WWE had a busy weekend with Night of Champions and Great American Bash. Several titles changed hands, the main one being Sami Zayn finally capturing the Undisputed Men’s WWE Championship. We’re on the way to SummerSlam now, but there’s a Sunday Night’s Main Event special riiiiight before the Biggest Party of the Summer. WWE RAW had a lot to follow up on. Would it deliver? Let’s find out together.
The show began with a Night of Champions recap. While most would say Sami’s win was the most important of the night, WWE capped off the video package with Oba Femi‘s KOTR victory over Jey Uso—strange choice.
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Here are the full results for tonight’s Monday Night RAW:
- Rey Mysterio defeats Ethan Page via pinfall with the 619/Frog Splash combination.
- Joe Hendry defeated Austin Theory via pinfall with the Standing Ovation.
- Jimmy Uso defeated LA Knight via pinfall with the schoolboy rollup.
- Raquel Rodriguez defeated Maxxine Dupri via pinfall with the Tejana Bomb.
- Chad Gable defeated JD McDonagh via submission with the Ankle Lock.
Speaking of The Ruler, we kicked the night off with Oba Femi and his GIANT crown. No, seriously, that crown is massive. Oba got a massive pop from the Atlantic City crowd. With the King of the Ring tournament over, Femi could look forward to SummerS–NOPE!! Brock Lesnar‘s music rang out, and the Beast Incarnate and his previously injured ally, Paul Heyman, appeared on the ramp!
Brock congratulated Femi for his accomplishment, but was informed by Heyman that Femi had been talking trash. “When I’m not here, you call Brock Lesnar a coward. When I’m not here, you call Brock Lesnar a b*tch!” Lesnar took a shot at himself next. “He also tells me you cut a hell of a promo, something I never could, which is why I have Mr. Heyman here.”
Still, he needed to send a message to Oba. “You know what they say. Talk s**t, get hit.” A big punt to the King’s Jewels set up for the F-5!! They left the ring, and Heyman congratulated Lesnar on a great promo. Femi got back to his feet and called Brock a b*tch again, challenging him to the rubber match at SummerSlam.
Lesnar accepted, and one-upped him. It’ll be a Hell in a Cell match! But what would this mean for Femi’s guaranteed title match?
After the commercial break, WWE RAW GM Adam Pearce had Heyman in his face, pushing the Femi/Lesnar threequel. Pearce couldn’t really deny the star power, but what about Oba’s title match? Austin Theory rolled up, happy to see Heyman and asking why The Vision didn’t know he’d be back. Heyman leaned in and said, “Well, now ya know,” before leaving Theory behind.
Oba Femi saw Pearce and confirmed that he would take his title shot at a later date. No double booking at SummerSlam for Femi.
Ethan Page vs WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio
Ethan Page and Rey Mysterio had both been in contention for the WWE Men’s Intercontinental Championship as of late, setting this bout up.
All Ego’s strength advantage helped him early. When the WWE Hall of Famer went for a springboard out of the corner, Page crotched him on the top and left him in the tree of woe for a series of stomps.
Page went to remove the mask of Mysterio, but the AAA General Manager had too much fight in him. That was until Page drove him spine-first into the top cable of the ring post with a Bret’s Rope (the most dangerous rope) side slam, sending us to a break.
When we returned, Page planted Mysterio, countering a tilt-a-whirl headscissor with another side slam. However, a big dive to the floor set Mysterio up for a big run. Back in the ring, a diving senton connected, and Rey followed with a springboard crossbody.
Mysterio’s momentum was derailed when a springboard wheelbarrow facebuster was turned into another big slam. Mysterio kicked out at two, though, and rocked Ego with a big enziguri. Page fell into the ropes, setting up the 619, but instead ate a big boot.
Page set up for a Finlay Roll off the top, only for Rey to counter with a headscissor, sending the former NXT Champion crashing to the mat. 619 connected, as did a Frog Splash!! 1-2-3!!
Rey Mysterio defeated Ethan Page via pinfall with the 619/Frog Splash combination.
Grade: C. It was a fine match, but not exactly the best of either man.
Dirty Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh found Danhausen’s lair and picked up something New York Knicks-related, hoping to lure him out and get their money back.
Joe Hendry was out next and introduced the new WWE World Tag Team Champions, The Street Profits, to the crowd. The Profits were elated by the reaction they got from the crowd, and Montez Ford, shockingly, praised Seth Rollins for his help in keeping things fair last week. Tez, Dawkins, Rollins, and Joe Hendry worked together to wrangle the gold from the Vision, and now it was time to celebrate.
Joe Hendry had a new song!
“We’ve got new tag champs, everyone make some noise. We’re in Atlantic City, a celebration with all the boys. There will be no Bron Breakker, and we won’t hear Logan talk. There will be no Paul Heyman, because he’s occupied with Brock. And that leaves Austin Theory… Austin Theory cries himself to sleep at night since John Cena destroyed him on the mic. Now he’s in the Vision a–“
At that point, Austin Theory cut Hendry off. Cena may have destroyed him on the mic, but Theory would destroy Joe in the ring tonight.
