411’s WWE RAW Report 8.13.18

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Hi, my name is Tony Acero. You may remember me from such columns as, “How to Lose an AJ” or “Brock a Bye Baby.” Welcome to the RAW Report.

EVERYBODY, welcome Renee Young to the show!

We get straight to the show with Ronda heading to the ring. She is on the mic. She mentions The Anvil. Ouch. Right to it. She says that fathers are reassurance that everything is going to be ok. When that is gone, we have to face the fact that our fathers have been raising us to be the pillars of strength our families need when they are gone. She tells Nattie to stay strong, and that we all love her.

Ronda says that Nattie will be the first person here to welcome her into the door, and she will be the first to defend her in her absence. Ronda brings up Alexa and says that this Sunday, she’ll beat Alexa to become champion.

Alexa coms out with her buddy Alicia and she says that Corbin recommended she hire her own security, and out comes some black shirt jobbers who are gonna get they ass handed to em.

Before the match can start, Alexa cheap shots ember. Security blocks Ronda from the corner. She ends up hip tossing one of them, then scaring another out of the ring. All of the guys scatter, and Alicia Fox is up in her face. Ronda punches her a few times, and Alicia and Alexa leave the ring.

Match 1: Ember Moon vs Alexa Bliss
Alexa starts the match with a kick as soon as we come back from a break. Emer flips out of an arm drag an drops Alexa down hard. She works the arm on her side. Alexa with a head scissors, taking Ember down. Ember tries to raise out of it, and ends up kipping out. Arm drag. Another into a hold to Alexa. Ember looks to Ronda for some motivation, and we get a fucking Summerslam commercial during the match. Ew man…just ew. Alexa is able to get a side headlock in Ember tries to suplex out, but Alexa keeps a hold of it. Whip to the ropes and Ember hits a shoulder tackle. Front faced headlock but Alexa flips Ember down then slaps her hard in the face. Alexa hits the ropes, Ember uses the legs for a head scissors takedown .Leg sweep to Alexa, she slides from the ropes and hits a paydirt. Cover for 1..2…NO! Alexa rolls to the outside. Ember hits the ropes and slides out of the ring with a baseball slide! Ember rolls Alexa into the ring and pulls at her legs. Alexa kicks away. Snapmare from Ember. Headlock from behind from Ember. Alexa drops the left arm hard, pulling at the shoulder. Alexa with a standing dropkick to the gut of Ember. Ember with a stepup Enziguri, and Alexa rolls to the outside.

Back to the match, and Alexa has a cover for 2. Ember escapes, but Alexa gets another hold on her. Ember tries to grab Alexa from behind, turns into the hold, jawbreaker to Alexa! But Alexa with a hardd hit and a cover! 1..2…NO!!! Cravat from behind. Ember with a crucifix for 1..2..NO! Alexa rolls out. Hard slap to Ember! Alexa talks shit to Ronda then slaps her around a bit. Ember stands into it, doesn’t want to stay down. She turns and hits a hard riht to Alexa. Another. Kick to the gut. To the face. Enziguri. Ember with butt splash in the corner. Ember to the top rope. She locks the head, supelex! Pin for 1…2…NO!!! Alicia gets on the apron. Ronda knocks her off quickly. Alexa leaves the ring and gives a right hand to the back. She tosses Ronda to the barricade. Alexa rolls into the ring but Ember drops her stomach on the knee! Ember goes to the top rope.

Eclipse Bliss! Pin for 1..2…NO!!! Alicia stops the pin!! She attacks Ember, and we get a DQ.

Winner:
Would have been way better without commercials.
Match Quality: *1/2
Personal Enjoyment: *1/2
Total Rating: *1/2

Alicia attacks! Ronda is in the ring, though, and hits some hard arm drags to Fox. Fox rolls to the outside alongside Alexa.

Recap of Heyman’s painful interview from last week.

We then get some extra footage that we didn’t see last week. Heyman leaves a cliffhanger that says basically Reigns can say something…then walks out of the interview.

Corbin tells Angle backstage that he doesn’t need to wait for him, and he is going to the ring. In come Dolph and Drew, who tell Angle that Seth isn’t here. Angle says he’ll be here, and they can wait some place else.

