitors. Lynch then says people who understand what it means to step into the ring with the greatest female wrestler of all time. Lynch then says that will not be tonight. Lynch then says physically she is fine.
Nikki Bella’s music then hits and she makes her way down to the ring. Bella says she was listening to Lynch in the back and Lynch is one of the greatest of all time. Bella then says she recalls meeting Lynch for the first time and she had potential, then says she knew she could take a step away because the women’s division was in great hands. Bella then says Lynch turned out to be a disappointment because she has stabbed everyone in the back, then says Lynch has been handcuffing those that she should be helping.
Lynch then tells Bella that she got her cut from Happy Gilmore 2, but Bella tells Lynch that she’s a liar just like her husband. Bella then says everyone bought Seth Rollins’ lies, but no one buys Lynch’s lies and she’s still just as insecure as ever. Lynch then warns Bella against talking about her and her husband, then says that she and Rollins are the greatest wrestling couple of all time even though that honor went to Nikki Bella and John Cena at one point in time. Bella then challenges Lynch to put her Women’s Intercontinental Championship on the line against her, but Lynch nails Bella and makes her way to the back.
We then head to the back, where Byron Saxton is with WWE Women’s World Champion Naomi. Saxton says she called her shot and beat IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley. Saxton then asks Naomi how does she feel about her win. Naomi says she feels great. Naomi then says she warned everyone not to be shocked when she leaves SummerSlam with her title. Naomi then says Next week on RAW she will defend her title against IYO SKY. Stephanie Vaquer then shows up and says regardless of whether it’s Naomi or SKY the title will belong to her at Clash In Paris. Naomi then says it will be her. Naomi then says at Clash In Paris she’ll take Vaquer’s horns and shove them so far up her behind that she’ll walk with a limp. Naomi then cackles and leaves.
It is then announced that Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes will be live on SmackDown this Friday and that next Monday WWE RAW comes to Quebec City, Quebec. Sami Zayn and Rusev will battle next week, while WWE Women’s World Champion Naomi will defend her title against IYO SKY.
LA Knight is then shown walking backstage.
