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WWE Monday Night Raw Results – August 7 2017

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Back live, Cesaro is standing on the top ring post and headbutts Ambrose who crotches himself on the top turnbuckle. Cesaro is looking for a superplex to Ambrose on the floor! Ambrose quickly counters and hits a superplex on Ambrose into the ring. Cesaro connects with a backbreaker on Ambrose for a two count.

Cesaro with a right hand to the lower back of Ambrose two times. Ambrose with elbows. Cesaro with a gutwrench and keeps Ambrose dangling over his shoulder in a modified torture rack. Ambrose eats a nasty uppercut from Cesaro. Ambrose with a boot to Cesaro from the corner. Cesaro avoids Dirty Deeds. Cesaro goes for a Sharpshooter. Ambrose fights out of the attempt.

Ambrose dumps Cesaro over the top rope, hits the ropes, goes for a suicide dive and Cesaro hits him with an uppercut. Ambrose gets a shoulder up during a pinfall attempt. Cesaro dumps Ambrose over the ropes. Cesaro is attempting a superplex on Ambrose. Ambrose with a cradle roll up for a two count.

Cesaro with body shots, kicks Ambrose away and Ambrose fires back with his clothesline bouncing off the ropes. Sheamus with a distraction. Cesaro gets Ambrose locked in the Sharpshooter. Ambrose fights and gets to the bottom rope in the face of Sheamus. Ambrose launches Cesaro over the top rope. Ambrose rolls up Cesaro for the win.

Winner: Dean Ambrose

A great match. After the match, Sheamus jumps in and starts attacking Ambrose. Sheamus and Cesaro begin the beat down when Seth Rollins runs out. Rollins with a back body drop on Cesaro to the floor. Rollins tackles Sheamus and then clotheslines him over the top rope. The crowd is cheering for Rollins coming down to help Ambrose. A huge “YES” chant breaks out. Ambrose is just now recovering and getting to his feet. Ambrose extends his fist to Rollins. Big reaction in Toronto. Rollins shakes his head and walks to the back. The fans boo loud.

We see replays of earlier tonight when The Beast was unleashed upon The Miz and The Miztourage. We also see a replay of Akira Tozawa defeating Ariya Daivari last week on 205 Live.

Tozawa is backstage dancing with Apollo Crews and Titus O’Neil. They say his shoulder is back to 100% and that the Cruiserweight title is coming to Titus Worldwide. Neville walks in and laughs. He says he is here to scout his competition for SummerSlam, if Akira is his competition. Titus talks-up Tozawa but Neville says he thinks it’s a risk for Tozawa to face Daivari again tonight, considering he has nothing to lose and wants revenge on Akira. Neville walks off and he’s clearly in Tozawa’s head.

*Commercial Break*

Akira Tozawa Vs. Ariya Daivari

Titus O’Neil joins Cole, Graves and Booker on commentary tonight.

Daivari with a clothesline early on Tozawa. Daivari with a backbreaker for a two count. Tozawa with body shots and the connects with a snap huricanrana. Tozawa catches Daivari with a jumping forearm that sends Daivari to the outside.

Tozawa catches Daivari with a suicide dive, tosses Daivari back in and gets another two count. Tozawa connects with a side back suplex, goes up top and connects with a huge senton bomb to get the win.

Winner: Akira Tozawa

After the match, Titus O’Neil runs down and celebrates with Tozawa.

Backstage, Renee Young wants to know what Roman Reigns thinks about Brock Lesnar showing up on MizTV. Reigns says he wasn’t afraid to retire The Undertaker at WrestleMania and he isn’t afraid to do the same to Lesnar at SummerSlam.

*Commercial Break*

Triple Threat Match
Mickie James vs. Dana Brooke vs. Nia Jax

Alexa Bliss is back on commentary. Jax tosses Dana and James aside quickly. Jax tosses James at Dana who hit the ropes. Jax misses a splash attempt in the corner on both James and Dana. James and Dana exchange rights and elbows. James with a kick. Dana with a kick. We see Sasha Banks watching backstage.

Jax is back in and levels James. Dana dropkicks Jax to the corner. Jax then levels Dana with a huge clothesline jumping from the corner. Jax tosses Dana over her head. James with a takedown on Jax off the top rope and tries to cover Dana. Jax breaks it up, tosses James outside and backs Dana to the corner. Jax powers Dana down to the mat and then drops a big leg drop over Dana to get the pinfall.