Match 2:Baron Corbin vs Tyler Breeze
Corbin with a hard elbow to the face of Breeze, knocking him on his ass. Corbin locks up from behind to work the arm and face at the same time. Breeze turns into the hold but gets tossed against the ropes. Breeze bounces off with a kick. Another kick. Dropkick off the ropes! Corbin rolls to the outside. Breeze flies off the apron, but Corbin catches him and drops him onto the barricade. Corbin rolls Breeze back into the ring. He stomps Breeze. Right hand to the face. Corbin with stomps to Breeze. Corbin with an elbow to the shoulder, then he locks in a rest hold again. Breeze turns into the hold, so Corbin drops him down hard. Breeze sends Corbin to the outside, then springboards, but Corbin moves out of the way! He tries for a back suplex, but Breeze lands on his feet. Enziguri to the head.

Corbin rolls into the ring Shoulder from Breeze. He flips over and runs right into Deep Six! Pin for 1..2…3!!!

Winner: Baron Corbin
Meh
Match Quality: *
Personal Enjoyment: *
Total Rating: *

After the match, Corbin gets on the mic to explain that this was just a small taste of Summerslam. Now it’s time for Finn to show us what he can do, and his opponent is Jinder Mahal.

Mahal comes out, and Corbin says he’s not done, he was just catching his breath. He thinks Finn can handle two dudes at once, so here is his other opponent.

Finn makes his entrance, and Corbin makes his exit, but not before the music of Kurt Angle hits and the hairless wonder heads out. Angle tells Corbin that although Steph may have approved of this, he can add to it. Finn will have a partner, and his partner will be…BRAUN STROWMAN.

Match 3: Jinder Mahal and Kevin Owens vs Finn Balor and Braun Strowman
Finn and Jinder to start. Lockup and Jinder backs Fiin into the corner. The ref breaks it up, and Jinder shows how calm he is. Go behind from Jinder into a side headlock, and Jinder works the arm. He gets Finn to his knees. Finn rolls forward, locks the leg, escapes, gets dropped, but is unable to break the hold. He hops back up, and Jinder hits a knee. Side headlock takedown to Finn. Jinder stands. Finn backs him against the ropes. Shoulder tackle from Jinder! He hits the ropes. Sunset flip attempt but Finn hits a dropkick to the face! Jinder backs Finn into the corner. Tag to Owens. Owens in and hits a right hand. Stomps to Finn. Knee to the back of Finn, and he works the left arm from behind. Owens sits on the back of Finn to work the arm some more. Stomp from Owens. He works the arm a bit more. Finn tries to escape, but gets a knee. Owens sends Finn into the corner and hits a right hand. Tag to Jinder. Jinder with a right hand. Snapmare. Knee to the back. Jinder grabs the leg, drags Finn, and tags Owens in. They wishbone Finn then Owens gets Finn into the corner. Hard chop. Kick from Finn in the corner. Owens misses a splash. Tag to braun. Owens RUSHES to the corner to tag in Jinder .Braun sends Jinder off the apron hard while Owens runs into the crowd. Braun tosses Jinder into the ring. Jinder with a kick, some rights, but he gets struck in the chest by Braun hard! Braun with a kick to the gut of Jinder. Right hand from Jinder. Braun tosses Jinder into the corner. Braun with a huge splash. Braun grabs Jinder and hits a headbutt. He hits the ropes, and another shoulder tackle sends Jinder down hard. Braun grabs Junder and drops a fist onto his chest hard. He tags in Finn. Braun grabs Finn and just slams him onto Jinder! Finn didn’t expect it haha. Pin for 1..2…NO!! Dropkick from Finn. Finn hits the ropes as Jinder escapes to the outside. Owens grabs the leg of Finn. Braun sees it and saunters over to the other side of the ring. Owens runs. Finn with a flip over the top rope onto Jinder and Owens!