Austin Theory vs Joe Hendry
This match was in progress when we joined back from the break. Hendry spiked Theory with a DDT, stalling the momentum Theory had apparently worked up while we were watching DoorDash ads.
A massive lariat laid out Theory, dubbed the “Hit Single” by Michael Cole. The commentary team also mentioned Hendry’s title success, being a former NXT Champion and TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Theory responded with a discus forearm, but couldn’t get the pin. A suplex into a kneeling neckbreaker dropped Hendry, but it still wasn’t enough.
In the end, Hendry would defeat Theory after hitting the Standing Ovation.
Joe Hendry defeated Austin Theory via pinfall with the Standing Ovation.
Grade: D+. We missed a good chunk of this match, and not much happened when we joined the broadcast. It was fine, but those issues didn’t help.
Raquel Rodriguez wanted a shot at the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Title, leading to Pearce setting up a match with her and former champion Maxxine Dupri.
Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez joined, with the WWE Women’s World Champion upset about the Queen of the Ring loss to IYO SKY. She needed backup, and Raquel promised to serve that purpose.
The 2026 Queen of the Ring, IYO SKY, came out next, as commentary confirmed IYO’s decision about who she’d face at SummerSlam. It would be IYO vs Liv Morgan for the WWE Women’s World Championship.
SKY was happy to return to the United States as Queen of the Ring, and was looking forward to becoming the WWE Women’s World Champion again. That was enough for Liv Morgan to hit the stage. Morgan reminded SKY of her previous enemies. Stephanie Vaquer was nowhere to be seen, and Liv took everything Rhea Ripley cared about in their feud with the Judgment Day.
What would she take from IYO? We’d find out at SummerSlam. For tonight, the Judgment Day would pounce. SKY knocked Roxanne to the floor and dumped Raquel over the ropes. Liv distracted the Queen of the Ring, but SKY predicted a cheap shot from Raquel, sending her crashing to the floor. Liv went for Oblivion, only for it to be countered with a slingshot German by SKY.
IYO went for the Over the Moonsault, but that’s when the numbers game caught up. Raquel goozled her and put her in the tree of woe, where Roxanne went after the injured knee. The ObLIVion flattened SKY, but the champion wasn’t done. She wrenched SKY’s left leg with the single-leg Boston Crab for several moments before WWE officials separated them.
LA Knight vs Jimmy Uso
Main Event Jey Uso was at the commentary desk for this one. While Jey pleaded his case that Oba Femi tapped out to his sleeper hold in the WWE King of the Ring Finals. LA Knight met Jey on the floor, warning him not to interfere.
Jimmy Uso took Knight down and wrenched the arm, but the focus of this whole segment was Jey Uso on commentary, and the cameras wanted us to know that. Early on, we saw more of him than the actual match. Jey said that he didn’t see Roman Reigns since NOC, and alluded to hiding from his cousin.
Big Jim sent Knight to the floor and followed with a suicide dive. “I’m on yo *ss, LA,” said Jimmy as we cut to break. When we returned, Corey Graves praised Jey Uso for not interfering so far. Sure.
Knight brought Jimmy down with a leaping clothesline and followed with the side Russian legsweep. A neckbreaker out of the corner set up for the LA Knight (YEAH) elbow, but Jimmy forced him to abandon the plan. A superkick rocked Knight, as did a spear! 1-2-nope!
Big Jim moved up for the Uso Splash, but Knight cut him off. A leaping top rope superplex brought the multi-time WWE Tag Team Champion down. On the floor, Jey claimed LA Knight was cheating by pulling Jimmy’s hair. Knight faked throwing Jimmy into Jey, but then rocked Jey with a big boot.
Back in the ring, LA Knight (Yeah) elbow! Jey Uso cut off Knight’s finish, and Jimmy took advantage with the roll-up.
Jimmy Uso defeated LA Knight via pinfall with a schoolboy roll-up.
Grade: C. None of these matches are hitting tonight.
After the match, Knight jumped Jimmy, leading to a two-on-one fight between him and The Usos. That was until Solo Sikoa arrived on the scene, taking out Jimmy with the Samoan Spike! Knight dropped Jey with the BFT as Solo let through the crowd.
After the match, we were shown a confrontation that took place after WWE Night of Champions. Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Gunther got in the face of WWE SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, leading to a scrap. Michael Cole and Corey Graves revealed that WWE sent the two home and that Aldis would be investigated. RAW GM Adam Pearce would run both RAW and SmackDown for the foreseeable future while that happened.
The Usos went looking for Jacob Fatu, who reminded them that he only took orders from Roman Reigns. Speaking of the OTC, he gave Jacob his marching orders. He was going to SmackDown to finish things with Solo. Jey Uso would come, too. Since Oba Femi wasn’t using his title shot yet, Sami Zayn needed a challenger, and Jey wanted to fill that slot.
We got a Lyra Valkyria vignette as the former WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion explained her actions. Her anger got the better of her last week, but she was the better person with Bayley for a year. She’d carried the load because she wanted to carry Bayley to the top.
She was the first Women’s IC Champ, a belt Bayley has never held, so she knew how to do things on her own. She felt bad for Bayley, but what happened last week felt good to Lyra.