Winner: Nia Jax

Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax is now officially set for next week. The winner will face Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship at SummerSlam. Jax, with a serious look, points up at Bliss. Bliss says Jax looks a little serious, but must be caught up in the moment. Jax was booked very strongly there but she still wrestles unsafely.

*Commercial Break*

We return to the news that Rich Swann will battle TJP tomorrow night on 205 Live, immediately following SmackDown Live.

We get a backstage promo from Goldust and he says he will be watching SummerSlam closely, scouting for new talent.

We see a replay of Big Cass attacking Enzo and Big Show earlier, then getting knocked out by Show.

Kurt Angle is on his phone backstage and in walks Big Cass. The 7-footer says he wants Big Show at SummerSlam and Angle says he had the same idea. Cass however says he wants Enzo nowhere near the ring, nowhere even near the Barclays Centre. He tells Kurt to lock him away and keep him out of the way. Angle jokes that he could lock Enzo in a shark cage, to which Cass says he likes the idea. He says he wants Enzo to watch the damage he does to Big Show and Angle books the match!

Braun Strowman comes out for his huge match against Roman Reigns and the announcers predict major chaos.

*Commercial Break*

Last Man Standing

Roman Reigns Vs. Braun Strowman

Back live, Roman Reigns walks out to a chorus of booing in Toronto. Strowman immediately goes after Reigns and tosses him easily back inside the ring. Strowman catches Reigns with an elbow after he tosses him into the ropes.

The referee begins the count but Reigns is up at 4. Strowman bounces the head of Reigns off his knee. Reigns with right hands. Strowman with a shoulder block that sends Reigns flying to the outside through the ropes. The referee begins the count. Reigns is back to his feet at the 4 count and we head to a break.

*Commercial Break*

Back live, Reigns with clotheslines to Strowman in the corner. Reigns has part of the steel ring steps and hits Strowman with it. Strowman is down. Strowman is back up at 2. Reigns knocks Strowman down again using the steel steps. Reigns bounces the steel steps off the chest of Strowman! Reigns drops the steps again over Strowman. The referee begins the count. Strowman avoids a Superman attempt. Strowman dumps Reigns to the corner and drops Reigns with a twisting sitout powerbomb off of his shoulders!

The referee begins the count. Reigns is back to his feet at the 8 count. Reigns catches Strowman with a Superman. Both men are down as the referee begins the count. Strowman with a dropkick launching Reigns back to the corner. Strowman is up at the 4 count as Reigns remains down. Reigns is up at 7. Strowman misses a charge in the corner and falls to the outside. Reigns catches Strowman with his drive by dropkick. Strowman is on one knee as the referee begins the count. Reigns pulls out a table from under the ring and slides it inside the ring.

Reigns attempts another drive by and Strowman cuts him off on the ring apron. The referee counts. Strowman is up and inside the ring at 5. Reigns is up at 8 leaning against the ropes. Strowman is setting up the table. Reigns with right hands. Reigns gets Strowman on his shoulders, has some trouble and then drops Strowman back in a samoan drop crashing through the table! Both men are down as the referee begins the count.

Reigns is up at 8 just as Strowman rolls out and gets to his feet. Reigns is running at Strowman on the floor. Strowman literally throws one of the leather ringside chairs at Reigns and knocks him flying. The fans loved it! Reigns fights to his feet at 9. They brawl near the announce table area on the stage. Reigns with a drive by to Strowman. Strowman throws Reigns into the LED walls. Strowman does this a second time as the referee begins the count. Reigns is back up before the 10.

Reigns with a Superman to Strowman. Strowman is still up. Reigns with another Superman. Strowman won’t go down. Strowman gets a boot up when Reigns goes for a spear. Reigns catches Strowman with a spear near the end of the stage. Both men are down. The referee counts. Reigns is up at 8. Samoa Joe grabs Reigns from the crowd and applies the rear naked choke. Joe has Reigns down locked in. Reigns is out as Joe lets it go. Both men are down. Samoa Joe is standing nearby, making sure Roman doesn’t get back onto his feet. The referee begins the count. Strowman literally springs to his feet at 8 and wins the match!

Winner: Braun Strowman

Strowman stumbles back into the ring and stares at Joe as he heads back up the ramp.

That’s it for this week’s Raw. Remember to let us know what you thought in the comments or on the Ringside Talk app! Be sure to come back tomorrow night for SmackDown Live and 205 Live! Until then, safe travels!

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Curtis does our weekly live match-by-match coverage of WWE RAW and SmackDown for Ringside News. In addition to SmackDown, Curtis also does WWE & NXT special event coverage as well. He has been helping out at for Ringside News for many years.

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