Back from the break, and Owens has a chinlock from behind on Balor. In case the commercial before this wasn’t enough, we get another one for NXT while Owens hits a senton on Finn. We get back to the match full screen and Jinder is in the ring now. He eats a dropkick then is sent to the outside. Finn looks to tag Braun. Owens is tagged in, though, and he grabs Finn. Finn tries to escape. Finn with a slingblade. TAG TO BRAun. He’s in to send Owens off the apron. Clothesline to Jinder. Braun leaves the ring. He runs. He lifts Sunil and keeps running. He trucks down Owens wItH SUNIL in his arms! Back in his ring, Jinder hits a right but Braun wont go down.
Jinder hits the ropes. Powerslam. Pin for 1…2…3!!!

Winner:
Braun is fun
Match Quality: **
Personal Enjoyment: **
Total Rating: **

Drew and Dolph are backstage bugging Angle again, saying that if Seth doesn’t show up tonight, that means the match might not happen, right? Angle says Seth will be there tonight. Dolph asks for the contract, so that he can read through it.

Lashley is running in place. I mean that literally, not metaphorically.

We are back, and some jobber with a guitar is in the middle of the ring. He looks to goad the crowd into something, but Elias comes out to stop him. He says there is only one Elias in this world, and Jobby McJobberson is looking at him. Elias shills a What Would Elias Do bracelet for $5 online. Elias tells the guy that if he beats an humiliates Bobby Lashley, then he will impress Elias. Elias wants people to understand just how crazy his life is. He has sold out Mania and MSG and done multiple documentaries. He has an album out that is at the top of the charts. This Saturday, he has a concert in NYC. And at Summerslam, he will perform his greatest song yet, all because of a universal truth that we all are aware of.

Lashley comes out to tell Ricky here that he should find a new gimmick, cuz we already have a no-talent guitar player in Elias.

Lashley turns to take off his shirt, and Ricky smacks him with a guitar! Lashley sends him to to the ropes and hits a huge spinebuster.

Match 4: WWE RAW Tag Team Championship Match
The B-Team vs Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy vs The Revival

Bo and Dawson to start. Bo rolls him up quick. 1..NO! Tag to Dash. Sends Bo to the corner. Tag to Matt. He gets in with some Delete headbutts. My bad, Dawson is in now. Bulldog from Matt, nope nevermind. Tag to Dawson, and they get a double team on Matt. It’s the Hart Attack. Awwww. Cover for 1…2…NO! Chop from Dawson to Matt. Whip to Matt into the corner. Matt kicks. Dawson hits a short clothesline, hard.

Man what shity coverage. Sorry, feed has sucked ass. Anyway, after the break, Dawson gets flipped over the head of Matt and in comes Bray, who hits a clothesline, misses a second, but hits a hard crossbody in the middle of the ring. Bo with a splash. He hits a Uranage and in comes Wilder who gets one as well. Bray looks towards Bo, who flies of the top rope INTO A URANAGE! Axel gets grabbed, is able to counter, and Axel gets sent into the conrer. Dawon is on the top rope. Sunset flip, causing a german suplex, and Dawson pins for 1..2…NO!! WIlder sends Wyatt out of the ring. SUICIDE DIVE! But no Wyatt catches him!! He sends him into the barricade! Bo off the steps with a clothesline!! Matt is on the apron. He heads to the top rope. Dawson with a right hand! He heads to the top as well. He locks Matt’s head. Matt suplexes DAWSON ONTO THE TEAMS OUTSIDE!!!

In the ring, Wyatt locks both of Revival up for Sister Abigail, but they escape and hit The Shatter Machine! Axel is the legal man, though! He pushes The Revival off and covers for 1..2…3!!!

Winners: The B-Team
The match was better than my coverage, I promise.
Match Quality: **
Personal Enjoyment: **
Total Rating: **

Backstage, Reigns is walking. In come Bo and Axel to yell at him to not sleep on The B Team! They are hyped.

Backstage, Dolph shows concern with the fact that someone can be in Seth’s corner. Angle says if Drew can be in Dolph’s corner, then Seth can have someone as well.

Reigns is in the ring to talk about leaving this place. Oh, nevermind, he wants to leave this place better than he found it but he can’t do that so long as Brock is here. It ends Sunday. He’s says he’ll send Brock so far back into the UFC that he’ll find his head in Dana White’s ass.