Maxxine Dupri ran into Chad Gable backstage. She said she meant every word last week, but she handled it poorly and wanted to apologize. Gable cut her off, saying that he wasn’t owed anything, and if she wanted to apologize, it needed to wait until she won her match. Speaking of which…
Raquel Rodriguez vs Maxxine Dupri
The former Women’s Intercontinental Champion had a hard start to the match. Raquel demolished her in the opening moments with strong strikes and a stalling rebound suplex. Rodriguez hammered Maxxine in the corner with a series of back elbows and followed with a Torture Rack!
Eventually, Maxxine broke free, but was nearly turned inside out with a devastating clothesline. Maxxine avoided a big splash, though, and finally started to fire up. A series of kicks rocked the former WWE NXT Women’s Champion, dropping her and setting up a big leg drop for a two-count.
Maxxine went for her spinning heel kick. Unfortunately, Rodriguez caught her, turning the maneuver into the Tejana Bomb.
Raquel Rodriguez defeated Maxxine Dupri via pinfall with the Tejana Bomb.
Grade: C-. It’s one of those shows at this point.
Danhausen found his lab trashed, and his Knicks gift gone. Liv Morgan arrived on the scene, taking credit for the chaos. What did Danhausen ever do to her? Liv let him know, detailing the curses put on Judgment Day and the money he’d stolen from them. They demanded he make it right, and he…kind of agreed to fix things.
Chad Gable vs JD McDonagh w/Dirty Dominik Mysterio
Michael Cole exclaimed that Dirty Dominik Mysterio should’ve been arrested and sent back to prison. Why? Because Dominik stole and was wearing Danhausen’s custom Knicks jersey.
JD McDonagh and Chad Gable traded pinfalls early. When they got to their feet, Gable clipped JD with the rolling ax kick and followed with an ankle lock. Dominik pulled JD to the floor in front of the ref. Dom distracted Chad long enough for JD to launch him knee-first into the steps.
Gable took a lot of punishment during the break, but when we returned from the commercial break, he was bouncing JD around with German suplexes. JD caught a running Gable with the standing Spanish Fly for a two-count.
JD rushed the corner, but Gable sent him flying into the turnbuckle with a release belly-to-belly. Though JD got his feet up to counter the moonsault, Gable expected it, landing on his feet and going for another ankle lock. JD broke free and took advantage of a Dominik distraction. Spanish Fly off the top and OH WOW GABLE LANDED RIGHT ON HIS HEAD!
Gable kicked out, somehow. Danhausen appeared, luring Dominik away with his $100,000. JD blocked Chaos Theory, but was caught by the ankle lock.
Chad Gable defeated JD McDonagh via submission with the Ankle Lock.
Grade: B-. First match of the night that kept my attention. But that’s to be expected with wrestlers like Gable and McDonagh.
After the match, Dominik and JD went to open the briefcase full of money. Instead, they were blasted by some kind of powder. Danhausen stole the jersey back and ran up the ramp, where Raquel Rodriguez laid him out. She brought the jersey back to Dom, who used it to clean himself.
Backstage, Austin Theory met Maxxine Dupri, asking why she attempted to apologize to Chad Gable. He said if she was going to put herself through that, maybe they wouldn’t work out together. Did he break up with her? Is this the first time we’ve seen them as the focus of the shot?
Alpha Academy came in after Theory left, checking on Maxxine, who wasn’t okay.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns came out next, accompanied by Jacob Fatu. The WWE faithful chanted for their OTC, who took time to bask in their adoration. The second he got his acknowledgement from Atlantic City, he was cut off by his former Shield teammate and longtime rival, Seth Rollins.
The Visionary finally put Bron Breakker in his rearview at WWE Night of Champions, besting the young Steiner in a steel cage match. Now, it seemed that Rollins’ vision was fixated on the WWE Men’s World Title, a championship he was forced to vacate last year.
Rollins said it was time for him to collect. Reigns told him he’d not done anything to earn him a shot at the title, but when it came down to Reigns, Rollins believed he was always at the front of the line. Rollins had Reigns’ number. Last year, he took Roman’s wiseman. The year before that, he sacrificed himself so Cody Rhodes could dethrone him and end his reign of terror.
Speaking of that run at the top, Rollins reminded Reigns that he never beat the Architect. Rollins has owned Reigns since he cracked him in the spine with the chair and ended the Shield.
“This might be your last chance to close that gap.” Rollins seemingly teased either his or Roman’s retirement. He said Roman was a surefire Hall of Famer and probably would go down as the greatest of all time, hinting that he’d be the one to induct Reigns when the time came. But if he didn’t accept the challenge, in the back of his mind, he’d never know if he could beat Rollins.
Reigns called him “Little Brother” before accepting the challenge. He needed to beat Rollins, and at WWE SummerSlam, that’s exactly what he would do. With that, it was official. Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns for the WWE Men’s World Championship.
Overall Grade: D+. This was a tough episode to get through at times. There were highlights, like the opening and ending segments, and the Chad/JD match. But overall, even with a talented roster, this was below average.
Edited by Greg Bush
