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Opening
Raw opened with details regarding Finn Balor's shoulder injury. Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon welcomed Finn Balor to the ring and introduced as the WWE Universal Champion. Finn thanked the fans, the WWE and even Seth Rollins and relinguished the belt.
As Balor was leaving the arena, Seth Rollins came down to the ring. He requested to be handed the belt. He was interupted over and over by Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Enzo and Cass, Roman Reigns came to the ring. So Stephanie and Mick announced that they would have a series of matches which would culminate next week with the crowning of the new Universal Champion. The first match would be Sami Zayn vs Seth Rollins.
Sami Zayn vs Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn by pinfall to advance.
Kevin Owens vs Neville
Kevins Owens defeated Neville by pinfall after hitting a reverse cutter.
An announcement was made after the ring that the match for the Universal Title next week will be a fatal fourway match. Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins are the first two participants.
New Day Celebration
They New Day celebrating being a three member team again and thanked the fans for being consistently vocal through the good times and the bad times. They celebrated with a unicorn pinata filled with Booty O's.
Gallows and Anderson came out and called the New Day stupid for celebrating and that they had nothing to celebrate. They demanded a rematch because they won the match the previous night.
Big E vs Karl Anderson
Big E defeated Anderson by pinfall after hitting the Big Ending. There was a lot of fighting outside the ring between Gallows, Kofi and Woods.
Titus O'Neil
Titus referenced that although the New Day won the tag belts last summer, the Prime Time Players were the champions going in. Titus said losing the belts was the best thing in his life because he dropped the dead weight that was Darren Young. He then criticized Darren Young for causing Titus all of his failures since coming to the WWE. He then asked Young to come out.
Finally Bob Backlund got tired and came to the ring, putting Titus in the crossface chicken wing. O'Neil was able to escape and beat down Backlund. When Young came out to help Backlund, O'Neil hit him with Clash of the Titus.
Stephanie McMahon addresses the Lesnar Situation
Stephanie said that Lesnar crossed a line and there would be repercussions. She then walked away without saying more.
Rusev vs Big Cass
Cass won by countout when Rusev refused to return to the ring. Cass advanced to the fatal fourway with Owens and Rollins.
Charlotte Promo
Charlotte came to the ring with Dana Brooke to put down Sasha and brag about being the champion again. Before she could leave, though, Mick Foley came out on the ramp and congratulated Charlotte.Charlotte demanded a night off but Foley announced a new addition to the women's division on Raw. Bayley came to the ring. She thanked Mick for drafting her before Charlotte got angry that she felt Bayley was trying to upstage her. Bayely challenged her for the belt, but Charlotte was not dressed to wrestle so they made the match Bayley vs Dana Brooke.
Bayley vs Dana Brooke
Bayley defeated Dana Brooke after hitting the Bayley to Belly followed by a pinfall.
Braun Strowman vs Johnny KnockOut
Before the match Johnny Knockout pointed out that he liked big and sweaty men. This was a typical Strowmen squash match and he won by pinfall.
Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz thanked the audience for all the years of support. They were the approached by Primo and Epico who began bad mouthing the Dudleyz. The Dudleyz attacked Primo and Epico and had succeeded in taking them down before Gallows and Anderson came down, beat up the Dudleyz and put them through a table.
Chris Jericho vs Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall in spite of interference from Kevin Owens. Roman Reigns advanced to the fatal fourway.
Raw opened with details regarding Finn Balor's shoulder injury. Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon welcomed Finn Balor to the ring and introduced as the WWE Universal Champion. Finn thanked the fans, the WWE and even Seth Rollins and relinguished the belt.
As Balor was leaving the arena, Seth Rollins came down to the ring. He requested to be handed the belt. He was interupted over and over by Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Enzo and Cass, Roman Reigns came to the ring. So Stephanie and Mick announced that they would have a series of matches which would culminate next week with the crowning of the new Universal Champion. The first match would be Sami Zayn vs Seth Rollins.
Sami Zayn vs Seth Rollins
Seth Rollins defeated Sami Zayn by pinfall to advance.
Kevin Owens vs Neville
Kevins Owens defeated Neville by pinfall after hitting a reverse cutter.
An announcement was made after the ring that the match for the Universal Title next week will be a fatal fourway match. Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins are the first two participants.
New Day Celebration
They New Day celebrating being a three member team again and thanked the fans for being consistently vocal through the good times and the bad times. They celebrated with a unicorn pinata filled with Booty O's.
Gallows and Anderson came out and called the New Day stupid for celebrating and that they had nothing to celebrate. They demanded a rematch because they won the match the previous night.
Big E vs Karl Anderson
Big E defeated Anderson by pinfall after hitting the Big Ending. There was a lot of fighting outside the ring between Gallows, Kofi and Woods.
Titus O'Neil
Titus referenced that although the New Day won the tag belts last summer, the Prime Time Players were the champions going in. Titus said losing the belts was the best thing in his life because he dropped the dead weight that was Darren Young. He then criticized Darren Young for causing Titus all of his failures since coming to the WWE. He then asked Young to come out.
Finally Bob Backlund got tired and came to the ring, putting Titus in the crossface chicken wing. O'Neil was able to escape and beat down Backlund. When Young came out to help Backlund, O'Neil hit him with Clash of the Titus.
Stephanie McMahon addresses the Lesnar Situation
Stephanie said that Lesnar crossed a line and there would be repercussions. She then walked away without saying more.
Rusev vs Big Cass
Cass won by countout when Rusev refused to return to the ring. Cass advanced to the fatal fourway with Owens and Rollins.
Charlotte Promo
Charlotte came to the ring with Dana Brooke to put down Sasha and brag about being the champion again. Before she could leave, though, Mick Foley came out on the ramp and congratulated Charlotte.Charlotte demanded a night off but Foley announced a new addition to the women's division on Raw. Bayley came to the ring. She thanked Mick for drafting her before Charlotte got angry that she felt Bayley was trying to upstage her. Bayely challenged her for the belt, but Charlotte was not dressed to wrestle so they made the match Bayley vs Dana Brooke.
Bayley vs Dana Brooke
Bayley defeated Dana Brooke after hitting the Bayley to Belly followed by a pinfall.
Braun Strowman vs Johnny KnockOut
Before the match Johnny Knockout pointed out that he liked big and sweaty men. This was a typical Strowmen squash match and he won by pinfall.
Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz thanked the audience for all the years of support. They were the approached by Primo and Epico who began bad mouthing the Dudleyz. The Dudleyz attacked Primo and Epico and had succeeded in taking them down before Gallows and Anderson came down, beat up the Dudleyz and put them through a table.
Chris Jericho vs Roman Reigns
Roman Reigns defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall in spite of interference from Kevin Owens. Roman Reigns advanced to the fatal fourway.
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