Heyman is out here, and his tears are gone. He says that although he doesn’t want to steal a line from anyone on Smackdown, but it’s a NEW DAY, yes it is. If he were to steal a line, though, he would steal one from The Usos, because they are the future. Speaking of the future of a division here in the WWE, oh my God it’s Roman Reigns.

Reigns welcomes him into the ring.

Heyman says that this is his week of history, but why wait until Sunday to make history. He can start right now. Let’s go back to last week when he said that at this rate, Reigns doesn’t stand a chance against Brock Lesnar unless….

Paul Heyman is here to tell him every secret Brock has. He can do that for Reigns. He understands Reigns thinks he can beat Brock, but with Pau Heyman in his corner, you will walk in this Sunday KNOWING that Reigns will win the title.

Reigns says he knows all of this; he beat Brock in Saudi Arabia. In fact, Brock wouldn’t have made it out the cage if he didn’t spear him through it, and the match would have ended a lot quicker if it wasn’t for Heyman.

Heyman says guilty; he offers no excuses. It was because of Heyman, but he is not here to talk about the past. He’s here to talk about the future. Heyman is a visionary. He sees the future. He sees Reigns with the title a week from today. Heyman then does his intro, this time including Roman Reigns instead of Brock Lesnar.

Reigns looks disgusted by the notion. Heyman extends his hand out for a shake.

Reigns says he was groomed at a young age for this position. He was taught how to recognize sharks, especially those that are drowning. Heyman is drowning, and he’s not worth saving. Good luck on your future endeavors.

Heyman says he is right; he is drowning – with the knowledge that he learned when he was a teenager, riding in the car with Reigns uncles Asa and Sika. What Reigns father taught him on the car rides is something his father taught all of his sons. He taught it in Samoan dialect. Heyman then speaks some Samoan to Reigns. Reigns is dumbfounded. Heyman screams that he knows this cause it was taught to him.

Heyman brings out a piece of paper and says its an agreement in principle. He wants Reigns to look it over and to give him the answer this Sunday at Summerslam.

Reigns looks over the piece of paper, but Heyman has a can of spray! He sprays it all over Reigns!!! Right in the eye! Heyman goes in with the spray!!! Reigns is completely blinded. Heyman leaves the ring while a stagehand gives Reigns a towel. Brock’s music hits. Heyman is at the bottom of the ramp. Brock is all smiles. He hands Heyman the title. Brock enters the ring. Reigns is clearing out his eyes. Brock is all smiles. Knee to the gut of Reigns! He hits knee after knee over and over to Reigns. Reigns blocks but to no avail. Lesnar lifts Brock up and locks in a guillotine! Reigns tries to escape, but Lesnar cinches the hold. Heyman holds the title in the background. Reigns is out. Lesnar lets go of him and stands tall. Lesnar leaves the ring and heads to Heyman. He grabs the title.

Reigns is on his knees as Brock leaves up the ramp. Brock isn’t done. He rushes back to the ring. F5!

Some of the crowd is chanting for one more time.

The following match matters so little that we hop in with it already started then immediately get a Summerslam commercial during it.

Match 5: Titus Worldwide and Bobby Roode vs AOP and Mojo Rawley
Mojo sends Titus off the apron then looks at Roode. He tries to back suplex Apollo, but Apollo lands on his feet and tags in Roode who flies with a clothesline, then sends Akam off the apron. Whip to Roode. Roode dropkicks. Blockbuster from Roode and a cover, but Razar breaks it up. Titus in to send Razar out. Mojo shovesTitus, and he rolls out.
Glorious DDT from Roode and a pin for 1..2…3!!!

Winners: Titus Worldwide and Bobby Roode
They don’t care, we won’t care…
Match Quality: NR
Personal Enjoyment: NR
Total Rating: NR

Backstage, we got the medical team looking over Reigns with Angle.

We get a video package dedicated to The Anvil.

RIP

They run down the full Summerslam card, including some preshow matches.

Match 6: Sasha Banks vs Ruby Riott
Lockup to start and Ruby hits a hard right off an arm lock. Ruby shoves the face of Sasha but Sasha hits an arm drag. She hits the ropes. Logan is there to distract. Sasha is able to get a rollup anyways for 1..2..NO! Sasha works the arm from behind. Whip to the ropes. Sasha holds on. She sends Ruby into the ropes, and Ruby hits a roll up for 1..2..NO!!! Sasha locks in the Bank Statement out of nowhere! Ruby breaks the hold with the ropes. Sasha hits the ropes, goes for a baseball slide, Ruby moves, Sasha catches a kick and hits one of her own straight to the nose. Logan and Morgan distract and ruby sends Sasha into the steps. Sasha’s hands are stuck in the steps and Ruby kicks the steps hard. She sends Sasha into the ring. Cover for 1..2..NO!!! Ruby kicks the side of the arm of Sasha. Ruby works the fingers of the left arm then looks for a suplex, but Sasha gets a cradle for 1..2..NO!!! Backslide for 1…NO!! Ruby stomps on the hand of Sasha. Kick to the chest. Cover for 1..2..NO!

We are back, and Ruby is working the fingers of Sasha. Sasha tries to fight back, but Ruby wont let go Sasha fights back, runs up the corner, arm drag, and breaks the hold. Sasha hits the ropes. SUICIDE DIVE TO LOGAN! She’s back on the apron, and Ruby hits a knee, Liv pulls Sasha down and Bayley is there to stop it all.
Ruby with a right hand. She rolls up Sasha. Pin for 1..2….3!!!

Winner: Ruby Riot
What are we even doing here?
Match Quality: *
Personal Enjoyment: *
Total Rating: *

Angle is out to give an update on Roman. He will be fine. Brock will not be suspended, because he wants Reigns to kick his ass. He calls Brock the worst champion of all time. Dolphs music cuts him off.

Dolph and Drew claim that Angle never would have suspended Brock. They didn’t wanna wait for an introduction. Dolph wants to know if he’s gotta defend this title because if not, he could head over to some bar and do a stand up set.

Angle then introduces Rollins, but no music hits, and no Seth comes out.

Angle tries again.

Dolph says call it, he’s not coming out. Drew says considering the beatings they’ve given, maybe Seth can’t get away fast enough. Dolph is not surprised. Seth was a great champ. There’s nothing you can google to figure this out. Seth quit cuz he cn’t beat them. Drew says that they respect Rollins. This alliance was formed to bring change and eradicate complacency. He tells everyone in the back that if they are fortunate enough to make it to RAW, that’s when the hard work begins. Some think that just because they’re here, they made it. This is why they respect Rollins; he fought to prove that he is the best, which made them work harder to prove that they were better, and in the end Seth was the architect of his own downfall.

Dolph says that Seth pushed himself too hard for us. He busted his ass for the WWE Universe, and that’s a one way street. He knows. He did it. They forget that they love when Seth burns it down, but they used to also love when he stole the show. The second we get disappointed, though, we all turn our back. We did it to him, and we’ll do it to Seth and the next guy. Dolph says not one of us stayed during the hard times, and now someone truly has his back. He doesn’t mean accompanies him to the ring, or rides his coattails, no this psychopath pushes him to outdo himself and this titl every single night for the betterment of this company and the entire world. He doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about any of us, anyone in the back, or stealing the show, because they do what they want and they took the whole damned thing over.

Great promo from someone that no one cares about anymore.

Dolph wants the contract to officially make this a forfeit.

Angle hands over the contract. Dolph signs it. He hands it over to Kurt.

The music of Seth Rollins hits. He’s here. He apologizes for being late; it’s not like him. He’s also really sorry we had to sit through the Dolph therapy session. He hasn’t been honest, he’s been here for a little while. He didn’t wanna come out till Dolph signed the contract because he was afraid Dolph would change his mind once he heard what Seth had to say. The truth is, Seth was dealing with some travel issues. They weren’t exactly his, though.

The little clause that said Seth can have someone in his corner, well, that was there for a reason. Since we know Drew will be there, he figured he’d get someone else with a four letter name that starts with D.

Here comes the Ambrose!!!!!

He’s got a short cut and a beard! He looks crazier than usual, and It’s great. Drew tosses the entire table out of the ring. Dean and Seth rush the ring. They attack!!! Dean tosses Dolph then hops onto Drew. Superkick from Seth. Dirty Deeds to Drew!

The heels run away.

End Show